All Chapters of Arcane Realm: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Reyna-“It has been a week since the CEO of Wolf Tech has gone missing. For those that don’t know, he is the creator of the virtual reality game, known as Arcane Realm. The game has become exceedingly popular since it was first announced to be released a year ago. Many had lined up to purchase the gear needed to play the game. Since it was released the day before CEO Luka Alder went missing, it has been a popular topic. Arcane Realm was created as a fantasy role-playing game…” The lady on the radio continued talking, but I reached over and turned it off.I didn’t want to hear another person talking about how my boss was missing. Most of the time they focused more on the game than the fact that he was missing. It has been a week and still, the police have not come up with any new leads.The acting CEO of the company, previously the Vice President, seems to be looking into the matter, but even he is trying to keep the talk about the CEO limited. I wished that someone would do something

Reyna-I didn’t know what I was expecting, but what he did next surprised me. Before I knew what was happening, he moved toward me and attacked. I hadn’t been fast enough when the blade of his sword sliced across the flesh of my arm.I might be in a game right now, but the pain felt real. In this moment I hated that the headgear stimulated the brain enough to make everything feel real. Gripping my arm, I quickly backed away from him.“What the hell?” I yelled.He still didn’t say anything as he lunged at me again. This time I was quick enough to react and quickly moved out of the way. I tried to get my wings to fly me off the ground, but a message popped up saying that my stamina was still recharging.Frustrated now, I knew that if I wanted to find out what was going on, I was going to need to fight back. Readying my short sword, I prepared to defend myself. I could sense that his level was higher than mine, but that didn’t mean that I couldn’t take him on.With my real-life skills, I

Reyna- The kind of excitement I felt at him saying that was difficult to hide. I knew he wasn’t proposing to me because he was in love with me or anything, yet the idea of being married to him was alluring. Even if it was only in the game. Obviously, he was only doing it to complete certain missions that only couples could complete. We would also be able to share items in the game, which I was guessing was his way of helping me level up faster. As much as I wished it was real, I would accept what I could get. Not to sound optimistic, but I hoped that while I was helping him get out of the game, he would finally see me as more than just an employee. Maybe it was wishful thinking on my part, but I was willing to take the risk. Even if he didn’t fall for me, just being able to spend time with him for a bit would be worth it. “I am willing.” I told him a few moments later. I expected him to be relieved that I agreed, but instead, he looked at me as if he couldn’t believe what I said.

Reyna- After waking up, showering, and eating, I logged into the game. Instead of returning to the same spot I logged out at, I headed back to the town. I was on an hour early, Since I didn’t want to disturb him if he was still asleep, I thought it best to get a head start on the game. I still wasn’t at his level yet. While we were grinding through the monsters, he kept pulling ahead, making it impossible for me to catch up. Being that I had an hour before I was meant to meet with him, I wanted to use that time to do a little leveling up on my own. Not wasting any time, I made my way out of the safe zone. My levels were much higher now, which meant I didn’t need to waste time on the lower-level ones. They didn’t offer many experience points and their materials weren’t as good. It didn’t take me long to reach the stronger monsters on this level. Quickly making work of building up, I didn’t keep track of time. Now that I was stronger, I was able to defeat them with ease. It helped th

Reyna-As soon as Luka found a way to distract him, I made my move to get near the Giant Goblin’s chest once more. Each time I managed to stun it and it gave me a little time to attack it as quickly as I could, giving it everything I had. It helped that the Goblin would swing at me with its club.I managed to dodge it each time, which meant it would hit itself. That hit helped lower his health bar by more than the damage that I was dealing. As the fight dragged on though, I was losing stamina. If this continued much more, I would either need to get myself killed again or produce a new strategy.It didn’t help that my flying capacity was reaching its limit. Just as the thought occurred to me, my wings failed, and I dropped down. I was still on the Goblin’s radar, as I did, and I wasn’t fast enough to dodge his next attack. The force of its foot kicking me was worse than when it had slammed its arm against me.A sharp pain filled my chest as I was hurled across the field. I watched as m