The Strongest Wizard

20th December 2018

*Sounds of a musical interlude from my iPhone*

I heard the ringing of my iPhone that I had slipped inside my workout pants, and it soaked with perspirations. I was doing some sets based on the 12 different kinds of squats that I believed would be able to enhance the muscles of the lower limbs and the abdomen. I am sure it would do some good for my buŧŧ cheeks, and I longed for a firm and jiggly ones. Not that I love to have them, but I am sure I would look sassy in my wizard's outfit. Hahaha...!

I had my wrists and ankles weights on as I fumbled with my iPhone and answered it cheerfully. The only ones that would be calling me at this time would be my parents, and I was right on.

"Kamusta Nanay. Kamusta Tatay. Kailan ka uuwi? Magiging Pasko na at malapit nang mapupuno ang mga flight pabalik." I answered the call and was the first one that greeted them. I had told them that the flights back home might be filled since there would be lots of holidaymakers heading home for Christmas.

"Hello, Za. We are fine, eh. By the way, did we drop you on your head while you are a baby or something? Holidaymakers would be flocking back to the Philippines and not the other way round, am I right?"

"How come you sounded as if you are being chased by a known sėx offender that wanted to take advantage of you? Or did you happen to offend the opposite sėx?" My mother replied; as you should know by now where the quirky and sharp tongue of mine came.

"I was doing some squats, Nanay. I am preparing to go and dive into the world of the unknown, where there are a lot of mythical creatures and sights to see. Once I am done with my sightseeing, I would be off killing them all. Mua Haa Haa...!!!" I laughed hysterically over the phone, and I wondered what my mother would be doing right after she heard me spout this nonsense out.

"Haiya Za, don't go round and talk nonsense lah. We would be heading back home soon and in NAIA departure hall already. Our flight is in the mid-afternoon, and you can expect us to clear the customs and reach home before 8 pm. Call for a part-timer to do a clean up before we come back, would that be alright?" My mother requested, and I acknowledged. My father buŧŧed in through our conversations and spoke a few words before we hung up.

"Z A I R O N...!!! NANAY AND TATAY ARE COMING BACK...!!!" I hollered out since I knew that my baby brother would either be sleeping like a pig or worst, he fell asleep on his battle chair instead of the bed.

"A L A R M A A ...!!! Die Liao...! What time did nanay and tatay say they would reach home?" Zairon was scrambling down from his battle chair as I expected and had picked up a broom and dustpan and getting ready to sweep his room. His room was a pigsty, and a pig might even be ashamed to call the bedroom as its sty...!

"They would be back home before 7 pm. Let me take a look at the flight itinerary so I would be able to estimate the time of arrival at the airport. At most, it would take them another 30 minutes to return home. You did not order any contraband items to be brought back like airsoft pistols or rifles, am I right?" I eyed my baby brother as he quickly makes more mess than clean the room when he dropped a whole basket full of his sweet wrappings on the floor. One day my baby brother would lose all his teeth due to his sweet cravings...!!!

Zairon made a face at me as he continued to pick up the rubbish that he had spilt on the floor. From his behaviour, it seemed that he was guilty conscious and wanted to find out when I received a notification on my iPhone. It showed that the registration that I had made was successful and the account was binding to my gaming console. Which means that if I died playing the game, I would be penalised once and lose some EXP and be impervious for at least 15 minutes. This 15 minutes would only allow a respawned gamer to be in observer mode only and watch the other gamers die in front of his or her eyes...!

Soon, a bunch of data that was only known to me, was reflected in the flurry of messages that follow. Frankly, this kind of data that I received would be confidential, and a lot of freaks out there would be willing to pay money to lay their hands on them. This would be the case if they, I mean they do find out that the gamer out there who would be farming or grinding alone is a F E M A L E...!!!

Those freaks would get their hands on us, and you should know what would happen to our character in that gaming world. Even if we were being manipulated or mutilated, we had no choice but to bear the brunt of those wounds inflicted on us since we had set the pain threshold of the game to be at 20%.

We would feel fatigued, thirst and hunger just like in the real world since we are in our gaming capsule and not on a VR Gaming Headset.

The worse thing that could happen to female gamers would be sėxuȧŀ discrimination and taking the class as Neutral enables us to wield all weapons. This is one of the advantages until we reached Level 10 and have to choose which Faction we would go to.

I looked at the clock on the wall and discovered that our parents would b boarding the plane already. It would take three and a half hours flight time, then another 30 minutes to clear the customs and then another 30 minutes or so by taxi ride back home.

In this case, we better hurry and call the part-time helper to do her magic and work wonders around the house...! P R O N T O...!!!

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In half an hour, the agency that handles the part-time helper came and sent a lady, and since it was not a scheduled one, I have to fork out the extra 50% surcharge for employing such services. We moved around the house as the part-time helper helped to put the house back in order. Within the next stipulated time of 2 hours, the part-time helper had completed her tasks.

Before I could ask any more questions, the part-time helper thanked us for rendering their service and soon left the apartment like a fleeting spirit...!

That was a fast exit I had ever seen....!!!