Aevum - A VRMMO LitRPG Story Chapter 2: Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 Although I knew I was technically in a game, there was no immediate danger, it’s hard to shake the feeling of “This giant creature is charging at me,” and wanting to run away. It was definitely faster than me though, but I was able to dash around the large trees of this forest. It didn’t seem like it was the best at turning, which is the only reason it hasn’t caught me yet. After about thirty seconds of running, it doesn’t seem to be losing interest. I finally come to my senses and start analyzing the situation. Clearly I can’t outrun it, so I’m going to have to fight it somehow. It’s big and fast, but it can only really run straight. Keeping this in mind, I continue dashing in between the trees, and manage to put a bit of distance between me and the creature. Once the distance felt right, I lined up with the creature in a generally straight path. It eyed me slowly, probably wondering why I stopped running. It must have decided it didn’t care as it bent down on its forward legs, scraping the snowy field below with a hoof. Almost like an ox getting ready to charge. I pull my sword out from its sheath at my side, the blade reaching about two and a half feet of sharp metal. It was a bronze-ish color, and the weight felt nice, or as nice as it could to one who had never actually held a sword before. With each of our minds made up, we sprung into action. The creature began to charge me and I responded, meeting only a few seconds later. My plan was simple. Run straight at it, dive out of the way at the last moment and slice at its throat. Easy, right? Well, maybe not so easy. Luckily I managed to avoid the charge like I intended, but having never swung a sword, my aim was not particularly great. As we met in the clearing, I dashed to the left at the last second, ducking under its antlers and slashed up where I expected its neck to be. Unfortunately, I only managed to gash its shoulders. The creature didn’t seem to like that at all though as it let out a bellowing roar, revealing a row of wicked sharp teeth. For all its resemblance to a moose, it seems to enjoy eating things of the meaty variety instead. While it is doing that, I try to put some distance between myself and the creature once more, betting on trying again. While the gash seemed relatively deep, it didn’t appear to be impeding the creature's movement at all. Once it recovered, it was back to charging at me pretty fast. I tried the maneuver again, yet still missing the neck itself, this time a slash across the chest was all I managed. It charged again, and this time it seemed to have figured out my plan. As I went for a third slice, this one surely going to strike true, the creature moved its head in an unexpected way, slamming me with its horns and sending me flying off to the side. It was at this point that I learned two things. The first being the pain reduction, while surely present, couldn’t really make getting run straight into by a giant animal feel anything less than that. I watched as my HP bar went from full to about thirty five percent in an instant. The second was that although I had been hit by the creature, I was still able to move just fine. Surely a blow like that in the real world would have broken many bones, but it seemed to not be the case in this world. As the creature circled around to charge again, I quickly pulled out one of the healing potions I got from starter equipment. After drinking it as fast as I could, my HP went from thirty five percent to eighty five percent. Assuming that kind of attack does the same amount of damage each time, this would keep me alive at least for one more hit. I couldn’t win a battle of attrition here, so I needed to strike a decisive blow to end the fight. While the creature managed to figure out my strategy, it only did so on the third go around. I doubt it would be able to quickly adjust to something it has never seen before. With that in mind I quickly looked around to see what I could use. Ideally, I