Aevum - A VRMMO LitRPG Story Chapter 7: Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 I had already been on the road for two days. Well, I say on the road, but really it was barely even a trail. Going over mountains and through dense forests. The journey so far was mostly quiet. I saw some birds that resembled a large crow, but they had staggered wings and feathers. They got spooked and flew off before I could get very close. Crank had stayed true to his word though, he gave me enough food and water to last me over a week out here, as well as basic camping supplies and another heating crystal. The non-perishables will have to be returned to him, of course. It does get pretty cold out here, but with the second crystal, it’s not so bad. I made camp the first night in an alcove with a bit of an overhang of rock to keep myself out of the wind. At that point there was still a visible footpath through the snow. The second night I made camp in a small clearing of trees, and by then I would have been wandering blind, if not for the compass. Crank had given me the compass along with the other supplies, and was quite adamant about its importance. It had two pointers; one red, and one black. The black one was keyed to Larkinge, so at least I always knew what direction the town was in. It wouldn’t guide me to a trail or anything, just straight to the town. The red pointer was keyed to the last area Crank felt like he had a solid trail on the creature I was supposed to be finding. He said he remembered feeling like he was just another day or so away from finding something big, but his supplies wouldn’t have lasted. That was the last journey he took out in search of the beast. As I continued walking, following the compass and trying to find the best path through the wilderness, the sun was beginning to fall in the sky. I don’t get much daylight out here, so I try to get an early start and a late stop to maximize travel distance. I probably had another hour or two of daylight and then I would have to start looking for spots to camp. I also kept my eyes open for any potentially dangerous animals. While I didn’t necessarily want to fight out here in the wild since help would not be coming, it would be good experience and I did want to level up some more. The next two hours were uneventful and I found a decent spot to camp for the night. I was in a kind of valley with mountainous terrain on either side, and the compass was leading me deeper in. It looked like the mountains may converge into a U shape in the direction I’m heading, so if the compass needs me to go further than that I will have to turn back empty handed. I didn’t have the supplies or experience to scale a mountain straight up. I decided after making camp to log off for a bit and spend a few hours in the real world. As I exited the VR space and reoriented myself in my room, I checked my phone. I had a bunch of notifications, but I looked at the ones for my bank first. ›Deposit from World Engine Studios confirmed: $500 ›Deposit from World Engine Studios confirmed: $500 ›Deposit from World Engine Studios confirmed: $500 “Huh?” — — — — After the initial confusion and some more research, it seems as though I received donations thanks to my post on the forum about magic. It seems like the threshold is five hundred dollars, and once it hits that it gets transferred to my account. If that’s the case, I have to seriously consider how I want to proceed. If I can make real money through the game, I can treat it like a job and spend even more time inside. Of course, who knows how reliable it will be, but I still had some time off work to decide how I wanted to go about it. Sitting down at the computer and logging in to my account, I had a bunch of notifications on the forums. People had posted many things under my post, many expressing gratitude and saying that my post had helped them understand the magic system better. Some people even posted screenshots and small clips from inside the game of them being able to create small lights. I wasn’t sure how they were able