"We can't get through there!" The woman's voice echoed through the large, poorly lit hall. She had to make an effort to be able to see anything at all. "Nothing more here," informed the scout team, who returned exhausted. "A dead end?", "No, more of a trap", "Maybe we got lost?". The rumors in the group grew louder, the accusations worse. The white-haired one clutched her sword tighter, her teeth clenched. "We are not lost," she said calmly, but nonetheless firmly. Her eyes glided across the room, getting caught every now and then on pictures that she did not recognize. "But Azu-". "Shut up. I'm thinking," she interrupted one of her colleagues with a wave of her hand. "I think we have to solve a riddle," she announced her thoughts. Immediately the murmuring started again. "A mystery? ". "What if we get it wrong?" "Why a riddle, why is there something new?". Azura heard the discomfort clearly. "People! We have to go on. Even if it's hopeless, this could be the exit. So strain your low-level intelligence and think. This is a damn riddle. We'll be able to solve it!" Some of her followers winced at her speech, others took a closer look. Maybe you are missing something special? Maybe a tiny detail?
"How about a little more light?", With this question the magician expressed the formula for a strong fire spell, which she skillfully directed onto the extinguished candles that were between the others. The hall became brighter, the pictures more recognizable. "There! There's something over there!", The blonde woman who noticed this figure pointed to a black shadow near the middle picture. "What is it?" Was the question everyone asked. The thing didn't move, but it looked like a person in a cloak with a pointed hood. Azura waved to an archer and told her to place an arrow very close to the creature. The shooter drew one of her ornate arrows from her quiver, withdrew the string, and took aim. Just as she was about to let go so that the arrow with km / could dig into the wall next to the figure, the figure turned once around its own axis and disappeared without a trace.
"Where did it go?" Azura's voice echoed through the hall again. The excited crowd behind the leader grew louder and more fearful. "Azura, we should turn around. Nobody will judge us if we don't manage that," the words of her assistant penetrated the angry mobb. Head bowed, Azura turned to her entourage and took a deep breath. "Let's turn around". Her voice cracked, she wasn't used to losing.
"Alice, we saw this thing again", with this information the facial features of the blue-haired lost all tension. "You don't mean THAT thing, do you?", The shock could be clearly heard in Alice's voice. "Yes, unfortunately. We still don't know what it is, let alone what it wants from us," reported Azura.She called up the small, turquoise-colored menu and took off her armor and her sword. The loose, light dress played around her ankles as she took a few steps. “I just don't get it. What does this thing want from us?” Alice pondered briefly, listened to Azura's quiet footsteps and then sighed. "Maybe we should take a rest. Sleep on it for a night. We'll think of something tomorrow," Azura said while she put a hand on Alice's shoulder. Alice bit her lower lip tightly. "You don't understand my worries. What if he brings us great disaster or something?" Azura's eyes narrowed a little before she widened them. "You don't think that ..." "Yes, I do," Alice interrupted her friend. "And if so, we're all doomed. Then we'll never find this damn exit until we catch this thing." "Do you really think the developer is such an ass?" Alice's thoughts raged in her head like a hurricane that wreaked havoc. She answered Azura's question with a short nod. "We have been here for so long, Azura. I want to go home", the words from Alice gave Azura goose bumps, which is why she ran her hand over her upper arm.

With a loud scream, only audible to herself, the white-haired one stopped just under three feet above the ground, which was moving rapidly towards her in front of it. She stood on her feet, took a short breath, and looked around. "Wow" was her only comment about the blue-lit city in the middle of the cave. The blue lights were reflected in her red eyes. "Hey," she heard a delicate voice behind her. "You're new here, am I right?", The girl turned around, looked the red-haired one in the face and smiled. "Yes, where-", she got no further because the girl cut her off. "Your clothes told me. Everyone comes here with the black clothes. That's the standard garb. Black shirt, black shorts and also black shoes", she explained with a smile while holding out her hand, which was shaking the other . "My name is Akahana, should I show you everything here?"
"Okay, over there you have a blacksmith, there is one in every town. You can forge and improve your swords with him. He also makes armor for you, if you want to go into battle. The gun shop is next to him . You have to know that in this world you don't necessarily have to defend yourself with a sword if you can't handle it, "Akahana first pointed to a small stone house with a covered forecourt, then to one without. "What did you say, is your name?", Akahana's gaze wandered back to her companion. "My name is Yuki," smiled the addressee. "Do you want to get yourself something else to wear first, Yuki? The seamstress gives all newbies the first clothes for free. You just have to bring her the material for it," she explained. Her gaze focused on a small, cozy shop. The shop window was decorated with fairy lights, over the front door there was a sign that read 'Scheider' in rough letters.The two entered. The bell over the door indicated that the somewhat older seamstress had customers. "Hello, my dear children. What can I do for you?" Asked the lady who straightened her glasses. "Hello, Leyla. This is Yuki, she is new here and would like something new to wear," reported the redhead and pointed to her companion. "Oh, that works out well, I just felt like sewing something. Look, little one, here are the sewing patterns that I have mastered. Please choose something and I'll tell you which materials you have to get for me, okay? ", the warm-hearted smile of the older woman infected the white-haired one when she decided on an outfit. "Oh, this one. For that you need four bat wings, twice from normal and twice from albinos. I also need wool, which you can get at the farm outside the city walls. I need three for it. Oh, and black spider thread for the tights . Have you memorized all of that, little one? ", Leyla looked at her counterpart, who was scribbling everything on her hand. "What are you doing there?", Akahana laughed as she took the pen from her hand. "You have a submenu called Quest, everything is there," she explained with a smile. "Okay, and how do I call up the menu?", "Very simple, you place your hand on the left at chest height and let it slide to the right. Now you should see a turquoise square, like me", Yuki mimicked the movements of Akahana to. "Yes, I see one," she said calmly. "Okay, there should be a little box that says Quest," a nod from Yuki was enough to show Akahana that she had found it. "Now you press it with your finger and a new window opens. You can look at your finger as a mouse pointer, so to speak," she explained calmly. "Okay, shall we get the materials now?"
"Do you already have practice with a sword or another weapon, Yuki?", The addressed shook her head. "No, but I would like to try a few weapons, is that possible?", Yuki's eyes fixed the blacksmith, who lifted the iron hammer so that he could hit the hot metal again. "Of course you can. For that we just have to go to school for a moment," Akahana asked the new girl with a wave.

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Heyho- Let's Go!
Hello, my dear people :)
I hope you enjoyed the first 1,600 words of my (or our) new fanfiction :)
I have seriously resolved to go through with this project for as long as you feel like it. (Of course, it also depends on the time I have for writing: S)
In any case, starting with the next chapter or the one after that, I'll ask you a few questions that you can answer me via PM, yes? :)
They are only small questions, the answers to which could change the entire course of history.
My goal is for you to really become a big part of this story, so check my name and toss the voting card in the ballot box!
No, I'll stop my speech now :)
So, we read in the next chapter ^^P.S: I'm sorry that not all characters, or very few so far, have appeared. But since Yuki has only been there for 2 days (i.e. in the game), I thought I would explain to you how the cities are by and large built, which shops there are, etc. :)

Best regards,
your Babsi <3