Chapter 1: Solo Charge

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Challenging the impossible was a daily ritual for Mina. Her little fingers bashed the game controller in lightning speed.

【36 HITS! UNSTOPPABLE!】

"C'mon! C'mon!"

Rotate, Square, Zig zag, X, Dash Cancel, Forward, Triangle, Down, Circle, Jump Cancel, X+Triangle+Circle

【72 HITS! INHUMAN!】

"C'mon, you shit!"

She yelled at her own character as she wrecked the controller. The endless combo kept going on and on, with Mina inputting inhumanly fast commands without a moment's rest.

【99 HITS! SPECTACULOUS!!!】

"Ah-! N-no! Fuuuuuu!!!"

The combo came to an abrupt end. This was the inevitable limit of the girl known as the "99 Magnum".

"Bah! That freakin' frame rate recovery!! Why couldn't they make it a split second faster!? Or at least make Sonic Overdrive a cancelable move!!! BAH!!!"

Mina flung the controller in rage... out of the window.

BAM CRASH SHATTER

"O-oops!"

She gasped when a car's alarm resounded from the parking lot. She quickly crawled toward the room's window and peeked outside.

The controller was innocently lying inside someone's car... after busting through half of the car's front window.

"People are so dumb sometimes, buying cars with only half the glass like that."

Mina made an innocent face and used her lightning speed hands to tightly shut her window.

"Okay! This is enough practice for today."

She picked one of her sixteen spare controllers and turned off the game console. She dashed toward her bed and picked up a white headgear.

"Today I'mma reach that dumb magic city for sure!"

She lied on top of the bed and wore the white helmet. After flipping a switch, her consciousness became hazy and reality vanished.

【God Vessel Online】

【Please wait for your awakening...】

Her eyes were shut, but the loading screen of a video game appeared in front of her. It was projected directly into her hazy mind.

After finishing the authorization process, Mina logged into a virtual reality. She assumed a new body and materialized in a fantasy world. She was now in the center of a small and rundown village.

Before heading out, Mina confirmed her weapons.

Right hand: big axe.

Left hand: another big axe.

On her back: two spare axes.

In her inventory: ten extra axes.

Okay! Off to the next city!

Mina confidently strode through the village with her fanatic collection of identical axes.

A hooded man sat the outskirt of the village, eying the travelers.

"Hey girlie, are you alone?"

"What do you care, old man?"

Mina tightened the grip on her axes and glared at the suspicious man. He was just an NPC, but she knew better than to blindly trust these.

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