While staying in my underground base drinking soda, I hear my teacher's voice calling me from somewhere.

-Mushroomvvvvvvv! I'm here.

I turn around just to see my teacher, Dark Lord teleport to my base.

-What are you doing here teacher? I have never seen come to base for any reason.

 That is when I notice a really big and weird arcade machine on his back. He puts down the machine with ease and tells me:

-I just come across this beautifulllll arcade machine, so I want to make it as a gift to you. I know you really love video games, right?

- *Sigh. I prefer PC games. Anyway, in what way does that look beautiful to you? It looks so old, it can be broken down anytime now - I feel a bit annoyed with my teacher's childish manner.
- *Wagging finger. This is no ordinary arcade machine. THIS is the Futuristic arcade machine. Even if you search the whole Unknown land, you can't one like this. Obviously since I found this in the other world.

 I facepalm so hard. But knowing him, I just accept it and walk straight to the machine. It looks really old and dusty. I raise my right hand, charging Water of Creation and look at him for approval. After he nods slightly, I decide to use magic to clean up this whole mess. Water comes out from my finger and swirling the acarde machine. In no time, it becomes much cleaner and newer. I feel a little bit proud of my self since I have made my teacher's shenanigans less painful to deal with. Suddenly my teacher tells me:

-Well, that's all I have to say,  have fun with the game, Mushroomv.

-Wait....

 Then he just disappear into thin air. I'm really mad, he always makes things more complicated and mysterious. This world has enough secrets already, it even names "Unknown land". Despite all that, I'm actually curious about the game. Futuristic? What does that mean, it does not have any types of science fiction pattern to indicate that it comes from the future. Maybe just one of his boring jokes just to convince me to play it. Examining the machine, I can see that it does not have any joysticks. Instead it has 4 arrow keys, an ESC button, an Enter button and a Space button. Why they didn't just develop a PC instead of this mess? I don't have a good feeling about this, maybe I should call Shark King or some of my friends over to play with me, this might as well be a jumpscare gift from my teacher. However, the curious gets the best of me, and I play it anyway.

  Starting up the game, the title says: "SCARLET'S HEART". The title screen is just an black space with 3 options:" Start, load, exit" on the left and a picture of a heart-shaped red jewle on the right. After hitting the start button, it shows an RPG turn based game. The main character is a boy with a yellow-ish cloak, red eyes. On the menu, it displays a character name ??????????? and 1200 Blood. No HP or MP gauge, just a single Blood gauge.

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It seems like I have arrived. My mission is to find that girl, no matter what. A girl an age older than me, with red hair, red eyes and wearing a red dress. I pull out a mirror and look at myself. The cloak perfectly conceals my identity, except for my eyes. They are too bright so she may recognise immediately that I have red eyes. Doesn't matter, how many people in these worlds have red eyes? Strolling through a place looks like a dark forest, I encountered some Shadows in shape of snakes. I create blood from thin air then it form a shape of knife. Then I jump straight into battle.

Petty Snake A appeared.
Petty Snake B appeared.
Petty Snake C appeared.
??????????? attacked. Petty Snake A received 120 dame. Petty Snake A deafeated.
??????????? attacked. CRIT!!!! Petty Snake B received 300 dame. Petty Snake B deafeated.
Petty Snake C attacked. ??????????? parried. Petty Snake C received 70 dame. Petty Snake C defeated.
Battle won.

 All the Shadows turn into thin black smoke and dissapear.
-Hmmmmm. Weaklings.
 Shadows here seems pretty weak actually. I decide to rush through the Forest as fast as possible, massacre every Shadow I come across with just one knife dance.

Tall Figure  A appeared.
Tall Figure B appeared.
Tall Figure C appeared.
??????????? used Knife dance. All enemies receive 80 dame.
Tall Figure A defeated.
Tall Figure B defeated.
Tall Figure C defeated.

After rushing through the forests for a while. I notice the number of trees become fewer and fewer. The scenery gradually change until there are no more trees around me, the dirt no longer fills with leaves and branches. Is this a cave? No, it isn't it, the texture of the ground is still cold dirt, but the scenery just becomes blank space. Suddenly, an echoing voice ringing from the sky says:

-This is where her fate begins, this is where fate is sealed.

 What was that? It was really disturbing, more so since I did not understand one bit about what the voice just said. At this moment, there is a small light ahead of me, so I start rushing toward it. The small light becomes brighter by the second and the scenery turns back into a the forest, but just the end of it. What lies before me now is the way to a rocky mountain. Before I could take any step further, I hear a huge roar ahead of me.

-THIS IS WHERE YOU MUST STOP, HUMAN. YOU CAN'T COME ANY FURTHER.

 After that, a giant Shadow Golem just manifest before me. This Golem is three times my size, and he has a some green spot spread out on his white rock body.

-(Damn! I haven't found my subject yet and now I have to fight a giant monster. I hope I can make short work of this big rock.) - I clench my fist in anger.

 Guardian of Fate has appeared.
??????????? used Knife Throw.  Guardian of Fate took 40,33,35 dame.
??????????? used Defense Tatic. Defense and Agility rose.
Guardian of Fate attacked. ? dodged it.
??????????? used Blood thorn. Guardian of Fate  took 120 dame.
??????????? used Blood blast. Guardian of Fate took 70 dame.

-(He is low on Magic resistant and Agility. Maybe I can win this.)

Guardian of Fate used Earth Smash. ? took 50,50,50 dame.

-(A multi-hit skill that ignore Agility stat? How absurb) - I was surprised and a start panicking a little.

??????????? used Life Force. All Bloodsteal effect now can be overflown and create a shield.
??????????? used Knife Dance. Guardian of Fate  took 60,65,59 dame.  ? restore 40 Blood and create 60 Shield.
Guardian of Fate used Giant Leap. ? took 200 dame.
??????????? used Blood thorn. Guardian of Fate took 140 dame. ? restore 123 Blood and create 155 Shield.
??????????? used Knife Dance. Guardian of Fate took 61,64, CRIT! 80 dame. ? restore 57 Blood and create 74 Shield.

 The battle keep going for a while. It likes a death race to see if I can manage to Life steal quick enough before he can crush me to my death. After a long time, I notice that he might have only 30% of his health, so I decide to dodge his next attack before delivering the finishing move. However...

Guardian of Fate used Fate Seal. ? was trapped and can not move.
Guardian of Fate  used Rapid Smash. ? took 100,120,110,130,110 dame.

- *Gasp. I'm really in danger right now. I must use my plan B.
 The game just start restricting actions to some of the skills. It consists of using item Smoke bomb and the skill ?????.

??????????? used Smoke bomb. The battle field is covered in smoke.
??????????? used ????? . The enemy can't see ???????????'s skill right now. 

 Although the battle field is heavy with smoke, the golem still sees my figure clumsily fall out of cover.  He immediately strike it with all his might.

Guardian of Fate attacked. Clone took 120 dame. Clone explode and turned back into the Blood magic.
??????????? used Ultimate Knife Dance. Guardian of Fate took 100x5 dame. ? restore 279 Blood and 452 Shield.
??????????? used Blood Spike Burst. Guardian of Fate took 1120 dame. Guardian of Fate deafeated and dissolve into shadowy smoke.
Battle won.
??????????? level up.

-  *pant *pant. (All the skills my friends taught me worked. I must give them credit later) - I'm gasping for air while thinking to myself- Now, what do I do next? I look around to see where I am going next, but all the path are blocked. Before that monster appeared, there was supposed to be a road leading up to a giant mountain. But now it just gones. I take a step forward to find another way around, then suddenly, a voice rings from the sky again.

-YOU CAN NOT SEE WHAT BEYOND THE FATE JUST YET. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK!!!!

 The ground then proceeds to collapse and breaks into million pieces. I am caught off by surprise a fall into the void.

                                                                                  END CHAPTER 1.