The Gizmo- The Heroes Quest

Chapter 7- The New Adventure Begins

I kept staring at the view in front of me for a while.

Then I realize I had to meet Anderson. I open my friends list and search for Anderson's location. Then I remove my minimap, which is provided to every player at the start of the game, and pin his location. I start sprinting.
I keep looking at the view in front of me as I run.

A central canal was passing towards my left side, with few bridges going across it. Towards my right, were a row of numerous buildings made of red bricks. There were shops, inns, markets that sold fruits, and many more. The view was magnificent. It was the perfect setting a developer can create for a medieval world.

There were so many twists and turns on the way, and I also got lost a couple of times. Then, my minimap starts giving a signal, which means that Anderson was close by. I stop in front of a small shop whose banner said, 'Magical stones- the key for witchcraft.' I enter the shop.

It was an old rusty shop. There were strange, small, glittering stones which were illuminating the shop. In front of me, was a red haired boy with golden eyes, leaning his hands on a table in front of him. He turns towards me and grins. He was definitely Anderson.

I look at him and smile. "Hi Andy!", I greet.

Then, an old stout man with white beard, the shopkeeper appears from behind few shelves, carrying a small box. He puts it on the table. It was an old, small, rusty, wooden box. A red glittering light appears as he opens it. It was a red coloured stone with a fire symbol marked on it.

"Here's your Firestone, young wizard!", he says in an old choked voice. Anderson puts it in his pocket and pays the shopkeeper a silver coin.

In fantasy worlds, there are four types of coins, the copper coin, the silver coin, the gold coin, and the platinum coin. Every player gets 5 silver coins and 30 copper coins when they start the game.

10 silver coins make a copper coin. 20 silver coins make a gold coin and 50 gold coins makes a platinum coin.
Then, Anderson and I leave the store.

"What's that stone?", I ask Anderson with a curious look.

He removes the stone from his pocket and replies, "Oh, this is a fire stone. It gives you the power to use magic as you hold it."

He looks at me surprised, and laughs, "I'm sure you don't have any idea about these." I nod.

He scratches his head and says, "Well, there are various stones like fire stone, water stone, earth stone, dark stone, fairy stone, psychic stone, power stone, and so many more, I myself haven't seen yet."

"So, I would require a stone too?", I ask.

He replies, "Nope, Elven magic relates mostly with abilities and changing the shape of element. So, you can't use a stone. Whereas, wizards and witches can create elements and also change their forms, using these stones. But the usage depends on the level you are in."

He pauses for a second a says again, "If you wanna learn elven magic, you have to learn the language which is pretty tough. But, Wizards have to just say the words in English to use the magic."

"Then do elves have any advantage over wizards?", I pout as I say.

He replies laughing, "Yes they do! Elves can master a weapon and level up in very short amount of time. Whereas wizards aren't so good when it comes to dealing with weapons."

Well, I atleast have that advantage over wizards. Elves may be complicated but if I master the power, I guess I can be the best.

Then we stop at a shop which says, "Grafiel's weapon store". We enter the shop.