The Place Where Everything Begins

At the same time, within an eery-looking mansion...

The spooky mansion had more than four floors and dozens of rooms, which signified that it was pretty big capable of housing more than thirty people at the very least.

The reason why the said mansion appeared to be spooky was that the entire building was made of old woods that should be easily more than some hundred years old, and the manor itself always gave out eery vibes whenever one cast a glance at it.

If someone currently looked at the mansion from the outside, they would think instinctively that the place was a haunted mansion with no second thought at all...

Well, they couldn't be more right if they actually thought so, as it was indeed a haunted mansion with actual 'ghosts' inside.

At this moment, within one of the big bedrooms on the third floor, a petite woman stood 'almost' still inside a wardrobe situated at the room's corner while having her two hands covering her own mouth frimly trying not to cause any noise.

Meanwhile, the said woman was trembling terribly in fear of the unknown adversary. Even with her effort of covering her mouth, her teeth still clattered against one another endlessly, showing how fearful and afraid she currently felt.

*Tok* *Tak*

*Tok* *Tak*

Suddenly, the trembling woman within the wardrobe had heard creepy footstep sounds from outside the bedroom...

'Please don't stop... Please don't stop... Please...' The woman pleaded silently within her mind.

However...

*Tok* *Tak*

*Tak!*

The plea of the petite woman, who was hiding within the clothing cabinet, seemed to be ineffective as the footstep sounds eventually stopped right in front of the bedroom door.

Due to that, the hiding woman's heart skipped a beat after the noise stopped so suddenly.

Then...

*Click* *Click*

*Creaks*

The doorknob was turned, and the door was opened slowly...

'No...'

The petite woman in the cabinet's breathing quickened considerably while she could only close her eyes and mouth tight for fear of being discovered by the one who opened the door.

'What to do... I don't want to die... Dad... Mom... Jeremy...'

The woman covering inside the wardrobe looked to be around 152 centimeters with a weight of approximately 40 kilograms.

If one didn't count her sweating and smelly body, with her blonde-grey hair color, blue eyes, and petite stature, she would be considered an ideal cute loli for countless men back on Earth.

Obviously, the woman was none other than Charlotte, one of Jeremy's three friends...

Simultaneously when Charlotte suddenly thought about Jeremy, her eyes brightened up a bit as if she had suddenly thought of something.

Then Jeremy's words when everyone was in his garage promptly came into her mind...

...

Within Charlotte's peculiar flashback...

At this time, the prince-charming Jeremy suddenly shifted his alluring blue eyes to look directly into her eyes before saying with a loving smile,

"As for its rank, it is only a tier 0 spell, but its might and power is on a completely different level. Since I've modified the spell and adjusted its power personally, causing it to be as powerful as a tier-1 spell."

When Jeremy finished talking the first part, he promptly sent a fleeting kiss towards Charlotte as the latter constantly blushed. Then Jeremy continued his explanation while solely looking at her alone,

"For a simpler explanation, the spell inscribed on these gloves' palms can easily kill an elephant or make a deep dent on a tank. So, don't ever take it lightly and make sure that you stand at least 7 meters away from your target when you cast it..."

After finishing the explanation, Jeremy suddenly winked his beautiful eye at Charlotte before continuing,

"Now, I will demonstrate to you how to use the spell engraved on the glove. Just look at my following actions."

Then Jeremy promptly raised his left hand in the dummy's direction at the end of the garage. After that, he put his palm facing the wooden dummy in a parallel line.

Then he said a single word...

Flashback ends...

...

*Huu...*

Charlotte inhaled deeply to gain her resolve back...

However, it appeared that her body was still trembling a bit as she could not erase the feeling of fear completely.

Still, it was either do or die from now on. Also, Charlotte had already seen the outcome if a person was caught by the 'wraith'.

All of them were now dead...

'I must survive!'

Having thought so with determination, Charlotte pushed the closet door open forcefully...

*Thump!*

Then she lifted her left palm towards the floating transparent monster wearing filmy white clothes in front of her.

Well, it was not entirely transparent as it appeared to have a semi-corporeal body that could not go past objects with high density.

But those were not important because...

"Vitas!"

Charlotte shouted while closing her eyes tightly in anxiety and fear.

Simultaneously, the inscription engraved on the palm lit up with bright light. Soon, a light-blue ball made of purest mana was formed close to Charlotte's left palm.

Then the light-blue mana bolt was launched forward swiftly...

*Whoosh*

Not even a second later, the unprepared 'wraith' standing almost ten meters away from Charlotte was hit directly on its chest with the mana bolt.

*BOOOMMMMM!!*

The sound akin to a bomb exploded rang out loudly within the haunted mansion...

For a split second, it didn't look so haunted anymore...

"Kiaahh!"

Charlotte cried out in surprise while being flung back to the wardrobe's wall behind her, causing her back to hit heavily with the said wooden wall.

Not long after, Charlotte finally opened her eyes slowly to look at the aftermath of her deeds...

*Cough* *Cough*

She coughed lightly after inhaling some dust inside her nose...

At this time, Charlotte's eyes were fixed intently at the place of explosion where the Wraith floated before.

But she saw nothing there at all...

To be exact, the walls around the bedroom door were utterly blown off into pieces, leaving a gaping hole that could be seen through to the hall behind...

'It's dead?'

Charlotte thought puzzlingly after seeing no trace of the ghost that had been chasing and killing people nonstop after the Tutorial started.

Before Charlotte could think any further, a transparent window suddenly popped up in front of her...

...

[You have received 3x★ for successfully killing the vengeful Wraith]

[Reminder: Please check the mission progress in your Status Window]

...

"Woahhh... Jerem's spell is super cool. It can even kill a bloody ghost..." Charlotte mumbled audibly after seeing the notifications stating about her rewards.

After all, Charlotte had seen with her own eyes when some people tried to attack the Wraith with a wooden stool, for those attacks were to no avail at all, as they went through the Wraith's body like passing through water.

However, Jeremy's spell proved absolutely otherwise...

"Hmm... Status Window? Oh, right! The tutorial mission..."

If someone was around Charlotte right now, they must have thought she was a crazy bitch who liked talking to her own self.

Then Charlotte shouted loudly into the air,

"Status Window!"

Of course, like an idiot would do...

...

Name: Charlotte Rosenberg

Race: Human (Le'Liac - Low-Rank Organism)

Class: None

Title: Talkative Little Girl (Inactive)

Affinities:

- Earth (Common): 41.1%

- Nature (Common): 44.6%

Talent: None

Trait: Talkative

Achievement: None

Tutorial Mission: Survive I

...

After looking at her Status Window and seeing nothing had changed, Charlotte focused her mind on the Tutorial Mission section.

Soon, a transparent window containing Charlotte's Tutorial Missions popped up in front of her...

Then even before Charlotte could take a look carefully at her tutorial missions list, a small window showed up shielding her front view first...

...

『 Congratulations. You've earned a qualification to enter into the second stage of the Tutorial 』

『 Would you like to exchange ★ for a teleportation ticket? 』

『 Yes │ No 』

...

After seeing so, Charlotte smiled in delight before choosing the 'Yes' option without a second thought at all.

She didn't want to stay in this haunted manor anymore...

Nobody knew when another ghostly Wraith would appear again, so the faster she got out of here, the better...

Just like that, Charlotte's body was teleported away silently, leaving other survivors to fend for themselves...

A brief second before Charlotte's body completely disappeared from the place, she finally had a chance to look at the current progress of her Tutorial Missions...

...

『 Tutorial Mission: Survive I』

⎯ Survive until only 15 people remain (★)

⎯ Survive 5 cycles of day and night (★★)

⎯ Kill a vengeful Wraith (★★★) (Completed)

⎯ Find and use a secret teleportation circle (★★★★)

⎯ Kill a spiteful Banshee (★★★★★)

⎯ ??? (✰)

『 After finishing one of the Tutorial Missions, you can choose to be teleported into the next stage.』