[Please choose a name.]


    ''Hm,'' Colt knew that this point woulde eventually. He had spent a lot of time thinking about it while waiting for the Beta test. Colt''s old name, when he was part of Camelot, was Excalibur. He wanted his new name to reflect that, as well as the injustice he felt from being banished from his team. He smiled as he entered his new name, ''Exile''.


    [Your name has been set to ''Exile''. Is this correct?]


    "Yes," He replied, as he began to notice bursts of golden light as the other yers finished their registration. As soon as he said this, he felt a warm feeling coursing throughout his body. Soon, his vision was filled with a golden light. "Let''s see what you''ve got!"


    When the light dissipated, his vision was filled with a massive white nket. A cold wind blew against his face, making him shiver. He would have liked to have imed the shiver was from excitement, but it really was just because he was cold. ''Damn! Look at all this snow!''


    Snow was a rare sight in the real world these days. Most people would live their entire lives without ever seeing or experiencing the real thing. ''Wait! I''m actually cold? In a game?'' Having just realised the significance of this fact, Colt''s eyes bulged as he tried to figure out how it was possible.


    So far, no game had achieved this level of immersion. The gaming industry, as a whole, had only managed to replicate realistic sights and sounds. yer''s would feel a tiny bit of pain whenever they got hit, but it was just at a level to let them know that had happened. While his mind was already thrown into disarray over this, a crisp, fresh smell of pines and winter entered his nostrils. Stimting his thoughts to find something else to be surprised about.


    ''Have they actually managed to replicate all five senses? If they have, then that''s amazing! No wonder they don''t want word to leak before the public release.'' Colt looked around to get his bearings. ''There should be a starting vige around here somewhere…''


    He looked dead ahead, only to see a forest full of pine trees. To his left, there was a sharp cliff that dropped down further than he could see. On his right, there was a rocky, snow-covered wastnd. With a deep sigh, he turned around. It could only be behind them.


    ''ARE you kidding me!'' Colt was utterly dumbfounded. As it so happened, there was absolutely nothing but more wastnd behind him. ''What the fuck am I meant to do, huh?!''


    Colt felt the warning signs of an iing headache. Clearly, he had not had enough coffee to be dealing with this today. It took him a few minutes to gather his thoughts, then he felt a stinging pain as he pped his face with the palm of his hand. ''God damn! That actually hurt!'' It was clear that it would take some time for him to get used to this new level of immersion.


    What surprised him even more, was that he could somehow sense that his own strike had actually done some damage to him. ''Oh, right! I can just check if there''s a map in the system.'' Colt had been so caught up in the new experience that he hadpleted forgotten that this was a game. He could not believe that he had made such a rookie mistake, but that was just how exciting this new experience was for him.


    ''Status,'' Colt said within the confines of his own mind. This was the standardmand for every VRMMORPG when yers wanted to check their in-game stats, skills, equipment and quests. He prepared himself to be overloaded with a bunch of overlyplicated details, ''Hmm? What''s this?''


    [Name: Exile]


    [Race: Wandering Deity (Human)]


    [Title: None]


    [Tier: 0]


    [Level: 1]


    [HP: 10/10]


    [DP: 0/0]


    [Strength: 1]


    [Endurance: 1]


    [Speed: 1]


    [Authority: 1]


    Colt was surprised to find that his stats were not overly convoluted as he had expected. However, after getting over the initial shock. He noticed the elephant in the room. ''What the fuck is this! Why is my race set to be a deity? Doesn''t that mean I''m a god?''


    This was certainly not what he had been expecting. Usually, in these types of games, yers would take the role of adventurers or something along the same lines. ''This is madness!''


    Colt thought that he had to have misread the information, but no matter how much he stared at it, the words never changed. ''Ok, say the developers are actually mad enough to allow yers to be gods. Then what''s the aim of the game? ''Colt''s eyes narrowed on his information screen. ''It can''t be a simtion or casual game. They wouldn''t make any money from that.''


    He strained his mind as he tried to figure out the motive behind it. He thought it must be safe to assume that every yer would be a God. The real question was, what would Godspete in? Well, that must be obvious. Clearly, it would be believers and influence, but then. Where would these ''resources''e from? The pool of NPC''s, maybe? That would make sense.


    However, the fact that he had a health bar and somewhat regr stats hinted that they should be able to fight with each other or some kind of mobs. ''So is DP something to do with believers? I''ve never seen that as a stat before. It doesn''t seem like it will be as simple as that. Authority. I wonder what that rtes to? Magic maybe? Since there is no Intelligence or Wisdom stat?''


    Colt was struggling to make heads or tails of what he was looking at. One thing he knew for sure, he would have to discover as much knowledge about this as soon as possible. He had a feeling that understanding these stats would make all the difference to his survival in this game. More so than stats in other games.'' Tch, can''t believe they''re actually leaving us to figure this shit out ourselves. Some kind of in-game guide would have been nice…''