《VRMMORPG:Reverie》 Prologue - Cross Reverie He Hyunn, a 21 years old looking guy living in a common-looking villa, who would''ve guessed that an expert adored by the masses is living here. As he went to the living room and turned-on the television it was related to the new game that''s about to be released "Sir, can you give us a breif introduction about the game you guys created and how about giving a bit of advice while at it?" Asked the reporter As the man in the television heard it he just nonchalantly smiled as he said "Cross Reverie is..... A New World is what I would say, as for what the masses think of it, wait until you play" and the commercial played. I muttered ''Cross Reverie huh... I guess I can give it a try, the other game is not making that much money to sustain the for mother''s hospital bill'' I sighed, "I guess I should go visit the store to get the data for the game. Got to sell my items on my previous game first" After I sold all my Items on the game, I can''t help but feel nostalgia at the moment. At least I have a dependable income. That day where the incident occurred as my father and mother was driving got into an accident, my father didn''t make it and mother''s in the hospital recovering. As I looked at the date I mummered ''It''s been a 2 years since then'' then I tried to rise my spirit and looked at the money I got from selling my items.If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. As I thinked ''Hmmm.. Getting 50million won (500,000 $) for all my hardwork in these 2 years and I''m close at reaching 21 this year huh. At least It would be enough for me to upgrade to the newest gaming capsule with the features of keeping the body stable and latest warning system, too bad I could''ve gotten more. As I was thinking that, I went to the company shop that upgrades the system on the capsules it costed me a whopping 5million won (50,000$), as I was thinking how expensive it was I visited the hospital to check my mother As I entered the room where my mom was in I saw a middle-aged lady laying back on the bed smiled warmly at me and I heard her say "Hyunn-ssi your not working yourself at right? Look at you your already reaching 21 and your still single" As she said that I scratched my head and said "It''s fine mom your little Hyunn-ssi will never get tired if it''s you, look at me do you see any malnutrition? I won''t let myself get sick as I still have to work hard and let my mother get better right?" As I smiled I can see my mother''s eye got moist as she said "My Hyunn-ssi has grown-up, you better let me see my grandchild while your still at it, don''t worry about me the doctor said I''ll be able to leave in half a year almost a year so you better get a girl when I come home" After she finished speaking I could only wryly smile at her and said "Mom just get better and I''ll do whatever you say when we get back alright? I''m going to wait for my mother''s delicious cooking so just recover and don''t be cheap for your food okay? I''ve brought fruits and placed it in the table so you can eat it alright? I''m going now mom, bye" After I left I payed the bill for my mother''s treatment as I looked at the bill with the balance of 15million won (15,000$) for 6 months. After I finished what I have to do I went home to a common looking Villa and started to play the game. System Notification:Server will open after 3h 46m Chapter 1 - Beginner Village 2327 After waiting he laydown in the capsule hearing a soft melodious voice saying: System Notification: Server will now start in 18s....13s....5s....2s... Scanning Body, Success Please select a Race "Human" What Job will you choose Without a pause he said "Assassin" Please input a name "Dream Scape" Please Input your pain tollerance without any hessitation he said the lowest possible option because only a maniac would want to feel painYou might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. "10%" Welcome to Cross Reverie, Dream Scape, You are now in Beginner Village 2327 After that announcement that rang in his head a blinding light covered him and the moment it vanished it was replaced into an breath taking scene where a grass field is there from the eyes could see. As he was looking around he noticed his surroundings and alot of player was rendered dazed. After that is a flocking scene of players running towards NPC as they got pushed around and some girls even got harassed. After identifying the situation he first checked out his status first [Player: Dream Scape LVL: 1 AGI: 4 STR: 2 INT: 1 VIT: 2 P. ATK: 7 - 12 P. DEF: 5 - 7 Skill: Backstab - Deals 120% physical damage and 20% to bleed the target ] After seeing his status he nodded and checked his equipment [Beginner''s Dagger: Physical Attack 2 - 4 ] Beginner''s Cloth: Physical Defence 1 - 3 ] After seeing the flock of players surrounding the NPCs, I can''t help but smile wryly and seeing the lvl1 - 2 monster spawn camp full, I decided to go to the lvl 4 area monster [Soilpod: LVL: 4 LIFE: 100 HP P. ATK: 6 - 8 ] After I saw a the greenish plant monster I instantly initiated combat and a-7 text appreared before it''s head my lips curled slightly, after exchanging blows I saw it''s attack pattern and finished it in 2-3minutes You have earned 70 Exp As I received the notification I can''t help but give a slight smile as he only need 200EXP to Lvl-up. After farming that monster for half an hour and saw my lvl reach 3, I decided to go back to the village. Chapter 2 - Village Chief After I finished hunting the only thing that dropped is a total of 34 copper coins. As I was contemplating what to do, I saw the chief of the village gasping for breath as if he want sat down on the bench seemingly wanted to rest but players gather to him. After seeing that I can''t help but approach the chief as I said "Chief you seemed to have overworked yourself why don''t you rest over for a while it may be bad for your health" After seeing me the chief with a thankful gaze we sat down and the players who was waiting for quest received the notification saying ''Please wait for 2 hrs before receiving the quest'' after that the crowd was stunned silly, after protesting for a time they still dispersed. After the chief sat in the chair he said "Hmm, Young lad your the only one that got concerned after seeing me tired. Thanks for your concern, I may be rude to ask you to do something but don''t worry I will give you a considerate reward" ''Ding... Request from the Village Chief'' Accept or Decline?'' I hurriedly said ''Accept'' After seeing my response the chief gave me a gentle smile as he said "You see there have been alot of wolves around the vicinity of the northern jungle, can you do me a favor collecting 100 Wolf''s teeth and give them to that Old man on the blacksmith shop, thanks" ''Ding... Collect Wolves Teeth : 0/100This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. Quest Difficulty: D+ Quest Reward: Wolves Dagger (Green)'' After seeing the reward he can''t help but be a bit taken aback because at this time getting a green equipment is a luxary. And just received one in a quest. After being stunned for a moment he went to the northern part of the jungle as he saw a wolf [Gray Wolf LVL: 6 LIFE: 180 HP P. ATK: 13-17] After seeing the wolf''s stats not being too high nor too low, he gave a confident smile even though he is only lvl 3 with a little over 200 HP he started to rush over to the wolf after being struck by the Backstab it dealt -12 followed -3 bleed damage per second for 5 second, after the wolf got strucked he growled at me and ran towards me. Although it was fast it''s not something that I cannot react to, although I am confident In dealing with this, but the gap in our stats cannot be dealth with just skills alone. After dealing with the wolf for 3-4minutes the system announced the exp I received. ''You have received 100EXP for killing the gray wolf'' After doing that for 2hrs, I finally completed the quest and prepared to go back to the village. After hunting the wolves I reached lvl 4 with 78% in my EXP bar. After getting through the sea of people I went to the blacksmith store and said "Good day to you sir, the village chief sent me here to deliver this" then I handed the 100 Wolf Teeth. After seeing the teeth, He then responded with a not with-out a slightest ripple of emotion on this face saying with a uncaring tone "Here''s your reward" after that he handed me a Dagger [Wolf''s Dagger (Green) P. ATK: 7-13 STR: +2 AGI+ 4 Required Lvl:5] ''Ding... Quest Completed Received 20,000EXP, 20 Silvers'' And then a soothing light covered my body for a moment indicating I lvled-up as I checked my stats after equiping the Dagger I decided to place to put 10 points on my STR and 1 points on AGI and 5 in VIT [Player: Dream Scape LVL: 5 LIFE: 340HP P. ATK: 23 - 34 STR: 18 AGI: 25 INT: 7 VIT: 13 Skills: Backstab] Chapter 3 - Chaos Snake After finishing the quest I logged-out and check the time stating 8:21 P.M, I suppose it''s time to rest. After getting a good rest I woke up by my biological alarm clock at 5:30 A.M and went to cook for my breakfast, After finishing my meal I went to my daily exercise routine and started jogging. After finishing my daily routine I laid down on the capsule and started playing As I connected to the game the first thing I saw is the lively market and players shouting ''Repairing Equipments: Fee 10 copper coins'' ''Selling Cloth Armor, Better than the beginner one for only 5 copper coins'' ''Selling Lvl 5 equipments..................." And so on, but as I was going to leave I saw some-one selling a skill book for assassin and it''s name is ''Rapture'' as the owner of the stall saw me looking he said "Brother, look at this skill book just got dropped from a lvl 4 monster I''m just selling it for 2 Silver coins how about it?" As he finished speaking I agreed to it because I earned alot in hunting 100 lvl 6 wolves namely I suppose I''m not just lucky enough to get even a gear or skill book. After purchasing the skill, I instantly used it and checked it''s description Skill: Rapture (Passive)LvL 1 - Attacks have given chance to trigger bleed for 5% (Bleed deals 1% attack+ (Lvl*Skill LvL) After purchasing it I still have 26 silver coins to spare but I found nothing that interested me so I went to the chief to say that I completed the quest and asked if there''s something I can do to help. After the chief heard what I said he sigh and told me the problem "Do you know that in the Eastern part of the plains there have been more and more incidents where our people got bitten by snaked, I don''t know if you can accomplish this but If you can collect 50 snake gallbladder and give it to that Old bag of bones in the pharmacy I think she can help cure the poisoned settlers" ''Ding.. Collect 50 snake gallbladder from the chaos snakes in the Eastern plains'' Rewards: 25,000EXP 10 Silver coins and 1 Item from the pharmacy Do you accept?'' "Accept" As I was thinking why the reward for the silver coins is only 10 I guessed that the items in the pharmacy is quite decent as given the current game that still yet to open the currency transaction for a while. While I was thinking of it, I arrived at the plains but I only spotted few players from between, I can''t help but think ''Do players avoid me for some reason'' cause since the day I was hunting I never spotted a fellow gamer. As I was thinking it''s just that the monsters here are high lvled for normal players I checked the surrounding and saw a greyish snake about a feet long and checked out it''s stats [Chaos SnakeThe genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. Lvl: 9 LIFE: 430 HP P.ATK: 23-35 P.DEF: 13-19 Skill : Paralytic Spit - When feeling threatened it spits out an acid that numbs the senses ] As I calculated how long this battle will be over I used Backstab and a -19 red text appreared and it seems like the bleeding effect activated and -8 damage floated per second, It won''t take too long before it''s finished. And after 3 minutes It finally went down. After looking at the loots I finally saw a skill book named ''Sprint''. [Sprint (Active) Available for Warrior and Assassin Class] After looking at it I used it on myself [Skill: Sprint - Increases movement speed by 20%for 10 seconds Cool down: 1 minute Cost: 20 MP] After thinking that this is going to boost my hunting efficiency I looked at the tab to look how much EXP it gave You have received 320EXP for killing a chaos snake As I have 84% EXP after killing the 26th chaos snake, I lvled up to 6. After running around hunting snakes for 2hrs 30mins I finally collected 50 gallbladder, looking at my loot besides the decent cloth armor which I used everything is not necessary for me. After selling all the useless item I have in the auction I got 13 silvers, which even got me surprised. Looking at my bag I have 46 silvers at the moment and soon to be 56. As I went to the direction of the pharmacy I instantly saw an old grandma in the counter, As I went infort of her I gave her the 50 snake gallbladder that''s requested. As she saw the gallbladder, she has a shocked appearance as if appraising me and she said "The village cheif appointed you right? Come with me I''ll give you the compensstion" she said with a satisfied face. After walking through the hallway there was a box there and as I closed in she opened it and I was instantly amazed from what I saw, 4 Different fruits as I gazed at them I looked at the descriptions "Fruit of Absolute Fire Effects: Grants 10 permanent STR and 10% fire resistance and gives 10% extra damage from fire related attacks A Fruit that can only be born in a extremely harsh environment filled with chaotic fire" "Fruit of Winter Snow Effects: Grants 10 permanent INT and gives 10% resistance to cold and gives 10% damage from ice related attacks A Fruit born from an extremely cold places" "Fruit of Life Effects: Grants 10 permanent VIT and grants 10% bonus when receiving heals or when you heal A Fruit that was born on the Tree of Life" "Fruit of Tempest Effects: Grants 10 permanent AGI and grants 10% movement speed and when dodges apponents attacks gives 10% attack speed A Fruit born from a rash environment where whistling wind can slice almost everything in a second" When I finished reading I groaned as such heaven defying items are in front of me but I can only take one. As I said to myself being greedy too much would be a disaster. It''s better to have one than none, as I repeated that to myself I chose the Fruit of Tempest, seeing my choice she said "Hmm, no greed incited only excitedness and a regretful expression but still kept calm. You have a bright future ahead of you boy, keep it up" I was surprised as I looked at the granny, damn if I didn''t know this was a game I would''ve believed I was transported to another world. As I thanks the granny I received the notification ''Ding... Quest Completed Received: 25,000EXP , 10 Silver coins, Fruit of Tempest (choice) Then I saw a golden light draped on my body as I lvled up to lvl 7. I still have 6 SP left with-out using it. Then an announcement came ''The Leader Board System have been installed'' and then ''You have the qualifications to join the Leader Board and spread your name, Do you choose to place your name?'' I instantly declined, because being low-key is much more reasonable for a 1 man me, I''m not one of those super strong player where I can 1 vs 1 guild, I''m gonna die in that case. As I looked at the Leader Board 1. LvL 6 Sky Breaker 2. LvL 6 Storm Descends 3. LvL 6 Night Tingle As I should have expected I''m ahead of them...... Chapter 4: Trials After I saw the leaderboard I can''t help but smirk as I''m ahead of them, well I suppose there are those hidden players like me too. Hmm, I suppose I can''t make alot money with just me alone in this game, should I join a guild...? But there''s too many restrictions, damn it I''m just gonna think of it when I got to that point. After thinking what I''m going to do in the future I went to the village chief and reported that I accomplished the mission, after he heard that he said "Oh, nice work there young lad" ''Ding... Intimacy in the village chief +20'' As I heard the notification I thought ''Oh so there''s also a system like these'' as I was thinking of what''s the benefit the cheif said "As you know, after you reach Lvl 10 you''ll have the qualifications to go to the main capital, but before that you have to challenge the trial as it goes Easy, Normal, Hard, Abyss. As the higher the difficulty the higher the rewards, so before you go there visit that woman in the pharmacy shop, Oh right can you help me one last time? Help me deliver this letter to the that old man in the blacksmith shop" ''Ding... Deliver the letter to the Blacksmith shop'' Reward: 1,000EXP 50 copper coins Difficulty: D++'' ''Accept'' "Thank you young lad" As I saw the difficulty I guessed it should be a continuous mission, As I went to the blacksmith shop and delivered the letter. After seeing the letter the usual emotionless face of the blacksmith have a grave expression. After he finished reading the letter he said "Come with me" As I followed him inside his workshop I saw armors and weapons as I inspected it I was expecting it to be shocking but not this shocking [Wind Wolf''s Light Armor (Blue) Durability: 120/120 P.DEF: 25 - 41 STR: 5 AGI: 8The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. VIT: 5 Description: Cloth armor created by the pelt of a Boss class monster Wind Wolf, It is light and doesn''t obstruct movements Requirements: Lvl 10 ] [Snake Fang Dagger Durability: 110/110 P.ATK - 45 - 58 STR: 3 AGI: 7 Description: A Dagger forged with extreme care with the main material of Fangs of the Silver Chaos snake Attacks have a 2% chance to poison the target dealing 1% of the max HP of target, Last 5 seconds. Requirements: Lvl 10, Assassin Class] [Stardust Broadsword (Blue) P.ATK : 57 - 81 STR: 14 Description: A Broadsword with the center material as a piece of meteorite. Attacks have a 1% chance to stun enemy Requirements: Lvl 10, Warrior Class] [Star Oak Bow (Blu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] After seeing a list of Blue equipment in front of me, I really did not thought of seeing a blue equipment this early and even a whole bunch of them. After seeing my expression the blacksmith smirked and he said "I''ll let you borrow one to complete this quest, as for the reason I don''t think your capable of finishing it with that set of lousy equipments" After saying that a notification appeared ''You have given permission to equip the item temporarily, Lvl requirement -5'' ''Ding... Kill all the Boss Class monster in the East, South, North, West Forest'' Reward: +1 Lvl, 1 Gold, 1 Equipment in the blacksmith shop (If the result is satisfactory)'' Difficulty: C'' As I thought It''s going to be a challenge, as I sigh I don''t know how it started to get me this quest, well it''s not like I dislike it tho. After contemplating I chose the the Dagger because It''ll help me finish it faster. After I equipping the Dagger I went first East. After searching deep within I saw a huge bull, as I inspected it''s stats [Berserker Bull (Leader-class) LVL: 10 LIFE: 15,000HP P.ATK: 43 - 57 P.DEF: 32 - 47 Passive: Tough Skin - Has 10% to nullify the damage received by 50%] After seeing the boss I sighed and muttered ''This is going to take a while'' after that I went forward and slashed, and I saw -27 appear I thanked god It''s still decent and started harrasing hit and run tactic After 4-5 hrs of kitting the boss It finally went down. Huh, thanks to the Passive of the Dagger the time was lessend. As I went forward and checked the drop with high expectations, It didn''t dissapointed me at the least The first I checked is the skill book [Dual Wielding Allows assassin to wear a second hand Dagger] As I was happy and puzzled why such a good skill would drop from this, I supposed It''ll be common after a few months Then a green shining Dagger [Bulls Rage Dagger (Green) Durability: 90/90 P.ATK - 34 - 41 STR: 2 AGI: 3 Description: A Dagger forged from the horns of the Berserker Bull Requirement: Lvl 10] and what followed is white equipments and 6 silver coins. Even though the following items isn''t good, Just the two item is worth it. After looking at the digital clock inside the game, I can''t help but be shocked as to see that I''ve been playing for 8 hours. After knowing that I hurriedly logged out to refill my energy first as It''s bad being too absorbed in the game with-out taking care of the body.