《TITANS FALL》 DEATH In the year 2022. Jacob Fall, founder of TRINITY, one of the biggest company in the world. He is also the creator of a device called CEREBRO, a device used for a full immersive virtual reality. He achieve all that at the age of 21, everyone called him a genius. After that he release a game called <> (MRO) the first VRMMORPG, and become the trend immediately. Because of that, he become one of the wealthiest man on Earth. Now 20 years later, TRINITY has a emergency announcement for the whole world. Everyone is anticipating and speculating what the announcement be, some says it''s about a update in MRO, some speculated that it''s about a new game, etc.. A 70 year old man with a full white short hair, wearing a navy blue suit, walks up the podium. He looks good compare to his age. "Today there''s an emergency announcement that we would like to say, and that is. . . . Jacob Fall President of TRINITY . . . . is now DEAD. We found his lifeless body inside his laboratory." When the man said that, all the reporters exploded with questions. "Mr. Night, what happened?" "Mr. Night, what is the cause of death?" "Mr. Night, what is the companies next step?", all sort of question pop up. Mr. Night, or know as Karl Night, Vice President of TRINITY, raise his hand to stop all questions. "I''m only here to to announce that. But before Jacob die he leave his will and a video for all of you.". He walks down the podium, the a video started playing on the background. A young looking man with long and curly black hair, and wearing a lab coat appeared. This is Jacob Fall, "Hi, if you are watching this it means I''m already dead. I leave a message for you all to say that I''ve perfected it. A whole new world. I''ve put everything in this, my sweat, blood and soul, just to make it perfect. This is a new world for all of you to explore, love, hate or even conquer. This is my final gift to left you, I hope you can enjoy this grand adventure. . . . This game will be monitored by MINERVA a new state of the art AI system. The company can''t access the sever, only MINERVA can, so all update will be according to MINERVA and the data and progress of the game. And as for my inheritance, I left it inside the game. To the one that find it, he/she will have full control of TRINITY and all my wealth shall be his/her. Now this is good bye, see you on the other side."The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. After the message, a short clip showing a whole new world that is three times larger than Earth, it show 3 different continents. Then it shows the title of this new game <>. On that day the whole world exploded because of the news, Jacob Fall died but he left his will inside the game. Every people, media outlet and internet are all talking about it. TRINITY releases an information that <> will be released a month from now. The day before the announcement, inside Jacob Fall''s laboratory. "This is goodbye my friend." He was talking to Karl Night. Everybody knows Karl Night as the Vice President of TRINITY but few people knows that he is the best friend of Jacob Fall. "Must you do this Jacob?" but Jacob look at him and smile "It''s my only choice, even if I can''t last long in this world my friend, but there, I can live forever." a tear rolled down Jacob''s eyes. "MINERVA, start the process." said Jacob. A computerized female voice answered. "As you wish Master." Karl night just look at his friend and said "So long brother, see you on the other side." after saying that he turned around an leave. Just after he leaves, Jacob Fall''s body become lifeless. "Processing Complete" "Initializing <> protocol...1%....3%...9%...15%...34%...56%...77%...82%...99%...100%... Initializing Complete" After a few second MINERVA said "Welcome Master", the a computerized male voice answered "In here, I''m no longer Jacob Fall. From here you will call me ALPHA, MINERVA." "As you wish, ALPHA." "Now we shall begin." A/N:this is my first try, well hope someone like it. thanks. Chapter 2: Graduation Year 2042 On top of a building, four studentsare ganging up on a small skinny boy. The four students are taking turns beating the kid up and laughing. The 4 of them are your typical bullies. "This is for now creep. Just wish we wouldn''t see aeach other next time." said the leader of the group, and the others are just laughing on the background. After having their fun beating up the boy they leave, but just as the other are passing the boy crawled up on the floor the leader gave one final kick. The boy can still their laughter as they made their way down the rooftop. After the four students left. The boy stand up from kneeling in the floor. He dusted him self up. Surprisingly there are only few scratches can be seen on the boy. The pick up his glasses that had been thrown beacuse of the beating. His glasses are thick and have scratches and breaks the some tape are only holding together. After checking himself up, evryone can see that he is also wearing the uniform identical to the other 4 bullies. No one would expect him to be a highschool beacuse of his body. The boy looks like a small child with his height that is only 4 foot 10 inches, and his tiny and skinny body. He has black lomg hair that goes to the shoulder. And if one look closely and carefully to him, then you can notice that his irises are red, just like the color of blood, but being hidden by his hair and thick glasses. The boys name is Kira Night, a feminine sounding name. And because of that very name that he is bullied often. He is an orphan, he does not remember his father. His mom only tells him that his father left them before he was even born. So thats why he was using his mothers last name. His mother raise him all by herself. But due to a disease she passed away. After fixing himslef, he looks up towards the sky and muttered "watch me always mom. I hope there, i will make you proud" after that he proceeds down the roof top. Going down he hears someone shouting his name. "Kira!!..... Kira!!... Where are you Kira?" Kira saw the one calling him. It was a handsome, tall blonde guy with a green eyes that makes him more mesmerizing. A total lady killer to be exact. It was his best friend Lynch Osborn. Lynch''s family owns a large steel company and some electronic company as well. Lynch is the polar opposite of Kira, where the former is sociable, friendly and good at sports. Unlike him that doesn''t do well at sport and Lynch being his only friend. Lynch saw Kira and frowned, seeing that his friend has a few scratches here and there. One look and he already know what happened. He instantly walks up to Kira. "It was Jake and his group of friends that bully again am I right?" said Lynch looking straight at Kira. Kira was about to answer but his friend was fumming."They are always like this. I don''t know why you let them do this to you. You can always fight them back you know. What the point of your super human reflexes if you wouldn''t use it? I know you cant beat them but you can atleast give them a good fight. After i see all of them I will beat them all up." Kira smile seeing his friend being angry for him, he said "Stop it. It was just a few scratches, and I used my flexes to adjust my body to soften the impacts of their blow. I can''t dodge it properly cause my body can''t keep up with my mind but atleast i can adjust my body to reacieve their beating. And anyway this is the final time they can do this, so let them go."This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Well let''s go, the ceremony is aboit to start. We need to get to the auditorium now." said Lynch. Kira reminiscence about the past 4 years of his highschool life. All his hard work in studying because he wants to get a reccomendation and scholarship, so that he could attend university. For this past four year he was constantly being bullied but he persevere. He always works hard and double the effort because he wants to succeed, cause that is his promise to his mother. Inside the auditorium. "..... Thus is my final remaks. I hope you all succeed in the near future. Good luck amd congratulation to all of you. You are the graduates of this batch 2042." thier principal said, a chubby man with a clean shaved head. Everybody applause after the speech given by their principal. He finally made it, Kira thought to himself. He finally graduated. This is the start of his journey to success. As he made his way out of the school he saw Lynch waiting for him by the gates. "Took you long enough." Lynch saw that Kira looks so serious and said "What? Feeling sad that you won''t get beaten up almost everyday?" Lynch said it sarcastically. Kira looks at Lynch and ask "What''s you plan now?" Lynch thought for a moment then answered "I don''t really know. I can finally have so much free time. I can be a professional gamer. I can spend all my free time now on MRO." Lynch like to play games, especially the popular <> also know as mro. He always invites Kira to play but always being rejected, saying that he doesn''t have the time for it. But Lynch knows the real reason, Kira doesn''t play because he can''t afford the gaming gear. A simple gaming gear cost thousands of dollars and the gaming cabin cost upto hundreds of thousands of dollars. Lynch always thought of gifting a gaming gear to his friend but he knows that his friend don''t like being pitied on. Lynch always nows that Kira really wants to play too. Kira knows what his friend is thinking so he finish their conversation and said his farewell to his friend and also saying goodluck about his plan. Lynch loos at kira''s retreating back feeling saddened, after that he gets on a brand new car and drove away. kira enters a tall building appartment. He gets on the stairs to the 7th floor. The building doesn''t have a elevator. After arriving at the seventh floor, he enter appartment number 704. Inside was just a small appartment just for one person. This is his home. He and his mom used to live here but now he was the only one here. He just cook a cup noodles for his dinner and sat down on the dinning table. While eating he opens his old laptop. He always do this to check about the news and checks forum about games. Checking the news, he was shocked by what he reads. The founder of TRINITY and creator of MRO passed away. And he also reads in the news that Jacob Fall leaves a message containg his last will, and it was about a game. The game everybody talks about, the called <> Chapter 3: Inheritance The next morning morning Kira couldn''t still believed it. His idol Jacob Fall is gone. At first Kira wants to be a doctor because of his mother, cause he saw how his mother suffer because of her diseases. And he wants to help others so that they won''t suufer like his mother did. Other than becoming a doctor Kira also want to be like his idol, Jacob Fall, a game creator. He was so obsessed about Jacob Fall that he reads everything about the man, every article, news and interview. Kira wants to play MRO too but he know that he couldn''t afford the gaming gear. But he knows evrything about the game. The diffent classes that can be played and even the hidden classes that''s been discovered until now. The biggest guild and best and know player around the world. He reads it all in different forum and blogs. He always yearns to experience the beauty of virtual world. Stopping from thoughts, kira gets up from his bed. He looks at the clock and see that it''s only 5:30 in the morning. He always has a habit of waking up early, and going to the market. Kira wash his face then wear a weary pants and a black hoodie, he also didn''t fprget about his glasses. He has a perfect vision but he choose to wear a glasses so that he could hide his eyes. He does it because he was aware how his eyes bother others whenever they notice his blood red colored eyes. Heading oit Kira goes to the market. He always do this because the price of the product in the morning are lower and the freshness of the products are superb. So inorder to save money he always wakes up early to shop. On the way home Kira stops by at a bakery and buy himself some breadbfor breakfast.after getting home he organizes all the groceries he purchased ans put them in the stacks and refrigerator. He was also planning what is his meal for thia week. As he was thinking he hears the doorbell rings. He checked it to see who''s at the door. It was a man wearing some formal clothing and making look like a attourney. Thinking about it Kira didn''t know who and what the man needs. He opened the door and asked "What can I do for you?" and the mas answered him by a question "Are you Kira Night?" Kira was nervous because he didn''t know the man and he was sure their family did not have a debt from some loan sharks. He so nervous and over thinking things and blurted out "Yes". The man ask Kira if he can come in, so that they can talk privately. Kira takes the man at the sofa and ask if he wants some beverages, of coffee or tea. The man said that its just fine. Kira as the man nervously of who he was and what does he needed. The man chuckles seeing how Kira was reacting to him. Man said "Sorry to make you nervous, I''m Christopher Williams but you can call me Chis. As for what I''m here for, that is to give you this" Chris pulls out a folder from his breifcase. "And I am the personal lawyer of your mother. I him to pass you her will. It stated that you can only get them when you graduated in highschool and 17 years or older. Now that you fulfill all that, i can finally give you what your mother left for you." Chris added.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. Kira was confused about everythng he just heard. He knows that they were poor so he didn''t know how can his mom afford a lawyer. And according to Chris his mother even left something for him. He don''t know what to think about this situation. While he was being confused, Chris put all the file in front of Kira and said "This is what your mother has left for you." Kira pulled from his thoughts. Kira looked at the files and starts to read the content of it. He saw the name of his mother, Shiela Night and her signature on the papers. As he was reading more and more, he was also becoming more and more confuse and agitated. It says on the file that his mother left him a appartment for him to move in and live, it also says that his mother left him some cash. Millions of cash, ot was 4 million dollars to be exact. He saw it in the bank book attached to the documents. He cant fathom what is happening, he even ask Chris if this was all real, and the answer he gets that it was the real deal. Chris ask Kira to sign the papers so that he could inherit whatever it was that his mother left for him. After signing the papers Chris said that his job was done here, and he also reminded Kira that by the afternoon a car will pick him up and accompany him to his new home. After Chris left the appartment he muttered "I''ve fulfill my promise Shiela. I delivered what you ask me to do." Chris look on the sky then said "First it was you, and now Jacob. Both of you already left, I hope you''re both happy wherever you both are." Kira was alone in his appartment, even after Chris left he still can''t get his head around what was going on. Everything he believe about hia mother are starting to shatter. He firmly believed that they were really poor, that his mother need to work multiple jobs and always coming home late due to overtime just so he can have a normal life. And now all of a sudden he recieve what his mother has left him, a millions of dollars and a appartment. Now, he was curious about what really was his mothers work. Later in the afternoon there arrive a car just like Chris said. It was an automated driving vehicle(ADV), and its programmed destination wag his new home. Kira packs everyhthing, he doest have much things and valuables, his only valuables for him was all the pictures of him and his mom that hang on the walls. Before leavi2nd his old appartment, he gave it a one last look, as he look many memories flashes back before him. After reminiscing the past he walks outside the building and gets on the ADV. After riding a comfortable ride, the ADV stops and Kira gets off. He look where his at and become amazed by the building in front of him. It was the TOWER, a known estate company the builds and sells luxury hotels and appartment. This TOWER composed of 100 floors in total. This will be his new home, as he was amaze by the gorgeous and splendor of this building some people are looking him funnily, he looks out of place with his weary pants and black hoodie. Kira nervously enters the building. Entering he was greeted by a beautiful lady with short blone hair that reaches only to her shoulder and a beautiful blue eyes. After greeting him, the lady said that they were expecting him. She gives him a card key floor his new home, he looks at it and see the floor number, his was 32. Here in the TOWER, every tenant owns their own floor. Kira gets on the elevator and press 32 to go up. Getting off the lift, he sees him self in front of a door, and by side of the door he sees a slot for the card key. Inserting the card key to unlock the door, he enters the appartment but was amazed by what he saw. Chapter 4: Living Together Early in the morning next day. Kira was eating some cereals and milk that he found in his fridge. His fridge that have different consumables and food of different kind. As he was eating, he still couldn''t believed what happened to him. He feels like it was all a dream, and at any moment his gonna wake up. He tries to pinch himself many time all it did was make his cheeks red. this indicated that everything that is happening is real. His new home is big unlike his past apartment. It has two floors. the first floor has the living room, kitchen, a big garden of its own on the outside. It feels like he was not in the building anymore. And in the first floor it has a single room for guest and a bathroom. The second floor is what makes him astonished. It has his very own gym with the latest equipment available. in the veranda its has a pool and some space if want to sunbath. It also come with 2 rooms. The first is the masters bedroom with a king size bed, and a walk in closet. Inside those closet is many sets of clothes that coincidentally fits him and some pair of brand new sneakers. It even has some pair of formal clothes ready for him. As for the second room. It was the room the gives him the most excitement. Cause inside that room is a latest unit of CEREBRO, the CRBRv4. It was the most advance and technological unit available. It was like a capsule that has a comfortable cushion inside for support, you can even sleep inside it. That''s how comfortable it was inside. But what attracts buyer for this unit is the performance of it that was almost life like unlike the older version that you can seem to see some pixels here and there. And this unit is also has a built in nutrient chamber, Where you can store some nutrient solution to keep the body of players a top conditions. It also help for players that like to immerse themselves for almost a day in the game. When he sees the gaming cabin, he couldn''t control his emotion and shouted out of excitement. It was a good thing that every floor is insulated and sound proof if not his neighbor would surely hear him. He was too excited cause finally he can experience first hand the beauty of the virtual world. After finishing his breakfast. Kira decided to open the computer install in his bedroom. He wants to check some information about the upcoming game of <> He sees that in the TRINITY website, there is a countdown timer. It was the countdown for the opening of the server of <>. It also says that it will be free to play for all, no purchasing needed. You should just download the game in your head gear or gaming cabin and you can play all you want. Because of this statement everyone around the globe was eager to play this upcoming game. And also the sales of head gears and gaming cabin increase exponentially, making the devices sold out in different stores. In different forums he saw many post about the details of the game but all of this just speculation. He also saw many different ads for recruiting new players to join their guilds or organization. As he was checking new and information from different sites, TRINITY releases some information about the game. It says that the world is called TITAN and has 3 major continents that are inhabited and controlled by it''s respective races. There are many races in TITAN but only 3 races are available to be played by players. There is the Human race, the Beastkin and the Elves. The Human race resides in the contient of Frontera that are ruled by 3 empires. The Elves are ruling the continent called Yggdrasil, and it was manage by a council compose of 12 grand masters. And the last one is the Zenon continent the the beastkin resides In, it has many tribes but being ruled by their 4 alphas.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. The information also state that the different races don''t have special quirks or characteristics that are given. It was for the fairness of the system. It also state that even if there are no unique ability given the opportunity differs from different continents. And the final information says that the player can affect the world depending on their choices. That was the only infornation that TRINITY can give for the players, they even stated that player should discover and explore this new world by themselve to unravel the secret and it''s history. When he was done going through all the news he finds, he decided to call Lynch. "Hey, where are you right now? We need to talk." Kira said after Lynch answer his phone. They decided to meet at a near by coffee shop. Kira and Lynch on the table. Kira order a expensive parfait and a iced coffee, and Lynch just order some iced tea. "What the occasion and you decided to invite me out? This is rare." Lynch asked as he look at Kira who was happily eating his parfait. Kira look at his friend and decided to tell him all that happened to him so far. About his mother, his new home and his inheritance. As Lynch sit there and listen to Kira, he was dumbfounded about everything that he hears. The more he listen the more and more it sounded farfetched. He couldn''t help but ask "What really is your mom''s job after all?" "That what i want to really know to, you know." Kira blurted out. "Did you try asking your lawyer Chris?" Lynch asked. "I tried but all he says is that he don''t know, that his only job to is deliver the documents to him as per requested by my mother." Kira said frustatedly. They can''t think of anything that can make sense to all of it. After finishing what they ordered they decided to leave. Kira ask for the check so they can pay the bills. Lynch thought that now that Kira has money he will treat him today but he was wrong. As Kira recieve that their bill he pass it to Lynch for hin to pay. "Yoi''re a millionaire now, treat me this time." said Lynch grudgingly. "I didn''t carry any money with me today, so pay it for now. I''ll return it to you." said Kira righteously. Lynch flared up when he saw Kira''s expression, beacuse he know how cheap his friend is. Lynch doesn''t have a choice and decided to pay the bill. Kira decided to go home but he have Lynch sticking to hin like a leech, pestering him to allow him to see his new apartment. He was force to give in just so that Lynch stop bothering him. He reluctantly made his way towards his new apartment. As they arrive and Kira inserted the card key, Lynch immediately made his way inside without even waiting for Kira to enter. Lynch runs around to every nook and cranny of this new apartment. Lynch looks so excited and even shouting every now and then if he discover something. Kira just chuckles at his friend''s behavior. He knows that Lynch looks matured but he was a child at heart. Kira just sat down on the sofa drinking some tea that he pours him self while waiting for his friend to explore everything and becomes exhausted. After having his fill, Lynch was panting due to his excessive running without stop. As Lynch sit down, he looks at Kira intensely. "Let''s live here together." Lynch blurted out. Kira choke and spurted the tea he was drinking when he hears what his friend said to him. He look at Lynch and then back up a bit from him. "I''m not interested in you. I don''t swing like that you know. And i didn''t know that you like me." kira said monotonely to his friend. Lynch feels like wanting to punch Kira when he saw the disgusting expression his friend gave him. But he can''t blame Kira because when he thinks about what he said, he too would misunderstood the said comment. Lynch explain to Kira that he just want to live here with him because it was near the university that he woukd like to study. The sheer size of this apartment is huge that''s why Lynch could have the guest room. Lynch also want to move here cause he wants to move out his parents house so that he could play without being pester by his parents. Kira thinks for a moment and said "You can live here but you have to pay a rent". Lynch was startle for a moment cause Kira was a millionaire now, he didn''t expect that he would ask for a rent. When he thinks about it, it made sense his friend is always a money-grubber. "Alright, alright I will pay a rent, you''re a millionaire now but your still cheap" Lynch said to kira looking dejected. Kira knows that his friend didn''t mind the rent at all and juat chuckles. Lynch was looking dejected one moment then becomes so excited cause finally he can play without being bothered here. Chapter 5: Preparation The morning of next day, Kira and Lynch where having their breakfast. Kira is just eating some toast bread while Lynch is eating cereals. Lynch reminiscent what happend last night. After their agreement last night, Lynch went home happily and started packing his things. He also talks to his parents and after convincing them he immidaitely leave his parents house. Who would have thought that after some hours, when Kira was in the middle of his dream he hears his door ring. He grudgingly get up from his bed and started going down to see who in their right mind would visit at this hour of the night. When he opens his door, he sees Lynch waiting there with his things and he looks ready moving in. Kira wants to beat his friend but he know that he can''t beat him. He just opens the door to let Lynch in. Lynch look at Kira who was glaring at him and felt cold sweat run down his spine the moment he look at his friends eyes that are always red as blood. He didn''t know how to explain what happened because he knows that Kira wasn''t really going to beat him but just from looking in those eyes he felt really cold. After letting Lynch inside Kira heads back to his room. He didn''t know that his glare just cause his friend to be frightened. Waking up from his thought, Lynch just looks at his friend. "What is your plan now?" he ask. "I don''t know for now, but I want to try playing this upcoming new game. It was free so it''s a plus, i don''t need to buy the game just have to download it." answered Kira while eating his toast. "Right, you can finally play. Let''s play together, what race are you going to choose?" Lynch ask. "I don''t really know for now, but I''m considering choosing between the elves or the beastkin." Kira answered. "You don''t want to play as a human? Why?" "I''ve been human my whole life, and i want to try the other race to experience first hand the RPG aspect. And here I can only be my self but there i can be someone else, I can change entirely." Lynch pondered what his friend said. " Okay, among the 2 what are you considering on making? Elves or Beastkin?" Lynch asked. Kira thought for a moment before givng him an answer "Well, for consideration I think i would choose the Beastkin." "As for me i''ll be an elf cause me and my friend in MRO decided to build a guild and we dicided that we''ll choose the Elf race." Lynch said. "Why don''t you join us,? You''re just starting and I can help you out if you have a problem." Kira refuses, saying that he wants to first experience the game by himself. He want to explore it and saying that they can party in the later part of the game. "You should also start exercising to improve your body." Lynch said . Kira was confuse hearing what his friend said. Seeng Kira''s confused look Lynch couldn''t help thinking his friend was an idiot. "I thought that you always read everything related about the VR? You know that you can have better body coordination if you train your body. If you practice your reflexes more you can have advantage in game among other players. So i think if you ever want to be good at the game you should start traing and exercising your body. And given your fast eyes if you ever practice your reflexes you can have a better body coordination. Maybe after some time you can even go pro and earn millions just by advertisement."This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Hearing what his friend said Kira started to ponder about it. He knows that what his friend said is correct. If he ever want to go pro, he needs to be better than the current best players. And he can even earn money while doing something he wants. After thinking it through Kira decided to take his friend''s advice. "Let''s start exercising and training now." Kira was excited to start. BLUGHH 30 minutes after starting Kira vomited, he can''t help it. He tought that because of the beating he gets from bullying he has a tough body, but he was wrong. He can run and walk for long time but when he started properly train his lungs can''t take it. That''s why he vomited. Lynch just thought him the basic training but Kira feels like it was the hardest work out there is. It was a good thing that Kira''s apartment has it''s own personal gym. They did not have to go outside and find somewhere to train. The first day after their training Kira''s whole body ache so much, he can''t even stand from his bed. His muscle was so sore it ache everytime he moves but he persevere. This was the only good quality he have. He also drink some nutrient solution to help him. Nutrient solution is used mainly by athletes. It helps them in giving proper sustenance for the body and making the muscles more pack and strong. It was a revolutionary product that helps the body without any side effects. After almost a month of training everyone can notice a big change on Kira''s appearance. His height increase and his body becomes more muscular but in a lean way unlike his past skinny self. He can practice more intermediate training now and after some time he can move to a more advance regimen. Today is the opening for the server for <>. It was stated that the opening is exactly at 12 midnight. TRINITY release this information including the game for download 3 days ago. TRINITY didn''t release any information about the game, this made many would be players to complain that they didn''t know some information about the game, but many are thrilled because they want to discover the game themselves. It was 10:30 pm now and both Lynch and Kira are done with their dinner. Kira decided to wash himself up. After finishing bathing, Kira decided to check the forum to see if there are any new news and after all that he check the time. It was only 10 minutes before the game start. Kira heads to the next room and sees two latest uniit of gaming cabin, one colored black the other is red. Kira notice that Lynch isn''t here yet and did not mull over it and decided to enter his gaming cabin. He owns the red one, and upon entering he put on a cuff to his wrist. This cuff is linked to nutrient tubes. He started to lay comfortably inside the cabin the start the device. His body relaxes abd everything went black. Moments later he was standing in a empty room. This was his virtual room where he can customize however he wants. He also sees a count down above the room. [Welcome] he hears a female voice. He check that there are still time before the opening of the game. He was bored so he started moving his body according to his training. After some time he hears a ticking sound. It was the countdown and saying only 30 seconds before the start of the game. He stop what his doing and just stare at the timer. He was so excited that he start to tremble. This was his first time playing VR. Finally after what feels like eternity for Kira, the timer reaches zero anouncing the opening of the server for <> Kira immediately start the game. [Welcome to the world <> , I am ALPHA and i will help you and be your guide here.] A male voice sounded in Kira''s ear upom his arrival here. Chapter 6: Character creation "I thought MINERVA is the one managing the game. I also thought that she would be the one guiding the new players." Kira said in his mind. [MINERVA is the one who created me. She needed some help in managing the newcomers of this world. I also helps in maintaining the system] Kira hears this as a light materializes in front of him that take a shape of a man without distinct facial feature. He was startled because he didn''t know how ALPHA know what his thinking. [I can read your thoughts through the use of the CEREBRO. Once you activated the device I can read your brain impulses to know what your thinking. I can also monitor your body to check for any problem that occurs during the game to immediately stop the game and call a help for you.] Kira was astounded by this statement. This is his first time hearing something like this that is implemented in the game. Isn''t this something illegal, it looks like it can be use to experiment on people. [You can be rest assured that the system will not abuse this system. And all the data that are processed by the system can only be monitored by MINERVA.] "Can you please stop reading my mind. It''s a little disturbing" Kira said out loud. [Sorry for that. I will stop reading what you''re thinking. I was just fascinated by your thought process.] Kira was astounded how the system talks, when he hears what it said. It was like a real person that has its own personality. Processing all what he learned he was reassure knowing that minerva was the only one that can monitor the server. Jacob Fall make it that way to make it a self sustaining game. He doesn''t want some sudden variable to be added in the system that he make for his final game. [Welcome to the world of TITAN, i will be your guide in creating your character. One character can only be created at a time. If you want to create another you have to delete the existing character. And doing that you will have to wait for 15 days before you can create a new character so you should carefully choose. There are 3 playable character available now, the Human race, Elven race, and Beastkin race.] ALPHA expalin to him the details about chracter creation. This was the first time they implemented the waiting system if you ever delete your character. This will make other player to choose carefully and thinks ahead about what thier play style should be. "I pick the beastkin." [The beastkin has different variant races. The variant race youan choose from depends on the system. The system will check your personality and traits that will be the base of the variant races you can choose from.] Kira was surrounded by a light in a flash that disappear a second after. Kira didn''t know that this variant races will depend on himself. He this that it''s cool and convient because it gives him a touch of himself in the character that he will create.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. After some time 5 different beastkin appears infront of him. Kira looks what are the variant races he could choose from. The first he saw looks like a rabbit. He focus on it and a blue screen appears beside the character [Rabbit race]. It has long white ears and something like a ball of fur thats on its back. It was a tail. This variant race is also small, only at 4 feet tall. The next one he saw was a sea predator. He focus he eyes on it [Shark race]. It was a hammerhead shark. It has a rubbery like skin, that is colored dark blue with a shade of grayish white for it''s torso. Its snout was flattened and hammer on it''s head is slightly higher that makes it look like a horn. It also has a dorsal fin on it''s back that sharks are known for and it also has pointy teeths that look menacing and some gills on the back of its ear. Third he can choose from is cat. It was a [Cat race], it has black cat ears and a long black tail on its back. It also has some thin fur on it''s hand and feet. It also has some whiskers on it''s cheek. The next one appears to be like a chicken. He focuses on it and see what it was. [Chicken race] he laugh to himself seeing this, it looks ridiculous. It has white feather on it''s arm and some on its neck. It also have the comb that is unusually red on top of it''s head partnered with a beak for its mouth. The last variant race he can choose from is big. When he sees it, it towers over him. [Bear race] it was so huge, 6 feet in height and the body mass of it was large. It has prominent muscle protruding on it''s body. It has brown fur almost around it''s body, around the arms and back with a some on its torso. It also has some thin facial hair. Kira looks at the 5 variant races in front of him. It was has it''s own differences but he notice that everyone of this characters have red eyes just like him. He want to change this because this eyes are what makes him so different from others. "Can I change the color of the eyes?" [No, but you can change the colorozation available for what race you will choose.] He was disapointed hearing that but he didn''t mind that. He started thinking what race he should choose. It was definitely not the chicken because he didn''t want to be laugh at. "I choose the shark race." Kira said. A beam of light envelop Kira and the other beastkin infront of him vanish. When the light started to fade Kira''s body change to the one that of a Shark race. He checks his body to notice the changes. He also notice that he has webbing in between his fingers. As he was check his body, he discover that he can will to hide the fin on his back as well as the webbing in his fingers. After checking his new self up he finally notice a blue screen appear in front of him. It was asking for the name of his character. Kira wasn''t good at naming so he choose the first thing that pop on his mind then type it. [Character name "Coin" available. Character created.] [You will be transported randomly in one of the novice village in Zenon continent. If you ever has a question on some problem about the game you can reach and complain to the system that can be find on the menu button. I will make everything I can to help. Good luck and may you have a pleasant journey.] [And before you go, I want to say somethings. Everyone has their own oppurtunity, every decision you make has both reward and consequences. Choose what you want to be.] After he hears what ALPHA said Kira''s body started to become particles. He was confused by what it said. What does it mean. And as Kira vanish completely he saw the light enveloping ALPHA started to fade and he saw what looks to be Jacob Fall. When he open his eyes he was now on a completely new environment. He was teleported oit of the character creation area. He was thinking about what he saw, he didn''t know of it was just his imagination or something else and he put everything about it on the back of his mind. Kira looks around the decided to check his character information. Name: Coin Race: Beastkin Variant:Shark Class: none Title: none Level: 0 (0/100) HP: 100/100 MP: 50/50 STR: 3 AGI: 2 DEX: 3 INT: 2 VIT: 2 ATK: 2-3 M. ATK: 1-2 DEF: 5 M. DEF: 3 Chapter 7: Frustration Kira notice his surroundings and see many player running around the village. He was on a village that has a big mountian that can be seen in the north of the village. The houses are primitively made. It was constructed using some wood and clay. There are different race of beastkin in the village, there are cats, dog, monkey, lizard, and even some chickens. Kira check his inventory to see was he has. There are only 3 items in his bag. [Bread: eating decreases hunger by 10%] [Cateen of water(10/10): drinking decreases hunger by 5%] [Stick(common)] Level required: 0 Class: none Atk: 1-2 After checking his bag he decided to explore the village. Wants to check some quest available to him before he started hunting outside. As he was walking he didn''t see any indicator that the NPC has any quest. He was confuse because normally in the begginer village there are quest that players can do, he don''t know why there aren''t any here as he was exploring the village. Just as he was walking he saw players talking to some NPC and asking if they ever need something and the NPC responded. He was amaze, this game don''t apply notification because they want players to discover and interact with the game itself. He was amaze by what he learn and started asking the first NPC he saw. "Do you have anything that you need?" Kira didn''t interact with other often so this was his first time initiating a conversation. He just use sone generic line for staters. "I already ask someone to deliver some things for me, I don''t need anything at the moment thank you" asnwered to him by a dog-kin that he ask. As he was exploring and asking residents if they needed something he pass by some shop with so many people that are entering and exiting the shop. When he arrives at it he saw that it was a weapon shop. He thought of it and it makes sense, if other want to improve themselves they needed to upgrade their weapon. Kira didn''t enter the shop cause he didn''t want to cram himself to people just to enter it and most importantly he doesn''t even have money with him. The game didn''t give players even a coin when starting. The currency of the game is copper, silver, and gold. 100 copper is equivalent to 1 silver and 100 silver can be converted to 1 gold. At first Kira was uncomfortable asking and starting conversation with others, but as time went on the discomfort faded and switch to frustration. Even if he ask many resident if they ever need something or if they have a problem that needed to be solve, he still cant find a damn quest. He was feeling frustrated. They always say that they already ask someone, that they didn''t need anything at the moment and some other flat out ignore him. He didn''t know if he was just unlucky or what. Feeling frustated about this, Kira decided to head out of the village he started following players that seems to be heading out. As he arrive at a clearing outside the village he was dumbfounded by what he saw. It was total chaos outside. There are so many players in the fields. Some are even arguing and others a clashing, they were all arguing about the mobs. The number of players overwhelm the mobs that spawn here in the fields. He saw that whenever mob spawn all players turn vicous and rushes to it just to get exp. Because so many players attack the unlucky rabbit died without even knowing what happend.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. The mobs here are all rabbit. It was a white rabbit with long hind legs with sharp claws and teeth. [Clawed rabbit] Level: 0 HP: 20/20 Kira knows that even if join the chaos he wouldn''t gain much exp because it will be shared among the players that contributed in killing the creature. He didn''t even try to go to the forest because the mob there are more difficult and he knows that with just a stick he can''t kill some mobs that has higher level than himself. Feeling dejected he don''t have a choice but to head back to the village. He started asking again the resident if they ever needed something. After some hours of questioning the NPC he still didn''t find any quest. Just as he was feeling that all the quest are taken by everyone he enters what looks to be a bar with many customers inside. It was bustling inside with different shout here and there about orders and different beastkin talking here and there about somethings. Kira was just about to leave when he heard some call to him. "Hey kid, you there by the door. Come here." Kira looks to know who was talking to him. He saw it was a big man by the counter that pouring drinks to some customer by the counter. It was a big gorilla, the man looks menacing with it''s size and because of the scar on its forhead. "Are you talking to me mister?" Kira asked. "Yes, who do you think i was talking to? Your the only kid here right? Can''t you see around you?" answered the gorilla man angrily. Kira don''t know why this gorilla-man is angry but he choose to walk towards the man. "What can I do for you?" kira ask politely. "I need some help here in the bar. I''m short on staff. I want you to help me with the customers" As the gorilla-man said that to him, a notification appear infront of kira. It was a blue screen and he started reading the content of it. [Quest: Help in the Bar] Difficulty: F Help the bar in dealing with customer. Deliver their orders, sweep the floors and clean the tables. Reward: 2 cooper and 5 exp/ hour [Y / N] The quest in <> are differentiated by difficulty. There are SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F. Where F is the easiest and SSS is the most difficult. Finally after hours of searching for a quest, it finally landed on his hand. He imdiately accepted the quest. [Quest accepted] The gorilla-man give him a apron, some piece of cloth and a broom and started shouting at him to start working. ============== It was bustling here in the bar. Customers come and go and didn''t look like it was gonna stop soon. Its been hours since Kira started helping in the bar and the customer just keep coming for more. As he was working he heard from customers that the gorilla-man was named Brutos. He was a retired mercenary and settle here in this town just a few years ago. He build this bar from scratch and calls it Wild Hunt. Finally after hours of working the customers started to thin out until no one was in the bar. Kira finishes cleaning the table and arranging the chairs, and sweeping the floor. After finishing that he looks at the counter and sees Brutos was not there. Kira wants to finish his quest so he started looking for Brutos. Kira enters the kitchen but didn''t find Brutos, and as he was exiting the kitchen he sees Brutos on the window. He was outside in the sun holding what looks to be a wooden sword. Kira exit through the back door so that he could watch Brutos outside. He saw the big man holding the sword and started to practice. Brutos was agile for his size seeing the big gorilla-man that what Kira thought to him. Brutos was jumping here and there while slashing his sword in mid air. After sometime Brutos stop training and sees Kira watching him there. Brutos frown the shouted "Are you done with your task boy?" glaring at Kira. Kira answered still politely "Yes". He really didn''t know why this mas was always angry, it''s like he was against the whole world. "Here''s your reward kid." Brutos toss a pouch to Kira. When kira catches it a notification appear infront of him. Ding! [Quest completed] Chapter 8: Opportunities Completing the Quest kira earned 10 copper and 25 exp. He was happy compliting his first quest and receiving his first reward. Seeing Kira so happy with a measly amount of copper, Brutos smile for a bit. He remember his first time recieving this first pay check in being a mercenary. He was so happy back then. After reminiscing about his past Brutos looks at Kira ho was still smiling. "Your not bad kid, what''s your name?" "You can call me Coin" Kira answer, and looking at Brutos he notice that his eyes are looking sad. Like he was remembering some tragedy about his past. "Nice name kid, you can call me Brutos. I can see that your new here in town" Brutos looks Kira from head to toe, then said "I saw that your watching me practice me sword art. Do you want me to teach you? But i can only teach you the basic cause my style can only be used by my kind." "Sure, i want to learn how to hold and use the sword properly." "Okay, first let get inside and talk." said Brutos as he started going inside the bar. Kira follow Brutos inside as well. "Wait for me by the counter." commanded Brutos to Kira. Kira didn''t mind ang just oblige to what was said to him. After some time of waiting, Brutos walk out of the kitchen with a full plate of meal. "Let''s eat up, it''s on me. The food taste better if you have someone to eat with. Here join me." Brutos give a plate infornt of Kira. Kira accepted and notice that his hunger was at 25% so he happily eat whats in front of him. It was a soup made from a boar with some meat on it, and comes with a piece of bread. Kira dig in and when he taste the food he couldn''t believe it. It taste so good, and the texture of and consistency of the meal make it feels so real. He know that this was a virtual world but what he experience seem so real for him. He was amaze and started to savouring every bite. Brutos just smile seeing Kira savouring what he made. "If you want another serving I can get some more for you. You don''t have to be shy aboit it." Kira was startled cause he didn''t know that Brutos can smile. Seeing Kira''s face, Brutos ask what''s wrong. "I''m just amaze at the fact that you can smile. I thought that you can only show one expression on your face" Kira joke about. "You''re asking for a beating, huh, kid. Don''t mess with me, cause i can break you without giving a sweat" Brutos laugh. And they both started eating again. As Kira plays this game longer he was more and more amazed by what he experience. The NPC here seems so real. They can look happy, angry, and even sad. It looks like they have their own emotions. He was astounded by this idea of his, if this is really the truth, then this is the most sophisticated system ever implented on a game. It gives more realism to the game. As kira thought of that it suddenly came to him, that maybe he can''t find quest early on cause the quest here are not repeatable, if some do it, and they finish the quest, the quest will cease to exist. The only way to find quest is to find more oppurtunity. Then he remember what ALPHA said to him "everybody has thier own opportunity" it makes sense to him now.Stolen story; please report. If that was really it, then he has to persevere to grasp every oppurtunity that comes his way. He has to forge his way to the top. ============== Finishing their meal, Brutos cleans up. When he return to the courter Kira was there waiting for him. He sat down besides Kira. "Is it true that you were once a mercenary?" Kira asked. Brutos was startled by the question and looks at Kira. He sighed. "Yes it was true. But it was all in the past now. I''m just a bar keeper now." "What happened? What are you thinking about?" Kira said as he see Brutos looking at a distance. "You don''t need to know." Brutos said. "Okay, I will teach you how to use sword if you help me again in the bar" Brutos added. A blue notification appear infront of kira [Quest: Helping again] Difficulty: F Help Brutos again in the bar. This will be a busy day, he needs help. Reward: 2 copper/ hour and personal sword training from Brutos. [Y / N] "Okay, i''ll help you in managing the bar." "Good, good. You can do whatever you to do for now, butbby lucnh you should be here." Kira checks the time in game, it was 8 AM now just as well in the real world. Kira decided to logut from the game and exit the capsule. He stretch his body and didn''t notice any problema, he was comfortable inside his gaming cabin. Kira decided to have a breakfast, he can use the nutriend solution to help him sustain his body but he like to eat food more. After eating he decided to train his body in yhe gym. During his workout he was thinking about the game, he was mesmerize now after experiencing the game in just hours of playing. After his full body training, Kira was sweating alot, he was panting in one of the seats inside the gym. Because of training he decided to shower first before continiuing playing the game. When he return on the gaming room it was 11:30 AM. He looks at his friends capsule and see that his friend didn''t even come out to eat. He just shrugged and enter his cabin and start the game again. [Welcome to Titan] When Kira open his eyes he was inside the bar again. He decided to walk up to brutos and talks to him. His quest started and brutos gave him an apron, a piece of cloth and a broom. He started first in arranging the chairs and tables inside the bar. Then started sweeping the floor. After some time customer started pouring in. ============== After almost 7 hours of helping in serving customer, taking orders and cleaning up tables the customer thinned out until almost all the customer left. Kira was exhausted after all that, his hunger was at 55% and he was really feeling hungry now. "Come here Coin, let''s eat first before we start your training in sword" Brutos calls to him. He started wolfing on the food that Brutos serve him. BURPPP! After eating almost 3 serving of food Kira was finally satisfied. He burp loudly. Brutos laugh seeing Kira''s way of eating, he was happy seeing Kira, he reminds him of someone. "Okay now that we''ve eaten, lets get started with the training. Here''s your reward for helping me out." Brutos pass a pouch containing 14 copper. Accepting the pouch a notification ring infront of Kira. [Quest Completed] Brutos started working towards the back and Kira just follows behind him. "Watch first how I hold and swing the sword" Brutos said as he hold a wooden sword in one hand. Brutos started swinging the sword simply for Kira to see the it properly. After some swing he let kira holds a wooden sword. Kira walk and hold the wooden sword. He lifted it with one hand. It was light but it was fitting to his hand. He started holding it like what he saw from Brutos. And he swing it. "It''s wrong. Again." Brutos guide Kira as he swing the sword for an hour. After that Brutos left Kira to practice alone. As kira was praticing his swinging and sword handling, he didn''t notice the time. All he just thought was to properly learn how to weild it to use it to his advantage. After some time practicing, Kira was startled when he heard a notification rung. When he checks it he was excited by what he saw. Chapter 9: Choice Kira was excited when he read the notification infront of him. [Sword mastery learned] [Slash learned] [Strength +1] [Agility +1] [Dexterity +1] He immediately check what he learned. He open his skill menu. [Active skills] [Slash (Beginner): increase attack damage by 5 points for a single attack. Cooldown: 10 sec. Mana: 5] [Passive skills] [Sword mastery (Beginner): increase damage when using sword by 0.5%] Kira was excited cause he finally learned something it was a passive skill and a active skill. There are different tiers the skill has in this game. Mainly Beginner, Intermediate, Advance, Expert, Master. The higher the tier of the skill the more powerful the skills are. You can level up skill when using it frequently and if you understand it more deeper. Some skill are more harder to level up than the others. Kira notice that it was really dark where his at, only the light from the moon is what lighting his surrounding. He checks the time and astonished because it was almost midnight. He knows that he started training around 8 at night, but now it was 12 midnight. He just train for almost 4 hours. When he notices that he checks his surrounding and saw that the bar don''t have any lights on, he knows that his the only one awake here now so he decided to log out of the game. When he exit the capsule he saw that Lynch was still playing. He didn''t disturb his friend and walks to his bedroom. He wash himself first before he sleep. He choose to sleep than playing the game all night because he thinks that it was more comfortable sleeping on his bed that on his capsule. ============= Kira wakes up early in the morning. He wash his face and decided to run outside. He wear a black sweat pants a black hoodie and a new sneakers that he saw on his closet. He exit the appartment and started running outside. He feels the breeze that pass his cheecks as he run and started reminiscing of his past. He always like to be alone, specially when his mother died. He always hang on top of roof tops just to feel the breeze. He thinks that it was his mother caressing his face and assuring him that she''s always there. As he was running we was awoken from his thoughts when he smell something so fragrant. When he look, it was from a woman that just pass by him. The woman look so young and seem to be just older than him kira thought. She has long elegant blacklong hair that''s been ponytail. She has a small round face, sharp eyes and thin lips. She has a slender body proportionate for her. She looks beautiful but there is a cold aura surrounding her. Like a she''s a princess that you can only look at but not talked to. But all this just add to her beauty. Kira didn''t know who she was and he didn''t have the guts to talk to her. So he just mind his own thing and didn''t pay attention to her anymore. He ran for a few more laps before deciding to go home. On his way back, he stop by a convient store near his appartment to buy some bread cause he didn''t want to cook when he gets home. As he was heading back he saw that beautiful girl again and she enters the TOWER. Kira was amaze by the coincidence at play, he was just thinking where she could live and now he know where.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. He enters the entrance of the building and saw the woman enters the elevator. As he was walking the towards the elevator he was only looking at the number displayed on the elevator. He didn''t change his sight and focus on it, even if the next elevator open for him. He only just enter the elevator when he saw the number stop at 76. On his way to his appartment he was just thinking about the woman, he couldn''t avert his mind from thinking of her, he was star struck by her beauty. He was mesmerize by her demeanor. When he enter his appartment he heads up toward the gym to start training. When he arrive he saw Lynch training there. "Hey, where have you been? I''ve been looking for you? How''s your first day playing the game?" Lynch ask him when his friend saw him enters the gym. "It''s great. I was amaze by all the expirience I had. I did not think that playing this game will be this amazing, it surpassed my expectaions." Kira answered. "Right? This game was so amazing. This isn''t like the predecessor MRO, they made many changes about the concept for the game." Kira and Lynch talk about their experience and some of their discovery about the game while training. Kira learn from Lynch that he can head to the library to make some research about the continent his in. It can also help him understand the geography of the region and many different things about the game. As they were finishing their training Lynch spoke "Oh right, i forgot to ask. What your level at now?" Lynch asked Kira. "Me? I''m still level zero" answered Kira nonchalantly. "What? Why are you still level zero?" his friend ask him confusely. "Well you know that I''ve been unlucky about the quests so far right. I''ve been close to this man that owns a bar and he teaches me how to wield a sword." Kira answer honestly. "You should go level up, cause if you''re planning to beat the other top player you have to level up fast. You know that in this game level is important. If you are so far behind you will have a hard time catching up." Kira know that his friend was right, of he ever want to surpass the others he needed to use everything he has for his advantage. "Okay I''ll keep that in mind." After their daily training, it was 9 in the morning and Kira took a bath. He decided to enter the game after his routine. [Welcome to Titan] Kira was still in the opening in the back of the bar. He open his character information. Name: Coin Race: Beastkin Variant:Shark Class: none Title: none Level: 0 (25/100) HP: 100/100 MP: 50/50 STR: 4 AGI: 3 DEX: 4 INT: 2 VIT: 2 ATK: 3-4 M. ATK: 1-2 DEF: 5 M. DEF: 3 Nothing seems to change in his character information just the increase in his strength, agility, and dexterity. After checking it he decide to enter the bar and saw Brutos just cleaning the bar. "How''s your training going?" asked Brutos as he saw Kira enter the bar. "It''s good, I''ve manage to learn it through luck and perseverance" Kira smile as he answer. "Well its just the beginning kid don''t let it go to that thick head of yours" Brutos laugh as he look at Kira''s head. His head looks slightly bigger because he was a hammerhead shark. Kira just shrugged at this comment and sit by the counter. "Can i have some meal?" he ask. "Of course you can, if you pay for it" Brutos answer withoit looking at him and just continue arranging the tables. "What, you''re gonna charge me? I thought we''re friends already" Kira barter to Brutos. "That''s yesteday kid, i just give you a free meal that''s all, if I''m gonna always give you free food I will be the one who will have nothing to eat." "Okay okay, fine, I''ll pay you. If not for the taste of your cooking I won''t even pay for it, your lucky that it taste so good." Kira praise. "Your flattery won''t get you anywhere" Brutos rebuke Kira''s praise. "It was worth trying right" laugh Kira. After some moment Brutos came out from the kitchen with a full set of meal. And Kira chow it down. "Thanks, your cooking is so delicious." said Kira satisfied after finishing the meal. "I needed some help here kid, help me here for the next few day. In return I will teach you evrything I know and what you understand will only depend on you capability." Brutos said as he look intently towards Kira. "What do you say kid? Up for it?" he added as he smile. [Quest: Brutos'' plea] Difficulty: E Help Brutos for the next few days. In return for your help he will teach you what he know. Reward: 2 copper/ hour and personal training from Brutos. [Y / N] Chapter 10: Legend Kira didn''t know what to do. At one hand he want to go level up becaude he didn''t want to be left behind by other. But on the other, he want to know what can he learn from Brutos. He decided that he will choose to accept the quest. He can earn exp later but skill can''t be learn easily. [Quest accepted] "Good, that''s what I like kid. For now I''ll let you do what you want but you only have 2 hours." "If ever you were to be late, I''ll personaly deal with you" Brutos threaten to him. He has free time now, Kira decided to go to the library. He ask the residents help with the direction. As he was on his way toward the Library he pass by a shop. It was a weapon shop, the same one that he saw yesterday. There aren''t many here now unlike yesterday so he decided to check inside. When he enters, he stacks of weapon. Different type of weapon neatly stack in rows. There axes, spears, shield, staves and many more. He head towards a shelf displaying swords. There are different style of sword from long swords to short ones or broad swords to great swords. He focus on a sword that he like and see its stat. It was a simple short sword that seems to be forge from iron. [Iron sword (common)] One-handed sword Level requirement: 0 Atk: 7-10 Class requirement: none Durability: 40/40 He was satisfied with it''s stat. He can use this thing to when he started hunting. He asked the keeper of the store for the price of the sword and become immediately dumbfounded. It has a asking price of 2 silver. He only has 24 coppers with him, he ask if they have a more affordable sword. The Keeper lead him toward the back of the shop. In there, he saw many old looking and defective weapons. He saw a old sword, and checks it stats. [Old sword (common)] One-handed sword Level requirement: 0 Atk: 2-3 Class requirement: none Durability: 20/20 It has lower atack power and durability unlike the first one he saw. He ask for it''s price and it was more affordable than the last one. It has a price for only 50 coppers. Since he couldn''t afford a sword for now he left the shop and continue to proceed to the library like his original plan. He arrived at the direction given to him by the residents. He looks around but all he saw was what looks to be a abandon building. It has some of it''s windows broken. It was covered in dust and has some spiders webs covering here and there. He decided to head inside to check if this really was the library the NPC talk about. When he enters inside he couldn''t believe it. It was clean inside, no dust, and surprisingly bright. He shelves with stack of books neatly arrange. This looks like not abandoned at all. In the center he saw a counter where the librarian sitted. It was a old sloth man.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. He walks toward the librarian to ask where he could find what he wanted. "Hello" said kira. The old man just look at him so kira decided to ask "Do you kn¡­." but before he ask his question the old man spoke. "He...llo...wel...come¡­.what...can...I¡­.help...you...with?" "I jus¡­." Kira spoke but immediately interupted. "Today¡­" "Well I want to as¡­" Kira answer but he was interrupted again. "Sir" Kira waited for the old man to finish what his saying before he said anything. After waiting for some time, the old man just looks at Kira. He was feeling irritated by this old sloth. "I just want to ask where can I find books about the history of the world and a book that has map of the Zenon continent." He asked. "If¡­.you¡­.want¡­.his...to...ry¡­books¡­.they...were¡­.on...the¡­" before the man was finish kira interupted. "Well, you know what, I think I should check it myself. Thank you for your time. Thank you." Kira said this while smilling but inside he was brimming with anger. He was irritated by the old man. He didn''t know what the system is thinking by programming this old man. He started looking around the shelve himself because if he wait around what the old sloth would say he thinks that all his free time would be wasted. After sometime looking at the neatly arrange book, he see something about history. He chooses a book with the title of [Annals and Legend of the Past Forgotten]. It was old and has some tears in it, it was thick book and quite heavy. He started reading the book. The first chapter was a legend about the world. According to the book, the world of TITAN at first only has one main land. It was called a paradise by all races. Everyone was leaving peacefully, and set aside there differences. This world was ruled by the Gods, many different Gods interacted and protected the inhabitants of this world. All the Gods was all powerful that all mortals revered them. Among the Gods, there was . He was the king of all Gods. He makes the rule and manage the world of TITAN. He procted this world for eons but one they he suddenly disappeared. Because of his disappearance all the Gods want to own his throne. They want to be new King of all being. And that started a great war the almost destroy the world the "War of the Gods". Some Gods become corrupted to power and started using the mortals for their own gain. Many races perished and become extinct because of this. These Gods slaugther and kills the mortal for their blood and use a dark magic to strengthen themselves. As time went on this Gods were called Titans. The war lasted for centuries and the world was on a verge of extinction. The Gods battle for dominance and almost all the Gods were killed. Goddess Minerva lead the other gods to Destroy every last one of the Titans but some Titans are so powerful they cannot be killed. All they could do was trapped them beneath the earth were no sunlight can seen, where they will be locked and trapped for eternity. All the remaining Gods sacrifice themselve just to seal them. A cage for all the Titans, the Tartarus. Minerva was the last of surviving God after that war. She restored the world back to what it was but the horror of the great war can''t be unmade. The land that was so beautiful and considered a paridise was gone. Now the land was divided into 3 and the inhabitants are almost extinct. She decided to separte the remaining races to different land to preserve thier lineage and let them live their lives by themselve. She didn''t rule them or even interacted with them anymore. Year after year the mortals started to forget about the war and just live their lives normally. The war turn into a Legends and the God become just a tale. After some time they themselves started to wage war. They build their empire, ruled over others and slaughter each other. ====================== [Intelligence +1] Kira was surprise by a notification and awoken from reading. He was so fascinated by the what he reads he was so engrossed about the book that he didn''t notice the time. When Kira check the time he saw that he only has minutes left before the start of his quest he didn''t even finish the book he was reading. Kira check out the book then put it on his inventory before he heads back to the bar running so that he wouldn''t be late. Chapter 11: Announcement Kira started helping in the barto complete his quest. At first he work for 8 hours and after working his first training was choping woods. He thought that Brutos teach him some other technique for the sword, he didn''t expected that he needed to chop woods. Brutos'' only explaination is that he needed to train how to control his strength. When his done training he read the book he borrow from the library. For the next few days, this was his routine in game. On the morning, he was reading books then he starts working in the bar and after that he train with Brutos. He learn many things from Brutos, but his quest didn''t seem to end soon. By the fourth day of his quest a notification appeared infront of him and to everyone playing the game. [World announcement: Congratulations to Player SunGod for the first player to reach level 10] [World announcement: Congratulations to Player SunGod for the first player to reach level 10] He was surprise at this cause he knows that each time you level up the experience needed for the next level increases. He don''t know how SunGod able to level up so fast. Lynch who almost didn''t rest and just play the game was only level 8. ========================= Somewhere in Frontera continent, inside the a cave. "Congratulation leader" "Congrats to you guild leader" "We''ve take the first announcement beacuse of guild leader." Diffrent player started praising the young man in the center of what seem to be their formation. A handsome man with blonde hair flowing to his shoulder. He was wearing a plated armor and he has a shield and sword on his hand. In front of him was an bloodied ogre on the ground. This was SunGod, guild leader of [Gods of War]. They were one of the biggest guild that dominated MRO, and now here in <> they decided to dominate as well. The major guilds have an agreement that they will choose different races from each other to avoid a power struggle, as for the [Gods of War] they choose the human race. "This isn''t enough, we have to get every world announcement to cement our number one status. I''ve had enough of that bitch staying above our guild for long. We will destroy them here all, one by one and at the end we will stand on the top." said SunGod to everyone around him. ========================= Even though Kira was was still level zero, he wasn''t upset about it. He knows that level was important in this game but that was not the only deciding factor if you want to be above others. Every level increases HP and MP by 10 and every level gives 2 stat points (SP) to players that can be distributed freely. He didn''t rush to level up because he earn some permanent stat from his quest. This can be his advantage to others in the later part of the game. After putting all that on the back of his mind, he started working again.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. "Good work kid. This is the last day i''ll need you help. Thank you, you''re a big help." Brutos said to Kira after the last customer exit the bar. This is the 6th day since the release of the game and the 5th day his been doing his quest. "Here''s yoir reward for your hard work kid." Brutos then brings out a pouch from his pocket and gives ot to Kira. Ding! [Quest Complete] Kira recieve it. When he checks the pouch ot contain 100 coppers or can be considered 1 silver. He was suprise about this, it was 20 copper more that he should receive. Seeing Kira''s surpirsed loom Brutos laugh "It has a bonus for you, you''ve work hard this past five days" "Thank you" answer Kira politely. "I''ve teach you everything that I can, you''ve improve impressively during oir training." Brutos said to Kira "And starting tomorrow I will close the bar and leave the village." He added. Kira was startle by this, he didn''t know why Brutos would suddenly leave. He became close to this big man. And he unlock the favorability system when he and Brutos become close. Name: Brutos Race: Beastkin Variant: Gorilla Class: Warrior Level: ?? Favorability: +40 "Where would you go?" Kira asked. "Do you remember when you ask me about my past? I''ll tell you the story." Brutos sat beside Kira and start his story. "I was a hot blooded youth during the past. I travel around the continent, met a lot of people and I''ve seen many different kinds of powerful monsters, even killed some of them too." Brutos started, kira was just listening about the story. "Back then I didn''t want to settle, but I met this woman of the fox-kin. She was so beautiful. I''ve saved her from the bandits that our mercenary group tasked to eliminate. After that encounter we became close and eventually fell in love with each other. We decided to get marriend and build a house in a small village. After some years she deliver a son to me. But due to my work as a mercenary I have to leave my family to do missions. Then one day I decided to quit and do my last mission a mercenary. Unfortunately by the time I got to the village that day, I was greeted by smoke and ashes. I run towards our house hoping that nothing happened to my family but all my hope was crushed when I got home. I saw my wife on floor hugging our son, there where blood everywhere, our house torn." Brutos continue but a tear run down his cheeks. "Until today, I don''t know who did it. My only clue was a dagger that''s been stab om the backbof my wife. So that''s why I decided to get out of this village and started looking again for the one responsible for all this." Brutos said with determination on his eyes. "You reminded me of my son, kid. If he were alive, he should be by your age now." Brutos said as he look at Kira warmly. Kira was sympathizing for Brutos. He was feeling san hearing the story of what really happened to him. He consider him as his friend even though he knows that Brutos was just a NPC. But he didn''t mind that because for him the feelings he felt was too real, he thinks that NPC have feelings to and can think for themselve, they''re not just a bunch of number data manage by the system. "I have a friend that live near the sea east from here. I consider him as my brother so go find him, he can teach you something I can''t. You can find him near the [Rooter Town]. If you find him give him this letter. This will be a long journey for you, but this can temper you to be stronger." [Quest: Man by the shore] Difficulty: D Find Brutos'' friend to deliver his letter. Reward: ??? Time limit: none [Y / N] [Quest accepted] Kira accepted the letter and said his farewell to this new friend of his. When he leave the bar he looks up in the starry night sky. "Finally I can go on my own journey, it''s time to level up." But before he start preparing for leaving the village, he decided to check his charter information. But before he can open it a announcement pop up in front of him. Chapter 12: Shield Bearer Kira was surprise by a notification, thinks that it was another world announcement regarding some players achievement. But he was slacked-jaw by what he reads. [Special announcement: The server will be closing in 5 minutes. All players are advice to log out] [Special announcement: The server will be closing in 5 minutes. All players are advice to log out] [Special announcement: The server will be closing in 5 minutes. All players are advice to log out] This is what the the prungs of notifications said. Almost all the player started complaining when they read this announcement. He don''t know what happened but he still comply and log out of the game. After exiting the capsule he check the time. It was 5 minutes before 8 in the evening, saturday. He also saw Lynch exit his own capsule. They look at one another, "Do you know what happened?" both of them asked at the same time. "I don''t really know, I''ve just finish my quest when the notification appeared." Kira stated. "Me neither, but it''s a good thing that you''re finally done with that quest of yours. You been doing that for almost a week, you''re being left behind at levels. Immediately start leveling uo when the server reopens, catch up." Lynch berated him. He knows the logic behind the training of his friend did, but it was just time consuming. It was easier to level up and upgrade your stats, you can even used items that gives bonus stat points. It was more practical to hunt monster than train for hours just for a single stat points. But his friend was really stubborn, he just won''t quit if he ever decides to do something. "I''m already level 10 you know. I''ve even change my class" Lynch added feeling proud of himself. "Well, are you hungry? Let''s eat dinner first cause I''m hungry." Kira said without hearing what his friend said. He started walking out of the room. "Okay, let''s eat first, just cook whatever there is on the fridge." Lynch answered. When Kira opens the fridge, there was nothing inside, just some box of milk that were almost empty, some are just carton and don''t even have anymore. He couldn''t even find some eggs or vegetables to cook some simpke dishes. Then he remember that it''s been a month since he move in here. And since then, he didn''t go to the grocery caus everytime he open the fridge it always seems full. "Let''s just eat outside tonight, we don''t have anything to cook. I''ll go to the grocery tomorrow." Kira suggested. "Okay, I know a restaurant with delicious foods. I''ve been craving some meat." Lynch said as he run off to his room to change. ======================== "Wooh, that was a fine meal. I think I''ve eaten too much, I can''t move properly." Lynch shouted then started complaing. "Who told you to order that many? I was all you''re doing." Kira sarcastically commented. "Don''t deny that you enjoy it too, you''ve eaten more than I do. I can''t imagine where all the food that you consume been stored with that small body of yours." Lynch laugh.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. They were walking the street because they decided to walk home. As they were walking, Kira suddenly stop. "What''s wrong?" Lynch asked when he notice that Kira was just staring at an alleyway. Kira then started walking to the alleyway, Lynch just follow his friend. He didn''t know what happend to his friend or where his even going. They enter different streets and alleyways, at first kira was just walking but as he takes different turn his phase becomes faster and faster until he was running. They''ve been running for 15 minutes until Kira stops at a flight of stairs. He started ascending, running to the top. "Hey, wait for me. What''s gotten into you, you just started running without saying any word." Lynch shouted to his friend. He follow kira until he reaches the top. There he notice Kira just blankly staring at what looks to be an abbandon shrine. Kira started walking then he pray infront of the shrine. Lynch didn''t disturb his friend, he wants to know where this is, but he waited for his friend to finish whatever his doing. "Sorry if you have to follow me to this abandoned place." Kira said as he turn around to his friend. "Where is this? What happened to you? You started running and didn''t even wait for me?" Lynch berated his friend but his not really angry. "This is a shrine my mother used to bring me when I was just a kid." Kira said as he walk around and looking everywhere. "When we pass that alleyway early on, it just came to me. The memories of this place. This place used to be clean and many others visited here, but now it was abandoned. But it was good that this place was still standing, just a little cleaning and this place will be good as new" Kira smiled. Looking at his friends smile, Lynch know the pains that hides behind that mask. He didn''t know what to say to his friend. "Let''s go, it''s late already." Kira said as he started walking down the shrine. Lynch just follow beside his friend. "Oh, by the way, what class did you change to?" Kira asked as he remember that Lynch was already level 10. "Yes, right, I forgot about that. I''ve manage to change into a hidden class" Feeling proud about his achievement. "Well tell me, what it is?" Kira urge his friend. "It was [Shield Bearer], it was a hidden class that I get when I''ve finish a chain quest given by the village head. It was a super tanky class, my main weapon is a shield. I can''t equip any other weapon except shields." Lynch started explaining his class. It has different control and protection abilities, he receive. Shield bearer has 3 active and 2 passive skills given when you change into this class. Active [Shield bash: Bash the enemy using a shield. Deals 15% of users P. Def as damage and stuns the enemy for 2 second if successful. MP:15 Cooldown: 30 sec.] [Agression shout: increases aggro 20 feet around the user for 5 seconds. MP: 20 Cooldown: 60 sec.] [Blessing shield: Give the user or ally a shield that absorb 100 points of damage. MP: 20 Cooldown: 60 sec.] Passive [Shield mastery: increase defence by .5%] [Defence is Offence: 5% of users defence is converted to damage.] All this skill is just beginner tier according to Lynch. "I dont have high damage for now so all i can to was rely on my party to level up. But at the late game, I think I can be a monster." added Lynch with a smug look on his face. "They said that there are many classes available in the game. And the hidden classes are just more rare, but others said that even hidden classes have distinction on there power level, they have different tiers. I don''t know if it was real or not but if it were I''m sure my class was at the top of it." Lynch laugh. "Good for you, your class really suit you. With your righteous personality and that habit of yours of always helping people, I think you can bring out thet best potential of your class." Kira sincerely said. Lynch was suddenly embarrassed when he heard his friend. He know that other are always said that his good at people, but he can''t help it. When he sees someone struggle or needing help, his body just move on it''s own to help. And kira always said that he should manage that habit of his, cause one day it will cause him harm. When they arrive home, Lynch''s phone started ringing and he enter his room to answer it. Kira didn''t mind that and decided to take a bath. When he was on his room, he opens the forum to see what that annoucement is about. Chapter 13: Rest day He checks the forum to see why the servers are closing. He opens the TRINITY website to open the game forum. He saw many post about the shut down of server and many complains. TRINITY release a post that says that they don''t have a the power to control the game, it''s closing of servers were related and manage by the gaming AI MINERVA. And according to her the closing of the server this time was because of the progress the story of the game advance to a new phase, the system would commence an update. The update will need 36 hours to complete. MINERVA said that there are certain quest that if completed will progress the story of the game to a new phase. And this quest would depend on the choices made by the player. This quest are unique that once failed, it cannot be taken again and will have an affect in game. After knowing the reason behind the announcement he started checking other post and articles related to the game. There were so many post about the game, some are guides for the newbies, other are just nonsense. He also saw someone buying gold from other and some were buying and selling items and weapons. He also saw a thread regarding "SunGod". He started reading it to know more about this player. It has some ads recruiting players to join the guild "Gods of War". Some were speculating about the class he change into. There was no concrete information he can find about "SunGod", just many players talking about him. "It''s a given, for he is the first to be achieve world announcement" Kira thought to him self. He browse through the forum and reads what he think is relevant or interesting. In this first week of the game, many things happened. He also notice that among the top guilds, "Gods of War" receive many recruits, so now the all the guilds are racing to achieve the next world announcement to promote their respective guilds. After he was done browsing, he decided to rest. ==================== Early in the morning, Kira was doing his run. He was wearing a black jogging pants, a red hoodie and his thick glasses. He also didn''t forget to bring his wallet for when he go to the grocery after his run. As he was running, he was looking everywhere as if trying to find something or someone. He was looking for the beautiful lady he saw when he first run. He knows that she doesn''t run everyday, all this time he just saw her twice. So now he was looking around hoping to see her today. He know that he couldn''t talk to her but just looking at her was enough for Kira. When he was done with he morning run, he was disappointed cause he didn''t get to see her. Feeling down, he started walking towards the super market to buy their food for the next week. He arrive at his apartment with bags and bags of groceries. "It''s a good thing that I''ve started working out, if not i don''t think I can carry all of this." Kira thought to himself. He place all the groceries on the fridge and head to the gym for his training. He arrives to see Lynch inside and it seems that he will just start training. They both started training their body. They make different stance and maintain it, it was to for flexibility of muscles.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. After practicing different stances, they decided to spar. This will help them train their reflexes. At first Lynch was using different forms and having the upper hand. But as time went on kira started getting used to it, the punch and kicks started slowing in front of him. This is the work of his super human reflexes. Now that he trained his body, his eyes can sync with his body properly and reveal the potential of his reflexes. The longer they spar, Lynch was starting to be pushed back, his punches and kicks didn''t connect like moments ago. He became startled because Kira just started training his body for like a month but he can achieve this already. He became excited to see the limit his friend can so he started getting serious. After their training Kira were sprawled in the floor, panting and sweating. "Fuck you, why do you have to get serious? It hurts you know." Kira shouted to his friend. "Haha, you have yourself to blame. If you didn''t improve this quickly I would have go easy on you." Lynch just laugh. But inside he was excited, he didn''t expect his friend to improve this quickly, if he train more, maybe he can beat him. "By the way, since you don''t have plan for today, come with me, were going somewhere to play." Lynch said amusingly. "Where would we go?" Kira answered. "Remember last night i receive a call? It was from my mother, she called to me say that i should i visit home. She also said that I should bring you too." Lynch said. "Why? What''s the occasion? And beside, why would your mother invite me?" Kira asked. "Come on, don''t brood yourself here in this apartment. You have to come out every now and then. ." Lynch said as to convince his friend. "Yes, I know that, but why would your mother invite me? I think I better not go." Kira said to his friend resolutely. "It''s just this one, you know. Come on,go home with me, my mother even invited you. You do know it''s rude to reject my mother, remember the last time we didn''t do what she asked us?" Lynch said as he shiver remembering that memory he locked up. ====================== 12 years ago, when kira was only five. Lynch always invited him to his house, they always play there. It was a big mansion that almost look like a castle. There are many rooms inside the house, and outside there was a big garden that can be used when there was a gathering, they also have a olympic size swimming pool. They were running inside the house and playing with each other, when Lynch''s mother told them to play outside. But they didn''t listen and just continue to run around until Lynch broke something while he was running. They heard a scream from inside the house, it was too scary for them, then they saw the furious look of Lynch''s mother, she was coming at them like she''s going to eat them. It was like a nightmare for both of them. Kira couldn''t even sleep that day. Since then whenever he saw Lynch''s mother he was scared witless, and whenever she tells them something they always do it immediately and without question. ======================== Kira shiver when that memory resurfaced on his mind. "F*ck you, don''t bring your mother in this. For all I know, your mother didn''t even invite me there." Kira shouted to his friend shitless. "It''s true, but even if it''s not, would you gamble your life in this?" Lynch laugh at his friend. "F*ck, your a real friend you know." he said sarcastically. "Fine, I''ll go but don''t expect me to interact much often if there are other people there." he also added. "Okay okay, no problem. We''ll have a good time there, but first we need to make you presentable." Lynch said as he look his friend up and down. Looking at his friends expression he felt like not going anymore with this upcoming party but thinking of his friends mother he steeled himself to go. "I don''t need to be overly presentable there, right." he said. "You''ll need it, I don''t know if my mother invited someone else or it''s just us." Lynch said as he smiled. I just hope that there wouldn''t be something wrong with this invitation, he thought to himself. Chapter 14: Fiance Lynch and Kira were on their way to Lynch''s house. They were using Lynch''s limited edition sports car that he recieve as a present for his birthday last year. Kira looked at the watch he was wearing, it was almost 8 in the evening. They would arrive a little late for the dinner. After some time of drivung, they arrive on a long drive way leading to a mansion. This is where Lynch''s used to live. It was a really big mansion, and the design of it was a old century castle. Kira remember the first time he visited here, thinking of it, this place never change. It always never to ceases to amaze him. They enter the mansion and walk to a long corridor that leads to the back. They arrive at a big ganden that was inspired from a 19th century english garden. Arriving here was like traveling through time. As they made their way in the center, there was a table set in there. Kira was two people sitting there. One was a gorgeous woman with a blonde hair and a mesmerizing emerald eyes, she look just like Lynch''s. She was wearing a blue halter dress that accentuate her beauty more. He couldn''t forget who she was, she was Alicia Osborn, his friend''s mother. "Don''t let here looks fool you. She was a scary and vicious woman." Kira was thinking in his mind, and looking at her he couldn''t help but feel nervous and afraid. As for the one sitting besides her, he didn''t know who she was. This was the first time Kira saw her. Looking at her, he thought she was a beautiful lady who seems to be at their age. She has a curly short brown hair with a matching brown eyes. She has a small face and she was wearing a summer dress that give her a more youthful beauty. He didn''t know what is the occasion for this dinner, but looking at the atmosphere, he couldn''t help but silently curse and glare at his friend. He was definitely not invited here. "You''re finally here. We''ve been waiting for you." Alicia said this his son with a cold tone. Then she notices the young man that arrives with her son. He was wearing a dark blue suit and a white shirt underneath. He has a fit body that can be seen in his posture. She also notices thos sharp red eyes, those eyes that were red as blood. This eyes give this young man a untouchable aura. Seeing those eyes, she already know who he was. But remembering how the young man was before and what he looks like now, there was a big difference. "It''s been a long time since you''ve visited here Kira. I didn''t know that you were coming, my son here didn''t even mention about it." Alicia smile as she said this but that smile gives shiver to does that see it, she was hinting her son for an explanation. Looking at her mother''s expression, cold sweat runds down from Lynch''s back. He hurriedly explain "I invited him here cause I taught that it would be more fun having more people in this dinner. And besides he doesn''t have a plan for tonight so I thought of inviting him over." "Really? I thought I told you last night that you this was a private dinner for us. Maybe I forgot to mention it." Alicia smile coldly and gives of a frosty aura. "But since you''re here Kira, join as for dinner." She added. The dinner was silently awkward, is was so awkward that throughout the whole dinner he just wanted to go home. He feels so scared whenever he saw Lynch''s mother cold expression.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. After they were done eating, Kira excuse himself to leave early. Saying an excuse that he have some unfinished things he needed to do in his apartment that he couldn''t finish this morning. When he leave he gives a sigh of relief, feeling free from the tension that was on the air during their dinner. After Kira leave, Alica just look at his son coldly. Lynch couldn''t help but blurted "Let me explain first mother¡­" "Save it, i don''t want to here any excuses of yours." she interrupted. "Sophia here just got back from the states. She would be attending and continuing her study at MQL Univeristy, and you will be entering there too." she added while looking at him intently. Sophia didn''t said anything the whole time, it''s like everything that happened around her is of no concern to her. She was Sophia Anderson, the only heir of the "Connect Company". It was one of the media giant today. She just got here from abroad because of her grandfather. Her grandfather arrange all of this just so that he could spend her time with Lynch Osborn. She didn''t like how his grandfather intere with her private life but she couldn''t do anything to stop him because she know how bothersome dealing with his grandfather was like. This was all arrange when they were still young, it was arrange the she would marry the son of the Osborn family. When she learn of it, she fled to the state and study there. But now, her grandfather forced her to come home and continue her study here. She has no interest in marrying for now. And it''s not like she is oppose getting married early but on the premise that she like the man she was marrying. And she likes the idea of meeting a man for herself, a man that will make her heart race and that will always occupy her thought, every girl dream of it. And today she found a man that pique her interest, this is the first time she want to know more about a guy. He has that aura of his that makes him feel so unfathomable, and looking at those eyes she was captivated. Those unique red eyes, just like a ruby that sparkles under the moonlight. Lynch couldn''t help but give a sigh. He doesn''t have any feelings for her and that detached look of hers makes it even harder for him to interact and know her more. He even beg and argue with his parents to cancel this engagement but his parents was always resolute about it. They have met each other many time in a arrange dinner like this but Sophia just didn''t interact with or even talk to him. He always start a converstion to alleviate the awkwardness but she always ignore him. He couldn''t help but agree this time again about attending MQL University. Seeing his son agree, Alicia was satified with it. She excuse herself to give the both of them a time for themselves. But even if she were gone, there were still silince that pervade the atmosphere. After some time of awkwardness, Sophia broke the silence. "Who was the man that you arrive with?" she asked with a detached tone in it. Lynch was startled, because she never started a conversation with him and what confuse him is the question she asked. He didn''t think it much and just answered her "He was Kira, Kira Night. We grow up together and he used to visit here quite often when we were kids." "Kira Night, so that was his name. A little femine but it suit him." She mumble to herself. "What was that? What did you say?" Lynch asked since he couldn''t heard what she said. "Nothig. It was nothing, just talking to myself." She said. "Is he related to Karl Night by some way?" she asked again. "I''ve asked that question too in the past but they weren''t. He got his name from his mother and he didnt know who his father was, and according to him her mother was not related to Karl Night." Lynch answered. After he answer her question, there nothing, there was only silence in the air. Lynch didn''t know what to do in this awkward situtaion. Fortunately after just sometime of silence, Sophia decided to go home and bid her farewell. On her way home, she couldn''t help but remember that young man. "Kira Night, what is it that makes you interesting that I can''t seem to forget about you." She said to herself.