《Players of Reality(POR)》


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    wayne here.


    too lazy for introductions


    im new, 21yrs.old


    hope you enjoy for my part time hobby writings.


    the chapters will be atleast 1000words per chapter


    so its kind of short


    but deal with


    its only a hobby


    i dont have too muchpolite words to say


    or encouraging messages to make you read my writes


    i enjoy doing this


    but ifyou dontlike it


    its your choice


    mystery is better


    have a good day.


    if you dont want


    ill have one.


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    year 2022, June 5


    11:30:23 PM


    Philippines, Baguio City


    Outlook drive purok 2 street number 12


    In a house that is built beside a cliff, surrounded bymany pine trees.. inside a dark room only lit by some lights that is comingfrom a desktop.


    There isa 26 year old man with pale-colored skin,wearing a blue t-shirt and a 150/150 eyeglasses playing a long-time runnningmmorpggame "DUFUS".


    "just a bit more.. "coming out from atired voice. but when there is somebody else inside the room, that person would notice a glint of excitement from the man''s eyes.


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    "Congratulations you havecrafted a level999 Origin full helmet"


    "Congratulations you have crafted a level 999 Origin fullplatelegs"Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    "Congratulations you have crafted a level 999 Originfullplatebody"


    "Congratulatio......"


    "Con...."


    "Congratulations for crafting the fullORIGINset"


    "Congratulations you have attained level 1000(MAX) on blacksmithing"


    "Congratulationsyou have attained level 1000(MAX) on all crafting skills"


    "Congratulations for being the first player to MAXIMIZE all levels in auxillary skills"


    "Congratulations for being the first player to attain ALL maximized skills,levels, and fame value on DUFUS!"


    "Ding!"


    "Congratulations you are now officiallycrowned as the KING of DUFUS(world of Ninety-Nine)!"


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    *smirks*


    "ha..ha..HA..HAHA...HAHAHA...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! "


    *cough* *cough* *cough*


    "HAHA.. *cough* haha.. *cough* ughh"


    "*pant* *pant*"


    Finally.. i finally finished this god damn game. it took me 20years.. recalling back then when i first started this game i was only a 6years old snotty kid, killing those basic slimes and finishing the quests which gained fame.. i think that was the time i fell in love with this game.. now i finally finished it.. it really... was a long journey..


    The middleaged man was tearing up while trying to find a tissue to wipe his tears and snots


    "now that i finally finished this game.. i wonder what i should do next.. " with a slightly hoarse and tired voice the man talked to hisself while concentrating on the rewards in the laptops screen.


    "hm... i didnt expect the rewards to be just this.. huh?"


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    <td>"ACHIEVEMENT: For reaching the achievement of being the KING ofDUFUS you are awarded with Spirit energy: 100000"</td>


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    hmm.. am i imagining things? why does it feel that this screen is kind of out of format? why is it bigger than my laptops screen?


    and.. huh?


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    Congratulations for attaining Spirit energy!


    Do you want to contribute to the planets Earth core?(Yes/No)


    Current Planet Earth core energy: (999,500/1,000,000)


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    ......


    ..


    did the screen just overlapped? this one is now bigger than the previous screen... planet earth? core?


    wait...


    Suddenly the middleaged-man''s eye became wide and his complexion turned pale from disbelief


    "ITS A SCREEEEeeeEEeEN!!!!!!!!"


    (Authors note: no sht)


    "is it finally happening? every NEET''s dream of Earth becoming a Virtual game world!?"


    (Authors note: no.. its not "every" NEET''s.. just some. like you.. )


    After some while of the man contemplating for the future


    "so.. it says 500 left.. while i have 100,000.. thats just like spare change to me... but wait.. i think i should start preparing for the worst before something happens.. contributing to the energy to my planets core is sounding too ominous to me.. i need to pack up.."while the middle aged man is forgetting about his DUFUS game and being crowned by just that.. and ignored right after..(Authors note: poor game) the middle aged man ran and grabbed his backpack and started putting some clothes on, flashlight andother survival kits such as food and water withfirst aid kits inside.


    "I need some weapons.. "


    Picking up the kitchen knife and mop stick while removing the mop and interchanging it with the knife tying it up with a sturdy rope.


    Running back to his 5x5 meter room while carrying a big travelling bag, the middleaged man returns back infront of his laptop aftertaking a seat on the bed.


    "ohh. atleast the screen is still here"


    The middleaged man reaches out for the screen and clicked Yes


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    Say amount of spirit energy to contribute: ______


    Current Planet Earth core energy: (999,500/1,000,000)


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    "500"


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    <td>500 spirit energy has been deducted</td>


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    Then while the middleaged man is staring at the new blue screens that are currently popping up with clear excitement in his eyes


    The planet earth has descended into the chaos..


    Blue screens popped up on all living beings


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    "Congratulations!"


    "Your planet "Earth"has nowreached the required threshold to evolve your planet''s core!"


    "Evolving planet core....3%"


    "Evolving planet core....56%"


    "Evolving planet core....99%"


    "...Planet core successfully evolved"


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 Chapter 1

    Earth


    Year 2022 June 6 12:01:00 AM GMT + 8 Chineese Time


    A blue screen has suddenly popped up in front of all living beings in Planet Earth


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    <td style="text-align: center">Planet Core Successfully evolved</td>


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    CONGRATULATIONS!


    Your planet''s core has successfully evolved!


    Current Status of Earth


    Planet core - Mortal Core level 1


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    <td style="text-align: center">Core</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Mortal core - level 1</td>


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    Planet can nowproduce the beginner levelelements


    Planet will nowevolve all native creatures


    "Assimiliating native creatures... 0.001%


    Time remaining: 719:59:54"


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    <td style="text-align: center">STATUS can now be accessed!</td>


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    While i was left wide eyed staring at the screen afraid of missing a single detail that would make myself disadvantaged of the upcoming upheaval i saw the latest blue screen that appeared and i finally closed my eyes.. slowly...


    breath in...


    breath out...


    breath in...


    "kuku...ku....kukuku...he..hehehe...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! FINALLYYYYYYYYY!!! "


    Recalling back all the ways just to make sure i will do it fantastically unlike all the other idiotic MC''s that i have kept reading in light novels and animes


    First.. imagining thatthere would be a status screen popping infront of me when i open my eyes whilesimultaneously yelling it both inside my mind and out of my mouth to really make sure ahundred percent that this would not be an epic fail. while thinking this at the speed of light... just kidding. it took me 5 seconds to prepare all of these thoughts.. but now that i am prepared.. its time.. kukuku.


    now... COME! i suddenly opened my eyes and yelled


    "STATUS!!!!"


    ...


    "..."


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    <td>Name</td>


    <td>Ken Pasing Zamora</td>


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    <td>Age</td>


    <td>26</td>


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    <td>Race</td>


    <td>Human(Earth)</td>


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    <td>Lifespan</td>


    <td>100 years</td>


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    Because of myexpectations i taught it would appear right after i said it. but i guess this comes from the assimiliation that the screens was just saying awhile ago.. mhmm mhm.. it wasnt me.. yeah...


    "but my status does look lacking.. i need to quantify my attributes atleast.. hmm.." While recalling back to the light novels that i have read.. status bars automatically shows the information that the user needs.. but i guess that was there and it is really different here.. now.. let me just imagine again... strength... agility... mhmm.. ok thats the gist of it. then.. average it to 10 where 10 is the average value of all humans in earth.. and there we go.


    "Attributes"


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    <td>Strength</td>


    <td>11</td>


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    <td>Agility</td>


    <td>19</td>


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    <td>Intelligence</td>


    <td>16</td>


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    <td>Wisdom</td>


    <td>17</td>


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    <td>Vitality</td>


    <td>10</td>


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    Bornfrom a rich family, where i was firsttaught to study at the age of 3.. and excelling in my academics... even though all of this was just home schooled.. how do i know that iman excel? well obviously from the stats that i just saw here in mystatus. well.. moving on.now im just a NEET without almost no friends.. good thing there is internet where i managed to make somebuddies... yeah... its not depressing you know... age 3 to 15 home school... where computer and internetwas my only friend... yeah.. it wasnt lonely.. not at all.. really.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    Looking towards my right side i see something that is made out of wood that suddenly appeared with also 5 beakers of red liquid? i wonder what this are.. but anyway.


    So how did i ended up as a 26 year old NEET? mhm.. thats a story to be made in another story..


    "Now that the excitement has died down.. i guess i need to re pay attention to whatever is happening now in the world... hmm "Focusing my eyes on my status screen and imagining it fading out. i concentrate my eyes on the system messages that i have been ignoring up till now


    "Lets see.. wha... WHAT?!"


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    Warning!Planet Earth''s SpatialGate will be opened!


    Time Remaining 8639:59:30


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    Kind of shocked from the development i realized that this was the latest blue screen that popped up and overlayed all the other blue screens. so ill just have to back read huh? but this latest messaged really looked dangerous. welp. thats a story in the future. mightt as well focus on the present.. lets see the others now.


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    Congratulations on having your planet core evolved


    You have recieved


    1 wooden sword (Attack value : 5-10)


    5 health potions


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    So this is how these things appeared.. mhm. now lets see the other screens..


    mhmm.. monsters appeared huh.. weak slimes... slightly pointed horned rabbit.. wait... how could i forget that?


    "Skills"


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    <td>Skill</td>


    <td>Level</td>


    <td>Proficiency</td>


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    <td>Cooking</td>


    <td>Inferior - 4</td>


    <td>43.5%</td>


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    <td>Reading</td>


    <td>Inferior - 7</td>


    <td>61.2%</td>


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    <td>Martial Arts</td>


    <td>Inferior - 9</td>


    <td>99.9%</td>


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    Inferior? hmm.. come to think of it.. theres also the Mortal level.. if i use my common sense.. then maybe mortal would be the next level up after inferior - 9.. but anyway.. cooking and reading huh.. i did not know that because of my extensive thirst for knowledge those two would become skills.. but cooking.. never knew it would a skill.. but it did made me remember when i was watching an anime.. it inspired me took because.. kukuku.. A MAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO COOK WILL GET THOSE BEAUTIFUL LADIES!


    (Authors note: no sht)


    anyway.. lets see the other screens. hmm.. come to think of it.. i should organize.. just so this screens wont overlap with each other.. hmm.. you. go here.. while i mentally do that.. it actually really moved to my left side where i was imagining it would place it self.. how convenient..


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    "Weak Slimes has now appeared!


    - Current count : 9,512,304,791"


    "Slightly Pointed Horned Rabbit has now appeared!


    - Current count : 4,102,721,629"


    "Baby Goblins has now appeared!


    - Current count : 901,429,613"


    "WeakEarthFlies has..."


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    I guess this monsters would be the ones to '' level me up '' ... i think? come to think of it. there was no levels.. only attributes.. hmm.. no answer for that for now..


    move this here.. move that here.. top left. top right.. mhmm.. announcements should be here.. ok since i already viewed the monster it can fade... oh cool. it actually fade.. then... how bout the other screens...


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    "-Planet is now producing new types of elements"


    "Element - Kri now available"


    "Element - Ase now available"


    "Eleme...."


    "..."


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    .... seriously? i really hate memorizing the periodic table.. i guess there would be new elements added there.. goodluck earth scientists..


    Moving on.. hmm..?


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    "Next Requirement to evolve Planet Core(Mortal Core Level 2)


    -20,000,000,000 Accumulated Spirit Energy"


    Do you want to contibute? (Y/N)


    Current Planet core energy ( 0 / 20,000,000)


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    Come to think of it.. spirit energy.. it was the main cause of all these.. basically...


    Suddenly.. i opened my eyes so wide because i realized i heard something knocking in my rooms door.


    *knock* ...... *knock* ....*knock*


    And... my intelligence is telling me.. its not human..


    *knock* ............


    Sigh.... "i guess its time" saying that cool line. while i open my eyes and calming my nerves and look at the wooden sword that is lying beside me..


    *knOCK*...


    picking it up then heading towards the door


    *KNOCK*......


    "its showtime." i say while i smirk and looking forward for the future. ... the door actually.

 Chapter 2

    If i remember right, it was when i was 6 years old when my parents hired a martial arts instructor for me. i heard it was the strongest martial artist in the Philippines that they managed to recruit due to my fathers sly way of "buying" him to take me as a "disciple"


    Now that i remember.. i wonder how that old man is doing.


    Mentally sighing to myself i go back to reality to when there was this unknown creature that is knocking on my door...


    *knock..KNOCKKK*


    "huu...."


    Bracing myself to the inevitable i managed to pick up the rhythm on how the "thing" is knocking in my door.. feeling the vibrations on which part the probable monster.


    *KNOCKKKKKK*


    i silently aim my wooden sword towards where the vibration that is coming from..


    *KNOOOOCCCKKK*


    then crouching my legs. i focus my eyes towards the source with a very serious look(Authors note: dum dum?)


    and knowing the inevitable that my wooden door will now be giving in...


    *KNOC.... BGSHHHHHHHH*


    "as expected..." i smirk. then i thrusted the wooden sword with all of my leg strength accompanied with the inertia from it to push my arms towards on where i think was a head.. i managed to take a glimpse to what suppose to be is a wooden club with some stones embedded on it


    "thats kind of dangerous..." saying to myself while i move at a speed of what looks like a car that is violating speeding in a highway. I finally saw the ''eyes'' of what i think is not the same race as i am.. plunging my wooden sword as easily as like plunging a chopstick in a tofu like there was no resistance at all.. i aimed it straight in the eyes so naturally there is blood slowly splashing towards me but that wont let me close my eyes..


    "i wonder if there is a mana stone inside this monsters brain like in the light novels.. " i said to myself when the wooden sword has finally penetrated halfway inside its head and just some milliseconds more until it finishes..


    "hmm i guess not" i depressingly said when i finally killed the monster who was just actually half the size of me.


    Mhmm... the pose is quite i must say.... elegant... "as expected of me... kukuku" i smirk that turned into a bitter smile once i realized that i had some blood splashed in my hands.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Glad it was a thrust.. "


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    <td style="text-align: center">Ding!</td>


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    CONGRATULATIONS


    For killing a level 1 Weak Goblin


    You have obtained Spirit Energy : 1


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    "mhmm.. i guess goblin blood then." while i look at the green gooish blood that has stained my beautiful pale white hands as i wonder to myself... mhm.. i killed.. i killed a goblin...


    Mentally talking to myself while i smirk that i didnt actually felt any fear from the murder that just happened.


    "I guess im now a cool MC huh.." as i finished my monologue i look back to another blue screen that just popped up


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    ACHIEVEMENT


    For being the first Player to kill a monster from another world


    You have recieved Spirit Energy : 10


    You have recieved Kri-Ase-Mon Enchanted dagger (Attack 20-25)


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    Mhmm... come to think of it there are achievements.. if i remember right in the light novels.. this is the time where i must abuse the achievements system...


    Having a new goal set in mind i picked up the Green colored dagger that i dont know whatever side effects it can give. i nodded to myself that its actually suit to my taste even though the shape is kind wierd of a dagger as it looks like a letter ''P''


    "well come to think of it... i wonder how Princess is doing.." as one of my buddies in the game DUFUS that i played in the past i do have some slight concerns in their well being.


    Moving on to the next list that i am supposed to do. i observed the goblin that i just killed and see if i can earn anything else from it.


    "mhmm.. i wonder if i can get a skill like.. identify from staring at it for 10seconds just like in the light...


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    novels... "


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    Congratulations


    Skill: Identify - Inferior 1


    Has been acquired


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    "Mhm... i wonder if im an idiotic MC .. or im just too wise?"


    Mentally sighing to myself again i silently gaze at the goblin that made me questioned the predicament of my whole being.. "im gonna kill lots of goblins in the future." I said seriously said with a sternly made voice to hide the embarassment.


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    Description


    Green skinned sentient being


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    "So this is the extent that a Inferior level 1 Identify can do huh?..." i guess identify would be needing some grinding.. i smirked slowly because i remember the 20years i spent with the game DUFUS.. endless grinding.. it never bored me because i always try and make new strategies just to level up not just my stats but the mechanics and other extra information that i know would come in handy some day.. its always better to follow the ABC rule..


    "Always be curious.. heh.. " As i recalled while my mother has said when she told me her experiences when she suspects that my father might be having an affair to another woman. i erase those thoughts as i need to now concentrate on the goal that i had in my mind...


    "To grind the achievements.. " i smile wierdly with a dangerous glint in my eyes..


    "This is gonna be fun." i said with some hidden excitement in my voice.


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