《Genesis Online: Rise of a Pyro》 Prologue- How Wade came to be? A young man was sitting at his desk. Geometry text book open wide and laying in front of the text book was another book where this same young man was currently reading. The novel is a run of the mill fantasy for young adults, in other words it¡¯s PG-13. The teacher kept on droning on and on about shapes, and how to find their volume. But this same boy did not care, even if his grade in the class was a D. There was only one thought in his mind as he kept reading each word. Each word playing a mental image of a glorious battlefield. Dragons and riders, breathing fire at the enemy, as more enemy dragon riders announce their presence with their own breath. The book beginning to reach its climax, this young boy can¡¯t stop the smirk beginning to grow on his lips. ¡°Wade! Are you reading in my class!¡± Mr. Fulio shouts to the young man who just lost smirk. Disappointed he was disturbed as he began to read the climax, Wade answers simply. ¡°No.¡± Obviously a lie but Wade hates one thing more than all others, being disturbed when something is getting good. ¡°So, if I were to go to your desk, what would I find?¡± Mr. Fulio asks as he slowly walks through the isle to stand before Wades desk. With a quick snatching motion Mr. Fulio reaches for the novel. Wade is faster. Acting as if the book is a phone he quickly places his precious words into his backpack. ¡°Don¡¯t touch my book!¡± Wade slightly raised his voice but due to his soft voice, the words were only of a normal volume. ¡°I can if you read it in my class! Every day we go through this, must I call your father?¡± Mr. Fulio asked. ¡°Whatever.¡± Is Wade¡¯s answer. Mr. Fulio begins to go to his desk for his phone. However, just as Mr. Fulio reaches the phone Wade speaks up. ¡°Fine, fine, I¡¯ll stop reading just don¡¯t call my dad.¡± Wade says with a slightly worried tone in his voice. Mr. folio smiles a smile of a predator. ¡°Very well but if I catch you reading one more time, I will be calling your father along with a three-day suspension.¡± Mr. Fulio done with his disciplining goes back to his lecture. Wade for the rest of the class kept glancing at his backpack with a hungry look but if he was to get caught reading he would not be able to game tonight. Especially if his father found out he had D¡¯s. Just wouldn¡¯t work out well, at least for Wade who has been waiting the last year for this new game, a game with upgrades immersive value. A virtual reality breakthrough. Announced only just a year ago Wade had already made the pre-order and started the gold subscription. The immersive pod bought and just delivered a week ago, along with the first three months of game time paid. Wade could not be more excited. The bell rings, followed by three shrill but quick rings signaling the school day is over. Wade quickly leaves the class behind to find a picnic table. Opening his book to where he was stopped he quickly finishes the last fifty pages, smirking most of the way through until the very end where the main character gets the girl. People who passed Wade while he was reading all thought he was a nerd. ¡®Who smiles while reading a book?¡¯ Were the thoughts of the people. The same answer came to all. Nerd. They could not be more wrong.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. Wade lived a poor life till he moved in with his father at the age of ten. Before then he could never get into reading books, all he cared for was his friends and family. Things changed once he was sent to go to school in the ghetto. Gangs ran rampant, drugs and guns were being sold within the bathrooms and fights were always imminent. Wade had to survive and at first that is all he did. Called names like fat white boy since his frame was thick with wide shoulders, and his height was barely average for his age. This middle school is where he would become not only a fighter but would forever change his personality. The middle school turned a kind and caring kid into a beast. His first fight he never threw a punch, too afraid of hurting the boy who drove him to anger. The second and third, followed by many more slowly etched away his kindness and the further his kindness receded the further he dug into his own mind. Within four months he became one of the most distinguished sixth graders, his friends were all popular from being funny to fighting. Wade was no exception. His nickname ran around the school even as he found a love for fantasy, no one bullied him like they did in elementary. In elementary his kindness was taken advantage of, he had no friends outside of his neighborhood and he dreaded school. Middle school is when he moved in with his wealthy father to soon became popular. Popularity also brought Wade insight into girls but he always struck out halfway to third; only ever touching and only with one girls. By the end of his middle school days no one messed with him besides the teachers, especially when he was reading. Wade would get lost in the realm of fantasy. His favorite stories about magic and heroes who tamed magnificent beasts, it got to the point where that¡¯s all he did. Daydream about his action/romance fantasy novels. Highschool is where the change became apparent even to his father. For the longest time, his father could not think of a way to help him, he already tried beating the fantasy out of Wade but yet it did nothing. He tried controlling the books Wade read but wade would just go to a library till they closed and hide the books when he came home. That was when he found games. Virtual reality. Wade soon found a love for fantasy games. His father tried to make him play military games but yet, Wade found his way to the magic and sword genre that his father detests. Having a year pass by since then, Wade talked his father into buying the new pod and subscription by agreeing he would stop reading fantasy novels. Being sixteen and near Christmas the pod was delivered with the game already installed. Now all Wade has to do is wait till midnight for the server to go online. Flicking a lighter on and off he reads through the comments he has already read. The gameplay trailers he has already seen. Having spotted a new video, labeled as classes, Wade quickly taps on the link. Watching the thirty-minute video Wade gains knowledge on the character creation and how stats (game character capability) will work. When the video finishes Wade grabs a glass of water before preparing himself to enter the pod. All through the time Wade read and searched the sound of a lighter being struck could be heard. Wade tosses the lighter onto the bed before hopping into the pod. ¡°No more lighting fires in the outside world. Time to burn.¡± He says softly as he shuts the lid and allows for the neural transfer. A slight sound of the fans running could be heard in the dark but then nothing. Chapter 1.2 Chapter 1 Wade felt nothing as the system uploaded the neuro link into the server. Once his conscience and nerves were linked to the games programming he heard a slight ding along with old fashioned, fantasy type music but begins to wane as a mechanical voice begins. ¡°Please choose an avatar but remember due to the high technology of today¡¯s pod, to make dramatic changes to height and appendages can have severe consequences such as loss of balance and hand eye coordination.¡± Wade listened to the voice as he watched three races appear before him. Humans, elves, and dwarves. What Wade did not notice at first was a tab off in the far corner with some text saying ¡®Racial¡¯. ¡°Racial.¡± Wade speaks out where a window suddenly pops in front of him with the information on the races.
Human Increased health and higher control effect resistance
Elf Increased mana and use less mana for nature magic
Dwarf Increased stamina and have a natural armor
Wade found the races to be generic but when he looked at the dwarf and saw the dwarf as the same height as himself he could not sigh with the unrealistic-ness of it all (even if it¡¯s a fantasy game). With little choice, he had to make a coin toss for his race. Human or Elf. As Wade never played with people before, Wade did not realize that the racial is something every true gamer takes seriously and plan ahead for. However, he ignored the last part of the racial descriptions and decided for more mana. ¡°I choose Elf!¡± Wade says a tad bit more loudly then he wished. His surroundings change. Not just change but morph into a grey mist and suddenly the mist disappears to reveal a night surrounding Wade full of stars. ¡°All children living within the lands are born under the stars, each star they are born under will guide their path, which star are you born under?¡± The voice went from mechanical to an alluring womanly voice that sent a slight tingling down Wade¡¯s spine. Once the voice ended three options appeared.
Mage Scout Fighter
Wade did not need a second more to decide. Choosing mage immediately another transparent screen with letters appeared along with the voice. ¡°All stars help guide one with their path, the stars they are born under details their proficiency in the area, what they are naturally suited for. What star of proficiency were you born under?¡± Screens popped up like crazy but Wade was only looking for one window. Wade¡¯s time with solo fantasy has made his love of fire far exceed most, his silent saying is also very disturbing. It¡¯s not that I like to see things burn, I just enjoy watching flicker flames burn, the charred remains are just a bonus! Wade¡¯s love of fire can be seen as slightly displeasing but no one knows of Wade¡¯s secret infatuation. If any knew, a space at the local psych ward would open up immediately for a few grand, or even a rehab. Thankfully Wade is at least smart enough to keep it hidden. Wade having grown tired of scrolling shouts ¡®fire¡¯ at the woman A.I. ¡°We are almost done, so far you have been born under the mage star, within this star system your inherent strength is fire. Correct?¡± ¡°Yes, can we get on with it, please?¡± Wade says with an exasperated sigh. The A.I complies. ¡°Since you are an Elf Mage, you naturally have more mana. Your racial nature affinity is now nonexistent, would you like to switch to a more compliant race?¡± ¡°No!¡± Wade shouts getting annoyed, he just wants to name his character, customize his features and play. ¡°Since the player does not wish to change races, secondary racial will be randomly chosen. Please select your name and features of your avatar.¡± The voice then leaves allowing for the fantasy styled music to begin. Wade having already thought of a name ignores the floating keyboard and begins the customization of the elf. With random muttering Wade makes changes to the ears, the ears are now a finger width wide and end in a point even with the top of his head. The eyes he makes purple with a slight slant making the eyes look much more sinister. The nose receives a minor adjustment with the bridge being slightly raised. With the ears, eyes, and nose, Wade¡¯s avatar looks very sinister. Wade looks at his elven hair, changing the color from blonde to an ashen grey. Shortens it to where the bangs reach below the check bones while also increasing the avatars weight, making it seem more like himself. ¡°Please adjust the avatar to my build, leave the weight the same.¡± The avatar immediately becomes the height of Wade as the slight fat remains the same. When all said and done, Wade¡¯s elf avatar now has grey hair that hides his forehead and eyes, slightly wide shoulders with a slight bulge in his stomach but not enough to be called fat, just a bear. The skin having a pale complexion with a golden hue. Wade¡¯s avatar could be called a warrior¡¯s body but with the mage robes encasing the avatar, its apparent he is a mage. ¡°Please prepare for immersion into Genesis Online.¡± Right after the A.I finishes the world around Wade goes dark, feeling slight nauseous for a minute before the world reveals green grass with random flowers placed along the large tree trunks. However, before Wade is an elf with mail armor holding a pike. ¡°I have not seen you before young elf, what is your name?¡± The NPC (non-player character) asks Wade. Wade already chose the name he wishes to use. ¡°My name is Nil! For where ever I go nothing will remain!¡± The NPC ignores Nil¡¯s small declaration due to the NPC are not capable of sarcasm or emotions, they are very few and only in the game as merchants or to give quests, their intelligence is limited to the iPhone A.I Siri. Nil does not yet know this but the other elven players however, did. There laughs not being stifled at all as Nil¡¯s ears go red in embarrassment.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Not sticking around longer due to his embarrassment and the laughing players, he soon runs away from the small clearing. Burying his blunder deep in his mind as if it never happened yet continues to run away far from the clearing, his pride cannot so easily forget, especially when he was the direction of such humiliation. Nil¡¯s pride further aggravating his anger finally stops running as he watches a tiny orange boar come into his sights. ¡°Time to release some steam.¡± Nil says quietly. Nil raises his hand toward the boar. ¡°Burn!¡± Nothing happened. ¡°Incinerate!¡± Nothing happened once more. Nil growing more frustrated as he can¡¯t seem to attack continues shouting synonyms of fire, and synonyms of the verb burn as the young boar continued to roam around in a circle non-the wiser. Little did Nil know that the starting NPC was supposed to give the first skill book to the new players depending under which star they chose, similar to how Nil chose fire out of the elements, warriors and scouts have something similar. Nil ran away before he got a spell and so now, Nil is a mage without a spell which is making Nil feeling further frustrated as he now repeats the same words over and over trying to set the boar flicking its tail as if taunting him on fire. Finally getting past his boiling point, Nil takes out his dagger sheathed at his waist, being held by the robe sash, Nil charges the boar with a war cry. ¡°RRRaaaHHH¡± Nil screams as he lunges for the boar. Stabbing the boar flanks a red stab like mark remains where his dagger pierced the boars flank. With a squeal, the boar tries to bash Nil with its tusks, Nil dodges and stabs once more, only seeing the rectangular red health bar above the boar¡¯s head falling, very slowly. Nil goes for the stab and the boar counters with his tusks. Feeling the impact even with only forty percent pain Nil grunts and plunges his dagger deeper and twisting the blade for revenge. The boar squeals even louder and begins strike once more. Nil realizing the boar¡¯s plan jumps on his back and stabs madly, twisting the blade at every chance having noticed the health bar went further down with the added movement. Not even a minute later the boar falls and its corpse shatters into glowing dust leaving a small brown leather bag. Nil picks up the bag for it to immediately disappear and apply itself onto Nil¡¯s robes, on the opposite side Nil¡¯s dagger. Nil touches the bag to find out what it is when six blank squares appear before his eyes with the seventh holding a jar with an eye, Nil pokes the fill square for a description to pop up.
Boar Eye Useless trophy
Nil shocked at first by the find then smiles having gotten himself a bag. ¡®Wonder what goodies more beasts will give!¡¯ Nil thought greedily and he ran in the direction the boar came from with his dagger unsheathed before something blinks in Nil¡¯s peripheral vision. Taking a closer look, the blinking icon enlarges and enters Nil¡¯s normal point of view. A food and drink logo followed by a green bar, the bar is down to less than a quarter of the full bar. Taking the hint, Nil looks around his waist for another bag, most games gave some items to the character upon creation. Not finding anything Nil grow¡¯s disappointed. Nil would not return to the guard ever again, even if it would keep his avatar alive, the people would surely laugh at him again once they saw him. Nil shakes the thought away, looks around the nearby rocky wall before deciding to follow the rock wall, perhaps he can find some humanoid creatures to take some food from. Being able to just walk by the boars would have made Nil¡¯s trip a lot shorter and he would not be in the dire state he is currently in. But the fun of killing the boars still brings a smile to his face. His energy bar is now down to a quarter or the quarter that was left. Enough for maybe one more fight. Nil had killed two boars along his travel searching for some humanoid creature that will hopefully drop him some food for his satiety levels. His movements feeling slightly sluggish, like as if he is wading through waist deep water. Yet his anger of the embarrassing incident with his name carries him on to kill every boar he passes which surprisingly was only a few in number. Currently Nil is walking along the rocky wall of the mountain side, few trees in sight but yet the ground remains covered in the dark, captivating green. The mountain face that Nil is following remains a light brown. Nil walks, and walks. Till finally he see¡¯s something new. It¡¯s not an orange boar but some sort of cat that only reaches his waist. Unlike the boars however it begins to growl once Nil steps closer. Lips parting to reveal large fangs seen on saber tooth tigers, their skeletons at least. Nil suppressing a shudder draws his dagger and makes the first move. Swinging the dagger in a slashing movement, the cat also swung its paw a second later. The dagger slices the paw, a shriek emits from the cat and Nil lunges with a piercing strike, aimed to stab rather then slice. The cat dodges and counters, using its jaws it tries to bite. Nil dodges but loses his balance and falls flat on his buttocks. Dagger still in hand Nil tries to climb back onto his feet when the cat lunges and lands on top of Nil. Nil¡¯s health rapidly falling as the cat claws and bites at Nil¡¯s body. Nil feeling the slight pain ignores it and keeps plunging and twisting his dagger into the beast¡¯s body. The battle of attrition begins. The battle ends less than half a minute later. The cat with a last mew shatters into the glowing particles leaving behind a tooth and claw as loot. Nil about 15 health points away from death and taking bleed out damage waits for his death as he shuts his eyes with a smile on his face. Suddenly a yellow glow extends from Nil, encompassing his body, healing him to full as well as refilling Nil¡¯s satiety bar to full as well. Surprised, Nil opens his eyes to see a floating screen. A transparent screen with glowing black lines appears before his eye.
Nil Level: 1 Fire Mage
Health: 100 Mana: 110 Satiety: 100%
Titles: None 0 skills/spells Talent Points Remaining: 0
Please Choose One to Increase. Mana or Health
Nil not having any spells at the moment decides for health. His health now at 105 instead of 100, his view of the land becomes shrouded as if in a mist. Stars and constellations surrounded him as something akin to a large tree with no leaves grows in the middle of the starry landscape. Each branch holds two to five non-glowing dots except for the trunk. The trunk holds three dots starting just above where the roots would sprout. However, the dim light glowing from the starting dot attracts Nil¡¯s attention most. The slightly dim dot reminds Nil of the stars surrounding him as he walks up to the tree. Peering closely to the dot a screen pops up, the same as the ones before it.
The Ways of Fire Select one Explosive or Long Lasting
Nil not sure what to choose goes with what he strongly loves of fire. Explosive takes the beauty of the burn. When an explosion happens fire just¡­destroys. No, Nil loves watching the flames burn. For flames to burn they need to last so his choice becomes much easier. Suddenly the world around him flips. Now he is in a long tunnel, as if made by hand except for the tunnel leads to a small half sphere clearing where a floating fire rests. Nil walks up to the burning fire, reaching out his right hand a screen once more pops up.
The life of a Pyro is not easy, Fire mages uses the more direct damage of explosion while Pyro Mages uses the true strength of fire! Fire burns in its natural state, Pyro Mages take advantage of the long-lasting damage of fire to strike down their enemies in the most painful way possible, Fire. Take your first spell and learn the ways of fire, it¡¯s true nature.
Spell: Burn This spell deals 2 damage every three seconds for twelve seconds. To use this spell bind it to your spell book or to the gesture slot. Note: Only one slot every ten levels can be used.
Nil taken from the underground sphere appears where he was before entering. Shouting out Spell Book a new screen appears showing only his newly acquired spell. Looking at the note of his last spell having completely ignored the first screen (Nil believes he loves fire more than any developers ever could) already knows the gesture limit on magic, the amount of gesture slots you have is based on your own creativity and the level of your character. Genesis does not keep most things players will find within a month in the dark, except the new black screen. Nil does not remember any of the uploaded videos of beta players receiving such a screen but yet Nil does not care, Nil finally has the ability to do what he wants with fire. All that is left is to gain enough levels so he can actually use his spells as he wishes and on who he wishes. Tapping on the floating screen where a tiny tab with a hand and air lines drawn behind the hand as the picture representing the gesture tab, Nil only sees one gesture slot. Tapping on the slot he uses his left hand to point, as if pointing at someone. ¡°Burn.¡± Nil says in a low voice and suddenly the empty slot has a picture of a flame with the words, Spell: Burn next to it along with above the picture of the flame it now says ¡®Slotted¡¯ as before it had ¡®Unslotted. Nil happy with his first spell takes the dagger in his right hand having seen his satiety at full along with his health quickly searches for a monster. A monster to watch burn.