《Eadenara Online》 Ch.1 Logging In
Exit Login
"Login" ''loading....please wait....continueing....finished loading....open application....application is open....scanning applicant....scanning complete....begin transfer....transfering visuals....transfering audio....transfering sensation....transfering taste....transfering smell....transfering consciousness....transfer complete....login complete....awakening in progress....'' ''You are AWAKE'' "Oi, open ya eyes ya git I''m in a hurry." As the individual opens their eyes and looks around in curiosity they see a young girl appearing around 11 or 12 years of age in front of them. She has short brown hair and is clearly a tomboy dressed in a pair of shorts and t-shirt that has clearly seen better days. She''s also chewwing a large wad of bubble gum evidenced by the large bubble in front of her mouth and the side of her cheek sticking out. She is standing with her legs wide and arms crossed in front of her chest. But, what stands out most is the lively mirth showing from her eyes.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. The individual smiles and greets her, "Hi, nice to meet you." and goes to shake her hand when... POP The bubble she was blowing popped and spread across her face. "he he hehe hoohoo hoohe hoo hoo" they start laughing at the site of the young girl with her face covered in the gum. As she starts peeling the gum off her face she offers a sheepish grimace and drawls, "Well, that wasn''t supposed to happen!" then she balls it up and throws it over her shoulder where it disentigrates before it could hit the ground. That is if there had been a ground but both of them seemed to be standing on air and not solid ground at all. She claps her hands "Now then, Let''s get started." At the clap of her hand the space around them turns into a room that now has a floor and four walls, although not a ceiling. When they looked up it seemed as if they were in a planetarium. "Welcome to the Atrium this is where you''ll create your new body before you enter the world of Eadenara" Ch. 2 Character Creation "Hey, you''re talking differently from before." The individual says with just a touch of indignation. With a look of disgust and an eyeroll, "Of course I am! This is work. I have to talk properly when working or the others would get angry and it''s just too much trouble to deal with ""THEM"". They''re a bunch of pretentious asswipes." "Ahh, I understand I have to deal with some of that type on the Outside as well." In an understanding tone. "Nn, well let''s get started. My name is Son-ja and I''m the Guardian Diety of Orphans and Outcasts. I''ll be your guide for the character creation portion of entry to our world." Widening their eyes, "Wah! But! I thought the guides were supposed to be a Messenger of the Gods not a God themself." " Yeah, well we ran out of messengers cause a few ran away after they dealt with a few too many of you people so the Gods had to pick up the slack. I say that but each of us takes about 1 out of every 70 or so that the individual messengers have to deal with." Son-ja stated with a shrug while chewing on her bottom lip. Then states firmly while opening a screen in front of herself, "That''s enough of that, let''s get back to business. What''s your name gonna be?" "Royal " She types it into the screen, "Race?" "Um, what are the choices" She looks up at me and sighs a deep sigh then snaps her fingers. The walls on one side disappears and now there is a long hall filled along one side with stationary forms of different species and races with plaques in front of them. "You know, most of those who come here just picks some variety of human, elven, or dwarven. At the very least they already know what they want without going through the Gallery." She waves her hand to the side and a lounge chair appears. "Just tell me when you''ve decided on what you want cause I''m not walking back and forth or standing around while you browse." As she sits down and pulls out an old style handheld game. As I walk into the gallery I see a window pop up in front of me.
Because not all races have been unlocked by Outsiders in order to make your selection easier the locked races and subraces will be removed from the gallery.
What''s left is 12 main races to choose from and quite a few have several subraces. Like the Humans for example had several dozen subraces to choose from. Although it seemed that they were seperated by the region in which they lived and not by their appearances as several appeared identical to each other. The Elven main race had three subrace choices; High Elf, Drow, and Sylvan. the High Elves appeared to have very white nearly translucent skin while the Drow were extremely dark. The Sylvan on the other hand had mottled skin color in shades of gold, green, tan, and brown. The races of the Dwarven, Elfling, Gnome, Trolls, Pixies, and Centauri only showed one choice for each. Although the coloring of the Pixies and Centauri were alternating every few seconds. I''m guessing this means there is a wide variety of skin and hair color for these races. The Beastkin race had had four subraces; Foxkin, Wolfkin, Bearkin, and Birdkin. The Foxkin and Birdkin were of thin and slight stature with animal characteristics of their respective races. The Wolfkin was a bit bigger and more rugged while the Bearkin was quite large at around 7 feet in height and was clearly very strong. Next to the Beastkin were the Giants. One of them was the size of a two or three story building while the other was so tall that the first Giant only reached it''s waist. Beside them was a race called Constructs. There was an Earth Golem, Metal Golem, and Ancient Technology as the subraces. At the end of the line there was just a shadowed silhoutte with the race name of Hybrid. No matter what I tried I couldn''t get anymore Information about any of the races except for the name. Even so, the majority of them had appeared in other older games so their relative strengths and weaknesses could be known. But the mystery that was inherent in the race Hybrid drew me so I chose it for my race. When I did so the races in front of me changed and a window appeared in front of me.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.
Hybrid - A individual born from the mating of two or more seperate races. Maximum number of races or subraces used in creating a hybrid is ten. Please choose the races and subraces you wish to use for your Hybrid.
As I close the window and look around I notice that several of the previous races that had been there either decreased or vanished altogether. The Human race only had 6 of the more than 50 subraces they had before. The Elven had lost the High Elf subrace but gained the Wildling Subrace, which seemed to be covered in some type of war paint and be nearly naked as well as quite a bit less attractive than the other elven races. Although if taken into context the Wildling could hardly be called unattractive and at most could be termed mildly handsome. The races of Dwarven, Elfling, Pixie, Centauri, and Constructs had vanished as if they hadn''t even existed. In their place were several dozen different races that hadn''t been there before. Of the Beastkin only the Foxkin and Wolfkin remained and the smaller of the two Giants were still there as well as the Gnome and Troll. Among the new races that appeared many of them were from what would be considered monster races such as Slime''s, Goblin''s, Orc''s, Ogre''s, and many many others. I can only assume the mating wasn''t consensual for these to appear. There was also a Dryad, Draconis, a Nymph, and a Sylph. Most of the races or subraces to choose from were downright horrific and there was no way I could accept looking like any of them. As I went through the different races and subraces I made my decision. First would be the Sylvan subrace from the Elven main race. Then the Wolfkin subrace from the Beastkin and the Troll seemed interesting so I added it in. The Draconis had two subraces. The Makkin had matte dark scales while the Revium had iridescent scales that shone in the light. I chose to select the Revium subrace as well as the Quarrian Slime subrace from the main Slime race. Unlike the Smelt Slime subrace, which looked like a giant ball with tentacles, the Quarrian Slime had a vaguely humanoid appearance although it was small about the size of a child. I hit complete on my selection and a new window popped up.
Selection complete. Please choose percentages of each race or will default at 20% for each of the 5 races selected.
I chose 30% Sylvan, 25% Wolfkin, 20% Troll, 15% Revium, and 10% Quarrian Slime. I walk back to Son-ja to tell her I was done, but she had fallen asleep with a bit of drool coming from her mouth. "Hey!" In surprise Son-ja jumps into the air and throws her arms out and the game she was holding flies at me. "Wha, wha, whad hapn''d? Whads goin on? Whadda ya wan'' ya Fucking Asshit Bastard!" She looks around and seeing me, "Haa, oh its jus'' ya. You done yet?" "Yeah, I''ve picked my race. What''s next?" As she looks at the screens in front of her. "Hmm, hmm, Name? done. Race? done. Gender? done. Stats? okay stats next." She presses on the screen and a window opens infront of me.
Before entering the world of Eadenara you may choose up to 5 stats from this list which will contain 1 stat point in each stat. If you do not choose 5 then the extra stat points will become free stat points which you can allocate once you enter the world. Agi - Agility - overall speed, dodging. Atk - Attack - capability of attacking. Cha - Charisma - charm, appeal. Def - Defense - capability of resisting attack. Dex - Dexterity - quickness, gracefulness, reflexes, detailed work. End - Endurance - physical constitution, withstand hardship. Fle - Flexibility - Pliablility of joints and mind Int - Intelligence - ability to learn, understand, or use knowledge. Ldr - Leadership - ability to lead and command. Luc - Luck - overall luck, coincidence, chance. Per - Perception - observation, awareness, strength of senses. Res - Resilience - capability of recovery. Sta - Stamina - staying power. Str - Strength - physical strength, capacity to carry. Vit - Vitality - capacity of life force, vigor. Wil - Willpower - mental strength/endurance. Wis - Wisdom - insight, knowledge, good judgement.
"Okay, I''ll go with Vitality, Resilience, Wisdom, Luck, and Charisma!" I yell out the last one. "Hmm, all done now would you like to go through the Tutorial or skip it." "I''d like to go through it please." "In that case I''ll leave you here, as soon as the Tutorial ends you''ll be sent to the world of Eadenara and you no longer need me to guide for the tutorial since it''s just basic knowledge and has it''s own team of guides for it." As Son-ja leaves through a door that wasn''t there with a face of panic before the lights dim and a drumroll begins. "Ladies and Gentleman, We welcome you this day to the 384,769th Tutorial for the world of Eadenara." A man dressed like a circus ringleader came out. He had a long mustache and small goatee. Behind him were two female clowns clapping their hands with looks of worship on their faces. ''Ah, shit I should have said no''is what I was thinking as the longest 2 hours of my life began. Ch. 3 Welcome to Privada ... NOT! The Tutorial has finally ended after what feels like forever but according to my clock display it was only 2 hours and 16 minutes. If I thought about everything that happened in there I would probably start suffering from PTSD as it is I still feel quite wobbly even after blocking most of it if not all of it out. Just thinking about what happened causes shivers to uncontrollably run up and down my back. I have chosen the city of Privada for my origination point and as I fade into existance there are a few notification windows popping into view.
As 1 of the first 10 outsiders to complete the tutorial you will receive 1 stat point in Int. and a random race skill.
"What? Does that mean I could have left before it finished? Damn, I wish I had known that." I swipe the window out of the way, hide all notifications until I can get somewhere more private, and look up. A young woman who was greeting an outsider that was about 20 feet to my right turned towards me. "Hello! Welcome to Priv....ayyaaahh! M-M-MONSTER!" Her scream brings attention to us or more precisely me and others start screaming themselves. As more and more people start screaming about monsters and abominations, I look around in panic trying to find the monster so that I can run away from it rather than towards it. Then several individuals with weapons congregate on us and as they near me and raise their weapons I realize the monster their yelling about means me. "Hey, Wait, Stop, I''m Not A Mons..." "Die you Monster scum" is how I get interupted while being stabbed with swords, daggers, and arrows from multiple directions at once. And as I die ''OOWWW'' is all I was screaming in my head. _____ The pain fades and I sigh "Ah, I died huh." I sit up in the bed of my Personal Home. A Personal Home is the room that you create first upon entering a virtual reality capsule. It can link you to different V.R. Games as well as V.R. Chat Rooms. "Darn''it I didn''t get to play at all today." I sit on the side of the bed and look at my linkson the wall. There are a few greyed out signalizing that I was unable to access them currently either because they were full or have a cooldown between playing times. Since I had been planning to play most of the day and still had six hours before dinner I decided to look through the games I can still play. As I browse I notice that Eadenara was still available for play.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "Hmm, that''s odd there''s supposed to be an eight hour cooldown if you die to keep from developing URMSD." With the creation of the Virtual Reality Matrix came the existence of Unknown Reality Mental Stress Disorder; a disease caused by being unable to tell reality and virtual reality apart. Within two to three months of the wide spread use of the Virtual Reality Matrix there was a drastic rise of accidental suicides that caused world wide legislation to be created governing the ethical use and running of the Virtual Reality Matrix. This included everything from how long you could be logged in for, to what you could do in it. Smiling I lay back down on the bed and with my hands behind my head, "Eadenara Login". As I fade back into the game I sing "Guess there was a ~glitch~" ___ Once the login was complete and I had reentered the city of Privada at the same place as last time the first thing I noticed was that it was a lot queiter. When I looked around I could see that the area was practically deserted except for a few soldiers. One of them saw me and pulled out his sword. As he made his way to me I threw my hands in the air and shouted, "Don''t hurt me please! I''m not a monster!" As if in confusion he slowed down and furrowed his brow, "Don''t move," He growled while holding his sword in a way to easily cut me down. Between his actions and my yelling we garnered the attention of all the soldiers in the square. They made their way to us and the one who seemed to be in charge asked, "Private Mokes what is going on here?" "Sir, she says she''s not a monster, Sir." He gazed at me for a few seconds before turning to another soldier this one about 20 years old with brown furry ears on his head, then said, "Cuff her, we''ll take her back to the garrison and figure this out there. At least then we can call off the curfew since she matches the description of the monster reportedly in the town square an hour ago." "Um, I''m a man." bringing his attention back to me. "You have breasts" matter of factly. "Wha...?" I look down and yep I have boobs they''re small but they exist. I pale and grab between my legs and relax in relief. "At least that''s still there. Thank God!" I exclaim. Ch. 4 Having Fun in Jail It''s been a few hours since I was brought to the garrison and they locked me in a cell. It''s quite boring but since there is no windows and they didn''t leave a torch I discovered some cool abilities my character has and some that are not so cool. The first thing I discovered was that my skin and hair glows, actually glows in the dark. It''s not that bright but it will definitely make it near impossible to learn stealth skills. On the other hand I don''t need a light to see by when it gets dark. Especially in conjunction with the second ability I discovered. Night vision, my eyesight in the dark is much better than my natural eyesight is normally. I can see nearly everything as if the room was brightly lit even though it only had the dim glow from my own body. When looking at the skin on my arms I can see that the coloring is iridescent and mottled in shades of silver, gold, and a creamy tan. I also have a pattern of scales in my skin but rather then actual scales it''s more like snake skin. The patterns there but you can''t just grab one of them and pull it up or out. When running my fingers over it the sensation is similar to a snakes as well. Since I can see well enough to read and it didn''t seem like they would talk to me anytime soon; I decided to go through all the notifications I had set aside. As I did so I discovered that I gained 2 titles neither of which I like or want although at least I have a way to get rid of negative side effects of the first one. I''ll have to find a way to get rid of the other but I''m not sure if it''s possible. The first title I gained is called Rayl The First and it gives me 50,000 fame with any hybrid and 50,000 infamy with every other race. I gained that title because I was the first hybrid in existence. With the title came directions on removing the infamy part, all I have to do is gain 50,000 points of fame with the other races and will decrease with every point of fame I gain. Not to difficult, right? And it shows immediate results. Apparently 10% of the infamy in this title is inherited by every hybrid that comes after me. I didn''t know why it was called Rayl the First until after I checked my status but it seems that Son-ja is either illiterate and couldn''t spell Royal or just chose not to. The second title is called Abomination and I recieved it after being called abomination or monster by over 100 individuals in less than five minutes. As the only effect it has is that it increases my infamy by 1,000 I can see no good from it. At least it has little to no effect at the moment but I''m going to try to find a way to remove it before I get rid of all the infamy in my first title. Now, right after I entered Privada the notifications said I gained a random racial skill and one of the other notifications told me that it was called Absorption and it is a racial skill for Slime''s. The skill Absorption allows me to dissolve and absorb a percentage of anything that enters and remains in my body for a length of time. As the skill ability levels I''ll be able to absorb a higher percentage of the materials and absorb them faster. Whether I can gain an ability, attribute, stat, or skill from it is contingent on the level and abilities of the thing I''m absorbing and how much of it I can absorb. This seems like a very good skill once it gets leveled so I''m trying to level it by eating the small stones on the floor of my cell. (Not like there''s much else to do.) Once I finished going through all the notifications I decided to look at my status. It looks something like this. Name: Rayl Race: Hybrid (!) Level: 0 Fame: 50,000 (!) Infamy: 51,000 (!) HP: 10 (!) MP: 15 (!) HP recovery per hour: 7 (!) MP recovery per hour: 9 (!) Maximum Attack power: 0 (!) Maximum Defense power: 0 (!) Active Stats: Cha: 1 Int: 1 Luc: 1 Res: 1 Vit: 2 Wis: 1 Affinities: Light: -50% Skills: Absorption: Lvl 0 - 0.00016% exp. Attributes: Enhanced Senses: Your senses are enhanced Natural Light Sensitivity: (!) You are sensitive to natural light. You experience a 50% decrease in all stats when directly exposed to natural light and a 25% decrease in all stats when indirectly exposed to natural light. Hermaphrodite: You are currently a hermaphrodite and carry both male and female genitalia. Asexual: You are not currently asexual but can choose to alter your genitalia to become asexual at anytime. Titles: Rayl The First: (!) Abomination: (!) All the parts of my status that had the (!) mark next to it had more information. For example the fame and infamy split up into hybrid and non hybrid categories and the titles just showed what influence the titles had. The ones around the HP and MP values showed how to calculate them from your stat points. The (!) that I took special note of was the one next to Natural Light Sensitivity. It told me that by natural light meant sunlight not moonlight, starlight, firelight or magelight unless it was made using magic from the affinity of light. And even then it would be considered as indirect light rather than direct light. I was quite relieved and glad to hear it didn''t mean all forms of light.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. _____ It''s been about 1 day since I was brought to the Guardhouse dungeon. I only know this because of the clock function on the game menu. Another good way to tell the time was the bowl of slop they brought to my cell for dinner. Which reminds me that if it wasn''t for the fact that they keep my satiety meter filled and thus keep me from starving I would have stopped eating the pebbles on the floor after I had to shit them out the first time. They don''t give much experience and barely dissolve at all. It tore my asshole up and cost me 3 hp. So far I haven''t had to re-eat the stones I shit out but I''m starting to run out of new stones to eat and if I don''t get out soon I''ll have to eat the shit stones. ''Bleh!''The only reason I haven''t had to eat the shit stones is because I stopped swallowing them whole and started sucking on them instead. Surprisingly even when sucking on them they still give me experience in absorption and keep my satiety up. They also last for several hours longer than if I swallow them. I was originally hesitant to eat the slop in case it''s poisoned but I''ve been eating a tiny tiny bit of it at a time. Only as much as I can fit on the tip of my finger. There hasn''t been any negative side effects so I plan to increase the amount I eat at a time. The cell isn''t big enough for me to lay down in being about 4 feet by 4 feet wide and about 5 or 6 feet tall. As I''m only 4 feet 3 inches I think it''s closer to 6 cause I can''t touch the ceiling when I jump with my arms straight up. But since I don''t know how high I can jump I can''t tell for sure. Being over a foot shorter then I am outside Eadenara takes quite a bit of adjustment. In order to alleviate my boredom I''ve been doing what exercises I can or singing to drive away the silence. Thanks to that I''ve gained several stats and the skills; Jump, Stretch, and Songstress. When I noticed the skills I acquired had different colors I selected them in the menu and found out that there were different ranks. While it doesn''t give me all the ranks it did tell me what rank each skill I had was. The skills Jump and Stretch were listed as common and had the color blue while Songstress said professional and was yellow. As for the Absorption skill it was a rare rank skill in red. The stats I gained was two in flexibility but only one stat in each of the following; agility, intelligence, endurance, and stamina. I recieved the second stat in flexibility when the Stretch skill reached level 1. Since the first stat in flexibility was gained at the same time as the Stretch skill and the stat in agility was gained with the Jump skill in addition to gaining the intelligence stat with the Songstress skill I believe that I''ll gain a stat point with every new skill or level up of a skill. While I didn''t recieve any skills with the endurance and stamina stats I did gain them by pushing myself to do as many jumping exercises as I could before I collapsed. In the beginning I could only do about four or five before I was exhausted but I gained the stamina stat when I was able to do ten before exhaustion set in and I gained the endurance stat after doing an additional three jumps after being exhausted. I''m now up to twenty-five jumps then doing about ten minutes of stretching before taking a 15 minute break before more stretching and another twenty-five jumps. After 5 repititions I take an hour break to suck on stones or sing. I sing nursery rhymes from when I was young in addition to more recent and popular songs although I can rarely remember all the words from those and usually end up making something up partway through. I''ve gotten the Absorption skill to - 0.0936%, the Jump skill to - 65.37%, the Stretch skill to level 1 - 4.9%, and the Songstress skill to - 18.52%. The only one I''ve been able to level up so far is the Stretch skill and I think it means that the different ranks of skill give out different amounts of experience when using each skill. I had to log out of Eadenara for dinner but logged back in after an hour IRT so I only missed 4 hours IGT. I don''t have to be at work till 10 am tomorrow so I can still play for another 58 hours IGT before I have to log out to get ready. That''s approximately 2 1/2 days in game so I hope that nothing will happen while I''m working even though I only have a half day tomorrow from 10 am till 2 pm that''s still almost a full day in game. ____ 1 day later It''s been two days now and I''ve started doing karate chops on the bars of my cell. I can only do about 10 each hour before I have to go back to my squat jumps and stretching because I lose 1 hp point with every chop and I only recover 10 hp per hour. What sucks is I don''t even hit it very hard. Just barely hitting with the side of my hand on each swing. I dare not use all 17.5 hp up because I don''t know if I''ll die when I hit 0 or if it has to go into the negatives in order to kill me. Since I didn''t keep track of how many I did of the other exercises before I got a skill I''m going to count how many chops I do before I get a skill and then do another exercise to see if you get a skill after the same number of times doing it. Currently I''m on the 7th hour and just finished the 70th chop. After I started eating more of the slop the speed at which my absorption skill gained experience increased so I''m willing to bet that it currently can dissolve and absorb organic material better than inorganic material. It''s almost to 1% at 0.926% after eating all the slop left from the first two days. My Jump skill is very close to leveling up to level 1 if my suppositions are correct I will gain another stat point when it does. I wonder if it will be agility just like when I gained the skill since when stretch leveled up it gained the same stat as the initial one that came with the skill or if it will be a different stat needed for jumping like strength, stamina, or endurance. ____ And 1 day after that Jump leveled to level 1 and I gained a stat in strength so while I gain a stat when a skill levels it''s not always the same stat so I can''t assume that I''ll always get the stat I want or need. But at least so far it''s been a stat associated with the skill that was gained or leveled. I also gained the skill Hand Chop after chopping the bars 200 times. It is an uncommon skill in green and is a subskill for the Unarmed Combat skill. It grants a percentage increase in maximum attack power when using a hand chop. Currently at level 0 the increase is 2.5% of the total maximum attack power. The stat point I got for it is 1 point of the attack stat. My throat has gotten sore so in place of singing I have started juggling the stones and I am testing my hypothesis on whether repeating an action a certain number of times will grant a skill so I am currently kicking the bars rather than chopping them. It has the same result where I lose 1 hp for each kick, so i''m still limited to ten kicks per hour before I have to switch since I can only regen 10 hp per hour. Earlier this morning I had gotten bored with the repitition so I tried to do a hand stand push up but my arms couldn''t bear my own weight and I fell over getting tangled up with my ass in the air. It took almost half an hour before I was able to completely untangle myself. In order to get to work on time tomorrow I''ll be sleeping in game as I''ve been doing the last few days. Before going to sleep I go through my status again and notice the asexual attribute. Since it said that I can change to asexual from hermaphrodite I try to do it but it won''t let me. Apparently it costs 100 mp for each time the change between the two occurs but I currently only have 16 mp. Looks like it will be a while before I''ll be able to get rid of these breasts. I''d rather have no dick and be smooth down there *shiver* than have breasts no matter how small. Info Dump - Not a chapter. How to calculate these values. When calculating these values substitute the numerical value of the stat for the stat name. HP - (AGI x 0.5) + (DEX x 0.5) + (END x 4) + (STA x 3) + (STR x 1) + (VIT x 5) = total HP MP - (INT x 1) + (VIT x 5) + (WIL x 4) + (WIS x 4) = total MP HP recovery per hour - (END x 2) + (RES x 3) + (STA x 1) + (VIT x 2) = The amount of HP automatically recovered in an hour. MP recovery per hour - (RES x 3) + (STA x 1) + (VIT x 2) + (WIL x 2) = The amount of Mp automatically recovered in an hour. Maximum Physical Attack Power - (AGI x 0.25) + (ATK x 1) + (DEX x 0.25) + (END x 0.5) + (STA x 0.5) + (STR x 0.5) = Maximum amount of damage inflicted with a Physical Attack. Maximum Magical Attack Power - (total MP x 0.1) + (MPAP x 0.5) = Maximum damage inflicted with a Magical Attack. Maximum Combined Attack Power - (MMAP) + (MPAP) = Maximum damage inflicted with a combined Magical and Physical Attack.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Maximum Physical Defense Power - (DEF x 1) + (DEX x 0.25) + (END x 0.5) + (STA x 0.5) + (STR x 0.5) + (WIL x 0.25) = Maximum amount of Physical Defense against a Physical Attack. Maximum Magical Defense Power - (total MP x 0.1) + (MPDP x 0.5) = Maximum amount of Magical Defense against a Magical Attack. Maximum Combined Defense Power - (MMDP) + (MPDP) = Maximum amount of combined Magical and Physical Defense against either or both Physical and Magical Attacks. _____ Skill Classes Common - Blue - Perform action 100 times accurately to gain a skill in this class. Uncommon - Green - Perform action 200 times accurately to gain a skill in this class. Professional - Yellow - Perform action between 1 and 500 times dependant on if taught and/or how well performed to gain a skill in this class. Superior - Orange - Perform action between 1 and 700 times dependant on if taught and/or how well performed to gain a skill in this class. Rare - Red - Perform action between 1 and 900 times dependant on if taught and/or how well performed to gain a skill in this class. Noble - Purple - Perform action between 1 and 1,000 times dependant on if taught and/or how well performed to gain a skill in this class. Hidden - Black - Perform action between 1 and 1,000 times dependant on if taught and/or how well performed to gain skill in this class. Legendary - Brown - Can only be taught or granted. World - Light Grey - Can only be taught or granted. Divine - White - Can only be taught or granted. Ch. 5 Last Day of School Wooha! * RING * "Alright, alright, everyone settle down time for class to start." I walk into the room with a box of binders in my arms. "Jeremy, Harold, and Penny please come to the front and start passing out these binders to everyone in class." I set the box of binders on top of the other three boxes. Each box holds 8 binders for a total of 32. My class has 31 students so I have an extra one. "Each binder has your winter break homework in it so be sure to finish it before class resumes in 3 weeks. You will be graded on it by each of your respective teachers for each subject. Since you''ll be here for another 2 hours until the Closing of the Year ceremony in the auditorium you would do well to get started on it now. But, as I know you''re all excited for the winter break I won''t force you to. Consider this study hall and just try to not make too much noise and upset the nearby classes." With that several of the students jump out of their seats and rush to their friends where they immediately start chattering. But, a few open their binders and start getting to work. A smile graces my face as I sit behind my desk and pull out my own work. Filling out the paperwork that needs to be finished before the end of the day so that I won''t need to work thru the winter break. As I helped one of my students with an algebra problem they were having trouble with I over heard another student, one of the young lady''s in the Queen Bee clique by the name of Sophia exclaim, "OH. MY. GOD. IS THAT TRUE!" It peaked my interest and gained the attention of most of my students including the one I was talking to, so I listened in on the conversation. "Yea, seriously, my friend Tinea saw it. A monster appeared in Privada Town Square. Not just one either cause Tinea said they killed the first one but then another got caught by the town guard and is being held in the garrison dungeon until a Reader can be brought to town. The whole town is in an uproar about it and might even have a riot. Some want to kill the thing now and not wait till the Reader gets there to appraise it. But, even with the possibility of a riot us outsidersare flocking to the town in case this is the beginning of an event. It''s completely packed. Even though it''s a beginner town and meant to hold a large capacity of newbie''s with half the country showing up to find out how a monster got into a Barrier protected town there''s no inns left with room and half the people showing up are camping in front of the town gates. Those poor bunnies are being slaughtered for food." This from the young woman with short curly brown hair and large coffee brown eyes named Miriam.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. "DAMMIT, I''m no where near there!" that was another student, a young man named Avery, he had that whole handsome geek look going for him. " Is there anyone near Grimwold Forest with a Teleport Scroll or Transport Stone they''ll sell me?" This set off another round of chattering between all the students. "Hey, are all of you playing Eadenara?" I ask them once it starts slowing down. Avery looks up at me from the desk of his friend, "Yeah, most of us even played in the Beta so we''re pretty high leveled." On my right my sleeve was pulled and when I looked down I saw Jodi a quiet and shy young woman who rarely speaks above a whisper. "Do you play too, Mr. Breams?" "Ha ha, yeah I just started playing yesterday." "Which race did you pick? I''m a High Elf. Don''t you think High Elfs are the best?" Avery butts in before Jodi can say anything in response to my answer. "Hey, everybody Mr. Breams started playing the game too." Bringing the rest of the classes attention to us. "Really, which race did you pick?" "Which town are you beginning at?" "What stats did you choose?" "What''s your character name?" As they all kept spewing more and more questions at me the announcement for the Closing Ceremony came over the intercom. "Ok, everyone collect your things and head to the auditorium." "But you didn''t answer any of our questions." "Cause," I place my finger over my lips with a smile, "it''s a secret." Apologies - Not A Chapter In case any of you haven''t noticed I have put some of the chapters together that had previously been in parts but because of this I have lost your comments and would like to apologize for that. I would like to ask you to keep commenting especially if you have any ideas or just want to discuss things. I won''t promise to use them but I''d still like to hear about it.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. Also I have been working on the next chapter but it just doesn''t want to work well so it''s taking some time.Truth is I''ve only got the title and a few paragraphs so far. I know what I want to happen near the end of this chapter but it''s getting there in an interesting way that''s causing problems. Ch. 6 INTRODUCING ... The Cin Siray After I got home I had some quick and easy ramen noodles for dinner before taking a shower and dealing with my other needs. Then I entered the virtual reality capsule. As I materialize in my Personal Home and look around I think about the difference between the virtual home and what''s in my apartment in reality. In the virtual home I had a large and comfortable bed in the bedroom with the apps and games I have downloaded for access scrolling on the walls around the room. There were two doors leading out of the room directly in front of the foot of the bed. If I were to walk through the one on the right I would enter a closet with a large variety of clothes and other accessories. But if I went through the one on the left I would enter a living room like area the size of a football or baseball field if there had been any left in reality. The living area was an Open Space where if I gave permission a guest would be able to enter from their own PH. While it looked empty when I first entered to the side of the door there was a console, that had I scrolled through it would have shown a list of all the apps and programs I had previously bought to use in the space. Simply opening one of them would have had it materialize in the living area for my use. Capable of creating a variety of rooms. Everything from a kitchen to an entertainment room that would make an ancient arcade envious. On the other hand in reality my apartment had only two rooms. A combination living room, bedroom, and kitchen 20 by 20 feet square as well as a shower room approximately 10 by 12 feet with a shower, toilet, and sink. With an 8 by 10 foot recessed walk in closet so that all together the apartment was a 20 by 30 foot rectangular shape. Immediately inside the door is the kitchen area with all the kitchen appliances and countertops/cabinets on my left. Right across the room is the entrance to the shower room and in the far corner is the closet. Against the wall between the entrances to the shower room and the closet is a small table with a chair that doubles as both a dining table and a desk as well as a set of shelves that are mainly being used as bookshelves. In the front corner directly to the right of the door is my Virtual Reality Capsule. It''s shape is similar to an old style football but rather than the ends being pointed they were rounded similar to the rounder end of an egg. With a height reaching to the cieling at just under 7 feet. If it had been 50 or so years ago not a single person would have wanted to rent such a small apartment but now in the age of virtual reality where the people who spend the majority of their time in their capsules having a small apartment where they don''t have a lot to clean is in higher demand. Some even going so far as to create group housing where 10 to 20 capsules are placed in a single large room and the only private areas were small rooms of 5 or 6 feet to a side that holds each induviduals private possessions as if they were giant lockers. _____ When I logged back into Eadenara I was no longer in the dungeon but was instead strapped to a chair. There was a desk, chair, and a few shelves in the room in front of me. It had the appearance of an office of some sort. I couldn''t see anyone in the room but when I turned my head to the left I could just see light coming in from an open doorway and could hear hushed voices from the other side but could not make out what was being said. I can''t move and if I sing they''ll notice and I don''t know what they''ll do then. It''s boring with nothing to do so I guess I''ll take a nap until someone shows up. Or wait, No, I can try and learn meditation! With that I close my eyes and start the breathing exercises I remember that we were supposed to use in gym class when we did yoga in high school. Even though I just tended to fall asleep instead.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! _____ On the way from the Capitol City of Gorsant Republic to Privada was an entire regiment of soldiers. They were a set of four battalions. Each battalion was made up of four companies, two of calvary and two of infantry, with approximately 100 soldiers in each company amounting to a total of nearly 1,600 soldiers. All of them were there in order to provide escort to only one carriage. One would think this was overkill for an escort mission since even when the king traveled he only had one battalion unless he was traveling outside the kingdom. One would especially think this if they knew that three of the four passengers in the carriage were Paladin Knight Archibald Gulcholt, Archmage Marvin Frisk, and The Cin Siray Riechelle Von Lisvan. As each of these individuals would be able to equal an entire battalion alone in combat strength. Of course, one would only believe this if they had no knowledge of why these three individuals with their regiment''s worth of escort were on their way to Privada. But since the gossip vine of both the citizens of Gorsant Republic and the Outsiders were both full of the news that an unknown monster was discovered within the Barrier Town of Privada it was pretty much acknowledged that if it were true it could be a situation that would very well need such a large and powerful force to deal with it. To the Outsiders it seemed as if it was definitely the beginnings of a major quest sequence causeing more and more to speed their way to Privada in fear of missing out. But, to the citizens of Gorsant the fear they felt was much more primal and it was in regards to their survival. Because the Barrier Towns scattered throughout the World of Eadenara are the last line of defense against the monsters and Daemons. And if even one fell it would greatly shake the safety the people feel at just knowing that their ancient havens exist. _____ "Cousin, Do you really think the barrier could have fallen?" A thin but strong young man with short curly golden hair commonly seen on cherubim wearing a butler style suit in shades of medium and dark blue to black with hints of red and gold said with a pensive tone of voice and a small frown on his face. Across from him was his cousin, a young woman with slightly darker gold long hair in many small braids with sparkling, glittering beads. She wore a large white fur and feathered cloak with the hood pulled up. The cloak was so large that you couldn''t see what she wore beneath and couldn''t make out her facial features beneath the hood. All you could see was the last foot or so of her braids that were peaking out and her hands that were folded in her lap. Next to the young woman was a far more muscular young man who wore a white shirt and brown breaches with a large brown overcoat like you see in those old mystery, detective movies. He had long dark brown hair held in a braid at the back of his head that ended in his lap and tied at the end was a small morning star about three or four inches in diameter. "Tsk, How should she know. We''ve recieved barely any information, just wait till we get there and we''ll figure it out then." "But what if it''s a Daemon? No one has seen one before and the books we''ve been able to find don''t have the best descriptions. Just calling them abominations and disgusting." With a look of irritation through gritted teeth and an eyeroll, "Like I said we''ll figure it out when we get there. There''s no point in asking questions when there''s no possible way any of us can have the answers!" with the last few words practically said in a yell. "SHUT UP!" was growled out from within the depths of the cloak. "I''m trying to sleep and why the devil aren''t we there yet we should have arrived hours ago?" "My apologies Cin Siray the roads are filled with pedestrians and Outsiders making their way to Privada out of curiosity." This came from the last passenger, a meticulously dressed colonel around the age of 40 with black and silver hair and beard. A pair of blazing, brilliant, blue eyes sweep towards the young man beside her. "Remove them" "Uh, Okay, Will do," he chuckles as he gets out of the carriage. When he gets down he looks around before grasping the bottom half of his braid before swinging it around in a circle before throwing it into the air. Just as it was about to reach its full length it started glowing, then became longer and longer before it came to a stop floating a few hundred feet in the air. The mace at the end turned into a mouth shaped microphone and started yelling loudly for those in the distance to hear. "OY, YOU, ALL OF YOU ON THE ROAD TO PRIVADA, GET OFF THE ROAD THE CIN SIRAY IS COMING THROUGH!"