《'Project Desperia'》 Prologue I: Project Rebirth Project Desperia is a MIMORPG, what stand for Massive Immersion Multiplayer Role Play Game. In the year of 2020, technology achieved the level of being able to create a whole universe in the virtual world, where once plugged in, the immersion could make everything fake become sensitive. From hunger to the taste of fine wine, from pleasure to the pain of death. In 2022 was launched the first MIMORPG named ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯, the company behind this ambitious game had a skyrocket sells for not only having the best immersion, but was rapidly increased since virtual items could be sold for millions in the real world. In 2023 was launched the second MIMORPG, and every year that followed the first, one launched another game from another new rising company, many of them had success, others failed to seek the same path as ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯. In 2030 the first company to launch a MIMORPG faced a crisis, his biggest card wasn¡¯t selling so much as before, neither the community was so active as before. ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯ was dying. It was only a matter of time until the others games take everything from ¡®PR¡¯. Among the players of ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯ there were 100 of them known as the Royal Elite, they were the people who spent more than years inside the game. The common folk just call them ¡®no lifers¡¯, while most of the gamers have great respect and awe for them. They are aswell the heroes inside the own game, since the game allows players become heroes, they are the legends. Inside the legends, there are the myths. The top 10 players, known as Royal Heroes, they stand in the top scoreboard of every dungeon, battle, trade, or inside game item creation. Those Royal Heroes should have won at least ten milion only selling spare items they found during their search. But ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯ was dying, the common folk changed games for others that were more suitable for their taste, or were just new in the market. In time even the Royal Elite were leaving the game, maybe for other games, maybe they just gave up on games, or maybe that game wasn¡¯t the ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯ they were used to anymore, it was so empty. In 2031, a man came to the company that developed ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯. He said he would be able to make a new game that everyone will never forget, that will make their sells once again go sky high.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. It took over two year for that new game be completed, the newcome man was the spearhead of the whole project, if everyone thought ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯ was an ambitious bet, this new game was like a greedy god bet. The new game was named ¡®Project Desperia¡¯. As an ambitious bet, ¡®Project Desperia¡¯ was ten times bigger than ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯, there was much more systems regarding races and classes. Before it was only possible to become human, any thing else was achieved by curse or alchemy, now the player could choose between tens of segment, like the type undead, human, elven, demons, angels, etc. Many other classes than the usual mage, warrior, archer and cleric. In 2033, ¡®Project Desperia¡¯ was released, it was a mass euphoria, many players from the first sequel bought the beta and loved. Many of those who played the beta disseminated the word that the ¡®Project Desparia¡¯ was much better than any other game they ever played. When the game was released, hundreds of millions ran to buy the game. Like the man said it would be. A mass success. Once ¡°Project Desparia¡¯ was released, ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯ was shut down. What made many of the still remaining players to move on to ¡®Project Desparia¡¯, players like the Royal Elite. ¡­ First Day ... ¡®So¡­ Let¡¯s go.¡¯ The boy entered the capsule used for immersion. ¡®Oh wait.¡¯ The boy didn¡¯t leave the capsule, but looked to the bed right beside the capsule that was in the center of his bedroom. On top of the bed was two red potato chips. ¡®Alright, I got food when I get back, alright let¡¯s play.¡¯ ¡­ .. . A blue light appeared in front of the boy¡¯s eyes, then the light turned black and a serie of green words appeared one following the other, forming sentences. Initializing System. Checking Progress. *Warning. A game has been deleted the system. The following game has been deleted by admin: Project Rebirth.* New files found. Extracting files. Extracting: 0% Extracting: 30% Extracting: 55% Extracting: 93% Extracting: 100% Do you wish to install: Project Desperia ? Yes - No ¡°Yes.¡± Installing: 5% Installing: 30% Installing: 45% Installing: 74% Installing: 81% Installing: 99% Installing: 100% Do you wish to start: Project Desperia ? ¡°Yes.¡± Are you sure ? ¡®Uhm ? What the hell ? Whatever.¡¯ ¡°Yes¡± Before you log in. As for creating your character. Use the sample character ? ¡°Hmmm. No, this time I will create by myself.¡± Good Gaming, and welcome to Project Desparia. Prologue II: Character creation The boy was lying in his capsule, before the true immersion begins, the system was working on installing the new game, once it ended the interior of the capsule became dark. That wasn¡¯t a dark of shutting down the lights, but that was the process of his mind entering the virtual world. In no time, some dots of light appeared in front of the boy, his body was devoid of all weight, and those dots became more concentrated in the center of his vision. Then those light came to him like endless lines, until there was a big explosion, the sound of fire and a great choral was in the background. Golden words appeared one after another: P-R-O-J-E-C-T D-E-S-P-E-R-I-A. Once those words finished appearing, the world took form, the night sky, dragons flying over the mountains, the sound of battle in the distance, swords and arrows lying in the grounds. Enter your name: ¡®Hmmm, should I make a serious name again ? Or a funny one ? ¡®Lord Destroyer¡¯ ? No, too edgy for me. Maybe ¡®Darksider¡¯, Nah¡­ I already used that one too many times. ¡®Smoker¡¯ ? Nope, I¡¯m not playing a Snopp Dogg type. ¡®RasPutin¡¯ ? ¡­ I think it¡¯s better to mess around with politics. Hmmm, something common¡­ At the same time something different¡­ ¡®Ryner¡¯ ? A german name, meh, not now, later¡­ Something generic¡­ But eye-catching¡­ Dark Flame Master¡¯ ¡°Dark Flame Master¡± That name is not available. Thirty minutes later. ¡®I think this should do the trick.¡¯ ¡°Set name as Generic Genericson.¡± This name is invalid. Name too long. Another ten minutes. ¡°How about, Genric ?¡±The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. This name is valid. Do you wish to set a family name ? ''Oh, Goddamned, why couldn¡¯t put Genericson anyway ?¡¯ ¡°Yes. Set nickname as Genericson.¡± Family name set. Which gender do you wish to be ? Male or Female ? ¡°Male.¡± ¡®I¡¯m not an asshole who play with female model begging for items.¡¯ Please select your race. There are two segments available. Living and Nonliving. ¡®Non-living ? This is new.¡¯ ¡°Which ones are nonliving ?¡± Nonliving, there are three types, undead, cursed and monster. Undead: Once living, now they walk the earth once again with the sole desire of destroying the living. Cursed: Various types of curses available, vampires, ghouls, werewolves. It¡¯s possible to become cursed in game, but start aswell like one, but once it happens every disadvantage and advantage will be active, if the race is set as cursed in the beginning, it is not able to remove later. Monster: You can choose among a list of intelligent monster, even a dragon, but susceptible to be hunted as a common monster, their main goal is to become strong and reign over a territory. ¡°Hmmm, And the living races ?¡± Living segment. There are the humans: Known as the most populous race in the worlds, there are no disadvantages, neither advantages. Elves: The race living in the woods, regarded for their speed, beauty and pride. ¡­ .. . ¡®Wow, they got many races, I spent one hour only listening to them. Well. Let me think. I could be an elf, but I¡¯m not a prideful faggot. I could be an orc, but that¡¯s not my play style, too slow for me. Maybe a dead knight, but there are many disadvantages and restrictions. A vampire ? If it¡¯s not a twilight reference, then it¡¯s an advance. A medusa ? Too boring. A cat ? I¡¯m not doing fanservice. Wait, if I¡¯m correct it¡¯s possible to unlock new races by searching them.¡¯ ¡°Search fallen angel.¡± Searching fallen angel. ¡­ .. . Fallen Angel discovered. Fallen Angel: Once a shining angel, now a living seed of darkness, they have the same attributes as angels, but they have affinity with unholy power, they are hated by the angels and not very friendly with demons. ¡®Why not choose this ? Fallen angel are such nice people hahaha. Beside the jokes, the same attribute as an angel, but won¡¯t be critically wounded by unholy ? Perfect.¡¯ ¡°Set my race as a fallen angel.¡± Setting race. Do you wish to sculpt your virtual body ? ¡°Hmm, why not ? Yes.¡± Two hours later. A thin man of 1,78 meter. Sharp eyes and keen black eyebrow. Spiky dark hair. Red colored eyes. The skin white as paper, so white that would be easy to think it was due an illness. Muscles well shaped and firm. ¡®Looks like I ended in record time.¡¯ Are you sure you desire this appearance ? ¡°Yes.¡± Synthesising body. Fallen angel features being added. Genric Genericson has been generated. Do you wish to spend your stats points now ? ¡°Yes.¡± ''Better me, than the AI doing.¡¯ Prologue III: Stat and Cities There are eight stats to be distributed. Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Charisma, Luck, Intelligence, Perception and Wisdom. You start with 3 points at each stat, every time you level up, you receive more stat points to be distributed. ¡°Yes, yes, just gimme the stat board to get over it.¡± A red board with yellow margins appeared, there were the abbreviation of each stat was there in yellow runic words: STR, DEX, CON, CHA, LUK, INT, PER and WIS. In the very bottom of the red board was another set of words with: Points Remaining: 16. ''Hmm, If I do an equal distribution, I could distribute 2 points each. Yet I am not known for being intermediate. Hehe. Wisdom and Intelligence I¡¯ll throw in the trash, since I don¡¯t expect to be a mage. Charism¡­ Should I put one or two ? I am too loveable to not make use of it. Luck ? Pff I don¡¯t need help with critical damage, or drop rate, I want as much fun, as I can get. Now constitution, dexterity and strength are more important to me. Since I prefer warrior type than ranged, so perception won¡¯t do the trick, maybe one or two points aswell. I hope the new ingame classes surprise me. Well the races did not.¡¯ STR: 7 DEX: 10 CON: 7 CHA: 5 LUK: 1 INT: 3 WIS: 3 PER: 4 ''Since I can get points back, I took out of Luck, Like I said, the longer it take the fight and item farming, it¡¯s funnier and better to farm stat points. If there¡¯s something I hate, is lazy people that use a game¡¯s bug, or advantage to get stronger fast. That¡¯s why I dropped out of a certain community.¡¯You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. ¡®Before I confirm, I should choose which weapon I¡¯ll use. Last time I used a long sword. Should I improve ? Hmmm¡­¡¯ Ten minutes later. ''Arrrghhh. I¡¯m spending too much time. I¡¯ll use shield ''n sword. That¡¯s it.¡¯ ¡°Confirm.¡± Where do you wish to start ? ''Goddamnit.¡¯ Another board appeared in the scenario. This one was blue with yellowish edge. There was a list with the names what were supposed to be cities, following each name, there was a description below, like to which race it belonged, If there was in war or peace, what was the economy of the city, the size and if it was friendly, neutral or in war with the player races. ''Tiantus, the central city, no conflict, PvP off, commercial city, good to find class masters, shops and training grounds¡­ Seems a good place to start. Let me see the others.¡¯ ''Blue Wind City ? Why does I got this odd feeling about ? Human city, specialized in martial arts. Meh, not my type.¡¯ ''Gitogred, dwarf city, mining city¡­ Oh what a surprise, a dwarf city with a mine.¡¯ ''Eldraty, elven city¡­ I don¡¯t need to read anymore to know it¡¯s a city in the middle of a forest.¡¯ ''Pam, Angel city¡­ Stop right there, I am a fallen angel, I have no interest going there, except it¡¯s absolutely necessary¡­ Who am I trying to fool ? Obviously I would visit there¡­ ?Is it really such a crime for an angel such as I to speak as mine?¡­ Hahaha.¡¯ ''Khanto, known as hell, one off many cities that belong to the demons¡­ Funny fact, many people think that demons and fallen angel are the same, but they not.¡¯ ''Well since I came with the fallen angel thing, it¡¯s normal for not exist any fallen angel cities. If I can be an fallen angel, then there are some ingame, yet their passive abilities are occult until you play as one. At least I can know it¡¯s affinity.¡¯ ¡°Set initial city as Tiantus.¡± ''Probably will be the choice of everyone, and there will be crawling with people asking to enter their guild, but I am a lone wolf. Hahaha.¡¯ Everything is set. Start Session ? ¡°Yes.¡± Entering World. Setting character special features. Destination Tiantus. Arriving at spawn zone. Thanks for Logging in. Play nice. Play fair. The dirt ground, night sky, the swords and shields, the dragons and fire, all of it was instantly dragged to a one point in the darkness, then it completely disappeared. Genric was feeling his body being slowly generated, the feeling of his new hands his new skin, height, hair, everything. ''Indeed¡­ Technology is amazing.¡¯ Then a sea of pixel-like colors were flowing around Genric, until those pixels turned into colored streams, then into images, making the puzzle complete. Dots became lines. Lines became streams. Streams became blocks. Blocks became images. Images became a city. Prologue IV: Walking Around Tiantus city. The central city, known like this for it¡¯s stand not only by its geography in the center of a huge plain, but for it¡¯s commerce. This city had no apparent conflict, neither rivality with any other race, or city. Since it¡¯s like this, it grow as much as it can. This city had a faint army, since the own game system doesn¡¯t allow PvP inside the city, except if it is a event. The royal family of this city was just appearance aswell, the main force of this city were the commercial guild, yet all of them were loyal to the royal family. Houses shaped in the western medieval way, beige towers, mansions, shops and open grounds for training, this was Tiantus city. When Genric felt the ground beneath his feet. The place he spawned was different, the ground was more grey and there was a arc. Genric doesn¡¯t needed introductions, this was a portal gate. He walked out of the portal platform and looked around. ¡®Ehhh. So this is Tiantus ? Doesn¡¯t look very different from the main city of Project Rebirth. Firsts things first. Inventory.¡¯ Just with the thought of opening the inventory a yellowish board with red and golden margins appeared right in front of him. Others couldn¡¯t see it of course. In the board there were twenty six empty slots, while there was four occupied slots with 2 bottles of water, three breads, one Tiantus city map, and lastly a letter, but when Genric tried to open the letter a red board appeared on top of the inventory screen. *This item is a time item. It can only be open at a certain time: 05:32:46 left.* ¡®Hmm. A time item ? Probably just a message from the server giving welcome and a bonus item.¡¯ Below all the empty slots there were four symbols, which appeared to be a gold coin, silver coin, copper coin and lastly bronze coin in this sequence. In the inventory was only one copper and fifty bronze coins. One gold coin was worth one hundred silver coins. One silver coin was worth one hundred copper coins. And one copper coin was worth one hundred bronze coins. ¡®For now I won¡¯t mess with money, in early level I¡¯ll live with what the monster drops, then and only then I¡¯ll start doing some kind of spending money with armor and potion, other than food. Hmmm what career should I seek ?¡¯ Before Genric could stroll around the city, he looked to his actual gear. For now it was just a dark shirt, black leather pants, black shoes and a set of black leather gloves.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡®Maybe it is too edge to wear this all along. Probably it¡¯s the initial fallen angel clothes, they don¡¯t even appear as equipped items, so they don¡¯t have any commercial valour, or armor rate. Well it¡¯s not like I don¡¯t like it. At least I¡¯ll store the gloves.¡¯ Genric kept walking along the city, glancing at every person that passed by him, humans, elves, dwarfs, demons, angels, golens, succubus, gnomes, half animals, etc. There was absolutely any person with a powerful armor, or high level, the game had started just a couple of hours ago. ¡®Alright, if the developers did this city thinking about Meria, the main city in ¡®Project Rebirth¡¯, then I should go to the training grounds and talk to the owner, he maybe will have a quest for me¡­ Or food.¡¯ ¡°Come and see our armors, the best for beginners!¡± ¡°The finest food in all Tiantus!¡± ¡°Hey boy, do you wanna play with me ? Hihihi.¡± ¡°Oi! You there want to party with me ?¡± ¡°I¡¯m looking for capable people to join my team.¡± ¡°Aaaahhh. I ran out of food! Why am I always so glutton¡­¡± ¡®Sure. Everything is lively. Well, none of my concern. By the way, I should check out my race skill tree. Skill Tree Race.¡¯ Different from the yellowish board, this time a grey board with a faint glowing blue margins popped out. On the top was standing. Genric Genericson. Fallen angel. Rank 0. Level 0 Passive abilities: *Enhanced body: Improve 0.3% in appearance and constitution. Rise more 0.3% each time you level up.* *Charming eyes: Improve 0.1% in speech. Rise more 0.1% each time you level up. It has double the effect when talking with a model of the opposite gender.* *Holy Protection: Improve 0.1% defense against holy. Rise more 0.1% each time you level up.* *Unholy Protection: Improve 0.1% defense against unholy. Rise more 0.1% each time you level up.* The fallen angel has seven major skills that unlocks one every ten levels. This stands until the level 70, where the last skill is given. After this, the perk tree will expand as ramifications of those seven main perks. Unable to see. Unable to see. Unable to see. Unable to see. Unable to see. Unable to see. Unable to see. ¡®So it¡¯s like this, I can¡¯t even see what those skills do. Hm, fine. I guess I won¡¯t be changing character so soon. People who change characters and play with a new one often are just low in creativity.¡¯ ¡°Hey sir, can you help me ? I am a beginner. And you look to be experienced by your looks.¡± That voice came from a girl, everything in her was exuding beauty and fragility. An elf girl, a short one, with green eyes, smooth skin and long blond hair. ¡®Looks like someone spent quite time creating its model, maybe more than me.¡¯ ¡°Hm ? What do you mean by that ?¡± ¡°Well, this is my first time playing an adventure game. So I¡¯m thinking if you could help me.¡± ¡°Ehhh¡­ How about no ?¡± ¡°Eh ? Why ? Do you hate me ? Or¡­¡± ¡°Or nothing... I simply don¡¯t trust ya. Think with me. A pretty girl comes out of nowhere, by my clothes I am obviously a beginner, you are just asking me to farm items for you. No, thank you.¡± With any more eye contact Genric walked away from the elf. ¡°Ah! Wait¡­ It¡¯s not like that¡­¡± But Genric¡¯s ears were already closed for her.