《VR, or is it?》


 Introduction (The Purchase)

    ¡°Hello¡± [Girl]


    ¡°Hi¡± [Guy]


    ¡°How may I help you sir? [Shopping Clerk? (Girl)]


    ¡°I would like to buy a VR Device please.¡± [Potential Customer? (Guy)]


    ¡°Which version would you like sir?¡± [Shopping Clerk]


    ¡°What are the options?¡± [Potential Customer]


    ¡°We have several options, and even though the game has just come out, we guarantee that all our Devices have been tested and approved before being introduced into the market. Now then, our first option which you see here¡­


    *[Shopping Clerk] leads the [Potential Customer] away from the gate of [GameBuyer], which is currently the world¡¯s largest gaming device provider, and towards the rows upon rows of VR Devices. She points at a motorcycle-helmet-like Device*


    ¡­gives you the ability to connect to the only VR game currently available, [Fantasy4Real], but it warns you after 6 hours and kicks you after 8 hours to ensure that you take care of your well-being. Many gamers find this annoying but it is the cheapest device on the market. Other than that, it also does not affect your body in any way whatsoever so it is our most commonly bought Device. Coming next¡­


    *She leads him to another headset which is connected to a big tank with many tubes*


    ¡­this device is for those that find 6-8 hours too short of a playtime and want to enjoy the game more, while also not lacking on money as this device is many times more costly than its counterpart. The amount of time you can play without stopping on this device depends on the tank that you choose to buy with it and how much you fill it with, you can also arrange for it to warn and/or kick you after some point. The game time for this device can range from days to weeks to even months depending on how much money you¡¯re willing to spend, and if you¡¯re living in certain places you may even connect to a cable-line that supplies the device allowing you to play indefinitely, for a price of course. Do either of these devices interest you sir?¡± [Shopping Clerk]


    ¡°What else do you have in store? Don¡¯t worry about the money, I can pay, and I assure you, I am not going to leave without buying a VR Device after making you spend so much of your time.¡± [Definite Customer]


    ¡°Well then, we have only one more device that gives big changes to your experience, but it¡¯s only reserved for high-class billionaires, and I don¡¯t believe such a person would come to our store on foot without any bodyguards.¡± [Shopping Clerk]


    *Her face takes a solemn look as she speaks. The [Definite Customer] doesn¡¯t even flinch as he hears that the device is for billionaires*


    ¡°As it appears, you have some knowledge on these matters. Then, you should know that most people that have reached the upper-classes of the billionaire society have some quirks in their personality. Mine is acting as one of the common folk, and I do enjoy seeing young beauties such as yourself promoting what I¡¯ve already decided to buy.¡± [Billionaire? Customer]


    ¡°You flatter me, sir. And I cannot fathom that you¡¯re lacking any beauties in your life given your young age and wealth. Though, pardon me for my bluntness, you are kind of lacking in bodily and facial beauty, no offence¡± [Shopping Clerk]


    ¡°None taken. You may be assured in knowing that I am aware of my lack of sex-appeal despite my wealth, and although I have the time and resources to make my body look more pleasing to the eye, I do not enjoy such endeavors, hence my coming here to buy the device whose capabilities I hope to hear from your alluring lips¡± [Rich Playboy that does not look like one?]


    ¡°Please, no need for excessive flattery, though your words do come easy to my ears, I do have a boyfriend whom I love with all my heart, and am not interested in being with someone I cannot kiss without popping a pimple.¡± [Shopping Clerk]


    *The fat guy, who approaches obesity, with a less-than-pleasing face that is filled with pimples nods without changing his expression, signaling the [Shopping Clerk] with the supermodel-like body/face and blonde hair, to continue.*


    ¡°Now then, if we are to continue this conversation, I would like for us to go to one of the private rooms after I see your [Black Box (Billionaire Society)] card to make sure that you are a potential customer of this device¡­


    This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.*[The Billionaire] takes out a black card which seems to assure the [Shopping Clerk] of his wealth, after which, he is led to a private room at the back of the store. The [Shopping Clerk] continues her explanation after they are seated on the black plush chairs in the completely black room with dim lighting.*


    ¡­The Device I am going to be explaining now is not one we keep in our stores and have limited reserves of. Be clear that this device was not produced in human hands; it is a device that is able to somehow create the nutrients necessary for the body and the energy necessary to run indefinitely without even needing to stay under the sun, much less be connected to anything. It is a standalone device that has been recovered from beneath the earth in a limited amount equating to a hundred, our scientists weren¡¯t able decipher the mysteries of this device and were only able to connect to the game that was stored in the device which we named [Fantasy4Real]. The fact that the game wasn¡¯t produced by our company is not a secret in the [Black Box], but since we create the headsets that are connected to the game, we can assure the players¡¯ safety while playing the game. Such cannot be said about this device that we were not even able to disassemble. This device boasts the ability to change your body into what your game character looks like, and it also gives you the physical capabilities of your character, it is unknown if it also gives you the magical capabilities as none of the testers have ever reached that far, since the testers were gotten rid of after this knowledge was acquired. This device locks to your DNA once used and does not let anyone else to use it once locked. A downside or maybe an upside to this device would be that you will start the game in your original body and will need to work hard in-game to change your bodily characteristics. You are capable of changing your race and acquiring the characteristics that come with that race, but such is not recommended because it would affect your daily-life, though one of your wealth and stature would not necessarily need to care about that. You will also not be able to see precise stats but the changes to your body will not revert back with time unlike real life. Are these effects okay with you?¡± [Highly-knowledgeable shopping clerk?]


    ¡°Yes, although I am assured of my investment, I would like you to continue your explanation.¡± [The Ugly Billionaire]


    ¡°Well then. The Device is about the size of 25 m2 and 125 m3, essentially a 5x5x5 box. The player enters the Device by placing his palm on it, after which there is a piercing feeling and the player is sucked into the Device. The Box is unbelievably hard and even super-powered lasers are not capable of piercing through it, it is assumed that it wouldn¡¯t even get scratched by a nuclear blast. The device is completely black and was named [Black Box] after the society and its own physical properties. I think that should be all, if I may have your [Black Box] card, the device shall be delivered to your residence as soon as possible which may range from a few hours to a day depending on your place.¡± [Shopping Clerk? Maybe the manager? Or even the CEO?]


    *The [Billionaire] once again lends the black card to the [Shopping Clerk?] and retrieves it after the card is swiped over the armrest of the [Shopping Clerk?]¡¯s chair. They shake hands after at the doors of the [GameBuyer].*


    ¡°It was nice doing business with you.¡± [Billionaire]


    ¡°I should be the one saying that.¡± [Shopping Clerk?]


    ¡°Give me a call if you ever need a sweet sweet night honey.¡± [Playboy? Billionaire]


    ¡°You wish.¡± [Shopping Clerk?]


    *The [Billionaire] leaves the store and enters a black car with completely tinted windows including the windshield and drives off with great speed. The fat guy and the supercar create a stark contrast as the people around the shop wonder how he fits in the car.*

 Introduction.2 (The [Black Mansion])

    ¡°How you doing Archie?¡± [Jack Black], the founder of the [Black Box] billionaire society and the richest man on earth greets his butler Archibald as he leaves his completely black sports car created under his own company¡¯s name [Black Enterprises].


    ¡°Fine, sir, though I would like it if you didn¡¯t take off without notice every time you wanted to buy something, you have us for that.¡± [Archibald] answers as he takes off his master¡¯s jacket that is completely covered with sweat.


    ¡°That wouldn¡¯t be as fun now, would it?¡± [JB] returns but crunches his face as he realizes how much he sweated on his beloved car¡¯s seat. He says:


    ¡°You know what to do.¡±, to [Archie], indicating that the seat should be cleaned.


    ¡°You should take better care of your health, sir.¡± [Archibald] speaks with clear concern in his eyes.


    ¡°I know, and this time, I bought just the cure for that.¡± [Jack]


    ¡°A treadmill, sir? Or, god forbid, a stomach clamp.¡± [Archibald]. They continue talking as they enter the enormous mansion using the electric stairs that [Jack] installed. After entering the mansion they go on an electric walkway that carries them to the dining room where [Jack] sits on a cushioned chair while [Archibald] stays standing next to him.


    ¡°Of course not, I bought the [Black Box].¡± [Jack]


    ¡°You already owned it, sir.¡± [Arch]


    ¡°Not that one you dimwit, the other one.¡± [Jack] uses an insult but seems more amused than annoyed; it appears he means no harm with his choice of words.


    ¡°Oh, are you sure that¡¯s safe, sir?¡± [Arch]


    ¡°Of course not, but who cares, I want it, so I am getting it.¡± [Jack]


    ¡°Reckless as always huh, sir.¡± [Arch]


    ¡°Drop it with the ¡®sir¡¯ Archibald, you know I don¡¯t like it when it comes from an old man like you. You¡¯re like my grandfather, more than the real one ever was.¡± [Jack]


    ¡°Thank you, si-, Jack, but you really shouldn¡¯t be letting me call you by your name.¡± [Arch]


    ¡°And you should chill up a little, we are not in public, just sit down and relax, I wouldn¡¯t be here without your help and you know it.¡± [Jack]


    ¡°You flatter me, sir.¡± [Arch]


    *[Jack] face-palms at [Archibald]¡¯s continuous use of ¡®sir¡¯.*


    ¡°Whatever floats your boat, I guess.¡± [Jack] remarks. He then continues on to eat his delightful portion of fried chicken and french-fries with a drink of coke. After dinner, [Jack] goes to his private study which has a huge office-chair, a table, a desktop computer, some file cabinets, a fridge, and a door leading to the bathroom. He checks his mail, answers a few important ones, checks on the condition of the company, makes a few calls, and leaves to go to his bedroom; almost all hallways in his house have electric walkways since his body is almost crippling and he cannot efficiently walk without being over-exhausted.


    Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.After entering through the double-doors to his bedroom, what awaits him is a completely black room with dim lighting, there¡¯s a king+++-sized bed in the middle of the room and a table-chair-desktop combination much like his private study to the right wall of the room. A fridge is stationed to the left side with a door leading to another private bathroom. To [Jack], who is unnaturally lazy and has an unusual love for the color black, this room is his heaven. The room has the ability to change colors and lighting on command, which lets him be able to find his own furniture. The wall behind the bed opens up to a balcony with the view of expansive grasslands and forests if he so desires, and another door next to the bathroom door opens to an empty room that is the same size as his bedroom that also has an opening to the outside despite lacking a balcony, this is the room the [Black Box] will be put in and the opening is for the Device to enter. The [Black Mansion] is located far away from civilization to ensure his safety, which is an unnecessary measure since he enters highly populated places regularly, but he likes the peace and quiet;  so it¡¯s fine.


    He slowly walks towards his bed, as he cannot walk any faster, and lies on top of it. His tablet pc comes up from beside the bed, and he uses it to catch up on some web-novels and watch some videos/live-streams to pass time until the [Black Box] arrives.


    Despite his behavior outside his room, [Jack Black] is a man who suffers from severe loneliness, he desires to have a real relationship but cannot find one as he lacks the looks and his wealth causes many of his relationships to be artificial and superficial. Even though he is the founder of the [Black Box] society, no female member is interested in him due to his severe lack of sex-appeal. He hopes that the [Black Box] Device and the game [Fantasy4Real] will cure him of his loneliness.


    The day ends as he falls asleep while reading a novel on his tablet.

 Chapter I (Here we go)

    [Jack] opens his eyes to the sound of a helicopter next to his room; he gets out to the balcony and sees that the helicopter is carrying a huge black box. He directs it to the room next door which he had prepared for the [Black Box] Device. There¡¯s no interaction with the cargo crew as they place the [Black Box] and leave immediately.


    [Jack] immediately places his hand on one side of the box, and a feeling much like a hundred bees stinging his palm at the same time appears, after which everything turns black as he loses consciousness.


    ***


    I open my eyes; at least I assume I do because I don¡¯t see anything. I wait for a few seconds, which feel like hours as I wish to be able to start the game as soon as possible, before the figure of a beautiful female enters the place I am standing in a flash of light.


    ¡°Welcome, to the game you humans like to call [Fantasy4Real], I am the consciousness of this Device and will be walking you through your introduction to the game, this is a function that the Devices created by your kind does not have.¡± Says the [Beautiful Lady] with shiny dark green hair, a delicious bosom, a thin waist, and long curvy legs, she is wearing a semi-transparent white one-piece and no footwear as she walks towards me on the black glass-like floor.


    ¡°I have taken this form as I assumed you would be most pleased, keep in mind that although this body can be used to pleasure you, that is not my main purpose. Now, without further ado, let us start with what you would like to call this one, since it would be hard for you to address me without a name and I would like one as soon as possible.¡± Continues the [Beautiful Lady] as I stare at her with my mouth wide open, but I quickly collect myself under her gaze and reply with:


    ¡°How about Katherine? And I can call you Kate or Kat for short?¡± [I] reply timidly, although I have seen many beautiful women in my life, many of it in person, I have never seen such a beauty and it intimidates me a little.


    ¡°That¡¯ll do, now let¡¯s return to the matters concerning the game, for starters, what would you like your name to be?¡± [Kat]


    ¡°Jack Black is fine.¡± [Jack] I immediately lose my nervousness at her serious, almost mechanic, tone.


    ¡°Coming next is the race selection, since you¡¯re entering the game from an authorized Device, all races will be unlocked, but I¡¯ll narrow it down to all that you may be interested in.¡± [Kat]


    {High-Human: No focus on any magic attribute or stat. An overall better version of humans, though it is still lacking as Humans are a race lacking superiority in every aspect.}


    {High-Elf: Focuses on nature, wind, light attributes, and the higher attribute of life; although it is lacking in all other attributes of magic, it still has higher affinity than High-Humans in all of them. Focuses on agility and dexterity, lacks strength although still greater than High-Humans.}


    {High-Demon: Focuses on demonic, darkness, fire attributes, and the higher attribute of death. Focuses on Vitality and agility, lacks dexterity.}


    {High-Dragonar: Focuses on draconic, earth, fire attributes, and the higher attribute of soul. Focuses on Vitality and has immense Strength, lacks agility and dexterity as a downside.}


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    {Lord: Best race in existence. Focuses on the higher attribute of chaos, which is assumed to be the highest attribute in existence. Has the power to use any and all kinds of magic. No focus in any stat but is better in all stats than any other race. Has immense intelligence and is known as the [Lord] of the multiverse.}


    ¡°Wow, I didn¡¯t expect [Lord] to show up for you; it¡¯s a race that shows up based on potential and ambition combined with personality. This may be the first time a [Lord] appears in the game, as the Lords are extinct in the known multiverse, you may be the only [Lord] to ever play the game that has been created by the Lords for unknown reasons before their disappearance. I wouldn¡¯t have even mentioned those puny High-races if I¡¯d known [Lord] would appear for you, you aren¡¯t dumb enough to not choose it right?¡± [Kat] looked at me menacingly as I looked at the words before my eyes slack-jawed.


    ¡°Of course not, I choose [Lord].¡± [Jack] I replied in a hurry not even hesitating and not wanting to lose my chance.


    ¡°Good. Now, although becoming a [Lord] will give you its advantages, you will not become truly powerful until you reach the higher levels, at the start you will keep your body and the powers of a [Lord] will be sealed until you reach a certain level of strength, currently your only advantage over humans will be your Chaos attribute which is exceptionally hard to master. Consider this game your rite of passage into becoming a true [Lord] of the multiverse. There is not much else to customize, so I will be sending you into the game after answering any questions you may want to ask. Ask away, also I will not let you use my body for your pleasure until you break through the first seal of a [Lord], so don¡¯t let your mind wander and focus on the game, fatty.¡± [Kat]


    This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.¡°Understood, I will be sure to get stronger and make you mine, you¡¯ve given me a new hope for living on this life except for reading other people¡¯s fantasies, now I can create my own fantasy in this game.¡± [Jack]


    ¡°Good, goodbye [Jack], don¡¯t come back until you break the first seal okay?¡± [Kat] says with a soft expression contrasting with her earlier demeanor. I nod in confirmation and lose consciousness once again.¡±


    ***


    I open my eyes and am completely blinded by the brightness, ¡®ugh, fuck¡¯. The sun is shining right into my eyes as I sit up and shield my eyes from the invading brightness.


    I am in the middle of a grass prairie next to a huge forest on one side and a settlement over a thin river on the other side ¡®fuck yeah¡¯ I think as I enjoy the beautiful scenery with rabbits hopping all around me ¡®it¡¯s nice that I¡¯m not afraid of small animals¡¯.


    ¡®Now then, what should I do first¡¯ I think as I try to decide what my next course of action should be.


    ¡®I guess I should start by doing some exercises to lose all this fat¡¯, I think as I start running as fast as I can around the prairie, I can somehow see the guards on the wall surrounding the settlement next to the river looking at me weirdly. ¡®I guess my vision got better with the race change¡¯, I think as I hear the rustling of leaves in the forest and the smell of rabbit-poop on the ground meters away from me ¡®or all my basic senses¡¯.


    Although I can run only as fast as a normal person walking, I continue running without ever stopping even though every part of my body hurts and I start to feel both thirsty and hungry. I drink from the river to quench my thirst but don¡¯t even try to quench my hunger; I have enough reserves as it is. ¡®First lose the extra fat, then think of building muscle-mass¡¯, that¡¯s my motto for the moment.


    I also notice that I can see weird purple particles in the air if I focus hard enough, this should have something to do with my chaos attribute but I decide to focus on body strengthening on the first day and think about the magic tomorrow morning when I wake up. No other player shows up as all players have their own instances at the start of the game, to stop pk (player kills) and ks (kill steal) I presume. I have played enough MMOs to know how annoying both of these actions are for an up and coming player that has just started a game.


    Only a few minutes pass before I see a notification:


    {Strength ¡ø, Stamina ¡ø, Fat ¨‹, Agility ¡ø, Dexterity ¡ø, Muscle Mass ¡ø, Vitality ¡ø}


    It appears my stats were so low that they were upgraded with so little exercise, I continue on as I continue to see the same notification repeatedly sometimes missing a few parts of it and the time between each notification slowly increasing.


    As a [Lord] it appears I cannot access the stat screen at all which is an unexpected demerit even though I expected not being able to see my stats, I didn¡¯t think that I couldn¡¯t see anything about myself including my experience.


    Though I can see my level on the left corner of my screen, I can¡¯t even see how much of my health, mana or stamina I have left. I also have a mini map that consists of what I can see with my eyes already surrounded by blackness, totally useless at this point, it doesn¡¯t even say the name of the prairie, the forest, or the settlement.


    Luckily, I can use my inventory, which is unexpectedly unlimited, I wonder if this is common in the game or a [Lord] thing. At this point in game I can only use my inventory, but some other screens may come in later after I leave this instance.


    I continue ¡®running¡¯ as I think and investigate what I can do tomorrow, and unexpectedly, I get a different message.


    {Level¡ø1, All Stats¡ø}


    ¡®Hurrah for easy levels¡¯, ¡®Hurrah for free stat-ups¡¯ I think as I continue running even more enthusiastically. I can already feel that my body is becoming thinner, I am gaining speed, and the pain in my joints and muscles is lessening.


    I continue running for hours until my eyes start closing on their own and I can¡¯t move my body anymore, I lie down and sleep in the middle of the prairie hoping the rabbits surrounding me are not carnivorous.

 Chapter 2 (CAN鈥橳 STOP TRAINING)

    I wake up to find that, unexpectedly, all the pain in my body has disappeared and I didn¡¯t get any of the muscle pains normally present after a hard workout, ¡®neat¡¯. My body seems to be the same as when I slept and my mind is clear, I am wide awake. I have had the best sleep of my life, in the middle of a prairie, on grass covered dirt ground.


    I immediately try to sit on a meditative position to study the purple particle in the air as I¡¯d decided previously, but I can¡¯t because of my body, so I just sit up and leave my legs where they are. I check my inventory just in case to see if I got anything while I was sleeping, you never know if you¡¯ll get an arbitrary reward in your sleep ¡®yeah, totally¡¯.


    I really don¡¯t know why I opened my inventory, maybe I wanted to rejoice in the infinite slots, but I am delighted when I see a new button on the bottom right of the inventory screen, the good old iron gear symbol of settings greets me. I open it immediately with a thought.


    {


    ¡¤       Pain yes/no


    o  Pain while exercising yes/no


    }


    That¡¯s all there is for the moment, I guess feeling so much pain while exercising caused such a setting to appear. ¡®Still no log-out option, huh?¡¯, it¡¯s probably Kat ensuring I don¡¯t leave before I break the first seal, ¡®that¡¯s fine I guess, I never meant to leave anyway¡¯. That¡¯s right, after entering this game, unless it proved to be extremely boring or actually worse than real life, I never meant to leave the game, I didn¡¯t care what happened to my company as long as I had the [Black Box] device, and the company had reached the point of being able to run itself a long time ago anyway.


    I had already left control of the company to my most trusted confidants and [Archibald] would make sure they didn¡¯t misuse their power, and if [Archibald] misused his power, which I believed would never happen, I didn¡¯t really care, the company¡¯s creation was mostly his work anyway, I never understood why he let me be in charge and decided to stay as my butler instead of taking control of the company.


    My new life in the game had just begun, and I couldn¡¯t care less about what happened in the ¡®real¡¯ world. I was in a virtually indestructible box that could keep me alive indefinitely for f*ks sake.


    In a world that magic was real, a world where stat upgrades were permanent and training paid off without needing to maintain it, why would I ever want to return to the ¡®real¡¯ world where I could only dream and read about all these things.


    With these thoughts in mind, I immediately turn off the pain while exercising setting and start trying to focus on the purple particles in front of my eyes. Trying to see if I can affect them in any way whatsoever.


    After hours upon hours of restless meditation and many notifications of:


    {Mind¡ø, Spirit¡ø, Intelligence¡ø, Wisdom¡ø}


    I somehow gain the skill [Mana Manipulation (Lesser)] and can finally slightly move the particles around, though I still cannot absorb them or control them to a greater degree probably due to my low level 2 stats.


    Thinking about how I got the settings button after suffering from muscle pains for a whole day, I check my inventory screen to see if I got a new icon for abilities, and voila, there actually is an icon with the symbol of a book representing abilities, entering the page there are unexpectedly two abilities:


    {[Running (Lesser)], [Mana Manipulation (Lesser)]}, ¡®hurrah for abilities¡¯, maybe they will help my training speed, but regardless, I¡¯m sure they¡¯ll be useful in the future.


    After trying to manipulate the [Chaos Particles] for a while longer and gaining a few more stats a much appreciated notification comes once again:


    {Level¡ø1, All Stats¡ø}


    ¡®Hurrah for free stats!¡¯


    ¡®Today I¡¯ll allot all my time into studying the chaos attribute particles and my mana control¡¯, I make up my mind on my choice of action for the upcoming days, a day of physical and a day of mental exercise, if I do this continuously I¡¯ll surely get stronger in a much more balanced and overall better manner. Although I have no desire to become a physical fighter class, I¡¯ll work hard on my physical abilities too, at least until my body shape changes to an acceptable degree.


    Thinking this way, I wholeheartedly continue training for a few days. And before I know it, I reach level 5 and both of my skills rank up to (Medium).  My body changes from severely obese to severely chubby and I can now run even faster than the average human albeit my inconvenient body.


    This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.I am also finally able to absorb the [Chaos Particles] which increases my speed of mental stat gain; it completely eclipses my physical stat gain speed now. I am actually beginning to feel the large amounts of [Chaos Particles] I have absorbed into my body and I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll be able to actually use them to fight after my [Mana Manipulation (Medium)] skill ranks up again.


    Since many games bring something new at every 5 level, I thought something special might happen at level 5 like a class choice, but I guess not. I may have gained additional stats since I feel like the stat increase was more obvious this time after I leveled up, but since I cannot see my stats, I can¡¯t tell.


    I¡¯m starting to feel like running around and meditating is beginning to become less effective for stat gains but I¡¯ll push on until my body becomes pleasing to the eye and more convenient; I can¡¯t stop until I break the first seal.


    I don¡¯t know what to do, and I don¡¯t want to go to the settlement without prior knowledge of the situation, even though the guards have started ignoring me after the first few days, I don¡¯t trust human civilization enough to enter it barehanded in a fantasy world.


    It¡¯s been more than a week of my monotonous studying already, but I¡¯m unexpectedly not getting bored at all, I guess the stat-ups are giving me motivation enough to keep me going.


    I¡¯ll push on until I break the first seal, which will hopefully happen at level 10, after that, I will go see Kat and ask her what I should do next, I hope  she¡¯ll be more willing to help me after I break the seal.


    Secretly, I really want to see her mind-numbingly sexy body and her mesmerizing eyes, even though I know that her body is just something she created to motivate me, I cannot help but be attracted to her. Her cold personality and her straight to the point attitude are unbelievably attractive in my eyes. Even though I don¡¯t really know her yet, I want to learn more about her and get closer to her, and I¡¯m hoping that breaking the seal will give me that opportunity.


    I know that Kat is supposed to only be the consciousness of the [Black Box]; I cannot help but think that there is something more to her than that, a race so advanced like the [Lord] race wouldn¡¯t create something as simple as an AI helper for beginners.


    Well, hopefully I¡¯ll know more once I break the seal, but for now let¡¯s just focus on the problems at hand, which is reaching level 10 as soon as possible.


    Thinking that way I continue on my training with renewed vigor.


    ***


    On another dimension [Kat] is laughing her ass off:


    ¡®Oh god, what is that idiot thinking, falling for me after just seeing my body and hearing me insult him a little, is he such a masochist, or is a beautiful body all he needs to fall in love? Well, he¡¯s not wrong with his guess though, and I like his determination, he may actually become a perfect candidate if cultivated well enough. Let¡¯s see what happens after he reaches Level 10, will he be able to pass the test I wonder.¡¯


    ***


    A whole two months pass before I finally reach Level 10, I have already reached (Higher) level in all my skills including the newly gained [Meditation] and [Perseverance]. From what I understand Mana Manipulation just lets me manipulate mana, [Running] increases my running speed and decreases stamina exhaustion during running, [Meditation] increases both mana and stamina recovery during meditation, and [Perseverance] decreases both stamina and mana loss during exercise though I don¡¯t know how effective it¡¯ll be in a real battle and not training.


    Also, it seems that the stat gains increase every five levels since the extra stat gain stayed the same till I reached level 10 when it increased once again.


    Level 10 also brought a new button to my inventory, it has the icon of ¡®a man going super saiyan¡¯ is what I can best describe it as; it¡¯s marked [Attempt Seal Break (1st Seal)]. Although I am tempted to open it immediately, I will rest first as the word ¡®attempt¡¯ scares me, breaking the seal may not be as easy as I thought.


    I train till night to spend my time effectively instead of sleeping when I¡¯m not completely tired, after which I fall asleep like every day since the day I started training, on the grass. Thankfully, my body cannot be considered fat anymore, and I would even go as far as to say that I¡¯m well fit or even muscled, so doing acts like lying down on the ground, which was a struggle beforehand, are as easy as breathing to the me of today. I fall asleep thinking about Kat like I¡¯ve done for many days now, somehow, thinking of her calms me down.

 Chapter 3 (Breaking through seal no.1)

    Almost as soon as I fall asleep, I find myself in the same place that I was in when I first logged on and met [Kat].


    ¡°Hello Jack¡± [Kat] speaks in her captivating voice as her mesmerizing body appears before my eyes once again.


    ¡°Hi Kate¡± [I] answer, undressing her body with my eyes.


    ¡°You¡¯re lucky I¡¯m not a human woman, or I¡¯d have kicked your ass for staring too much, though I think even human females would be less inclined to get angry than aroused with your new body, congratulations on your makeover [Jack], you look good. And don¡¯t worry about staring too much, I don¡¯t mind; after all, this body was created to entice you.¡± [Kat] says smirking slightly.


    ¡°Thank you, what have you called me here for Kate, you never did it before.¡± [I] reply with a smile of my own, ¡®god do I enjoy talking with this woman!¡¯.


    ¡°Don¡¯t go falling for me so easily, boy, we have long road ahead of us, you¡¯ll have plenty of time to appease your fantasies in the future. As you can already guess, the reason of me calling you here tonight especially is to explain to you what the test to break the first seal will contain. The test for the first seal will be relatively easy, and with you choosing the training route instead of the power-leveling route that consists of killing monsters for easy experience points, your stats should allow you to easily pass through this test. The test will consist of a single level, and you will only need to kill a level 15 monster which should be an impossible task for a normal level 10 player, but should be pretty easy for a [Lord] such as yourself. For this, I will give you a skill that you would have gained in a few more months through normal means; it should be enough to let you pass the test. The skill is called [Chaos Attack (Lesser)], and is the basis of all chaos type attack spells. You should know that, as a [Lord], you will never need or be able to use incantations, your spells will only depend on your imagination and magic power, the chaos attribute is coincidentally perfect for this kind of magic due to its unstable nature. Now I¡¯ll leave you just enough time to study here until you grasp how to use [Chaos Attack (Lesser)] before letting you wake up, keep in mind that the test will get harder as you level up so don¡¯t even think about trying to master this skill before taking it on. I want you to enter the test first thing in the morning, okay?¡± [Kat] asks with puppy-dog eyes.


    I am aware that she¡¯s doing it on purpose, but still can¡¯t help but be mesmerized by her extremely cute expression.


    ¡°Yes!¡± [I] scream wholeheartedly like the loyal dog of a man I am, and immediately start trying to learn how to use the skill that has just been gifted to me by [Kat].


    It only takes me a few hours to grasp how to use the [Chaos Particles] to form a stake that I can throw at great speed with my mind, which, as [Kat] puts it, has a barely acceptable degree of attack power.


    Hence, I am sent back to the prairie after seeing [Kat] wave me away cutely. I am delighted by her sometimes playful, sometimes serious personality and completely grateful for the cute show she put up for me as she sends me away. It motivates me to work harder to pass the test.


    Although we barely even spoke a thousand words to each other, I am already completely captivated by her, maybe it has something to do with how she was created by the [Lord] race which I am a part of, to be the perfect companion, and my [Lord] race might have a natural disposition towards her kind.


    Nevertheless, I can¡¯t deny that I am unnaturally attracted to her, and although it scares me slightly, I think I¡¯m fine with that. I mean, what¡¯s the worst that can happen by me falling for her?


    Such thoughts flow around in my mind as I open my eyes once again in the now familiar prairie filled with peaceful rabbits. After collecting my thoughts and regaining my focus, I immediately open up the inventory and enter the [Attempt Seal Break (1st seal)] screen.


    Blindingly bright light fills my vision as I close my eyes in reflex and start to get a slightly nauseous feeling in my stomach and my head starts to hurt, but I don¡¯t lose my conscience.


    Shortly after, the light recedes and what is left before my eyes is a completely different scenery: I¡¯m in a completely white space and before me stands a big box that has a striking resemblance to the [Black Box] Device but is significantly smaller, only 2x2x2 at the most. Over it, the name reads [Guardian of the 1st Seal].


    I wait for a few minutes to see if it¡¯ll make a move, but it stays completely still, so I start walking towards it to see if it¡¯ll work like the [Black Box] device, with the touch of my hand.


    As soon as my hand touches it, instead of the piercing feeling and the suction, I am repelled back several meters and the [Guardian] starts to make weird metallic sounds like gears turning as it turns semi liquid at the start and slowly floats up to take the shape of myself. Now, I¡¯m standing in front of a life size sculpture of myself, albeit completely black.


    As I wonder whether I should make a move, the [Guardian] starts running towards me, swiftly gaining speed and readying its arm as if readying itself to throw a punch.


    In my panic, I thoughtlessly create a plate below my feet and throw myself high in the air, which I immediately start regretting as the fast movement makes me dizzy and I have no way to slow my fall.


    I rack my brain, trying to think of a way to slow my fall as I am still going higher with a speed that is barely slowing down, I can see the [Guardian] has walked away from where I will fall, presumably waiting for me to fall to my death, saving itself the trouble of killing me. I would think that it was being conceited if it was not watching me carefully to see if I¡¯ll be able to escape this calamity I¡¯ve brought upon myself.


    If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.As I slowly come to a stop, I use the fraction of a moment when I am stationary in the air to create a wall below me, trying hard to keep the wall steady so that it won¡¯t start falling down when I land on it.


    I unexpectedly get two new skills from my measly efforts: [Chaos Object Creation (Lesser)] and [Chaos Telekinesis (Lesser)]. I guess [Chaos Attack (Lesser)] would be learned after these skills conventionally so me having the [Chaos Attack (Lesser)] skill made these skills much easier to learn.


    Whatever may be the case, I am helpful for all the help I can get at the moment, so I immediately use the skills to reinforce my control on the wall I¡¯ve created to hopefully save my own ass.


    Luckily, the wall holds, and weirdly enough, I am not losing mana as fast as I expected, it probably has something to do with me using the Chaos attribute which is considered the highest attribute in the multiverse.


    From my high vantage point, I can see the [Guardian] just staring at me, I can¡¯t read its expression due to its completely black face, but I can feel that it is shocked, it appears that it didn¡¯t expect me to be able to control the Chaos attribute so well with my unbroken seal.


    I try to use [Chaos Attack (Lesser)], but as expected, it evades the attack that comes from so far away. I decide to make the wall descend so that I can deal with it more easily, but since I don¡¯t know how to do that, it takes me more than ten minutes and a good chunk of my mana before I can start moving the wall with acceptable speed and precision. I can feel how much mana I have in me instinctually after having gained the [Mana Manipulation (Higher)] skill.


    Right as I get close enough to attack the [Guardian], I am shocked when it starts running towards me and jumps more than six meters high. As I see the [Guardian] quickly approaching me, I make the wall jump up once again to evade it, the [Guardian] falls back to the ground harmlessly.


    I start contemplating how to deal with this problem when I remember how I created the first Chaos stake in mid-air while I was learning how to control the [Chaos Attack (Lesser)] skill. What if I don¡¯t necessarily have to be so close to what I create with my Chaos magic? This question wanders into my mind and I immediately try to create a Chaos stake in front of the [Guardian].


    The stake is actually created right in front of the [Guardian], but it immediately attacks my creation and destroys it with an uppercut. Even though my attack fails, I am more than happy with the results, it appears that the Chaos attribute has a great potential for sneak attacks.


    I also try to see if I can create any more stakes at the same time, but sadly discover that two objects is the limit for me and I can¡¯t let go of the wall below my feet which is the only thing keeping me alive right now.


    I create another Chaos stake behind the [Guardian] and attack with great speed, but it is nonetheless destroyed with another punch by the [Guardian].


    After a few more minutes of quiet contemplation, I come up with another idea and immediately put it in motion.


    I make the wall below my feet grow around my legs and fasten myself to it while also creating another Chaos stake further away behind the [Guardian].


    I steel myself to follow through with the plan and make the wall start accelerating towards the [Guardian] like a rocket.


    The [Guardian] turns towards me and starts running towards me. As soon as I¡¯m only a few meters away from the [Guardian], I make the stake start moving towards it from its back.


    The [Guardian] seems to not be able to decide which attack it should deal with first, but decides that the thin wall approaching with great speed is more of a risk than the relatively slower approaching stake, or it just thinks that it can kill me before I kill it. The latter being the more likely thing to happen.


    As there¡¯s less than a meter between me and the [Guardian], the stake reaches it, but only manages to take out its left arm which it used to block the stake; thankfully, the arm doesn¡¯t immediately start regenerating contrary to my fears.


    As the stake is destroyed, I immediately create a Chaos blade in my hands and use it to answer the [Guardian]¡¯s attack with its right arm. The blade it destroyed together with the [Guardian]¡¯s right arm but this makes the [Guardian] vulnerable to my attack with the wall which divides its body in half, its upper body falling into my arms. Creeped out by the half-body, I quickly throw it away, but it dissolves in the air together with the lower part of its body, turning into a purple stream of light that enters my chest giving me a warm feeling and recovering my mana.


    It seems I have passed this test, it was much harder than how [Kat] put it, but I¡¯ve managed to struggle through it, which makes me happy.


    ¡®The bigger the struggle, the bigger the feeling of accomplishment¡¯ as they say. The white space is slowly invaded by darkness until it completely turns black, and a now familiar silhouette appears before my eyes in a brilliant flash of light, [Kat] starts walking towards me looking the same way she did for the last two times. Not that I¡¯m complaining with her extremely revealing dress, just stating facts, please don¡¯t change?


    [Kat] has an unusual contemplating look on her face as she appears, but her usual smirk returns as she slowly gazes at my figure. She slowly claps her hands as she giggles sweetly which I notice is something she does to make go crazy. ¡®Too sexy!¡¯


    ¡°Well done, although I was sceptic when I saw you launch yourself into the air like a space-shuttle, you¡¯ve handled the situation beautifully.¡± [Kat]