《Most Wanted》 Prologue part 1 of 2 Year 2102. Society changed a lot past these years. Due to global warming there has been a restriction on oil extraction , electric cars numbers exploded , replacing the ones on fuel, people started using alternative environment friendly energy ,and so on. In short humanity was on the right track. Also life expectancy was now , due to advancement in medicine ,120-140 years. There were still conflicts throughout the world , but not military , instead they were economical in terms of sanctions or preferential taxes. But still countries introduce mandatory military service of 1.5 years. Better safe than sorry. This was one of the reason countries didn¡¯t attack each other anymore. They weren`t sure they would win. Despite this society of a whole was advancing in the right direction, despite minor cases of racism or social out casting. Better paying jobs, no more food shortage, crime rates reduced ,well things were getting better and better. A lot of people started working from home for better pay and more free time. Although there was a lot of money and welfare to go around , other things got more expensive. To go to a college was the most expensive, having pets and so on was also taxing , fashion, art and handmade crafts exploded in price, this being and age of mass productions. Mark Stent was one of the wealthiest man on the planet. He was in top 20. He could have been in top 5 but Mark wasn`t a very greedy man. He was greedy alright but it didn¡¯t reflect the position he was in. He donated a lot of money to welfare and aided in the past the underdeveloped countries. He was a person that always thought of a global scale instead thinking with tunnel vision like a greedy rich man whose all purpose was to make more money. Even if the world was going in the right direction, Mark Stent had some doubts, or rather call it a fear. He knew human beings are bot ugly and beautiful creatures in terms of what they can do. They can help , heal or start peace , or they can inflict pain, kill and start wars. He considered this time of peace like the calm before a storm. So 20 years ago he started a project company, Beyond Systems, that tried to develop a virtual reality system where people can let their evil side, wishes, greed ,dreams surface in there. Better in the VR system than in reality. He also hopes people will learn a lesson, and have better control of the ¡°evil¡±/¡±bad¡± that is resting inside them. That project is in its final stages of completion ,the project that will take war from the real world and introduce it in VR, the very first and ¡°last¡± , War of Ages. War of Ages was advertised for over 2 years before its release date. there were lots of commercials with singers , idols in them, lots of talk shows , protests from health organizations , public safety concern and so on. 6 months before its scheduled release date there were tv conferences held by the CEOs of Beyond Systems from several countries HQ. The CEO of Beyond Systems South Korea was Kim Joon. That tv conference had the best tv ratings past 20 years. Almost 90% of South Korea was watching it. ¡° We understand that War of Ages is set in a fantasy world. Can u tell us more about it and its final purpose?¡± ¡°well first of all let me tell u about the world. Its set in a world the size of Jupiter , or to be more exact 121.9 times bigger than earth in terms of surface area. It`s set in fantasy world with free gameplay , and swords and magic, monsters, and so on. You can train to get stronger or if u want become a fisherman and go fishing¡­.there are no limits to what you could do. You can become anyone you want in War of Ages. Also as the name of the game implies , there will be a lot of war between the thousands of kingdoms that exist. ¡° ¡°What is the purpose of the game?¡± ¡° Ahh!.. I forgot..hahahah¡­ I don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°Hahha..well to be honest these type of tv conferences are airing all over the world in their respective countries¡­there will be a video message from Mark Stent later so you will all find out¡± ¡°¡­¡­.¡± ¡° Isn`t the world to big?¡± ¡°Ha haha ¡­O I forgot to tell you the most important and nice part!. Hahah¡± All reporters: ¡®how is this guy a CEO?¡¯ This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.¡° Well ¡­ it was decided when created that a player should have the chance to travel all over the world of War of Ages.. if he is capable¡­so anyway we set the time 1 to 5..1 day in real life equals to 5 in-game¡­1 year equals to 5..pretty nice right ¡­hahaha¡± ¡°¡­..¡± All reporters : ¡® I hate this guy! ¡¯ ¡° Mrs. Kim there were a lot of concerns regarding safety. What can u tell us about them?¡± ¡°Well first of all with today¡¯s technology its pretty simple. When you think of something or transmit commands to your limbs or other parts of the body, your neurons emit small electric signals. Our VR systems which our customers will buy will be able to interpret those signals and transmit them to our servers and thus he will be able to transmit those commands in real-time in the VR world . Also a signal is sent back to the body so when he kicks and punches he won`t do so with his body also¡­.also in real time..hahaha..o by the way I cant tell u how that¡¯s system works or ill get fired..hahhah!¡± All reporters: ¡® Just get fired already ¡­ die! ¡¯ ¡° Doesn¡¯t that mean u mind control people¡± Suddenly Kim Joon became dead serious. ¡° No it doesn¡¯t! And this is the most important thing! The VR world is governed by 100 individual Ai with different personalities. They are responsible for the weather , monster creations, dungeons ,landscapes event ,quests and so on. At their basic structure they are programmed to not harm players in real life or allow interference from outside. They are basically a closed system with no access from outside¡­ the system has been closed for 5 years after the programmers finished adding the last touches to the system ¡­.and now even our top programmers or even Mark Stent doesn¡¯t have access to the system. During the programing there were several inspectors from over 20 countries also from O.N.U and so on that checked our programing to make sure there is no dangers. Also throughout the world there are 100 servers each with its own Ai that makes the Network that¡¯s hosts exclusively the server for War of Ages. And if you are wondering how safe are the servers.. well u can try to nuke them for example and there wouldn¡¯t be a scratch on them¡­¡­the safety measures exceed hundreds times those of Pentagon. We also have contracts with different countries¡¯s militaries to guard those facilities. Unless u mount a large scale military campaign against them u can¡¯t even set 1 foot inside the perimeter. Hahahahha..haha.!¡± All reporters: ¡® isn¡¯t that over the top? ¡¯ ¡®¡±Why didn¡¯t you release War of Ages earlier?¡± ¡° Well to be possible to have quests and other events. and most important¡­..fun¡­ hahaha ..the world had to have some kind of background history..right..hahah¡­so we ¡®cranked¡¯ up the speed to 50000 to 1 so in those 5 years they had a 250000 year history..hahah.. the AI are pretty smart so we could¡¯ve have gone for 100000 to 1 ..hahha¡­but anyway imagine a quest related to a 100000 year old story..pretty awesome right?¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡° what`s the price of a VR system? Also what¡¯s the price of the monthly subscription?¡± ¡° Our products vary in terms of prices the cheapest one is worth like 2 minimum salaries and it¡¯s a helmet type ( aprox 4000 euros) and on the other hand we have the capsule line which is at least 10 times more expensive than the helmet type depending on its options. The monthly subscription is 1200 euros , and the more months you buy in advance the cheaper it is. Also Mark Stent has decided that the first month of subscription is free¡­hahhah¡± ¡° Again what is the purpose of the game¡­ the final goal?¡± ¡° I don¡¯t know¡­.. all I know is that there will be a video message for every person that logs in War of Ages¡­. And all I know is that it will make some pretty big waves in the world ! hahha¡­anyway lets end it with this..hah ha¡± This video conference was almost 6 months ago and was playing on a screen outside a VR systems shop. Outside in the rain there is a waiting line¡­ and from all the people waiting there is a guy who has all eyes turned on him , ¡­.the reason being, he seems out of place. Tomorrow prologue part 2 of 2 and chapter 1. :D Prologue part 2 of 2 Author note: going to use WOA instead of War of Ages¡­. Chapter 1 and 2..maybe 3 will come out today ..i have a lot of inspiration¡­.I¡¯m going to make myself some fluffy pancakes and write some more. This second part of the prologue is mostly about David in real life which is needed for o more in-depth story further on. Later I will reduce the content about real life to 20-30%, and included in story only when necessary and focus on the VR story line. --------------------------------------- Outside, in the rain people are forming a waiting line in front of a medium sized building. This is just one of the hundreds selling centers of Beyond Systems throughout South Korea. There is still 1 month before the official release of the game WOA, which is marked by opening up the servers to the public. Since today is raining '' although the game is very popular and has a good price '' the line is made mostly o teen boys, otakus or hardcore gamers. Inside this line is David. David really stands out because he is a mixed blood handsome guy¡­.1.85(m) a bit of long black hair, dressed with a black leather jacket , giving a bit off a rock , biker gang type of vibe. He is really good looking, at first glance you would think he is an idol or he should be one, but today thanks to his jackets hoodie, he gives a less handsome vibe. So you¡¯re wondering why all people eyes are pinned on him¡­well ,handsome people are nor rare on the streets, you could see them all days and most of the times u never give a second glance, but today is different ..why?...because he is sitting in the rain ( night a light rain but not a pouring rain either) surrounded by otakus and hard core gamers. If you could imagine an otaku or hardcore gamer portrait he¡¯s 200% opposite of it. What makes things worse, is that he also gives a bit of rich vibe the way he¡¯s dressed , and with his smiling face , people think he has a screw loose¡­.to sit in the rain when he could come another day or pay the fee for home delivery. Contrary to this¡­. David...although it doesn¡¯t seem so¡­. Is a hard core gamer. David didn¡¯t have a rosy life as his looks suggest¡­he really had a hard life and no friends so games were the only way to have some type of social contact or some friends here and there. David was abandoned when he was born¡­ and he is also mixed blood. All his parents gave him was his name after they left him at the orphanage. Today the rate of child abandonment is near 1% for every child born due to assisted help care from the government, free schooling and tons of free benefits; the financial burden on parents is non-existent, so parents abandon their children if they are unwanted, lack of love instead of money problems¡­.Yes David is one of those children. And him being mixed blood made it impossible for some couples to adopt him and have a chance at a normal family When he was 12 years old, he secretly entered the orphanage director¡¯s office and found the address of his mom who abandoned him. Being pretty smart he memorized the contacts info and after several days he ran off to find his mother. He found her alright, a rich madam near a famous man he saw on tv long ago with a 10 year old kid beside her. He wasn¡¯t stupid...so after he stood there long before his mother left for 15-20 min in shock, he snapped out from it and then it clicked in his mind why he was abandoned. He ran various scenarios in his mind but after 10 min or so he gave up and went back to the orphanage. The orphanage was in an uproar because he was missing for several days¡­ so when he came back he was severely punished. Maybe life decided to throw him piece of luck after all the bad one he has had , because the next day one of the orphanages benefactors came to visit. He heard the story from the orphanage¡¯s director and decided to take him in his care. His name was Lee Woo He was a 60 year old man, perfect body build, firm black eyes, that would look at you like a wolf watches its prey. David first reaction was to scream, thinking he is sold to some yakuza or mafia man as his punishment¡­.but later he found out he is a dojo instructor 600 km from the city in a village near a mountain. When Lee Woo heard David¡¯s story, he wondered about the kid.. but when he saw his eyes¡­he knew he was special, fierce. After David found out about he¡¯s mom , his eyes were sad , but not dead, he had eyes that conquered the past and were looking to the future, brimming with determination. Lee Woo wanted a successor for his dojo so he thought this kid can be the one ..but man was he wrong¡­.He discovered Lee didn¡¯t like the sword or any martial arts at all , he ran from lessons giving him lost of headaches. David didn¡¯t like sword fighting and martial arts, but instead he liked crafting and arts, calligraphy¡­ and his most beloved passion¡­blacksmithing¡­..yes. The village he lived in was a old traditional one filled with old geezers (100 old and so on). He found a old blacksmith geezer in the village, named Park Dong, that was forging all types of swords from katanas to long swords. Finally David found something he likes to do. Every day he ran from home to somewhere in the village, but one day Lee Woo followed him back to the blacksmith geezer , who coincidentally was his father¡¯s friend. He watched through a window and saw the fire and happiness in David¡¯s eyes while trying blacksmithing¡­. So he gave up the idea to forcibly teach him the sword and other martial arts unless he wanted to be taught¡­but nonetheless Lee Woo made him run everyday with his students ( which were mostly 30 or older) up and down the mountain. Why did Lee Woo have students in this backwater village?...well when he was young he was a double gold Olympics medalist in 2 types of martial arts and now occasionally he trains the special South Korea military in martial arts. Yea¡­. He doesn¡¯t look like it, but he is pretty famous in certain circles and respected and feared also¡­.like he can kill you with a finger¡­yea and also he is a bit rich¡­above average rich¡­. But most of money he donates to orphanages and stuff. Although life in village was heaven for David, the time he spent in school was the opposite. He went to school 200km everyday with a fast speed train, that usually made 1 h travel time. At school he being one of the most handsome boys in school he was approached by girls everyday, was getting jealousy stares form the boys, some discriminatory ones because he was an orphan, or a village boy or a mixed blood. To make things worse he didn¡¯t like girls that came on him¡­not that he didn¡¯t like girls...he had some lust in him ...but he thought they resembled his mom¡­like in the future they will be some type of vane women¡­. So he tried to distance himself from them. This added fuel to the fire and he was socially out casted. He wasn¡¯t bullied , he himself had a good body build from all the mandatory running up and down the mountain he had to do, and with the dojo rumors behind him, nobody dared to bully him.. But nonetheless he didn¡¯t have a single friend. So whenever he had free time , he wood carved , he spent time in the forge at the village blacksmithing, or played online games. And thus he spent most of his childhood playing online games making him a hardcore gamer. Also the only ¡°friends ¡° he had were in game friends. Back to present 19 year old David who was standing in line was fidgeting ¡­. Unable to stay still...why? because today he is very happy for 2 reasons¡­.he has enough money to buy a 40.000 euros VR capsule and also some left for a 1 year subscription¡­. How does a 19 year old have so much money¡­well ,with no friends and more time on his hands, he made a lot of wood carvings and handicrafts and sold them so¡­over the years he had enough money( handicrafts being very expensive in this day and age). And the second reason is he is going to meet some online friends he made in his last mmorpg he played. The very first time he is doing such a thing¡­so he is both happy and nervous today. After 2 hours he managed to get inside in the building in the waiting line. After a few more hours passed it was finally his turn. Seller: ¡° what type of VR system would you like to buy?... we have helmets here on the left and¡­.¡± David: ¡° I want a type 1 capsule!¡± Seller:¡±..a..uh..aa¡± David:¡± also 1 year subscription!¡± Seller: ¡° haaa?...a¡­Sorry, excuse me ! right this way please!¡± The seller flustered showed him the way to another part of the shop while another took over the counter so the line can go again. The seller was a man and he didn¡¯t expect a young boy to have so much money to buy a Type 1 capsule ( although there are more expensive capsules, like type 1 ; it being the lowest one from the product line; like type 2,3,4,and 5 and also type deluxe, both type 1 and the rest above offer body massage and body control conditions that reduce fatigue and decrease health problems from long gaming hours) Capsules were mostly sold to dark gamers who wanted to make a living from the game or rich people who could afford it, and needless to say , David didn''t fit that image. Different from helmets which were adjustable , it was recommended to try the capsule to be sure it fits your body size before ordering it and it is delivered to you. A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.David just took a train for 3 h to get into the city , 600km away from his village to order the capsule. After he gave his bank account id and the sum of 54400 euros was deducted from it , he signed the papers and left the shop. He still had a little over 5000 euros left inside his bank account , but he wasn¡¯t sad, but happy. As he left the shop lots of people that were waiting in line where whispering , or cursing him, also making remarks like ¡° bastard!¡±. But David didn¡¯t notice them . why you ask? Well first of all David had a type of behavior that could be considered a weakness or a strength depending on what he is doing. David was pretty smart¡­ almost genius like so he didn¡¯t have to spend time on homework or learning leaving him more free time. Also to constant ears of social loneliness he could read people eyes that are on him , telling him if they hate him or not. But today he was to focused on something to notice the eyes that were staring at him. He obtained this focus from blacksmithing where he focused out anything unnecessary and only kept the senses needed for blacksmithing. So today he was looking forward to meeting his new friends from the last mmorpg he played in real life. The last game he played was named Kingdoms , set in a fantasy world with wars , quest , crafting and so on. He was a Dwarf in this and managed to reach a high level of skill in terms of crafting and ultimately made also some real money by selling in game items. So he met some professional dark gamers that became his friends in game and suggested him the idea to become a dark gamer to make money. So David thought why not. His dream was go to college to study ancient manufacturing and arts, which was in Seoul and was pretty expensive, (colleges like Oxford of Stanford were having prices like 3.000.000 to 4.000.000 mil euros per year for student; yes education at a good college or university was damn expensive) at 150.000 euros / year of study in a 3 year education plan. When he heard of WOA , he thought he could craft anything he wanted in there sell them for gold or real cash and make enough money to afford college. So when he made friends online that advised him to do what to be more successful he was happy. So imagine now when he is meeting them in real life. He received a text message, with an address. He followed it and after 1 h he reached a fancy pool club. He walked in slowly and very curious, like a newborn cat that is exploring a garden ( ? ) and saw some people in the corner. Because David and his friends described themselves , he knew after a few seconds that they were the people he met online. They also recognized him and waved him to come towards them. There were 2 boys and 1 girl , all in their 20¡¯s. David seeing them , sighed of relief, because they were clause to his age , and hopefulyy could become good friends. There was Alex, a good looking guy ,rich guy vibe and dressed with designer clothes. He was the son of a very rich man, an American Korean, and him being a dark gamer was more for fun to see how much money he could make. In all games he played he was in the top ranks , sometimes 1st sometimes 5th or a lower position, but always in top 50 in any game he played. So he had a bit of king of the hill , or narcissistic tendencies. Yoona was¡­well¡­..hot!....Perfect makeup , perfect clothes, very beautiful, idol quality .Why was she into mmorpgs? First it was to follow Alex around¡­why.. cause he was rich!.... 100% she was a money digger. But Yoona`s parents were also rich¡­or to say wealthy¡­..but even though, Alex was a perfect man to hold on to. But she started to like playing games¡­ you could say she was a diamond in the rough. Unexpectedly she started to get the hang of things in game and with Alex help in items and equipment she always had one of the best pvp scores in games. Yea¡­she hated quests , monster grinding and so on¡­but loved items and pvp. The third guy gave a sort of dark aura vibe. His name was Kim Jung. He didn¡¯t appear very rich, his clothes were casual, but unknown to David, he was filthy rich. He was placed second in income revenue from selling gold and items from games for real cash. He had his own money , selling network and so on , he also wrote reviews for games , for which he was paid a ton of money. His in game name was always Houdini , and if it was unavailable , the game creators would immediately make it available¡­.by making the original Houdini into Houdini1000 or Houdini_man. There were a lot of complaints from players ¡­so after new game releases ,game creators always reserved the name Houdini for Kim Jung. If anyone else tried to create a character named Houdini it would always tell him name unavailable or reserved. People always tried to go and pk him , but they couldn¡¯t, one because he was rarely seen, and second because of his authority in games. He could call guilds for free to attack a region or a player and if he wanted he could make your gaming experience a nightmare. But people let him alone after a while noticing he isn¡¯t interested in ranks and pvp¡­. Only in gold and items. They all thought better not wake the sleeping lion. After they introduced to each other, they started to talk about their life, how they met, if they will play WOA, if they want meet in game. The chemistry between them was like Yoona was looking at David like a boy toy with perverted eyes, Alex was jealous , and Kim Jung didn¡¯t care at all After David told his story, how he is an orphan , where he lives, Yoona eyes loosed their shimmer towards him. Seeing this Alex started to smile and patted David¡¯s back, Alex: ¡° No problem man¡­we are your friends.¡± David: ¡°uhm¡­yea thanks¡­haha¡± Alex: ¡°Don¡¯t be shy man.¡­come lets drink!¡± David: ¡° uhm..¡± Alex: ¡°ha hah haa ¡° David felt like almost crying , but he held it in him.. cause it would be embarrassing. He knew this people had their own personalities¡­maybe they don¡¯t go well together with his, but still he was happy. They still met the next 3 weekends in the city and had some night fun. Yoona was stealing some glances from time to time at David which seemed to piss off Alex; him being richer than David, and also a bit handsome, he felt superior to the poor orphan David;. But Alex calmed down when he saw David wasn¡¯t interested in Yoona, David being afraid of a relationship with a materialistic woman. Even though he didn¡¯t like Yoona as a woman , he liked her as a friend , which unknown to David it only pissed her more. They talked over the weekends what jobs to take or what race and type of class, how David wants to have a craft class and be a dark gamer , to which Kim Jung started to laugh when he heard how much he earned from selling items for cash( what David sold was pocket change for Kim Jung), but nevertheless , he encouraged David on the path of a Dark Gamer. Every time David went back to the village, and back into his room , he remembered the good times he had when he played games with Alex, Yoona and Kim , or the weekend outs, and the he would cry of happiness , because finally after 19 years of life , he finally had people who can say they are his friends. So the days went buy...and the date of delivery for David¡¯s capsule was approaching¡­. Today ,2 days before the servers went online, David receives a phone call from the shop where he bought the capsule. ¡°Hello? Mrs. David?¡± ¡°yes?¡± ¡° we are calling from Beyond Sytems South Korea regarding your capsule delivery date¡± ¡°Yes ¡­.uhm what about it..?¡± ¡°Well¡­we are sorry to inform you that there has been a mix up in our delivery sytem and your capsule will be 15 days late¡± ¡° Ha..what¡­how¡­?¡± ¡°¡­¡­.¡± ¡°its not fair¡­¡± ¡° We are sorry sir¡­ but as an apology your capsule has been upgraded to type 2 and you will receive another year free subscription...¡± ¡°¡­¡­.¡± ¡° Mrs. David are you still there?¡± ¡°¡­ah yes¡­uhm¡­thank you¡± ¡°No sir, we should thank you for your understanding and we hope you have an enjoyable experience playing WOA¡± ¡°yea.. no problem thank you very much¡± ¡° God bye Mrs. David!¡± ¡° Good bye!¡± As soon as the call ended, after several seconds of silence David jumped up in joy. He really didn¡¯t mind being 15 days late in starting the game considering he just got an apology worth over 30.000 euros. Type 2 capsule was 50% more expensive than the Type 1 , and 1 year subscription free of charge was worth 14400 euros, so of course he was happy. He immediately called Alex , Yoona and Kim, and told them what happened and they agreed they will meet later on. Thanking his good fortune for his new path of dark gamer he decided to study more about fantasy games, such as hidden quest, or classes and so on. After 2 days the servers went online, and the world was stirred up by Mark Stent¡¯s video message, but in David¡¯s small peaceful village he had still 13 more days of calm before the moment that will change him and his life completely. ------ If you have any critics or tips on how to improve the story telling to make it more captivating ..very much appreciated. chapter 1 - never piss off an AI ! Today is the delivery date of David¡¯s capsule . David couldn¡¯t sleep all night. He had many expectations , waiting like a 4 year old after Santa Clause in winter. He kept fidgeting all night , making different scenarios in his mind, so he barely had a wink of sleep. He woke up, freshened up when the phone rang. There wasn¡¯t a second ring , because David was too fast in picking it up. David: Hello?Hello? Alex: Hi David¡­ what up?...did your capsule come yet? David: um¡­ not yet¡­ Alex: don¡¯t sound so disappointed..hahaha¡­o by the way did u see the video message on the news? David: no ..what message? Alex: u didn¡¯t watch it?.... hahah ¡­don¡¯t you have TV¡¯s in that village of yours? David: yes we have but I didn¡¯t have time to watch it.. Alex: hahahha you busy man..haha..anyway not going to spoil it ..you will see the message when u log in.. David: yea¡­.anyway why did u call? Alex: oh yea¡­.the game is a bit weird in some areas so write this down¡­..17¡¯25¡± N 148¡¯32¡± E¡­just remember them...and chose human race ¡­we need some help and we need a human. David: uhm¡­okay..but what are those numbers? Alex: they are coordinates¡­.you will understand after the tutorial...anyway call me before you log in David: mmm ok. They said their goodbyes and then they hang up. David was a bit disappointed because he wanted to choose dwarf race if it was available, but he was happy helping his friends so he didn¡¯t mind if he chose human because it was a versatile race to play. 2 hours later the delivery team arrived at his dojo-house and started to install the capsule. David read online the type1 capsule¡¯s specifications so he was familiar with the specifications for type 2. Type 2 had a better massage system , could video record game play, AC system , and most importantly for David it was more comfy. After the capsule was installed, the papers were signed , and the delivery team left , David was ready to play. He called Alex and told him he is going to log in. He sat in the capsule, closed the lid , started the system and waited. Suddenly he was enveloped in darkness, he couldn¡¯t feel his body. He got scared at first over this new sensation, but then he calmed down. The darkness was slowly fading away and he could feel his body limbs and body gradually. Connected
Welcome To War of Ages
He didn''t need to register because every capsule is registered to a single user as they can''t be sold to somebody else. Every capsule , helmet or any other VR device has a serial witch is automatically transmitted to the servers when a user is connecting. The darkness completely faded and he appeared in a underground stone arena. he was greeted by a small , well built , hairy dwarf, named Volf. AI:"hello there young Adventurer!" D:"hi.." AI:"Lets get this over with..i don''t have much time!" D:"what..hum what..." AI:" OK lets start tutorial..but first..yea the video message" D:''is this guy a really a AI?" David didn''t have much time to be weird-ed out, because soon a large screen appeared in front of him. 4¡­3¡­.2¡­.1¡­¡­start ¡° hello! My name is Mark Stent and if the owner of this game¡­..you probably are wondering like many others now what is the purpose of the game, or winning condition?.....hahha I won¡¯t tell u¡­It¡¯s a secret¡­¡­. But people that are walking on a path that is heading towards discovering the purpose of the game will have a big surprise. And if they can complete the last step they will win ¡­..hahah¡­your dying to know right?..hahah¡­.ok here¡­..150 bil. euros and 20% market share of Beyond Systems !..hahahha¡± The message ended and the screen disappeared. D:¡¯Holy shit!.... how much money does this guy have¡­that¡¯s enough to get in top 200 richest man in the world¡­..hah ha¡­this is crazy¡­.i wonder I I hate this guy?...hmm reminds me of someone¡­.¡¯ AI:¡±ok lets start¡± D:¡¯ hmm where have I heard¡­ohhh yea that CEO¡­no wonder I hate him¡­hahaha¡¯ AI:¡±oiiii¡­heyyyy¡­lets start already!¡± D:¡¯ imagine if I win¡­hahahh¡­no more worries¡­not that it would happen..ok lets go back to tutorial¡¯ D:¡± Ok what next?¡± The AI dwarf was smiling at David and if you would look closely you could see a forced smile and a popped vein on his forehead. AI:¡± ok here is the basic¡± The AI started to explain : - The world is divided in 14 continents - David can start from the continent of Molder , also know as the continent of a 1000 Kingdoms - As starting kingdom he can chose 1 of the 1000 or chose coordinates. - Since the world is too big there is a npc transport system owned and administered by the Church of Gaia( in continent of Molder; each continent has its own church) - you can teleport using special scrolls that are hard to find , varying from rare to SSS; you write coordinates on them and say command teleport - you can also use the church teleport system but the costs are enormous; even the cheapest service equivalent to a rare scroll is 1 mil gold and SSS service is 100 mil gold or cheaper depending on reputation with the church. So you could teleport to a rare , hard to find dungeon, but probably the cost was greater than the loots you found in there, so it was better to go on foot or other means of transportation. - You can leave the starting village or starting point ; there is no beginning period. You could spawn and start hunting but at lvl 1 you will surely be killed 100% of the time by the weakest monster near. Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!- Death has penalties : - if level 1-5 you die , log off cool down 1 h, you don¡¯t lose skill masteries, but you will get negative experience equivalent to 10% needed to lvl up. - If lvl 5-10 dies, log off cool down 3 h, you don¡¯t lose skill masteries, but you will get negative experience equivalent to 10% needed to lvl up. - If you are between lvl 10-500 and you die, 24 h you lose 10% of skill masteries and 10% of experience needed for lvl up. - Above lvl 500 and you die you lose 1 level of all skill masteries you have , 1 level and 72 h cool down - 31 races available for play, 7 available to start 25 locked¡­available after unlocking them through quests or using a change race totem - Dwarf , Human, Elf, Night Elf, Beast-man, Plant and Orc. - Races can be combined to make mixed races( theoretically millions of sub races available for chosing) - Skills obtained through quests , action , gameplay behavior and so on. - Millions of classes to choose from, 10.000 hidden classes, which one or more people can have at the same time, 100 unique classes( 1 can be only obtained by 1 player) AI: ¡° ok tutorial finish lets teleport you..!¡± D:¡± wait¡­its not finished!¡± AI:¡±tch!¡± D:¡¯did he just tch!?....probably this is his personality¡­like it was said in that tv conference..hmm¡¯ AI:¡± chose race, appearance and name¡± D:¡± hmmmm..for first¡­. Human. ¡­and appearance ..same...name same ...David¡± AI: ¡° ok let¡¯s start¡± D:¡±make my hair silvery...hmm...that would look cool..hahha¡± AI:¡¯ show off ¡® D:¡±hmm what else¡­hmmm ahh¡­ I want body movement tutorial..haha ha almost forgot¡± D:¡¯ hope they have something like this.. maybe I can get extra stats..hehehe¡¯ David read past those 15 days lots of forums and fan fictions and he decided to try some ideas in here. First was to keep the same body to get used to it easier and second was to try tutorial and rain stats here since probably there is no need for stamina or mana and there is no risk of dying. And David was right.. there was such a tutorial¡­.much to the annoyance of Volf the AI. AI:¡± ok here you go ¡­obstacle course and scare crow here u go take sword hit...but hurry!¡± D:¡¯maybe there really is some hidden bonus here since it seems the AI doesn¡¯t want me to go there and try it¡¯ So David wen to the tutorial section and started running the obstacle course. After 2 h he mastered the body movement, but then he spent another 3 h trying to get some agility stats. Unfortunately he didn¡¯t get any stats. Next was the scarecrow. He grabbed the wooden sword and started hitting the scarecrow. He started badly, but as hours went on, he managed to strike in the zone of the vital points: head, neck , limbs , joints, and so on, probably thanks to some knowledge of sword fighting he obtained watching Lee Woo`s students. He knew a few striking poses and stances but they were still amateurs ones. Surprisingly he managed to put a lot of force into his strikes thanks to his stamina( for daily hell running ) and the strength he developed from blacksmithing. It seems the VR system can take some skills from real life and transfer them in VR. After 9 h of tutorial , he turned back to Volf the Ai who had tons of popped veins on his forehead. AI: ¡° finished¡± D:¡± yes¡­I thought I would get some stats from this¡± Ai:¡± hahha don¡¯t worry ..I¡¯ll give you some thans to all the time you spent with me¡± D:¡±really?¡± AI:¡± yes¡­you will get a new unique type of stat from me and a title¡± D:¡¯jackpot!¡¯ AI:¡± ok now lastly where do u want to start¡± David remembered his conversation with Alex and the coordinates D:¡± uhmmm ¡­ 17¡¯25¡± N 148¡¯32¡± please¡± AI:¡± ha ha ha really these coordinates¡­and a human¡­we will meet again ..hahaha¡­.you wasted my time¡­.hahha ..enjoy your new stats¡­.u greedy human..hahha¡­.really what fortune¡­really this cordonates¡­.hahahha¡± David was wondering why he was laughing but the next thing the AI spoke it was all clear to him. AI: ¡° hah ha u wasted my time¡­10 h¡­to the great Me...really¡­hope we won¡¯t meet again for your sake¡­hahha¡­.or I¡¯ll F*cking kill you¡­now f*ck off!!!!Teleport!¡± David was suddenly teleported into the sky, 10 km up in the sky above the coordinates he chose. He started to fall down at a high speed and he was seeing getting closer and closer to a village. Half way down a window appeared in front of him. *Ding Congrats new title: The fool Luck+60 Total luck 10+60 Unable to remove title *Ding Congrats new stat created: luck is transformed in bad luck Luck stat removed Bad luck stat added Bad luck 10+60 Cannot add points to stat. It will increase or decrease based on your actions Description: Drop rate decreased by 6%. Your drop rate of your equips increased by 6%. All Npc prices increase by 18%. 18% to trigger hostile reactions from npc towards you. 18% chance to get denied acces into a village , town or city. Monsters of same level will always attack you first. 18% Chance for stronger monsters to target you. 6% to get a debuff when in combat. Debuff level depending on our amount of bad luck Barley he finished to read the descriptions before he hit the ground in the center of the village. *ding You have died. Since you are lvl 1 , the following penalties are applied: 1h log off cool down, -10% experience. Experience needed to level up 285+10%=313,5. ¡­¡­ sorry cant release chapter 2 today....i tried to study the box code on forums..and it will take some time till i master it :D Chapter 2 tomorrow and 3 and 4 on the weekend because i have an exam on Friday and i have to study... wish me luck if i pass it i have more time for chapters...chapter 3 and 4 will have blue stat box in them :D