At first he didn't understand. The landscape was strange somehow, but his mind was in disarray. Was this the dream realm? Several other players were having fun flying and changing their own shape.
Most of the players that were here were just goofing off, without worry. Some players were having sparing matches, two were even playing chess. Here was the place that most people dreamed of, quite literally.
The dream realm is like a controlled dream. You and everyone else could do anything. But he wanted to check his stats so he logged out.
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The first thing he noticed was, he was tired. Next thing he noticed was the display saying it was 1AM. Getting out he grabbed his phone. According to his dad, all the game info is linked to his account.
Username
Eclipse
Password
********
Immediately he is greeted with level up notifications.
Name
E. Clipse
Chosen Title
Eclipse
Level: 15
Race: Half-Shade
Patron: God of the Eclipse
Hit points: 150
Mana points: 150
Stamina points:150
Attack points: 31
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Stats
Strength: 6
Speed: 6
Agility: 8
Vitality: 10
Defense: 6 +(10)
Endurance: 5
Intellect: 10
Wisdom: 10
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Skills
Return from death: resurrect your body from the spirit realm.
Spirit Gate: travel to the spirit realm, with your body.
Astral body: body goes in between dimensions, for 5 seconds in sunlight.
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Special skill:
Eclipse
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Perk trees
Swordsman Level: 10
Shade Level :10
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Spells
Void ball: damages the spirit only
Shades hand: able to grab or damage a spirit with your hand.
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He wasn't complaining. It was nice. There was a message notification in the top right of his screen. Tapping it a notification popped up [Character Saved]. Deciding to check the forums he found many things. Narrowing it down to Clipse Valley he found something interesting.
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Rich NPC found!
Lord of the new area Clipse Valley was seen inside the town of Creek! NPC is traveling with a level 20ish body guard.
Player quest available!
Rob Lord Clipse
Difficulty: Boss(hard)
Level required: 10
Rewards: equal share of gold
Players signed up (7/10)
Objective: wait outside the tavern in Creek and ambush Lord Clipse.
Time expires: ?
Posted by: Killer G
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That bothers him greatly. How would he get out of town alive?
Then he decided to write his own post.
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Lord Clipse has noticed greedy eyes staring at him! He request that people protect him.
Quest available!
Protect Lord Clipse!
Difficulty: PK
Level:~~~
Rewards: A gold piece per attacker killed.
Objective: Protect Lord Clipse and his belongings.
Posted by: Anonymous
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If he didn't check the forums he would have died tonight. Not seeing any comments on his post he decided to have a midnight snack while he waited. Pouring a bowl of cereal, he ate in the dark. Checking back on the forums he was surprised. The comments were in the hundreds.
-First player versus player quest!
Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.
-Damn, I wish I was in Clipse valley.
-just rob the guy
-wait who posted this?
-is this legit?
- there is another quest to rob him.
- the player limit was removed on the Rob Lord Clipse quest.
- well I know what I'm picking :p
Ethan was worried. He only wanted to give one of his fifteen platinum, but the number of volunteers kept rising. Putting his phone back on the charger he rushed back to the pod. If the battle was over before they got there then he wouldn't have to pay them.
"Start!" He yelled desperately.
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He was back in the tavern. A hour in game has passed. He looked out the window to see a group of 15 and another of 20. The town of Creek was going to get a bloodbath, he could tell.
In the bigger group a player was level 20ish and three others were level 15ish while the rest were level 10 or below.
The small group on the other hand had two level 15ish players while the rest were 10ish or below.
Rushing outside he decided to get this over with. Viki followed close behind. His first player battle would begin. Arriving outside, the smaller group went in between him and the bigger group to begin the fighting.
The fighting lasted a few minutes. A few of the weaker players were smart enough to go around the group and attack him. But their sword skill was lacking. When a stronger player got through Viki protected him.
After the battle only one person stood on the ambusher's side. The level 20ish player. The three remaining protectors excluding Viki rushed him. They met death quickly, by one quick swing of his broadsword. He was not only stronger than Viki but had more health too!
Viki rushed in, the player committed to a low wide swing. Viki with low stamina from fighting earlier couldn't jump over the blade, so she blocked it. A crack appeared in her sword as she was knocked a half a block away. Without the strength to rise up, she admitted defeat and stayed there motionless.
The broadsword wielder stepped closer to him. He watched as the player's wounds healed. High speed regeneration. Scales could be seen on his neck and claws on his fingers. Stopping in front of him.
He had no choice he had to bluff his way out! Putting his hand to the sky he willed for an eclipse to happen. The sky started to darken. The player noticing this looked to the sky.
"Hahahaha," Eric was shocked! The player was laughing. "You think you can scare me? You just ensured your defeat!" The player lifted his arm and said, "Deaths Grasp,". Powers of darkness were stronger in the dark.
Eric was suffocating as he was brought up to the face of the player. It was the gamer from school! How did he progress so fast? His name was Godden Striker. Godden opened his mouth and his tongue caught fire. Eric used astral body, he slipped out of death's grasp and was unhurt by the flames. Pouring shade magic into his sword he slashed Godden several times. As he expected spirit magic would still work because it isn't physical.
Smiling he said "Neat,"
Wait by some strange possibility, does he know that I go to Neat High with him? No that can't be it.
Speaking louder he said, "Neat trick you used there!"
Thank goodness.
"Eclipse," Godden finished.
Eric was back on guard. He knew his gamer name.
"Oh, dear dear," he was condescending. "Why so shocked? You made it kinda obvious."
Noticing his mana was getting low he turned off his astral body. Now all he had to do was keep him talking until his mana was back.
"When Clipse valley showed up near the beginners area, the first thing I did was log out and check the character list." Godden recalls the recent past.
"When your character popped up, I knew I had to defeat you." Godden said while clenching his fist. "I can't let you beat me in this game too!" Godden took a step forward.
"Wait Godden!" He said desperately.
"You know my name?" Godden was stunned.
"Of course," Eric stalled to prepare a lie. "I keep track of all the opponents that were tough to beat."
Godden stood there silently for a moment but the asked, "What game?"
"Huh?"
"What Game!"
He has beaten a lot of people in a lot of games. It was time to come clean.
"I don't remember."
Wings came out from behind him, and he flew like a spear and his broadsword was the tip.
Godden yelled as he approached, "It was Pac-M*n!".
He Pac-M*n three months ago when he went to the local pizza place. He happened to have a Sharpie in his pocked so he signed the machine. With two quarters he took the top place on the leaderboards.
The eclipse in the sky was almost done. He activated his power Spirit Gate, and like that he left RMO-World and arrived at RMO-Spirit Realm. The players that died were here.
After Eric disappeared, Godden crashed into the ground where Eric once was. Coming from the carrefour a figure hides themselves in their hood.
"You failed," the figure said.
Godden screams in rage.
"I swear to you Eclipse! I will find you and destroy your reputation, I will be the ruler of RMO!"
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"Look the NPC is here" Player-1
"Well at least we know who won, so you owe me five bucks IRL" Player-2
Gaming is the one thing he is good at! He was mad at them for thinking that him the god of gamers(self proclaimed title), lost!
"I am the Eclipse in the sky! I darken your world and look down on you all!" He burst from the stress of his first close call. "How dare you presume that I died!"
They started to walk away without noticing his speech. He lost hope for his people. He naturally had a weak presences. They seemed to be heading to a tower in the distance with a beacon of light. Looking around he noticed that they seemed to be in some black/purple void and paths were made out of floating debris. All the paths lead to the tower. Looking at the other paths he seen other players and even NPCs.
Don't I have an estate here? Heading after the other players he notice how light he felt. The pace that they kept felt kinda slow.
"Ugh, I feel so weak." player-3
"Is this your first death?" Player-4
"Yea" player-3
"It's because we don't have physical bodies." Player-2
I see so that makes me the most powerful one in this realm.
Three wisps appear out of nowhere. They seamed to be some kind of spirit, it was pretty weak but the players around him panicked.
"So the Shade Trials have begun!" Player-5
One spirit burst through three players and the players burst into energy particles. The energy particles were absorbed by the wisp. Another wisp destroyed two players heading for him. Panicking he used Shades Hand to catch the wisp and crush it. The energy from the spirit flowed into his hand.
The other wisps retreated. Looking at shades hand, he took notice of it's change into a gauntlet. He tried to dispel it. He couldn't. It must be because the shade power originates from here.
Hiding his arm in his cloak. He continued walking. Just as he hoped, no one noticed him kill the wisp.
"Why did the wisps go?" Player-6
"I don't know." player-1
Player 3,4,5 were dead along with 10 others.
Players 1,2,6, and now named 7-12. 10 players were still standing if he included himself.
After walking along the path for a while, cloaked figures showed up and hovered over us. We continued forward. He got the feeling they were here for him. He almost came forward to confront them, but several times when their cloak shifts, he swears he sees a shade blade. On top of that, their levels were comparable to his.
They were almost to the tower. That is when the player's started talking about being able to complete the shade trials. Weird, because they only went through one.
That is when the reapers took their chance and annihilated the players. A reaper approached Eric and with a swing of its sword, Eric is forced to dodge to the left. Eric spent the next two minutes running from the reapers. Soon he was the only one left. The reapers surrounded him. Then from above, a figure came into being.
" What do we have here?" It's voice literally shook the air. "The Half-Shade is finally here." Eric stayed on guard. The dark figure above him looked more like a shadowy blob than a person. "Where are my manners?" The figure asked him.
Suddenly the figure became a black cloud, while it descended upon him. The cloud became a ligature as it enveloped his body.