It has been many years since the idea of virtual reality video games were thought to be a dream, but with the new release of a Virtual Reality called Mythical Legends many were expecting great things. The game has had great hype across all forms of media, and for good reasons. First the game is running on a new system that incorporates not just the GMs, but also artificial intelligences that support the world and create new events and areas as the game progresses. Besides that the NPCs and Mobs of the game cannot be easily told apart from any other players.

The Beta testers were surprised and overwhelmed by the games realism and by its gameplay. They played throughout the continent of Tellus starting at one of the four kingdoms Redstone, Thorcyn, Thlyiss, and Andesit. Each kingdom was made up of the core races of Humans, Elves, Halflings, and Dwarves. After the six month testing time, the game was accelerated by about 1000 years in game time adding a lot more history. With that it is the day of the Games Release.

The Day Alan Duke has been waiting for, the Release of Mythical Legends. Alan had been waiting in line for the last seven hours at his neighborhood gaming store, and the two people in front of him started to move forward as the store opens. Once Alan Duke finally got to the counter he gave the employee his pre-order receipt and his debit card. He had purchased the cheapest of the versions, which only had the headset. The other versions were a capsule and a reclining chair which where a little over a college student's budget. Alan then headed back to his dorm.

Back in his room, Alan pulled the gear out of the box and started reading the instruction manual. After plugging the personal terminal into the wall power outlet and Ethernet outlet, he connected the headset to the terminal jack. Once that was finished he lay down on his bed, put on the headset, and pressed the power button.

At first there was nothing around him, but darkness along with a weightless sensation.

“New User detected. Would you like to register?” a computerized female voice said.

“Yes please!” he said with excitement.

“What Gender would you like to play as? Male, Female, or Neutral?”

“Male obviously!”

“You have selected Male. What Race would you like to play as? Human, Elf, Halfling, or Dwarf?”

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As she spoke four images of the racial choices appeared in front of him.

I wonder which one I should start as? I love Elves, but I played as them too often in my old RPGs. I don’t want to be a Halfling even though they are fast, but they are just not my cup of tea. Dwarves are amazing craftsmen, but I think I’m going to stick to being human for now. I could always purchase another account or start over later.

“I chose human.” Alan Said.

“You have chosen human.”

The three other racial profiles vanished.

“ What would your preferred appearance be?”

“I would like to see myself, but at about 6ft 4inch please!”

The human image that remained turned into a mirror image of Alan, but about 5 inches taller. The character was wearing leather boots, black woolen pants, and a white short sleeve shirt. Which is the beginner style. He had a wavy mess of jet black hair that fell just above his eyes. He had pale skin and deep blue, gray eyes. He also was skinny and had barely any muscles.

“Could you add some muscle and get rid of the acne . . . and . . . turn the eyes crimson red?”

The characters appearance changed to meet his request. As he looked over it, he thought of other ways to change it, but was not sure what else to do.

“Would you like to make more changes or do you accept this as your avatar?”

“I accept this avatar.”

“What would you like the Name of your character to be?”

“I would like to be called . . . Aaron!” He said with a grin.

“Would you like to finalize this character?”

“Yeah , it’s good.”

“Your character has been finalized. Would you like to go through the tutorial?”

“Yes please!” for the next few hours he learned how to move his character.

“You have completed the tutorial. For the first month of game play you will train on one of the many heavens training grounds before you can select a starting city. At the end of the month you will have a chance to enter heavens training grounds graduating tournament. Where you can earn rewards and improve your abilities.”

As her computerized voice stopped, gold rings of light came up from Alan’s feet and surrounded him. In a brilliant flash of light he was gone.