Sky has pretty dull life, work to home, home to work. No friend at all other than coworkers whom he doesn’t talk much other than work related. He has decent looks which girls describe as cute rather than handsome.
Well you are maybe asking yourself, Sky is it really a guy’s name? His father was astrologist so named him as Sky still better than Star isn’t it? Both his parents died in car accident 5 years before, right after he graduated. So he is living in his apartment all alone without a goal in life. He has only one hobby which is gaming.
He is playing MMO games since 12 years old; it’s been already 15 years, gaming … What a waste?
Slap! Slap!
“Enough thoughts about the past! “
Today is a nice day, new VRMMORPG going to release soon and I have already enough money for Virtual Reality Head Set model 12500XRQ15 and One online. I have been waiting to buy reality set and get rid of this old school gaming for 2 years.
Sky takes the bus to nearest mall and dives into technology center, swiftly grabs the VRM console and One online box, paying 4299$ for 12500XRQ15 and 199$ for One Online Collector’s edition. VRM console is actually a small box while One online is pretty big compared to other and heavier. Trying to peek into box for a moment than stops himself, “Well we will see at home anyway” and rushes home taking a taxi.
Sky carefully opens the box of VRM console, finds some kind of half helmet with big glasses with lots of heavy manuals. Opens the “Instruction Manual”
Don’t use in bath room!
Don’t try to stretch!
….
“4 pages of do nots. who wrote this manual? So boring.”
Opens the One Online Box next; inside 1 plastic sword, 1 beginner’s manual, 1 advanced manual and a few more things which he couldn’t check. Takes Beginner’s manual and starts reading
“One online is one with reality; player’s real experience in life can be …..”
“Ahhh !! So long and boring. I believe in learn by experience. Who needs to read 300 pages of manual?” get mads himself and swiftly plugs the power and clips the optic internet cable and USB flash which contains One Online inside. Lies on the bed and wears the VRM console.
Loading …
“Hope it loads fast, I hate to wait game installations and hope it doesn’t ask lots of things. Next! Next! Next! what’s the purpose” … while talking to himself next pop up comes.
Welcome to One Online
“Your welcome”
Retina scan started …
“Retina scan? Ohh well advanced technology, gimme game gimme game”
New player detected, ID 51748895224 created
“Of course I am new player let me select”
One Online will start in 29 min 12sec, in meanwhile you can select your race
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Please select your race
“Elf, nice ears and so handsome, I look like elves from the Lord of the Rings. no no, let me try different I still have lots of times till game begin”
“Dragon” he shouted. Avatar changes to 2 meters of black dragon. “Ohh, There is even Dragon race? Is there any race benefit?”
Elemental Affinity%5 Elemental Damage Increase
“What about human?” he asks and avatar changes to human.
Quick LearningSkills Improve %5 faster
“Ohh it’s imba, I don’t like grinding so let it be human than with default look” and system talks for the first time “Are you sure?”.
“Ohh! so system can talk, why did you keep silent until than” he asks without answering the question and system replies in a soft tone “Because it was not needed, Are you sure about your race?”
“Yes, Yes, I want to be Human” he shouts in an arrogant tone.
System again asks, “What do you want your name to be?”.
“Sky” he replies.
“What about surname?” system asks in a soft tone again.
“Surname?” he becomes puzzled and starts thinking.
“You can’t surname yourself as Surname please select an appropriate surname” system replies in a warning tone.
“lol I was just thinking loudly, don’t surname me as lol either. Let it be Brightcloud, Sky Brightcloud” and talks inwardly “nice name isn’t it? But this system is a bit problematic or is he fooling with me”
“Name Accepted, Game will start in 4 minutes 7 seconds, please wait”, system replies in a cold tone.
“What about skills, class, traits, proficiency, is this all?” Sky asks to the system but no reply comes. So he just waits until game starts looking the clock on the screen going backward and suddenly bright light flashes, bright enough to blind everything and finds himself in a cave.
The Starting Cave
Please select your path
It is pretty dark inside cave, a bit gloomy. Dripping water can be heard from the further away and the sound of the wind. From left to right there are 12 tunnels each seems to be in the same size of 3 meters height and width. In the middle there are wooden signboards pointing each of tunnels something written on them with dark color.
Sky reads the signboards pointing to different tunnels:
“Path of Warrior” “
"Path of Mage”
“Path of Warlock”
“Path of Craftsman”
And the at most right one “Path of Advanced Players”
“12 different tunnel, I wonder what is inside but I am playing MMORPG’s for 15 years so I am advanced player, I don’t need any tutorial” tells to himself and steps into “Path of Advanced Players” which teleports him to a town.
Welcome to Kyrin City
"Wait, what?"