AN: I hope I made this long enough for most of the people out there and if not I'll try and make ch 2 longer. If you have any ideas that could be incorporated into the story please comment below and I'll try and include them in the story. Also if anyone knows how to make a table on this website and would be willing to tell me how to please send me a message or leave a comment. Thanks and hope you guys enjoy chapter 1.
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(Dream)
"Young hero" a melodic and compassionate voice said
"Embrace your destiny, for when you accept it, no one will be able to stop you"
A loud, demonic roar sounded in the background and suddenly everything turned black.
(End of dream)
3rd person: Aeleus's POV
"AHH!" Shouted Aeleus
Remembering what happened in the dream Aeleus exhaled and collapsed onto his bed.
"That's the fourth time this dream has occurred in the past week, and what does the voice mean by my destiny? What a joke. Who believes in Destiny in this day and age."
Laughing quietly about what he just said Aeleus turned onto his side and fell asleep once again. But not before glancing at a huge poster on his wall.
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*Buzz* *Buzz* *Buzz* *Buzz* *Buzz*
Swatting at the alarm clock beside him Aeleus turned and glanced at the calendar, June 18, 2039. His eyes started to close before he realized what today was and jumped out of bed and turned to the poster on his wall.
"Finally, today is the day where Pangaea Online is released." He said he with a grin on his face.
Pangaea Online, the revolutionary virtual reality massive multiplayer online role playing game, or short a VRMMORPG. The organization that created this game had told the mass that a player can decide everything by themselves. What happens in the game is determined by a players actions. The organization had so much power in this day and age that they had decided that any wars between countries will be decided in game. This message had caused many countries to focus and getting the very best players from all around the country and be a part of the "army". Aeleus himself did not receive this invitation since he had never decided to become a pro gamer and had never played any rpg game before.
"Hmm, I better learn some things about the game before I buy the pod" Aeleus thought.
"Speaking of which, how much is the pod? The price was supposed to be released today."
Walking over to the computer, Aeleus typed in the website and hovered over the price button.
"I have about $800 saved up, hopefully it will be enough" Aeleus thought, but once he saw the price his eyes widened to unimaginable proportions.
"$2000 for each unit? What is this? This can't be the actual price" he furiously thought and rapidly scrolled down to see if he could've found a cheaper version.
Falling back onto his chair Aeleus realized that there was no way that he could save up enough money to get in the first round of players. Aeleus was about to give up but at the bottom of the screen noticed an interesting as for Pangaea online. The advertisement was about a studio was looking for players and they would supply the pods. Aeleus took note of the address bathed and changed and ran out the door .
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Knocking on the door to the game studio Aeleus wondered if he would be chosen to be part of the studio. After all he was brand new to the world of RPGs and had no knowledge whatsoever.
A man looking to be in his mid thirties opened the door and looked at Aeleus inquisitively and had a slight look if hole in his eyes. Clearing his throat Aeleus began to talk.
"Hello Sir my name is Aeleus and I am here to join this game studio for Pangaea Online"
The mans eyes widened exponentially before he shouted "Hey guys! Come out here and meet our newest member!"
Aeleus looked confused at this and asked the man "Don't you want to know about my gaming knowledge and what class I will be playing?"
The man laughed "That doesn't matter. Even if you are new to RPGs these uncles will help you become better.
Aeleus looked relieved and asked the man "Thank you, I assure you that I will try my hardest and help this game studio the best that there is. When should I move in?"
"Today would be best since the game opens at 11:00 pm tonight" the man replied
"Oh I'm sorry where are my manners my name is Verrick pleasure to meet you" the man, now Verrick replied.
"Thanks Verrick, I'll see you and the others in the afternoon."
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Packing up everything that he owned into a couple of boxes Aeleus couldn't help but be excited for the future.
"Once I learn more about this game and get better and better at the game i will be the first one to kill the dragons" Aelues enthusiastically said.
Aeleus had in fact already picked his class for the game.
"For a fantasy game, the only class that I would ever think about playing would be the Mage! Although One World made the Mage incredibly weak if the Mage did not have proper spells."
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In Pangaea Online, the creators wanted the game to be influenced by the players as much as possible so the only way for players to get skills books was from events, this made the competition to get better armor and weapons even more intense. However, skills could also be created by players if they spent hours upon hours working on it before it got recognized by the system. This was different for mages. If a Mage could create their own spells then the balance of the game would be thrown out of whack. To counter this one world made sure that the only way other than events to mages to get skills was to kill monsters and obtain
There were many kinds of spell blueprints and the drop chance was different for all of them.
Of course this would make the Mage class way to weak so specific tiered monsters would have a higher or lower chance of dropping a blueprint. Also, a magician needed to have the required ingredients to turn the spell blueprint into a spell. Then the spell could be used.
Looking up Aeleus realized that he had reached at the studio. Knocking on the door, Aeleus was surprised to see a younger looking Verrick at the door.
"Hey you must be Aeleus, names Derrick, I'm the younger brother of Verrick if you saw the resemblance. Come on in your room is waiting for you."
Looking around the studio and how empty it was Aeleus couldn't help but ask "Where is everyone else?"
Derrick looked surprised at this and said "Did Verrick not tell you? The studio only has me, him, and now you in it."
Aeleus looked completely surprised at this but then realized that as long as he got to play the game who cares how many people are in the studio.
"You seem fine about that. Others would make up some excuse and leave." Derrick said
"Well as I said before, since you have accepted me I'll do my best and help this studio as much as possible." Aeleus sincerely replied
Derrick looked surprised at this before smiling.
"Well kid, I'll see you in about an hour before we go online"
"Okay Derrick see ya." Aeleus replied
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One hour later
Aeleus walked out the room to the living room where the meeting will be taking place.
"Ah Aeleus you arrived, let's begin" Verrick said
"Our primary goal is to gain money by playing this game. If we run into any talented players we will try and invite them to our studio. We will play solo until we are about level 20 or 30 then we will group up and start raiding dungeons and caves. Good luck and I'll see you guys later."
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10:45 pm
Aeleus entered the pod and started up the game.
"Iris check has found that you are a new player. Would you like to create a new character?" The program said
"Yes" replied Aeleus
"What race do you want to choose. Humans, Orcs, Elves, Half-El--"
"Human" Aeleus said cutting off the pod
"How do you wish to look in game"
"The same"
"What class do you wish to play as"
"Mage"
"Mages are reccommended for experienced players. Are you sure about picking Mage?"
"Yes" Aeleus said since in his mind being a Mage was the only acceptable choice and the words experienced players seemed to have went through one ear and out the other.
"Your starting Village and Kingdom will be chosen at Random. Please enjoy the game"
At this point Aeleus couldn't contain his excitement anymore and was jumping up and down.
"Welcome to Pangaea Online"
Aeleus looked around and couldn't believe what he was feeling, hearing, and smelling. He could feel the cool air drifting, players entering the game and shouting, and smell crews grass and nature.
He smiled and said "I will be the first one to conquer this game!" like a crazy person everyone else turned and looked at him before starting to laugh.
Aeleus blushed but didn't care about everyone laughing at him because in his mind he knew that he would be the first one to beat this game.
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AN: Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and if you have any ideas tell me them. Hopefully this chapter and long enough and sorry about there being no action in this chapter but there will be action in the next chapter. Please review and tell me where I went wrong and if someone knows how to make a game like character stat window it would be greatly appreciated. Until next time. -LordDrakkus