Chapter 2 - Fool
“HA HA HA at last I am here.” Ace was happy.
Ace looked around and saw magnificent city. City had ancients ruins underground, huge library (some said it was biggest in this continent). He was near fountain. Water was so clean and sparkled like crystal. It was hard to believe what this world is artificial. He saw many mage towers and was thinking why do they need so many.
First impression was so big what he didn't see other people. He didn't care about them and unconsciously ignored them. Someone was talking to him, but he ignored them and then.
“Move FOOL we need to win a war!” Group Leader *baam* kicked Ace and walked over him.
People walked over him, some stepped on him or kicked. Every time they stepped or kicked him he lost his health until Ace died. Everyone was laughing then he died. They was thinking: 'What a Fool to ignore Black Tiger Guild.'
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Death
Then player die they are banned from game for some time and need to wait until they can log in. They lose: 2 level, 1% all skill proficiency and some items.
Ban time was calculated using player level:
Ban Time = Player Level * 0,02 Hour + 1 Hour
02 hours = Level 1
05 hours = Level 200
21 hours = Level 1000
Most players was already over 1000 levels, so they tried not to die.
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Ace was in shock. He knew it was his fault, but they didn't need to kill him. If you could see him now you would see fire in his eyes. He was thinking: 'Just you wait, I will get my revenge sooner or latter!'
After 2 hours he connected. This time he was careful. He didn't want to die again. He checked his messages and saw something strange.
#You got new Title:#
Fool
You must be real fool if you able to die that fast.
Requirement:
To get it you must die in 10 seconds after you log in to Ex World.
Must have no title.
Bonus:
-200 Luck
+100% spell failure
“Ouch and I was thinking to become mage. Maybe it will be possible to remove this title latter.” Ace tried to find solution to his new problem.
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'Options' Command
In Ex World time was 4 times faster then in Real World. It was easy to forget about Real World.
There was safety system which monitored player body, but not everyone used it correctly. Each player had 2 Character windows. One was to monitor Ex World and other Real World body. Player was forced log out then they Real World body was in danger to die.
Many people forgot to monitor they real body and had very stinky experience from being careless. Some had to change capsule to forget nightmare which they found then they log out from game. People who had this problem never knew there is setting in 'Options' which let get early warning to avoid some unwanted experience in real life.
Only people who finished tutorial knew about 'Options' command. Some people made Guilds only with players who knew about this command.
After big battles reporters tried to get interview from Leaders. It was fun to watch then Raid/Guild/Alliance Leader opened his capsule and reporters tried to get interview. Some was swimming in capsule and smelled so bad what reporters had run away. It was always fun then people got nicknames in TV shows: ShitJimIsHere, StinkyMike, ShitPants and others.
This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.
It was cruel world for people who had never done tutorial.
Players could access adds only using 'Option' command:
* Wardrobe (You could hide real armor and show other armor instead. Sometimes then you put all best armor you looked like troll, so this option saved many people);
* Macros (Some people was spamming Skills, other used Guardian Mode to defend avatar then they sleep or was offline).
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Ace finished setting alarms, so system would warn him then his body need to eat or go to toilet. He wanted to play more with other setting, but could not. Very beautiful girl came to him and waited for him to notice her.
“… sorry, how can I help you.” Ace was surprised.
“Do you always make girls wait?” Girl was angry.
“Excuse me do I know you?”
“Nope, but I know you. You are freeman who died 8 hours ago. Everyone is talking about you.”
`Great now they think I must be Joker` “I see.” Ace was sad.
“My name is Lexis. I was looking for someone who could look after my shop when I am busy and I saw you. Would you like to work part time in my Book Shop?”
Job in Lexis shop
Lexis was looking for some idiot who could work in her shop. She must be thinking about something strange.
WARNING: If you are smart then don't accept or you will lose something important!
Reward:
+ 10 Gold
+ Bed to sleep
+ Free food
Unknown (you will get it then you will finish her quest)
Requirement:
- 150 Luck
Failure:
If you will die you will fail and your avatar will be destroyed.
Run Away.
“Why do you give 10 Gold for such easy job?” Ace wanted to take this job, but was surprised for such big reward.
“Well you are new here. I was thinking you could use this money to learn some skills. I know you freeman can learn 5 new skills. When you will get them I will need you to do special quest.”
“OK.” He knew what he will need to train a lot to become strong. He was planning to learn: Cooking, Identification, Repair, Tailoring and Magic (Healing and Offensive).
Every player could get only 5 profession skills. To get more they needed to get Profession Class or Soul Crystal (1 crystal let to learn 1 more profession, but they was very expensive. You could buy a castle with 1 crystal).
His intuition told him what something is wrong with this girl and he must be very careful.
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