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Sterling,
An egg-shaped device opened, and a middle-aged man sat up with fear written on his face.
‘We are done’.
A sigh came out of his mouth. He looked out of the window and saw dust flying everywhere. ‘So, it ends like.’
Soon he started to wither and everything around him too wither into dust until only a colorful background remained.
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2200
Inside a room, a young man woke up in shock.
‘Is this a dream, the endless dream after death.’
Then he looked around and saw his room and a young familiar unfamiliar face in the mirror. Leon got up and looked out of the window and saw the bustling town, but that was not his goal and looked in the distance and saw the colorful boundary.
‘I returned to the past’.
Leon closed his eyes and thought about the century he lived before, the friends, enemies’ wars, etc. He spoke, “Welcome back to the start.” ‘Or back to the small cage.’ Then he looked at his mobile.
8 February 2200
‘Caged World should be released tonight, this time I will be one of the pioneers.’ Determination flashed in his eyes, then as he looked around, he paused, ‘Ah I forgot that I don’t even have money to buy the worst VR helmet, Should I call him’ he remembered his father. ‘No, he should be in the crypt, he sure hid well from us. He will come back in half a year.’
Then there was a knock on the door, and a cheerful voice came.
“Big brother, I am home.”
A smile appeared on his face, and he quickly opened the door, a young girl about 14 and a little malnourished face came in with a smile.
Lara “You sure woke up early.”
Leon thought about his laziness and laughed awkwardly “That’s nothing, how was the day today.”
Lara stopped smiling and put her hand on Leon’s forehead.
“What are you doing.”
“You are not sick, and the sun also didn’t come from the west, when did my lazy brother start to care about other than sleeping.”
Leon’s face darkened “I care about more things than sleeping.”
“Yes, eating.”
“You!”
Before Leon could catch her, she nimbly escaped his grasp showing her tongue to him.
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*sigh* ‘I was so weak that I couldn’t even keep up with a teenage kid.’
This era had a heavy emphasis on physical fitness and nerds like Leon were ignored by society.
While Lara went to freshen up Leon started to think about further plans on the sofa.
‘Currently Carleton Federation should have four cities and 29 towns with a population of 7 million, the biggest disaster upcoming should be the Alliance of Tier 1 Federations which made us lose 4 towns and even almost lose Fort Sterling if not for the master’s stepped up.’
‘We all realize the importance of Caged World a month late, but who would have thought that the virtual game would affect reality? A city captured full of NPCs will appear with real people increasing the boundary of the federation.’
‘The first real pot of gold is the silver wing town, 5000 population, 4 Tier 1 level 30 rouges, but that will take time, I need to quickly reach Tier 1, and form a Tier one team before a month.’
‘The university should distribute a free VR set that should suffice my current needs, but when was the last time I went to the University.’
Leon got up, changed quickly, and said goodbye to Lara who was looking with suspicious eyes.
“Brother did you get enlightened.”
“Think about something like that, I will come back by night.”
Leon then called a taxi and went to the nearest city Sterling, where his Cyrus University of Business was located.
Leon had a nostalgic feeling as he looked at the old-fashioned surroundings and greenery which needed to be protected in the future.
After half an hour Leon entered the university where no one gave a second look at him, depending upon the little bit of memory he reached the gaming club, and in the club h e s, aw a familiar face.
‘Yes here comes the class rep, he sure was a pain in the ass.’
Marvin the class representative was a regular caller to him.
‘Sometimes I seriously doubt his gender.’
Marvin seemed to notice something and looked at him with surprise “Yo, what a surprise it is Leon, what made you come here today.”
Leon “I just wanted to take my things home.”
“Your things?”
“Yes, I want the VR headset.”
“You finally planned to do something. The class is creating a guild you can join us.”
Leon nodded “I would like to but I prefer to be Lone ranger.”
“As you wish.”
Leon looked behind his back and went to the warehouse and took his VR set after some paperwork. After going home Leon took a deep breath of “Here it goes Again.”
After making a simple dinner he went to Lara’s room
“Go to sleep early, I have made the dinner.”
Lara looked at his back with a smile ‘He sure changed, maybe he found a girl he likes.’
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Leon lay on his bed waiting for the game to start.
At 10 pm the background finally changed and light started to spread out from him.
A screen came in front of him.
Select your class
Warrior
Mage
Priest
Assassin
Ranger
These were the five basic classes available at the start.
“Ranger” Leon went with his old class as he knew about it the most.
Ranger selected
Your in-game name
“Leon”
Naming successful
You will be teleported to Marshville Town in sixty seconds.
‘Status’
Player: Leon Id: XXXXXX
Class: Ranger
Level: 00
(0/1000)
Free points : 0 Skill points: 0 HP: 10 ATK: 11 DEF: 10 SPD: 12 SP ATK: 12 SP DEF: 11 Mana: 10
Skills
Active
-
Passive
On the Mark (0/300)
Critical hit +5%
Weapon proficiency
-
'Ah still not a lucky one
(Lucky One was a skill that increases the hidden luck stat which would help one in many situations)
Welcome to Marshville Town
Leon then teleported to a place with new players exclaiming at the real feeling and some talking to NPC while some Shouting for teams and also some perverts.
Leon took a deep breath 'Back where I belong too'