After I took a seat the commanding officer or Colonel as I later learned began his lecture.
“Now that everyone is present.”
-More glares directed towards me-
“I will provide the full details of the mission.”
“Before I begin the next part is highly confidential so if anyone wishes to not participate leave this room now.”
Seeing nobody getting up to leave the Colonel proceeded to the mission.
“As you may all know our military has formed a contract with Unicorn Corp by providing funds in exchange for numerous amounts of capsules along with virtual simulations programs, which you have all already experienced first-hand.”
At this point everybody nodded in agreement. After all, the mission simulations were unbelievably realistic. I could still remember the 3 days I spent in the last mission with the objective of retrieving the missing package.
The desert and canyon were very well made. In the day the temperature steadily rose causing me to sweat and even the annoying bits of sand trying to get into my eyes were well done.
The simulation even had features where it could make me feel hungry and the pain was in my opinion was unnecessarily realistic.
The crazy part was even though I spent 3 days in the simulation only 18 hours had passed in real time. Due to Unicorn’s technology the capsule could speed up the functions of the brain resulting in 4 days in the simulation only amounting to 1 day in real time.
During Joshua’s inner chain of thoughts the Colonel was covering the same information so I’ll spare you a repeat.
Before the Colonel could continue one of the recruits raised his hand.
“Sir, this is very interesting and all but what’s your point?”
“My point is if you don’t shut up I will personally see to your discipline.”
The poor man’s face quickly paled and he quickly put his hand back down.
“As I was about to say, Unicorn Corp was at one time in what could be called a financial slump due to their many competitors. This is also the reason we sought Unicorn out using this opportunity to establish a contract exchanging small amounts of funds for a bulk of capsules.”
“However Unicorn pooled together all their funds and has finished developing a new game called Royal Road.”
At this point another recruit burst out laughing.
“Hahaha Sir, haha I’m sorry but you can’t possibly be serious that our mission is due to a simple game right sir?”
Faster than the helpless recruit could react the Colonel dragged the man out of his seat with one hand and held him up in the air.
“Private let me get one thing through that thick skull of yours and I want you and everyone here to understand what I’m about to say. Do you understand me private?”
The recruit was shivering in fear and desperately trying to nod to show that he was listening.
“Private, I am dead serious and the next time someone interrupts me they will be severely reprimanded. Do I Make Myself Clear?”
Nodding profusely the recruit was dropped back into his seat as the Colonel walked back to the center leaving the recruit still nodding and shivering in his seat.
“As I was saying, Unicorn has developed a VRMMORPG game called Royal Road. They have already taken means to advertise as much as they can before the release of the game substantially boosting sales for both capsules and game subscription.”
“Their success is no joke and their value has sky rocketed. Our financial department is very concern over the sudden expansion of Unicorn’s success and the predicted rising values are astronomical, they may equate to the fortune of an entire nation on their own if this continues.”
“As a measure of putting a check to Unicorn’s increasing financial power I want all of you to participate and conquer the game at all cost.”
“According to our sources placed in Unicorn Corp the reward for becoming the emperor of Royal Road will include 10% of all Unicorn’s sale profits for a month and the information provided by our sources also indicate that Unicorn will also be including a certain percentage of their Shares as a additional reward.”
“The whole point of the mission is to obtain these shares and bringing them into our nation’s control.”
“Now then are there any questions? No, good then as I have other matters to attend to I will now leave the rest to Dr. Cha Ping.”
Of course nobody spoke as we were all still wondering if the mission was a joke or whether a game could cause such a commotion.
It was then that a surprisingly tall oriental man in a white lab coat came up to replace the Colonel’s spot.
He was so tall that Joshua sitting next to the doctor thought the man was standing the entire time.
The two together proved a comical site as the Colonel looked small despite being 6 ‘1 with the doctor towering over him at what appears to be 7 ‘3 (in feet).
“Hello, as you all know who I am just call me Dr. Cha and please follow me to we’re you’ll be working until the end of your mission.”
Dr. Cha exited the debriefing room with the recruits in tow heading to another corridor which opened up into a wide room the size of a school gymnasium. There we could see that there were rows upon rows of capsules.
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As I was observing the room the doctor spoke down to me.
“82”
“What?”
“82 capsules”
“…how?”
“Simple, you’re just that easy to read.”
And with that the doctor walked off towards the capsules with the other recruits as leaving me fuming and cursing inside my head.
The doctor stood in front of the capsule and presented it to us.
“These are capsules I have modified for additional features. The capsules have an electric stimulus gel that will work your muscles for you with massaging features as well so a long extended time in game will not ruin your physique.”
“Additionally the capsules have been modified to take care of your basic needs, which I will not go into elaborate details and you do not have to worry about starving as food will also be taken care of.”
“The estimated time you can extend your game play in real time is 1 month which is equivalent to about 4 months in game, a huge advantage I might add.”
“Here is the information gathered by a squad who’ve participated in the 1000 players invited beta event.”
Taking out several packets the doctor had us distribute the packet until we each had one.
“The information provided is limited as they could only choose one city and were not allowed to leave during the 2 week beta trials.”
“You have 12 hours to read and prepare yourself for the game. The official launch of the game will start then. You are free to come to the capsules and start at any time. I will not be there so make sure you read the instructions and information provided to you.”
With that the doctor quickly took off only to turn around facing us again.
“Oh, I also forgot to mention your new living quarters is on the corridor on the right and you are free to choose your own room”
After the doctor left we all went and pick our own rooms, with nothing better to do since none of the recruits there wanted to speak to me I bunkered down and looked through every page of the packet, preparing myself for the mission to come.
12 hours slowly trickled by and the rest of the recruits exited their rooms heading towards the capsules where they would be spending the rest of their time.
Having nothing better to do once again I had already had my capsule prepared and waited till it was time for the official start of the game.
The scan on your iris and vein has determined that you are an unregistered user. Do you want to create a new account?
Hearing the soft feminine voice Joshua quickly realized Royal Road had finally connected and quickly proceed to activating his account.
“Yes.”
-Congratulations being the 4th player to create an account one of your requests will be taken into consideration if approved you will receive the benefits.-
Whoa the information didn’t cover this. I’ll have to think this through since this is an opportunity to get a head start advantage.
-Select the name of your Avatar-
“Alexander”
Joshua named his character after Alexander the Great in hopes that the name will provide some luck toward his conquest of Royal Road.
-Select your gender from male, female or neutral-
“Male!”
Joshua who is now Alexander shuddered at the thought of how his commanding officers and fellow unaccepting comrades would react if they found out he was female or neutral whatever that might be.
-Royal Road has forty-nine races. You may select your race from the primary twenty-nine ra-
“Excuse me!”
-Yes?-
“Before I pick a race can I have my request fulfilled?”
-What is your request?-
“Can I start off as the emperor?”
-Your request has been denied-
…
“I have another request”
-What is your request?-
“Can my avatar have a mix race that is not part of the 29 primary races?”
-Please wait-
…
-Normally no but being one of the first 10 accounts to be created your request has been granted-
“Can I see myself as half human and half dragon?”
An image appeared reflecting me. The only changes were a slightly pointed ear that could make other mistake me for an elf except for the fact that my eyes had a mysterious swirl of color with a sharp pupil making me look wild. There were no scales, wings, horns or even a tail but I still liked the powerful vibe the eyes were giving me.
“I want my avatar to be half human and dragon”
-Done-
-You may alter your appearance-
“The way I am”
-Your account has been activated. Your stats and class shall be determined while you are playing Royal Road-
-Select a city and kingdom you want to start.-
The information only covered one city so I decided to pick that one.
“The Citadel of Serabourg, Rosenheim Kingdom!”
-Welcome to Royal Road-
So now the real adventure begins
Thanks for reading, working on the stats table and what not so I'll be brainstorming till the next post. {[999abo}]