Hello everyone, my name is Simon Bird. I’m currently 19 years old. I’m an ad clicker and I have just finished my high school. I’m an orphan and currently I live by myself in a somewhat decent apartment in Toronto, Canada. My hobby is reading novel and playing games. I’m fluent in English, France, Chinese and somewhat understood Japanese. Chinese and Japanese are extremely useful for my hobby. I love wuxia and xianxia novel and I also love Japanese games, so I don’t have to wait for the English release for them to read or play them.
Today, there’s a new game launching called The World online. The World online is a MMORPG that is anticipated by many MMO fans. The game promise things like vast open world, beautiful graphics, vast crafting system, deep economy system, pets, etc. The World online is the only MMORPG that doesn’t have a class requirement for certain skill, so player could build their characters the way the player wanted. But player can only choose 10 skills among the hundred that available. And The World online offer many races that are unlock from the start. Player can also choose to be a half race, combining one race with another. This made the character that each person created to be different.
Currently, I’m at the local game store trying to buy The World online. The game is not F2P but P2P. And currently, I’m queuing at the game store line , it is a freaking long line at that. “At this rate, it’s going to be night time until I came home”
2 hours later and finally I’m at the counter. The counter lady smiled and said “How may I help you?” I smiled back at the lady “Miss I wanted a copy of The World”
“Sure thing, you want the Ultimate edition, Gold edition or the normal one?”
“What’s the difference?” I asked the lady with confused looks.
The lady chuckled and said “The Ultimate edition comes with an exclusive outfit with design fully customizable by the player, a 20 bonus points for stats, and two exclusive skills that player can choose. The Gold edition is pretty much the same but with only the 10 bonus points and only one exclusive skill. The normal one are pretty much normal”
“So how much is it?” I asked while taking out my wallet. “The Ultimate edition are 200 US dollars, the Gold edition are 100 US dollars, and the normal ones are 60 US dollars”. It is so freaking expensive those Ultimate and gold edition are. “Fine, give me the Ultimate edition” The lady smiled and said “Ok sir, do you want to pay in cash or with card?” I gave the money to the lady “With cash, so where’s my game?”
“Here it is sir. By the way, the server are open tomorrow but you can create your character today. Thanks for purchasing and have a nice day”
15 minute walked from the game store and I’m home. At home, I quickly installed the game on my computer. While waiting, I do my job and click on those ads. It is not a bad job. I got around 30 to 50 US dollars per day, so I got around 600 to 1500 US dollars per months. 20 minute later and the game is finally installed. I quickly open it and put on my ID and password. Then come to the most hyped parts of the game, the character creation.
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Welcome to The World
Do you want to create your character?
Y/N
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I clicked yes and the game showed me the race menu. I know that the game promise to have many race, but damn I didn’t expect it to be this many. There are literally every race that existed in those fantasy novels, manga and video games here. Human, elves, dwarf, angel, various kind of demons, dragon, draconian, beast-man, various magical beast, etc.
I want to choose human, but they’re too common and ordinary. So I looked at various races that resemble human in physique. There are few that resemble human in physique. There are angel, demons, beast-man, elves, dark elves, dwarf, draconian and vitalex.
The descriptions of each race are as follow:
Angel
A celestial being that are born with majestic wings.
High magical stats, Average physical stats
Late bloomer
Fame increase faster
100% Affinity for light
-100% Affinity for darkness
Demon
A foul being chased out by most people for being dangerous. They come in different species.
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Average magical stats, High physical stats
Late bloomer
Infamy increase faster
100% Affinity for darkness
-100% Affinity for light
Beast-Man
A nomadic race that enjoy nature. Most of them enjoy combat.
High physical stats, Low Magical stats
High physical resistant stats
50% Increased damage without weapon
-50% Experience with magic
Elves
A race with pointy ears that have high affinity with nature itself. They enjoy seclusion deep within the forest.
High magical stats, Low physical stats
100% Nature affinity
50% Experience with magic
Dark Elves
Born from elves consumed by darkness, dark elves are a warrior of nature. They prefer night over day and they hate elves as much as elves hate dark elves
High Physical stats, Low magical stats
50% Affinity for darkness
50% Nature affinity
Dwarf
A race full of midgets. They are good at metallurgy. Legends said that the finest armor and weapon are made by dwarf
High physical stats, No magical stats (Cannot learn magic)
High magic resistant stats
50% Experience with crafting
Draconian
Born from dragon and a human, Draconian have both of their traits. While not as long lived and as strong as dragons, Draconian are more versatile than dragons and can learn bunch of things.
High physical stats, High magical stats
Late bloomer
-50% Experience gain
Dragonic awakening at level 50
Cannot be selected with other race
Vitalex
An ancient race long forgotten by man. They resemble human but different. Many thought that they are extinct, but in reality they are merely hiding. Now ready to face the outside world, they began to rise once more to glory they once have.
50% Experience gain
50% Skill experience gain
-50% Fame or infamy gain
Vital awakening at level 50
Cannot be selected with other race
I don’t know why but in the end, I choose vitalex. There’s something in that race that intrigue me. My gaming instincts tell me so. Since vitalex is a race that cannot be selected with other race I then proceed to customize my character, so that means no Halfling. I customize my character with long blue hair and a fairly handsome face. I choose red for his eyes, and I choose my physique to be somewhat athletic. I made my character around 180 cm tall. Finally, I named my character Simon Bird. And with that I finished creating my character.
Then I hear my stomach grumbling. I check my fridge, but it was empty. I ended up going out looking for food. Surprisingly it is still 6 pm, the time when people going home from work. Just when you think that nothing in this world would surprise you anymore, the world just love to prove you just how wrong you are.
“BANG BANG BANG”
“DON’T MOVE!!!!” said a person while holding a gun pointing it right next to someone’s head. “Easy buddy… We could talk this through” somebody was trying to calm him down. “TALK ? I HAD PLENTY OF IT. YOU’RE ALL CRAZY. WHY MUST YOU FOLLOW ALL OF THIS BULLSHIT AND BE JUST FINE” said the man angry. “Bullshit? What bullshit? The only bullshit here are you holding a gun next to that man” said another guy. “You…you’re crazy. What kind of bull are you saying? I’ve done nothing wrong and you suddenly….”
“BANG”
Before the man finished talking, his head already been shot and blood spurt everywhere and screams can be heard.
“Before this escalated further, let’s escape” I think while slowly slipping through the crowd.
“YOU…. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? YOU THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE? I WILL RELEASE YOU FROM THIS PAIN CALLED LIFE” shouted the man holding a gun while pointing the gun right at me.
“BANG”
Shot’s fired and went straight to my chest. Apparently I’m going to die. What life this was, dying to a crazy man holding a gun. Sigh… Now I won’t get a chance to play The World. But just before I die, I saw a UI that looks very much alike to that of The World.
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Do you want a second change at life
Y/N
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