Prime Gear is the newest game console that was released internationally. It was highly appreciated by the players where they could play the games by using a virtual reality simulator without any high impact damage to the real body. Before the players could go to the game they are simultaneously calibrated in order to avoid bugs and errors during the game. At first the Prime Gears are used as simulators for driving however due to innovation and enhanced technology a company started to invest on it and changed it into a game console where anyone could use the said device.
After two years the Prime Gear was released, an MMORPG game for Prime Gear was introduced and many where hooked and it was called “War of the Lions” or simplified as “WOTL”. On the first week almost 500,000 players registered to the game. The game offers a huge variety of programs such as 13 Intermediate Job-Classes, 26 Advance Job-Classes, 52 Superior Job-Class, and another 52 Transcendent Job-Classes; a vast world which is wide as the half of the real world; tons of detailed items; and A.I. NPC featured game.
Most of the players are hooked by the tons of job system they can select after being a Squire-Class in the first hour of the game. Upon level up only the stats are added. Skills could level up by using it frequently. Aside from “Job Skills” there is also “Sub Skills” which comes from interacting NPCs; like haggling, persuading, charisma, interrogating, and many more.
After being a Squire-Class, players could select variety of Intermediate Job-Class; there are thirteen of it –
* First is the Swordsman that could advance to Knight or Crusader
* Second is the Acolyte that could advance to Priest or Cleric
* Third is the Brawler that could advance to Martial Artist or Boxer
* Fourth is the Archer that could advance to Hunter or Gunman
* Fifth is the Mage that could advance to Wizard or Shaman
* Sixth is the Artisan that could advance to Blacksmith or Chemist
* Seventh is the Thief that could advance to Rogue or Assassin
* Eighth is the Spearman that could advance to Lancer or Dragoon
* Ninth is the Mercenary that could advance to Samurai or Bandit
* Tenth is the Pirate that could advance to Buccaneer or Brigand
* Eleventh is the Artist that could advance to Bard or Dancer
* Twelfth is the Merchant that could advance to Poacher or Miner
* Thirteenth is the Fencer that could advance to Duelist or Elitist
And after advancement is the Transcendent Job, however after three months no one knows how to transcend to another job in the game.
Eiji Tachikawa was the former champion of the game called “Final Tactics” and he was the last one. It was a MMORPG game not played by Prime Gear and it was the greatest game a decade before the release before WOTL. However due to the new experience given by the Prime Gear and WOTL many players of Final Tactics switched to it and because the population of the game Final Tactics drops over 85% over a month, the admin decided to close the game forever.
Eiji was frustrated being the last champion of the game. He spent months of training to become the champion and then all of a sudden after becoming one the game shut down and because of the frustration he promised himself not to play the game and focus on his studies.
He was already third year in his high school. His classmates which were gamers often called him the “Prodigy” not because he was a champion but because of his great ability to calculate and call the shots in battle.
[3-B Eiji’s Classroom]
“Hey Eiji! Mornin!”
A guy with spectacle greeted him.
“Yo Tsu-kun! Morning!”
Eiji replied.
“Have you heard? Otamura-senpai and his guild in WOTL are getting financed by the school.”
“No doubt… Even we were being financed by the school during my days in Final Tactics however it only lasted for three months.”
Eiji sighed.
“Otamura-senpai and some of his guild mates were pioneers of the game. They might not be the top one but I am certain that they are some of the big shots in the game.”
“Hey Tsu-kun, how did you know it?”
Eiji interrogated.
“Well… I played WOTL last weekend and I ended up to a town handled by the guild of Otamura-senpai.”
Tsusuke answered.
“Tsusuke Ishida, are you playing games without me? Huh?!”
“Well… Yes… Don’t be angry dude, I already invited you several times but you declined me each time. So I was flustered and played it myself. The game was pretty good. It was better than playing Final Tactics in your computer monitor.”
“Geez, WOTL and Final Tactics are different. So why comparing both? Well, I really have no plans on playing WOTL so best of luck.”
Eiji said.
“Good morning you two…”
A tired laid-back good looking guy greeted Tsusuke and Eiji.
“Mornin Kaede-kun. You looked tired dude.”
Tsusuke replied.
“Well, I’ve been playing WOTL for two hours and I forgot the homework and I finished it around two in the morning.”
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“Wait you’ve been playing for straight five days in the WOTL?”
“Five days?”
Eiji was puzzled.
“One hour in real world is equivalent to sixty hours in WOTL. Time differential system. The more time you spent in WOTL won’t really affect you much in real world. But dude… That was exhausting.”
Tsusuke answered Eiji and sympathized Kaede.
“Kii-chan drag me last night and told her to teach her the basics of WOTL however an hour after she become Gunman we explored outside the squire zone and she was totally a frenzied.”
“Wait… Are you Kiitani Miyamura of 3-A ask help to you? Are you even close?”
Tsusuke agitatedly asked Kaede.
“No dude… We are not close. It’s just that she doesn’t know how to play the game and most of her classmates play WOTL and she couldn’t cope with the talks and peers so she decided to seek me.”
“Why you?”
“Remember, I am the Offensive Squad Leader of our guild in Final Tactics and she saw an article of us last week that decides her to seek help with me.”
“Oh… I remember Kiitani-san asked me the other day if I could help her playing WOTL but I declined since I am not playing it.”
Eiji said.
“What?! How come you two were asked and I am not? I am the Vice-Leader of the Guild…”
Tsusuke aggravatingly said.
“Maybe if you stay more often in the campus after class rather than heading to your room and play WOTL immediately then there is a chance Kii-chan asked you.”
Kaede answered.
“So you are really close huh? Calling Kiitani-san, Kii-chan eh?”
Eiji mischievously asked.
“No were not. She told me to call her Kii-chan and that’s all.”
The conversation was cut when their homeroom teacher arrives the room. Everyone was seated and calm upon the teacher arrives.
After classes, Eiji goes to the gym to play basketball. He is not a regular but he was consistently asked for help by the team because of his superb movements. Kaede was being called by the Student Council at that time and Tsusuke head back immediately in his room on the school dorm to play WOTL.
In the basketball game, Eiji was fast and agile. No one could cope up his speed. Aside from his speed is his passing where accurate and fast however his shooting ability is low. There was once the coach tried to invite him in the team but he humbly declined.
After the game Eiji and three of the regulars goes to the changing room. Eiji heard that WOTL will held a tournament in six months. One of them told that Otamura will join the said tournament and he was already recruiting strong players in campus since the school offers him and his guild facilities in the campus grounds.
The Sekigara Gakuen had no prominent records in academics but in other parts like sports and games they always leave a mark. Eiji’s school said to be a school for brawns however he always think that his school offers opportunity that the others couldn’t see.
Later that day, Eiji arrives in front of his room in the dormitory. He saw Kaede who just arrived and he was about to go inside to his own room. Eiji’s room and Kaede’s room where just next to each other and Tsusuke’s room was two rooms far from them on the left. Eiji asked Kaede how’s the meeting with the Student Council. Kaede said that he was invited to join Otamura’s guild. The Student Council offers deduction to his tuition and position to the guild given that he will do whatever the guild needs in the game.
“Even though the offers seems nice, I rejected it.”
“Why?”
“I want to explore WOTL as much as I could. Fame and glory is nothing without my friends in it.”
“If I play WOTL, will you join Otamura-senpai’s guild and accept the offer?”
Eiji knew that Kaede’s family isn’t rich and the tuition is coming from his academic scholarship. Only Kaede’s closest friends knew this. Kaede said that the winnings he made in Final Tactics are covering the other expenses of his tuition and he told Eiji not to bother by it.
Eiji immediately lie down in his bed as he enters his room. He didn’t changed clothes. He was still thinking about Kaede’s situation and wonders why he didn’t accept the offer. In Final Tactics he was one of the best players. Kaede’s ability is on par with Eiji but because of different class Eiji was ahead of one step but that didn’t matter to Kaede.
Eiji remembered the upcoming tournament that he heard on one of the basketball regular players earlier. He rose in the bed and seated in the nearby chair which had a computer set and search for it.
War of the Lions World’s First Tournament
Tourney Starts: August 7, 20XX
Level Capped: Level 90
Players per Team: 10 Players
Prizes at stake is $500,000.00. It was five times bigger than the last Final Tactics prize. Eiji thought that if they’d win Kaede’s tuition is off until his graduation. That tournament might help Kaede. On the other hand there are many strong players who was ahead of them and most of them are pioneers and beta-testers. Eiji’s solution was to get level 90 immediately but he didn’t know if he can reach in six months.
Thinking about Kaede’s problem, Eiji had now a resolution. He will join WOTL no matter what it takes just to help a friend. Since there is no drawbacks or consequences this time he will try to enter the said tournament.
On that night Eiji researched everything he could about War of the Lions.
Starting with the main attraction as an RPG game is the job class. The job classes isn’t too much unique but not too much common. At first there is the Squire-Class which is the lowest class and the starting class. Next to the Squire-Class is the Intermediate Job-Class which has a wide variety but most of the other games has this kinds of job class. After the Intermediate Job-Class is the Advanced Job-Class which possesses much advantage than the Intermediate Job-Class. There are some unique class that he noticed like Poacher-Class, Buccaneer-Class, and Elitist-Class. From Intermediate Job-Class a player can select one of the two option change depending on the taste of the player. Next to the Advanced Job-Class is the Superior Job-Class which is far stronger than the Advanced Job-Class. A player could select one of the two choices to become Superior-Class and each one has unique abilities and skills.
As Eiji was browsing noticed that there is a Spearman-Class in the Intermediate-Class. During Final Tactics days he was wielding a god-like spear which got from a god-level boss and in the last game he played there is no such job-class.
“It seems that if spear-type weapon is used to the other job-classes there are negative and positive effects it could provide.”
Eiji uttered while focusing in the monitor screen.
At that moment Eiji decides to become Spearman-Class as for the next job-class he’ll just see what will choose. He open forums about Spearman-Class and everything about it for the rest of the night.