Chapter 3: Making Character
*System: Welcome to NAL.
*Adjustment in progress… (1/10)
*Start visual synchronization...
The resolution of NAL is neither FHD nor 4K. The world is more detailed than 8k and 16k. So there is no monitor on the NAL console. Instead, they shoot images and spaces directly into a person's optic nerve. Even if you have an eye problem, if the optic nerve is alive, NAL's world is visible.
*Visual synchronization complete.
Not only vision but also hearing, touch, taste, and so on are continuously synchronized.
Reconciliation in progress… (6/10)
*System: Neuro-synchronization starts.
The NAL console disconnects the brain from the Demian spine. Now what he does is not working in the actual world, but NAL.
* System: Please check the precautions.
precautions
1. This console belongs to you, and you cannot change the user.
2. Only one character can be created on one console device.
3. Your death is not the death of reality. The death of the character.
4. Items and orders exist to undo the character's death. Find the ways in the game.
5. If not resurrected within 48 hours of death, the character will die permanently. (Delete Character)
6. After the character's permanent death, we limited the creation of new characters on the same console device to 48 hours.
7. Newly created characters cannot inherit the ability of a dead character.
8. However, some items could inherited. (Conditional)
9. You start with nothing. Be aware of the danger of death from the moment you leave the tutorial area.
10. Get as much information as you can from the tutorial area.
*Did you check? Answer with a voice.
"I checked."
*System: Checking console instrument.
…
*System: User. Nax Demian. Console device theft compensation.
"What? What kind of reward?"
*System: Based on AI Gaia's judgment, we provide damage compensation to Nax Damian customers. Decide what rewards you will receive.
1. Game currency
2. Additional status point
3. Rare item
4. A second life
5. Rare combat class
6. Meeting with Gaia
"Hmm..."
It's a choice again.
"A second life will be worth it. But it is expendable."
"I don't know the class system of this game yet."
"Isn't the status eventually rising when you play games?"
Demian recalled a phone call with Gaia. Gaia asked him to talk to her personally.
"I'll have a meeting with Gaia."
*System: Confirmed. Go around NAL, find her.
"What? I'm not seeing her right now? Oh, I should've asked for a second life."
Then the game started.
* System: Start customizing your character.
It made characters based on the user's actual appearance. You don't have to be disappointed. Some changes in appearance are possible.
• Overcoming obstacles. Burn marks and skin diseases can all be cured.
• Your physical disturbances are overcome only for the part where the NAL console support.
• The length of the head and the length of the fur can change.
• Age starts at 20 years old unconditionally. It applies to all characters in common.
• Gender cannot be changed.
• Face deformation is not possible, but gained wounds, scars, and skin diseases can be eliminated.
The appearance of Demian's character has been created. He looks at himself through a full-body mirror.
20 years old. A well-managed body. There is a clean skin face with all the acne marks and scars gone. The beard and eyebrows are neatly arranged.
"Cool!"
*We are creating your profile...
& Nax Damien (actual name, find a way to use a pseudonym in the game).)
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Language: English (automatic translation of NAL continental language)
Combat Class: None, None, None
Social Work: None, None, None
"Are we starting now? Oh, no. There's still something to do."
*System: Description of the status.
Descriptions of the status system in NAL appear in front of Damian's eyes. a considerable amount of textual pressure
"Read all this?"
Fortunately, a system notice appears immediately to soothe his mind.
*System: You don't need to know everything right now. Follow your intuition.
!! Your diary has been updated. Added a description of the capability values. The updated diary can be found at the end of each session.
"Let's skim it."
Most of the texts were skipped by Demian, but the key points were not missed. He quickly organizes things to himself.
"There is a stat called 'STRENGTH'. Increasing muscle strength also increases 'Hit Point' and physical attack power. Muscle strength affects body movement. I can understand it intuitively."
"Next is 'MAGIC POWER'. If MGP is increased, 'Mana Point' will be increased. And it affects the power of magic and technology."
"Typical."
"Hit-Point and Mana Point are HP and MP. And there's a figure called Spirit Point. This mentality affects morale. The maximum value is 100 unconditionally. If high, it will be a buff effect. If low, it will be debuff, if 0..."
Demian finishes organizing by saying one last word.
"Death."
*System Warning: Check the Spirit Point for more details.
"Hmm? You must have seen the explanation."
*System: You must read all letters for Spirit Point details. We are scanning the user's optic nerve movement, so please read it all.
"What, you're monitoring me to see if I read it?"
*System: Hit-Point is the same as Health Point in other games. Even if you lose HP, you don't get any impact or wounds on your actual body. However, Spirit Point can actually shock the user's mind. Therefore, you must read it.
• Spirit Point is positively influenced by fraud, toughness, endurance, courage, justice, and desperation.
• Instead, this is negatively affected by anxiety, fear, disappointment, frustration, betrayal, failure, and remorse.
• When gaining or eating items that are given effects such as mood-boosting drugs and delicious food, the NAL console can also use brain waves to stimulate dopamine and endorphin excretion in the user's brain.
• When ordered to attack the mental system, symptoms such as confusion, obstruction of vision, and dizziness are real.
• The NAL console can attempt to block certain senses to protect you from excessive Spirit shock.
• Recognize that even if you have the same Spirit Point with others, impact may vary depending on individual differences.
• Unlike HP 0 death, SP 0 death can have aftereffects.
When Demian reads all the letters sincerely, a notification pops up in the system.
*Character's Status has been confirmed. Character customization is now complete.
& Nax Demian
STR: 78 (Based on STR in reality). )
MGP: 22 (MaGic Power) (Sum of STR and MGP are automatically set to 100).
HP : 85 / 85
MP : 24 / 24
SP: 50
* System: You were chosen as the pioneer of the New World. There is a prologue. Shall we start? You can skip it.
"Let's skip."
There are three starting points for the game. 80 percent of users start their games as 'pioneers seeking freedom and prosperity.' And about 20 percent of users start with 'escape refugees from Kang-ho.'
And less than 1% of players start with a unique story with special backgrounds and settings.
* System: Now you're going to the Tutorial Square. I wish you good luck.
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Wearing ragged clothes, Demian is lying down and looking at the blue sky. Fluttering winds hit the body. He was on a grass hill with green vegetation. He feels the sensation of his whole body one by one.
"It's more real than real."
The world in which the NAL console stimulates both Demian's visual, auditory, and tactile senses is so real.
"Let's walk."
Demian gets up and starts walking. He doesn't feel awkward at all.
"I feel like I'm really walking."
He walks around and finds other people. They look at the world wonderfully like Demian.
"New users like me."
The NPC, which says "Tutor of Tutorial Square" overhead, is shouting as it goes around the new characters.
"You walk like a newborn calf!"
"You're just 20 years old! Now there are no parents taking care of you!"
"Get used to feeling your body before the tutorial begins!"
Then, someone talked to Demian.
"Huh? Excuse me?"
The man who suddenly approached Demian. He seems to be a new user too, seeing that he is wearing ragged clothes. The man's body looked a little thin, but his eyes were full of energy.
Demian answers.
"Yes. What's the matter?"
"I made the wrong character. I should start as a refugee, not a pioneer."
"I see, but that's not a choice, is it?"
"You're right. I'm going to erase the character and make it again until I start as a refugee."
Demian feels unpleasant about his words.
'Re-roll player.'
The act of erasing and re-creating a character until the desired result is obtained. It is called 'REROLL' or 'SAVE SCUM'.
"That's why. I'm going to erase this character, anyway."
"So what?"
"Take my money. I don't need this."
As soon as he started, Demian was in a foul mood when he met a tricky player who interfered with the game's immersion. He refuses.
"No."
"What? Are you ignoring my favor?"
Seeing an opponent suddenly turning into a belligerent tone, Demian figured it out.
'He's a fraud.'
Fraudsters against new users. If you get paid, you'll make strange demands.
'It's best to avoid these people.'
"I'm sorry, but I won't accept the money. I have a question for the instructor. Let's stop this conversation."
"Hung."
The opponent turned back and walked toward another new user. Demian observed him because his behavior was suspicious.
Soon after, the man spoke to a new female user in rags.
"Your character. Something's not right."
"What? Me? Why? Am I weird?"
"Why did you start the game without your bag? Don't tell me you don't have any money."
"What? Does it start with a bag of money?"
Women look for pockets, but there is nothing. All new users start empty-handed.
"Weird. Here's my money. I'm going to delete this character anyway."
Demian wanted to stop him. Because the innocent female user seemed to be deceived by him. Demian interjected between them and said.
"Don't cheat on new users who know nothing."
"What does that mean? I was just trying to do a simple favor."
The man's intentions were not yet known, but apparently, he had other plans. Demian chose because he was likely to continue searching for victims. 'Let's find out what he's doing.'
"The money. Give it to me."
"Haha! You must have changed your mind since I said I'd give it to someone else. All right, here's the money!"
He gives 100 gold to Demian. Having just started the game, he couldn't tell how much the money was worth.
However, because the weight was considerable, he felt that the money was considerable.
'He must be a crook. It makes little sense to have this much money from the start.'
When Demian gets paid, the man's outfit changes. His ragged clothes turn into a black coat. Inside the coat is a luxurious black men's blouse. His bare feet turn into black and clean boots. The gold necklace around his neck is studded with embroidery that glows brightly. He was not a new user.
"Well, I'd like to say hello to all the new users here. My name is Baltan, a former user of this game."
The sudden introduction of the nicely dressed man drew the attention of new users on the meadow.
"Originally, you have to wait a long time on this meadow. The NPC instructor is lazy. But! I brought an interesting event."
Baltan raised his hand and shouted in front of people.
"Quest! Nax Demian insulted me and extorted my money. I'll give 10,000 experience to the one who kills the Nax Demian!"
The letter Q rises above Baltan's head.
"Quest?"
Those who see the letter Q above his head can see the following text.
Quest: Killing Nax Damian
Client: Baltan Wu
A man named Nax Damien insulted me and extorted 100 gold from me. After you kill him, get 100 gold back.
Reward: 10,000 Experience.
*System: Diary has been updated.
!! Diary: Quest System
Description: NAL's cross-user quest system. A user requests a quest. He bets his experience, or his gold, on compensation. And whoever completes the quest gets the experience. If the content of the request is easy, there is a limit to experience value and compensation for goods.
Someone asks a question after seeing his quest.
"Is it possible to attack in the tutorial space?"
Baltan answers right away.
"I can't. Anyone who has ever left the tutorial square cannot attack new users in the square. However, it is possible to fight between new users."
No one will step up. Demian is a robust young man. He has a high start strength of 78. It is burdensome for new users who are just born in the NAL world to deal with it with their bare hands.
"I'll do it."
One person raised his hand. A new user dressed in rags like everyone else But he had a sword in his hand that no one else had. The shape and pattern are luxurious for beginners to use. One of the new users raises questions.
"What? Why is he holding a sword?"
"Everyone's gonna start with a ragged suit."
Then another new user shouted.
"I saw that black man talking to him and giving him that sword!"
"What, so they were in one team?"
The person who made the quest and the person who accepted the quest were a team. Baltan admits.
"Hahaha, yeah. I'll be honest with you. I'm trying to give my friend experience for his rapid growth. This is the way to get the experience as soon as you start. If any of you want to be strong quickly, let me know. If you transfer some cash to me in actual life, I will give you a quest to get experience easily."
And Baltan looks at Demian.
"To give someone an experience of 10,000, we need to request murder. You can't just request murder. There should be 100 gold worth of grudges."
shouted the woman who almost fell victim to the blast.
"What? Killing another user for experience? Isn't that cheating?"
The man with the sword shouts.
"No, that's what NAL's system allowed. It's a gameplay method that Gaia admits."
Baltan agrees.
"You should be thankful that you die as soon as you create a character. If we killed the characters you grew a lot, the loss would have been even greater."
*System: Baltan's quest acceptance has been completed.
"Ryan has accepted my quest. Please cheer for him."
A swordsman called Ryan walks toward the Demian.
& Ryan Bran
Age: 20
Language: English
STR: 80
MGP : 20
HP: 88
MP: 22
SP: 50
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!! Diary and Logs
@ Item information
& Character Status
% Skill information
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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