The Bagasse: an insidious and diverse species; capable of nothing but raiding, dominating and destruction. For decades the Bagasse have been at war with the universe, until the faithful year of 2097. 
On the 10th may 2097 the Bagasse decided to lay siege on earth - in turn provoking Humanity and starting the 'eternal war'. 
August 12th 2103; Fung Jung, a Chinese physicist discovered definitive method of interacting with the soul. with Fung Jung's discovery the once hopeless war took a turn for the better, as countless biologists, physicists, quantum mechanics, martial artists and Chinese medical practitioners cumulated their knowledge in order to create the SOUL System; a method of pushing the body beyond its limit, emulating the doaist myths .
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Su Jiang's dream is to become a legend; unforgettable, unsurmountable, something to be feared and respected.
This is Su Jiang's journey of pain and pleasure, towards a fate unknown.

Inside the office building of Tencent was a busy scene. The occasional employee walking in the hallway didn't have the most optimistic expression. With company performance continuing to slide, employees sensed the risk of upcoming layoffs.
Yes, the lifespan of QQ wasn't the longest these days.
Once Future 1.0's messenger function came online, the number of active users on QQ trended negatively. The QQ project lead was so stressed that his hair almost turned completely white, but he was still unable to come up with a solution to reclaim the messaging throne.
What? User stickiness? That's right - when your friends, family, and friends on the internet all use QQ, it might be difficult to change users' messenger tool of choice. But when all your friends, family and friends on the internet already installed Future 1.0 and Future 1.0 happened to come out with a messenger function, was QQ really irreplaceable?
Especially since Future Technology used a "shady" technique - friend synchronization technology!
WeChat and QQ could synchronize a phone's contact list, and Future 1.0's overpowering function could synchronize WeChat and QQ friend lists. So any user with Future 1.0, QQ, and WeChat installed, Future 1.0 would be able to sync all a user's friends with the click of a button and separate the friends based on the filter.
This move made the project lead of QQ curse Future 1.0's mother, but he couldn't do anything about it. Future Technology hadn't violated any laws - it synced friend lists with the user's permission and didn't pose any threat to QQ's functionality, nor did it trigger any laws regarding vicious competition.
At least for messaging software on mobile platforms, Future Technology already snatched more than half of all users. It was fortunate that QQ was still competitive because of its PC platform, but WeChat, which normally always had a stunning performance, suffered greatly.
The foundation that formed the skyscraper of Penguin Empire was QQ - all other products were based on this foundation.
And now, Future 1.0 was attacking the foundation itself.
"Boss, Future Technology has made a new move." An assistant with square glasses walked in and slid a document gently in front of Ma Huateng.
He sat in front of his table with gloom all over his face. His eyes didn't leave the laptop screen at all.
It was an article reposted by News Net.
<Virtual Reality Masterpiece, Godly Land, has officially begun its internal testing. Future Technology welcomed 2000 players around the world to board a luxury cruise.>
Future Technology had been promoting virtual reality technology lately. Ma Huateng was skeptical if they could make their money back with the massive campaign they launched.
He had some understanding of virtual reality technology. While the country had made some technology in the field domestically, compared to Google and Microsoft, there was still a sizeable disparity.
[Virtual reality MMORPG overseas is still in its infancy, yet you wanted to get ahead of the game - what's the point? Once they eat the meat, they will just take the leftovers and fry it, and it will still be delicious. What's the need for innovation? In a 1.3 billion market, copyright is nonexistent.]
[Foolish, how foolish.]
Ma Huateng shook his head.
If virtual reality MMORPG in internal testing was really as magical as they made it sound, it would be an unprecedented shockwave to the traditional MMORPGs on PC and mobile platforms.
What made it difficult was that the testing location of Godly Land was in Pannu Islands; there was no media coverage and no leaked photos. Penguin possessed only minimal information.
Was it the traditional sensory VR equipment or the rumored immersive virtual reality technology? There was great debate about this on the internet. Some people claiming to be internal testers said it was, in fact, the traditional equipment. But other internal testers stated that Future Technology had developed the legendary immersive technology.
Because there were no leaked photos, the Godly Land seemed mysterious.
"Boss?" the assistant spoke out.
"Is there any renowned virtual reality company domestically?" Ma Huateng let out a sigh.
"Wanghai Lexiang Technology Company. They just introduced the Deepoon virtual reality equipment which uses Samsung AMOLED 1080 high definition screen with 75Hz rate and 120-degree wide angle screen. It performed superbly during the CES exhibition."
"Send people to discuss the acquisition," Ma Huateng ordered.
"Yes." The assistant nodded and left with quick steps.
It shouldn't be difficult to acquire the company - the virtual reality industry was never hot domestically, and the mild state meant there was a lack of capital in pursuit. If someone was willing to pay for their creativity, they were probably more willing to exchange their technology for cash.
Ma Huateng stood up and walked to the giant window.
He glanced down at Shen's streets as well as his reflection in the window. His eyes narrowed.
[Okay, since Future Technology has entered the virtual reality era, let me play with you then!]
…
The so-called Icarus paradox referred to an enterprise with a monopoly in the market and a fear of change; the company would be reluctant to conduct management, technology, and business model updates. This would make it difficult to adapt to the ever-changing environment and the company would lose its advantage with the arrival of new competition.
What was the Icarus effect? It referred to an enterprise already with a monopoly in the market using all its resources to prevent change from occurring. Examples could be seen by energy giants divesting from new energy resources or hostile takeovers of new energy companies.
But because of Future Technology's unbreakable share structure and excellent operating conditions, it gave the tech giants no vulnerabilities to target.
At the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle:
The chief executive officer, Satia Nadra, sat in front of his desk while staring at his coffee. He zoned out while listening to his assistant's report.
"… HoloLens' sales in July increased by 27%."
When he heard this, he recollected his thoughts.
HoloLens was virtual reality equipment based on the Windows 10 design by Microsoft. It received a positive market reaction since it was introduced to the market in 2016, but the significant fluctuation in sales was a rare sight.
"… Till the market closed, Nasdaq's virtual reality sector all ended in the green. Due to virtual reality division, our company's stock also rose by 3%."
A 3% rise for a mega-corporation like Microsoft was substantial.
Satia closed his eyes.
"Establish a subsidiary to operate the HoleLens project and immediately release the announcement for HoloLens2."
The assistant's eyes widened and he stared at Satia in disbelief.
"But HoloLens was just introduced… Could it be-"
Satia glanced at his assistant without saying a word.
He knew what the assistant wanted to say. Establish a shell, make an announcement, create a subsidiary first then an IPO and find the next buyer.
But virtual reality had a bright future, so why would he do that?
"The board won't agree," the assistant carefully cautioned him.
"Don't overthink. I'm preparing just in case." Satia stood up. "I'll go explain to the board. I have to also ask Gate's opinion."
Then Satia left the office and the shocked assistant.
With the document in his hand, the assistant stood still for a long time.
He didn't understand - with Microsoft's power, why would they need to prepare just in case?
In the office building of 361 Corporation:
"Godly Land? Virtual reality MMORPG? Interesting."
Zhou Hongwei scanned the webpage on the screen, feeling intrigued.
"Boss you don't seem to be worried?" Zhang Jiefeng, beside his desk, said with a wry smile.
"What's there to worry about?" Zhou Hongwei glared at him and sank into his chair. "Is this something to be worried about? Future's about to update to Future 2.0, yet there's nothing from the team assigned to crack the software. What a bunch of useless tools."
Zhou Hongwei felt angry when he thought about it.
Although 361 and Future Technology had project partnerships, Zhou Hongwei never stopped the process to crack Future 1.0.
But just some time ago, he ultimately gave up on the cracking of Future 1.0 and dissolved the project team. He knew he wasn't the only company that made that choice. Future 1.0 encryption was as hard as a turtle's shell and left him nowhere to take a bite.
He remembered that at the beginning of the year, he went to his friend at the Bureau of Patents, wishing to obtain some information from Future Technology's patent. But his old friend helplessly stated that the people from the Bureau of Patents spent countless time to convince Future Technology to submit specific technicalities and the benefits of patents, but Future Technology's CEO was firm.
No need.
It certainly looked down on the countless programmers who spent their time cracking Future 1.0.
But then, Future Technology threw out a smokescreen on virtual reality. Zhou Hongwei couldn't help but a curse: [can't you fu*king slow down on releasing the technology? We haven't even cracked the first one and now you throw out another one. With steps so big, aren't you afraid of pulling your balls?]
"Boss?" Zhang Jianfeng looked at the color changing on the boss's face as he questioned.
Zhou Hongwei took a deep breath and snapped back to the present.
"I want to hear your thoughts."
Zhang Jianfeng nodded. He was clearly prepared as he immediately began to explain.
"There are two routes in front of us - one is to purchase virtual reality technology companies and see if we can cut a slice of the pie from the virtual reality hype created by Future Technology. Two is to give up on this opportunity since there's still plenty of room for growth in the PC and mobile market. If everyone decides to pursue virtual reality, that's the perfect opportunity for us to expand our market share in PC and mobile devices."
Zhou Hongwei closed his eyes and thought for a long time.
After a while, he sighed.
"I prefer the second choice."
Zhang Jiefeng felt relived too.
"I also think so too."
Future Technology's massive advertisement campaign was meant to hype up the virtual reality MMORPG and see if they could stretch their balls, but if 361 followed the same massive steps, they would definitely stretch their balls.
It was better to play it safe.
Even if virtual reality was as magical as it was advertised to be, it could not replace the phone. Compared to the BAT giants (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent), 361 had quite a discrepancy in terms of resources. Even if Zhou Hongwei wanted to compete with them, their chance of winning was not high. Cash was one thing, technology was another, and 361 had no advantage in either.
What they should do now was to not follow blindly but instead, use this opportunity and consolidate the mobile market while all the capital flooded to virtual reality. 361 search was already shaking the market penetration of Baidu search. If they spent more effort on it and let the big thugs battle with Future Technology, they would definitely win on this battlefield.
Due to Lingyu Technology's incident, 361 and Future Technology were still in a honeymoon phase.
Zhou Hongwei let out a sigh.
To be honest, he wasn't willing to make this choice, but he had no other options.
What he didn't know was, just after a few months, he would feel glad about the decision he made.


After the nuclear war, ruins stretch across the landscape in the apocalypse.
If you accidentally survived on the wasteland, then you must be ready to face the endless hunger, ceaseless dangers, the mad zombies at night, and the peculiar mutant creatures that are the aftermath of constant radiation.
But for Jiang Chen, this place is heaven.
Mansions standing tall, luxurious cars parked on the street, high tech products and gold abandoned everywhere.
What? You were the president of a game development company before the war? You were responsible for the development of the 3D virtual reality online multiplayer game? Well, that’s great, why don’t you come work for me. Your salary is two pieces of bread a day.
iPhone? Ultra thin design? Don’t you see that the phone I invented is thinner than a condom?
Aircraft carrier? Fighter jets? Oh, I have those things as well, but they are designed for space combat.
Watch the story of Jiang Chen, who possesses the ability to travel through space and time, as he witnesses the creation of an empire stretched across space and time... 


Marcus the name feared by all who played Infinite Legends MMORPG. He was an extreme existence that killed everyone in his path in order to obtain what he wanted. 

Everyone that played Infinite Legends knew it stay out of his way and give him what he wanted. But today was his worst day; Marcus was fighting the Demonic Overlord to gain its Soul Shard. 

It was his last requirement to Transcend and become an even more frightening existence within the game. As a rank, S+ and Level 70 Magic Swordsman Marcus was certain that he would be able to defeat the Demonic Overlord named Nemesis.

The battle lasted a total of 16 hours before Marcus successfully defeated Nemesis. At that point, the Soul Shard dropped. As soon as he picked it up Marcus began to fuse with the shard to Transcend, but as he did so everything changed for him.

He watched as the world before him changed completely. The graphics and feel of the game became much more real. The usually mundane NPCs were now acting as if they were alive.

Marcus found himself simply standing in the middle of a street watching people go by him. Shock was written all over his face before a message popped up in front of him.

[Congratulations on Transcending player Marcus! In honor of your Transcend, we will now tell you all that you need to know and inform you of your status boosts, as per the rules.]

Shortly after a larger status screen with a massive message popped up in front of Marcus.

[Storyline: A mysterious hero appeared and defeated the Demonic Overlord bringing peace to the humans. The hero shortly disappeared after the killing the overlord, therefor not receiving the praise from the common people. But forever in their hearts he was a Hero. This created the Legend of the Hidden Hero. 
After 1000 years a new Demonic Overlord reigns over the Demonic Region with an all new goal: To kill anyone related to the Mysterious Hero that killed the previous Demonic Overlord, his father. Although the Demonic Overlord was killed, the Demonic Generals still remain after all this time. They will forever remember the aura of the man that killed their king.
It is not your job, Marcus, to gain enough power to once again put an end to the Demonic Overlord's reign! You are the future.]

[Goal: Defeat the new Demonic Overlord and kill all of the Demonic Generals gaining a total of 8 Soul Shards.]

[Mission Grade: ??? (Wide range)]

[Reward: ???]

[Requirements: A Transcended player]

[Failure Penalty: Death.]

[Congratulations on Transcending! Here are your rewards!]

[Hyper Sensitivity

Rarity: Transcend

Skill Type: Passive

Skill Level: 1/10

Skill Effect: Senses are increased to the max and allows the user to sense any movement within a 10x10 feet radius around them.

Skill EXP: 0/4000

Skill Requirements: A Transcended Magic Swordsman]

[Enhanced Slash

Rarity: Transcend

Skill Type: Active

Mana Cost: 200 

Skill Level: 1/10

Attack Range: 50~250 damage

Skill Effect: A slash filled with might. All those attacked with this slash will be paralysed for 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Skill EXP: 0/6000

Skill Requirements: A Transcended Magic Swordsman]

[Enhanced Pierce

Rarity: Transcend

Skill Type: Active

Mana Cost: 300 

Skill Level: 1/10

Attack Range: 100~400 damage

Skill Effect: A pierce filled with might. All those attacked with this pierce will be paralysed for 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 30 seconds

Skill EXP: 0/5000

Skill Requirements: A Transcended Magic Swordsman]

[Hero's Aura

Rarity: Title

Title Effect: All common people that feel your aura will have affection for you although they do not know who you are. All demons will begin to hate you when they feel your aura. When fighting demons all stats boosted by 30%.When fighting humans all stats lowered by 5%.

Requirements: A Transcended Hero]

[First Transcendent

Rarity: Title

Title Effect: Tranquility will always be within you. When killing you will not suffer.

Requirements: A Transcended Hero]


[Transcend Rewards: 200 gold, First Transcendent Title, Hero's Aura title, Demonic Soul Shard Weapon, Boosted Stats, Demonic Sword]

[REMINDER: Death is a possibility. Keep yourself alive! This is your one and only life!]

After taking in all of that information Marcus gasped quietly. All of this was the reward for Transcending a single time. Imagine if he was able to Transcend again and reach level 70 again!

But as he took a look through the new skills and titles the one that worried him the most was the Hero's Aura title. 

Although it seemed harmless it was obvious that demons would go out of their way to attack him and any human would have the upper vantage against him in any fight.

So Marcus quickly checked his stats by opening the stat window.

[Name: Marcus
Age: 19
Race: Human(99%), Demon(1%)
Gold: 200g
---
Class:
Magic Swordsman (1/10)
--
Skills: 
Hypersensitivity (1/10)
Enhanced Slash (1/10)
Enhanced Pierce (1/10)
--
Titles:
Hero's Aura 
First Transcendent
---
Stats:
Rank: E
Level: 1/75(+5)
Health: 800
Mana: 250
Strength: 25
Stamina: 20
Agility: 20
Intelligence: 50
Dexterity: 30
Endurance: 15
(NEW)Spirit: 50
Stat Points: 5]

After seeing his stats Marcus took a deep breath before reading his stats over again. After confirming that these were really his stats Marcus let out a small laugh. Compared to regular level ones Marcus was several times stronger. 

His stats were much higher as they all usually had a base stat of 5. It was unimaginable. Especially when looking at his Mana. Mana is calculated by Intelligence of the player multiplied by five. 

It was the only problem Marcus had when fighting strong bosses, his Mana was too low. Now that he started off with 250 Mana instead of 25 it was a massive and essential boost.

A strong sense of adventure surged in Marcus's head. A small smile appeared on his face. Instead of being scared and discouraged Marcus was ready to explore the world before him.

The MMORPG Infinite Legends was thriving as it was the first advanced MMORPG with VR action. 

Marcus was one of the first to play the game and got grade A experience. He quickly rose through the ranks of Infinite Legends and became the first player to become an existence known as a Transcendent.

But on his Transcendent Marcus noticed that he was no longer in the game, it was real life. He was back at the start of story mode with a level of level 1. 

Using his immense knowledge of the game and Transcendent buffs Marcus struggles to survive in the game that had turned real.

A young man had a tedious life. All he did was just repeated basic mundane things every day. This young fellow didn't like the world as much as the other teenagers did and he sees the people around him as buffons and insignificant. His name is Rogue Merlin "what a normal and boring world" he mumbled and sighs. He has always been into online games and virtuals world on his computer.

Another boring day quickly winds up. Today is the weekend and he is using his laptop searching about a new MMORPG (Mass Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) to play. As he does his thing on his personal computer, a message suddenly popped up on the screen."Tsssss..shits" he was irritated by the pop-up because of the newly opened tab which the notification had shown and blocks his screen from what he is doing, so he tried to close the pop-up window tab as usual. This time when he was closing the tab, he got irritated because it won't close no matter how many times he clicked on the close button. After his wasteful tries, the pop up suddenly changed its content, from just a simple advertisement to a message that says;

[NEFHLEIM is looking for new adventurer and a new champion!!!]

Rogue was a bit shocked "an MMORPG game" he thought and collected his patience again because the thing that he wanted to find has found him instead. He was now calm and clicked the next button. A new message came.

[If you want to be part of the Glory of Adventurers in NIFELHEIM please check the terms and conditions below.]

Just like any other MMORPG games, there are terms and conditions, but as a game expert, he directly scrolled down the long agreement without reading it and directly checked the box below the description that states of agreeing to the latter description of the terms and conditions.

 [CONGRATUATIONS new adventurer!!]

Then a loud beeping sound suddenly filled Rogue's ear. Pain followed the ear-shattering sound and his sense of hearing seems like it has been heightened. "Aghhhhh!" he shouted as he felt the pain on his head, it was a lot worse than a migraine. He felt like his brain is being ripped off his head.

[Initiating TRANSFER, physical and mental analysis COMPLETE]
Name: Rogue
Race: Human
Status: Normal
Reward: Game's Roulette x1
[Transfer processing]

Rogue could hear a voice while having so much pain in his head, but he could not worry about it as he was more concerned about his condition right now. He slumps unto the floor from where he was sitting.

[Transfer processing complete]

And that's the last thing Rogue heard before he lost his consciousness from the extreme pain.


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          "Hey! hey! Wake up mister" he said while poking the guy's cheeks, but all he could get was no response at all. He dragged the person to the nearest shed of a big tree inside the forest where had also found himself and sat down beside the sleeping guy.

The sun was already up high and active, but inside this forest, the person could not feel the scorching sun above "I'm hungry" he mumbled to himself while pouting and having the expression of a kid wanting food from his parents. While still waiting for the guy to wake up, he stared at the sky thinking of what happened to him and to the unconscious guy beside him "that was painful" he grumbled while massaging his temples. His face was puzzled about what really happened to them, his dark brown eyes staring at the sky trying to think of some answer while hugging his feet. His curled hair suites his small face and his lips were pouting while thinking. He looks like in his early teenage years.

After a while, he got bored while sitting so he tried to look at the man's face lying beside him. He slowly closes the distance of his face to the person's face on the ground and started to observe this person. He noticed that this guy looks good, he has very dark eyebrows, but despite being a man, this person unexpectedly has long and curved eyelashes that compliment his hair and face. 

While staring at the man's face below him, his face flushed when the guy's eyes started to open, as he saw the deep black eyes of this person comparable to the abyss.

He suddenly made a distance away from the guy on the ground and stood up quickly putting his hand on his pockets while trying to act as if he is looking at something in the sky while feeling very awkward. Rogue is waking up, opening his eyes and saw a silhouette above him. He could not clearly see what it is but it takes the shape of a person. He rubs his eyes while positioning to sit. 

As he opened his eyes again, the light is blinding, but as his vision adjusted, he saw trees, a lot of trees 'forest' was the first thing that came into his mind.

While watching the guy waking up and adjusting his eyes, "are you okay now?" the young man asked the person on the ground, but he did not get any response. The guy just sat there doing nothing while looking at the surrounding. "Where am I?" the person questioned him back looking at him with no expression could be seen on his face. 

Even though he also doesn't know where they are and what happened, this guy was rather calm while asking. Even when he woke up for couple of hours before he found the guy, he was very confused and scared of what happened during those time.

He tried to impose a confident manner toward the guy and cleared his throat "I also don't know, I also woke up somewhere in this forest after having some intense migraine and while I was walking trying to figure things out, I found you lying on the ground on the same state as I was before I woke up" he answered the guy's question. 

The guy stood up and fixed himself in a quiet calm manner. He straightened up and look at the small guy near him "what's your name?" the guy asked, but before he could even answer, he was dumbstruck thinking that he was the one asking first then how could I be the one being interrogated now. The man looks still at the teen and waiting for the answers "ahh… my name?" the young man looks awkward while regaining himself from where he had lost his attention. The guy stood there not making any movement and still waited for an answer. "I am Ark" he finally answered and bowed as a sign of courtesy, but the guy was still looking at him waiting for something. Ark rolled his eyes, he understood why the guy was still waiting " Ark Solomon". "Rogue Merlin" the guy immediately replied without even looking at the young man.

[Welcome to NEFHLEIM adventurers! as a starting point, please choose a race from below]

A sudden interface came into their view as they heard the voice. the interface was like in a game displaying the player status and inventory window which is empty to the both of them. The interface suddenly changes and showed a series of information in front of them. 

"Woah, this really looks like an MMORPG game" Ark was amused by this as he was also a gamer, the reason as to why he is also there with the man.

 "Race check," Rogue said as if he was giving a command to the system looks like he was very familiar with it already. Rogue was thinking that he really did get transferred to this world and now having this gaming system interface. Having thought of that he had a pretty boring life back on earth anyway so he might as well try to make it fun for him here, that's why after realizing what happened, he quickly regained his calm. As gaming nerd, he had thought of a lot of ways to use this gaming system that he got and planned to make this game, play on his own game instead. Being a person who sees everything as a game, his gaming instinct to win is the best.

Ark looked at Rogue with amazement. He thought that this guy beside him is unbelievable for being this calm even though what happened is not normal people like him yet this person seems like he quite understood everything that happened.

Just as the command was given by Rogue, they heard the system's voice.

[Analyzing topographical environment.... ]

 A 'beep' sound was heard.

[Nuriah Forest]
[Race affected, processing for a possible race on the area]

Then the system showed the result.

[RACE: Elf]
[Akin to magic themselves, beings that are semi-divine and of human stature and traits are being friendly with nature and animals]

 'Beep', then another information was displayed.

[RACE: Demi Human]
[A partly human with half of a chosen species]

Rogue while looking at the screen, had a thought that as the system was scanning the surroundings, it affected the race that they could choose. He was now seriously thinking of which one to choose between the two, but a thought came into his mind. Rogue tried to close the interface while being in the middle of the race change option. The system then closed. "Race change check" rogue then commanded and as he said this the interface opened up again.

[Race change x1]

The system showed.

'As I suspected' he thought while confirming that his guess. The race change is like a reward point where you can change your race by having it and it's the player's choice of when to use this point just like having status points in games. He is now thinking that elves are common her on this environment so he could not miss the chance to became one even if he won't have race change today. He could just find a place where elves could be found and start a race change if he wanted because the most chance thing that he could not miss right now is the possibility that by going to other places, he might get a chance to choose from a powerful race somewhere that he didn't know yet, so he decided not to choose right now and keep the race change point.

While Rogue was gathering his insights about the game, the young man beside him was very amused to the Demi race. Ark thought that this race is going to be cool thinking of being half-animal. Then in his mind, the thought of changing into it without even minding what was Rogue thinking.

Ark clicked the interface as he picked the race "Demi-Human", excitement could be seen on his face.

[Race: Demi has been chosen, initiating race change]
[Scanning for possible genes for cross-race change]

'beep' then new information is showing on Ark's interface

[Choose from species to cross-change]
[Horned Rabbit]
[Water Deer]
[Flame Falcon.....]

A series of species came after another. They were magical animals inside this forest. There are a lot of choices coming out and still going on until some interesting choices were mentioned by the system.

[Elf]
[Ashew]
[Forest Fae]
[Ancient Treant]
[Three-eyed wolf]
[Forest Dragon]
[Silver Blooded Horse]

The last seven species were shown on the interface and these are the most interesting choice for Ark as he had thought after seeing these choices. Some of the seven species that he is interested in are strong, some are mysterious and some are magical. Ark tried to touch the Forest Dragon name as this is the most appealing choice for him. Then a description was shown under its name was shown.

[Forest Dragon;
Forest Dragons are one of the ancient creatures in Nuriah Forest with green mossy scales. It said that forest dragons are able to control a forest itself. They are considered as the protector of the Nuriah Forest.]

Ark was astounded by this information. He was right that the forest dragon is indeed strong. After checking the description of the others, he was most intrigued by the Three-eyed Wolf, Forest Dragon, and the Silver Blooded Horse. The other four are also interesting but these three hold the most advantage among them so he has to choose from these three choices that he wants. 

[Three-eyed Wolf;
Three-eyed Wolf is a rare kind of wolves, it is said that there is only one in a million chances that a Three-Eyed Wolf could be born. It has third eye on its forehead. Its third eye is believed to be able to see through time and reality itself]

[Forest Dragon;
Forest Dragons are one of the ancient creatures in Nuriah Forest with green mossy scales. It said that forest dragons are able to control forest and nature itself. They are considered as the protector of the Nuriah Forest.]

[Silver Blooded Horse;
Silver Blooded Horse has a silver skin that is even able to reflect lights and would have a magical feature during nights with bright moonlights. They are very rare and their silver blood holds a mysterious power that made them almost immortal. The blood's healing ability is highly potent that proves its sovereignty in time.]

Ark was thinking about choosing the Silver Blooded Horse because of its extreme healing ability and he would be like immortal but he had thought that if this kind of creature has such miraculous blood then they should be hunted by other races or creature for its blood, so his life by choosing this creature as his combination would be full of dangers. The Forest Dragon might be omnipotent in terms of power, but it just limits to this world. His last choice is the Three-Eyed Wolf, which he thought be the best because it could see through time and reality itself 'what a very cool ability' he thought while feeling very excited, so he chose the Three-Eyed Wolf as part of him. As he made his choice the system then followed

[Creature analysis starting]
'beep!'
[Creature analysis complete, initiating race change]

Then as the system finished, lights covered Ark's body. Ark was confused but thought that this must be part of the race change process, but then after he was fully covered by the lights, his head started to hurt just like before he was brought here. The pain that he was feeling right now was being focused on his forehead as if it was being forcefully opened up.

Rogue looked at the scene as he heard Ark suffering inside the light cocoon. He wondered what did Ark chose for his race change. After a while, the light around Ark's body started dissipating and he was amused as he saw a glowing symbol on Ark's forehead. The symbol is formed like an eye, but as he took his time looking at it he suddenly noticed that the leaves on the trees around that are being blown by the wind, started to slow down as it falls. Everything around them was like in slow motion. Followed by this phenomenon was Ark also started to levitate, his nails became claws, fur started to grow on his skin, it looks like he was transforming into a werewolf and the space around Ark wiggled as if it was being distorted. After a whole minute, the runic eye symbol suddenly closed becoming a small horizontal line in the middle of his forehead, his features also become a normal human again and the surrounding also came back to normal.

[Name: Ark]
[Race: Demi-Human; Three-Eyed Human ]
[Ability: Endowed with the third eye of a Three-Eyed Wolf;
Magical affinity to space and time: Exceptional] 
[Skill: Metamorph;
Able to transform into a half three-eyed wolf as well as open the third eye]
[Effect: Control of space and time increases, Physical combat power increases]

"Too cool!!" Ark was flabbergasted and excited about what he got, especially his affinity to space and time magic. The skill metamorph also made him very grateful, his face flushed and showed how pleased he feels after getting his race changed. "I can do space and time magic," he said the man with a smiling face, feeling contented of his ability as a demi-human. The guy just looked at him with a plain expression. Ark was disappointed. "Anyways my skill is very unique and I won't tell you," he said trying to boast what he got to cover his disappointment. He had expected that this Rogue would get envious of him. 

As Ark was hooked into trying his new race, Rogue noticed that there is one reward on the reward panel on his interface so he tried tapping it.

[Game's Roulette x1]
[Would you like to use the reward?]
[YES] or [NO]

Rogue is confused about why he has a reward. He taps the reward name and gets its description.

[Game's Roulette x1;
Roulette with a reward given after the spin]

Of course its a roulette, what would he expect?. He then taps YES to open the reward and a roulette appeared on his interface. The roulette's rewards shown are in question marks. It started spinning. Rogue was thinking if Ark also got a reward so he gazed into the delighted person in front of him "Ark, see if you got any reward at the side panel of your interface" he ordered Ark. "Nahhh," directly replied after taking a quick glance on his interface, as he was still busy admiring his changes.

'I'm the only one who got it huh' as he thought about it, the roulette was slowly stopping and ended up pointing one of the question marks.

[Congratulations!]
[Reward: Ability]
[Rarity: Unkown]
[Name: Adaptation]

Rogue looked at the reward and tapping it on his screen to see its description, but after looking at the information, he was aghasted by the rewards explanation.

A young man who's also a gaming enthusiast had a tedious life, where he lived his life as a normal teenager. 
His interest in MMORPG's(massive multi online role-playing games) would change his view towards life in a different world. 

"The system played on players? No, I play the system." 

The adventure of a young man where he got a special reward from the gaming system. With the advantage of the cheat like reward, he plays the role of an adventurer/player/character that will conquer the world of NEFELHEIM.

One day in class, Gu Fei saw a glimmer of hope when he had overheard a discussion between a few male students about a particular upcoming MMORPG, Parallel World, implemented with virtual reality.
He knew exactly what the virtual reality technology would incorporate. Surely, he could unrestrainedly use kung fu in the game unlike in reality, right? With that in mind, Gu Fei went ahead and bought the entire set of virtual reality equipment on the exact same day he had heard the news. He also decided the job class he wanted: Fighter. The description 'A warrior who puts every part of his or her body to active use in combat' convinced Gu Fei that the job class was the most fitting for him.
Unfortunately, he had acquired the job class most vulnerable and least suited toward close combat due to Ah Fa's carelessness; he had become a Mage.
Gu Fei was utterly devastated at first. But after what he had just gone through, he realized something: The various job classes in-game only determined the usable skills. In Gu Fei's case, he already possessed the skill set for an entirely different job class; all he needed to do now was assign the stat points accordingly. His actual job class mattered not.
Although the stat-point distribution for a Fighter would definitely be more suitable for his kung fu use, it did not mean being a Mage was completely useless. He could just be a kung fu Mage!
A groan snapped Gu Fei out of his contemplation. The person in the corner struggled to get up.
"Sir!" Ah Fa was too timid to approach the person, so he just called Gu Fei's attention.
Gu Fei hurried over to the person in the corner and helped him up, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" The person stood up and inhaled deeply. His face was still littered with bruises, but he exhibited a scholarly vibe. No wonder he was chosen to be beaten up. Gu Fei and Ah Fa supported the person to the fountain in the center of the city square, where he sat down. The person scooped up some water from the fountain to wash his face, becoming much more refreshed. He turned to Gu Fei and smiled, "Nice to meet you. I am Fleeting Smile."
It was obviously an in-game name, so Gu Fei also introduced himself using the name Ah Fa had given his gaming account, "Thousand Miles Drunk." Gu Fei slightly hated how he sounded like a drunkard with the name. The two shook hands; Fleeting Smile could tell with a single glance that Ah Fa was just a kid so he directly ignored him.
"This is the first time virtual reality was implemented for an MMORPG. We were prepared for unexpected situations, yet no one imagined that something like this would happen," Fleeting Smile said as he rubbed his neck.
"Judging from what you've just said, you seem to be a GM?"
This caught Ah Fa's attention. He could be considered as an experienced gamer after all. Just the term, GM or game moderator, hinted at the countless benefits that one could be provided in-game. GMs could do something as minor as disclose exclusive information or as major as assist players in obtaining extraordinary items directly. Players would condemn GMs who broke the codes of conduct in-game if they did not come across one, but it would be a different case once they did meet a GM. They would end up revering them like their father.
Looking at the sky, Fleeting Smile nodded, "Immediately after beta testing began today, we received reports of several groups of players taking advantage of their stronger physique and job classes to beat up people with weaker job classes, like Mage. I entered the game to take a look myself. Never did I imagine I would suffer a beating as well."
"How are you going to deal with this?" Gu Fei asked.
"Beats me," said Fleeting Smile. "It'll all depend on further developments from the tech department. There're still quite a lot of problems in the game, so it is likely to take some time before the game can be launched officially with fees."
Gu Fei and Ah Fa also raised their heads when they noticed how Fleeting Smile maintained his posture. Rain continued to drizzle down, damping their faces in no time. Is he still rinsing his face? Gu Fei pondered before lowering his head again.
"What are you two looking at?" Fleeting Smile surprisingly asked first.
"What are YOU looking at?" Ah Fa questioned in return.
"My nose won't stop bleeding, boy!" said Fleeting Smile.
The two had no idea how to respond. After a long while, Fleeting Smile lowered his head and rubbed his nose. He said, "Alright, I'll go check out some other places. What about you two?"
"I'm going to go grind for some levels!" said Gu Fei. He was extremely eager to find out whether the limited physique of a Mage would allow him to use kung fu after some stat points were assigned properly. 
Ah Fa hesitated a bit before saying to Fleeting Smile, "I want to go with you."
Fleeting Smile smiled, "Boy, I am a scrupulous gaming employee. Don't expect to benefit in anything from me."
With his little plot exposed, Ah Fa turned bright red. He said defensively, "I have no intentions of doing anything like that. I just want to familiarize myself with the game by following you around."
"Well, let's go then!" He laughed wryly before turning to Gu Fei, "Do you want to come as well and familiarize yourself with the game?" He placed much emphasis on the word 'familiarize', making Ah Fa's face even redder than before.
"It's fine, just go your way," Gu Fei waved at both of them.
Separating with the two, Gu Fei wasted no time and dashed out of Yunduan City toward where the monsters were.
The maps located near cities were always the ones with the lowest possible monster tier. Parallel World was no exception. Even the monsters lacked originality; they were all a bunch of kittens, puppies, and bunnies, gentle-looking and normally friendly with people. Because of the implementation of virtual reality, the animals all seemed ridiculously cute with their realistic appearances. These low-level monsters would not even fight back. At most, the pugs would just whimper in pain after being smacked by the players. 
Gu Fei could not bear to continue after stomping a dog twice. The surrounding players were filled with hesitance as well. Some players who steeled their hearts also stopped involuntarily after receiving disdainful glares from the people around them. On the map, a large group of players looked at one another in dismay. They stood about idiotically, while the animals leaped around them enthusiastically. They would go up and rub themselves against the players' legs affectionately. 
"I can't grind like this!" A male player let out a long sigh and threw his weapon on the ground.
"Yeah, this is impossible! They're just too cute!" A female player put away her weapon and picked up a rabbit by her legs. She gave the rabbit a good nuzzle before angrily saying, "What's the deal with this gaming company! Why did they make these monsters so cute?!"
Everyone began to talk and voice their dissatisfaction toward the settings of the game. Gu Fei complained with some people beside him before leaving alone. Since he could not grind here, he could just go somewhere else. That was what Gu Fei decided.
To be frank, he had no interest in fighting animals. The kung fu that he had been training since young was intended to be used on human beings. There were never any lessons covering the vital parts of a dog that should be targeted. This did not mean that Gu Fei was inferior to a dog, but rather he found it demeaning to use the kung fu he was proud of on a dog, especially after so many years of hard work.
Strolling alongside the main road, the city behind him grew further and further away. An endless stretch of hills appeared in front of him. The cute animals were now nowhere to be seen. Making his way over a hill, Gu Fei came across a dip or basin – it was a steep slope – and at the bottom of it was a campfire burning brightly. A few foul-looking people huddled around the fire, dozing off from boredom.
With a single glance, Gu Fei could tell that they were not players but NPCs. After all, it was impossible for them to have the exact same appearance, stature, and attire even if they were sextuplets.
Human NPCs were precisely what Gu Fei was looking for.
They're monsters, right? Gu Fei thought as he inched toward the group.
The six NPCs seated around the fire should have been alerted and discovered Gu Fei at the hillside long ago. However, they only showed alarm after Gu Fei reached a certain distance from them. They leaped up hurriedly and cried out as they pointed at Gu Fei.
Gu Fei heard them saying, "Wow, here comes easy prey! Get him!"
Dialogues were displayed as words hovering above NPCs in other MMORPGs. Since this was a virtual-reality game, the dialogues had been programmed to be verbalized instead.
The six charged forward with the exact speed and movements in sync. Their positions to one another remained the same even after they had arrived before Gu Fei.
The NPC at the front cut to the chase and stabbed forward using a small knife for carving meat. Gu Fei dodged it and threw out a punch, landing a direct hit. 
This was very different from his fight against the players in the city back then. Everyone was protected from PvP, so Gu Fei's opponents had suffered nothing but some pain from the virtual reality technology. Right now, however, a punch from him, a Mage with the weakest physical attack, immediately caused a slight damage against these monsters.
The NPC swayed a little after taking in Gu Fei's punch and stabbed out with his rusty knife. Gu Fei dodged the stab once more before launching another punch at the monster.
The NPCs surrounded Gu Fei but he maneuvered his way with ease, throwing fists and kicks at them from time to time. Gu Fei had no idea just what level they were, but his fight with them was much easier, as well as boring, than his fight with the four players back then.
Gu Fei felt slightly disappointed toward this VR game as it seemed that all it could offer was an extremely realistic environment right now. The monsters were still bounded by the same algorithm like in ordinary MMORPGs. The NPCs repetitive attack patterns were the same as fighting no one at all in Gu Fei's eyes. In addition, they could not dodge his attacks out of their accord. The NPCs' evasion speed and attack accuracy were purely dependent on their assigned stats.
It was just a matter of time before Gu Fei defeated them. He began to strike the six evenly on purpose. After a few minutes of struggle, one finally roared out in grief and collapsed. The five remaining monsters soon followed suit when Gu Fei threw some more punches and kicks. Gu Fei's body flashed constantly after he did all this; these monsters of unknown levels had allowed him to level up six times.


He is a great fighter in real life, but he is mistakenly assigned a "Mage" job class in a virtual reality game! He is someone who uses power to conquer power, so he makes the most out of the mistake and transforms into a fierce Mage, versed in close combat, in the blink of an eye! By perfectly combining strength and spells, he uncovers a new path of gaming!

Fireball? Chain Lightning? Frost Mirror… Wait just a minute; I’ve come to practice kung fu! Spells have nothing to do with me! What’s that? I’m a Mage? Oh, right! I am a Mage indeed. But… Are you certain I’m one? Alright… Feel the might of my saber! My sword! My hidden weapons! What? You’re saying I’m no Mage now? Let me prove it to you if you don’t believe me! But even if you believe me, I will still show you just how unstoppable a Mage who knows kung fu can be!

"Guild System has been fully activated." Raymond was surprised to see the floating box in front of him. It was at that moment, information came flooding into Raymond's mind. The information given to him was on how to open up his status screen. It was simple enough all he needed to do was think of opening up his status screen like he was clicking on it in his mind.

A holographic screen appeared before him.

[Status

Name: Raymond

Race: Human

Class: Guild Master

Level: 1

HP: 72/72  MP: 1/1

STR: 8

AGI: 5

DEX: 5

INT: 4

WIS: 4

VIT: 6

Luck: 3

Skills:

Active: None

Passive: Charm (max), Guild Master's aura (max), I am the Guild Master (max)

Guild House: Guild (Lvl 1)

Guild members: 0/5

NPC: 0/2

EXP: 0/100]

'There seem to be other options in this UI type thing, but I can't access them yet. Though I wonder what this charm thing does. I think I can press it'

Raymond started to press on the holographic screen and tapped on the charm, Guild Master's aura and I am the Guild Master skills, which then showed a description.

'Charm: As a Guild Master, one must have the appropriate charm to lead and guide. (Skill increases the affinity with others. Makes people unconsciously have a good impression of you.)'

'Guild Master's Aura: The Guild Master is a reassuring figure to his teammates. (Increases the stats of guild members within a twenty-meter radius.)

'I am the Guild Master: As the leader of the guild, the Guild Master must be the most powerful member. (Increases stats depending on how many players join the Guild. Stat boosts +5 from each player that joins. MAX cap Twenty Members.)


...

Raymond was so excited about the situation, that he was given a system. The only thing he was sad about were his parents. 'Maybe losing an awful son like me was for the better.' Raymond decided not to dwell too much on the subject. He first needed to see how he was going to survive in this new world. The stats on his screen weren't remarkable he wasn't even given skills to protect himself. All he had was a charm skill which wasn't that useful if something attacks him. The other skills don't even work if he didn't have any guild members.

He was going to check more on the status screen, but then a voice sounded in his mind.

"Player open your task interface and do your missions." The voice that spoke was rather robotic and reminded him of Siri.

"Are you my system?"

"Please open up your task interface and do your mission."

"Hey, how do I level up? How do I get guild members and NPCs?"

"Please open up your task interface and do your mission."

"Are you a defective system? You keep on saying the same thing. Can I switch to a better system?"

"Host, please stop slandering me. I'm an honest and great system, the host just needs to open up the task interface."

"SO, you can respond normally. Then why weren't you answering my questions."

"The host doesn't have a high enough level for me to answer."

"What, I literally asked you how to level up."

"Then I told the host how to level up by opening the task interface, and completing the mission."

"Fine then, I'll just do the mission."

Raymond finally opened up the task interface. The task interface opened up in his mind.

[New player task: Check the inside of the level 1 Guild house]

[Task reward: A set of beginner equipment.]

...

Reading the task given to him Raymond finally remembered that he was only wearing underwear. He then proceeded to look around and saw a cottage-like structure and beside it was a lake.

"Hey system, is that the guild house?"

"Correct."

Raymond approached the cottage surrounded by tall trees. It was a simple-looking building made out of wood. Raymond entered the building and to his surprise, the inside looks slightly bigger than the outside.

Upon entering the first thing you would see was a front desk, like what you would see in a hotel. Behind the front desk was a hallway with eight doors. Raymond opened the first door near the front desk.

The inside was of a simple room with one window, a single bed, a chair, and a table. Raymond wanted to check the other rooms but most of them were locked.

"These are the rooms for Guild Members, will be unlocked once you appoint others as guild members."

"Guild Members, how do I appoint one?"

"You need to go out and meet the people living in this world. Once the host finds someone he wants to be a guild member, he needs to let them sign this agreement."

A scroll then appeared before Raymond, but as he was about to grab it the scroll disappeared.

"Aren't you going to let me read it?"

"The host doesn't need to read the scroll, it's basically just something that asks the Guild Members to stay loyal to the guild."

"What happens if they're not loyal?"

"The punishment for disloyalty is death."

"Alright then... How about telling me about this world?"

"The host needs to explore and find out for himself. For now, the host just needs to finish the task given to him."

"Fine, fine, I'm finishing it." Raymond continued opening the remaining doors. One of them was a kitchen and the other was a storage area with some closets that had nothing in them.

'Ding' The Task interface popped open.

[New Player task: Check the inside of the Guild House (Completed)]

[Do you want to receive your reward now? Y/N]

Raymond without hesitation clicked on Y. A blinding light blinded him and before he knew it, he wasn't naked anymore and was wearing something. It was the basic leather armor that one could usually find a beginner wearing at the start of an MMORPG, underneath the armor were some normal clothes. In Raymond's right hand was a short sword, he recognized it to be a gladius. He also had a short bow and some arrows.

As Raymond was appreciating the new equipment he got, he received another task.

[New Task: Hunt for food]

[Task Description: As a Guild Master you must provide for your guild. As you are currently the only one in your guild, you need to provide yourself with food.]

[Task Reward: GACHA function will be unlocked, one free GACHA roll.]

A random everyday gamer is transported to another world. A world that is filled with ogres, dragons, and other dangerous fantasy monsters. In that world, he gains a system that forces him to create the strongest guild. Using the system he's able to assign the world's inhabitants as players, which are given skills to help him make the guild grow.

As he grows stronger, the local inhabitants weren't enough. So with the help of the system, he summons players from earth.

Squeam Headquartes, X country, XY month of the XXY year

In a moonlit office, a shadowy figure watched the city in the distance. 

His round face and plump body wobbled a bit as he looked through the glass window, staring at the lights beyond. 

- Mr. Shabe Newell, the personal applications have arrived.

A woman in a pale pink employee suit entered the office. The suit consisted of a knee-high skirt and a finely-cut blazer. Her beautiful legs were covered with the finest of silk thigh high socks. Her tempting buttocks were hidden beyond a veil of high quality fiber, while the beautiful breasts' form could be faintly seen under the white shirt she used. The exquisite neck and lips formed a mature, resolute face, but the roundish glasses and the innocent expression gave the woman the feel of a timid, quiet person. 

- Good - said Shabe Newell in a deep, coarse voice.  

- Sh- should I let them at your table, sir?

- Yes. Come and let them right here. 

Shabe put his finger on a place on top of his irish-cedar table while looking the woman in the eye. 

- Y- yes sir. 

As she approached him, his hand light extended at her waist line, touching her on the back. 

- S.. sir…

- Leave those papers there and come with me tonight. 

- I… I can't sir, my husband…

- That trash of a man isn't worth of you. 

Shabes' hand lightly touched the womans' hair, and she blushed as her whole body tensed up. 

Shabes' expression soured a bit. 

- I guess what I'm doing could be said to be employee harassment, couldn't it?

The woman was surprised, her eyes opening wide.

- S. sir, i..

- It's okay. 

He faced the window again. 

- My body isn't of anyones' liking, and as much as that trash of a man isn't worth of you, I won't be forceful like him either. 

The woman in pink looked downwards, staring at the carpet. 

- If you want it, just say it. I will give you enough money to live the rest of your life somewhere else, and won't trouble you anymore. 

The woman felt intense surprise once again, for the second time in that night. 

- Sir, I! I never!

- I can also transfer you to another office. You could be anywhere you want in the world. I obviously will keep your salary the same as it is…

Shabe was suddenly grabbed from behind.

The woman's arms weren't large enough to embrace his whole body, but this time it was Shabe who felt surprise instead. 

- Sir… no… Shabe…

- Yes?

- I don't mind. I don't care what you do to me. I want it. But i…

- You can't take the lead to do that. 

The woman softened her embrace. 

- Yes, that's why…

- Shush. 

Gabe turned towards her, embracing her waist and approaching his body to hers'.

- Then…. Shall I help myself to your lips ? 

****

Morning of the following day.

- So, these are the profiles of those interested in the job. 

- Yes sir. 

The window allowed for the warm sunlight to illuminate Shabe Newells' office. 
There, a man and a woman would talk to each other while only half-dressed. There was enough clothing so both would be composed, but not formal at all. Those were Shabe and his secretary, Samanta. 

- I remember saying that I wanted everyone with a criminal record taken out of the picture. 

Why are there people with records here?

- I'm sorry sir. Is just that the requirements for the job were too high, so not enough people could be hired on this city alone. 

Shabe was the kind of guy who loved to do what he did. His work was a masterpiece made to separate gamers from their money, but also made with passion, love and hardwork to guarantee that said gamers would always receive what they paid for - if not even more. 

As for Samanta, she was a fantastic secretary, one of the best in the world. And now, not only that, she also looked more like a mature and seasoned woman, brimming with the sensuality only those who have gone beyond certain stages of life. Her disheveled hair was a perfect frame for the beautiful lips and now passionate, satisfied eyes.  

- I see - Said Shable. 

Squeam was about to launch a new tipe of MMORPG. One which would include never-before-seen technology and unique features. Such progress would mark a huge leap not only in gaming, but also in entertainment as a whole.

- Well, I guess we should just give them non-speaking minor roles then. What about the ones without a criminal record?

The job Jack was applying to was unique, and a feature of said game. However, the requirements were quite strict. 

First, the person couldn't have a criminal record. None at all. Then, the one applying for the job had to accept to live on Squeam Headquartes, were they would receive minimum wage minus food and lodging expenses. Which meant they would barely have any pocket money at the end of the month. 

Then, they would also have to spend most of their day available for work, not to mention that they could be awaken at any time of the night to work more. Their mobility would be reduced, and they would have to leave all belongings outside of the building once entering the workplace. 

They also had to accept a curfew of over 20 hours a day, accept to have their personal life tracked, including all communications with the outside, and then sign a very strict contract which would mostly make them slaves of the company.   

Of course, the individual couldn't have any serious mental illness or terminal disease as well.

Being crippled was fine, though. 

Such harsh working conditions wouldn't be accepted anywhere in the country, but this job was a special one. It wouldn't require any laws to operate. 

Of course, these conditions drove most of the possible applicants far away from the job, and only those with very clear profiles ended up being accepted. 

Those would be NEETS, who didn't care for the outside world, those who desperately wanted a job, no matter the cost, and those who were running away from the outside world - be for whichever reason it may be. 

From these three profiles, most of the last one couldn't really make it past the criminal record checking, so they made part of a very small selection of applicants. 

In summary, there were the NEETS, the Job Hunters and the Runners. Besides a few Weirdos as well. 

For each and every one of these profiles, a certain occupation was most appropriate inside of Shabes' new project. 

The NEETS, obviously, would be given the most reclusive roles, while Job Hunters would be given the most active ones. Runners, by their time, would be given special jobs which didn't require much in terms of player interaction. 

And then the Weirdos were just there to fill in the vacancies in the project. 

- Now, all we need is someone for THAT, I guess. 

- We have gone through all files multiple times sir. I don't think anyone is quite qualified for that position. 

- No one, uh…

Every single one of those appliance papers were as valuable as gold. The personnel there were the cream de la cream of modern corporate slavery material after all.

- Then, this one. 

- Jack Hooligan. Are you sure sir? This one is suspect. We couldn't find anything about him from the last 16 years. The last record of him being alive at all was his graduation album from high school…

Shable smiled a bit. Maybe it was because of the relaxed atmosphere of the room. Maybe it was because his mind was filled with pure satisfaction and pleasure from the last night - the fact is, all work done so far had been done under the pink lens in the eyes of a man who satisfied his lover, as much as she satisfied him.

- That's exactly why his history is so believable. Besides, he almost begged the psychologist to be accepted in the Project, didn't he? And his motive is… "because I want to be a NEET for the rest of my life". Hahah. 

- If you think so, sir. 

- Yeah, I do. Give him that role. If things go bad, then they don't know they will be on Early Alpha still, so we just need to find a substitute. 

That day marked the first time Jack got accepted at a job.

A story about lazyness and the true NEET life.

XXXX: XXXX: XXXX

Verstronia: Dreamless Story, or VDS, is a free-to-play, 3D action MMORPG developed by Japanese game company Kami Productions. It contains various features such as real-time action game-play including player v.s. enemy and player v.s. player modes. Boasts a large collection of unique characters each with unique backstories and distinct abilities. The most promoted feature however is the inclusion of a variable story-line that changes depending on which character you choose. Within each character's story-line contains points of intersection between other story-lines, but have stand-alone elements which can make it seem like you are playing a different game altogether, depending on who you choose.
It's this uniqueness that highlighted the worse within Ashe Daemon's character and story.
If there is one word that would describe the game-play of Ashe Daemon as a story, it would be this:
Tragedy.
The life of Ashe Daemon was filled with nothing but bad luck and loss. For a platform like an MMORPG, it was a mystery as to why a character like Ashe was developed at all.
In fact, an additional feature had been added during Ashe Daemon's character selection process as continuous updates to Ashe Daemon's story-line were made.
Ashe Daemon's character selection had been age-restricted for 17+. And the kicker? Only he was designated a 17+ age restriction.
It is important to know that the age restriction for the whole of VDS had been for the ages of 13+.
This discrepancy is what made Ashe Daemon an anomaly within VDS.
At first, the uniqueness of Ashe's situation brought tons of curious adventurous, of course. However, that quickly stopped over time.
The main reason for the discrepancy is that in fact that, compared to the others, Ashe's story is filled with 'mature' content.
Not in the 'erotic' sense, but rather in the highly graphic, violent sense.
It has been established that VDS boasts detailed graphic designs so real it can be confused with an actual counterpart in reality.


Just that when the high definition graphics are used for more….gruesome purposes, they can cause a different kind of problem.
This problem shows its head pretty early at the beginning of Ashe's main storyline.
In VDS, all characters begin with a tutorial stage unique to their backstory for players to learn the basic controls. In this tutorial stage, players would learn the basics of fighting mechanics, how to open the inventories, and other useful basic features you would need to keep playing VDS. The tutorial stage starts as a kind of prologue, using a snippet of the character's past, separate from the actual game world just like many RPGs in the past.
It is within this snippet of the Ashe's past that not only we, the player, learned how his mother died, but how she had died and learned the despair which scarred and changed Ashe's character as we now know it.
Ashe's tutorial begins with a 5-year-old Ashe Daemon who lives alone with his mother Aileen Daemon within the depths of Merez Forest, as vast forest located between the borders of three countries: Eareo, Terreo, and Lumeo.
Although there is no other people around them, Ashe and his mother live a happy life with just the two of them. As long as he can be with his mother, young Ashe feels like he would need nothing else.
They were happy.
….until fate decided to destroy it.
Aileen holds a secret she had kept from Ashe. She is fatally ill.
This illness is not just any illness. Most of the time Aileen remains symptom-free, however, at certain intervals suffers from excruciating pain which if nothing is done can lead to the most painful death.
In the past 5 years, in order to curb her symptoms, Aileen has been taking a special type of medicine that can prevent her painful seizures for at least a month.
However, this type of medicine is not only rare, it is not sold in normal stores.
Luckily, the ingredients of the medicine can be concocted using mostly common ingredients found frequently in the wild. Only one ingredient within the medicine recipe had attributed to its extremely rare status along with the medicine's limited effects.
The name of the ingredient is called the Blackthorn Rose.
Not just any Blackthorn Rose. The variety of types of flowers called the Blackthorn Roses can add to a hundred types including hybrids and human-cultivated ones.
Only a Blackthorn Rose grown within the depths of Merez Forest can be useful for the creation of the medicine. Even if a Blackthorn Roses seed was taken out of the forest, the rose grown from that seed would not become the same without Merez Forest's unique environment.
The Merez Forest's unique environment cultivates a variety of different fauna and flora which cannot be found anywhere else within the Continent of Oswil.
However, it is this unique environment that makes it difficult for anyone to frequently obtain a Merez Forest's, Blackthorn Rose.
Bred within the Merez Forest, the flora and fauna there evolved greatly from their outside counterparts. This evolution made them highly dangerous to humans thus turning Merez Forest into a forbidden area where only the strongest with their countries permission are allowed to access.
Unable to obtain the medicine by normal means, Aileen made a decision to live within Merez Forest to concoct the medicine herself.
If said by any normal woman, this declaration would be equal to a declaration of suicide.
However, Aileen was not a normal woman.
Hailed as the 'Sword Saintess' in her active years within the Eareo Empire's military, she by far has enough qualifications to travel through Merez Forest.
With her own hands, she had a home built within the depths of the forest where Blackthorn Roses grow in number.
However even as strong as she is, to live within a forbidden zone as dangerous as the Merez Forest where danger lurks everywhere is not the thoughts of a sane person.
The reason why she chose to choose such a dangerous option was for just one important reason: Ashe.
In order to not leave her newborn Ashe alone without his mother, Aileen resolved herself to somehow get the medication even if she had to obtain the rose herself.
With the creation of the medication being unstable, Aileen does not hope to obtain a stable flow of medication if she were to live in the city.
Not wanting to leave her fate at the whims of others, she took fate in her own hands.
Her decision to live within the forest to concoct the medication herself bore fruit.
Using her overwhelming abilities, she had cemented her status within the creatures of the forest, creating a territory where no beast dares to come close.
For 5 years, Aileen had kept Ashe safe as she continues to concoct her own medication.
However, everything doesn't last forever.
Having taken the same medication multiple times, it was inevitable for Aileen's body to develop a tolerance towards the drug.
What took only one dose now took two, and then took three,
The amount she needs continues to grow and she had no way of stopping it.
In order to maintain the duration of effect of the medicine, Aileen had continued to increase her production rate.


It was during that unfortunate timing that Aileen starting to have a seizure.
The seizure was sudden, it caused Aileen to immediately fall to the ground and groan in pain softly.
The only reason as to why she only softly groaned instead of screamed from the pain was a testament of her iron will and her dislike to show her son her weak side in front of her son.
Aileen then immediately took all the doses of medication that she had at that moment.
But it wasn't enough.
Ashe, who saw this happening, was beside himself.
In his worry, Ashe had suddenly remembered that his mom keeps bringing back roses that she brought from the forest every day.
Having remembered that his mom kept telling him it was very important to her, Ashe saw an opportunity.
'If I get mom the flower, she will get better!'
Ashe's young mind led him ironically towards the correct answer but failed to account for the dangers of his decision.
Ashe then immediately ran out of the house in hopes of finding the flower for Aileen.
Aileen, paralyzed from the pain, was unable to stop Ashe in time and in the next moment she lost her consciousness.
Ashe ran through the forest without care, ignorant of the dangers.
A normal child within Merez Forest can die from just about anything within the forest and Ashe was no exception.
Luckily, Ashe was able to traverse through the forest without encountering any danger for some time due to his mother's influence.
After some time, Ashe was able to finally find what he was looking for.
Petals and stem black as the night but somehow emits a faint glow. Ashe had discovered the Blackthorn Rose.
With joy, Ashe rushes towards the flower.
This was when Ashe's luck had finally run out.
As Ashe approached the flower, multiple sounds started to rustle around him, closing in.
From the bushes in the surrounding area, the culprits which cause the noise revealed themselves.
Merez Forest Wolves.
A pack of Merez Forest Wolves, numbering six, surrounded Ashe.
While one of the weakest existences within the forest, but that just in the forest.
If just one Merez Forest Wolves was to be brought outside the forest, it can probably decimate half a small-sized town if no one is strong enough to take it down.
With six of them, it can be said that Ashe would have no chance of survival.
Unable to move from fear, young Ashe shows no signs of resistance against the threat.
Seeing the unmoving prey, the wolves howl in joy as they all pounced towards the fresh meat.
Just seconds before the jaws of the wolves are to tear apart Ashe's flesh, 'something' happened.
A flash of black light.
All the wolves were blasted backward and whimpered in pain at the same moment the light appeared.
Confused, the Blackthorn Forest Wolves look towards their supposed prey and widened their eyes in surprise.
Ashe's hair had turned white to the root and his eyes shone red as he glared at the wolves like a predator.
Emitting a killing intent unlike his previous weak self from before, Ashe roared into the sky and immediately charged at the wolves.
This was the beginning of the tutorial battles.
With overwhelming power, the transformed Ashe instantly turned mincemeat the wolf pack.
His killing intent continues to blast out, deterring the appearance of other predators regardless of the smell of blood in the surroundings.
If Ashe were to return back to normal at this instant, he could have safely brought the rose back home without encountering danger.
However, such a convenient event did not happen.
While transformed Ashe continued to rampage, the normal Ashe's soul seemed to have become unconscious, unaware of his change.
After an unknown amount of time, Ashe consciousness had returned with him looking up while lying on the forest floor.
Beside him was an unknown man.
The man introduced himself as Rheves Verstone, a friend of his mother and the one who found him lying on the forest.
It had seemed he was watching over Ashe waiting for him to wake up before asking him questions on what happened.
Ashe who only remembered only up to the point where the wolves attacked him was suddenly reminded as to why he was here in the first place.
In a panic, Ashe quickly explained that he was Aileen's son and he needed to bring the rose back right away. While still not quite sure what's happening, Rheves quickly picked the roses from the bush and, with Ashe, they quickly made back to the log house.
Excited, Ashe planned to proudly show off his spoils to Aileen to make her feel better until he saw her 'dead' body.
With a face twisted in pain, skin as though dehydrated for weeks, and discolored spots all over her body, Ashe had trouble understanding who she was. Laying down on the spot just as he left her, it seemed that Aileen did not have a peaceful death.
Not believing that the corpse was his mother, Ashe looked around in hopes of finding Aileen alive so he can bring her the flower.
That was when Rheves Verstone placed his face eye level with Ashe and told him gently but firmly that his mother is now dead.
At an age where death was a difficult concept, Rheves continued to convince Ashe.
Once the idea that his mother will never play with him ever again, Ashe begins to cry.
With tears and snot flowing out from his body, Ashe continues to wail loudly as his screams continue to echo out int the forest.
Here marks the end of Ashe's prologue story...

Verstronia: Dreamless Story or VDS. Currently, the most popular MMORPG of all time with over 8 million current players at its peak. Boasting a large selection of multiple unique characters to choose from, each with their own unique storylines, Set within the same world stage known as Eruvia, characters are able to interact with another character from their POV. 

Aaron Amano is one such player of VDS. Due to a rare chance, Aaron becomes one of the first players to become a VDS Beta Tester. When VDS first launched, like the other Beta Testers, Aaron was excited to play. When it was time to choose a character, he chose 'the boy with a hidden secret', Ashe Daemon. However, Aaron didn't know, that Ashe was to be known as the worst and most unpopular character of all VDS. 

4 years have passed since. After facing many difficulties and hurdles, Aaron had come to love playing as Ashe. So much so that Ashe had been the only character he ever played as. During his time playing, Aaron had met and became game friends with like-minded individuals who only chose to play their own favorite character. Using the guild feature of VDS, together they made [Vers Warriors]. Aaron truly lived a fulfilled gamer life. 

However, those happy days had come to a sudden stop. It was during the [Vers Warrios] first offline meeting. Due to their own discretion, the company which made VDS, Kami Productions, had announced that Ashe Daemon will be removed as a playable character. Devastated, if it wasn't for his guildmates, Aaron wouldn't have been able to move on. Thankful to them, Aaron felt the need to say it directly. It was then a sudden accident occurred. Aaron, along with his guildmates, all too easily lost their lives. 

...However, this wasn't the end.

[Eh!? When I had realized it, I had become a soul, but then I was split into two. Eh!? Where is this? Screen? What happened to my other half? Eh!? It became Ashe Daemon!??! A-reeee!?!?!]

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The sound of Snow constantly hitting windows echoed through the night.

 A good-looking young man, with brown hair, brown eyes and a shaped body was walking in the cold night thinking what was the reason for his existence. "My family died, my girlfriend betrayed me and I have no friends, so what is the point?" Lighting a cigarette with the intention of stopping the cold and decrease his melancholy, William Thiem saw a flier advertising the new virtual reality game that was gonna be released in 3 days, The game name was <2nd Chance>.

The game was a MMORPG involving different races, giant continents and Npcs who acted like real life entities , besides all, it was a place where you could fell a new light in you, and in the middle of his depression that changed William sad life.
Next day, William used all the money he had and bought a gaming helmet for himself. 

2 days latter trying to forget his problems, William got his helmet, laid in his bed and logged in the game

[Login starting] 

[Starting facial recognition]

[Not recognized, creating new account]

[Choose your name]

After thinking for a while Willian spoke the name he thought would be good for himself
"Killer Machine"

[Name already taken, choose another one]

"Shit" thought William 

[Option available, continue?]

"No!" Shouted William

[Choose your name] repeated the machine

"Shadow Lurker" Said William

[Option available, continue?]

"Yes" William said 

[Select your race]

There was a lot of options like humans, dwarfs, wood elfs, half-elfs, et cetera each with characteristics traits.
But in the end William choose Night Elfs as his option because it personal skill was a passive which makes it easier to not get aggro depending on the distance between the monster and himself, the active skill was called "camouflage" it worked the same as stealth but only on monsters, while in players and Npcs it had it effect 70% diminished.

[Race chosen, starting the game]

[Welcome to 2nd Chance]

Starting in the novice village of Night Elves in the Arcan continent William saw a lot of players running  around killing monsters and looking for quests, sad as his was William just choose to walk around, while walking he saw a player bumping in an old woman and throwing her to the ground, seeing nobody trying to help, William walked to her and tried to help her get up but before that the old woman talked to him: 
"Thank you kid, but I twisted my ankle and can´t walk now unfortunately" 
"Don´t worry miss I can carry you, where do you want to go?" said William 
"oh Lord, what a good kid we have here!, if possible I would like you to help me get to the little hospital in this village please" 

[Quest Received]
Help the old lady get to the Hospital
Reward: Unknown 
Difficulty: G

"Ok miss, I will try my best to help you"

William had a wonderful life with his family, but a tragedy happened when he was 15 years old.
The family car crashed and nobody besides him survived, 4 years later William got accepted into a college and his life was restarting to be good. But again only tragedies happens on his life... The woman he started to date betrayed him with his only friend and using her father authority she kicked William of the college 
With nothing else to do in his life, William uses his life expenses to buy a helmet to play the new game <2nd Chance> and that’s how one of the game biggest legends begins











Hey guys my name is Matheus! I know my English Isn’t good but I’m trying my best to get better, this is the first novel I have ever written so please help me to get better since English isn’t my native language ( I’m Brazilian by the way ;] )

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