Chương 3: Chapter 2-Getting Gear

When the Gods' impact occurred, souls of the people from all over the world who were playing VR games at that time were teleported to the game.

However, not everyone was teleported to the same place.

Some were teleported in the town, some in the forest, some in another town, some in another kingdom. All the 43,941 players were scattered all over the first realm.

Furthermore, not everyone logged in at a perfect time like Zach and others, where they thought they were in the wrong game because the store worker linked their capsule with a wrong VR game by mistake.

People who were playing other VR games suddenly found themselves somewhere in a totally different place.

Some thought that the games' servers were hacked, while some thought it was a prank. Some, however, believed what the black slime told them.

It has only been an hour since the game went online, but the players weren't happy with their experience.

If the game rating were available, it would have gotten the lowest score in the market.

After reaching the town, Zach, Kayden, and Shay first went straight to the weapon shop.

"What about the money, though? We didn't get any coins as a login bonus," Zach wondered.

"The NPCs in the shop are programmed to give us the default weapon— a sword and shield, for free," Shay stated nonchalantly and entered the shop.

"Excuse me! We are newbies!" Shay said while shouting. "Please give us free weapons!"

"There is no free weapon here," the male NPC replied.

"..."

"Then how are we supposed to buy equipment?! We don't have any money."

Something was happening against Shay's knowledge regarding the VR games, and he wasn't happy about it.

"You can link your real-life bank account with the game to use it as a game's currency," the NPC asserted in a calm voice.

Shay raised his brows and glanced at Kayden: "I don't want to risk it, so you try it."

Kayden shrugged and linked his bank account with the game after inserting the credentials.

"It worked," Kayden nodded to Shay.

Shay immediately linked his bank account and shouted, "I will buy everything in this store!"

He looked at the imposing sword covered in a refined sheath and pointed his finger at it.

"How much for that sword?" he asked the NPC.

"80,000," the NPC replied.

"I will buy it!"

The NPC shook his head and said, "Even if you buy it, you wouldn't be able to equip it until you reach the required level. And that sword's requirement level is level 75."

"Tch!" Shay clicked his tongue and muttered, "I almost forgot about that."

Zach ignored Shay's blabbering and turned to the NPC to ask, "What weapons can we buy at our level?"

"You can get the default sword and shield. And when you reach level 5, you can buy more equipment according to your class."

Sword was a common weapon for all the class. Whether it be a swordsman, bandit, or any other class. Sword was the only weapon that could be equipped by all the classes.

After linking his bank account with the game, Zach bought the default sword and shield, with Kayden and Shay.

Then, they went to the restaurant to eat something. Surprisingly, all the real-world dishes were available in the game, with various other fantasy foods.

When they finished eating, all three of them received the same quests.

[«Quest- Defeat five goblins.»

‹Time - ∞.›

«Reward- 500 EXP.»]

[«Quest- Clear five floors of the dungeon.»

‹Time- ∞.›

«Reward- 2500 EXP.»]

[«Quest- Reach level 5.»

‹Time- ∞.›

«Reward- 5000 coins.»]

"ARGH!" Shay grunted and groaned, "This game is so boring."

"It hasn't even been a full two hours, and you are already bored?" Zach scoffed and said, "Don't forget we have to spend seven days in this game."

"I hope someone presses the logout button in the real world."

For emergency cases, all the VR headsets, let it be the standard helmet, VR chair, VR full bodysuit, or VR capsule, all had a physical logout button so the player's family could log them out.

However, even the physical logout button wasn't going to help them here in Gods' impact.

Zach, Kayden, and Shay met with the other players who were coming back from the dungeon, and asked them some stuff about the game.

Upon entering the dungeon, the players were given two options.

[1) Mixed dungeon. 2) Solo dungeon.]

The mixed dungeon was a normal dungeon where the players cleared it. But the player who struck the last was given EXP points.

The solo dungeon was where the players entered the same dungeon, but a different version where what the other players did, didn't matter.

It was the best option for the players who were looking for a fast level-up without anyone stealing their kill.

The first five floors of the dungeon had goblins as monsters, so Zach, Kayden, and Shay decided to choose 'Solo dungeon.'

"Let's meet here— at the entry of the dungeon after one hour," Shay advised. "Remember, only clear the first five floors, and then retreat. The monster of the sixth floor will be out of our league, for now."

"And even if you don't clear all the five-floor, come back when one hour passes," he added.

Zach, Kayden, and Shay nodded at each other and went their separate ways after choosing the solo dungeon to level up.

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Total players in the game- 46,211.

2341 new player logged in.

71 players died.

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Chương 4: Chapter 3-Solo Dungeon

Zach casually entered the first floor of the solo dungeon and waited for the goblins to spawn.

Zach recalled what the players they met in the town told him about the dungeon.

'First floor will have five goblins. The second floor will have 10. The third floor will have 20. The fourth floor will have 30. And the fifth floor will have 51, with 50 normal goblins, and one goblin king— that would be equal to 50 normal goblins.'

Five goblins spawned at some distance from Zach.

[Level 5. Low Goblins! HP- 100/100.]

"..." Zach watched them as he thought, 'Not what I expected.'

Normally, anyone would expect the goblins to be green-colored, but here, they were pale yellow.

Zach calmly took out his sword and let the goblins dash at him.

He was too lazy to approach the goblins, so he let them come at him.

Zach swiftly swung his sword and walked past the goblins as their bodies dropped to the ground in pieces.

"Hmm~ who would have thought my kitchen skills would come in handy," he chuckled. Even though he knew, he has no kitchen skills.

Zach has never cooked in his life. Heck, he has never been in the kitchen. His mother and sister don't let him enter because he can't cook.

[Received 10 EXP.]

"Each goblin gave only 10 EXP…." Zach muttered in frustration.

[Quest- Defeat five goblins has been completed!]

[Congratulations! You have received the reward of completing the quest. Reward- 500 EXP.]

Zach opened his menu to see how many more EXP he needed to level up.

[EXP- 550/1000.]

After looking at his stats, Zach pondered for a while and uttered, "So 45 more goblin to kill to level up."

[Floor 1 has been cleared!]

Two portals appeared in front of Zach after he cleared the first floor.

One portal was blue colored, and it said, 'Enter to proceed to the next floor.'

Another one was yellow-colored, and it said, 'Enter to exit the dungeon.'

Zach then looked at the time and saw only 5 minutes had passed from the one-hour time limit Shay gave to them.

Zach entered the blue portal and entered the second floor.

'This one will have ten goblins, huh? Well, I can handle ten at once,' Zach thought to himself.

Ten goblins spawned in front of Zach, but this time, instead of pale yellow, they were dark yellow.'

[Level 5. Low Goblins! HP- 100/100.]

The goblins were carrying a small dagger in their hands. They looked at Zach with a fierce glare in their eyes and dashed at Zach.

This time, instead of standing and waiting for the goblins to come to him, Zach ran past the horde of 10 goblins while swinging his sword in a motion.

The goblins' bodies fell, but one goblin remained.

"Tch!" Zach clicked his tongue and uttered, "I missed one."

He dashed at the one last remaining goblin and cleaved its head.

[Received 100 EXP!]

[Floor 2 Has been cleared!]

The same two portals appeared before Zach, and he entered floor three.

"20 at once might be a little tough considering I messed up on the previous floor," Zach murmured.

Twenty green-colored goblins spawned in front of Zach. They were carrying a short sword with them.

[Level 10 goblins. Rogue Goblins! HP- 300/300]

"This game seriously needs to work on the power system. Here, level one players are easily defeating level 10 goblins without breaking a sweat," Zach commented.

Surprisingly, Shay also said the same thing a while ago in his solo dungeon. But he knew that mobs were mobs.

However, were they truly mobs? It was a game created by gods, it was a world created by gods, so can the monsters be mobs? Or perhaps, they were real monsters?

Zach carefully glanced around the dungeon and calculated his attack.

Since there were more goblins, the space to move freely in the dungeon was low.

Zach wanted to plan more before engaging in an attack, but the goblins weren't so patient.

They surrounded Zach from the sides and jumped on him to attack him at once.

SIGH!

"As expected from the mindless monsters." Zach jumped in the air and leaped over the goblins. Then, as soon as he landed, he launched himself at the goblins and slashed them down.

"Only managed to get 7 of them, huh?"

Zach jumped again to make some distance between them. Then, he dashed at them and cut them one by one. To make it more interesting, Zach killed the last remaining two goblins in a bizarre way.

He stabbed his sword in the goblin's ass that came out of its front, and then he raised that sword with the goblin's body still on it. Then, he stabbed the last goblin in the face, or rather, in the mouth.

[Received 200 EXP!]

[Floor 3 has been cleared!]

[EXP- 850/1000]

"I will be leveling up on the next floor. I should select my Class, or I might get a random one," he muttered.

If the players didn't choose any class while creating a character, they were assigned a random class.

Zach didn't want to get stuck with the Class he didn't like, so he opened his menu and went to the class section to select his Class.

He looked through the available classes.

[Class:

«Bandit. (Can be upgraded to Hunter/ Rogue/ Assassin after reaching the level at 10/ 25/ 50.»

«Witcher. Can be upgraded to Mage/ Warlock after reaching the level at 25/50.»

«Healer. Can be upgraded to Priest/ Pope after reaching the level 25/50.»

«Swordsman. Can be upgraded to Warrior/ Knight/ Paladin Knight after reaching the level 10/25/50.»

«Bowman. Can be upgraded to Archer/ Ranger/ Gunslinger after reaching the level 10/25/50.»]

Zach looked at the classes and pondered, "So there are only five classes, and I have to choose one of them."

"I think I will be fine with anything except Healer class," he scoffed. "And I can't choose the witcher class as my primary Class. So I only have three classes to choose from."

'You can unlock hidden classes if you have the potential.' Zach then remembered the hidden classes Kayden mentioned.

Zach sat down on the ground and closed his eyes.

'Since the game is allowing the players to use real-life skills and talents, I shall make use of them," he asserted with his eyes closed.

There was one thing that no one knew about Zach except his parents, not even Kayden— who was Zach's best friend.

Zach kept his eyes closed, but he was struggling to keep them close.

Suddenly, a prompt appeared in front of Zach's screen.

[Congratulations! You have unlocked the class 'Cultivator'!]

*****

Total players in the game- 46390.

199 new players logged into the game.

21 players died.

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Author's Note- Before anyone jumps to a conclusion, I want to make it clear that this novel won't focus on cultivation. Yes, it has a cultivation tag, and Zach will indeed cultivate, but it will be between chapters and only be mentioned in the following chapters whenever he cultivates.

Although if something new or important happens while Zach is cultivating, then I will write it.

Also, Zach can cultivate, but at the same time, he can't cultivate (yet). What do I mean by that? Well, you will have to read the following chapters to find out.

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