End of beta testing

"My name is Mo'sam. And I want to be your follower."

That's the last thing I hear, before messages come into my view.

[Mo'sam, a merman swordsman, has requested to be your follower. You can give him a role as what you desire. Attention: If dicontent, his loyalty drops and at a certain point he will desert from your service. Accept?]

-Yes

[Mo'sam has been accepted as your follower. Give him a role]

- Personal guard

[Mo'sam has been notified of your choice and he accepted it]

[Congratulations, you are the first person to get a personal guard, since the achievement system has been activated.]

[You have received a title: Prince Charming]

[Prince Charming:

Description: The most charming person in the mortal world, that was the first to recruit someone else, by having a good start from the beginning, although for him but not for his follower, that was saved after nearly being stabbed to death. ("Don't offend the wrong one")

Effect:

- Charisma stat created: +20

- Credibility stat created: +10

- Places for retainers has increased from 5 to 10

- Your arrogance will cause you some problems and shop prices will increase by 25% and it may be possible to be hit by someone for you arrogant behaviour]

The title will bring good and bad at the same time but the most shocking part was that it really wasn't a normal game. The NPC has been asked if he accepted it. "Alright Mo'san, are you able to come on land?" Actually it shouldn't be possible, but magic existed, and something like that should be doable as well. "Yes, we merman have a special skill, that allows us to hover on land, but we only get it if the goddess blesses us for having done something extraordinary or being one of the best in some field in the whole race, but that's in every race the same. The best get nurtured and the rest will be disposed of or exploited by the strongers. It's the survival of the fittest. And as one of the best swordsmen in the whole race, I was blessed by our goddess, Aqua. I am so lucky to be talented and therefore be touched by her graceful hand as she gifted me this skill. Uhm, yes I have the skill." Mo talked and talked excitedly about their goddess, showing that he clearly is religious. That isn't a judging tone of mine as me myself am a priest of some god, I don't even know about. In the end Mo obviously realised his overecxcited speech and just said that he had the skill, but his story was really helpful for me, learning about the story of the game, which I didn't perceive as a game anymore, but another world, waiting to be explored and lived in. "Let's head up to the surface. I want to see the sun again. The time down here has been exciting enough for one day, don't you think so?" "Yeah, you are right. ~Water hovering~ Let's go. I hate this place. My familily nearly murdered me here. I don't know who else had been sacrificed here." Slowly walking up the narrow path, the two arrived at the opening of the cave, where Bo's remains of his experiment still laid. Thinking about Kishtan since Mo had talked about Aqua as their goddess, I asked him: "Say, Mo, what do you know about Kishtan?"

The merman that has been hovering straight, without a fault in his posture, suddenly crumbled as if he had been attacked. He turned around and with an incredulous expression he asked: Where do you you know that name from? I knew it, because I was lucky enough to hear a story about him, when the floating library passed and one of the lecturers told a story about him. And that only because I was the chief's son. How do you know about him!? His existence is a closed in secret!"

"Calm down. He told me, his name is Kishtan."

"He told you?! How could he tell you? He's been asleep for a thousand years."

"Well, --"

"ROOOOOAAAAAAAAR!!!"

"Freaking hell! What's that noise?"

Beside me, Mo fell on his knees, but instead of praying to Aqua, he prayed to Kishtan. Being one of the only ones in the mortal world, knowing about Kishtan. "Long live the creator! Long live the creator! Long live the creator!"

"Hey, what's going on? ... Hey, answer me now!"

But Mo was sticking on the ground on his knees and only after complete silence descended on the world and grey mist was gathering on the ground everywhere, Mo got up and pulled me after him, not yet caring to answer my questions. "Quick, I will answer your questions soon, but please follow me now." Hearing the urgency in his voice, I decided to follow him. Running over hills and through the forest, we find a cave. There we sit down carefully, completely sore and depleted from the whole running.

[Through running your agility has increased by 5]

This appeared to both of them, although it was a little bit different on the screen of Mo, saying that the agility has increased from 95 to 100 but is still divided half as he is on land.

"So what was that? I am a bit clueless."

"Yeah you sure are. Where do you actually come from? Hearing such a cry you should either run or pray. But you did neither. You have been acting weird since the beginning and if you don't answer me, I will leave you! So, if you answer me, I will answer your question. Deal?"

"Agreed. Well would you believe me, if I told you, that I am from a different world than yours?"

"Actually, I would, this is the multiverse after all, so it would be weird if there isn't any other world than this one. Alright, you answered my question and I will not ask further details yet. That's the deal. Now my answer. Kishtan is the creator of the multiverse. He has been asleep since one thousand years and what you heard today, was his awakening."

Hearing these shocking news, I blankly look into the space before me, thinking about out encounter, and was suddenly lucky to get the high-priest profession of Kishtan. And luckily, I had a conversation with him and was able to achieve from a cold opinion to a neutral opinion.

Just as I want to say something, I got interrupted by a grunt of a wild boar, standing in front of the cave Iwe stayed in. It slowly walked past it. Mo and I didn't even dare to breath in order to not catch its attention, because nobody wanted to get attacked by a boar that is as big as a grown man. Then, very, very slowly, it turned its head in our direction and emerald flames looked at us. Petrified we crawled backwards, further into the cave, already wanting to run into safety. Eventually after a long stare, the boar walked past the cave and as the sight is free again, I see that the mist has disappeared. Eventually, after Mo has come out as well, the ground started to shake terribly so that we weren't able to stand on the ground anymore. Out of the forest an endless wave of undead creatures with all types of forms, ran into our direction, some having decaying flesh on their pale bones that are showed beneath the infectious flesh, not intending to stop for us. We somehow got back up the hill and ran back into the cave. Coincidentally, all over the world, at the exact same time, a ghost passed through the body of the 16 players and they fainted. Some weren't as lucky as me, because in my case, Mo caught me and brought me back into the cave, and in their case they were fighting something or someone, but most of them were in villages, getting hit by a ghost of the nearby cementary. A message appeared in front of them all.

[You will be logged out due to a traumatic experience]

[Personal message from the main deity (only Bo) : Tell the managers to get more containers with bigger data capacity, or they should just upload it into the internet, for unlimited data capacity]

Getting out of the capsule, I walk over to the shower and wash off the saturating secretion, feeling totally weak now, having back his normal, mortal and not modified body like in the game, he feels totally miserable at the current moment.

Getting out of the shower, putting his clothes on, which feel weird now after wearing nothing for days in the game. He then met up with the other gamers, who didn't feel that bad, because they hadn't gotten that much of a modification yet and not experiencing a backlash yet.

Walking out of the big shut-in room with the capsules, we were expected by the manager that had welcomed us before. I looked on my phone and realised, that a day had already passed. "Follow me please, dear beta testers. A crowd of reporters is waiting for you. Feel at least a bit excited, you have just experienced the newest technology the world, or better, our company has to offer. We are here. Smile and perform. Thanks." With that last encouraging words she pushed open up the doors. Immedately flashes of lights washed over us. We queue up in a row behind a podium. I am the last in the queue. The next two hours, I hear some tales about what the other players experienced and the media absorbed it like a sponge.

Finally, my turn comes and I step on the stage, it's my first time doing this. Normally, I am just the gamer who phones the media and talk to them like that.

- What are your thoughts about the game?

- I think it's a real second reality, worthy of being spread through the world.

- What makes you think that?

- I had many conversations with NPCs and they all didn't have any script to say. It was as if they all had their own, unique behaviour and temper. For example, I saw a player insulting a NPC and as a result, because of the insult, he was shredded by the NPC. At the end of our time in there, there was a massive beast tide and shortly before, a roar sounded through the air. The NPC at my side fell on his knees, immediately praying to the god or goddess he believes in. Later he told me that it was the awakening of something. That shows how much background information and history there is.

- Which profession do you think has the best effect and is the strongest?

- All professions in there are useful in their own extent. But as we heard before, each race has a different trait and that makes a profession more useful and easier to play if you have chosen the right one. Which ones match better together, will be known in the future.

- Anything else you want to say?

- Yes. Mrs Manager, a message from the main deity. You should get more containers with bigger data capacity, or you should just upload it into the internet, for unlimited data capacity.

A big commotion roused up the crowd. "What does he mean, Mrs. Manager?"