P R O L O G U E

By the entrance of the town a woman was standing, her silver hood had slipped back for moments ago. The sun was bright, the wind was breathing cold on her cheeks and constantly flurrying her pure-white hair while she face downcast.

'Wh-where?'

Elisea whispered to herself.

She lifted her head, letting her gaze to drift at the buildings in front of her. The entrance was guarded by two motionless soldiers clad in polished plate of armor standing erect to their full height while their surcoat, blue as the sky above them was glistened by the sun, following the movement of the wind.

'Is this? Ael world?'

Elisea felt her excitement bubble up.

'It's beyond what I imagined it would be!'

Elisea wandered inside of the town, her eyes shifting this way and that. The people, rows of stalls strung with colored flags, music and merchants were heaving her attention.

'Lena should've seen this with me.'

Elisea let out a breath.

•August, Wednesday 10:27PM 2214•

The holographic screen appeared on the computer-desk, followed by the ringing notification sound.

'Elisea, the required contents of the application "Ael Vel Online" has been successfully downloaded .'

An AI(Artificial Intelligence)female voice said.

Elisea came fully awake, she reached for the chair and hovered her hand on the holographic screen.

'Finally! I've been waiting for this game for months!'

Elisea transferred the game to the 'Ael Dreamer' capsule, it gave a soft light and automatically compiled the application in its algorithm.

'Ael Vel Online is ready.'

The AI spoke again.

Elisea stood from her bed, she walked towards the capsule and opened it. She reached for the neuro-headgear with a pair of gloves attached from the capsule and lay herself.

'Welcome to Ael Vel Online. Now directing.'

The light forced her eyes to shut.

'Please enter a name. Hmm. I guess I'll just enter my name backward. A-e-s-i-l-e. There!'

Translucent weapon icons appeared and drifted around her: Greatsword, Spears, Sword and shield, Staff, Book, Two daggers, Bow, Harp, and Gun.

As she checked the weapons informations individually, her eyes shifted to a glitching spherical light. She extended her arms and reached it. As her finger touched the sphere, the ground beneath her feet crumbled in shape of boxes and her surroundings went blacked.

•August, Wednesday 2:32PM 2214•

Elisea was seated on the edge of a fountain in the middle of town, she was reading the guide on a hovering GUI(Graphical User Interface).

'Let's see. It's harder than I thought, and there are no auto-paths?'

Elisea tapped the GUI twice to close, and she began asking around.

'Uhm, excuse me?'

A man with a fiery colored hair looked over his shoulder. He was clad in a silver armor carrying a sword and a shield.

'I wanted to do a quest, but I don't know where to start. '

'Oh. You should see an NPC with a light dot above their head.'

He responded.

'NPC? Light dot?'

Elisea brow furrowed.

'A newbie, huh? NPC stands for Non-Player Character.'

Elisea was thrown into confusion, and stared blanked at him.

'H-here, let me just-.'

The man clamped his hands on Elisea's shoulder and faced her towards the crowd of people.

'Do you see a glowing dot anywhere?'

He asked as Elisea stared at them.

'Oh! There's one! But there are also many with green colors.'

Elisea beamed as though she was a small child.

'Those are side quests.'

'Side quests?'

She looked back at him.

'Uhh, for earning extra money.'

'Ohh, I see. You need money in this game?'

The man face knotted from Elisea's question.

'Err. Yes, to buy equipments and— have you read the guide?'

The man was suddenly in haste as a holographic interface appeared before him.

'Only the first part.'

'That would help you. I'll be on my way, my guild-mates are looking for me.

The man strode on his way.

'Thank you! Uhm, whoever you are!'

Elisea moved to the NPC near her, she talked for seconds and accepted the main quest so are the side quests. Before she stepped outside the border of the town of Velia, she stood for hours reading each line from the guide to get more informations.

S T A T U S

•Force Manipulator Grade I

Stat requirements for level 10

Str 10 | Agi 20 | Int 20

Attack 10

Magic Attack 36

Defense 28

Evasion 3%

Critical Hit Rate 0%

Critical Damage. 5%

STR: 0

AGI: 0

INT: 0

Point: 5 Auto-Allocate: (5)

Strength: increases physical damage, defense and hp.

Agility: increases physical damage, critical hit rate, avoid rate and critical damage. Improves speed movement.

Intelligence: increases mp, magic critical hit rate, and reduces critical hit. Improves casting speed

'So these are the basics.I'm all set!'

Elisea took a breath and followed the path leading outside of the town with her eyes fixated on the quest list as she walked.

1.) Slime Elimination 0/15

2.) Collect Viscous Liquid 0/10 (Side)

3.) Forage Herbs 0/5 (Side)

4.) Log 0/5 (Side)

5.) Craft 5 Small HP and 5 MP Potions 0/10 (Side)

'There's so many.'

Elisea was so lost in thought as she wandered through the forest. She could see and hear other players, hacking, stabbing and casting spells on the slimes.

'T-that's too cruel for a cute slime.'

Elisea face was knotted from their act of violence.

Elisea stopped her eyes were focused on a slime in front of her. Curiousity took over, she crouched over the slime and and jabbed her fingers into the slime.

'It's like a walking gelatin.'

The slime suddenly leapt towards her, smashing its body on her face.

'What the—! Gyaaah!'

Her screamed echoed in the forest.

'That felt like a slap!'

Elisea scrambled on her feet away from the slime.

'Okay, okay. Calm down, Elisea. Uhh, yeah, first skill.'

Elisea casted a spell, the word were clear but the magic failed.

'Why can't I cast it! Oh, yeah. I need to equip my weapon. Inventory! Inventory!'

She saw a pair of gloves in her inventory, it's back were embedded with crystal. She dragged it with her finger onto the weapon icon and now allowing her to use her skills.

She recited the spell again, her body reacted involuntarily, and a dark condensed energy gathered beneath her palm.

'Force Wave!'

An invisible force cut through the slime, and its body dropped separately. It turned into points of white light leaving silvers and her side quest items.

'I did it! My very own first kill!