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Within the popular VRMMORPG "New Genesis", there was a ranker by the name of Arthur Holmes, commonly known by his in-game alias “Merlin”. 

Arthur was one of the few original beta testers still playing after 30 years, he was originally a ranker, a player whose entire goal was to stay at the top, ahead of everyone else.
However after 15 years he sacrificed his player ranking in search of knowledge.

Arthur became a lore hunter, a player who indulges himself with the world's vast lore and unexplored history, preferring to uncover the world’s secrets rather than endlessly fighting monsters.

At the age of 48, 30 years after the game came out, Arthur uncovered the greatest secret of all, and yet, ironically, his negligence in levelling up was the one thing holding him back from realising his goal, he knew he would never be able to catch up to the rankers, a gap of 15 years was Impossible to overcome.

If only he could restart…

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Restarting From Genesis

As if to purposefully mock Alvira for her overconfidence, the vampire boss suddenly erupted into a cloud of red mist, completely enveloping the party.

"Why did you have to jinx it." Zankoku yelled as he attempted to escape the mist. "It has a second phase."

Merlin quickly leapt out of the mist's range. He found that his vision was partially obscured by red blotches in his eyes, and his attempt at wiping it away didn't work well enough.

Merlin watched as his party stumbled out of the mist, it seemed that a couple of them had been completely blinded, and a couple were coughing out what looked like blood.

The mist slowly gathered back into the shape of a human before dissipating, leaving the vampire standing there, seemingly unhurt.

The Vampire's Crypt - IV