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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

"Well, honestly. Our stocks are getting pretty full." Tuli said while making her way into the medicine room and instructing the new recruit with her to take a seat. "But I might have something for you to do, nobody else wanted to take this request."

Tuli vanished behind a shelf and came back a few seconds later with a jar that had four red berries rolling around in it. She placed it on the bench and looked up at Merlin, but before she could say anything, Merlin spoke first.

"You want me to find you yew berries?" Merlin asked.

"Yes, and the needles too." Tuli nodded.

"Why does nobody else want to do this?" Merlin asked with a confused expression. "Is it just because it's a deadly poison?"

"No." Tuli shook her head. "It's because the closest yew trees are deep within the territory of the giant bear."

"Oh, that place that I've been specifically told to run away from at all costs?" Merlin quipped with a lighthearted tone.

Bear Attack