MotivatedSloth

"Hello, sir. Are you cashing out or leveling up?"

Dungeons Online was the first game that cracked the system. Let nerds earn by nerding, and they will nerd forever. And Dungeons Online did just that. 

Noobs turned into middle-class workers. Pro-players turned into celebrities and multi-millionaires. 

And there was Tom. Likely, the only top ranker that lived off the scraps and cat-food. A courtesy of his father that went and disappeared, leaving Tom with just enough money to survive until his graduation. Until the day where the option of cashing out would appear.

Dungeons Online. A game where developers never shared a single bit of information. A game where the death of one's avatar is permanent. A game that can turn a beggar into a lord just as quickly as turning a celebrity into nobody. 

But where does all this money comes from? How is it connected to the unnatural disaster that all governments across the world buried any information off? And how is this all connected to Tom's missing father?

Dungeons Online

"Yes," Tom replied with difficulty, fighting against his desire to puke all over the place. While he was getting better with every second, he was still far from returning to his crisp state.

"On it." Claudia didn't waste any time. She sprung up and ran towards the wall. She didn't have Tom's convenient ability to mine. This forced her to extract the vitally important stones from the wall by hand.

She didn't hesitate even for a moment before smashing her fists into the wall. Yet, even with all her might, Claudia actually took some time getting just a single stone out.

"Here," she grabbed the stone before it even fell to the floor, jumping back to where Tom continued his attempts at standing straight.

Different kind of energy