New start

As the seconds ticked, Roan became more and more certain that everything was real and not just a dream.

There was no doubt!

He had somehow returned to the past. The day when he wanted to commit suicide, and almost did it, but would end up with a hidden class in the game. It seemed to be the same day he got his second chance at the game.

"Damn it! Was my karma not enough to get reborn when everything started? Still, it is better than nothing." He tried to cheer his mood, but the nerves in his body got back to normal and it hurt like hell. There was a burning sensation all over his body.

It hurt as if someone stabbed him with thin hot needles that went deep into his bones, even the slight movement caused pain to him.

This sort of pain was nothing new to him. His past life was full of pain, even much greater than this.

The burning sensation and this emptiness inside his heart. He was familiar with all of this, but the luck that sent him back in time was an unfamiliar experience….

That's right! Somehow, he ended up lucky enough to get such a chance in his life. He thanked the unknown entity that helped him came back.

With a wide smile on his face, he slowly got up from the ground. He was quite weak, and he had to take the support of the side wall to not fall again. Contrary to his weak body, his eyes were sharp and cold.

There was a hidden blood lust present that shined in his eye. If someone saw his eyes currently, they would get shit scared.

He clenched his fists and moved his hand up in the air with all the energy, "I am back, haha"

He laughed his heart out. After pouring out all his emotions for a few minutes, pain assaulted him back.

He slowly limped out of the alleyway, looking around as he started moving toward his house. Many people on the road stared at him, not bothered about them. He limped toward the slums.

Roan started dragging his injured body to his run-down apartment, which was a kilometer away from the dark alley where guards had thrown him.

Every single move caused pain to him, but the crazy wide smile did not fade away from his face.

It left anyone who looked at him walking with a creepy feeling inside them.

As he got near his apartment, he found many poor souls like him that were all beaten up. This was the place where the poor and rejected losers lived.

Just like him, they all were dragging their bodies back to their home. Some were in even worse condition than him. They were crawling on the road.

Not minding them, he somehow dragged his body toward his room, which was on the second floor of the building.

He opened the lock of the dull, rusted door and entered the apartment. He had a very cramped apartment, with only a single room present there.

Everything in his apartment was old except the new gaming pod, which looked quite odd for the surroundings. In the name of furniture, he only had a bed, which was almost on its last leg.

He walked toward the stove present in one corner of the room and started boiling some water to clean his wounds. In the time the water boiled, he carefully removed the tattered clothes on his body.

After cleaning his wound, he took out an antiseptic balm and started applying it to his wound. As all his wounds got covered in the balm, he walked toward a corner that had all his clothes piled up.

From there, he picked up a long white sheet that had many pieces missing from its sides. He tore many long strips of clothes from that sheet and used those clean clothes strips as bandages and started wrapping the strips around his wounds.

His hand moved quickly as if he was extremely familiar with what he was doing, like an expert

Finished wrapping up his wounds, this marked the end of his first aid. There were no antiseptic tablets or painkillers, just balm, and clothes this marked the end of the cheapest first-aid.

This was the remedy for the poor. No pain killer, no one there for their emotional support, or any other bullshit. Life of the poor was all about moving forward if anytime you stop, that may cause your end.

The funny thing was that no one fcking cared about your life and death.

By getting poor, Roan understood one thing. The pain was the best friend that never left a poor. A poor man with no pain was not possible. A poor guy must learn to ignore pain like those annoying friends whom you want to stay away from but they never leave.

He wore loose clothes and then looked at the gaming capsule, looking at the time he shook his head.

"No, there's still much time left."

Nothing to do. He laid down on his bed and started rethinking his memory. If he remembered correctly, then today was the day he went to confront his Ex-girlfriend who left him without even explaining anything.

No need to say what happened in that meeting. The result of the meeting was the same as his past life. He got beaten and mocked.

His 3-year-old relationship got broken in 1 month. In just a month, many of his childhood friends left him. His parents kicked him out of their house.

If he recalled correctly, then in his past life, after getting beaten up, he went around all over the city with no hope.

His whole being devastated in his past life, both emotionally and physically.

He even went as far as climbing onto the terrace of a building to commit suicide, but at the last moment, he was not able to do that, he did not have courage, and that stopped him from taking that last step.

Dejectedly, he came home and entered the gaming capsule.

So it would be around after 1 hr. He did not want to change even from the time he entered the game until he received his unique class. He started going through memories of this day again and again.

Time passes just like that. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

"He is still alive, right?"

As this thought came to his mind, he picked up the calendar. He looked at the date and then checked again through his memories.

"Yes, he should be alive. There are 6 months before that incident happens. I need to take him out from there. I cannot let him die.

Stay cool Roan. There is still time. I need to buy a new place first, then I can take him with me. This time, I will not ignore my only family. I will show all of them I am not a beggar who always depends on others."

Thinking about him causes a new spark in his life. If earlier he had no definite goal, then now he had that drive. The drive to perform no matter the difficulties. Time passed and now was the time for him to enter the gaming capsule.

He popped into the gaming capsule.

Inside the capsule was pitch black. He was using a low-grade gaming capsule that had no health support feature, so he needed to come out for biological needs.

Without wasting more time, he logged into the game. A countdown started.

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WELCOME TO 'LIBERTY ONLINE '

Roan got transported to a spawning point of a city. He did not focus on his surroundings as he knew soon everything would change for him. He rushed toward an old street vendor.

Roan started going through every stuff present in the stall, one after another.

There he found it, a plain broken rock with half-finished runes on it. There were many other rocks present in the shop.

With a bit of negotiation, he bought 4 rocks for 1 silver. In those rocks, there was a half runes rock. He placed all those in his inventory. With no delay, he walked out of the city toward the forest.

Finding a quiet corner where no one was present, he started taking out all the rocks present in his inventory. Within those rocks, there were 6 which have half-runes present on them.

Out of 6, he had found 4 rocks from the exploration of an ancient site when he was part of the 'Moonar shine' guild. Those rocks had nothing special, so the guild did not take them away from him.

He was also thinking about throwing these rocks out but kept them as a motivational tool for himself.

Then one day he found another rock with a similar rune, like the other 4 of them present at the Local city auction.

From there, he knew these rocks must have something special in them. He once tried to join all five parts, but joining them revealed that one more piece was still missing. Today he finally got that last part.

With no delay, he combined all six rock parts. As he placed the last rock in the circular-looking structure, a white light started emanating from these rocks. This white light swallowed him, and a notification popped in front of him.

[

Hidden unique class conditions met. Do you want to proceed with the class change?

Warning:

* Class change is irreversible.

* All the current progress will be lost.

DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED WITH THE CLASS CHANGE?

. YES

. NO

]

Without thinking much, Roan clicked on yes and the process of his character deletion started. In Liberty Online you could upgrade your class to a higher class, but the bases of both classes had to be the same base type. If someone from one base class tried to change into a different type of class, then their character got deleted, and they needed to start with the new character formed.

He watched as his character was now becoming slowly invisible. He felt uncomfortable seeing this. The reason behind his death and his new life were both the same.

Shaking these thoughts aside, he waited for his new start in this world called Liberty Online.

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