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Alex Mercer was a legendary thief known for his audacious heists and cunning skills. However, his criminal streak comes to an abrupt halt when he is finally apprehended and sentenced to prison.

In the midst of his imprisonment, a revolutionary virtual reality massively multiplayer online role-playing game (VRMMORPG) is launched, called Eternal Realms, captivating the attention of the entire world. The prison authorities, seeking to introduce recreational activities for the inmates, decide to allow select prisoners to participate in the game as a means of passing the time.

Eager to escape the monotony of prison life, Alex eagerly takes up the opportunity to join the immersive virtual world. To his surprise, he discovers that his notoriety as a master thief has caught the attention of players within the game. They started offering him IRL means to reduce his prison sentence in an exchange on a daring quest to retrieve valuable treasures scattered throughout the virtual realm.

With a hidden class known as the "Shadow Hunter," Alex possesses unique skills and abilities that make him an invaluable asset to the players seeking rare and precious items. As he delves deeper into the virtual world, he finds himself entangled in a complex web of alliances, rivalries, and dangerous quests that blur the line between the game and reality.

As the stakes rise, Alex must navigate treacherous dungeons, confront formidable adversaries, and outwit both in-game challenges and real-world dangers. Along the way, he forms unexpected alliances and confronts his own inner demons, questioning the choices that led him down a path of crime.
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For anyone wondering about the romance, it will take a long time as this is not the focus of the book.

MMORPG: Shadow Hunter

Alex started reading the books, and although his reading speed was really slow — he was still getting used to reading in the new language — the contents inside the books were golden! There were books about history, magic, the different races and monsters living in the nearby regions, and a few books written by Snake-Eyed sharing his experience as a Warlock.

'Warlock, so this is the name they used back then,' realized Alex.

Something was bugging his mind, though. He already had two classes, so how could he turn into a Warlock? Nothing in the game or outside of the game stated how many classes a player could get, and what the maximum was, but Alex couldn't see a world where a player could acquire lots of classes. It just didn't make any sense.

But he already had snake blood in his system, meaning he was already entering the path of a Warlock.

Problems in the Hotel