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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

A group of players left the city of Eldoria. They were not famous players, so no one paid attention to them. With the current influx of players — a pretty high one — everyone was busy doing something else, or looking for famous players, so the less famous ones had a better time.

Alex was a famous player himself. He had messaged SwordSlash77 and the others to leave the city first and meet him outside! Leaving alone was better as he could just hide his nickname and use invisibility to get out of the city unnoticed. They met just outside near the road.

"Shadowborn, so where are we going to level up? Our spot is not a secret anymore," ChangeGlassesYearly asked. The underground spot where the Aqua Morphlings were could not be used by them anymore. Death Coffin, a powerful and annoying PVP guild knew about the location, and they were after Alex, so going there was not a good idea.

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