CH2
06/07/67 11:33 PM
This very date and time was memorable to me. That moment was the start my life changed. As I was already seated on the gaming device chair while holding on the helmet that was placed on my lap, I looked at my partner who was soundly sleeping.
I made sure to remember every details of her appearance and before I wore the helmet, I took one final glance at the folded paper that was securely placed on the desk beside me.
The dim light coming from the helmet that covers my eyes was slowly becoming brighter and brighter until my eyes can't cope up with the brightness. Weirdly though, as it was so bright, I did not feel like I was blinded at all but what was happening is that as the light kept getting brighter, I felt like my consciousness was being detach to my body.
These things that's happening was actually mentioned on the instruction manual -- saying not to panic during these moments as it can possibly lead to disfunctioning. But, to think this actually happened, it's just that the feeling is strange I can't help but be nervous especially it's my first time.
Suck it up and calm my self down -- that's what I just kept trying to stick in my head to suppress the nervousness that I was feeling.
[Welcome to the Immortal World, where Heaven and Earth are not separated but one!]
An artificial intelligence voice sounded mystically.
In the blink of an eye, the bright blank scene was was replaced with sea of stars glittering at the sky and endless mountains, rivers and seas below. I felt like I was floating in the middle of these two dimensions.
A holographic text box popped up in fornt of me.
[Do you want to create your character
"Uhh.." Honestly, at this moment, I felt like my mind just short circuited. My mind was being overlapped with lots of emotions as if they were racing against each other to be the first emotion to be expressed.
"Automatically.." I'm pretty sure it's the Id that took over and answer on my behalf at that time, or maybe the super ego..?
Sigh, that's how lost I was. Most likely, my thought pattern at that time was just to follow what I understood from the instructions on the manual which is to as much as possible, closely follow the objectives that was given to me so that the cause and effect can be properly calculated by the master AI.
As per orientation given from one of the company's specialists, the master AI is still in cocoon phase hence its powerful calculation to deduct is still sensitive and it is one of my job to help it tranform into a butterfly. The technicalities were profound to me when all of these were explained hence why I doubted to be hired for this which they could have done an internal hiring, right?
But hey, it's not like I'm complaining. I'm just thankful and felt lucky. So, I'll just do and follow what I understood.
[Acknowledge.]
A hologram appeared once more. There, it shows a four-legged milky white chubby worm appeared on the system window. Its back have three black ring marks while its head had a golden brown carapace looking like a mask have two horns elongated from the eye socket. Its head also had an antenna which was almost twice longer than its body looking like a tentacle of a squid.
Aside from that, its purply eyes were the same as of a fly and have short ant-like mandibles.
Overall, its appearance looked hideous and adorable at the same time. It's amazing how they were able to create this kind of artistic sense.
[Please input your character name.]
'Is that what I'm gonna be?' I thought as I felt conflicted and indignant. I believe this is not what I signed up for..?
Sigh.
"Zekeros." I simply provided the usual name that I use in every game which is the combination or you might say shortened version of my full name, Zeke Eros.
Ding!
At this point, my body sensation was gradually recovering. However, for some reason, the feeling was different and awkward. I felt like I'm actually crawling..forced to crawl -- I felt like crying.
[Congratulations! You are now a monster called Bulatte. You are a mutated monster worm with a slumbering ancient bloodline.]
Weh?
I blame my Id or my super ego for this.
The scenery was turned off like an old television and as it was turned on, the scene changed.
It was dark but enough to observe that the ground was rock solid, the walls were covered with moss and dried stalactites on the pitch black ceiling.
[Hello, my name is Titan.]
An old woman's eery voice sounded over in my head. Strangely, her voice is clear and audible despite she was like having a hard time to breathe.
[I am your guide to your system. I will discuss to you the basic functions of how the system works.]
[Shall I
"Proceed, please." I replied as I thought why its voice have to be an old lady and creepy.
[Acknowledge.]
[To open or check the System Window, all you need to say is "System Open" or do a hand gesture like you are opening a sliding window horizontally.]
The hologram popped up as I followed the instruction by saying the "magic" word. It was hard being a worm since despite having four limbs, you can only use it for crawling. Such is the life of the demon lord.
[The System consists of four windows which are for Character Profile, Inventory, Stats and Skills. To display the specific window that you want to see, all you need to say either, Profile, Inventory, Stats or Skills, or just do the same hand gesture still to slide through the windows.]
[Every time you open the System Window, it will always automatically open the window that you left after closing it.]
[To close the window on the other hand, you just need to sat System Close or make a hand gesture of sliding the window vertically.]
[I will now begin to discuss the Character Profile window.]
Name: Zekeros
Race: Monster
Title: Mutated Monster +
HP: 88 / 88
MP: 99 / 99
Status: None
Level: 1
EXP: 1 / 111
Log Out
[There are six races that resides in this Immortal World -- Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Beastmen, Halflings and Monsters. Each race have different EXP pools in order to level up.]
[Level 99 is the maximum level that a character can go up. All levels are divided into three tiers. Level 1 to 33 is considered Tier 1 while Level 34 to 66 is for Tier 2 and Level 67-99 as Tier 3.]
[Titles can be acquired through quests. In some cases, Titles are inborn just like yours since you are one of the main characters of this world. Do note that if you have multiple titles, you can only use one Title at a time.]
[As you see, there is a plus sign beside your Mutated Monster title. You can either click that or say the title name in order for its information to appear on the screen.]
[On the section where you can see the HP, MP and Status. This is where you can basically tell your health or life points and your mana to be used for skill activation. As for the Status, this is where you can tell wether you poisoned, cursed and such.]
[Log Out button can be used only in a Neutral Zone or in any establishment that is considered as an Inn. This is in order for your progress and your spawn point to be updated.]
[This is thd overall function of the Character Profile window. The next window I will discuss is the Inventory. Shall I
"Proceed." I replied. As a casual gamer only, I'm am able to follow.
[Acknowledge. Now, please say "Inventory" or do the hand gesture to slide through the next window to proceed.]
"Inventory." I followed the instruction and indeed,
Equipment Slot: 4
"Four box slot icons showing."
Money:
Item Slot: 12
"Twelve box slot icons showing."
[Inventory have two types of slots -- Equipment Slot and Item Slot. The number of each type of slot varies on what your race is. As your race is a monster, the number of your default Equipment Slot is four while your Item Slot has twelve. Do note that slots will be added as your tier goes up.]
[For Equipment slot, this is where you can equip your weapons, armors and accessories. Currently, you have two slots for weapons and armors, and two slots for accesories.]
[For Item Slots, one box will be used per item. Per item, you can store the same item for up to 11 amount for Tier 1, 22 for Tier 2 and 33 for Tier 3. This is also the same for the other races.]
[Money on the other hand have three forms of currency -- Golver, Mana Stone and Mana Jade. Its conversion rate are the following; 100 Golver : 1 Mana Stone and 1000 Mana Stone : 1 Mana Jade.]
[We will now discuss the Stats Window. Shall I
"Proceed." I chose. "Stats."
As the demon lord to be, having this kind of limited slots may really be hard especially for the equipment slot. If I am to be the demon lord, I have to be overwhelmingly powerful and having more equipments would be one of the ways to be.
Main
STR: 3 WIS: 9
AGI: 5 END: 7
Hidden
LUC: 4{2} CHA: 2{1}
PHY: 3{4} VIT: 5{3}
Free Stats: 0
[Just like Inventory Window, Stats is also divided into two types -- the Main Stats and the Hidden Stats.]
[For the Main Stats, you can control the allocation of the free stat points that you can get every level up to the attributes that it have.]
[For the Hidden Stats, you have no control of the allocation of the additional stats every level up. This is simply being processed by the system automatically.]
[Default stats for Main and Hidden varies on your character race as well.]
[For the Free Stats that you obtain every level up, there will be six free stats points that you can allocate to the attributes of your main stats for Tier 1 -- 8 free stats points for Tier 2 and 12 for Tier 3.]
[Total Stats that is being allocated by the system for the Hidden Stats are the corresponding; 3 total stats for Tier 1, 5 total stats for Tier 2 and 8 total stats for Tier 3.]
[Shall I
"Hmm..." I guess that's already a basic understanding for what those four attributes for. "Skip."
[Acknowledge.]
[Shall I
I guess it's much important to learn more about this. "Proceed."
[Acknowledge.]
[Attributes of the Hidden Stats are for Luck, Physique, Charisma and Vitality.]
[Luck can positively affect the calculation to your rewards. The higher the Luck, the higher the chances of getting more item drops and higher rank items.]
[Physique is the multiplier of the EXP that you can gain -- 1 PHY : 1.1% additional EXP for Tier 1, 2.2% for Tier 2 and 3.3% for Tier 3. This attribute can also be one of the prerequisites to rank up and tier up for certain races.]
[Charm on the other hand can affect the calculation for encountering hidden or higher rank NPCs. This attribute also affects on how fast the relationship that you can have with an NPC. It can also be one of the requirements fof certain quests.]
[Lastly, Vitality is basically the calculation for you HP. Conversion rate of vitality into HP varies to every races. For Monster Race, 1 VIT : 123 HP for Tier 1, 234 HP for Tier 2 and 345 for Tier 3.]
[Shall I
"Proceed." I'm about to be burnt out, I'm glad we're now on the last part.
Main
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Sub
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[Skills is divided into two types as well -- Main Skill and Sub Skill. Either can be ranked up using your EXP points.]
[Main Skill is a system generated skill which have been calculated based on the data of your all overall performance throughout -- it can be less powerful or more powerful.]
[Sub Skill on the other hand have to be manually learned or earned through Skill Item, repeated action, etc.]
[Default Skill slots for Tier 1 is a total of four Sub Skills and one Main Skill. By Tier 2, two Sub Skill slots will be added and one Main Skill slot. On Tier 3, four Sub Skill slots will be added and two Main Skill slots.]
[If for an instance you want to change your learned skills, the skill that will be removed will be converted into immunity rate specific to the effectivity of that certain skill.]
[Thank you for listening. This is the end of the discussion. If you have questions or inquiry, you can simply say, "Hey, Titan."]