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'Divinity Online'. The new breakthrough in the Full-Immersion Virtual Reality technology. After decades of work, Divinity Corp had achieved the impossible. Creating a massive video game world that people can enter and live in as if it were Earth. Their goal was clear, to create a world other than Earth that we can call home.


A place where the laws of reality vanish, and the true ceiling of power shifts completely.


Naturally, the shockwave Divinity Online created across the entire globe was unlike anything else. Every single person has heard of it, even those who have had no interest in video games before.


Giant corporations and even governments immediately rushed to start planning to invest in this new world and just like that, billions of people had their eyes on one single date: the 19th of July.

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Arthur, like everyone else, had heard of the game and was as excited as everyone else to try it, if not even more. With how much he grew bored of his life on earth, this fantasy world was like the divine call he had been searching for. However, there was a very small problem.


He had no money to buy the machine required to access Divinity Online. His wretched life had turned him into a broke teenager with no parents, and no relatives. But, by some kind of luck, he got his hands on one of those machines.

Not knowing what was awaiting him in that world, Arthur was simply seeking one thing... A new opportunity in life and to find a purpose he could work for when he had none so far.


[Welcome to 'Divinity Online'.]

[Assimilation Started...]

My SSS-Rank Class Is Blood Monarch!

The destruction of the building continued as it crumbled down piece by piece. The people watched the fire reach an unprecedented level and the smoke filled the sky above. Covering it in an even darker shade of smoke.

"Who thought the Red Pearl of all places…"

"I heard it was a gas leak that caused this fire…"

"This had never happened before… I wonder how they're going to explain the incident to us."

"I'm a little terrified now… If it could happen once, then it surely can happen twice, right?"

Anxious people watched the destruction from afar as they discussed the news. Their shock was not unfounded. After all, the Red Pearl was an extremely renowned organization and they put a lot of emphasis on safety and security.

The fact a gas leak had caused this much destruction made the masses naturally grow worried if it could happen again, and again. They could escape once, but could they do it twice or more?

Chapter 244- Escape