I am sorry to disappoint, but we cannot accept your CV. Said the person with a cold look in his eyes, the one speaking was an officer tasked with selecting people that qualify to pass an interview in their company.
The officer did not even give a chance to Taek and scuffed him off, just when Taek was about to complain and start cursing at the officer a breathtaking beauty passed by him, by the looks of it she was more or less around the same age if not younger.
The officer's face that was filled with black lines suddenly brightened and a smile appeared on his face, he moved forward and bowed towards the beauty while respectfully saying "good morning vice-director Ana".
Apparently, her name is Anastasia but she forbad anyone from using it.
She nodded her head towards the officer then shifted her gaze towards Taek, the later did the same as well, she glanced at the officer and asked what was the matter regarding the stranger.
The officer's face instantly became dark and with an expression akin to being wronged, started explaining how Taek's CV was a load of BS, he then handed the CV to the vice director and upon reading the content, she could not help but start giggling.
The CV contained a picture which is not supposed to be used in any official document alongside a few words "I am good at fighting", that was it!
Taek shifted his gaze to the officer and a savage expression appeared on his face, the officer could not help but feel shivers running down his spine and actually backed down a few steps.
Ana took notice of this and a smirk appeared on her face, she glanced at Taek and asked him to follow her to her office.
Taek sat on the sofa without waiting for an invite, he stared right at Ana's eyes, not blinking nor shifting his gaze.
Ana checked Taek up and down and spoke: "do you know what company this is?".
"I do not know, I was advised by a friend to try my luck here" Taek's voice had no hints of being ashamed despite not even knowing what he applied for.
Ana's mouth opened wide open, shock clearly written on her face.
Taek scratched his head, from her expression, he knew he somehow messed up, he then looked at her and asked, "what does your company do?"
Ana facepalmed, then slowly explained to him that they are one of the 10 worldwide virtual reality headset manufacturers of the recently popular VRMMORPG that goes by the name DOFUS, she herself was extremely interested in the game and started playing it the first day it came out.
It has been 2 weeks now that the game was out and by the looks of it the person in front of her has no idea what it was...
Ana calmed herself then asked: "do you have any gaming experience?"
"No" Taek shook his head then he added.. "but I know how to fight!".
Ana at this point even started having thoughts of sending him back where he came from, but something inside her told her not to do so, she tilted her head towards the desk, on top of it was a well-maintained box, neat and tidy, she picked it up and handed it to Taek.
"This contains the VR-headset for the game, your task is to catch up the ladder in 2 weeks time, if you manage to do so, I will employ you directly under me." she left those words as she went on her way, from the looks of it she seemed very busy but still decided to spare some time for him.
Two hours later, Taek reached home, opened the box and found 2 things, one of them was the VR-headset while the second was a thick tinny book, his eyes shone as he picked it up, he knew he had no gaming experience, so this book may be his guide!
" I need to learn the basics and this book may help me do just that " Taek said while tightening his grip on the book, it was clear that he was planning to put everything on the line to learn, become strong and climb the ladder.
Five hours later.. "I got a general idea, this game is named Dofus because there are 6 legendary egg-like equipment they call dofuses, they bring immense power to their holders and are extremely rare, some are only available against boss monsters others are available everywhere but with a tiny percentage of them dropping at 0.0001%, this is crazy." Taek thought to himself while trying to condense his new foreign knowledge.
Taek put the VR-headset on his head as he laid down on his bed, after sensing his presence, the headset started emitting a buzz which made him feel slightly dizzy, Taek entered a sleep-like state.
" Welcome to Dofus dear adventurer! "
" Please pick up a name! "
Opening his eyes, Taek got greeted with these notifiactions, getting the shock of his life and with a gaping mouth, he stared at the life-like background and the pop-up message that just appeared on top of him, it took him some time to stabilize his emotions, this was way too inconceivable.
>> Taek
" Do you want to pick 'Taek' as your name? " > once a name is picked it cannot be changed!
" Continue? " Yes / No
>> Yes
" Pick a class. "
Taek already knew what he wanted to pick after reading the book, he found himself at ease with one class, the only one suitable for him and his personality!
" You have picked [𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐈]. "
" Continue? " Yes / No
>> Yes
"Sacriers are berserkers whose powers increase with each hit! As they have nothing to fear from cuts or blows, they haunt the front lines in battle, ready to draw first blood! Sacriers are the perfect match for those relentless battle maniacs!"
After watching the tutorial which allowed him to gain a more clear understanding of the game basics, Taek clicked on his " Characteristics Tab " to check his stats, a screen opened up midair with the following information:
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Name : Taek Alignment : Neutral
Level : 1
Exp: 0/100
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Health Points : 100
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Vitality : 0 Wisdom : 0
Strength : 0 Intelligence : 0
Luck : 0 Agility : 0
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He followed up by checking his " Spells Tab ", only to find that he only has 2 available spells:
Kick { Lv 1 } : hit them with a strong leg kick!
{ Earth Damage: 10~13 }
{ Cooldown: 2 seconds }
Attraction { Lv1 } : attracts a target towards you.
{ Cooldown: 1 minute }
Lastly, he opened his " Inventory " where everything he owns is stored, it was empty but at least he understood how characters can be equipped:
6 dofus + 1 hat + 1 cloak + 2 rings + 1 Pendant +1 belt +1 pair of shoes + 1 weapon + 1 mount or pet + 1 shield.
Taek opened the leaderboard and found out that the first ranker is level 17, it has only been close to 2 weeks and someone was already level 17!
Everyone starts in novice cities called " Incarnam ", one can only leave these cities and travel the vast world once they reach level 20.
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With a big stride, Taek takes his first step in the game!