My eyes glowed an ethereal green as I crunched keys and spammed my mouse. Six computers besides me were also being used, but there was no one operating them. It was only a string, green in colour and attaching to the man near it as he played an MMORPG, The Garden, seriously. On each screen was a character, with legendary equips and skillful movements massacring mobs and players as they completed a Raid.
The man leaned back, "Haha, finally. I'm the top ranked Guild!" On the screen I front of him was a list of players, each with an underscore and a class name. _SpiritMage was the top Damage Dealer, with the _Swordsman coming in a close second. Naturally, these were the raid stats. Underneath them, many items could be seen flowing into a chest icon.
All of the accounts logged off, except for one, Wujin. The computers, as if matching the accounts, were also offline. My name is Wujin. What you saw, was my ability. I call it Spirit Magic. No one else in the world, as far as I know, can do this. I turned on the television. It opened up to some news channel.
"Alright Linda, thank you for sharing. In other news, the MMORPG, The Garden, will be shutting down tommorrow and the Developers are releasing a Virtual Reality game, Transcendence."
I laughed. It must be April, again. I opened my phone, only to be shocked.
"You have got to be kidding me!?"
It wasn't a joke. It wasn't April. It wasn't any holiday. I began hyperventilating, my magic soothing me with its warm presence.
"Next week, the game will launch. The Developers have given every account in the top three guilds early access privileges-"
I turned off the news, this was all I needed to hear. "Early Access?" I smiled. I stood, and looked at the pile of VR Suits in the corner of my room. My fans had sent them, obviously. Headsets, where did I put them? I lifted up a few boxes and saw them. "Ah. There they are."
I put one on my head, and it fit like a glove. It is powered up, a comical icon appearing with some music. I logged in, my eyes selecting at the keys for my username and password, and then those keys appearing on the screen. This could be seen on 13 other headsets, but I paid them no mind.
"So they didn't lie. I really do have Early Access."
I got up and put on the suit, and lied back down. I blinked, and grabbed out for the Icon of the game. I've never used VR, so it was the only one available.
[DING]
[
Welcome to Transcendence. Please customize your character.
]
A large amount of body sizes appeared on the screen, I picked a lithe swimmer physique. I hummed as I scrolled through the hair colors, picking a blue/green. My username, huh? I typed in Wujin.
[
Taken.
]
I blinked. "Okay, then..." I typed in _MagicSwordsman.
[
Accepted.
]
DING
[
Your account is being saved, please wait.
]
DING
[
Choose your Class.
]
Hm, my name is Magic Swordsman, so I'll pick that.
DING
[
Class Chosen: || Divine Sorcerer ||
]
"What the ****?" I was annoyed. This isn't... Whatever. I began moving my way through settings, until I got to my Name Settings. One free reset? Damnit!
[
Name Reset. || _DivineSorcerer ||
]
There was no ding this time. Weird, oh well. I exited settings, and I opened the door on the loading screen, adjusting to my new body. Thirteen accounts spawned around me, all of them being my 'alts.'
I began looking through the Game Menu. Spells, Stats, Inventory... where is it? Party Menu? Maybe, if I can't make a Guild. I looked at the bottom. "Ah! Guild Creation."
DING
[
Guild Name:
Joining Users:
_DivineSorcerer
_Assassin
_Dwarf
_HolyKnight
_Swordsman
_Magician
_Guardian
_Summoner
_BeastMaster
_Warlock
_Archer
_Blademaster
_Healer
_Weaponsmith
]
Oh. A Holy Knight? I haven't seen that class before. It must be pretty strong. Guild Name, I suppose, will be Wujin. I want this to be as similar as possible.
DING
[
Guild Created.
]
There. I looked at the online list, only me and my other characters were on. We were in a lush green forest, and it wasn't hard to tell there were beasts nearby. Me, the Healer, and the Magician sat down and began meditating to unlock our Mana. The other accounts began to locate beasts and beat them down, probably. Im pretty sure this was the case, because I was getting a constant stream of EXP.
In my conscience, the world began turning blue as I felt refreshed, and I began to pace around, occasionally stopping to meditate on a spot.
DING
[
Mana Bar unlocked.
SKILLS Unlocked:
Meteor {LV 250}
Fireball {LV 1}
Detonate {LV 15}
Barrier {LV 1}
Hellpit {LV 500}
Sinkhole {LV 25}
Train yourself and make your own spells to get more Magic Skills!
]
I gasped. I can only use two of these spells, are you kidding me!? I grumpily exited meditation, seeing my Magician and Healer account doing the same. "Did either of you get Teleport?" I asked, curiously. The Magician nodded. "Teleport us to _Swordsman." Once again, the Magician nodded and the air around us contorted as we vanished, appearing next to the Warrior group. I looked at my level, and nodded.
"Very well, guys. Hunt until the Official Release." They nodded and all ran off. I followed after _Healer. As we ran through the forest, we heard a roar, and we changed directions toward where he roar had come from. I opened my stats. I saw I had 40 unused stat points, so I gave myself 20 INT and 20 WIS. Instantly, my mana bar increased to a Maximum of 1000, and I regained 25 points per minute. I was wondering why my INT and WIS were already so high, when starting stats were supposed to be 10, but it didn't matter.
A dark ominous figure lied ahead, it's shadow just visible through the foliage. I stopped, and began to concentrate.
"Barrier!" I cast a Barrier around us, and snapped my fingers as 25 fireballs appeared. Instantly, my mana was drained, enough to keep the barrier up for only a minute. I grinned crazily at the bear, but began to feel the Mana Exhaustion.
I pointed my hand at the, what I could now see was a black bear, and I spoke excitedly. "Fireball!" A large fiery explosion occurred and I gained 3 levels. I'm already level fifteen, I forgot how easy it is to get starter levels! I canceled the barrier with a wave, and put the loot from the Bear into my inventory. 47 Copper and a Hide. This wasn't too bad!
A Large text appeared in front of my face.
[
The First Armorsmith has joined! Welcome _Armorsmith!
]
I got a tick mark. I didn't know who this guy was! The name was pretty much an indication that they were from my Guild! What the hell, man!?
I heard him speak in global chat.
"Holy Hell, The Wujin Clan is on!" He shouted.
"Change your name, you weirdo!" I growled.
"Can I join your guild? I can see you don't have an Armorsmith yet!" He sounded smug.
"Maybe, give me a minute." I changed to Guild Chat. "_Magician, Teleport to me." I spoke calmly, but even I knew I was pretending to be calm. I was angry. A large blue runic formation appeared under my feet, as _Magician appreared.
"Teleport _Armorsmith here." I grunted, as Magician began using the last of her Mana to Teleport him to us. A nearly invisible string of Mana exited my body as he appeared, and it stuck the back of his neck as he fully materialized. "Change your name to Retarded Monkey." His eyes glazed as he nodded, his name vanishing and reappearing as 'Retarded Monkey.'
DING
[
SKILL Learnt:
Divine Persuasion {LV 0}
]
I looked dumbly at the pop up, and I backed away from him. "_Magician, _Healer, back away about 5m from him." They nodded and jumped backwards.
I removed the string and smirked at him as he 'woke up.' He immediately understood his mistake, and pulled out the Home crystal. If he had a few more seconds, he probably would have gone back to the starting area. Too bad I wasn't giving him any time.
"Detonate!"
The man exploded into ashes, as I gained half a level. "Haha, this is what Dumb Monkeys get when they mess with Wujin!" I spoke this in global chat to rub it in. A large voice symbol appeared near where the starting location is.
"**** you, Wujin clan!"
I grinned as I picked up his starter items. He would now progress much slower. I chucked them into my inventory and sold them. I whistled, "20 copper. That's pretty good!"
DING
[
For getting the First Kill of the Game,
You have received x1 Giftpack!
Open?
Y/N
]
I looked dumbfounded at it. I clicked open.
[
LOOT:
Divine Sorcerer TITLE
Divine Magician Spell Tome {fractured} x1
Crown of Wujin x1
Guild Hall Token x1
Gold Coin x5
]
"HOLY ****!" I gasped out, as I fell backward in shock. This was too overpowered! The Crown of Wujin!? This was obviously an Easter Egg for my Guild! A Guild Token... So Rare! The last time it was given out it was wasted by a noob who didn't know how to make a Guild Base! It removes the Costs! Holy ****!
I stood up, dusting off my clothes as I looked at _Magican and _Healer. "You two, work together and hunt. Tell the others about the Guild Hall. It should be done by the time the Game is released."
They immediately dashed off after nodding. "Inventory!" I spoke, a large menu popping up before me. I reached my hand and grabbed a token. I instinctively transferred Mana and used it.
I was brought to a White Space. "Just like I remember!" I shouted, getting irrationally it excited at being able to make my Guild Hall for free. Immediately, I made an ominous and unwelcoming forest landscape. A large rectangular hole, the bottom seemingly a void, and began to design.
Quite a few hours later...
I breathed out. Just by looking, the Guild Hall had 10 floors, each with hundreds of monsters and obstacles. This was, of course, to defend against Raiders. I sat down. There were 100 floors in total, 10 above ground, and 90 below ground. Why go so overkill?
It's because my Guild is famous. Naturally, we will have a lot of attackers. They won't know about the underground floors. So when they complete the first 10, we'll greet them with a Guild Hall map. Hopefully this will deter them, but if not we will he waiting at floor 100.
I exited Creation Mode, and looked at my Titles Page. The title || Divine Sorcerer || gave unimaginable buffs. However, I couldn't use it... until level 560.
[
Divine Sorcerer ||
+2,500,000 Magic DPS
+500,000 Mana
-75% Magic Cost
{LV 560}
]
I sighed. I opened my inventory again, and looked at the stats of The Wujin Crown.
[
Wujin Crown ||
+100 STR
+50 DUR
+250 STM
+25 INT
+25 WIS
{LV 75}
]
I sighed again. This was... impossible for me to use right now. I bought a couple mattresses from the Game Shop. I placed them, and began to sleep on floor 10.
^author here, posted this on Wattpad as Quotev.