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"The remaining players will represent "Humans".
An awkward silence took place!
Levon couldn't make sense of it. '..Did I hear him correctly say, human?' He asks himself.
Slowly, the chatter got louder. Everyone started asking the same questions!
"Why haven't we transformed yet?"
Does that mean we'll stay like this!??"
"Fucking hell! This isn't fair…"
"…This is even worse than the Assistant mode."
"HAHAHAHAHHAHA! Luck is on my side this time, I'm sure not going to team up with these losers." Says the woman who Levon was looking at earlier, she's all excited and confident now.
"SILENCE PLEASE!". The king quickly restores order this time. He continues. "Do not judge a book by its cover."
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"…Do not judge a book by it's cover?"
"Is that..Kushian?". Referring to the language they speak, which was called once upon a time "English".
"Hahahahahhahhaha". The King couldn't contain his laugh. "Oh yeah, my bad! You won't know what that means just yet. I'll explain to you humans, what your mode is about.
You're probably wondering if you have your own realm, the answer to that Is yes!
It is called "Eden"!
The biggest of all 9 realms and just as spectacular. It is true that you will remain humans in form and essence. However, your experience within the game is the most drastic and different from the one you had up til this day.
Besides, you have the possibility of exploring other realms once you complete your objectives in Eden. And most importantly, no player of other modes can do any damage to you. The whole new world is basically yours; I see no reason to complain after this, right?"
As he finished his speech, the humans spirit was lifted!
"Hmmm… Doesn't sound so bad after all!"
"Yeah! Everything King Axel says is just so great. We shouldn't doubt him!"
'…Interesting, but I still don't see how they can compete in the game if they have no special powers. This is truly like father said, something beyond understanding…
But I will understand every bit of it!'. Levon's resolve is starting to get stronger with every bit of information revealed.
As for Zephyr, his approach was totally different.
'How pathetic! As if they were any good outside of the game as humans.
I can already detect some inferior modes that I won't have to worry myself if we ever faced off. Well, that only makes my goal to reach the ultimate objective easier.
Now we're done with this long entry, let us start already!!'.
What both of them had in common at this moment, was their lighting eyes!
. "These, are the 10modes of play! I deliberately explained the basics so it will be easier for all of you, before each one is sent to his realm.
Now…" The King gets ready to wrap up the first act. Suddenly, he raises his voice and addresses everyone.
"YOU MUST BE READY FOR THE NEW WORLD THAT IS AWAITING YOU!!"
These few words were enough to pump their blood up.
"HAIL TO THE KING!!! HAIL TO THE KING!!!! HAIL TO THE KING!!!!" Everyone started chanting back.
With a cunning smile and in slow motion, he raised his right arm high to the sky as he held his glorious polearm. Then said. "Do not quit until you've reached your goal! Or at least, Die trying."
Right away, He brought down his polearm and hit the ground so hard! Causing the whole land to shatter and break!!
The whole Duat realm started to disintegrate, and every player fell down, the darkness abruptly started to take over the entirety of the space!
'…What in the world is going on?
I can't even speak…or even hear something! It doesn't even feel like I'm falling down….
It's so slow! Everyone is getting sucked in the dark…
Why do I…feel so…sleepy…'
Levon unwillingly closes his eyes… So did Zephyr, Valvesteen, Rosaleen and everyone…
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"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!" Levon abruptly wakes up!!
Heavily breathing, he immediately recalls what happened before his slumber.
'…Axel hit the ground with that huge stick…and then we all fell down! Wait…' He looks around him…
"Where Am I?!". with a shocked look, he asks!
He slowly gets up on his feet, then takes his first ever steps in this new world!
'…It's quite dark, but I can still see…Maybe because of my eyes.
From a first observation, this seems like a closed space...' Levon gets near the odd looking walls and senses them with his hand.
Suddenly! The watch around his wrist lit up and vibrated!!
"Hm!?" Levon cautiously takes off his hand and looks at the watch. But it got turned off immediately.
"..Just now it was activated, how do you use this device though? You'd figure there will be a usage guide or something…"
After thinking for a couple of seconds. He touches the wall again!
Same result, but this time Levon does not take his hand off of it. The watch then displays a digital message!
· Realm : Aedificium
· Object: Walls of the Labyrinth
· Matter: Limestone Blocks
· Region: South west Aedificium, Apertio
Levon takes some time to reflect upon this intriguing information.
"…So the bricks by which these walls have being made are called Limstone bricks! They sure feel different than any others I've seen before… It almost feels like they're the reason why I can still see despite it being dark.
The realm is Aedificium, yeah just like Axel said earlier… And the region I'm currently in is called Apertio! I see…"
Levon finally takes his hand off the wall.
"…Before I step any further and discover this realm. I must discover all of its rules first.
But it's still ambiguous how this watch operates… Let me try something."
Levon looks at it with his eyes, then says outloud as if he's speaking to it.
"I want to know the rules of the game!" . As soon as he said that, the watch activates itself again and displays a much bigger digital screen than earlier, containing all the rules!
"Good, my guess was correct! All I have to do is communicate with it, similarly to the digital screens we have in Babel.
This list of rules is actually long, it will take some time…"
Levon starts reading. "1st rule: Once you quit the game, you can never come back.
2nd rule: You can only do damage to another player in a duel/competition/battle.
3rd rule: Each player has 2 lives."
Levon stops here, to fully analyze these first 3 rules…