"Bro, mind explaining how exactly did you spontaneously get crippled that lightly in a single night?"
My sister who was sitting near the hospital bed leaned forward and started poking my elevated right leg, bandaged and injected with enough anesthesia that I probably wouldn't feel her poke even without the bandages.
"That lightly? My foot just got crushed by a car and the achilles tendon cut so finely that if it wasn't for the bone, I might be Arman single shoe"
Retorted by yours truly with the world's greatest sarcastic tone. She probably didn't take well to it and snorted as she leaned back to the chair, I understand her taking the injury lightly, but still.
Not everything can be abrakadabrad with prosthetics and all the problems will go away.
"Nothing that robo foot can't fix"
"The money, dear Watson"
Her face lit up with understanding, and she nodded as if she actually just realized now, no way, is my sister that much of an air head?
I looked at her chest, smiling slightly at the fact that she actually wore a bra.
"It's C, I'm still growing"
"I didn't particularly ask what's your cup size, I'm just happy that you wore a bra"
She shrugged at that last comment.
"Anyways, how long are you going to be here?"
And that there is the million dollar question!
That I already knew so it was more depressing for me.
"A few months, longest would be a year"
And knowing my great luck, it'd be a year. I mean I'm the guy who got his future crushed and now his foot because of people being similar to his sister.
"That's great!"
Bastard. Harlot. Do you really like to see me suffer dear sister?!
"You can play VR with me!"
"I don't know if you're truly an optimist or just an addict but I don't have the money, nor do I feel like having my sister give me a loan to play a game"
Her bright face did not disappear, no in fact it got worse, this is the face that I lost several years of my life span to...
I like it to be honest.
"Season 2 is about to be released, Kronicle is at a discount, you've surpassed the level of idiocy heroes have, and you're crippled for a long time, and I'm 100% sure you don't like doing nothing, plus you can earn money, killing 3 birds with 1 game"
...
This girl needs me for something.
"Out with it, what do you need me to do that you're willing to buy me an expensive game?"
And how right I was, just with those words her bright face shifted into a corrupt smug smile.
"Be a dependable big brother and be my 2nd inventory"
Ok, she's quickly reaching gaming addict levels that are not possible. I'm not a dumbass and I still understood absolutely nothing from her words.
"Like, isn't an inventory unlimited?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, shut up and accept my offer"
Why is my sister acting like a gangster?!
"Look, you're probably the only person in this planet to have me as your booster, I'm the Empress of PvE and you're partying with that Empress, do you know how much money rich hags and rich horny teens are willing to pay just to get me to boost their levels?"
"Frankly, if you're doing something shady, I'd call our grandma from the grave and ask her smack you like she did back then"
"That's disrespectful against the dead"
"I'm joining them soon"
...
Oh, the went dark quickly. Her face stiffened slightly, shaking her head in disappointment, she stood up saying nothing else and made sure to slam the door close.
Kablam!
"Idiiiiooooot Aaaaaarlllluuuuu"
Her voice rang in an echo as I can accurately guess her running down the hallway, she's going to get scolded by a doctor somehow.
Paying no more attention to my sister that I effectively managed to piss off, I laid back at the bed, staring at the sky seeable from the window.
"As if a game can actually change anything"
*
"..."
"You do know how to start a VR game don't you?"
I stared dumbfounded at my sister who was handing me a virtual helmet and a small metal chip container with the title 'Kronicle' in the front. What the heck is this? Why did she actually buy it?
"H-How much is that?"
"200,000$, it has a 80% discount so it's that cheap"
"In what world did 200,000$ become cheap?"
"Kronicle"
Nice one. But I know it's a joke.
"No, seriously, I know you're richer than me for reasons I never knew and don't want to know as of now, but is this okay? You're just buying me an expensive game like this?"
"Yeah, play the game, I'll see you in a month when I have free time not being bothered by my own class requirements"
She didn't stay any longer and left.
"W-Wait! Arman Sophia Penn! I'm talking to you!"
Kablam!
I don't have to pay for the doors now do I? I unconsciously scratch my head at the sheer sudden course of events. Really, where does she get all these money? Is she secretly some mafia boss? IS IT FROM COMPENSATED DATING?!
"I Arman Luther Penn, swear that I shall return this money double the amount"
Double because I'm a cheapskate, 400,000$ is big money and if I ever had more than that I'll be crying myself to sleep and cure my depression and suicidal tendencies.
For about a day.
Shaking my thoughts away, I decided to actually play the game, wearing the virtual helmet and opening the container, taking the chip that was supposed to go somewhere and looking for the on button.
I don't know how this works scientifically, I'm a middle school graduate.
Poop!
"Oh, there you are, now then...I should lay down?"
I heard people say that being in VR felt similar to lucid dreaming, the helmet itself does all the techno doozy and the user just has to relax.
Fwoooooooom
And then everything went white, like a wormhole dive but white instead of black.
[Welcome User #2,599,876,245]
[The system has detected a brand new chip, please insert your username]
A blue screen appeared in front of me, and then a keyboard, for a very advanced game I'm surprised that it doesn't use voice typing.
"What's a cool name? I didn't ask her what my name should be..."
"Jugemu Miyamoto Tsukki Alibaba Solomon"
...
Ok, I deleted that as quickly as I typed it.
"CrippledFooted?"
Nope.
"KingOfSuic-"
Nope.
"Lube"
Nope.
"Notmyfinalform..."
Nope.
Ok, I seriously don't have an idea. I racked my brains and tried to think if a cool name, a name that signifies me in a word, that if I ever got found playing with my sister they'll think it's cool.
"Cool"
[Are you sure about this name?]
"Yes"
[Cool, please complete the following character creation screen]
...
My sister is absolutely going to love me for this.
Sarcasm apparent.
The next thing was a bit of a chore but I had enough knowledge to pick 'Base on Appearance' and fix it accordingly.
In the end, my avatar looked like me, but with long blonde hair and a masculine face. My muscles are also pretty buff, and this didn't affect my stats whatsoever, the appearance is exactly only cosmetic unless your race changed.
[Are you sure about this avatar?]
"Yes"
[Cool, please answer the following tests truthfully]
"Huh? What for?"
[To determine your most suited base class]
...
I have no idea what the heck that's supposed to be but I assume it's my starting class?
[In a war, what method of combat would you prefer?]
"The combat where I don't have to fight"
[Please answer the question seriously]
This thing's smart, as expected of the A.I that handles a big game like this.
But seriously, I can't be a strategist?! Stupid game! What makes you think people like fighting directly in wars?! Aren't you all going to do the same as me if you were given the chance?!
"I'll probably fight less than the others and use minimum exposure, I don't exactly like wars"
[If you were challenged to a duel, how would you respond?]
"...Uhh, I'll say yes?"
[What type of weapon do you prefer?]
Oh, now we're going into the obvious questions.
"I like blades"
[If you were given a chance, would you choose to be a great king or a great warrior?]
"I'll choose nothing, I'd rather be a merchant to be honest, money would recruit the warrior and get a favor from the king"
[Will you marry me?]
...
"No, eat shit you troll. I'd either marry someone 99.9% similar to my sister or marry myself"
[Thank you for answering all the questions, we are now determining your class]
...
[Cool, Base Class: Assassin]
Huh?
[Welcome to the World of Kronicle]
And then everything went shiny bright with rainbows before I felt myself being sucked as the color finally came back.
And just this once.
I'm going to admit that this truly is a 2nd World.
I was standing in the middle of some plaza with a fountain, the surroundings were tightly circling this place and a lot of people were moving about, they all had white name of their head, probably users considering how they weren't stationary like NPC...
Wait, are the NPC actually stationary here?
I looked at myself and I was wearing normal looking clothes.
"Status"
[Name: Cool]
[Class: Base Assassin]
[Title: None]
[Strength: 1 Endurance: 1 Agility: 1 Intelligence: 1]
[Beginner Dagger - A weapon for new players with the Assassin class
Physical Attack: 10
Durability: 50/50
Attack Speed: 5%]
[Beginner Light Armor - An Armor for new players with the Assassin class
Physical Defense: 10
Durability: 50/50]
And the same continued for boots, gloves, and greaves.
I checked anything else and my attention fell to the quest section that was blinking with a yellow exclamation mark.
[Quest: A True Assassin]
[Visit the Assassin training ground and talk to the Master Assassin Barbarossa to receive the 2nd part of the quest
Rewards: 100EXP
Penalty: None]
After accepting the quest, I looked around me and tried to find whatever stood out, a few shops with both a sword and shield crossing together as the sign, a potion and a book crossing together as a sign, and lastly a building that takes most of the small town's space.
"Bingo"
If this was a beginner town, then that should be the training ground of newbies. Without further ado, I walked towards it and was in awe as the very first thing I saw as I entered was a bunch of beginners like me hitting a wooden doll.
Pak! Tak! PakTak!
A few users saw me and one pointed me to a direction, I nodded and followed where they pointed.
Newbs gotta help their fellow newbs eh?
As I got closer, 7 different NPC stood side by side, they all had green names, probably showing their NPC-ness. The first guy was a Knightly looking guy named Arjest, next to him was a sagely looking old man named Ganondalf, then a nun like woman with big boobs named Alisha, then a huntress looking elf little girl named Ar'Ekah, then a bald monk named Rudolf, then an hooded muscly man named Barbarossa, lastly a gladiator like tall man named Mashroom.
"And together they are called the seven protectors of the Earth! Honestly, how stupid can the get up be?"
I laughed at them and poked the gladiator guy, these NPC were so lifelike you might just forget that they're NPC.
"Rude little rat you are"
...
Yikes.
I sucked in cold air as I looked up to see a smirking monster, okay, what the heck?
"Oi, oi Mashroom, the kid's acting just like most Resurrectors, don't be so stiff"
The hooded man, Barbarossa said as he lightly tapped the gigantic man in the back earning him a snort.
Then, Barbarossa looked at me and smiled like an old friendly uncle, further enhanced by his stubble and kind of old man demeanor.
"You must be a recruitee Assassin, come with me, I'll show you the ropes"
Finally, they're acting like NPC...
"Or we can just stay here and observe cute Alissa's jugs from here, it's kind of amazing right?"
...
Wow.
*
I looked at the mirror in front of me, turning my head from left to right, shaving my face and fixing my wine like red hair before finishing the touch ups.
I am Jonathan Freshman, son of the CEO and founder of 'GENESIS', the creator of the 2nd world Kronicle.
Today was the day that I will become the #1 Royal Knight by turning level 100 in Kronicle.
"Bring me the helmet"
A maid beside me bowed her head and went to a cabinet as I sat myself snugly at my comfy high-class leather couch, it costs 500,000$ and it's truly worth it.
Soon, the maid came back, pushing a trolley with a tray that has my virtual helmet, the latest model, and a small chip beside it.
"Young Master, would you require aid for your current quest?"
"No, maid. I will turn level 100 on my own, I'll prove to my father that I am worthy enough for a mythical class"
In the world of Kronicle, there exist a lot of classes, from base to rare to super rare to super special rare, epic and then lies the strongest of all classes, the mythical classes.
Consisting of at the very least 12 that are based off the famous myth of Kronicle lore, The 10 Stars.
Once upon a time, there existed a terrible dungeon in the middle of the sea, monsters spawned from it and invaded the dry lands, making the era fall into chaos.
Exactly 10,000 years ago, the [Knight King], ruler of all Kronicle decided that the dungeon spawns were a threat to his rule, he called for the 3 greatest heroes below him, [Chrono Blade] of the Knight Base, [Sage Gaia] of the Mage Base and [Asura] of the Brawler Base.
Ordering them to destroy the dungeon from the eternal blue seas, on their journey to the dungeon, they meeted up with new companions, [Luna's Agent] of the Priest Base as they went past the city of God, [Hunter of Artemis] of the Spearman Base as they treaded through the great forests, [God of War] of the Berserker Base from the desert of Solomon, and lastly [Reaper] of the Assassin Base as they tried to convince him to join them instead.
But, as they fought more and more, they have seen the power of the spawns increase, they looked for a solution at the city of steel, gaining the blacksmith [Hephaestus' Kin] as a comrade, the alchemist [Alchemist of Gods] and lastly [Punisher] by using the fact that he abhors evil to convince him.
With these, the 10 Stars have finally made their way to the eternal blue seas, being stopped by only the huge body of water and whatever beast of the seas that lay within them, they were stuck, confused, and thought that it might be the end of their journey.
But [Knight King] didn't believe so and made a deal with the nefarious [King of the Seas], he gave them a chance, escorted them on his territory, in exchange for the chance to sleep with...
"Huh, father must've played around with this bit"
Anyways, [King of the Seas] slept with the beauties [Luna's Agent], [Sage Gaia] and [Hephaestus' Kin] much to their chagrin, however he got blinded by lust and at the last moment where they must finally part to face the dungeon, [King of the Seas] refused to give back the 3 beauties, ending up with him fighting the 10 heroes and losing after 3 days and and 2 nights of combat, he stood for so long simple because the seas were his domain.
After this arc, the 10 heroes challenged the dungeon and after 10 years, they finally succeeded, and as they went out of the dungeon. They were glorified as heroes for their brave sacrifice.
In the surface that was, but in the shadows, the church, city of steel and mage sky city were furious at the decision of the [Knight King] to sell the purity of their respective heroes, launching a war that stood for a hundred years, ending at the victory of the [Knight King].
Now 10,000 years has once more passed, the resurrectors that were blessed by Kronicle itself is the key of the era as the terrible dungeon once more revives, spawning monsters at both the seas and land, due to the excessive generosity and greatness as a ruler [Knight King] possessed, there was no one to succeed him properly, even the 10 Stars had no successors, mainly because 3 of the only females were terrified of even mating and the males were too busy with their own businesses.
However hope is not lost, as from the resurrectors came the light, the 10 mythical heroes were fated to return and now that the end of the beginning is near, the eternal blue seas itself is shaking as the constellation of the sea fell down, signifying the entrance of the new [King of the Seas]
Will the story unfold the same once more, or will the story change and show a new tale unexpected by even the original 12 classes?
This is the reason why I, Jonathan Freshman, am doing a needlessly long lore dump.
I aim to get a mythical class of my own, for right now out of the 12, only 10 has been revealed.
Zeke [Chrono Blade], FlatJustice [Sage Gaia], Arphia [Luna's Agent], Givemepats [Hunter of Artemis], DaWae [Asura], Herohero [Reaper], ConanBarbie [God of War], Crazy Hammer [Hephaestus'Kin], Aristhotle [Alchemist of Gods], Cock [Punisher].
As I saw the 2nd World come alive through my eyes, my attention first came towards the my quest log.
[Quest: Rule Brotis Kingdom]
[Do whatever you must to rule the kingdom, this quest is strictly a single person quest, accepting this quest means advancing the story of Kronicle
Rewards: A mythical class, 1,000,000EXP
Penalty: Hostile relationship with every kingdom in Kronicle]
I logged in right exactly where I left myself before, an office where my mission ends. A level up and a mythical class! With only 2 remaining and using my eyes to discern the obvious.
"Eh? Are you sure about this resurrector?"
"Yes, I will officially buy the kingdom of Brotis"
I had enough reputation, enough level, enough money and enough stats to achieve quest completion this way.
Money solves everything.
"Okay then, please sign this"
The old king gave me a paper and I signed it with glee, watching as my level 99 moved up to 100.
"Hahahaha! Finally! I am the greatest!"
[Mythical Class Knight King is available, do you wish to change class?]
"Yes! Show the world my glory as the a [Knight King]!"
[Your class has changed to Knight King]
[Your level has been reset to 1]
[Your level is too low to enter Brotis Kingdom]
[Your reputation has reset]
[Your contract with Brotis Kingdom has been voided]
[You are expelled from Brotis Kingdom]
[Do you wish to let the world know of the new Knight King?]
And suddenly I was now in the forest. A forest filled with monster 90 levels higher than me.
Raaaaargh!
[You have died]
*
"I wonder how Bro is doing at the game?"
I sucked on my lollipop with a slightly meant perverted sounds as I scrolled the Kronicle world rankings. Through the countless classes there is, us Mythical have our own Mythical rankings, I'm currently at the top 3, just below 2nd placer ConanBarbie and the immortal 1st placer Crazy Hammer.
Then I realized that there was now 11 Mythical.
11th place Joman.
"Oh? Isn't this little Joman of the Royal Knight? I remember him asking me to boost him once"
I quickly checked the world rankings of Royal Knight and laughed at the red haired Knight's misfortune.
"He probably doesn't know that getting a mythical class means a total reset of stats...huh? Wait, why the heck is he level 1?"
...
Sad guy, if he ever asks me to boost him, I think I'll accept it just that once. Yes, I'll boost him aside from my Bro who I might just have to babysit instead of just boosting, it's fun being a PvE focused character, I feel like a mother or something.
"I wonder what name Bro has"
...
"Probably something like KingSmoke69"
I laughed at that for no reason other than knowing that if my brother really did have a silly name like that or something like 'Hot' I might just break his other leg.
"Achoo!"
*
"Kyaaa~"
"Ayiaaa~"
"Hnng~"
I watched as the quest prompt for my Assassin training appeared.
[Quest: A True Assassin 2]
[Follow the instructions of Barbarossa and complete the task at the Assassin's Training Ground
Rewards: 1% Base Assassin, 100EXP
Penalty: -1% Base Assassin]
"You got the gist boy?"
My mouth was wide open as I observed where the Assassin's Training Ground really was.
We were basically at the town's business area.
"A true Assassin must be able to flip 50 skirts, unnoticed. If you master this, then you will automatically learn the way to concealment, see you later boy! If you ever need more teachings from me, you know where to look"
And then he disappeared.
"Wow, I think I might just reset this account or something"
I shook my head firmly, I know the reason why I was hesitant, the laws in real life doesn't allow something like this but here?
It's still not allowed but the punishment might just be a few punches and guards. I can log out so I'm confident in my survival.
This is every man's goal, to see below the skirts. Barbarossa was a man manlier than that gladiator dude.
"Alright! Let's do this!"
I observed Barbarossa do his skirt flip before, this game has so much detail that my observation works pretty normally. All he does is remove his trace that can be picked up unconsciously, quiet breathing, silent footsteps, muscle movement minimality and lastly, flipping the skirts with superb dexterity and agility that they don't notice until the wind hits their legs.
I inhaled a bit of air and slowly exhaled it, again, and then this time I walked towards a girl, then after making sure of not hearing my own footsteps, I lessened the amount of movement I use to walk and come close, taking wide but compact strides, and then with my years of experience in driving a truck, my hands in the wheels and the cargos I have, driving so neatly that I can have a cup of water not spill for my whole day.
And then, the speed of which I touch myself every now and then, years of being sexually deprived with only a blood relative that I find more adorable than sexually attractive.
My hands went for the tip of the skirt, the part where the legs don't touch and swiftly, without even a sound.
Hwuash!
"Haaa~"
And then I quickly remove my hands and continue walking, leaving only a single glance.
Blue Stripes.
I might just enjoy my days in the hospital more than I thought.
*
"Kid's actually doing his punishment seriously..."
I Barbarossa who expected to watch the newbie resurrector get slapped by the women of the town, was instead impressed.
"I'll have to actually teach him after this..."
I sighed as I deem him able to finish his quest by night fall.
He was at the level of potential that kid who became the [Reaper] had.
"What was his name again?"
Something full of justice his name was...
I gave one last glance at the girl who was upskirted by the resurrector, and I realized.
"He didn't notice that's a boy did he?"
Weird people with weird hobbies everywhere, I'm going to have to kill 30 men to erase this memory.
Then again, I could also just flip 30 skirts, even better than the former, no?