After a conversation with his parents and preparing the capsule, Ram was now inside the capsule interface. The game will launch exactly 12:01 new year, and he was one of those that will be diving. He was prepared for his long vacation and already prepared for everything.
Entering the game; he was greeted with a cute winged cat with a magician costume named 'Dog'. Ram knitted his brows to the idea of naming a cat 'dog' but he calmed down and proceed.
"Greetings I am dog, I will be your guide, please pick a race". In the white room with only him and the cat named 'dog', three life like characters appeared in front of Ram. Human, Elf, Beastmen race with his features in it. The human was exactly like him, and he stared at it.
"Damn, that body. I really am lucky to inherit my fathers genes" He was a bit proud of his father who was naturally built and sturdy looking, though his' was not buffed, it had still muscles. His height was average but. "Damn this face, so nerd." He blurted as he saw the glasses and average hair style. He realized and change it somehow, so he changed the hair a bit and make it a bit spiked and faded on the side then took off the glasses which he did not need inside.
Aside from that he did not change anything and proceed to the next phase; which is tutorial of the basics, introduction of regulations and other things that he needed to know aside from the game itself.
He was teleported to a random starting point, which is his case 'Leaf Village'. 'Pangea Ultima' which is the game name itself was also the map for the game, It was a very huge continent, the size of all continents in earth combined. Each country will have their different areas, and will be further divided into regions. You will be teleported into a random village only in the region you belong to. And later if the teleportation gates will be opened you can visit other farther region or even other countries. Transportation will be possible by land but there are inaccessible places at the moment.
Ram checked his initial stats but aside from the basic information he got from the cat, there are no recommendations whatsoever for where to get status points and where to assign those. "Guess I need to read again the forums." Ram sighed and close the status bar after checking it.
RamessesRace: Human(Male)
Class: Traveler
STR: 10
INT:10
DEX: 10
CON:10
LUCK: 10
STR(Strength) affects, Physical damage, Physical defense and Stamina capacity.
INT(Intelligence) affects, Magic attacks, Magic defense and Mana capacity.
DEX(Dexterity) Affects, Skill cast speed, movement speed, Crit damage.
CON(Constitution) Affects, HP, All recoveries, PDEF, MDEF, Resistance/Acceptance of effects.
LUCK(Luck) Crit chances/and other skill that rely on overall luck others like crafting, monster drop, etc only rely on base luck.
"Oh wow" Ram was startled of the realistic feeling, the air was fresh, the noise, the smell was different. The village itself was lively with life like NPC(Non Player Character). From the look's of it, the setting was medieval but there are some added fantasy settings to make the environment fresh. Ram did not notice but some players was looking at him specially some girls while he was lifting his hands like Rose in titanic and even feeling the moment with his eyes close.
He awkwardly scratched his head as he realized the blunder and walk out hastily. "He is cute" one girl said as Ram comically escaped the crowd.
"Mhh, Let's start". Ram was now in his confident look as he searches a target even though he was not yet outside, he was targeting girls not monster and his look was like a dog searching for a bone to bite. He approached a girl who he taught was cute and the girl was startled and even blushed as he saw Ram was manly and great looking.
"Can we have sex?". A loud slap sound echoed in the surrounding and it alerted some. Ram's cheek was now red as his eyes was wide. "Pervert". The girl shouted while he grabbed his other girl companion to hastily escape Ram.Ram was left frozen from shock. "I thought sex is fine here?". Ram really misunderstood the game, he thought it would be normal to have do it inside if it is not prohibited.
He did not know that people was still conservative about it. You could still be recorded, and may use such recording in your disadvantage. Even though you can edit your character and people are open-minded, it would still be daunting doing it with stranger.
Ram was embarrassed as he was shocked. In his excitement he did not realize something. He might have read the wrong details and checked again the site and forums. "tsk". He really was mistaken, even though the game did not prohibit these kinds of activities, it was still a game and most of the people here are either for the game, or just the curiosity about the senses. The activities that Ram had thought might just be a bonus in game or to hype others as a marketing strategy and was one of those baited into the trap.
He sighed as he could not do anything about it as he already purchased the capsule. "Well, I might just have to enjoy it." He comforted himself and activated the 'Optimistic' mode but his true self was crying.
"Let's see, from what that dog or rather cat said, argh. Even that cat is messing with me". He was angry of even small things as he was now stressed. Then he calmed himself to check the inventory. There was nothing. The first mission to have is to find what you like to do and, from there develop your character. Classes will be decided base on the weapon you choose, and there are many kinds of it from daggers, shield to guns.
"Of course gun is the best, who could defeat a gun?" Ram blurted as he was reading the main quest to classes. "Mhh?, there is also sub-class which will be the support for the main class?". Ram was getting annoyed and was confused as he saw the status board, there was an empty slot for the main class tree, and another for the sub class. it was his first time playing a game, and he did not even once played a game on the cellphone.
In 'Pangea Ultima' classes have grades and base from the beta data these are. Common(Brown), Uncommon(Green), Rare (Blue), Epic (Purple) and Legendary (Orange). This was also used to rank items such as equipments, weapons, etc.Sub-Class are non combat classes which are blacksmith, alchemist, and other classes that create the items in game.
There will be no premade item drops from monsters aside from NPC monsters that are part of a quest, and all items will be made by either NPC or player. Only materials will be dropped from monsters or by gathering. However, NPCs might give premade items as a reward, or you can find it from treasure boxes and places which deem as lootable by the system.
Ram strolled around the city trying to find the gun trainer, he did not know that all NPC that has guns can be a possible trainer. But the quest does not say so he was frustrated. He saw an establishment that has Egyptian like symbols in it. Ram was fond of reading and Egyptian history and related books was his favorite, during his high school days, he was asked by a teacher if his name 'Ramesses' was from the famous Egyptian pharoah, and he did not know at that time. And yes, it was when he asked his parents. From then on he read books of it and begun to love the Egyptian history.
"Welcome the class is about to start would you like to join?" A short old man with a white hair and beard was gesturing Ram to enter the door to the establishment, and he entered with curiosity.
Inside are some scrolls with the hieroglyphs or symbols are inside a glass cabinet. The old mans table at the front has lots of it also. There were already about 20 players inside who were seated in those small lined up seats. There were also cute girls and it made Ram started to get excited again, but he still remembered the slap he got and unconsciously stroked his left cheek.
He sat in one of the chairs at the back and one player approached him. It was a smug faced srawny man, it felt trouble for Ram, so he acted as if he did not notice it. "You are going to be a mage too?" The player said as he stroked his nose with his thumb like 'Bruce Lee'. Ram could not understand what this player is saying, so he just replied politely. "I Guess, I will. Hahaha".
"You better not be late for the flame dragon in the snowy hills, it will give bonus attributes perfect for mages, I am a beta tester and I know". The smug face did his Bruce Lee habit again and whispered then smiled like an MC of a novel. Ram just nodded and thanked the guy for his effort. But he literally did not understand what he said.
The old man who was recruiting more players outside finally came and made the players lively. "Welcome travelers, I am Liam a Scribe, this will be the Scribe school and after this you will be able to learn what is scroll making and it's techniques". The old man said happily as there are many students that took the scroll making. He explained everything about the scribe sub-class and it made most of the players almost fell asleep. But Ram who was curious thought it was interesting, so he listened attentively. After some practical tests and more teachings a message pop up to all players inside.
"Congratulations on becoming a Scribe". The old man said. The message appear to everyone and a seed was now planted on the empty panel of the sub-class. Ram was startled by the pop up message and the sound, but he understood now a bit. He nodded as he looked at his panel while others are slowly going out from the room.
"Huh?! Old man is it finish already?". Aside from one girl, all other players got out."The two of you need something else?hahaha" The old man said and laughed like it was amusing. Ram could not say anything as he was not interested in the subclass he acquired but the hieroglyphs of the scroll and things about it, the lesson was just too quick, and he felt it was not enough. The girl was also the same as him. And when the old man noticed he said after laughing.
"Hahaha. Then comeback here tomorrow because the night is going deeper and this old man is tired." The old said. And Ram remembered it was early in the morning already.
Pangea's time was delayed for 6 hrs. And when he looked at the small clock at the upper right corner of his view, it was now 2 am real time and 8pm in game. So he got out of the room and log out from the game. The girl who was also there log out after him.