A thank you message appeared on Ryji's display.
[Thanks for downloading our game!]
[Welcome to Blackfield!]
A cinematic with absurd graphics began to be shown on Ryuji's screen.
He skipped it.
The character customization screen then appeared.
He could choose between a female character and a male character.
He chose the male character.
Among the different races he could choose from, he decided to be human.
The customization tab was the biggest Ryuji had ever seen. Even bigger than the old Blackfield.
"Let's see."
Ryuji went through countless hair types until he chose a straight, spiky hairstyle.
He decided to put white color in his hair just like his old character.
"Okay, now the eyes."
The character's eyes were red.
It's time to customize the character's physique.
Contradicting his real physique, Ryuji transformed his new character similar to a magazine cover model.
"Wow, I'm beautiful!"
The type of face he would like was a more triangular face, so he chose it.
The color of the skin was light as snow.
"Now the best part, the classes!"
Altogether, there were eleven classes present in Blackfield.
Warrior, paladin, mage, marksman, barbarian, archer, priest, sorcerer, mercenary, monk and arcane.
There were also secret classes that could be unlocked with blessings and quests.
That's how he became the Warrior of Fahrio in beta, a secret class.
Ryuji was focused on three classes: Warrior, Barbarian and Monk.
He loved the kind of class that could do as much damage as possible.
Looking at the attributes of each class, it wasn't hard to choose who he would be.
[Warrior]
[Specialist in hand-to-hand combat]
[High physical defense and HP]
"My old class, how I miss you."
[Barbarian]
[Formidable warriors of strength and agility]
[Very HP and high physical defense]
"I remember wanting to be a barbarian at first."
[Monk]
[Versatile warrior in combat]
[High individual physical damage]
"This class is new. Before, there were only ten classes."
In the end, Ryuji chose to be a warrior once more.
Before confirming the class, however, he must enter a name.
Obviously, he tried the name Power.
Surprisingly, the name was still not in use and he was able to put it on. Power really was forgotten in just a year.
"Time to confirm."
[Could not choose a class]
[Try again]
"What?"
He confirmed it again.
A loading screen appeared with a white ball that rotated non-stop.
[Could not choose a class]
[Try again]
"???"
"Is this some kind of joke?"
He confirmed again and the same screen appeared.
Ryuji confirmed again.
And again.
And again.
But the result was the same.
[Could not choose a class]
[Try again]
The screen was static in the customization tab and suddenly he was inside Blackfield, ready to play.
Ryuji didn't even click on the confirmation tab again, the game just started.
He felt when his mind was basically transported to that online world.
[Welcome to the world of Blackfield!]
[Here you will live countless adventures and make new friends!]
[Would you like to receive a tutorial on how the game works?]
He looked around the lobby, a medieval town with thousands of other players entering this fantastic new world.
A mural with the world rankings of the top 50 players was the most obvious part of the entire city.
Ryuji could clearly see Aya's name on the mural. There she was known as Ayno and came in 29th place.
The game's main stores are located in the starting town of Blackfield, called Musa.
Ryuji remembered when sometimes the battle between players would be launched in the lobby and he would slaughter the newcomers.
He laughed a little.
Like any other player, he started with three hundred gold coins that would be spent on buying weapons and potions.
Ryuji knew exactly what he would buy with those coins first.
He walked a bit around Musa's square, seeing some more experienced players buying items. Armor and glowing weapons.
Musa was still the same as before.
The global chat was full of comments.
"Did you see Ayno's battle against Tundra?"
"Samira is negotiating with the Wolf Guild!"
"Would anyone like to band together to face the demon Razel?"
"Help! I don't want to lose all my items! I will die!"
The tutorial screen reappeared on Ryuji's face.
[Would you like to receive a tutorial on how the game works?]
He would accept the tutorial. Ryuji would like to know what has changed and what has not changed in Blackfield.
"Before I accept, let me see what has changed in the warrior class."
He opened the status.
"???"
"This is simply impossible!"
"No way!"
[Status]
[Name: Power]
[Level 1]
[Strength: 1]
[Agility: 1]
[Lucky: 1]
[Magic: 1]
[Intellect: 5]
[Vitality: 10]
[Class: None]