2:30 PM June 21, 2051
Summer 2051, a bus operated by Yellow Bus Lines Service was heading towards the city of "GenSan" is in the province of South Cotabato in Mindanao, Philippines. It is a highly urbanized city located at the southern portion of South Cotabato.
The passengers on the bus had mostly fallen asleep. As the long journey between two cities tired them off.
A handsome smooth face boy, black haired with a sleek haircut suddenly jerked his head up, as he woke up from a nightmare. Sweats dropped from his forehead as he scanned the bus.
As reality finally set in, he felt relief. He had been in another world in his dream the same earth but a complete opposite of the current earth.
"It's just a dream! How long since I've been going through these kind of nightmares"
"I should lessen my gaming time, I've been playing to much lately. Side effects get a toll to my body and mind"
Gazing upon the clear blue azure sky. Azure had a bit of frown, the name he had represents that of the clear blue sky, that he's picky parents picked.
Looking at the midsummer sun like a gigantic fireball in games that been casted by a powerful mage. Azure assumed the time to be at 2:30 PM.
Azure is a popular MMORPG expert gamer in he's country Philippines. But that only assume for his avatar, the guy doesn't really like to much attention to himself being a loner, wasting he's good looks and appearance. Choosing to be private all the time, he was famous for incorporating martial arts inside a VR game combining the martial art he learned with the game's mechanics.
Azure do some live streaming using his avatar as a celebrity to earn some money out of gaming. Life is hard one's someone doesn't have a proper income suffering and hunger would awaited them.
He had wished for a long time that the world were to change, where those that work hard would be rewarded for their hardships.
***
10:45 PM June 21, 2051
At a VR café in GenSan, located just beside the Plaza Heneral Santos. Azure parks his motorcycle outside and rushes inside.
There aren't many customers today considering that it's current closed to midnight. He is a regular customer so he hurriedly asks the cashier for he's reserved spot.
He needs to log onto his VR account for a raid in a dungeon today. Thinking about it Kent hurried at the spot following the cashier, he had a VIP privilege in these café so he could enjoy such service being served by someone.
"Sir the capsule is ready for you to be used"
"Thank you then"
He turned his gaze to the VR capsule in front of him. Nodding in satisfaction the cashier return to her post as Azure sat inside the VR capsule.
Logging in Azure found himself at a plaza beside a clear blue fountain. Moving beside a bench, the first thing he do is summon the system interface, contacting the party he's accompanying this time.
"Hello I just log in, on what time would the raid start?"
"Ah… Void Twilight... Sir! The raid would start at roughly 30 minutes from now"
Receiving the reply Azure nodded as he relax himself on the bench. He felt more alive in game than the freaking reality, he's a independent player.
Independent players is players that prefer to be free and not to be bound by any group or guild in game.
Playing solo is a great disadvantage for normal player, so independent players decide to group up during raids as they can't just solo a dungeon on their own.
That was the common sense, but it really didn't apply to those the crazy enough to faced dungeon bosses singlehandedly. like Azure, unfortunately this time the dungeon had a team requirement forcing him to find a team to be able to enter the dungeon.
This was the point for the previous conversation. Azure had decided to joined a party for the meantime to raid a dungeon.
In game Azure's avatar name is Void Twilight. People knew him for being a apex expert and terrifying player that shouldn't be mess with.
A few months back then, someone nuts enough and tried a group PK to hunt him down, for not accepting their guild invitation.
Azure fight back and massacre that guilds elite's back and forth making the guild suffer a tremendous lost.
Since then Azure's name in the gaming industries skyrocketed. The guild that attacked him became a stepping stone for Azure.
Using the opportunity Azure begin he's very first live stream, the guy didn't mumble a single word in he's live streams and just fight off monsters and enemies.
However for some reason the subscriptions number continue to rise, Azure continue he's streaming not knowing he had long since become famous, earning him a ton of money.
At the same time people begun calling him in different nicknames. Liked the Void Martial or Souring Dragon. this was brought cause he's been using martial arts in game, becoming he's very own trademark.
Even so the guy had his own VR capsule at home. He still prefer to play VR games in café's and such being in outdoors gave off a different feeling than playing alone in the house.
Azure wasn't born from a martial arts family or something, he just happen to learned martial arts from watching true martial expert's fight or learning from their tutorial. He had never assumed that he had a great talent to such field.
***
He is reading some novels on Web-Novel, a new chapter from Genesis Era just came out yesterday. Just to passed some time while waiting for the raid.
But suddenly everything turned black.
Azure was thrown back in the real world.
Usually such thing shouldn't have been possible unless outside interference had occurred, but that was for the VR capsule to warned him before force logging him off.
However such thing never happened, he was thrown out like that without any explanation. Moreover VR capsules had their own battery reserve's even if a blackout where to happen, he shouldn't have been thrown out immediately.
Exiting the capsule. Azure was a bit surprised to see the whole café in darkness.
"What happen?"
"The hell just happen?"
"hey what's going on?"
Before Azure could voice out a word everyone begun to criticize and complain the shop's in-charge.