World backstory: about 2019 first piece of the key of hell was found. it was a massive piece of carved stone that was covered in an ancient greek warning. it also had a hint on where the other piece of the key could be found. in 2022 the other parts of the key were found and put together. when put together, it hinted at the gate to the underworld, but it had warning text written from top to bottom saying to never open the gate. but a millionaire named Max Kingson had bought most of the key and planned to open the gate to hell, but it took 2028 until they found a MASSIVE LOCK connected to a massive gate, very deep underground with a warning that it is the gate to the underworld.
It took Kingson another year before he was able to bring the key down to the massive lock. After he unlocks the lock, a thunderstorm randomly happens over the spot of the hole made to bring down the key. Kingson made for the key and told his men to get down. The lightning was a light red color, then the gates raised to the ground and left a massive hole. Then the gates rose from their fallen position. Then the lock falls off and it opens. Inside the gate is a pure red room as far as the eyes can see. When Kingson saw the red room, he entered the portal to the red room. But when he entered the portal closed, trapping him inside and the hell gate disappeared, never to be seen again.
After the portals or rifts, they were appearing full of valuables, never heard of metals and other wonderful things. But like any MMO RPG, it was also full of monsters. At first, people thought that the rifts were just pranks because the rift would appear, then disappear until people who went into the rifts were to be found dead all over the world. They also appeared in another country different from the one where they disappeared. Also, body parts from the missing were gone, like arms, feet, and heads. So the government started to block them off but more and more started to appear. Then one day all across the world, the ark appeared.
There was a giant building and it was controlled by an AI named HOPE. She, or it, use these Arks to train people to eventually become a hunter. As their name implies. these people go inside rifts to fight the monster and get stuff. The government pays the hunter for the stuff they want, but a small sum of the material stays in the Possession of the hunter who got the items. But the higher-rank Hunter has to give up more material than lower-ranked hunters. HOPE alters the person to give them some that Hope calls leave up it allows for someone to get stronger, faster, etc., in a matter of hours but there are some people's bodies who can't handle alteration to the body and die or turn into a monster. Also, HOPE gives out a class for each hunter, but she does not identify the hunter their class until they are officially part of the Guild a class is what Hope sees as the best fit for someone it more specific alteration to the hunter's body gives them more of the specialty of doing their class. Everyone who is a hunter is part of the guild, but there are more specific groups you can join. The guild class is, for example (fighter, swordsman or swordswoman, rogue, archer, mage, etc.) Also, there are advanced classes. HOPE is to give all official hunters a phone that can call inside a DOOM and show your stats and teammate stats also the condition of your teammate, but it does not show the owner's condition.
Also, rifts are called DOOM cause the floor in front is the word doom in all languages is the word doom. There is a monster who is called doom master. They're the one who keeps the DOOM open, and killing them will make anyone inside leave, and the DOOM closes it. You can't leave the DOOM without a special item. it is called return rubies (not all of them are ruby). You can not enter a DOOM by yourself. You will need a team of 2 or higher into a DOOM, but most groups are 5. Also, DOOM can take more than one day to complete, but the time inside one is 1/4 Slower than outside time, so four days inside the doom portal is one day outside.
HOPE also puts a limiter on hunters when they go home or if they try to do a crime. the limiter is a necklace like a dog tag you would get in the military is very strong you would need a high-power welder or something like that to break it. ex-hunter who can't or won't go into a rift or just retire at a young age can come to a special police officer called hunter-killers and have a limiter that they can turn on or off at will to stop a hunter who has broken their limiter. yes, the limiter can be broken by brake it off your neck or electoral shock. It has been 100 years since the first Doom portal opened.
end of backstory
I wake up to see torches being the only source of light in the room. I get up to see a man and a girl. The guy with a two-handed sword is carrying it on his back and he seems to be happy. He is a buff guy for someone his age. He is 18 but looks 20. He is covered in mostly leather armor. Next to him is the girl. She is holding a staff and also has a short sword in its sheath. She is also mostly in leather armor and she is also very happy. When I stand up, they both look at me and the girl says "Ohh you're awake! Good morning Thomas." I look at her and then I say, "Good morning Mia." The boy sitting next to Mia says, "Well Thomas, we need to start to clean up the rest of camp." Then I say "Jack, where are Jon and Lucy? I thought they were here." Jack responds, "They went ahead. They will be back both and can easily handle anything in this Doom." Then he takes a deep breath. "We are also about to pack up the camp since they both are gone." I look at him with a disappointed look and say, "But last time I had to pack up the camp." He looked at me with an annoyed look then said, "Well that just means you can just skip pack up for the next two camps." After 10 or 20 minutes of picking up everyone's stuff and putting it into bags and other places. Then we head out of the small cave room we had used as a bunker. Inside, our team had been doing this raid for 2 days straight. We're so close to the DM (doom maker) and this is our teams' entry to the Guild to become an official adventurer party. Just like in an MMO, we kill monsters to get EXP to level up and we get skill points, but in real life, it had been nearly 30 years since The Devils Gate was opened.
As we were going down a long and dark hallway with only a crappy one-handed torch, we have mostly seen skeletons and zombies. So we get to some stairs and we go up to see a small room that looks barricaded. Then I see Jon and Lucy. Jon is the main one that uses a MASSIVE two-handed club while Lucy uses some small daggers. Jon is a massive guy and he is only 17 but he looks like he is in his prime already. He is a big guy with a kind heart and is the only one in the group in a steel chest plate while the rest is leather armor. Lucy is a small and fast girl and is also the second in command. I ask "So where is the DM and what is it? A demon? A zombie? A crazed mage soul?" Jon then says "In the next room and no, it is none of those things. It is a lich or an undead necromancer." Jack and I get pissed off that one of those types of THINGS are here. Oh, I almost forgot to talk about myself. I am mostly using a magnum in hand and the other is a spiked gauntlet. So yea, that is what I use. The wooden barricade is blocking a massive colorful door. Then I asked, "Is that where that THING is?" Then Jon said, "Hey before you run in with your guns blazing, know that lich has a lot of zombies and skeletons around him. So know he is going to be a hard fight." "Okay, let's go in like a team?" I say in a defeated tone. Then Jack said, "Is everyone ready for the dm fight?" Everyone said "yes" to Jack, so we take down the wooden barricade. We open to see a GIANT room and it is lit up by the colored window giving the room a nice and welcoming feeling, but the light barely gets to the middle of the room, but enough light to see the dm standing there holding a staff. The dm is covered in a cloak covering most of the body, but the dm's face you could see. It was 2 points of light and a smile made out of the light as well. it just stares out of one of the colorful windows it looks like a living shadow. jack then yell "now rush him" so we rush him but dm ran away then the bones around the dm came together then stood up walk trows us most of the skeletons had no weapons just claws out of 10 skeletons one or two were holding weapons even one of them had broken sword but the shadow thing is still in the room just now at the other end I raise my gun shoot one in the head and it is moving? well, any undead movie rule of going for head seems to be wrong I then punch it in its ribcage it falls apart cause it has a hole in his chest now than a get a massage it says YOU GAIN 10 EXP.
Well, that good to know then I see or more hear bone been crushed Jon seems to be having fun I see jack and lucy take out 2 skeletons now there only like four 4 skeletons are left so go for the one next to the one I took out it slashes at me it got my shoulder I shoot it in the spine it falls apart unable to stand anymore it still tries to attack me but it not working then shadowmancer raise it, staff, it glows a bright blue light than the skeleton who can't walk fall apart become nothing but a pile of bones. I was kinda shocked that we would kill one of his minions now that skeleton is dead I have a clean shot to the dm so try to rush him but the second I run out of light into the dark part of the room the shadowmancer cloak open up to see more of it body than a spike made out of body price my body like it paper or hot knife through butter I fall to my knees form the sock of pain the taste of blood was strong I thought I was going to pass out but I didn't then the shadowmancer then took out the spike form by the body just a hole that you can see barely through but I didn't bleed then my lugs, my lugs felt like they were filled with blood then my stomach also started filling with something I started to cough this almost blackish liquid then I hear Jack yell "WHAT!?! EVERYONE TO THOMES NOW!" the dm or shadowmancer. then had a look of shock then he raises it left hand and his staff start to glow then two portal appear next to him then zombies walkthrough in armor they have sword and shields the portal close now there is 4 armor zombie in the room they slow shamble to everyone else but me they just pass me just head toward everyone else I can't stand it hard to think straight now the dm or shadowmancer walks over to me and I see it face of confusion then it put a hand over the spot it impaled me then I started to cough worse and the blackish liquid I started to puke up it starts to harden in my mouth now I can't close my mouth but my mouth is still filling with the liquid then it starts to push out the harden liquid then the liquid would start to crawl on my face I can't move it starts to cover my nose it start to work up all around my face then it covered my noise then it started to cover my eyes next my whole face is covered in this harden blackish liquid and I can't see but the liquid then strated to cover my ears. that just grate now I can't hear what next I dead?
ugg the tase of blackish liquid tase like rubber or something just taste bad. the pain was also awful just feeling like my insides were being full of something and about to burst I want to cry but my eye was sealed shut so try moving my arm.... nope it hurt too much to move a finger no way I can move my hand I have to just wait for someone to help me.
jack view: that thing what did it do to just-i mean Thomas, now we also have those other things come at us and I can't retreat without Thomas dam it then I say to everyone "get Thomas then we will leave. I start to use my sword cause better to use it on something that I can cut into pieces than those skeletons. then I say to Jon "Jon can you take 2 of them" then Jon says "of course who do you think I am a man." then I just say too, Jon "don't get yourself killed Jon" in a serious tone than Jon just gave me a look says of course to me so Jon gets the attention of 2 of them and get them to follow him to the other part of the room to fight them alone he easily takes one out but the other one grabs him started to hit him with the but of the sword over and over again to his head so he would pass out as Jon was fighting Mia, Lucy, and Jack start to fight the other two armor zombie this one where more working like pear help each other out when the other was about to be attacked and stay near the dm or shadowmancer use him as a backup if they can't cover each other until mia uses a spell called holy light witch cause the shadowmancer to stay in his clock to avoid the light then the zombie also got stund by the bright light then we were able to kill the zombies then I got a messige. YOU HELP KILL A KNIGHT OF UNDEAD YOU GET 75 EXP. OF 225 EXP. X 2 after killing these two undead knights we try to rush the dm but use a spell to cancel the holy light spell then it rushes at Thomas then grabs Thomas by his neck and holds him up then it says in a childish voice "he-he mine all-all mine-mine he is special! you all want to hurt him but I won't let you" then it pull out a massive black seed shoved it down justin mouth then it grabs justin face with both of hand start to pull at Thomas face as he pulls crack start to form at the edge of the face as he pulls a black liquid start to come out it full pulled off thomas face then more of it blackish liquid came out it covered the hole where his face was but did not harden until it hit the floor Thomas is passed out it then the sold blackish stuff that was on his face bend and turn into a mask but it was blank had no face just nothing like a slender man but it was pure black and smooth just an empty thing then it came off thomas face where you can see his face has came back the shadowmancer drops Thomas and the mask on the floor then he disappeared.
pays and then we all get a message saying DM DEFEATED GOOD JOB RETURN TO THE ARK. Jon who was killed the other zombie starts to take all of the armor off all of the zombies then starts to carry it as Jack walks over to Thomas and picks Thomas up walk to the exit when we walk out we rush Thomes to the hospital when we get there help him.
Thomas view: even with that stuff pulled off my face and feeling less pain than before now it felt like my body was getting pushed through angry river than my sight was taken away it was hard to think or to keep thinking about thing or keep my mind focus on one idea I could not move just hear everyone talking asking me to wake up then I heard a voice it was a deep smooth voice but it had a deeper meaning like more it talks an urge to eat or a hunger started to fill me it said was "I see you have the will to live but no clue on how to get out of this abyss I have made." it laugh was terrifying to listen to but at the same time it made me tired so tired it felt like an eternity before he stops. Then I see it was a deer skull in a clock with dark branches coming out his shoulders and down his back. it eye where the only thing gives off light in the room it was pure white like white that snow it was that white then it grabbed me then said to me "you! WANT OUT DON'T CHA I CAN SHOW YOU HOW BUT IN EXCHANGE I ALSO WANT OUT GOT IT?!" then I say in a fearful voice "wh-why do-don't y-you lea-leave?" it laughs then said "only the TURE MASTER OF THIS PLACE can leave it " in an almost mocking tone then it looks at me then yell "YES OR NO?!?" then I say "g-give m-met-time to think what YOU ar-are" it looks mad but then it looks shocked then it say "ohh I got so much fun on scaring you. I forgot to tell you my name well my name is #XGRTS#&^$#! it nice to meet you" I feel so confused so I asked, " can you repeat what you said please." then it shocked its head then said, "ohh okay my name is sf%!287 did you hear it, or was it gibberish to you." I think myself i should lie to things and act as I heard their name. it grabs on to me get tighter and tighter than it slightly twisted my arm then the light in its eye dim now there are two small pricks of light I can only see its eyes or the outline of them. I start to push it away but my other arm is unable to move then it pulled me closer now it looking down at me it faces pushing into mine then said in a calm voice "yes or no?" I just want to leave I Want to act like it dream so without thinking I say "okay" then it covers my eye with his arms than when It removes it hands I see a piler of light then it says to me "the exit young seed" before to ask what that meant it walk into the darkness than just say "what the hell" then I walk into light then to see a hospital room?
END OF CHAPTER 1 "What are you?"