"Ya could have given me a warning first." Dracard complained as he was recovering from his sudden takeoff and landing.
{"ah sorry about that I'm not used to flying with passengers"} he said in an unapologetic tone
{"I've got other work to do so ill be on my way"} he said this time disappearing into light particles.
"Bastard, at least tell me where the nearest city is before you leave." he complained to himself as he got back on his feet still feeling a little sick from the ruff ride out of the forest.
Looking around he found himself 2 miles from the frosts however he had no way of knowing the exact distance. But what he does now is how to tell which is north.
'If I remember correctly, then north is the same direction as IRL so now that I can see the sky and the location of the sun north is.' looking in the sky he notices the direction of the sun without looking directly at it because that is dangerous.
"That way," he said, pointing in the direction of the forest.
"…well I'm not going that way then."
"Ah, before I forget, let's open the gift."
Looking at the card in his hand he crushes it and then opens his hand, just after doing that the card starts glowing and turns into a "real" box that floats above his hand for a moment.
But to his surprise as soon as the box touched his hand it changed from a normal blank box to a purple box with a red bow, horns protruding from the top, eyes on all the faces, and mouths with sharp fangs coming out of them. It moved and made noses like it was alive with the eyes looking at him.
'Gar rwerarggggg' the box gergleg
As soon as this happened he dropped it in surprise and said. "HOLY SHIT!!"
And just as the box turned demonic looking it reverted back to normal once it hit the ground.
'Jesus that almost gave me a heart attack' he thought in relief that the box didn't kill him.
After getting over his surprise he gingerly picked up the box and its rounds back into the demonic-looking box.
"Garr ra raer"
'Why does it make noses?
Is it alive?
if I open it will it die?
I have so many questions!?' he thought disturbed by it.
"Let's just ignore it and open the box." he said to himself
Pulling the red bow the box started to glow varus coolers just bright enuff to not blind a person.
'Wow just like those shitty loot boxes" he thought waiting for it to finish.
A few seconds later the light disappeared leaving a ring in its place, and like the box, this ring is purple and has small horns and an eye where a gem would be in other words it's a demonic ring.
'This ring looks evil, well let's check its stats, maybe it's really good.'
{The Ring of Devil's Luck (A)
Effect: Increases your luck when worn by a lot.}
"Haha I don't know how much it will affect my luck but now if I go gambling in the game will probably win big and not die in some unlucky way," he said admiring the evil-looking ring for a moment then turning it into a card and placing it in one of his Accessory Slots.
It looks like this now: Accessory Slots: (The Ring of Devil's Luck (A)) (2)
[DING THE ITEM YOU EQUIPPED IS CURSED REVEALING ALL EFFECTS]
"What."
[The Ring of Devil's luck (B) (Cursed)
Curse Effect:
Can only be removed after true death
When worn by a human decreases luck by 100%
Corrupts the user with Demonic Essence and constantly drains their health and mana.
Replaces manna with Corrupted mana over time
Gives the Skill:
{Drain Life
Skill mastery [F]
Skill effect: Takes HP and MP of a target by the amount of blood consumed. The more it's used the less effective it becomes by 5% And will eventually kill the user or turn them into a vampire.
Activation conditions: Must bite the target and uses 2 Corrupted mana per second of activation. }]
"What the he-" but as he was about to complain he saw another notification.
[DING A FAMILIAR ENERGY IS PERMEATING YOUR BODY]
[DING THE RING OF DEVIL'S LUCK IS RESONATING WITH YOU]
[DING YOUR SLEEPING DEMONIC ESSENCE IS STIRRING.
Your Demon Blood is Being Triggered.
You have absorbed the Demonic Essence in the Ring
Demonic Awakening Rate: {1%} (0.1%)]
"Huh?" he said in confusion
[DING THE RING OF DEVIL'S LUCK HAS LOST ITS POWER AND IS LOSING ITS EFFECTS
{The Rind that was once the Ring OF Devil's luck {F}
Effects:------------------------
Traits: Broken, this item no longer has an effect.}]
"?? Eh??? uh?? wha?" Brain.exe has stopped. Dracard was at a loss as to what just happened.
…
Meanwhile, a man stands in a room full of monitors.
Other people are looking at different monitors on the lower floor
this control room is Dream Dive Inc's Isekai Invasion Dev team's monitoring room to make sure that everything is going according to plan.
This man's name is Ashton Adam and he is the game's director and worked with various governments worldwide to make this game work better than the last one. And with the help of a top-secret AI, everything is sort of going according to plan.
The door behind him opens showing a woman in a nice suit coming in her name is Julia Guerra.
"I still don't get why I had to deliver the gift myself or why we had to give him it in the first place?" she asked
"Well to answer the first one is because you are the only person I trust to complete the job, unlike other people." he replied in a calm tone.
"Don't lie, I know there are lots of other ways to make a delivery like that but if you don't want to tell me I guess I can't make you."
"Hm well if you must know the real reason is that Zacro said to give the gift and for you to deliver it"
Alarmed by the name she just heard she quickly asked "hasn't he been quiet for a while now? What made him so talkative all of a sudden?"
"Well that annoying AI of ours and his children are quite busy running the game but Zacro told us that we needed to speed things up," he said, waving his hand to signal the people down below.
The screens all changed showing the strongest players of each race.
" and in order to do that he gave a solution and that is by diversifying the players but most people don't like the half-demon race because it starts off weak"
"Why do the players need to be diverse and how will that help us?"
"It helps because humans are weak and need time to grow stronger. In order for that to happen we need players of other races to help them when the time comes."
"And when will that time come?"
"According to Zarco in about 3 years"
"I see, if we're sort of time, why not increase the time dilation in-game"
"The answer to that is fairly simple, a person's brain can only operate so fast before overheating. If that happens the best case is that you go into a coma and the worst is well…" he said with a sad tone
"That and Zarco said that this time scale is optimal for getting the best results," he said
…
Now that Dracard's brain is back online he decided to remove the now-useless ring.
'I don't know what just happened but let's find out if my stats changed' he thought as he opened his Status window.
[{Player status} (Player Info) (NPC Cards) (Settings) (Help) (logout)
Name: Dracard. Race: Half-Demon. Gender: Male. Age: 200 (20)
Class: — Level: 1 - Locked Job Class: —
Guild: — Title: Death Magnet Tendency: Danger Prone.
Party: N/A Party members: —
HP: (44.5) SP: (34.5)
MP: (24.5) MD: (24.5)
DE: {27.5}
Free Status Points: 2
{Strength:3.5 Agility:3.5 Dexterity:3.5 Perception:3.5 Endurance:3.5 (+10)} {Body= 27.5}
{Intelligence:3.5 Wisdom:3.5 Willpower:3.5 Sense:3.5 Focus:3.5} {Mind = 17.5}
{Demonic Power: 1 }
Demonic Awakening Rate: {1%} (0.5%)]
CC: (6/44.5 pounds)
Armor Slots:
(Head)
(Left Hand) (Beginners shirt [E] +3) (Right Hand)
(Beginners pants [E] +2)
(Beginners boots [E] +1)
Armor Rating:(6) Magic Defence (0.5)
Equipment Slots: (1) (2) Accessory Slots: (1) (2)
Skill Cards: (1) (2) (3)
Inventory Cards: (Hard bread [3]) (Dried meat [3])
System Coins: (0) ]
"What the hell kinda status is this?" shocked by his strange increases in stats these were the only words he could say.
"Is this some kind of bug?" he asked himself as he looked at all the stats and the new one's Demonic Power and Demonic Awakening Rate.
It was when he looked at the Demonic Awakening Rate he found his answer or what he thinks is the most likely answer.
'Hmm, so 1% of that gives me .5 to all my stats. Isn't that kinda broken?' he asked himself
"I even got some magic defense although it's very little."
'Should I send a bug report?
…
..
.
'Na that sounds like too much effort I'm sure someone will notice and say something if it's a problem.'
Giving his status no further thought he looks around in hopes of finding a nearby village or city but doesn't see anything so he starts to head east along the forest.
'If I circled the forest I might find a road.'
'Those guys had to have come from a nearby village or town right?
Unless they just decided to go all the way out here to the middle of nowhere for fun.
Heading east wasn't the wrong choice however there was a closer village to the west but he doesn't know that.
…
..
.
Walking along the forest for a few hours he started to get hungry so he stopped for a bit and ate some of the Hard bread and Dried meat he had.
"Oh wow, this is awful."
*Munch* *Munch* *Munch*
"They could have given me some water to go with this dry-ass bread."
*Munch**Munch*
Like it says hard bread not fucking Dried bread. He complains to himself as he is eating.
After eating in the game he checks the time ILR it is 12:04
"Wow, have I been walking for 6 hours?" After seeing the time he decided to log off for a bit.
Taking off his headset he stretches then heads to the bathroom for a bit and spends some time on his PC.