Chapter 01: A New World
Volume 01: Another Life
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'Where am I? What is that sound? A hospital? Did I survive getting shot? Did those two try saving me after shooting me?' Isaias slowly opened his eyes to see a figure lying in the hospital bed in front of him.
"Sister." A faint voice came out slightly trembling as tears started to flow down his face.
Reaching his hand over to her face to slowly feel her features which he thought he may never see ever again.
'How is this possible? Elizabeth. She is doing fine here. What is this how did I end up here?' Pulling out the phone from his pocket he could not help but show a shocked face.
'What is this junk? I have not had this phone for 6 years now. Wait for a second what does it say on the screen? This must be wrong it says the year is 2110. This cannot be right the year is 2116. What is going on?'
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An older man wearing brown glasses walked into the room with a clipboard and white coat. With an ID badge that read 'Dr. Newman Neuroscience Department Director'.
"Ah good, you are up. We need to discuss your payment information before the hospital comes to find you. You only have 2 months left after the payment you made last year."
"Doctor Newman? Only 2 months left on my payment what year is it by chance Doctor?"
"Have you just woken up? I know all of this has been hard on you losing your parents last year and having to take care of your sister, but you should not lose track of the time that way your sister is always taken care of. The year is 2110 as it has been for a month now." Doctor Newman replied with a frown on his face staring at the young man in front of him.
"Thank you, doctor. This is great. I will get you that money, Dr.Newman." Tears flowed heavier than before coating Isaias's face like a mask.
Nodding his head Dr.Newman turned around to leave the young man alone with his sister.
Sitting down on the chair next to the hospital bed still holding his sister's hand.
'Forgotten Paradise will be released tomorrow. We still have a chance, Elizabeth. We got a chance to fix everything. I will not let you down this time. I promise they will all pay.' The tears fell onto the two hands interconnected on the bed.
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*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
"Good afternoon, sir. What may I help you with today?" A young lady from behind a glass counter called out to Isaias as he entered the electronics store.
"Yes, I would like the basic neuro system for Realm of the Forgotten."
"No problem, sir. Will this be all?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Sir congratulations. Realm of the Forgotten held a random raffle throughout the main cities of the world you also will be receiving your neuro system, and you will also be allowed to log onto Realm of the Forgotten 1 hour before the rest of the players."
"Really? That is great thank you." Reaching to grab the headset from the young lady behind the counter Isaias immediately ran out of the small electronics store back to his own small condo.
*Click*
Returning to his old home.
'Ah, I never would have thought I would have looked forward to seeing this place again. In my last life, I just lived off my parent's life insurance money after they passed away last year. Using a large portion of it for paying my sister's medical expenses and spending very little on myself until I started making decent money through Forgotten.'
Looking up at the digital clock on a drawer beside the bed the time read 22:36 in red.
'It's time to start setting up the system so I can be ready for the opening of the game. Many newbies did not know the amount of pain that came with logging in for the first time. This body does not have the spinal chip yet, so I can only start again as all of them until they develop the advanced helmets.'
Unboxing the limited-edition headset connecting to the internet and power source. Placing the headset over his head and powered on the system.
[Connecting to Realm of the Forgotten Servers]
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[Welcome to Realm of the Forgotten]
[Please, state your name. After confirming your name, you will be agreeing to the rules and laws of this world which can and will be enforced by law enforcement of your own respective country as overseen by the Realm of the Forgotten discipline department.]
'Isaias Sernin'
[Confirmed]
[Thank you, Isaias Sernin. You have 10 more minutes before you may access the full Forgotten Servers as allowed based on the analysis of the limited-edition neuro system helmet.]
[During this time the installation of the neurochips into the spinal cord will now be installed. Make sure to fall the guidelines given within the installation manual that was provided with the device to make sure the correct procedures are followed.]
[Would you like to begin installation? Yes or No.]
'Yes'
[Beginning installation.]
*Vrrrrrr*
"Ahhhhh fuck. That shit still hurts."
Shaking his head, he looked at the time being displayed within the helmet.
'5 more minutes. I never would have thought I would ever get to see Forgotten again. This time it will be different. I was one of the top 10 swordsmen in all of Forgotten at my peak. This time I will shoot to the top with all my previous experience, this time taking everything for myself. I will not allow anyone to hurt me or my family again.'
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[Welcome Isaias Sernin please state your unique in-game name]
['Forgotten Sword']
['Confirm']
[Next Select Class]
[Swordsmen]
[Barbarian]
[Archer]
[Rogue]
[Knight]
[Priest]
[Mage]
[Bard]
[Random]
'Select Swordsmen'
[Random Selection Activated]
[Chosen class Barbarian]
'What the fuck. How could this happen? Why…Why? I was going to be the number 1 swordsman after everything I learned in my last life. Everyone only gets one chance to create their character and for this to have happened.'
[Character created Barbarian level 1]
[Empire Bwolk]
[Kingdom Rosewood]
[Town Klawrence]
Looking around the town square Isaias felt depressed looking at his character page.
"At least I was dropped in the same starting town as before. What happened to my class does the game have a glitch? The game has not been officially released yet so maybe I can get the developer team to help me reset myself this one time. No, they won't help me even after 6 years in my last life no one was ever able to find out who the developers of the game were, or how the game was created."
[Forgotten Sword | Level 1 | Barbarian]
Health: 25
Strength: 6
Agility: 5
Intelligence: 1
Constitution: 5
(Rewards +3 stats points per level common class)
"What the fuck! What am I supposed to do now? My plan and everything were all gone cause of some stupid start-up bug. I could only rise to the top at what I knew and that was being a swordsman. Now I'm going to have to be stuck trying to learn this stupid class from the start like everyone else my entire lead is gone. I had one chance to save myself. To save my sister. I need a drink. Man, fuck this game. I needed this." Tears began to fall slowly from Isaias's face.
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*Ding*
"Good afternoon, sir. What would you like today?"
"Get me a drink sir. Here this is all the money I have on me." He placed a bag of 50 copper on the counter pushing it over to the tavern owner which was all the money given to supplement a beginning player.
"Down on your luck young adventurer. I have just the drink for that." The tavern owner walked into a side room past a velvet curtain. Coming back with a single wooden cup.
"Here young adventurer. May your fate rest in your hands."
[Ancient Quest]
[Finish wooden cup of mysterious wine]
'Ancient quest? There was only a hand full of players in my last life who got to ever see a Legendary quest much less an ancient one and usually they would be challenging crusades to save or conquer races. Finishing a cup of wine? Isn't this a little too easy? Well, whatever maybe it is just a mini-reward quest and is just a rare quest to find. Who in their right mind would spend all their starting copper in the starting town just to drink anyways.'
Staring intently at the cup of wine before him Isaias takes in a deep breath and allows the wine to flow down his throat.
'That was not too bad of a quest. The wine seemed to have no effect. Maybe it is another glitch connected to my account.'
A burning sensation began to emit from the depths of his bones charring them to dust. Slumping onto the tavern's hardwood floor. Isaias wanted to yell for help, but no words would come out as his body was being burned from the inside out sweat dripping like bullets from his body.
'I should not even think anything next time I came across a quest that seemed too easy I should just shut my mouth. The system would not allow for any easy ancient quests. I just need to hold out. I need this reward if I ever want to get to the peak of this world. I need to hold on no matter what. What is the worst that can happen? I die. Jokes on you stupid system death does not scare me. I have already died once.'
Grinding his teeth together Isaias's body started to cool down, but still felt utterly crippled as he could not stand up. Following this, a freezing sensation erupted from his veins seemingly seeping into every inch of his body creating an even harsher pain than before. Muffled breathing emitted from his trembling body squirming on the floor shoving a wooden stool aside as a new layer of skin began to shine from underneath the cold skin that was shedding to the floor.
Panting on the floor the whole process felt like years as his whole body seemed to come back to life-giving a refreshed feeling as if being reborn through the tempering of fire and ice. Opening his new player information Isaias's eyes widened in disbelief.
[Ancient Quest Completed]
[Reward: Class Change to Drunken Brawler]
[Forgotten Sword | Level 1 | Drunken Brawler]
Health: 50
Strength: 10
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 10
Constitution: 10
Charisma: 5
Wisdom: 5
Luck: 3
Aura: 10/10
(Rewards: +15 stat points per level ancient class)
'Is this the power of an ancient class? The stat points on level up alone are broken much less the starting stats at level 1. I never heard anything about this kind of class in my last life I only had a rare class myself. There was only one player that was ever confirmed to have a legendary class in my last life, and he had a huge guild behind him. It was the Heavenly Orders guild leader, and that class was the Holy Knight. That class single handily allowed them to take over the position of number one guild.' A wide grin covered his face from ear to ear feeling the newfound power flowing through his body.
"Hey boy, when are you planning on getting up off my floor?" A deep voice came from behind the wooden counter where the tall tavern owner was standing.
"Oh yes, I am sorry." Hopping onto his feet easily Isaias took a deep look at the man in front of himself only to be shocked once again. The man behind the counter was standing at least 7ft tall in front of him with muscles that looked like had their own muscles.
"Thank you, sir. That wine was amazing. What was in it?" Isaias stared starry-eyed at the huge man before him anticipating the answer.
"Even I do not know. That was the only cup I was ever able to obtain, and it looked like you needed it more than I did. You seemed lost as if you lost everything. Now I have given you the chance at a new beginning do not squander it feeling sorry for yourself." The large man turned around wiping off wooden cups with a white rag grabbing the cleaned ones and walked back towards the velvet curtain disappearing behind it.
"Thank you." Tears now flowed down Isaias's face once again but this time for a different reason.
[Official Opening of Realm of the Forgotten in 1 minute]
"He is right this is a new beginning for better or worse. I will not waste this life." Isaias turned around exiting the tavern back towards the town center.
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"Welcome adventures to Realm of the Forgotten!"