As soon as George spawned in, he saw a world of notifications.
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[Legendary Plague Master class received]
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NANTEKOTTA????????????????
George had questions all over his head.
Looking at everyone else who spawned in, nobody seemed as shocked as he was.
That means that this isn't happening to everyone.
He screamed at the top of his lungs, "ECHOOOO-"
As he opens his eyes, he sees a vast expanse of white.
A translucent woman suddenly appeared, "Yes?"
"Are you Echo?" asked George.
"Yes, now what's your problem? I am kind of busy right now."
George replied, "Why did I receive the Plague Master class?"
The Echo answered, "A certain god bestowed the class upon you. It was not supposed to happen. This is a bit tricky. I do not know how this happened. I apologize for the inconvenience. The best way to solve this problem is to remove the class to prevent errors. I will remov-"
As the gears turned in his head, George suddenly interrupted Echo and said, "Wait, let me keep it."
Echo simply said, "This is not something you can decide."
George waited for a moment and asked, "What is your objective? Or in other words, what do you do?"
Echo responded, "I am an AI that assists in providing users the most optimal experience and persuading new users to play this game."
As someone who has dabbled in debate, George said, "Then wouldn't footage of a unique legendary class help promote more people to join this game?"
Echo took a few seconds to compute the best decision.
After a long pause, Echo said, "You provide a good argument, Mr. Russel. I will permit you to keep your current class."
Before he knew it, everything faded to black again.
As he opens his eyes, he looks around and sees the familiar village and the new players.
George breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Status"
[Status
Name: Draco
Class: Plague Master
Str: 1
Dex: 1
End: 1
Int: 1
Wis: 1
Cha: 1
Lck: 1
Titles: None
Skills:
{Infect - Passive
Effect: Infects someone with your virus. Activates upon touch. Beings of the same level have a 50% chance of being infected. One level below you is 51%. This effect can scale. Example: Someone 30 levels below you has an 80% chance to become infected. This also scales upwards. If someone is 50 levels above you, there is no chance of being infected.
Cooldown: 10 minutes if used on the same person}
{Virus Status - Active
Effect: Opens your Virus Status. Virus status shows evolution paths, settings, # of infected, and more.
Cooldown: None}]
George was not an extremely powerful person. He was just an average person with a dull and average life. That was until a few moments ago. Just as ECHO was about to remove his class. Something clicked in his brain. At that second he knew, this was his one chance to become renowned in the world! Opportunity was bound to change the world and he would be part of it as the first legendary class holder.
Although his class probably would not permit him to be a stereotypical hero, it would allow him to make his mark. This wasn't the time to reveal this fact to everyone though. That would cause him to be hunted to the ends of the world.
Draco looked around and said, "Virus Status"
A screen popped up
[Virus Status
Name: [Unnamed]
Upgrades: None
# of infected: None
]
[What will you name your virus?]
Draco smiled, "Miasma"
[Name submitted]
Luckily, nobody was watching him.
If even a single person saw him name his disease so idiotic, they would laugh to death.
This will never be understood by someone as narrow-minded as Draco.
Suddenly, a notification popped up on his screen.
[Select your first trait:
1. Neurax Worm
In the form of a worm, when this disease infects any NPC, it immediately affects the brain. As the place the worm resides, the brain will subtly be influenced by the worm. As time goes on, the infected will become more and more under the worm's control. (1st stage)At first, it is just an idea. (2nd stage) Soon, it will be like drug addiction. (3rd stage)In the end, the infected NPC will have no thoughts and will simply become a vessel for the worm. In the 2nd stage, a new worm will form inside the infected. This is when infection of another individual becomes possible. If the infected is a player, the worm will not be able to affect the brain as much. This causes the worm to attack other parts of your body. That means that all stats besides charisma and luck will gradually decrease. The infected user will not get any notification about this. In the 3rd stage, the user will be forcefully logged out. The user will not be able to login for 24 in-game hours. At that time, the user's body will be in complete control of the Plague Master. After the 24 in-game hours have passed, the Neurax worm will die, and the infected user will not have any of its effects unless the user is infected a second time. The user will have immunity to the Neurax Worm for 24 hours. (Note: The worm is completely under the Plague Master's control.) (Note 2: Each stage takes 24 hours for NPCs, while for users, each stage will take roughly an hour. This is to promote game fairness.) (Note 3: Plague Master will receive 10% of the XP received by the infected)
2. Kyoki Virus
The Kyoki virus infects your frontal lobe. The frontal lobe affects intelligence, concentration, and self-awareness. This means that NPCs that are infected will lose those features gradually. After some time, the NPC will become an uncontrollable killing machine. The NPC will show aggression to every living being except the Plague Master. Due to the uncontrollable nature of this virus, the NPC will die 24 hours after being infected. When a user is affected, he or she will die inexplicably after an hour. During the cooldown before the user may spawn in again, he or she will turn into an uncontrollable killing machine. This being will also show aggression to all living beings except the Plague Master. After the cooldown of 24 hours, the being will perish. It will be replaced by the respawned user. This respawned user will have a cooldown. This means that the Plague master must wait another 24 hours before infecting the same user. (Note: Plague Master will receive 10% of the XP received by the being)
3. Normalis Disease
This disease will function like a regular disease. Any living being infected will have a 50% chance of dying from the disease within 24 hours. If the living being survives, then the disease will die. This disease spreads from infected creatures. The Plague Master will receive XP of the infected if it dies due to the disease. This XP amount is akin to the XP one would gain if they killed the living being.
(THIS WILL AFFECT ALL FUTURE CHOICES)
]
Draco looked at the choices with interest. Each of them has its pros and cons. He would have to think about this choice.