Michael looked up at the opening door of the capsule as he finally registered what had just happened.
Just like his name and his physical talent, the title of being the first to reach level ten was also stolen by him.
Realizing that there was nothing that he could do right now, he began climbing out of the capsule. As he climbed out, he noticed a soreness in his entire body. He took a quick look at the clock and realized that he had spent over five hours inside of the capsule which was likely why he felt so sore.
After getting out of the capsule he steadied himself on the bed and began walking towards his computer.
When he reached his computer, he first opened the official site of the game to find out how long the down time would last. What puzzled him was that the game developers didn't release any official statement or apology.
After looking around for a bit more and finding nothing that attracted his interest, he decided to turn off the computer and do something else. He looked around his room, bur found nothing else other than a stack of old books that had been placed there to make the room a bit livelier.
Becoming more bored by the second he approached the stack of books and picked up the one at placed at the top and read out "The importance of physical strength". Feeling like the book was an insult to his lack of physical strength in the game, he threw it away.
As he picked up the second book, he heard a crash and looked behind him. The book had hit his capsule on the already badly damaged nutrient dispenser, completely breaking it in the prosses.
He ran to the capsule and began carefully inspecting it before realizing that the current damage was more serious than something that he could hope to repair.
He dashed to his computer and attempted to see if he could find a quick fix. After he surfed the web for ten minutes, he realized that he wouldn't find any quick solution to the problem, the only solution was hiring those who built it. He felt his wallet sting as he went to the official website and hired someone to come and look at it.
Right when he was about to turn off his computer again, he saw the tab with the games website and saw that the servers were up again.
Seeing this he was caught in the dilemma of playing or not playing. It is potentially dangerous to play for extended amounts of time without the nutrient dispenser working. But there are most likely rewards for being one of the first players to reach level 10.
After thinking about it for a while he decided that he would enter the game, quickly level up to level 10 and then log out.
Having created a plan, he quickly got himself ready and entered the capsule once more.
As he spawned in, he saw a new system notification pop up in front of him.
{Since the first player has managed to level reach level 10, we will make some changes to the game:
The AI of both NPC and enemies will now be enhanced and will feel more real.
The quality of spells and skills can now reach a higher level than mediocre. How this is accomplished is up to the user to discover}
Michael was quite puzzled wondering why the developers would update the game so quickly, but partially ignored it as he focused on the wolves that were ahead of him and began grinding.
"Fireball"
{Executed the skill fireball:
Quality: Horrible
-40% damage
+ 0% mastery}
When he cast the fireball spell, he felt something "off". Formerly when he cast a spell, he felt a smooth wind flowing around whilst he now felt a clunky feeling as it was out of control.
He quickly ignored this feeling though as he wanted to spend the least amount of time in game as the nutrient dispenser was bust.
{Congratulations to player for leveling up:
New level: Level 10
Rewards:
+ 2 intelligences
+ 2 Wisdom
+ 3 Mana
+ 3 mana sensitivity
+ 3 elemental affinity
+ 7 free stat points}
{Congratulations to player for being the second player to reach level 10:
Rewards:
Title: Second place
+ 1000 fame
+ 20 gold coins}
{Title: Second place:
Given to the second fastest player to reach level 10.
Effect: The player will gain 10% more experience from any sources}
He felt slightly annoyed at the title, but he was generally happy as he got second place. Feeling content and as he was about to log out, he got another notification.
{Player has reached level 10 and class advancement will begin.
Note: the player can not log out during the class advancement}
Right after the notification the familiar blue particles climbed him once again as he was teleported to a new room with many more statues.
The statues were of what seemed to be the different paths that would be leading out of the mage profession.
To the left there was a woman dressed in nun clothes praying, most likely a healer. Followed by a mage with multiple monsters around him making him seem like a summoner. To his right again was a mage that seemed to be a pyromancer as there were flames flowing around him. He again was followed by a statue of mages that appeared to be specified in a single element. Who was followed by something that looked like a druid. And lastly there was a statue of a woman who was surround by multiple elements.
Michael wanted to quickly get out of the game, so he just wants for the class that looked like the most impressive which was the woman. As he approached the statue a notification popped up.
{Do you want to choose the path of the celestial mage?}
He hurriedly pressed the yes button as fast as it had first appeared.
The second the button was pressed he was teleported into a large marble hall with a long staircase leading up to a throne. Upon that throne sat a beautiful woman with long silver hair and vibrant golden eyes staring down at him.
Michael began to quickly walk up the stairs so he could begin whatever test that this was. Midway up the stars the woman suddenly began talking.
"You seam to be in a hurry."
Michael stopped for a moment before asking.
"Yes I am in a hurry so could you just lead me to the test."
"There is no test, this is only a place for new celestials to awaken and shape their spirit bodies."
Michael suddenly stopped and staired right at the woman before asking.
"So how do I do that."
"Ah, it is normally a very tenacious process, but I can help you complete it quickly by creating spirit body for you."
Michael sighed as he knew that choosing this option would probably have some downside, but if he was in the game for a longer time without a nutrient dispenser it could cause serious damage to his body, and it was a game after all.
"Ok, can you help me with creating a spirit body."
"Sure"
Suddenly he was lifted by golden light as blue particles began flowing out of his body forming a replica of him a few meters ahead of him.
"The spirit body is what enables us celestials to utilize all elements."
Michael was hanging in the middle of the air as golden particles began invading the replica of him changing it slowly. After a minute the replica of him was changed into a replica the woman just smaller. The woman seemed to be at least 180 cm tall while the replica was at most 160.
Suddenly before Michael could react the spirit body flew straight back into his body as his eyes turned golden and his hair turned white.
"You should remember that the spirit body shows itself whenever you are in a deadly situation. You should take note of this as for every time that it shows itself your usual appearance will become more and more similar to it."
Michael half ignored the woman has he instead focused on the notification in front of him.
{Congratulations on successfully becoming a celestial mage, your celestial bloodline will now be fully awakened}
{Congratulations, player has awakened the celestial bloodline.
Effects:
-1 strength
-1 endurance
-1 constitution
-1 agility
-1 vitality
+ 5 to all magic related stats
+ celestial knowledge
+spirit body transformation}
{Celestial knowledge (passive)
- After completing certain requirements, the player will awaken a celestial spell.}
{Apprentice Spirit body transformation (passive)
- Whenever in a deadly situation the spirit body will awaken, and the user will receive a boost in stats for a period of 5 minutes}
{Player will now be teleported outside of the awakening room}
As Michael spawned, he quickly got another notification from the system.
{It appears that the user's nutrient dispenser is currently not functioning, and the user will be automatically logged out to reduce damages caused to the user's body}
{Spirit body transformation has been activated due to the dangerous situation}
As Michael woke up, he immediately noticed something wrong. The bodysuit seemed to have grown multiple sizes as it was hanging completely loose. He also noticed that his hands were smaller than before as he attempted to tighten the bodysuit.
"Huh"
"My voice"
As he talked, he noticed that his voice had become multiple tones lighter. He quickly climbed out of the capsule and began sprinting towards the bathroom that was next door to his room.
He closed and locked the door behind him as he entered the bathroom and stared at the mirror. In the mirror was a replica of the earlier woman in the game. The woman had long flowing silver hair and vibrant golden eyes the currently only reflected horror.