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God of Internet [LitRPG] by NunuXD
07 - Arrival on the Small World
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"All right, since it's the first time for many of you to send your consciousness to a small world, here's a general explanation before you go to your cabins." The teacher said seriously.
When he looked at me and saw the exhaustion on my face, he just shook his head in disappointment and ignored me.
"Inside each cabin will be everything you need to live for 30 days, both in terms of basic necessities and a few other things for entertainment in case any of you get bored at any point during the wait." The teacher explained. "The room is already connected with the location of the small world, so you just need to use your divine consciousness to travel in the way it was explained and you'll be able to get there."
"Each room has the coordinates for the location of one of the kingdoms of this world, this kingdom will be your test. The 10 best kingdoms after 30 days will be considered successful and will enter the army as sergeants, while the other 20 kingdoms will fail and will be assigned as corporals in the army." The teacher explained. "Remember, time in the small world passes twice as fast as time in our divine world, so one day in the divine world is only 12 hours in our world, so use this information wisely."
As soon as the teacher finished explaining, a girl raised her hand curiously.
"Yes, Artie?" The teacher asked.
"Professor, if we don't like our kingdom, is it possible to change?" Artie asked.
"Negative, the moment you enter the cubicles, you will be confined to that cubicle and the realm that corresponds to that cubicle." The Professor explained in a serious voice. "If you have any questions and want to request a book, you can push a button next to the door and ask a supervisor to bring you a specific book, but only books from the school library."
When the other students heard this, they were worried about getting a bad grade, but I wasn't. It was irrelevant to worry now that I couldn't interfere with which realm I would get.
So, after a few more useless explanations, the teacher took us to a corridor with 30 doors, with 15 doors on each side of the corridor.
"These are your booths, they are all identical inside and out, you will choose your own booths. Good luck, your test begins now." The teacher said before turning around and leaving.
As soon as he said this, while the other students were still in shock, Zack quickly went to the first door on the right and entered that cabin.
Seeing that Zack had already entered the first cubicle, the other students frantically began to enter the cubicles one by one.
Seeing that the moment had arrived, I also started to walk towards one of the last booths and as my hand grasped the handle, I heard a low voice.
"Good luck, Adrian."
Surprised, I looked around and saw Lucy, the girl with the blue hair that moved like waves, smiling at me as I entered her booth.
"Good luck..." I replied quietly as I entered my cabin as well.
As soon as I entered the cabin, I sensed the coordinates of this small world and instinctively knew how to send my consciousness there.
But first I looked around the cabin.
The bed was a standard bed, just like the bed in my dormitory, and there was also a small kitchen with cupboards containing enough food for 30 days.
Even though we were gods and could only live on divinity but since we were weak gods, there was still a need for food so that our bodies wouldn't get weaker.
The bathroom was also very clean and tidy, with a small mirror over the sink where I could see myself in the reflection.
I had seen my reflection the first day I was born, but I was always surprised every time I saw myself.
I had white, smooth, delicate skin, much better than my skin in my previous world. My hair was black and straight, with a length halfway down my ear.
While other gods had features like lightning in their hair, like Zack, or blue hair that moved like waves, like Lucy, my feature was my eyes, which shone a very captivating blue.
Surprisingly, my current appearance was very similar to my appearance in my previous life, but much more beautiful.
If it weren't for the fact that the old Adrian was very weak, with an almost skeletal body, walked with a frightened expression, and always acted submissive when he saw someone else, he might have stood out positively because of his appearance.
But all these defects gave the other students a very bad impression of Adrian and prevented anyone from seeing anything positive in him, something I didn't even bother to try to change myself, knowing that I would only be living with them for a short time.
[Adrian's visual representation on discord.gg/NunuXD]
After confirming everything about the place, I looked at a comfortable chair in the middle of the cabin and sat down.
Following the knowledge the room gave me, I extracted a part of my consciousness and sent it to the coordinates they had taught me.
As soon as I followed the instructions, I felt as if my soul was leaving my body and I was floating.
Slowly my floating speed began to accelerate and I was already floating above the school.
As I floated, I felt as if something was watching me for a split second, causing me to freeze in the air before allowing me to continue my ascent.
I think it was one of the headmasters checking that I wasn't an intruder. I thought, surprised by the overwhelming sense of helplessness I felt as this thing watched me.
Within seconds, my consciousness had already left the planet and it was flying faster and faster through space.
The sight I saw was incredible and made me wonder why I had never tried it before.
In a matter of minutes, I saw scenes of incredible galaxies passing by in the blink of an eye, until finally my speed began to slow, and I found myself floating slowly inside the atmosphere of a planet.
Following the coordinates the cabin showed me, I landed in a kingdom, more specifically, in a dilapidated and poorly maintained church.
As my consciousness descended into this church, I noticed that there were only 10 mortals praying to a statue in the form of an expressionless person in the center of the church.
But as soon as my consciousness touched the statue, the blank face of the statue slowly began to change until the face that appeared there was my own, and I could feel as if the marble limbs of the statue were able to move under my control.
After I managed to move each of the statue's limbs, I raised my head and looked at the 10 mortals who had been kneeling and praying to the statue for a few seconds.
In front of me, the faces of these 10 people were completely frightened and terrified.
"God's messenger has arrived!" An elderly man shouted in fear as he fainted.
- Amber's POV -
Today was a normal day like any other.
I had done all my chores at home for my mother, helped my little brother learn to read, and cleaned the temple of the National Church under the scornful eyes of several people.
But I never worried.
Even though people looked down on me for cleaning the temple of a God they thought didn't exist, I still did it with fervor every day.
That's only because Father Robert was always very careful with me and my family.
Ever since my father died from a mistaken magical reaction, it was Father Robert who helped my family, feeding us when we were hungry, giving me a job when we needed money, all "in the name of the Lord," as he always said.
Since the Kingdom of Arcantor was a kingdom ruled by the three Archmages, the people saw magic as the true path to truth, while they thought that belief in a God was foolish.
That's why only a few dozen people prayed to our god every week.
When I asked Father Robert what the name of our God was, Father said that even he did not know, that we would only find out on the day that God's messenger came to earth.
When I asked him how he knew that, he said it was an old prophecy that had been passed down from generation to generation.
So we prayed to the unknown God at least once a week, even though we saw no sign of him.
But today, as Father Robert said his weekly Mass and we knelt before the empty statue, something surprising happened.
Even before any sign appeared on the statue, I felt as if something very heavy and powerful was watching me.
In those few seconds, I felt as if my life was worthless and that this powerful thing could kill me at any moment, showing my insignificance before it.
Shocked, I raised my head and saw one of the most shocking scenes I've ever seen in my life.
The empty statue, something that Father Robert said had been in the same place for hundreds of years, suddenly began to shake, and the face that had been empty was now showing the expression of a person!
The face of the statue slowly changed to that of a very handsome boy.
The statue's limbs, which had been in the same position all along, suddenly began to crack and move as if they were limbs of a real person's body!
When the statue finally finished adapting to the movement of its body, Father Robert let out a cry before fainting.
"God's messenger has arrived!"
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God of Internet [LitRPG] by NunuXD
08 - First Step into the Mortal World
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"All 30 students have already sent a part of their consciousness into the small world." A man in military uniform said as he opened his eyes.
This man was one of the school's directors, responsible for the safety of the students and for guarding the premises so that no evil god, or worse, demon, would try to harm the students.
"Well, now will be the ideal time to find out who really has the potential to be a powerful god." A woman in military fatigues said in a cold voice as she looked at the projection of a planet in the center of the room.
"First Sergeant Dillon, which of the students in this year's class do you think we should pay special attention to?" She asked a man Adrian would recognize as his class teacher.
"Ma'am, among the students with the greatest potential in the class, Zack Gale, the God of Thunder, is the most outstanding student. He is already a rank 2 embryonic deity and with a very powerful divinity. It is very likely that he will get one of, if not the best score in this exam." He said. "Another student to keep an eye on is Lucy Wavecrest, the Goddess of Waves, who has also shown extraordinary potential in class, but due to a lack of motivation, I can't put her above Zack Gale."
Hearing this, the woman nodded in satisfaction. "And the boy with full divinity?"
"Adrian Innovashine, the god of creativity. Unfortunately, he hasn't managed to get my attention on any of the occasions, always keeping a low profile and discreet, with a weak personality that's easily intimidated. I don't think he'll make it to the end of the exam..." The professor sighed.
Listening to his explanation, the three headmasters watching the projection of the planet also sighed.
If this entire divinity were under my control..." was the thought of practically everyone in the room.
"All right, since the first day of exams is always the busiest day, I'm going to retire for now, if anything important happens, you can call me." The woman said as she gave everyone a military salute and left the room.
The other principals also looked at her with conflicted expressions, thinking that it was understandable that she wouldn't be happy after hearing Adrian's result, since she was the one who had invited him to the school.
- Adrian's POV -
Looking at the old man who had just woken up with the help of a girl my age, but who was still looking at me with his old sparkling eyes, I didn't quite know how to react for a few seconds.
If they were other gods from my school, they might have made a grand entrance and announced that they were not God's messengers, as the old man assumed, but the God these mortals needed.
But another thought occurred to me.
Wouldn't it be easier to relate to these mortals if, instead of using my identity as God, I blended in with them and just pretended to be God's messenger?
Having decided to act that way, I nodded and put a polite smile on my face.
"Yes, I'm the emissary of the God of the Internet, do you believe in our God?" I asked as I approached and held out my hand to help the old man up.
"God of the Internet...?" The old man asked confusedly, obviously having no idea who the God of the Internet was and what the divinity of that God was.
This point was a very important decision I made.
If I presented myself as the God of Creativity, I knew that my divinity alone would be a big reason for mortals to see me in a strange light, since it didn't show any power.
To make sure that didn't happen, I decided to use the name God of the Internet.
It wasn't impossible, but I had to make up a new prayer for myself and associate it with my divine power, with some effort.
"Yes, the God of the Internet. Have you never heard of the God of the Internet?" I asked, pretending not to understand her doubt.
"Forgive my ignorance, divine messenger, I really have never heard of the God of the Internet." The old man said sheepishly as he bowed his head.
"Don't worry old man, the God of the Internet is not easily offended, being a magnanimous God, it is people like you that he sees as having the greatest potential. Those without knowledge, but who are willing to recognize their own shortcomings and aren't afraid to seek divine enlightenment," I said calmly, keeping a smile on my face.
If old Adrian's experience was anything to go by, it would be impossible to speak to these people in this manner, but considering my social experience from my past life, speaking to other people in a formal and polite tone that still conveyed confidence was something I'd practiced a lot.
When he heard my explanation about the Internet God, the old man's eyes lit up and he stood up, looking at me in awe.
"Can you tell me more about the Internet God, Divine Envoy?" He asked curiously, causing curiosity to appear not only on his face, but also on the faces of the other nine people in the room.
Since they were here to pray to an unknown god, it was only fair that I show them the power of the Internet.
"Actually, instead of just telling you stories, it's even better if I just show you so you can see for yourself." I said. "Come, come closer."
"Yes, divine messenger." The old man said as he approached me politely.
As he did so, the girl who had helped him when he fainted also approached, along with the other 8 people who had been praying to me and looking at me in amazement the whole time.
"Call me Athenos." I said in a calm voice as I gave them a false name.
Since I would be playing the role of a divine envoy, it was only fitting that I use a name other than my own so as not to cause any confusion in the future.
"Yes, Lord Athenos." The 10 humans replied in unison.
I just shook my head at them, put my hands together in a prayer position, and began to pray the prayer I had linked to myself.
"O God of the Internet, Lord of magic wires and digital paths, grant us fast connections and digital wisdom, let your wisdom flow through my body. May our thoughts travel like lightning through your virtual domains, guided by your cyber light on the path to glory. In your grace, protect us from viruses and hackers, and may our downloads always be complete. Amen."
When it came to making up prayers, I added words from my old world that might sound funny to people from my world, but would sound mystical and divine to people from this world who had never heard these words.
As soon as I finished praying, I turned my Divine Power project into a book in front of me.
When they saw the book appear out of nowhere, astonishment appeared on the faces of those ten people.
"My God...is this magic?" One man asked.
"I don't think so, I've never seen magic make an object appear so easily!" A woman replied in shock.
"This is divine magic!" The old man said in shock, making people quickly believe what he said.
Ignoring their doubts, I opened the book and showed them the contents.
"This, ladies and gentlemen, is the greatest gift from the God of the Internet. The Internet Connection." I said as I showed them the book with only two symbols on the paper. "As long as you recite the prayer of the God of the Internet, he will allow you to use a book or an Internet scroll for one hour, and with this book you can access an app called [Library], a place where you can find the most diverse books in the palm of your hand."
When they heard what I said, their expressions showed slight disbelief and a little doubt.
But in order not to let this doubt spread further, I clicked on the [Library] app icon, and in front of everyone's eyes, the page of the book changed from just a sheet of paper with two icons to a drawing of a real library!
"Is there really a real library in this book?!" The girl accompanying the old man said in shock.
"Yes, you see, this book is called 'Mortal Magic: Apprentice', which is a book that contains all the information a person needs to know in order to become a true apprentice magician, assuming they have the talent for it." I said as I clicked on the book and the image of the library on the screen changed and the contents of the book I clicked on appeared on the screen.
Seeing all these changes happening to the book in my hand, everyone was shocked.
"Is it possible to learn magic from this book?" A young boy asked in shock.
Smiling at him, I held out my hand and gave him the book to look at. "Yes, as long as you pray to the God of the Internet, he will allow the knowledge in his divine library to be read by all his believers. All he needs is a prayer to summon the book into the mortal world for one hour."
Hearing that they only needed to pray once to have access to this knowledge for an entire hour without spending a single bronze coin, they were shocked.
"Can I try it?" The old man asked shyly, but his face showed great excitement.
"Go ahead, do you remember the prayer?" I asked with a smile, realizing that my first step into the mortal world had been well taken.
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God of Internet [LitRPG] by NunuXD
09 - Testing the Internet
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As I looked at the ten people who were testing the Internet for the first time while holding books in their hands, a smile appeared on my face.
Ever since the old man, who I found out was the priest of this church, prayed for the first time and the Internet book appeared in his hand, the other new people had also tried to pray and were shocked that the book appeared for them as well.
One of the things I set up was that when someone held the book, the knowledge of how it works, how to use the Internet, the functions of each application, and all the most important and relevant information was sent to people's minds.
They were scared when they felt the new knowledge coming into their minds, but once they understood what it was all about, they quickly started experimenting with the Internet and were shocked by what they saw.
- Amber's POV -
Holding the God of the Internet book in my hand, I was shocked to see the contents inside.
As soon as I opened the [Library] according to the instructions that the God of the Internet had mentally taught me, I saw a bookshelf full of beautiful books.
When Mr. Athenos showed the library in his book, I had noticed that the covers of the books were very beautiful, like little works of art, but when I looked at them more closely and calmly, I couldn't help but be amazed at how beautiful the artwork was.
Unlike ordinary books that just had a plain leather cover, these [Library] books had personalized covers with extremely delicate designs.
I'm sure each of these books could be sold for thousands of gold coins if they were sold to the nobles, but here, the Internet God let us buy these books for the price of just 1 Internet Coin!
The most shocking thing was to see the book that Mr. Athenos showed, "Mortal Magic: Apprentice", with a delicate cover showing a young wizard reading a book with fire spells around him, costing only 1 Internet Coin!
From what I remember from conversations on the street, a magic book was extremely expensive, with books for apprentice mages costing more than 1 gold coin.
Considering that a commoner family of four could live on a few silver coins for a year, a single book costing more than a gold coin was something that no ordinary commoner could afford, unless they were lucky enough to be noticed by a noble magician.
But the God of the Internet was making this knowledge available to us for the mere price of 1 Internet coin, something we didn't even have to spend money to get!
With curiosity, I began to look at the covers of the other books, admiring the beauty of it all, and one of the books caught my eye.
[Her Noble Desire]
This book had a cover depicting a beautiful blonde girl, delicate and noble, standing next to a handsome black-haired noble boy wearing a crown with a cold expression on his face.
When I gently clicked on the cover of this book, I saw the image of the book enlarge and completely replace the book I was holding.
Looking at the beautiful cover drawn on my hand now in a large size, I was even more enchanted by the delicacy of this drawing, making me want to keep it in my room.
Since I hadn't paid the 1 Internet Coin to read the book, I could only read the summary of the book, so I read it with curiosity and was delighted by how interesting and intriguing this story was.
This story was about a beautiful girl, the daughter of a baron, who was abandoned after her mother died and her father married another noblewoman.
Having to live alone, she suffered a lot, but she always treated everyone with great courtesy.
Until the day she helped an old lady cross the street and a handsome prince saw her, and a love story developed between them.
I had never seen a story as innovative and captivating as this one, which really made me want to read more of this story, so without thinking twice I bought this book with my only Internet coin.
As soon as I bought it, the book in my hand flashed with white light, causing beautiful stars to fly around, and the entire contents of the book were unlocked for me.
Without realizing it, I sat down on one of the pews and read the story with great interest.
Surprisingly, with each chapter I read, there were a few comments from other believers in the God of the Internet commenting on something that happened in that chapter.
Some girls made jokes that made me laugh, other girls cursed the protagonist's stepmother, which I agreed with, other girls just thanked me for the chapter.
When I saw that I could also leave comments, I decided to take the test and write my comment with these girls as well.
Writing on the Internet was different from what I was used to.
Instead of picking up a pen and actually writing, we just had to click on the letters with our fingers and the letters appeared in the books!
[Thanks for the chapter, I'm really enjoying reading it - Amber].
After checking the spelling more than three times, I finally plucked up the courage to post my comment for fear of making the Internet God angry.
But when I saw that nothing happened, I was relieved and more confident to leave more comments in the following chapters.
Unfortunately, when I finished reading the sixth chapter, a warning appeared on my screen.
[Your 60 minutes are up, to continue reading pray (...) to the God of the Internet and receive another 60 minutes of access].
Shocked, I looked around and noticed that other people were also worried as they looked at Mr. Athenos.
"Excuse me, Mr. Athenos...a warning appeared in my book...maybe the God of the Internet is angry with me?" Jay, a man in his forties, asked anxiously.
"On my screen too, Mr. Athenos, please apologize to the God of the Internet for me, I won't comment on any more books." Brianna, a 28-year-old woman, also said worriedly.
But Mr. Athenos just smiled and shook his head. "Don't worry, the God of the Internet is not angry with you, it's just that each prayer gives you access to the Internet for one hour, after which you have to pray again to continue using the Internet. If you don't want to use it anymore, you just have to wait and the book will disappear naturally.
When I heard this, I was surprised.
Brianna was the first to pray again so that the warning on her book disappeared and she could continue reading.
Looking at the book in her hand, I was surprised that she was reading the same book as me!
Jay was reading the book on magic.
While I was distracted by looking at the books each person was reading, I felt my hand getting lighter.
When I looked down, I noticed that my book was gone, and worry came over me.
Am I going to lose the book I bought? I asked myself anxiously.
So I prayed the prayer of the God of the Internet again.
Even though I didn't know the meaning of various words like "digital," "virtual," "cybernetics," "viruses," "hackers," or "downloads," I could feel that these words meant something very important, so I prayed very carefully.
"O God of the Internet, Lord of magic wires and digital paths, grant us fast connections and digital wisdom, let your wisdom flow through my body. May our thoughts travel like lightning through your virtual domains, guided by your cyber light on the path to glory. In your grace, protect us from viruses and hackers, and may our downloads always be complete, amen." I said softly.
As soon as I finished praying, I felt as if I'd become more tired, and the book appeared in my hand, this time without the pink cover of the book I'd bought.
I quickly opened the library and realized that the book was still there for me to read whenever I wanted.
"Sigh..." I sighed with relief.
But it left me with one question.
"Mr. Athenos, why did I feel more tired after praying?" I asked.
Looking at me with those captivating blue eyes, he smiled as he explained. "Prayer is like powerful magic, whenever you pray, you send a part of your faith to the God you're praying to, helping the God you're praying to. Come here." He said as he extended his hand.
Confused, I walked over and put my hand against his.
Even though he was wearing the body of a marble statue, his hand was as warm as a real person's!
I closed my eyes for a few seconds and he just held my hand while everyone looked at us curiously, which made me feel a little embarrassed because it was the first time I had touched a man's hand for so long.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes and smiled at me. "From what I've seen of you, you can possibly use the Internet for 5 to 7 hours a day before you're completely exhausted, but when you sleep, that energy recharges and you'll be able to connect to the Internet for the same amount of time the next day."
Hearing this, I was surprised.
"What about me, Mr. Athenos?" Jacob, the little boy to whom Lord Athenos had lent his book, also came running to ask.
Then Mr. Athenos did the same with Jacob and found that he could use the Internet for 3 to 4 hours a day.
After that, everyone asked to be tested.
The average was that young people and old people were able to use the Internet for less time, while adults had a longer average usage time.
But according to Lord Athenos, as long as we can train magic and increase our mana, it would be possible to extend this time, so everyone should think about buying the magic book to try it!
After confirming this, I went back to my book and used the remaining time to continue reading.
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