[Author's Note: Damn! Less than a day and already 1K views? You guys must've been starved for content! Anyway here's the next chapter. It's shorter, but the next few chapters will make up for it.]
Amidst the burning remains of a village, a figure of light presents himself before an awesome priest with a stylish plague mask.
This priest is me.
Right now, I'm pondering whether I've developed schizophrenia or had too much caffeine.
Of course panicking isn't getting me anywhere, so with a cool head, I calmly demand-
Just kidding, I totally freaked and yelled, "Who the hell are you!"
The figure of light, unperturbed by yelling haughtily responds, "Hey, didn't you hear what I said the first time? Great, now I have to re-do the whole entrance again. It takes away some of the grandeur from when I done it the first time since you weren't expecting me, but for a lesser being such as yourself I'll-"
"I heard you the first time, you're called the Maze Master. What I want to know is if you're God, or something similar."
"No, I'm not the Biblical God you humans on Earth worship."
"Are you a deity who's part of some sort of fantasy pantheon?"
"Close, but not quite, I am a being of a higher level compared to the gods you speak of."
Okay, apparently thing's just a pretentious AI.
"Alrighty! With introductions out of the way, you may drop on your knees and worship me."
"What?"
"Just kidding! I'm not as stuck-up as those other guys, but I certainly don't mind if you get down and kiss my feet."
Not only pretentious but also extremely annoying.
I think I get how my friends when dealing with me. Too late to regret my life choices now.
"Alright, jokes aside, I am here to present to you an opportunity!"
"An opportunity?" Did I trigger a hidden quest or something? I bet it has something to do with atoning my sins for the villagers I killed.
"You my despicable, remorseless, conniving friend with utter disregard for morality have been given a new chance!"
Did I mention how annoying he is? Guess what, he's an absolute 'bleep!'
However, I am quite interested in what he has to say, "What do you mean by chance?"
"By new chance! I mean you'll become one of our first beta-testers for a brand-new, massive, content update to the game!"
This guy sure loves his adjectives. I'm in, "Say no more you shady, mysterious, robed jerk! I'm in."
"Excellent! The mysterious and robed part I'm okay with, but the 'shady' and 'jerk' section was completely unnecessary. However, I am in a generous mood, so I'll overlook it.
Now then, to start off, what would you like your Cheat to be?"
"A cheat? What is this? An isekai light novel?"
"Could be, but who cares! So, what would you like your Cheat to be?"
"Can I have multiple Cheats, or only one?"
"Just one, and it must be a reasonable Cheat. You can't wish for infinite power or anything of that sort."
"Can I wish to become a god?"
"No. Unreasonable."
"A demigod?"
"You're not allowed to have divinity right off the bat."
"How about a powerful lich or necromancer?"
"Taken."
"What!? What do you mean taken!?"
"Sorry, I forgot to tell you this before, but you must choose an original cheat other players haven't picked."
"If I can't become a powerful practitioner of necromancy, can I get a System that helps me become a practitioner of necromancy?"
"The System Cheats are currently going through a one year update. Apparently they made testers to overpowered."
"Overpowered!?! That's the whole point of having a system in the first place!"
"Pick a different cheat."
Damnit! He's straight up ignoring me!
"At least let me have immortality or eternal youth."
"Dream on."
"What sort of Cheat can I have then!?!"
"Is there anything you enjoy?"
"Besides having lots of power and leading hordes of Undead?"
"Yes."
"Hmm, there is one thing."
"Great! Let's hear it!"
"I want to Multiclass into as many classes as I want without any restrictions!"
The Maze Master made wild negative gestures, "NO! No, no, no, no! No! Absolutely not! Your antics made half of my assistants suffer from PTSD just by the mere mention of your name! While the other half cries non-stop! There's absolutely no way I'm letting you have access unrestricted Multiclassing!"
Tch!
"You said I could have any cheat! I'm not asking to become a god or wishing for a weapon that can destroy the entire planet! Surely my request is reasonable?"
"It would be if my assistants didn't have to go therapy every week after you speeded through every Dungeon they took years to design!"
"Look, how about a compromise? I want to Multiclass and you don't want me to break the balance of the world, correct?"
"Yes, what do you suggest?"
"How about I receive an EXP penalty? In exchange for allowing me Multiclass and grow however I like."
"Sounds reasonable, I'll allow it for only three Classes."
"Seven, three is boring."
"Four."
"Six."
"Five, and I'll even give you a gift to help you in the beginning of your journey."
"What sort of gift?"
"A one-use Legendary grade consumable item. Its effects are permanent. If you don't like it, I'll allow you to cash it in for a magical Artifact below Epic Tier."
"Hmm, fine. I accept. On one condition. In the future, I can add more classes to the my Multiclass. However, I'll need to either complete a trial or pay a price to obtain another class."
The Maze Master strokes his chin, carefully pondering before delivering his verdict, "Deal, but expect the price to be high."
"Fair enough." As long as I have the opportunity to take on more Multiclasses, I'm satisfied. The EXP penalty doesn't worry me too much, how high could it possibly be?
"By the way, I can't give you the Legendary consumable right now. I have to go find it, but I promise you'll receive it within a week."
"Do you not clean your room?"
"What? No, it's in a warehouse with a bunch of other stuff. Why would it be in my room?"
"Ah, so you're giving me leftover junk."
"How dare you! Do you know how many mortals would kill just to get even the slightest glimpse of my treasures!?!"
"Don't know, don't care, but I gotta ask. Why not give me a Legendary weapon instead of a consumable item?"
"Oh no you don't! Don't think for a second I didn't see what you did with the Staff of Dark Whispers two months ago! You can have a Legendary consumable or a Epic Artifact, that's it!"
"Sheesh, I get it, I'm one of the best power gamers in history, so what's next?"
"Now that we're finished discussing your cheats, it's about time you pick a class.
See you in a jiff."
Before I can respond. With a snap of his fingers, light engulfed me and my consciousness went blank.
Next thing I know I'm in a black void.
However, I wasn't alone.
[Greetings, welcome to the Character Creation Space.]
Is that Alexia? Quick! Someone call the copyright law enforcement. Azamon is going to have a lot of fun suing a god!