The 'Rise of the Worlds.'
It's a VRMMO RPG game that had been popular for a long time. There are thousands of species and endless choices in the game that the players can choose from.
There is no right path or wrong path since everything you choose leads to it's own unique result and skill sets. Furthermore players cannot use real money in the game.
'Pay to win' is not an option when playing 'Rise of the Worlds.' Thus many players enjoyed this game and the game became one of the most popular games in the world.
In a dark room, a person was focusing in his game. He was singlehandedly fighting an enemy player guild of the 'Rise of the Worlds.'
Inside the game, countless demons and undeads were overwhelming his opponents.
"Group 2, cast the holy spells! Clear his minions first. Group 5, use your control skills to immobilize him. If we let him use his eternal darkness, we will be done for!"
A group of players who seemed to be of angelic and celestial races were bombarding the undead legion with their holy spells and purification skills. Countless undeads perished under their attacks.
However the undead legion was seamlessly endless. They kept coming waves after waves. Suddenly the players saw several huge shadows passed above them from the sky.
"Here comes the undead dragons! Shoot them down! Don't let them run rampage."
The players shouted. Many players activated their various spells and aimed toward the sky.
Colorful magical lights and holy rays shot toward the undead dragons. The undead dragons nimbly flew around to dodged the incoming attacks.
After a round of dodging, they dived into the battlefield and fired back the players with their frost breaths. The battle was in chaos.
In the middle of the battlefield, a group of players were using their control skills to bind a powerful demon. Holy chains and gravitational spells constantly restraining the demon.
There was a thin veil of darkness covering the demon's body. Although the veil of darkness seem almost transparent, no attacks could get pass through it.
The players also did not seem to be trying to break the veil of darkness. They mainly focused all their skills on restraining the demon to buy time.
Despite many players surrounding him, the demon's expression was calm. His eyes Illuminating with eerie light.
At this moment, another undead dragon flew over them. A gigantic heavily armored undead jump down from the undead dragons. It landed directly onto the players who were restraining the demon.
With a loud bang, the players under it got crushed and instantly died. They turned into particles and disappeared.
"A death lord? That's impossible? The news said it was killed not long ago. How did he summon it back so quickly?"
One of the players exclaimed in fear. Their battle intents instantly fall. Despair appeared on everyone's faces.
"Our information was wrong! Quick! We have to retreat!"
The death lord, it is one of the highest tier undeads in the whole game. It is an extremely powerful boss and would only appear in certain events. Seeing it's appearance, the players instantly lost their fighting spirits.
The giant undead effortlessly slashed it's massive blade towards the group of players. The players got into panic and were in disarray. With the interference of the death lord, the flow of the battlefield was shifted.
Without the players who were binding the demon, the players' control skills on the demon were lifted one after another. The holy chains faded and the gravitational field was forced to deactivate.
Taking his chance, the demon immediately activated his skill.
'Tide of Darkness!'
Eerie darkness came out of the dark gem embedded in his chest and expanded towards his opponents like a tide of absolute darkness.
"He had unleashed the eternal darkness. Everything is over. We lost."
"We shouldn't have provoked him."
Only despair and helplessness left in the eyes of the players. Some tried to defend with their defensive skills. However it was futile.
They were all devoured by the tide of darkness along with their defensive walls and shields. Their struggles were useless.
After a while all of the players were completely swallowed by the tide of darkness. The whole guild was wiped out. Not a single player managed to escape.
With a wiped out of the enemy guild, the person stretched his arms and lazily leaned on his chair.
"Heh. A mere middle size guild that doesn't even have a single high ranker dared to ambush me? How fearless... and foolish."
He sneered. He is none other than the rank one player of the 'Rise of the Worlds,' nicknamed Adrosiean. He had been playing this game since the game is released. It had been many years since then.
After a long period of playing, he leaned on his chair tiredly. He didn't have any energy to take off his headset and fell asleep instantly.
Time passed by. He didn't know how long he had been sleeping. Until he heard strange noises.
"We call upon thee mighty demon of the underworld. Step into this mortal realm and let your eternal darkness consume this world."
He heard the unusual chantings of the ritual and the sounds of the summoning. He slowly opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was the fanatical faces of the cultists, filled with reverend and awe who were looking at him like he is a god.
"Success! The ritual was successful!"
The cultists cheered in joy. They immediately prostrate themselves before him.
"Where am I?"
He murmured. He noticed his voice seem very different. It seem so deep and dark?
"This is a world called Alixena, great one."
A black robed cultist who seem to be the leader of these fanatics said respectfully.
His eyes quickly moved around the strange dark altar. The alter was engraved and blood painted with demonic symbols. At the middle of the altar was a six pointed star that look like a demonic circle and it was where he was standing.
He extended his arm. His pupils widened at the sight of it. His hand looks monstrous with sharp claws.
No. Not just his arm. His whole body is inhuman. His entire body is covered in dark scales that harder than adamantite. On his back was a pair of large wings spreading wide.
He immediately recognized this appearance. This is the appearance of his game character in the 'Rise of the Worlds,' Adrosiean.
This character is a max leveled demon from the demon race that he had poured all his time playing. It is the highest ranking demon a player could reach in the game, a demon lord.
He smiled lightly. He sure played this game for a long time. However he quickly threw away this thoughts. This is not a good time to be nostalgic of the past. He was currently stuck in a bizarre situation.
He willed and tried to open the setting but nothing come up. He cannot log out or even the global chat setting was gone.
He had heard many tales and stories of reincarnation. Is this situation considered the same?
But reincarnation with his game character is quite extraordinary for him. Or it might be more accurate to say that he got summoned?
His gaze passed through the cultists who are prostrating and praying to him madly. He suddenly got an idea and raised his hand.
'Hell Flame.'
He murmured in his mind and tried to cast a spell like in the game. To his surprise, a cluster of flame appeared in his demonic hand. His eyes widen in surprise.
He heard sounds of shock and awe coming from the cultists. The leader of the cultists stood up and said respectfully.
"We prepared an small offering for you great one. Please accept it."
The cult leader took out and handed a small lamp. He instantly recognized this item. This is the soul capturing lantern. It is mainly used for capturing and storing souls for various purposes.
He took the soul capturing lantern from the cult leader's hand. He strangely sense quite a lot of souls in this soul capturing lantern. He did not know how is this possible but all his scenes were oddly very sharp.
After arriving here, he had noticed his senses were heightened to extreme state. Maybe because he is now a demon or maybe he is now stronger?
Souls are nutrients for demons. Strangely, he did not feel anything lingering feeling while looking at the human souls from the lantern. He did not feel any trace of sadness for the human souls at all.
Is it because he is now a demon so that he see humans as nothing more than food?
"This is certainly very strange."
He shattered the small latern with his hand and absorbed the souls within. It was not much for someone at his level but it was better than nothing. At least it was a small meal for him. The taste was strangely refreshing.
"May I have the honor to know your name, great one?"
The leader of the cultists carefully approached him and asked. To demons, a name is like a title and status. Many demons take great pride in their names.
Normally, most demons did not even have names. Only high ranking demons and powerful demons have their own names.
"I am Adrosiean. Demon Lord of Darkness and Death."
He said without showing any expressions. He confirmed that his voice was indeed very deep and dark now. It felt like the voice of a real evil being.
Androsiean is the name of his character in the 'Rise of the Worlds.' Since he had now became that character, he decided to use that name. He considered that it would be quite a reasonable name for himself.
Despite all this...
'Why am I so calm?'