May 1 2023, 12:00 pm.
Just as I saw the time "Log in" I saw the familiar game intro, the video opens with an aerial view of a vast, mythical landscape. A world where ancient forests, towering mountains, and glittering seas meet. As the scene shifts low, it reveals kingdoms bathed in golden sunlight and shadowy realms brimming with danger. The ominous glow of a distant, erupting volcano and calm snowy peaks signals a world of hope, chaos and billion possibilities.
A powerful narrator's voice echoes through the scene: "In a time when gods walked among mortals, the world stood divided. Heroes of legend rose, wielding the power of myth, but even their strength could not halt the coming storm…"
Suddenly, the sky tears open, and colossal warships and aliens from different worlds descend upon the earth. In one swift, fluid motion, the scene zooms in on key figures: a warrior brandishing a glowing sword of divine power, a sorceress summoning elemental forces, a beastmaster commanding mythic creatures, and a necromancer raising the spirits of the fallen there were my such professionals fighting.
The scene crackles with energy as these heroes engage in an epic clash, their powers reverberating across the land. Lightning strikes, mountains tremble, and armies march as the forces of different world collide with each other.
The narrator continues: "In this world of legend, only those who master the powers of gods can shape the fate of all creation. Will you rise as a champion... or fall into oblivion?"
The final scene fades into the game's logo of a globe, glowing with celestial light, followed by a dramatic tagline: "Forge your legend. Wield the power of gods."
The video closes with a haunting melody and the distant sound of a horn, signaling the call to adventure and I was transported to a pure white room.
"Welcome player do you want to start extracting your talent?" soon I heard a beautiful female voice.
Every player can awaken talent from low to high - (F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, EX). Talents F, E, D being the most common and talent S, SS, SSS being rare and EX being almost non-existent and can be considered broken as they can be used in unimaginable ways.
"Yes" I said without wasting any time.
"Detected: Player has obtained GAIA'S favor talent awakening successful."
Before I could understand what's going on there was a bright light surrounding me.As the light blinded me I closed my eyes abruptly and when I opened them I was again in a white room with 7 statues representing 7 major professions.
Warrior, Priest, Mage, Assasin, Archer, Tamer and Necromancer. All 7 professions further can upgrade to branch professions or various hidden professions.
"Player do you want to choose your profession." My heart skipped a beat. Last time, I rushed into this decision, blind to the traps the game had set. This time, I couldn't afford that mistake again.
"No" I rejected quickly not falling in the trap like my past self and again covered in light when I opened my eyes I was in a village square.
The cobblestone streets wind between small wooden houses, a large stone fountain, its waters shimmering with a faint magical glow. "It's good to be back."
In my last life I chose warrior and waited until I got the hidden profession quest to change my profession at LV 300. There are countless professions hidden and in open throughout the game like in quests or in open village temples.
Without caring about other things I took a look at my status panel as there was something I heard during talent awakening which surprised me.
"STATUS"
VICTOR SULLIVAN
LV: 0
CON: 5
STR: 5
AGI: 5
SPI: 5
CHA: 96
LUC: 5
TALENT:
•EX TALENT COPY
•EX SUPER SYNTHESIS
"What the hell" I stared in disbelief. My heart raced as I processed what I was seeing two talents. This wasn't just an edge, it was a ticket to dominance. I have my previous talent as well as a new EX talent. Getting excited I clicked on talent mentally.
EX TALENT COPY: Allows player to copy, merge and upgrade talents of anyone he touches.
"Nothing had changed from my past life" I said seeing the description. "I didn't focus on copying many talents in my past life as I didn't knew of the coming dangers, this time I'll copy as many as I can." I then saw the second talent description.
EX SUPER SYNTHESIS: Allows player to break and combine anything be it skill, equipment, pet, etc. Birth of a new existance is also possible.
Seeing the description I could only say one thing "Broken...This skill too is broken". I couldn't help but imagine new path for for my adventure.
I could continously merge skeletons so each my summon is a boss if I choose Necromancer but I'll still be weak, I could merge variety of beasts together to form mythical beasts in early stages and share 50% of their stats if I choose Beast Master but it won't make a difference later as people will start finding mythical beasts in main cities or kingdoms after LV 20.
Without wasting any time I went towards the temple in the village, from time to time I could see players emerging and talk and enjoy the scenery. The number of players were still less as many haven't taken this game seriously.
The only people entering the game now were Professional gamers, Government officials who knew the truth, Jobless otakus or Rich second generations with huge monetary backing.
I hurriedly entered the Profesion temple. The NPCs guided me to a prayer hall and left. There was only a faceless statue here seeing which I bowed and instantly a transparent list consisting of many professions appeared before me.
I scrolled for a while to search a profession I had in mind after seeing my new EX talent. It didn't took long as I found it. "Do you want to choose this profession" came a warning notification.
"Confirm"
"Congratulations, player. You have successfully changed into the Ghost Master profession" came the voice as my body shined brightly.
This was a profession that almost nobody picked as there were only weak ghost spirits to make a contract with. Most people saw this as weak due to the difficulty in finding powerful ghosts, but that was exactly where Synthesis came into play.
I reviewed my newly unlocked skills. Ghost Master came with only two abilities: Tame and Exorcise. Tame allowed me to contract any ghost spirit of the same level or lower, granting their full loyalty, while Exorcise let me destroy ghosts within the same level range and it could copy any skill or talent from the contracted ghost.
In my past life a guy who chose this profession made a harem for himself full of female ghosts. The player copied skills and talents from each of his ghosts. It's a pity he was weak and was killed in the real world by his own girlfriend. I'll not have this weakness as I'll synthesize my ghosts to become stronger.
As the ghost were weak and stronger one's were difficult to tame this profession had one crucial advantage no limit to the number of contracts I could have, unlike Necromancers, Summoners or Beastmasters who were bound by their LV caps.
This was the perfect profession I could think of with my talents as I could be an all rounder like the Joker profession learning all but unlike Joker profession I could master everything to the extreme.
With almost no restrictions, I could build an army of powerful female ghosts, synthesizing them into unstoppable forces. This time, I wouldn't just survive I'd dominate everything.