On the television screen at the wall that was left on, a talk show was being aired.
There, a famous actor was receiving several questions.
One of those questions, of course, is about a VRMMORPG game that is famous at this time.
"Dungeon of Logoss?"
The actor's face changed after hearing the name.
He looked excited.
"That's my favorite game!"
The host of the show asked: "What kind of game is DOL?"
The actor replied with a serious face.
"In my opinion, DOL is about freedom. Even though there was a threat from the Demon King's army from outside Dungeon City and the Monsters from the Dungeon itself, you were free to do whatever you wanted there. You can focus on leveling, or just lazing around. You can even build your romantic relationship with NPCs, which, to be honest, feels very alive!"
"Besides, DOL is also not just an ordinary game—"
The image on the television disappeared after the black-haired man who was watching it pressed the Off button.
This man was Lena.
"DOL... Lately, everyone has been really obsessed with this game, huh?"
Is it really that good? Lena wondered why there were so many people playing it.
DOL wins has many ways to play because it is similar to an open world game.
However, it also has its downside. That is; a person will sometimes get lost and not know what to do because of a lack of purpose.
So, supposedly, the DOL would not have been able to achieve this level of popularity with all of this alone.
Should I try it?
Lena glanced at the black-and-white box he placed on the table.
Inside, there was a thin black bracelet.
Along the bracelet, the sentence [Dungeon of Logoss] could be seen.
This is a tool used specifically to play DOL.
After staring at the bracelet for a long time, Lena grinned and put it on.
***
In ancient times, there was an adventurer named Logoss.
Over the years, Logoss traveled through every side of the world.
In the end, he found a tower that pierced through the sky.
He found the Dungeon.
That was the prologue of the game.
"Skip."
There are still a lot of cut scenes that can be seen, but Lena misses them, as 90% of other players do.
[Welcome to Dungeon of Logoss.]
A pure white virtual space, Blank Virtual Room, appeared in front of Lena.
Then, along with the sound of a woman's clear mechanical voice, a transparent screen appeared in front of Lena.
[Life is about destiny and luck.]
[Please roll your Dice of Destiny!]
In the center of the panel, the dice icon floats and glows faintly.
Lena reads a guide on Dice of Destiny.
"Dice of destiny are the dice that determine your fate. Just like a life that you can never choose, according to luck, the Dice of destiny will roll towards the numbers that will guide you to find your character."
"So... We can't shape the character to our liking?" That's what Lena concluded after reading the explanation about Dice of Destiny.
This bothers Lena a bit because he has a slight sense of resistance to the possibility of being of the opposite sex due to his feminine name.
Fortunately, the name was a choice that could be decided by the player, so Lena immediately entered the name [Leen Brawn].
"Then, let's try..."
Every new DOL player has 3 chances to overthrow the Dice of Destiny.
Each number that comes out will later create a potential character that can be used by players.
Players can choose between the three characters they get to play at any time, as long as their character hasn't been 'killed'.
Yes, the characters in the DOL will be erased after death. There is no hope of respawning.
If you get your favorite character killed, then in addition to using other characters, in DOL, only Resurrection magic and item can help your character.
Although Lena was the type who played with instinct and was lazy to read the player's manual, he at least knew the basic knowledge of DOL like that.
Then, Lena pressed the dice icon on the screen.
[The Dice of Destiny has been thrown...]
The screen turns into a map of an unknown world. Maybe a map of the DOL world.
The Dice of Destiny fell on the map, then... The number 3 appears.
A speck of light rises from the dice on the screen and falls into the white virtual space.
The point of light then turned into a person... A woman!
"What!!"
Lena screamed when he saw the beautiful figure of the green-haired woman with pointed ears.
He could see the character status he had just obtained.
[Race: Elf.]
[Sex: Woman.]
[Age: 37 y/o.]
[Level: 1.]
[Job: Forest Hunter Level 3]
[Strength: 5][Defense: 5][Magic: 8]
[Speed: 10][Stamina: 9][Wise: 9]
[Luck: 21]
[Innate Skill: Nature Affinity.]
[Blessings: Nature Goddess' Bless.]
[1st Job Skill: Archery.]
"37 years old?"
The female character should still be around 18-20 years old if it was a human, but it turns out that she is already 37!
Lena was a bit surprised to see it.
As expected from elf character.
However, he immediately ignored the character.
He wouldn't use it.
Then, Lena spins his Dice of Destiny once more.
... A few moments later.
"No way...!"
Lena curses his fate when he sees the other female character.
This time, it was a girl who looked like she was only 13 years old and dressed like a witch.
Her hair is reddish.
Her face is very cute, like a baby.
Also, her status was extremely high!
[Race: Human.]
[Sex: Woman.]
[Age: 138 y/o.]
[Level: 5.]
[Job: Witch level 10; Elemental Mage level 10; Space-Time Mage level 10; Spell Saint level 10; Void God level 2]
[Strength: 456][Defense: 402][Magic: 1000]
[Speed: 436][Stamina: 420][Wise: 899]
[Luck: 78]
[Innate Skill: Chosen by Mana.]
[1st Job Skill: Alchemy; Mana Identify.]
[2nd Job Skill: Fire Magic; Wind Magic; Earth Magic; Water Magic.]
[3rd Job Skill: Temporal Magic; Spatial Magic; Dimensional Magic.]
[4th Job Skill: Endless Chant.]
[5th Job Skill: Draw from Zero.]
[Title: Daughter of Dardia.]
That's right. In DOL, Player doesn't really have to start from scratch.
If they were lucky, they could have been the strongest from the start.
But... But... Lena doesn't want to be a woman!
It was his family's mistake to give him this feminine name to him.
How could he survive again as a man if he even played games using female characters?
The row of high status caught Lena's attention, but he still strengthened himself and rolled his last turn to use the Dice of Destiny.
"Please, give me a male character!"
Lena had never felt this desperate in his entire life.
What is this? It's just a game, but I somehow feel like I'm being pushed to be a woman...
Feeling a little sad about his fate, Lena waited for the dice to fall onto the DOL world map.
Then, the number 1 came out.
The light point was very dim when compared to the bright light from the character that had previously fallen into Blank Virtual Room.
Lena saw the character that was formed there.
It is... A man!
"Thank you very much, thank you very much!"
A man, or rather, a boy.
After all, the yellowish-brown haired male character who appeared this time was still 10 years old.
[Race: Human.]
[Sex: Man.]
[Age: 10 y/o.]
[Level: 1.]
[Job:...]
[Strength: 2][Defense: 1][Magic: 4]
[Speed: 4][Stamina: 1][Wise: 10]
[Luck: 1]
[Innate Skill: Learning.]
That's right.
The character is still a boy and very young, to the point that he doesn't even have any abilities yet.
Even so, Lena still chooses to use it instead of choosing the other two characters.