"Is it live streaming already?...
...Yep, there's 1 viewer. Well, whomever you are, and even if you're a bot, thanks for spending your time or I guess it's more proper to say, spending your algorithm to watch my live stream...
...Anyway, I already skipped my avatar creation and the tutorial stuff since it would be boring for anyone to watch something unexciting stuff like that...
...So I guess I should start with my first Raid, right?....
...Yeah!...
...Sigh, what the heck I'm doing? No one is gonna watch this video anyway."
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After Selene announced Luel's Devour Class, other details of his compatibility test were uploaded to Luel's character information.
Luel spent the next hour customizing the appearance of the Canine-type Half-Beast, which is the basic avatar of Moonlight Beast Orion Class, giving it a light gray fur, dog ears, and tail along with rough-looking clothes and jacket. A classic appearance of an explorer in an apocalyptic world.
The next task is to undergo the tutorial for the Orion Class basic skills.
Orion's Claw: Close-quarter combat skill, Increase Strength.
Charge: Increase Speed, Increase Strength.
Orion's Fang: Close-quarter combat skill, Devour skill.
Howl: Healing, Increase Vitality.
RAIDS ONLINE is a game in which players don't have to craft or use any weapons. After all, the avatars are basically a Beast and their weapons are obviously their claws and fangs.
With the avatar creation and skills tutorial done, Selene guides Luel to the last task before he can start his first raid.
[Please choose which area you would like to Raid first, Lucent.]
A screen appears in front of Luel, showing the world map of RAIDS ONLINE, which is the exact map of the world he knows and the Dark Gray World he's looking at behind the screen.
With the thought that RAIDS ONLINE might have exactly replicated the real world, Luel decided to choose the area that corresponds to his country.
[Thank you for choosing the Area CC+63, Lucent... In a few seconds, you will be transported to a random location at Area CC+63.]
After Selene said those remarks, a circle of light illuminated where Luel was standing.
[Please do your best to Devour the Ragnarok Beasts, Lucent.]
With those words, Luel's vision was engulfed by a blinding light. At the next moment, Luel found himself standing in a wide empty street surrounded by ruined buildings under the cover of the night.
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"Right, I forgot to introduce myself or my character...
...As everyone can see on your screen, if there's indeed anyone watching, I named my avatar Lucent. Also, everyone can probably figure out that I belong to the Orion Class because of the look of my avatar...
...Hmm, so aside from the obvious things...
...Ohh! My starting Link Force is at 47 percent. I'm not sure but it's probably pretty high for a noob like me, right?"
Link Force is the measurement of the strength that a player currently has. The higher the compatibility of a player to any of the six Devour Classes, the higher their starting Link Force will be, and the more Ragnarok Beasts they Devour, the higher their Link Force will become.
As Luel explores the ruined streets of Area CC+63, he finally encounters his first Ragnarok Beast.
[Rank D Ragnarok Beast, Code Name: Red Hound.]
A two-meter tall hound stands in the middle of the empty road, meters away from where Luel takes the corner of a street. Its unique trait, red glowing eyes paired with its red fangs and claws, emphasize how it got its code name, Red Hound.
Without giving any chance for Luel to think, the Red Hound came charging at him. While Luel responded with the most basic human instinct when encountering a wilderness beast.
"Of course, I would run for my life!... So if anyone is watching, don't laugh!"
Luel fought Rank E and Rank D Ragnarok Beasts as part of the tutorial. But his sudden encounter, combined with the suspenseful atmosphere due to the emptiness of his surroundings and the darkness of the night, Luel was overcome by panic and fear.
Luel continued to run until he realized that the Red Hound was not gaining on him in terms of speed and that he was obviously much stronger than the Ragnarok Beast he was currently facing. With that realization, Luel decided to stop running and fight his first prey.
"Charge!..."
A silver light aura engulfs Luel's feet, indicating the activation of the Charge Skill to increase his speed and strength.
Luel dashes forward to intercept the incoming Red Hound and activate his next skill to stop the attack of his prey.
"Orion's Claws!..."
A silver light aura engulf Luel's hands, forming the shape of a wolf's claws to give him the strength to tear apart his prey, which is what Luel did at the moment the Red Hound entered his range.
The Red Hound falls to the ground with large open wounds running all over its body, yet it somehow manages to survive as it tries to heal itself with a dark aura coming out of its wounds.
Without giving any chance for his prey to recover, Luel activates his Devour Skill to finish off his first prey.
"Orion's Fangs!..."
The silver light aura that engulfs Luel's whole body takes the form of a wolf whose head rises behind Luel and moves to Devour the Ragnarok Beast until nothing of the dark aura coming out of the Red Hound's body remains.
"I guess that wasn't bad for my first Raid. Right, Selene?"
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PuroShark Writer's Note.
Here is the character concept design for Lucent. Look at the comment.