Bzzt…bzzt…ksshck…“Is it okay now? Fine? Open? Hi!”Matthias frowned at the tattooed boy who entered the camera frame that’s connected to his casino.“Who are you?” he asked the black haired thug that’s smoking two cigarettes at the same time.“Larsen Reagan, of course,” the thug replied and puffed another smoke to the screen, making it blurry once again. “What’s with the attitude? Is that how you treat your patrons?”Matthias gritted his teeth when he heard the cliched question again. “Your emotions are showing, are you really the owner of this casino?” Larsen asked Matthias when he saw the sudden shift of Matthias’ face muscles, which the latter, of course, tried so hard to hide under a poker face.“Hm.. your face looks like you know what’s going on but at the same time doesn’t know what’s going on. You know how the games are played but aren't a master of it. That’s you,” Larsen pointed out to Matthias. “That’s why you lose,” he even mocked and showed the winnings that their casin
After announcing that he'll find Matthias a new master, Clementine brought Matthias to the casino."You said you'll give me another master but we're just here at the casino," Matthias complained as he scratched his heels that had been itching to get out of the place."You just need to wait, he'll come back here at the promised date that he said."That's when Matthias realized that the master Clementine was talking about was Larsen. How can he receive teaching from someone who looks younger than him.But it seems like his question can be read from his face because Clementine offered an answer right away."It's because you look more naive than a high school boy, Sir," Clementine said. "Sometimes you look like the part — a rich dominant boss — but that's just acting on your part, isn't it? With a Reagan as your mentor, changing your attitude generally won't be that hard a feat. I apologize that, this, Clementine can only teach you how to protect yourself properly."Matthias looked deepl
From the time that he’s living a life as a delivery boy, there are a few things that have already changed from Matthias’ appearance. From being the neighborhood bad boy who can make college and high school girls swoon over him, he now looks like an adonis for a night time drama and more than that. If someone would sculpt his visage right now, it would stand proudly together with the beautiful gods and goddesses of great mythologies.Thus, Larsen’s face can’t be painted from the jealousy he’s feeling despite being handsome himself.He already receives praise about his looks but when compared to Matthias, he just looks like some squid background character.There’s also Clementine inside the room, who’s just second to Matthias’ looks. His peaceful looks with his long locks and sharp eyes, makes him look like a descended angel.And his girlfriend, Lorena, who’s comparable to a succubus beauty. So, in this room, what gathers is a god-Matthias, an angel and a succubus. And him, just a loo
The question that wasn’t able to be answered by Mirella is an inquiry about Mira Lanoyer which Matthias found very intriguing since even though not everything can be accessed by his AI, information about someone should have shown results although incomplete.“Who is Mira Lanoyer?” he asked Larsen with a serious face.Larsen smiled at Matthias’ interest. However, he used this chance to draw out more amusement from them.“I’ll tell you if you beat me,” Larsen challenged. “Anyway, do you want me to define what’s good and what’s bad? That’s self explanatory though.”The shuffling of the cards were heard again in the room as Matthias distributed the cards once more in between him, Larsen– and Clementine and Lorena, who joined them from the third game onwards.“But can you really beat me?” Larsen provoked while not looking at the cards laid in front of him. “Of course I will,” Matthias answered despite being on the losing streak since earlier.“Really?” Larsen made sure, making Matthias lo
"So, what am I supposed to do now?" Matthias asked Larsen after Larsen and Lorena brought him to a business building he doesn't know of.Lorena's heels made a noise on the hallways of the building they're in which reminded Matthias of his first time entering Mr. Owen's company because the sound feels familiar and at the same time, just a distant memory. Larsen instructed Matthias to enter a room with several capsules in it. "A game?" Matthias asked."Oh, so you know about these games? Virtual realities? These types of VR capsules came out recently and we'll be using these to train your brain."His brain? Matthias couldn't believe what he heard. How can this thing train his brain in the process. "Well, I call it like that but it's just you and me going to simulate a fake life of yours. A minute here outside feels like an hour inside the game. So, to make it feel like a hundred years, the simulation will last for at least one week, 10 hours each day."Wait!" Matthias interrupted. "Do
"Yes, like I told you, there's a lot of things that you need to know and it will take some time to ingrain these things inside your head like second nature."Matthias stared at Larsen as he lay down in one of the capsules to try the game that was being described to him."My assistant, Kira, will be logging in with you, so please wait for us at the cathedral after you create your character," Larsen told him one last time before closing the lid of the capsule to officially start his gaming journey.When Matthias opened his eyes again, he was in a very white place where he could not perceive depth."Hello?" he called but there was no sound coming out of his mouth.Then zzt...and a small window with a keyboard opened.[Please enter your name]Matthias keyed his name but changed his mind halfway and changed it into Mias. But that sounds too girly so he changed it again into Sai, taking the last letters of his name.[Welcome, Sai.] The screen says and then it shows him ways to customize hi
Matthias read Larsen’s title a few more times. “What does being an emperor mean in this game?” he asked, wondering if that title gives him some perks.“It means that I am the rank 1 in my region.”Then Larsen opened his inventory and gave Matthias a book. “That’s a skill book,” he shared. “Take it as a bonus. Usually, newbies like you need to buy that from the in-game stores but I’ll let you have it now since I transferred you very far away from the cathedral.”Matthias opened the book and immediately, a message window popped up.[Blink] The message says and from the descriptions of it, it is an auto-evade skill that can be used 3 times a day according to their in-game time. “How generous…” Matthias said as he pressed [allow] to let the skill consume one of his current 5 skill slots. “Then, good luck,” Larsen said and quickly left the viscounty with his own personal skill. “What?!” Matthias exclaimed when he’s left alone to deal with the chaos inside Penoma Viscounty. “What is h
As Larsen faded, Matthias slowly walked away from the monsters so that he wouldn't end up like their last victim, hanged upside down and conscious while being bitten bit by bit by the monsters as if savoring a delicacy. Small dark elves, that’s what the monsters are and they are burning and tossing the other humans they captured, shouting and cheering as they pass it to each other to have their comrades taste it. But as Matthias tried to run away from the busy elves, he did not notice a stone in the ground and fell belly first to the ground. Without thinking, he used the ability [Blink] but instead of getting himself far away from the monsters, he ended up back to his previous position which is just barely a hundred kilometers away from the elves. In haste, he tried to crawl out of panic. This led to one elf learning his location. Soon, each of the elves started to recognize that there is an intruder in their vicinity. Squeeee! The tiny humanoid creatures squealed like goblins a