Outside of Black Mountain City“The Red Moon hasn’t changed.”Vins remarked as he looked to the sky. “I thought you’ll come back once it is time.”“I didn’t want to come fetch you at the last second. Plus, it won’t be long before the Hell Gate appears.”Vins didn’t argue back, he solemnly nodded once. Although his relationship with Leiu was bad, there was no need to provoke him at any given opportunity.They were enemies, and the fact that Leiu actually came back to get him meant that, to some extent, his words had convinced him a bit, at least enough to let him come along.“In the meantime, we’re going after Void Rifts. I trust you don’t mind?”“I said I will help.”“Good.”…One week laterAstriaThe Phantom Ocean (South-West of Weiji)Amidst the raging and haunted waters, there was a sky-piercing and unshakable spire that was unaffected by the ten-feet high waves crashing into it.The spire was relatively big and ominous, even at a glance. It was pitch-black, merging with the dark
Within Seoul, the capital of South Korea, there was a young man, with a frail body of about 175 cm in height and a pale face.His name was Leiu, 24-years-old and a part-timer. Although it was currently summer and the weather was a bit hot, he didn't look tired right now. Quite the opposite, in fact, he was excited. Not because his shift would end in half an hour, but because the new game, 'Hell Gate', will be released in three days.It's currently 2021, and Virtual Massive Multiplayer games have been publicly released 4 years ago.
'You have been transported in 'Azmarin beginner's village'The transportation didn't even last 10 seconds. He looked around and saw countless people, like literally endless people of various races and appearances.He couldn't even properly move, they were shouting and yelling here and there, some asking for help. Leiu couldn't believe what's happening right now."Searc
As Leiu headed deeper and deeper into the forest, the number of players lessened until there were only a dozen. It took him around twenty minutes to find a somewhat secluded spot to kill some monsters and finish his quests.On his way there, it was fortunate that he managed to finish the gathering quest. There were numerous 'Sun Snowberries' so it was kind of easy to complete the quest. No fighting was required.The spot he found was calm, there were enough monsters for him to get a feel of Virtual fighting. He didn't fight any mo
It was his first time seeing a level 5 rabbit, what's more surprising is its fast speed and large size; which was four to five times bigger than a normal Savage Rabbit. Furthermore, the normal rabbits, despite having a horn, looked a bit cute, but this one, it looked creepy and dangerous.After all, a cute hamster would not be cute if it's the size of a dog, unless someone's preferences are special...The sudden appearance of the rabbit startled Leiu, but the experience of almost 50 battles against rabbits taught him some things,
Leiu was in a dilemma, he didn't know what to do at first, he wanted to go back to the village, but he ended up going deeper, and here he is stumbling upon a dangerous wolf.Forest Wolf Lv13Well, it's to be expected to meet a wolf in the beginning, most games like do this, however, Leiu was not confident to be able to beat him. First, because his gear was not that good, he didn't have armor, helmet or gloves, his experience is not enough for him
With no time to waste, Leiu dashed between the trees and bushes while breathing heavily, he knew that his stamina was depleted quickly in that hard fight, unlike with the big rabbit, which he kited and attacked without being hit, against the wolf, he barely won, he received a bloody wound too, it's fortunate he got a Health Potion, or else the blood would attract more beasts.While running and keeping an eye on his behind, Leiu never stopped, but even after 5 minutes, he could still hear the howls of 3 wolves, chasing after him, what was worse is that the distance is shortening by the second, they were very persistent and didn't give up even after chasing him for a couple of minutes.Moreover, Leiu's clothes were filled with blood from the injury, and that precisely attracted the wolves and made them chase him even more, the smell made them even hungrier, he also killed their comrade, so there is no way they would stop chasing him.Two more minutes passed, Leiu finally stopped running,
After one final look at his stats, Leiu got up and started roaming the forest to locate the beginner's village, and that took him 1 hour, he spent a whole hour to get out of the thick forest tree, find other players and finally find the beginner's village.The first thing he did was obviously finish the quests, well technically, he already finished them, he just had to go to the person who gave him the quest and get the experience and the reward.The first quest he returned was the one that needed him to gather snowberries.