Year 90XX
The sudden appearance of the never seen phenomenon called ‘Mana’ transformed ordinary people into Supernatural beings that could do impossible things such as, create something from nothing, read minds, etc, and also resulted in the creation of things that could increase their power. This later became famously known as cultivation. In the Golden Era of cultivation, something unexpected happened; it was the popularity of a brand new VRMMO Game “The Gate”
A Game that became famous in a world of magic and cultivation.
Something nobody could predict had happened
This Game got the investment and support of the Hidden Big tycoons worldwide. The 1st successful Game in which Game Currency could be converted to Real Money and vice versa.
This Game resulted in nobodies becoming millionaires in one night! 5 years after it started a player came to the world and turned the world upside down. The Player’s name was “The Legendary Ark“ whose identity was unknown. His gaming skills were top-notch.
He formed a guild that challenged the positions of Super Guilds (The Top Guilds). The Guild’s name was “The Hidden ones”, a guild that gave ordinary people the courage to fight the bullies- the guilds that monopolized resources.
Gerald’s Point of View“It’s almost time for the server to open. Let’s join the game,” I said while looking at the magnificent pod that I worked day and night for 5 years to buy it. The servers had been set to open at 7 pm due to people exhausting their life force by staying in it day and night.
‘Finally, it's 7 pm, time to become “The legendary Ark”, what a cornier name it feels like after personally putting it as my username’ I thought. I got into the pod. The technology used in the pod allows the user to play 6hours in the game when in reality it’s only been 1 hour.
[Initiating Retina Scan]
[Retina Scan in progress-10%]….
[Retina Scan Completed]
[Welcome to The GATE “The legendary Ark”]
‘That almost mechanical female voice seems to always fascinate me, even though I might have heard it over a hundred times already’ I thought. A few moments after I logged in James ran inside in a hurry saying “Guild master I have very important news to share with you.”
I sighed and said to him “James there is no need for formality between us. We both did our share to make this guild what it is today. So there is no need to call me ‘Guild Master’ at all.”
James replied “That is not important Guild master but I have important news. Your topnotch personally-trained information crew has gathered info that there is a world boss in twilight forest.”
The words ‘World Boss’ was repeated in my head. World Bosses were the rarest of rare among monsters and bosses in The GATE. Every player/team that defeated one became a monster in the real world and the game world. Countless guilds and organizations were ready to pay any price to get them. This was one of the main reasons for the popularity of the game. People were able to get various experiences and miraculous opportunities to advance their rank of cultivation through the game.
‘With the defeat of this World Boss, I can finally get rid of those parasites that were sucking our guild resources dry. Just the memory of them gives a bad taste to the mouth’ I thought. I asked again “Where did you say The World Boss was”
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At Twilight Forest
After we prepared ourselves we got together and entered Twilight forest. We both were the only ones since any other members will just get in the way. We finally found the boss At the Lvl 250 Hunting Ground it was a gigantic Dog with 3 heads and radiated power. I used my lower Rank Demi-Divine Eyes/High-Grade Identify Skill that I got when I was lvl 100.
Name:- Cerberus(Enraged)
Race:- Divine Cerberus
Level:- ???(Skill Lvl insufficient)
Title: - Former Pet of The Death God
Hp:-???
Str:- 8 000
Agi:- 1 000
Def:-5 000
Mana:- 0
Int:- 0
Charm:- (-100)
Info- This Cerberus is the failed pet of The Death God which has zero affinity with magic even after being in close contact with the Death God for a long period But it managed to increase its physical strength. This rare Divine Cerberus has become enraged due to it being abandoned by its master due to it being Weak!
‘ I was flabbergasted by the enormous stats of this monster and even more so by there being stats that I could not read since my skill was a very rare skill that was considered powerful and also that it was abandoned by a god due to it being weak’ I thought . James immediately asked while making sure to not get hit by the monster “What is its info and can we defeat it”
I replied “It is enraged and its stats are too OP, our chances are slim but we cannot escape now that it’s spotted us. So get ready to risk anything”
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A few hours later
We had managed to decrease it to its last HP but I was almost dead and James had it worst he was in a really bad condition. I immediately asked him “do you have any potions with you.”He shook his head and I replied while dodging “I will attack it and you give me support.”He nodded
I managed to reduce its life till it was not visible anymore and then it gave a sudden attack and I died and became a ghost for 24 hrs in real-time. I wanted to see the result so I did not immediately log out. Then I saw James giving a wicked smile that I never show before. He took an Advanced potion and drank it. That ******* hide it from me.
He managed to defeat the boss and I heard the world announcement echoing while feeling a sudden pain in my chest after feeling my hand going numb. The next day the world was shocked by the news of the death of the legendary ark revealed by the company due to a heart attack.
Detected death of Entity “Player”][Detected Abnormality: Dead Player’s Conscience detected][Repairing][Failed][Repairing][Failed][Checking solutions…][Solution Found-Conversation of entity][Reconstruction in progress][Success][Converted Entity “Player_Conscience” to Entity “NPC”]……Gerald’s POV‘I woke up while hearing several notifications in my mind. Then I remembered that James lied to me … Wait! Did not I feel a pain in my chest and where am I? Did I die and get isekaied? Let me move my body and see this new environment. Wait... Waitttttttttt! I cannot move!!! But I can still see the game log. Let me check it to see what happened.’ I thoughtGame Log……[Detected death of Entity “Player”][Detected Abnormality: Dead Player’s Conscience detected][Repairing][Failed][Repairing][Failed][Checking solutions…][Solution Found-Conversation of entity][Reconstruction in progress][Success][Converted Entity “Player_Conscience” to Entity “NPC”]…… A few moments of shock
The darkness disappeared as I found myself back at the place where I died but this time something was different.’“Why am I back in this place” I exclaimed as he found himself standing in the village he died in“Wait a sec… Did I just speak?”“I did it! I can move my body! And speak!”I was shocked to realize that I had control of my own body but I thought ‘how is it possible?’[Nothing is impossible. The time has been reversed to 1 day before the host’s previous death so that a mission can be given][Ding… The first mission has been assigned to the host’s soul][Mission: Kill the player that killed you the last time][Reward: Regain host’s real body][Punishment for Failure: Host will never get his real body back][Mission Time Limit: 2 days]“How can I defeat that bulky guy, Kronos? You make it sound so simple”[Strength does not always win, Host]I thought ‘Right if muscles do not work then I have to use my brain. I must find a way to kill that player within a day. I could trick h
[Ding…. Mission completed successfully][Ding…. Mission reward allocated][Ding…. Time reversed successfully]I woke up tired and noticed I was back in my home and I shouted “Hip Hip Hurray!”Then I heard a voice saying “Brother, what’s the happy news today” and when the owner of the voice came near me, I was shocked since it was my sister who should be in china studying at a university using a scholarship. I thought asked her “what year is it today” and when she replied with a slight look of hesitation and surprise, I was shocked since I had come back a whole 5 yrs back in time. My sister Alice asked me “So, what’s the good news, and why are you asking me the year today.” I made up an excuse quickly and said “Oh, just a happy dream that I had” “Oh okay”I quickly went out of the house and checked the date and month on my old button phone. I thought ‘I remembered clearly that it was the 20th of December when The GATE pods were released to be purchased by the public and today was the 15
In a few minutes, I reached Golden Dragon Café and saw my friend’s car without change parked with a crowd around it. When I went to the café I saw tom waiting near the entrance. I called him by shouting “Tom, I am here. How long have you been waiting.”“Not long actually, I cannot believe you’ve changed so much. What have you been eating these days, you’ve become so thin. You are no longer the handsome Gerald of our university.” Tom said. His words made me remember how we had to go from 3 rich meals to 2 middle-class meals to save money.“It’s nothing much to talk about, come let’s go in” I replied while smoothly dodging his question. We both went into the VIP room booked by tom.“So what did you need the 5 million for? You should not have so many expenses right” Tom questioned. I knew he would ask me this question after I came to the café.“I needed it for an important investment of mine” I replied immediately. So after successfully convincing tom why I needed 5 million, we both had
According to the information I received The GATE was not just a game that a genius was able to make due to a sudden burst of inspiration but another planet in another universe that was accessed by the game pod which created a replica of the person in it, so the actual person would not die but a small fraction of his conscience which operates the replica might get destroyed.This was quite shocking to me who thought the world was artificially constructed. No wonder it felt so realistic and you could feel all 5 senses.[Do you want to activate your random rare cultivation lottery, a piece of advice from Kronos would be to activate the lottery in a private place free of people.]With this influx of information, I almost forgot about the cultivation manual. I thought ‘I better run home quickly since it’s not far from here.’A few minutes later ‘Kronos activate the lottery.’[Spinning lottery wheel]In my mind ‘I saw a large lottery wheel
[Servers opened][Retina Scan in progress][Retina Scan not recorded in Kronos][Creating a new account in the Database][Successfully registered User’s retina][Please enter your username]I decided in my mind ‘to use my previous embarrassing name that would once again shake the world of The GATE.’‘The Legendary Ark’[Successfully registered Username- “The Legendary Ark”][Detected that User is the 1st player to log in to The GATE][Assigning rewards given to the 1st of the 1st 10 players to log in]‘So there are rewards given to the top 10 to log in to the game.’[Allocating 20 status points][Giving Random Rare Bronze Rank Equipments][Giving skill “Analysis (lower rank [upgradable})”][Random Rare job generating][Congrats on obtaining the Rare Unique job Wise Sage][Random Rare Race generating][Congrats on obtaining the Rare Legendary Race Primordial Dragon]I was shocked by the rewards given by Rachel. ‘Normally when you create a character you get normal Equipment.’(Classific
At the palaceGrace’s PovI asked for an audience with the king and was immediately granted it after my identity as the personal maid of the crown prince was revealed. I entered passing the guards and entering the king’s courtroom.The king asked me “ Grace what is the important matter that requires such an urgent impromptu audience with me” I bowed and replied to his majesty “Your highness the young master had taken one of the incognito dresses that he owns and I suspect that he might be heading to town in disguise.”I noticed the king frown and say “This is a state matter that requires the utmost confidential seal. This must not be leaked for any reason to our enemies. Inform the ninja squid to investigate and look after Richard. Under no reason should he return hurt”Gerald/Richard’s Pov After asking the directions to the adventurer guild, I found the large adventure guild building and entered it noticing so many people drinking alcohol. I went near the lady
I had somehow managed to explain that it was not a skill but a magic that I had learned from a person. They did not seem to believe me but they nodded. The receptionist said to me “Congrats on completing your 1st adventurer mission. The reward from the mission is 10 gold and the money that you will get for selling a rabbit’s meat is 5 silver coins rabbit’s horn is 10 silver coins. The total price from the loot is 15 gold coins. Here are the 25 gold coins.”I nodded and took the gold coins from the receptionist.[Ding… Mission complete successfully][Allocating Adventurer skills and information]I was once again flooded with information due to the power of the information entering my brain being too powerful. If I compared the previous knowledge I received from Kronos to the current flow of information it would be comparing an ant bite to a flood. I almost fainted but managed to keep my conscience since the receptionist was starting to stare at me.[Allocation of Adventurer skills and i
After deciding the monster that I would be fighting, I focused on creating the strongest Magic we were taught “Fire Tornado”. It was a 3rd rank Spell but with the help of the Pure Magic Affinity I have, its strength was increased to a 4th Rank Spell which I call “Pure Fire Tornado”.By the way, the ranks signify the level of the stats. An example of this means to use a Rank 1 spell a person should have 100 Mana and 100 Int while to use a Rank 3 Spell-like Fire Tornado a person should have 300 Mana and 300 Int but my spell had the power of a Rank 4 spell while it required the stats needed for a Rank 3 Spell. Since I had 7000 Mana and Int, I should theoretically be able to use Rank 70 Magic but according to the NPC Richard’s Memory, the highest Rank spell is 10. This Rank 10 Spell is a one of kind Magic that was developed by a Sage( who didn’t have the Sage job but was called a Sage due to his strength and knowledge ) and had gathered dust in the treasury of some country since nobody
I looked at the time of the watch I was wearing and noticed that I could make it in time to attend the last class that would be done by Kakashi Sensei. I ran as fast as possible with the help of wind magic that I had learned from Ms. Arabelle who was teaching us Wind Magic. Due to the speed at which I was traveling, I could not stop in time to prevent bumping into Kakashi Sensei who was about to enter the class.Kakashi Sensei was quite surprised to be bumped by somebody. He was also even more surprised to see that it was me who had bumped into him. He asked me “Why were you not present in the morning when I called your name, Richard.” I showed him the dean’s note, after which he sighed and said “Come in, Richard.” I nodded and followed him inside the class; the students seemed surprised to see me. Jack asked me “I thought something happened to you or your family since you did not attend the class. I was really worried you know.” So that’s why everybody was surprised to see me today.
[Ding…. Mission reward is being allocated][Do you want to absorb the technique of Augustus (Warning! A great amount of information will enter your brain which might result in you losing your conscience for several days)][Yes or No][You could also absorb this information later]This was the first time that Kronos gave me a warning regarding the reward, so I must pay heed to its warning. Since I have another mission that must be completed by me in a month, I must complete it before absorbing this technique. I asked Twilight “Can you give me 90 good books in the library? It would be best if you could also give me books with names that start with ‘The History of.’” Twilight was surprised by this strange request but she still did what she was requested to do. Twilight said some more words in the Spirit Language which was translated to come here followed by various book names. After a few minutes had passed exactly 90 books were laid down neatly on the floor, they emitted various a
[Ding… A mission is issued][Mission:- Read 100 books][Reward:-Construction of stat Mind which allows increasing the stability of the mind, increases thinking and processing ability, and creates a Photographic memory.increasing the stat to the extent of being able to not overthink and only think to the required extent.][Punishment:- Becoming Mentally disabled in both worlds][Mission Time Limit:- 1 month]The rewards were quite good but the punishment was too severe. According to my calculations, I should read at least 3 books a day plus extra 10 books to read 100 books but I think I have already read 10 books. The problem is whether It would be counted by Kronos. While I was contemplating the mission I had received, Twilight got the book and said to me while handing book to me “Here is the book you were searching for. You are full of surprises Richard. Not even a normal Primordial Being can withstand this little fellow’s aura but you were able to stand straight. You even know the
The Owl started to speak with a strong voice that seemed to remember him of somebody “You look so much like Augustus. You must be the new king since you look so much like him and normally only the king and his trusted confidants are allowed inside.” I did not know that I looked so much like my ancestor/ more specifically this NPC’s ancestor. It seemed to have mistaken me to be king, So I shook my head and said “I am the crown Prince Richard Tiamat who has come here in search of a book that might be in your possession somewhere in this library.”The Owl seemed surprised to see a prince allowed to enter the library by the king. The Owl said “My name is Twinkle and I am one of the few pets of Augustus, I am one of a long extinct sub-race with the Spirit Race and my sub-race which should be extinct is the ‘Primordial Spirit Owl.’ I sense that you too are a primordial being born to 2 dragons. Which is indeed impossible but miracles do happen once every ∞ Year. So what book exactly are you
My father seemed to recognize me even with my disguise and seemed puzzled and surprised to see me. I told him the reason why I was not in the academy. He seemed puzzled to see me come to the palace for a book! But when I asked him to permit me to enter the ruined library of legends, his face completely change and he asked me “Who told you about the existence of the ruined library of legends.” I replied that the Dean was the person who informed me of that library. He nodded and said, “I will allow you to enter since you are the crown prince but you can only enter the library if you cannot find that book in our royal library.” I nodded and proceeded towards the royal library.After I started to thoroughly search the library, I found some interesting books on various sectors. I put them in my inventory.[It’s Kronos’s inventory, Host]Okay, Okay it’s Kronos’s inventory, Happy now Kronos. Kronos went silent after I thought of the inventory as something that belonged to Kronos.A few minut
He said “Come in” and obediently entered the room. The Dean seemed surprised to see me before smiling at me and saying “Richard Tiamat, I presume. You look just like your father.” It seemed The Dean knew my real identity. I asked him “So you know my father.” He nodded and said, “you do not seem to be surprised for me to know your full name.” I nodded and declared “I knew that somebody with power must know my real identity and you seem to be the only person with real power here.” The Dean looked surprised but asked “So why did you come here? There must be something you want from me to come here.”I nodded and asked the dean “Can I have permission to go out of the school for work.” The Dean seemed surprised but nodded to give his consent while saying “I will inform the guards to give you free access to enter and exit at your own will.” I nodded and further asked him “Have you heard of the book or read the book “History of the Gods.” You must have seen a lot of books in your life.”The
Once again the mission progression was updated and the bell signaled the end of the school periods. I asked the Library manager whether would there be any problems if I stayed here even after the last school period and he nodded while saying” Nobody ever frequents this library, So I would not tell the 1st person in centuries who came inside this library to leave and there is nothing to worry, I know the Dean of the Academy. You can stay here till it's bedtime.” I nodded with an appreciative smile.I once again started a search for a history book of the continents. I finally found a rather worn-out book titled “H st y of t e Humans.” It was the only worn-out book on the whole shelf which was surprising and it was also slightly burnt but the inside appeared to look as if it was not touched by time. The library manager looked at my face with surprise and shock and said “All the books are protected by magic enchantments which do not damage the inner contents of any book here. It’s surpr
According to the Time Table we were given, there is a 1-hour break at the moment. Since there is nothing else to do I’ll go hunting in the forest. After getting directions from some seniors I managed to find the forest. Time to hunt![Ding… A mission is issued][Mission:- Kill 100 monsters(at least E rank)][Reward:- Permanently increase Strength by 10x][Punishment:- Reducing Strength by 10x for a day in real life and The GATE][Mission Time Limit:- 1:00:00/ 1 hour]This a tough mission, but how can I differentiate E-rank monsters[Host can specify skill Analysis to find E-rank monsters or higher within a 10m circle around you]I did not know I can Specify skills to do specific things. It’s Time to optimize Analysis. After I finished the optimization of the analysis, I sensed a circle around me. Using this new sonar ability I was able to easily find Monsters to hunt and put their dropped items into my inventory1 hour later [Ding… Mission has successfully been completed][Rating Mi