It was dark and cold
So cold that one would feel like they were being chilled to the bone.
There was no ground, neither was there a sky. There were no creatures to be encounter in this forsaken abandoned land, it was dark and it was cold.
Reitolk opened his eyes in discomfort, only to be greeted with a scene he was not at all familiar with, well, lack there of. Examining the area he found himself in, an emotionless voice reached his ears.
*Player please input your character information.*
A system screen was before him asking him for his character information, this alone was enough to make him realize where he was. But...how was he supposed to believe it?!!
Was he reborn, reincarnated or something, no.
He felt it, he didn't know what he felt, but it seemed to tell him he wasn't brought here through some miraculous means. More like...he was here the whole time.
He didn't understand what to make of this situation, but he didn't need to understand it yet. A foreboding aura was surrounding the timer above the system screen from before. He had five minutes to finalize his character's information. He noticed that as time passed by he felt more and more lightheaded.
This gave him an intense sense of danger. Panicking slightly, Reitolk quickly analysed the system interface. There were multiple things he had to put in, such as name, gender, and some personal information to link your character to who you are in case of emergencies.
Right before he confirmed his character's information he stopped himself, having a flash of inspiration. There was only a minute and a few seconds left.
"System I want to leave", he called out hopingly.
No response
"System logout" he called out once more.
No response
"Secret'break-ForceLog, NOW", he screamed in sadness and desperation.
He knew, he knew whatever was on the other side of this pitch blackness system interface would ultimately not be a pleasant experience.
*Players will be able to logout after character information finalization.*
"Bull face lie!", he screamed in sadness.
'Why was he here?', he though.
Then he remembered.
It felt like years had passed since that choice but even then it had only been a single year since then. It had only been a year in that...in that...dream??? Simulation???
He looked at himself and realized he had no scars on his body nor any demonic contamination occurring on his left arm.
"I'm no longer demonized", he muttered in astonishment, those words quickly proved to be a huge mistake.
*Human Reitolk Bridge has been listed as an anomaly, initializing The Fair Neutralizing Anomaly Procedure.*
*Time to complete player character registration has been reduced by 90%*
*Player information collection and integration speed reduced by half*
Suddenly the 49 seconds Reitolk had reduced to 4.9 secs and was running out quickly. Registration and integrating player's finalized information usually took 2 seconds to complete.
Clicking the finalize button so his character information could be registered and integrated into his player character form before the timer ran out he immediately started sweating bullets as the light headed feeling became 5x stronger in an instant, nearly knocking him out. He felt extremely light headed, nauseated, and tired.
With his utmost effort he directed his eyes towards the system's interface; and watched as the timer on the system became smaller and smaller, until, finally it disappeared as a new message showed itself.
*Character information has been finalized, now teleporting player to 'Survival's Rise'*
In the blink of an eye Reitolk disappeared.