" Thanks" Ethan replied " now what's next?" " Next is your avatar creation" Nova replied as a holographic menu bearing different available avatars appeared. " You'll have to chose well for you choice will literally stick with you during the time you shall be playing this game"
Ethan scanned the avatars and the stats associated with each when one in particular caught his fancy. It was a slender young man with blonde hair trimmed to a high crew cut, dressed in a dark hood and joggers.
" I won't advise using that" Nova warned. " It's still underdevelopment which means it could come out good or bad besides the strength stats are some notches below average, same with the agility, balance and…" his system trailed off when he selected it and confirmed his option.
Instantly he saw himself in another body as Recoil, " Welcome to Eternity Edge's Valerion Prime the city of legends. Now the final step is to get a mana lobe, you have 1000 gold coins to get yourself started" Nova announced while Recoil checked out his stats .
Name: Recoil
Height: 6 feet 1inch(s)
Rank: D {Newbie} XP: 10/100
HP: 250/250 MP: Locked
Strength: 40
Stamina: 40. Agility: 30
Luck: 25 Available stats point: 10
Available skill points: 10
**Weapons**
N/AN/AN/A…
***Skills***
Basic street fighting ( Lv1)
***Accessories***
Dark hoodie, tracksuit bottoms and trainers .
" And where can I get this mana lobe?" Recoil asked in anticipation and got a visual holographic map leading to a store.
" That's ten kilometers away from here, This game was designed to make immersed players feel necessary elements like: hunger, thirst, fatigue etc, so I highly recommend you hail a cab" Nova warned and brought up a virtual window highlighting free cabs one could call and their prices the lowest of which was 500 gold coins.
Recoil skimmed the interface and swallowed " nah I'll go on foot"...
By the time Recoil got to the shop he was tired and famished he walked up to the glass doors and opened to see the receptionist with his feet on the desk and his face buried in a magazine.
" Hello" Recoil called politely, the receptionist didn't move. " Hello?" He called again when a full minute had passed by.
" State your business" the receptionist stated gruffly. " I'm here to receive a mana lobe I was told I could get it here" Recoil replied.
Finally the receptionist dropped the magazine and got his foot of the table. " Here" he said briefly and gave Recoil a blue pill. " Swallow it and you'll probably get a mana lobe in a few minutes"
" Probably?" Recoil repeated with a hint of unease as he coins plummeted. " Yeah, though I do advise you eat something before taking it" the receptionist said staring at him over his magazine…
He bought a burger at 50 coins and downed it along with a bottle of soda. " Hmm tastes real if you ask me" he said to himself. " It will feel real too" Nova chimed in.
" So wait let me get this straight, you kinda like my system right?" Recoil asked. " Affirmative" Nova replied.
" Cool, so how come I've got only one skill?". " You will have to unlock them with your skill points Recoil". " Yikes will I have to buy that?"
" That's an option you could take but skill points are mainly earned through the completion of objectives and quests" Nova informed.
" Okay" Recoil said with a nod and finished off his soda, he looked at the blue pill in his hand. " Well… here goes nothing" he exclaimed and swallowed the pill with a frown.
" I don't feel anything" he announced. " I think it's a little too early to give that verdict" Nova warned and as she predicted a sharp pain pierced through his head as though it was being cleaved into two by an axe.
Recoil when down on his knees screaming in pain as passerbys (NPCS) took a brief glance in his direction and hurried on.
" Hold on!" Nova's voice resonated within his head seemingly adding fuel to the fire I'm his head rather than calm him.
He gave out a yell in pain and fell unconscious only to wake up thirty minutes later feeling like he had gone through an alcohol drinking marathon.
He vomited in the nearest rose bush and wiped his face with a napkin " what in heavens name was that? No one told me it was gonna be that painful"
" No one told you it was gonna be a picnic either" Nova replied impassively. Recoil's eyes narrowed but kept quiet while he checked out his new stats .
Name: Recoil Coins: 400
Height: 6 feet 1inch
Rank: D {Newbie} XP: 20/100
HP: 250/250 MP: 200/200
Strength: 40
Stamina: 40. Agility: 30
Luck: 25 Available stats point: 10
Available skill points: 10
**Weapons**
N/A
N/A
N/A…
***Skills***
Basic street fighting ( Lv1)
***Accessories***
Dark hoodie, tracksuit bottoms and trainers .
[ Notification: Mana lobe unlocked, +10XP}
" What next?" Recoil asked pleased with his progress. " First get a weapon, now there are only three ways that's happening" Nova explained. " One you buy from any armoury nearby which your cash isn't enough for a down payment. Two you join the cops and get licensed with a gun and Three you steal it from the nearest gangster, of course that comes with it's own risks considering the fact that death here means death in the real world"
The four men and woman members of death gang stood with parked cars the men bore tattoos and scars complementing the undershirts and cargo pants they sported.
This is a small contingent of the Death gang, the lady and two men are armed with a shotgun, saber blade and Glock respectively which could prove valuable if you managed to survive taking it" Nova informed him while he balanced risk versus reward.
He got up from the chair he stood and walked towards them he was three feet away from them before they got alerted of his arrival.
" Howdy guys" he called jovially, they stared hard at him their faces inscrutable. "Okay but I got a favor to ask, imma need all your weapons"
A man among them who seemed like a senior walked forward menacingly. " You need our weapons?" He said with a sneer.
" Yeah" Recoil drawled aware that they had assumed their formation and he was now boxed in with no luxury of escape.
" You have to say "please"" another man said closing the gap. Recoil's eyes narrowed as he cycled through their stats .
Name: Death Gang { Leader}
HP: 250/250 MP: 200/200
Strength: 40
Stamina: 40. Agility: 30
**Weapons**
Glock 19N/A
N/A…
***Skills***
Basic street fighting ( Lv1)
***Accessories***
White vest, tattoos, Gold chain, cargo pants.
Name: Death Gang { Men I}
HP: 250/250 MP: 200/200
Strength: 40
Stamina: 40. Agility: 30
**Weapons**
Saber blade N/A
N/A…
***Skills***
Basic street fighting ( Lv1)
***Accessories***
White vest, tattoos, Gold chain and cargo shorts.
Name: Death Gang { Man II}
HP: 250/250 MP: 200/200
Strength: 40
Stamina: 40. Agility: 30
**Weapons**
N/A
N/A
N/A…
***Skills***
Basic street fighting ( Lv1)
***Accessories***
White vest, tattoos, Gold chain and cargo pants.
Name: Death Gang { Man III}
HP: 250/250 MP: 200/200
Strength: 40
Stamina: 40. Agility: 30
**Weapons**
N/A
N/A
N/A…
***Skills***
Basic street fighting ( Lv1)
***Accessories***
White vest, tattoos, Gold chain and cargo pants.
Name: Death Gang { Woman}
HP: 200/200 MP: 200/200
Strength: 40
Stamina: 40. Agility: 30
**Weapons**
Shot Gun
N/A
N/A…
***Skills***
Basic street fighting ( Lv1)
***Accessories***
White vest, tattoos, Gold chain and tracksuit bottoms .
" Can you hand it over while I'm still asking nicely?" Recoil asked his tone turning to steel.
"Grab him!" Their leader ordered…