( Leo Skyshard's POV )
When Leo finally placed the final rock to cover the last air hole leading towards the main shaft below, he breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed on the floor completely exhausted.
"Too hard….. my lungs, agh my lungs hurt, MOTHER...damn I miss mother" Leo cursed as he rolled around the floor while clutching his head as if he was suffering from severe vertigo.
The game 'Terra Nova Online' was way too realistic!
Leo had noticed it first when he logged in and the freezing cold of the mountain winds brushed against his skin and then again when he visited the village chief's home, however, those experiences paled in comparison to how hard performing labour was within this game.
Usually, games were supposed to be fun and easy.
Especially the games on Earth were always made around the idea of spoiling the customers with a rich experience where mansions could be built in hours and chopping a tree was nothing more than 20 seconds of animation, however, Terra Nova Online was different.
Performing tasks in this game was as difficult as performing them in the real world if not harder since there was a stamina bar always hanging over one's head.
Real life problems like vision doubling, knees trembling and headaches due to lack of energy were all a reality in this game and experienced by Leo on the very first day of logging in.
Especially once his stamina bar depleted below the 15% mark and the debuffs kicked in, he understood quite clearly that this was more than just a game for pleasure.
[ System Notification : You have cut-off the air supply to the main shaft below. If the shaft is not re-opened, all the wolves hibernating in the main shaft will die of asphyxiation in 60 minutes from now ]
" YESSS! LET'S GO BAYBAY" Leo cheered loudly as he pumped his fists in the air while staring at the ceiling of the shaft that he was in.
This was precisely the result he was hoping for and now that it was achieved, Leo finally had the chance to sit and calmly explore the game mechanics while he waited for his prey to suffocate and die.
Bored, he noticed things that he had absentmindedly glanced over before, such as the chat icon that appeared when he opened the mini-map on the bottom right of the system screen.
[ Please select the chat server you wish to join.
Private chat- (0)
Global chat
Guild chat - (0)
Regional chat - (0)
NPC chat - (0) ]
Leo analysed the options and observed that Global chat was the only option available for chatting at the moment as the other options appeared in light grey and were disabled for selection.
Selecting Global Chat, Leo was suddenly bombarded with a series of messages as the chat moved faster than what his mortal eyes could follow.
'DarkEmperor Sucks Dick!!!!!!'
'I'm going to become the best player y'all, believe it!'
'DarkEmperor wears my mother's dirty panties'
'Guys… How to find monsters or weapons in this game? I have logged in inside a rainforest and the NPC village here has no blacksmith shop'
'Hey guys, are the NPC in this game retarded? I tried them to give me a quest, but they just won't'
'DarkEmperor must be some hidden boss from sector S, I wouldn't defame him openly because it can be traced back to us'
'How do you unlock your class though? It shows that my 'soldier' class is locked in the system panel'
Leo felt his head hurt from reading all those clueless messages as he quickly decided to close the global chat and save himself from the common man's stupidity disease.
He had not spent more than two minutes reading the global chat and what he understood from reading it was that
1) People hated DarkEmperor for no apparent reason. He was arguably the best player in the game right now, yet he was made public enemy number one.
2) Everyone had spawned from a random starting location that varied greatly from person to person. Some started in rainforests, some in deserts, ice deserts, mountains, small outskirt villages and the like.
3) Many had noticed that this game was way too realistic and were in awe of the graphics, however, most could not figure out how to level up or how to find monsters and kill them.
Although everyone wanted to make the most of this starting period and make a name for themselves, almost everyone had absolutely no idea how to achieve it as unlike Leo most common players were not given a quest upon their arrival.
"Ha….. stupid commoners" Leo smirked as he indulged himself in a fantasy where he believed himself to be above those basic fools.
As the inheritor of a unique class, despite the downsides and the death threat should his identity be revealed, he believed himself to be a player that was destined for greatness.
" DarkEmperor! You're a fool, you shouldn't flex in front of jealous mortals when they think they can reach upto you….. you should only do it when the gap between yourself and them is too big to even fathom" Leo spoke to himself as he thought that if he was put in the same position as DarkEmperor, he would never announce his accomplishments while the game was in its early stages.
Just like that, 60 minutes passed by in a flash as a series of system notifications popped up on Leo's screen.
[ System Notification: You have successfully killed 'Adult Direwolf' (Level 14), You have killed an opponent over 10 times higher than your own level, EXP Reward is quadrupled ]
[ System Notification: You have successfully killed 'Adult Direwolf' (Level 16), You have killed an opponent over 10 times higher than your own level, EXP Reward is quadrupled ]
[ System Notification: You have successfully killed 'Adult Alpha Direwolf' (Level 20 ), You have killed an opponent over 10 times higher than your own level, EXP Reward is quadrupled ]
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[ System Notification: You have successfully killed 'Adult Direwolf' (Level 16), You have killed an opponent over 10 times higher than your own level, EXP Reward is quadrupled ]
[ System Notification: You have successfully levelled up! ]
[ System Notification: You have successfully levelled up! ]
[ System Notification: You have successfully levelled up! ]
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[ System Notification: You have successfully levelled up! ]
[ System Notification: Congratulations player 'The Boss' to become the first player to reach the level10 mark in 'Terra Nova Online'
It's an accomplishment that will go into the history books and provide you with a special reward!
Do you wish to announce this accomplishment via a worldwide announcement?
YES
No ]
[ System Notification : Since you possess the actor class, you cannot deny any worldwide announcements related to you! ]
[ WORLDWIDE PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT - Player 'The Boss' has become the first player in Terra Nova Online to reach level 10!
Congratulations player 'The Boss']
Leo looked at the slew of notifications and was absolutely dumbfounded.
Just moments ago he was laughing at DarkEmperor for becoming public enemy number one, yet somehow, just moments later he ended up publishing a worldwide announcement of his own.
"WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T REFUSE ANY WORLDWIDE ANNOUNCEMENTS…..?" He cursed, as the joy of levelling up 14 times at once was quickly replaced by disparaging sadness.
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Thankyou in advance! ///