Chapter 0:

God Slayer and Miss Goddess

"God Slayer"


Year 2052
Delhi, India
That era of the year, where virtual reality is not just a concept but has become a reality where people do not waste their free time watching movies or reading books. Most of the videos on social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube are now based on virtual reality. Nowadays, people prefer to play VR games more than AR games. One of those games is “World Slasher”, which is not very high-tech because it has been almost 10 years since this game came out, that is why it is played on mobile like old times. Being a low rank VR game, middle class families and people below them can easily afford this game. That is why this game is still running, otherwise there are much better VR games available in the market but along with their quality, their set-up costs very high. This is the story of one of the many people who play this game.
A boy is playing a game on his mobile phone in his room, when his mother calls him from downstairs, "Karan..."
But Karan is unable to hear her voice because he is wearing headphones.
Karan's mother shouts in anger, "Karan, if you don't come downstairs now, I will come upstairs." (Typical Indian Mother's Nature)
Karan takes off his headphones and goes downstairs, where his mother and father are sitting and drinking tea.
Karan says, "Yes, mother, what were you saying?"
Karan's mother says, "Why don't you listen to me at once? What were you doing upstairs?"
Karan says in a low voice, "I... was playing game."
Karan's mother says, "Yes, there is no work, so you will just sit and play games all day. You don't have any idea what you have to do next. Life is not over just by passing 12th. You have to do something further. Neither have you filled the college forms nor are you looking for any job, how long will this go on?”
Karan's mother looks at Karan's father and says, "Should I be the only one to keep acting bad or will you also say something?"
Karan's father says, "Look.. listen to your mother and when she calls you, listen to her. If you are sitting at home, at least get some household work done. You will get nothing by sitting idle and playing games. Life is yours. You have to think about it. If you don't think, no one else will come to think about it."
Karan says, "Yes, father. I had applied for a job but I was not selected. So that's why..."
Karan's mother says, "I am not saying that if you are not getting a job, then you should do whatever you can to bring money. I am saying that at least if you are at home, you should listen to me."
Karan says, "Tell me, what were you saying?"
Karan's mother gives him a piece of paper and says, "This is a list of some household items and it also includes vegetables, so check all the items carefully and bring them for me".
Karan takes the list and goes to the market. After doing the household chores, in the evening he sits in his room and plays the game again. The name of the game is World Slasher, it is a very old game. It has been about 9 to 10 years since this game was launched but Karan has spent about one and a half years playing this game. However, in these one and a half years, he has achieved a very good rank in this game, due to which he has become a reputed player of this game. Everyone wants to play with him but because of keeping his identity hidden from everyone, no one knows him in the real world. As famous as he is inside the game, he is even more unknown outside the game.
When Karan starts the game, one of his friends is waiting for him in the game. This is a girl, whom Karan met just a few months ago, but both of them have become such good friends that now they play the game together. Although that girl also does not know Karan outside the game, but Karan knows that girl very well. That girl was in Karan's class when he was in 12th. The girl's name is Mayra, but her name in the game is "Miss Goddess". She does not keep her real name in the game. Similarly, Karan also does not keep his real name in the game. His name in this game is "God Slayer" and all the people who know Karan in the game, know him only by the name "God Slayer".
Now "God Slayer" and "Miss Goddess" start the game.
To Be Continue…
Elukard
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