Chapter 0:
A world That Forgot To Let Me Go
Fellow gamers, do you feel lonely, lost, or even depressed? Want to escape the real world? Trust me, we all do. Well, you're in luck. It's every person's dream to be the main protagonist or antagonist. Anime fan or not.
In this world, be the person you want to be.
Be a high elf, or a blacksmith, or even a mage with the endless possibilities of Adventure Life.
Choose your best life and live it.
Preorder Adventure Life.
It is an MMO-RPG game that comes with
“pre-beta code”
“circuitX headset”
“action figure.”
For a price of 299 dollars, what are you waiting for?
I can’t wait to play Adventure Life.
My name is Ren Ishihika. I am your average person, socially awkward at times. I am a shift lead at a postal service call-down. I’ve been there for three years now. My co-workers seem to respect me, despite my being socially awkward. When I get anxious, I tap my foot, or when I sit, my leg shakes up and down.
I cannot wait for Adventure Life. I will use most of my sick days to play it and become a hero. Heck, I used to play this tycoon game simulator. It brought my mind to ease.
Such a simple escape, if Adventure Life is the same as I think it is.
I won't ever want to wake up.
A true escape.
The next day I woke up optimistic, trying not to drag myself down, given this job takes a toll on you. I headed off to work, handling an important task. While I was checking the inventory of the packages, I got a notification.
“Your package arrived.”
I got excited, even too excited, so that my co-workers looked as if I was not okay. My shift was almost done, so I was going to get some soda and food to grind this game to be the very best. I arrived at home, cracked open a soda, and ate; after that, I put the headset on.
Welcome, new player, to the world of adventure life. In this world you can be whatever you want. Select your name, build, and background.
Name: Ren
Welcome, Ren. Select your build.
Age: 23 Tall
Hazel eyes
Messy red and black hair.
Now please select the class you want to play as Ren.
I want to be an archmage.
Which Mana would you like to have?
I chose Dark.
For your stats, would you like them random or picked?
Agility: 23
Magic: 43
Mana: 65
Generating spells
That should do it for now.
What can go wrong?
This perk of the pre-beta is goated.
Name: Ren
Race: human
Age: 23
Build: Arch-Mage
Magic: Dark
Is this correct?
Yes, as I press the screen.
As I loaded into this realm, it felt too realistic. Sadly, there isn’t any pre order gear.
My stats are broken, so
I’m not too worried.
“Status open”
Why am I a farmer? I picked an archmage. I still had my dark magic. My stats were low but decent.
This is weird.
Oh well, the breeze from the wind rattled the trees, so I hurried to find shelter. There wasn’t any place to find to sleep. My first boss battle would be the hollowing breeze from the trees.
My very first battle was very interesting.
I lay down by a tree, battling the harshness of the cold blow. I was shivering all night. The next day I got up and wandered around, and I saw some goblins, which I thought would be low level. But nope, I was wrong.
It feels like I am zero for two in this world. Well, today is that day, you hear me, goblins. I will annihilate you with my dark lightning.
Yeah.
Get ready.
dark lighting.
Uh, what is it now? Why don’t things ever go right when I need them to?
Goblins incoming. I dodged and dodged, thank gosh. My agility came in handy. Let's try this again.
I hereby summon Dark Lightning.
Intense lightning came out, instantly killing those goblins. I was flabbergasted by how powerful that spell is. Better watch out, world… I am here to take over the stupid power balancing.
I saw a prompt on my screen. Did I level up!?
Congrats, Ren, you are now level 10.
Woah, that's quite a power leap. Let me inspect these goblins. I looked for any information relating to the goblins on why I leveled up real quick. I guess the guild would know, as I walked out of the eerie woods. I headed straight to the guild; as I entered, silence filled the room. Due to my lack of social cues, I completely did not read the room.
“I am here to drop off these goblins’ cores.”
“Huh, now is not a good time.”
“Why is that?” I asked.
“Someone mentioned a rumor going around.”
“Ok… ok, I will come back around tomorrow.”
Wow, never in my life have I been that close to a pretty lady. I will ask for her name when I go back to get my money.
Tonight, it was an eventful time to log out and get some shut-eye.
Save the game.
Settings
Log out.
Nothing happened. Is it a glitch in the system? Let's try this again.
Settings
Logout
Well, I guess I am stuck here. For some unknown reason, I felt relieved. Escaping the real world is what most people dream about. I am one of the few people who got lucky, I guess. Time to go back into the dark woods and sleep on the cold grass again.
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