《Farblade》 Chapter 1-Trailer In a world, where mankind itself advanced beyond imagination and created the first virtual reality game. The Virtual World Headset also referred as VWH, allowed people to enter a different world where anything is possible. To put it simply, it grants humans access to enter a fantasy world. After creating the VWH, they also included the first game for it. It was a fantasy role-playing game that allowed people to live their own life inside a fantasy game, where humans are only able to use weapons such as swords, axe, bows and more for combat so that they can level up. During the first trailer of the game and headset, it broke world records and set new heights for competitors all over the world. The name of that game for the VWH was called, "Farblade". The trailer for the game and headset hit over 20 million views in only two days. Making people flood chat with so many different questions about when the game and headset will come out and how much it will cost. This made the creator have no choice, but to launched the beta in the 13th of January 2046, instead of 25th March 2047.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. The year 2046 came across and people all around different countries were hyped to realise the year has finally come. Thepre-orderingfor the game and virtual world headset, ran out of stock over 50 times in two days. This lead to the owner to be earning so much profit that he used it to expand the VWH, Farblade, servers and players when the game was launched. When the 13th of January 2046 came, they set up 50 servers for every country, holding around 10,000 players per server, In only one hour of the game being opened. The server already ran out of space in only one hour of the game being launched. Luckily, for our protagonist, he was able to make it into the server. That lucky person name was "Gray". This is a story of how a young boy that started off being nothing became something that was a legend and the story begins with only two words. Enter Gamertag Chapter 2-Tutorial "Please wait for us to scan you and your details." The game voice said with a smooth gentle tone in the voice. Later on, the game finished scanning and said: "Welcome to Farblade, before you start, you have to go through the process of creating your character." The game comes with three different classes. The first class is Archer. It allows you to have three perks which are shoot people from long range, heal your teammates and allows you to see through walls. The second class is Knight, it allows you to duel wield weapons or one-handed weapon. It also has the perks to lower your presence, teleport and move really fast. Finally, the third class is the Tank class. the perks of the Tank class allows you to take on a lot of damage, have a shield and sword with the power to reflect the damage back on to your opponent. Each class was designed to be equal depending on how the person uses it. They also have their own special move that can only be unlocked at level ten to above. The game voice said to Zoldyar "Please select a class, Zoldyar."Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Gray responded with an amazing face like he saw a goddess and said: "Each class is unique in it''s own way and if I do pick a class, I can only change when level 10 to above, so I''ve to make it count." The game voice then repeated itself and said: "Please select a class, Zoldyar." Gray responded and said, "What I would like to have is the Knight class due to the fact you can dual wield a weapon." The game voice said, "Excellent choice, Zoldyar, I hope you enjoy your class." The game voice then continued on and telling Gray about the training room and how it benefits them by making sure the players have a full understanding of their abilities, how to use it and to make sure the players aren''t suffering from any problems when playing the game. The player also has the choice to skip, if they decide to, so the Game voice said: "do you wise to skip or stay?" Gray decided and said, "Skip, the game movement should be the same movement as walking real life, so it can''t be that hard to play or understand." The game voice then put Gray into the place where you can customise your character. Once Gray is done he can click "Done" and will be finished with the setup. Gray said with a calm relaxed tone "I think I''m okay with how I''m now." -taps done- The game voice said "Now putting you into the game world, have fun. Gray responded by saying" You don''t have to tell me that twice. -look at the marvellous view of spawn- This game was worth every single penny. Now that Gray has a good understanding playing the game, he has enough talking. Now it''s time for more action. Chapter 3- Gameplay Gray said with excitement "So this is what a role-playing game is like when being brought to life. I can feel my heart beating fast like I might get a heart attack." Voices from the background saying "Hey, have you guys gone through the stages before entering?" "Of course, but I felt like I wanted to go to sleep after hearing her voice. It felt like I was there for ages." The other guy responded. "I know right." She said with passion "I can hear, feel, walk and talk. This game is truly incredible. I guess I''ve to make friends before setting out." Gray said "Hey, do you guys want to join my party it''s called "Adk," Gray said with confidence. "ADK? What kind of stupid party name is that? " With a hostile tone, the player said. The online players made fun of Gray and his name by saying "Next thing you know his clan name will be ABC." Gray responded, "I just wanted to make friends with you guys." The strangers kept on going and said "What loser would want to be your friend? Another player got involved and said," What''s your Gamertag name?" Gray said proudly " Zoldyar". His nickname that he gave to his little sister when he was young was "Zoldy" and in return, the sister nicknamed him "Zoldyar". The players then try to make Gray less proud by teasing his Gamer tag and saying "Zol-d-yar? What kind of dumb name is that? You just prove only a loser would want to be your friend." As Gray thought he was gonna play by himself. One brave, confident person appeared and said "The loser that would like to be his friend will be me Kingk531! And if you have a problem with that we can have a duel, so what do you say, do you want to fight or do you want to leave?" The online strangers lost a bit their confidence but still wasn''t enough to stop them. They responded by saying " You''re only one level above me, so If I was, I wouldn''t be so confident. Now prepared to get your ass kicked. "If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. -Sents a request to duel kingk531- *kingk531 accepts the duel, now loading the match* Because both of the players are new to the game when duelling players. They have to go through the run down. The game explained by saying " I will give you two the run down. Duels can be a 1v1 to a 4vs4, where you can either gamble or make deals with each other. Once player''s health is below 25, they lose. If the 5 minutes time runs out and the player has less health than the other player, they lose and if they have the same health they draw and the match ends. Now that the rundown is finished, time to begin the match. In 3-2-1 Begin!" The stranger looked at Kingk531 and said:" You messed with the wrong person" -Pulls out a bow and shoots two arrows at Kingk531- Kingk531 responded with a grin on face saying "Is that truly the beat you got?" Kingk531 pulls out the scythe and uses teleportation and teleports away from the arrows. Teleportation has a 30 seconds delay, so the player can''t spam it. The stranger responded and said, "I had a feeling you might dodge or block them, which is why I shot two arrows up in the sky, while you were dealing with the first two." Kingk531 said "You do realise you told me your idea before it touches me, right? Everyone knows not to tell someone your attack before you strike your attack. This isn''t some sort of TV show. Kingk531 quickly blocked and dodge all the arrows. The stranger went on his knees and said "You are hacking. No person would actually believe their opponent." "If you''re gonna lose, then lose while fighting the opponent, instead of going on your knees." Kingk531 said while finishing the fight off with - Death touch-. Death touch is a move that can only be used every 1 minute. When touched in the body it does 500 damage, but when hit on the head it does 1,000 damage. if the opponent gets stopped or run out of time, which the time for it is ten seconds, while using it, it automatically takes away 200 health from the player. *Kingk531 defeated bad singer123* *Victory is Kingk531* Kingk531 looked at Gray and said to him "Can I join your party?" Gray said with joy " Yes, my Gamertag is Zoldyar." Kingk531 said "I know that because your name appears when I join your party. I''m guessing you didn''t go through the tutorial because it gives you the perk of seeing player''s gamer tag. So shall we head out for our journey?" "jokes on you because once the server bans you for hacking, I shall be the one with the last laugh." - Said bad singer123 "So where do you want me to go?" Said Gray. "I think we need two more players for our party, so we can make a clan," Kingk531 responded " Don''t ignore me!" bad singer123 shouted. "I feel like we will be good friends," Kingk531 said with a smile on his face. "Me too," Gray said while shaking hands with Kingk531. "Also don''t worry about that guy because I already reported him for cyberbullying," Kingk531 said. *Bad singer123 is now muted for 2hours for cyberbullying* "Luckily, he didn''t make any death threat because it could''ve been worst, but if he continues to bully or anything bad, his punishment will increase until he is banned forever," Kingk531 said. " Thanks," Gray said "That is what friends are for, am I right?" Kingk531 said. Chapter 4- Starting a Clan As King and Gray left the starter village and head out for their adventure, they felt like they needed more people. While they were talking about people that should join there group. They heard a voice from the distance saying "We want to join your party you!" "We have to help them," Gray said "Of course we should. Maybe if we help them they might join our party." Kingk531 responded. Zoldyar and Kingk531 head towards a group of strangers, where the voice was coming from and saw innocent girls being picked on. " Do we seem to have a problem here?" King said with an intention to fight them. " No, everything is alright now if you don''t mind I think we''re making a way out, right girls?" The stranger responded by giving the girls a miss leading question. "What makes you think we''re coming to you?" The girl said. Kingk531 quickly pulls out his sword after seeing their health bar and hold it against Gunxfire''s neck and said "Gun x fire, do you mind telling me where these girls are badly harmed?" "How did you know my Gamer tag?" He responded with a shocked face. Because Kingk531 pre-ordering the game when it first came out. The creators were nice enough to start players that pre-order the game when the first trailer first released, by putting their level up to level 10. This means the player has access to us their special ability. And by completing the tutorial, player can see people''s Gamer tag. Kingk531 looked at the two girls and said: "fairy star and Android45, once I''m done dealing with these guys do you want to join our group?" "We don''t need your help and we won''t join your dumb group." Android 45 said to Kingk531Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. "it doesn''t look that way from your health bar," Kingk531 said to Android45. Gunxfire quickly used his opportunity to strike with his one-handed axe, when Kingk531 wasn''t paying attention. Fairy star quickly goes in front of Kingk531 and - Uses Guard-. This sent Gunxfire flying back while taking damage. "NANI?!" Gunxfire shouted. Guard is the tank class ability that allows the player to defend any attack giving for three seconds. This makes them unlikeable, but during that stage, they''re unable to attack their opponent meaning their only option is to run. The only way to unlock guard is by either finding a chest with that ability or by killing enemies in the game. Android45 quickly used dragon roar on Gunxfire. Dragon Roar is the archer class that is able to go through walls. When hit directly on the opponent on the head or body it does 500 damage. " If you surrender now, you won''t have to restart lose all your loot and restart again. I mean if it makes you feel better you are able to keep your level, so do you want to leave or stay?" Kingk531 said, while his eyes glow red to kill. "I think he is gone," Gray said. " Wait when did he leave?" Kingk531 said with a shocked face "When you were giving your speech." Fairy star said. "Idiot," Android45 said. "Who are you calling an idiot?" Said Kingk531. "You," Android45 responded. Kingk531 was now thinking that he should''ve taken fairy star and left Android45. " Hi my name is Zoldyar and his name is Kingk531, we''re a party known as ADK and I hope we can become friends," Gray said trying to stop them from fighting. " Is there any chance of us joining your party?" Fairy star said. " Yes, funny enough we are just looking for two players to join our group. " Gray said. " If it''s funny, then why is anyone else not laughing?" Kingk531 said to Gray. Android45 laughed and said" Well, I''m laughing. " " Well, you don''t meet the requirement to be someone in my sentence. " Kingk531 responded. " My sister is very happy to join your group. " Fairy star said to Zoldyar " Same for Kingk531. " Gray said to fairy star *Sends invite to party* *Accepts request to party* " So how long do you think they''re going to keep yelling at each other?" Gray asked. " Maybe for an hour or week, at best." fairy star said "So do you know how to start a clan?" Gray asked. "Yeah, just click on "party" then at the bottom select "create clan". Fairy star said " I knew that. " Gray responded. "So what''s our clan name?" she asked "DOT stands for dreams of tomorrow," Gray said " Sounds awesome." Fairy star said "Sounds alright, I could''ve thought of something better," Kingk531 said As they head off towards the sunset, how long can their clan last? Chapter 5- Levelling Up As the four young players head out into the sunset, they still have a lot to learn before they can do their first quest. "How do you level up in Farblade?" Gray asked politely. "The way to level up in Farblade is like every other role-playing game, you kill monsters, complete quest, defeat/kill players and so on." Said SilentK "Why does your name appear as SilentK? I thought it was Kingk531." Gray asked "I changed my name because I didn''t like the sound of it, If you want to know how to change your Gamer tag, then go to option, then setting, then profile and you should see it. " SilentK replied "Thanks for telling us something we already know," Android45 said. "No one asked you to get involved." Said SilentK "Well I did, are you looking for a fight?" Said Android45 45You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. As they fight each other in the background, fairy star walks up to Gray. Star said to Gray that she is so sorry for her sister''s behaviour and that she doesn''t normally get into fights with people she doesn''t know. Gray asked Fairy star "So both of you are related by blood or...?" Fairy star responded by saying " We are related by blood, but the only problem is that the only blood we share is our mum''s blood because my mum broke off with her dad and went out with mine. After that, her dad started drinking and started to abuse Android 45 for no reason. After years of torment, she finally spoke up and told the police about what her dad been doing to have over the last 4 years, his wife left us " "Wow, I didn''t know she went through all of that," Gray said showing sympathy. As Android45 and SilentK both have an argument between each other, they both challenge each other to a duel and if anyone of them loses, they should leave the group, but before they got the chance to send a request, Gray and fairy star stopped them. All of a sudden, Gray''s group heard a voice saying "Error." The whole sky turned red with white letters that spelt "Error." With the Game voice came on repeating error, Gray and the others thought it will be a good idea to get off, but as soon as they clicked "log off" their whole view turned dark as if they got sucked into a black hole. A few minutes later on and their screen turned back normal, but when Gray looked at the others, he notices their appearance and Gamer tag changed. What could''ve happened? Chapter 6- Broking screen All of a sudden, everyone''s appearance and Gamertag changed. As the group wondered who they were, they came to the agreement to shout out their Gamertag. First started off with Fairy star also known as Levy. Then Gray is also known as Zoldyar. After that was Rukia known as Android45. And finally, SilentK was known as Kastu. They began to wonder what happened, but while Levy tried to look for the log out button, she notices that it disappeared. Levy told the whole group about this and how they can''t leave. As Gray and the others try their best to look for other ways to escape. They couldn''t find any. They hope that after a while the game will fix itself, until a message appeared on their screen, with the game creator''s face. As the gamer creator talked about how they were trapped, Levy slowly loses her patience bit by bit. After a while when the video was finished. The wings from the Angel finally fell off. Gray looked at Levy and asked if everything was okay. With a shock, hideous face. Levy whispered to herself saying " why am I trap here with this losers. I worked so hard to be the perfect girl in school and in return I''m trapped with these people?!" As Gray moves his hand towards levy to help calm her down, Levy responded in an aggressive way and slapped Gray''s hand out of the way. "Don''t touch me you fat piece of sh*t. I tried my best and worked so hard to be the best girl a man can ask for. Even if they''re annoying, impulsive and ugly, I still kept calm and dealt with all of their crap. Do you understand how hard it is to be beautiful and perfect? Of course, you don''t, just look at yourself." Said Levy with an aggressive attitude. " You''re going way too far, Levy. I know that it must be hard knowing that you''re trapped here, but sooner or later, help will arrive." Said Kastu Levy turned around and said to Kastu " You''re not that bad looking. Why don''t me and you ditch these losers, and make our way out of here? In return for following me and calling me queen, you can have everything you want from me."This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Before levy had the chance to finished her sentence, Rukia slaps Levy across the face and said "Are you hearing yourself? Do you really think this is the way our mum would want to look or see us like this? Wake up and accept that not always things can go our way. I learnt that the hard way, so why can''t you? You were born with everything. You are beautiful, smart, kind and a good example. I always looked up to you, but right now, I don''t even want to call you my sister." Levy finally realised what she said and said to Rukia, while tears go down her face. " I''m so sorry for all the pain and suffering I caused. Please forgive me." As Rukia walked up to Kastu and Gray. She went on her knees and put her head on the ground and said " Please let us stay with you. I''m sorry for how my sister behaved and I''m willing to deal with any price you want us to pay, just please don''t leave us." Rukia begs with all her heart, she put in that sentences." Gray responded saying "Don''t worry it''s natural to act like this in this situation we are in. Plus I have gone through a lot worst." "Now that we''re done crying, can we move on?" Kastu said calmly. Gray looked at Kastu and said, " How can you be so calm in this type of situation?" "That''s because I was no one special in the real world, but in here, I feel like a completely new person. And I have no fear of staying here for the rest of my life." Kastu responded. Gray whispered to himself saying "Same here." Levy then walked towards Gray and said: "I''m honestly sorry for everything I said, I don''t know what came over me." "It''s okay Levy. I promise you that I will try my best to look for a way out for you." Gray responded Levy then quickly hugged Gray and said: "Thank you for letting us stay and forgiving everything I said.". "If you two love birds are done we should probably go to spawn and see how everyone else is coping with this and to see if there was any solution for this problem." Said Kastu As they head back to spawn expecting that it will stay as beautiful as it was at the start, but not everything can stay the same. Next chapter: Chapter 7-Repairing the damage Chapter 7- Repairing the damage With a look of surprise and disgust, Gray and the group feared and wondered how two level one goblin and players are able to cause chaos in spawn. "Spawn is meant to be the safe zone where no monsters are able to enter, and players are not allowed to fight unless they duel. But it seems like the rules have changed." Said Kastu. As the group quickly pulled out their weapons and sliced the globins, they both split into two teams. Team one was Gray and Rukia, leaving team two to be Kastu and Levy. They both head their separate way to look for any players in danger, team one was able to spot 2 players that are level 4, picking on a level 1 player. As soon as Gray spotted a player getting picked on, he quickly dashed towards them without thinking. Gray used his dual wielding weapons to attack the first enemy, but before Gray got the chance to hit him, the other player heard Gray''s footsteps and used his sword to block Gray''s attack and started to push Gray back. Rukia tried her best to try and hit the enemy fighting Gray, but Gray was blocking her line of shooting. Gray tried his best to keep up with his enemy''s movements, but he was moving too fast for Gray that he took the opportunity to elbowed Gray in the face and made him fall on the ground. "You''re getting too careless for a level one player. You think you can beat us? I will show you the difference in skills between a level one player to a level 4." Said the stranger. The stranger quickly heads towards Gray with a Kuna sword and as he was able to finished Gray, Rukia used dragon roar and sent the player flying back, doing a massive amount of damage. "What were you thinking? You can''t just head straight at an enemy and think you can take them out that easily. Especially if we''re both level one and they''re level four!" Shouted Rukia. The stranger took the chance to drink a healing potion so he can restore his health and put her new armour, so he can suffer less damage. "Good to know that your friend has common sense." Said the other stranger. He quickly pulled out his bow and aim it at Gray, but when the arrow was about to hit Gray, Rukia used her bow and arrow and made the arrow hit the enemy''s arrow, causing it to head a different direction.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. As both Rukia and the other stranger have a bow battle. Gray quickly stand up and tried to finish the other opponent, until his friend got involved and kicked Gray in the stomach and send him flying to the ground. Rukia quickly got distracted by Gray getting injured and the enemy took the chance to shoot her. The arrow landed straight on Rukia''s arm and because it was poison, it leads Rukia taking damage and being unable to use her bow. "You guys put up a decent fight, but I guess you won''t strong enough to beat...." Before the stranger could finish, Kastu quickly jumped down above a building and slice his body from head to stomach in half. The other player with the sword quickly used "Wind slice." (Wind slice which allows your opponent to take damage without having the need to touch him. As long as the sword is aimed at the opponent without the opponent having to dodge or move, it''s always a direct hit and can only go to the range of 5km.) But right before the attack was about to hit Kastu, Kastu used teleport and appeared behind him and slice him in half. Kastu thinking he killed both of them, he dropped his guard. The enemy had a bit of up HP left, which allowed them to regenerate their injuries. As Kastu was about to get attacked from behind, Gray quickly threw his sword and landed it at straight at the first opponent head with the sword, which eliminated him. Gray then ran and used his other sword and quickly attacked the other player before he could use his bow with his sword. Both of the enemies body later on turned into pixel dust. "Thanks for watching my back." Said Kastu. "I can''t let you have all the screen time, you know." Responded Gray. Gray and Rukia both levelled up to level 3, while Kastu levelled up to level 14. "I forgot to tell you that when defeating a player, that is a higher level than you, It gives you a high exp boost. You might think that you can ask we a lot of high-level players to fight you and lose, but if you''re caught doing an exp boost, you can get banned." Said Kastu. "So what happened to Levy?" Said Gray. "I''m right here! I came late because Kastu was going too fast for me when he realised you guys up were dropping from the party tab." She shouted standing behind Gray. Later on, Kastu gave Rukia a healing potion, which cured the poison. "Don''t expect me to say thank you." Said Rukia You''re better off not saying anything to me if you want to thank me. " Kastu responded. As the boy in the corner stand there shaking with fear, he asked "Are you going to hurt me too? I don''t have anything to give you, so please leave me alone." Said the boy "We are not here to hurt you, but here to help you." Said levy as she charmed the boy and made him blushed. As the group asked the kid for more questions about what happened. A sudden red health bar appeared that says " Boss battle." Chapter 8- Boss level. Chapter 8- Boss level When the title "Boss battle" appeared, Kastu asked the others to take the child somewhere safe, while he and Rukia fight the boss. While Rukia used range, which allows her to see through walls and see enemies from long range. She saw the boss health and it was "10,000" that is level 35. As Kastu and her gather all that information, he used teleport to appear above the boss and right before he was gonna use death touch, the boss used it''s range of sight and jump up in the air and smash him down to the ground with a baseball bat. Kastu losing 2,000 of his health and was about to get stomp on by 50 feet beast, Gray quickly used teleport. While Levy used this chance to used shield so that they can escape, the other monsters that are level 5 appeared. Rukia used her Dragon roar to do damage to them so that Levy can finish them off with sword slicer. The boss run towards Gray and the others, but right before he slams his 40 km long baseball bat. An anonymous player appeared and used berserk (Berserk is a special move that increases the player''s abilities massively, but even though it does, the armour and defence decreased massively. You can also only use it once against a payer or boss and can''t use it for 10 minutes and can only be found in a boss dungeons). With one slice the player does 5,000 damage on the boss. The player losing access to use the move again, she makes her escape but wasn''t fast enough because when a boss health is lowered, it''s level and ability increases, but before the boss could attack her, a sudden voice saying "Dragon.. roar" came directly from the monster doing 1,500 damage to it. As the boss change direction and head to the other player, Gray used teleport and used death touch on him and done 500 damage. Levy then used her perk, which reflects damage. By touching Kastu and taking the damage and using it on the boss, it did 2,000 damage, doing the same amount of damage the boss done to the player. After killing the beast, Gray levelled up to 10, Rukia levelled up to 10, Levy levelled up to 12 and Kastu levelled up to 15. Rukia shot her arrow at Kastu to heal him, while everyone celebrated on how well they have done, Kastu felt completely useless during the battle and decided to hide somewhere, but before he could leave without anyone noticing, Gray saw him. As Kastu started to get memories of how he was useless and just stand there and let his mum and dad died. He stood there shouting at himself. Gray came and asked Kastu "what''s the matter?" Kastu looking at Gray and saying "It''s none of your business, just leave and let me be." Gray sat next to Kastu and said: "You''re not the only one who went through a tough time, you know". As Gray started to tell Kastu how he was bullied every day in school and felt the need to commit suicide. Kastu slowly felt less sad after hearing all the bad things that happened to Gray. Just because of his weight and how he was different compared to the rest, was the only reason why Gray got picked on. After hearing that, Kastu started to feel more confident in telling Gray his backstory about how his parents died. Gray felt sorry for Kastu and after that, they started to bond more and felt more opened to tell the others.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. After a while of the group becoming more closer to one another, Kastu realised someone was watching. As the girl in the corner stared at Kastu, Kastu felt someone was staring at him from behind and decided to turn around. But right when he was able to look at her, she hides, but before she could escape. Kastu used teleport and appeared in front of her. As they started to ask her questions about spawn and how we can''t leave the game, she responded by saying "no one she knows, knows about what happened in spawn or why we can''t leave." When asked why she was spying on us, she responded by saying "do you guys know a young small boy?" They nodded yes. Later on, they made it to the kid. She thanked them for looking after her younger brother and said: "my name is Kale and my younger brother''s name is Zoldier, if you need any help don''t hesitate to message or call me". *She sent a friend request to all of them.* *They accepted it* When Zoldier and Kale left, Gray ask "what happened to people that die?" Kastu responded by saying "they probably respawn somewhere else, right?" As Gray and the others took the chance to wonder what happened to those that died in the game, Gray''s Gamertag colour change red and a bracket right next to his name said "murder". Chapter 9- First Kill After Gray''s Gamer tag colour change red, another video appeared from the creator saying "a new update has been released. If you die in this game, not only will you die in real life, we will make sure you die in the most painful way ever, before you end up dead In real life. That is the punishment for either committing suicide or for being bad at the game. If the colour for your Gamer tag change red and a bracket that says murderer appears, that means you killed a player. So well done for all you pro players getting rid of all the weaklings or shall I say noobs. I bet you''re wondering how many players are dead, am I right? So far, 125 players died and the previous update of being trapped here forever just came out for 4 hours. like how bad do you have to be, at this game to die so quickly? But another then that, we will keep you updated on what we''re planning on doing. If you''re thinking that help will arrive, then stop thinking because we already dealt with any, unwanted guest, that are feeling proud enough to be a hero. Now that you have been told everything that is happening right now, bye ". After hearing the latest update, Gray fell to the ground, shaking. Kastu trying his best to help Gray get over it, Gray stand up and ran off. The rest chased after Gray. Nearly catching up to Gray, Gray used teleport to make his escape. Kastu asking Rukia to use her scout range for being an archer to locate Gray. Kastu then asked Levy to use her super strength to throw Rukia up in the air to locate Gray. Gray hiding behind a garbage bin praying to God saying "I''m sorry God. Please forgive me my sins because I do not know I killed a person". Rukia spotted Gray and use one of her ability that she unlocked while Leveling up to 10 called "tracker". Tracker is where an arrow lands on someone or place to locate players around there. It likes an X-ray vision that not only the archer class get to see where there, but her teammates does too. Levy and Rukia running to Gray and shouting for him to come back to them, Gray saw an unfriendly face from school. His name was "Mard". Mard always hurt, take money from Gray or do anything in his way to become bigger than Gray by any means necessary. Mard remembering that face, he told the rest of his friends to come over here. In total 6 of the boys that came were all bullies, that helped Mard picked on Gray. Gray hoping that they will change or show mercy after hearing the updates of being trap here. Gray realised that in this world, the word "justice" isn''t a word after killing a person. They saw that Gray''s Gamer tag was red and has a bracket that says "Murderer". Mard grabbed Gray''s neck and asked who he killed. Gray told Mard, ignoring his question to kill him. And without hesitation, he quickly pulls out his sword and said: "You didn''t have to ask me". But before the sword reach, Gray''s head, Kastu shouted: "Teleport!" And right at that moment, a hero appeared and kicked Mard in the stomach and send him to the wall.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Two of Mard friends wanted to have a piece of Kastu, so they quickly pulled out their swords and ran to Kastu. Kastu standing still and putting up one arm in the sky like a sign that says shoot. Two arrows swiftly went by, Kastu head for one to the right and another for the left. Landing at their heads. It did manager damage to both of them that are level 8. Two of the others guys wanted to get involve and with two words that Kastu said that was "Death... Stare". Both of them went on their knees and begged Kastu not to kill them. Death Stare can only be used on people that are 5 to more levels below you. It automatically puts the opponent on their knees and makes them see a terrifying beast beyond imagination. They will stay on there knees for 10 seconds and they have a choice to either attack or run. The last one tries to escape, but Levy appeared in front him and used sliced to put him below 25 heaths. Kastu walked up to Mard and asked him to say sorry to Gray. Mard standing up walking to Gray, he quickly pulled out his sword and try to attack Gray, but right at that moment, Levy used Guard and sent him back. Mard laying down with the rest of his teammates, he took advantage of that and kill his friends in order to level up. Rukia and Levy looking at him with disgusted they quickly pulled out their weapons and said: "how could you kill your own friends?" Mard looked at them and said, "They weren''t my friends, but my underdogs". As both Levy and Rukia were ready to kill him, Kastu put his arm in their way and said "his my sin to bare for the rest of my life". Katsu walked up to Mard, pulling out his sword. Mard at the level 7, he quickly appeared in front of Kastu swinging his sword left and right at Kastu. With little to no effort, Katsu dodged all of them and with one swing, he knocked his sword out of his hand, and when Mard begged for forgiveness. Kastu sliced his head off and erased him from the game. Making his Gamer tag appear as "Murderer". Katsu walked up to Gray and said to him "Now we''re even". Gray looking at Kastu Gamer tag with it saying he is a Murderer, Gray asked why he has done that and if it was worth it. And with one punch in the face to Gray, Kastu said "Have you forgotten, we''re friends that formed a clan called Dreams of tomorrow. Tell me, Gray, are you gonna make your dream a fantasy or make it a reality? If you do want to make it a reality then grab my hand, if you don''t, then stay there feeling sorry for yourself forever". With that being said, Gray grabbed Kastu hand and they set off on their adventure. Chapter 10-HomeBase While Gray and the others head off to an unknown location. They came across what looks like a base from a distance. Taking that opportunity to stay there so that they can regain stamina, Gray notices something off about the place. When stepping foot inside, a bunch of strangers stared at them like they were there prey. Looking nervous and trying to keep a calm face, Kastu touch Gray''s shoulder and told him to "relax." After waking up and finally realizing there is nothing for him to be afraid of, they saw a bunch of kids with low hp. Rukia decided to shoot her arrows at them to regain HP, Rukia finally realized she was low on arrows. The rest realizing that their armour durability is low, they decided to go to a store and not only upgrade what they had before but to get the best item the store and there money could offer. Walking around without a care of what will happen around them, Gray saw a fight going down and decided to join in with the crowd. Seeing two people fight one person, Gray wanted to get involved, but after realizing what happened before, Gray didn''t want to rush in without thinking, so he decided to look at their hp and skills to see if he was good enough to fight them without his friends. As the duel ended and the winners decided to take all the boy''s items, Gray stepped in and bet all his items as long as they give back the items they took from the boy. Levy telling Gray if that would be a good idea because they''re both level 10. Gray nodded and said, "I can handle them by myself, just watch me." With Levy smiling and supporting Gray to win like the rest of them, Gray stepped in feeling invincible. When the duel started, Gray used the item he bought from the store called "smoke bomb". Gray realizing there is no way of him winning if he fights them at the same time, he decided to want to have a fight with them one on one. Splitting them up, Gray used death touch, which sent the first an opponent he fought flying back, doing a lot of damage on him. Whilst Gray used this chance to defeat him, the other guy appeared and used guard against Gray. Sending Gray back, also doing damage to him, Gray quickly tries to think of a plan, while in the heat of battle. The other guy using reflect to take in his friend''s damage and use it against Gray, Gray decided to use teleport to dodge the attack and appear behind him using double slice. Not only did the player take in the damage Gray gave him, he also took in the damage he got rid of from his friend, due to the fact that he was too slow to pass it on to someone else.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Eliminated the first guy, Gray''s teammates didn''t look surprised or doubted his abilities and skills to win a two vs one. While the other guy swings his sword everywhere hoping to hit Gray. Gray used another item he got from the store called "paper bomb". Sticking five of the paper bombs on his head, he received extra damage from getting attacked in a fatal spot, which took off all his health and gave Gray the victory. Bringing Gray low with HP because the guy went in front of him with a head-on explosion, Gray nearly ended the fight with a draw. Rukia shooting Gray with an arrow healing him, the crowd form around Gray talking about how cool he was during the fight. Leveling up to level 12, Gray helped the person out by giving back his stuff. The boy''s name was "luke" and he was a level 6 on the game from the data Kastu got from completing the tutorial. When asked what is this place, the boy responded by saying " This place just randomly spawn naturally, not only those it has a lot AI, soldiers, and defence in this place, it also has a low chance of players trying to kill in the home base area because you''re allowed to do pvp in here. The home base area was said to be the place to level up the quickest way possible, due to the number of high-level monsters that appears at night time." Knowing all the information about the place, Gray and the rest decided to stay here for a while, until they had enough money to make their own base. "Shall we strike now?" A mysterious girl said while standing on top of the great wall surrounding the home base. Chapter 11- Kidnap "We shouldn''t attack now. let''s get all the detail we can from her, then regroup, now move Out!" An anonymous man said while spreading out with his teammates. "This water is too cold, how do you even turn this thing," Kastu said being annoyed. Hearing footsteps from outside, Kastu quickly put on a towel and makes his tab appear so that he can click on his inventory and summon his sword. Quietly heading to the window, the window broke with a kick from a 4''11 foot girl landed on top of Kastu. About to slice his neck, she felt something hard from below. About to cut Katsu''s neck she said "Pervert". But before she could touch him, Kastu used Teleport and appear behind her. About to swing his sword at her, she used Guard and sent Kastu against the wall. Kastu using the new move that he unlocked when being level up 15, that is Shadow clone, making clones of himself, she said "Great, now there is more than one pervert." Attacking her on different sides, she got bored of his games and used berserk on him and wiped out all his clone and sent him flying to another person''s bedroom. Kastu looking at the girl and apologising to her, he realises that he might not stand a chance against her by himself unless he uses his special ability. Breaking stuff around them, Kastu looked for the best spot to use his ability without harming anyone. Slowly running out of health, Kastu has to risk it and hope no one is near more. Getting into a fighting stance formation, he whispered saying "Death...Ball." A bubble 20 meters around him appear and with one swing he cut her doing 2,000 damage!! Death ball is the special move of being a knight class. It''s a move where a bubble around 20 metres wide in a circle appears and they''re able to attack their opponent wherever they''re as long as they''re within the bubble.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. Both low and health, a voice from a distance saying "dragon roar" came heading at the girl, doing 2,000 damage as well! Being low on health, she had no choice, but to retreat. Blushing at Kastu she shouted, " I WILL KILL YOU PERVERT!" With all her might and disappeared before, Rukia could send the next hit to her. Rukia shooting her arrow at Kastu and healing him, she wondered why she would attack Kastu. Kastu having no idea who she was or why she attacked him, they both looked for the others. Gray and levy trying their best to beat this strange man covering his face, they realised he was level 22. Having no clue how he ranked up so fast, they realised that his Gamertag is also red like Gray and Kastu. Questioning how many people he killed to reach such a high level so quickly. He used a move called "Burning Phoenix". Burning Pheonix is the special of being a Archer. It allows you to summon a Phoenix that can fully heal your teammates, but against an opponent, it does 3,000 damage while setting their opponent on fire, which does 20 damage every 10 seconds for 1 minute. Levy using Guard, it still wasn''t enough to tank all the damage, so ended up taking 1,000 damage to both of them. The man getting a message to regroup, he realises that they must have already found what they were looking for. Throwing what looks like a grenade at them, Gray grabbed Levy''s hand and used Teleport to escape. Destroying the whole building, Gray saw a bunch of players fall down and died from it. After realising how serious people are taking this game, Gray doesn''t know if he can take any more of this blood. "We got what we need, so let''s go and give him to the captain before little Luke tries to escape from us". He said while all of them hold hands and one of them shouted "Teleport" to disappear. Chapter 12- Bring Him Back! "Gray, levy, are any of you low on health?" Rukia said while feeling sad because she was worried about them. Gray and levy telling Rukia they''re fine, Kastu asks Gray and Levy where Luke is. The others searching their whole hotel room, they realise that the kidnappers took Luke, but why? Gray feeling responsible for not looking after Luke, he tries to dash out of the hotel to bring him back, until Kastu came and grabbed his shirt and pulled him back. Gray asking Katsu why he did that. Kastu said "Comparing our level to there level, we''re no match against them. And if they''re more of them that high level, it''s more like a death wish then an actual fight, am I right?" Gray understanding the situation, he didn''t want to make the same mistake he made before and nearly got himself killed. Thinking of a solution, Gray remembered that he added that one high-level player from the boss battle fight. And if her other friends are that high levelled, they might stand a chance. Gray messaging Kale for help, she responded and told Gray that she will meet them tomorrow with her friends. Gray feeling more confident about their odds, a bunch of players came in seeing all the ashes flying up in the sky. The players looking at Gray and Kastu since their names are red, they blamed them for the player''s death. Levy and Rukia trying their best to explain to the players that it isn''t their fault for the bloodlust. They were too caught up with hate that even if he didn''t kill them, he still killed a player. Kastu grabbing both of the girl''s hands, he pulled them away from the crowd so that they can make their escape. Standing on top of a building, there were too many players around for them to look for somewhere safe to stay at. Having no choice to sleep on the hard rocks on top of a building for safety purpose, they called it a night.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. Waking up, they look for Kale and the others, so that they can meet up. Seeing kale, they rushed over to her. Adding it in total, Gray, Levy, Rukia and Kastu with kale and the rest, they had in total 8 players. The whole group of Kale friends was girls because she went to a girl''s school only. Kale telling Gray about her best friend from school "Asuna". She was an archer class levelled 23 without having to kill any players to get that level so quickly. She also introduced "Nami" that was a knight class level 24. Kale telling Gray about "Shiro" who was the second highest level that was 26. And finally, kale who was the highest level at level 26! Kastu looking surprised, he wondered why she didn''t decide to end the boss by herself? Kastu thinking they might stand a chance, they were all confidence until Kastu told them the name of the clan they were willing to start a war on to Kale. Saying their name was "Shadow Region." Kale telling Gray and the others that when spawn was allowing other players to kill others. They were the main people to slaughter almost every player at spawn. Hearing that the leader of the group was level "34"! He was one of the highest level players in the whole game. Earning the nickname "Manslaughter". He is not only one of the scariest players in the game, but the most hated person ever known. The crowd from yesterday, appearing again. Their eyes targetted at Gray and Kastu, they were ready to kill, until they saw Kale and the others decided to put their weapons down. Gray and the others looking surprised, Kale told Gray and the others that they''re the owner of this home base named"Sheffield town". Kale telling the 20 players around them about who killed all those players and ask them for their help. Out of 20 players, only 1 was brave to step up. The one player that was a male, who covered his face, he said his name was "Ichigo" that was level 30! The player named "Ichigo" his power rivalled the leader of the Shadow Region. After they have that high level of a player, do you think they stand a chance of winning? Chapter 13-Player vs Player "My name is Ichigo and I''m a level 30 Tank class. So what was your plan on breaking into the Shadow Region?" The rest turned silent and looked at each other, thinking one of them had a plan. Ichigo deciding to be the one to create the plan, it only took him 5 minutes to come up with a plan with a likely chance of winning. But before he can call it a success of a plan, he asked all of them their level and class. Gray''s group and Kale''s group telling Ichigo everything he wanted, Ichigo''s plan for all the tank class, which is Levy, Kale and him, were to be the front line of attack. The reason why the Tank class is the frontline of attack is that of there high durability in taking in damage from other players. The plan for the knight class is to go pass the tank class and archer class, while the enemy pays full attention to the tank class. This allows the knight class to sneak in the base since they have low present. Finally, it was the archer class that will help back up the tank class from far range. Due to them being able to scope players from a far range, they will play a huge role in assisting the tank group in breaking into the base and eliminating all the threats to make it easier for the knight class to get into the kingdom. Ichigo telling them that they have one giant wall guarding the kingdom against all sides of attack, if they get through it, they should head straight to the kingdom. Not only is it full of prisoners below the king''s throne, which is a likely chance of finding Luke. It was also the centre of the place, so if we destroy it, it can cause a massive destruction of the whole town. Kastu asking Ichigo about how they will sneak in without them noticing, Ichigo gave all the players that were below level 20, candies that you get for donating to the game. Eating the candies that were given to them, Kastu levelled up to 25, Gray levelled up to 23, levy levelled up to 22 and Rukia levelled up to 21. Gray and Katsu unlocking an ability called "Hide N Seek". Hide N Seek allows a player to turn invisible for 20 seconds, which gives them the ability to go through walls. Rukia unlocking an ability to shoot arrows at a player and stick on them, which sets off a bomb, it was called "Trick arrow". Levy unlocking the skill that is called "Unleashed." It transforms them into an indestructible monster that can eliminate any threats in their way. When asked how he knew all of this, Ichigo said "I use to be a part of the clan until the majority of my comrades turn into player killers. We started up as a friendly clan, helping players, but once we got that wake-up call that we''re trapped here forever, we figured out what we were the best at, and that was killing one another." The rest taking a moment of silence to take in what Ichigo said, they all felt sorry for him. Ichigo trying his best to tell them that he doesn''t deserve it since he has blood on his hands that not even Neptune himself could wash, Gray told him "You aren''t the only one Neptune couldn''t wash." Ichigo looking at Gray''s Gamertag and realising it was red, that didn''t change his mind of how he thought of them. Ichigo telling Gray and the others that the plan might not go as he wanted it to go since he only thought of it in minutes. The rest understands that and knows that during a fight or battle, they must know how to think of a strategy or plan quickly. Ichigo telling them to come back here once they gather all the resources and stamina for tomorrow.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Tomorrow came and they were all ready. Setting off on their journey, it took hours but it was worth it. Finally making it to the enemy''s base, Kale and her group were hungry to get revenge after they destroy and hurt their people. Levy, Kale and Ichigo running up, pulling out their shield. The enemies detected them and didn''t hesitate to fire at them. The tank classes defending their attacks, Katsu, Nami and Gray took the chance to use hide n seek. Going past the enemy''s wall, Rukia, Asuna and Shiro, asserted Levy, Kale and Ichigo by shooting arrows at the enemy is long distance. "Sir, a bunch of unknown players appeared and they''re attacking our base, we need back up!" "Boss what should we do?" "Sent everyone that isn''t protecting the first wall to guard luke, we need him alive." "I will go and show these bastards who is boss." The manslaughter said. Arrows raining down on the enemies, Ichigo thought that there was still a chance for them to get through the first wall quicker than he expected until Levy''s shield broke. Levy taking a lot of damage due to the high-level archers and that she wasn''t as high level as Ichigo and kale, to be tanking does damage. Rukia shooting at Levy to heal her she was taking in more damage than she can handle. Ichigo used Force field around Levy, protecting her from the arrows, he dropped her a brand new shield to use. Ichigo calling Kale to come here, he asked her to use her strength to threw him on top of the front wall. Kale launching Ichigo into the sky, Ichigo shouted "berserk" and started to easily destroy a 5 vs 1. Making it past the front wall, Kale, levy and the rest rushed in while Ichigo opened the gate. "I wonder who is the strongest out of all the Intruders." He said "Whoever is the strongest, you know boss would be the first one to attack him or her." She said "I don''t care who is the strongest, all I care about is killing that pervert of a man. He better be there." " I think Ichigo should''ve been the one to come with us," Gray said " Probably would''ve been a good idea," Kastu said "Don''t you guys ever stop talking?" Nami said " It''s an open conversation, so if you don''t want to get involve, then don''t talk to us," Kastu said "Who says I wanted to talk to you?" Nami said " I don''t think this is the right place to start a fight," Gray said Gray and the rest thinking of a way to get past without getting detected, three enemies came by. Gray is the first to strike the enemy from behind, the rest joined in and finish the fight with all of them using death ball. Eliminating the enemies, they took their armour and pretend to be a part of their group. Slowly reaching the kingdom, they bump into one of the strongest players in the Shadow Region nicknamed "Hunter" and he was level 28. Apologising to him and trying not to be a threat, Hunter looked at them and said: "We don''t apologise." And as soon as he said those words, he attacked them. "That was easier than expected," Rukia said "It was because he always starts off by the lowest levels as his first wall. The reason why he does that is so that he is the enemy defeats the low-level players, the boss would find it more interesting to fight them back himself only." The rest full of feared and walking away from Ichigo, Ichigo ask them "why are you guys moving back?" But once he turned around, he understood why they were scared. "So you were the ones causing trouble. I knew that you would be here, Ichigo." "Been quite some time, manslaughter". "You don''t have to address me like that. Afterall, you were always my favourite and strongest player in this clan. It was really a shame that you left us, but I can''t let you leave without me saying goodbye.." He pulled out his sword.