Chapter 3: The New Life (1/2)

'Little brother?!?' [Ameanum]

Ameanum had a little brother, not a sister, and he didn't have any siblings in the game.

'If only could see my status maybe i....' [Ameanum]

As he thought of it, a white window, same as the ones in the game, appeared in front of him. Even if he was currently with eyes closed and everything was dark; this window was clear as day to see.

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STATUS

NAME: Shingi Maki

CLASS: None

RACE: Half-Human Half ????

HP: 5/5

SP: 2/2

STR: 1

AGI: 1

END: 1

INT: 10

CHA: 2

CONDITIONS: Incapacitated

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'What the heck?!?' [Shingi]

Everything in the status was not making sense. The NAME wasn't either of his character or his actual name, and it set his CLASS to none. His stat's values were less than even when he started the game. Even a level 0 NPC would have most of his stats at 8-10 value, but all except INT were lower than that. Also, he encountered no one having a CHA stat in all the years he played the game. STR (Strength), AGI (Agility), END (Endurance), and INT (Intelligence) were the main stats. They could never have access to any other except those. Some hidden stats existed, but the system never mentioned them or showed their value.

His RACE was strange. There were different races in the game, and there were Half-Elves or Half-Orcs, but that was a rare case. His one half being unknown to him or the system was something he had never heard of happening in the past.

More strangely, his HP (Hit Points) and SP (Stamina Points) were too low even for his stats. Both increased by the END stat. Each point gave at least 10 HP and 5 SP.

After a little time thinking of why his current situation was like that, Incapacitated active condition caught his attention. He focused on it to check if more information would show. As he thought about it, a new window of similar design as the other but little smaller and yellow color appeared in front of the status window.

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CONDITION EFFECT (INCAPACITATED)

Description: While under this effect, you have no access to control your body, and you can't use any Skills, Items, and Active Abilities. Passive abilities are still in effect, but some may have a lesser effect.

Source: Curse (Never-ending Sleep)

Duration: Until cured

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'Never-ending Sleep?!? Why it has to be that?' [Shingi]

Never-ending Sleep was something that players could never learn. He hasn't encountered or heard about any monster or even NPC that could use it, but he knew about it since there were quests that were mentioning it, as also there were a few quests you had to gather materials to make a cure for it. Even if the curse was a Basic Grade, its treatment was hard to make. Other than that, there was no other way to stop its effects. Some people said that it should be of Master Grade curse.

Under the curse's effects, one was in a coma kind of state. The body affected by the curse was growing in slower than the average state but, after ten years, no matter what, the user would die if not cured.

At that point, he heard more steps that were a little heavier than the previous ones of the 'sister' of his. He could tell the cause of his heightened senses and experience of all those years in the game that two people just entered the room he was in. He could hear something else hitting the floor together with one of the two steps. That person was using a walking stick or something similar, so most likely an older person.

As the two of them seemed to go, one at his left and one at his right side. He heard some lighter steps from a little distance away, probably from the girl from before. This time she stayed where he estimated the door of the room would be.

And so, as the two people's steps stopped, he started hearing some words coming from the person at his left. From the voice, he could understand that it was an old lady. The words she was saying were of the Edhergo's Kingdom's ancient dialect, the North Kingdom of Enerias. This dialect was common among the magic users.

'She seems to say some prayer to Mother Nature' [Shingi]

Even if he wasn't a magic-user, he had studied the game's story and the mechanics of mages in the degree to be considered a high-level mage. At least in theory.

He could understand enough to get the general structure of the spell she was casting. It was a ritual that has a beneficial effect on the target.

All he could think that it would be was the cure for his Never-ending Sleep, but he couldn't be entirely sure.

As time passed, after a few minutes, he felt a liquid of different tastes, some bitter, some sweet, administered to him by the person at his right. The person at the left started repeating the prayer again and again, which seemed to be of 4 phrases repeatedly and each time increasing her voice volume a little.

Shingi could feel his body being slowly surrounded by an energy that made him feel warm and comfortable.

And so after a little less than 10 minutes, the voice stopped speaking, the energy started disappearing, and then a white System window appeared for Shingi.

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Conditions for the MAIN QUEST: ROAD TO LIFE were fulfilled. Will you accept this quest?

YES / NO

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'MAIN QUEST?!? Am I this lucky this time?' [Ameanum]

While playing the game, the players could gain various quests, each having its rewards. Most of them were available to all users. Some could be obtained at specific times per user or had a cooldown until it is available again. But the rarest ones among them were the MAIN QUESTS. Those are quests that would appear at any point. Still, the reason was unknown. Once accepted by one, it's impossible for anyone else ever to receive it, even if the one failed to complete it. But the MAIN QUESTS difficulty was of a high degree, but the rewards were worthy of it. The few people who had to succeed on one had all become a great power in the game, as they had brought significant changes in the game.