1 Prologue

Prologue

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At the age of 30, James Filler was considered one of the top players in 'Another Fantasy Online'.

Having played for 20 years or rather 140 years in-game he managed to leave a lasting impression on the world as the game's most powerful undead. If one were to watch his adventures from beginning to end, only one word would describe him, 'Godly'.

Much like most players, he started out playing as a human. Dying from swarms of lv1 rabbit, lv1 birds, drowning in the city fountain, dying from a dropped vase, getting ran over by... well let's just say he died a lot in the beginning.

To be honest his fate only really started changing once he encountered some crazy hag who mutilated his body by slowly wrenching off the skin, muscles, and body tissue from his bones.

Now before you say:

'That's not true! The game can't be that brutal, right?'

'It's impossible, if that's the case then how come nobody else experienced this?!'

'He would have died from the damage taken, so how was he still alive?!'

Just hear me out.

We all know A.F.O (Another Fantasy Online) has its moments when it shows its sadistic side, negating player damage, for a 'more immersive experience' during special quests or events.

Fortunately, the game reduced his pain sensitivity to 20%; unfortunately, I don't think it helped much because he still screamed like a banshee.

After the torture had ended, he discovered his status no longer read 'Human', rather it read 'High Undead Skeleton'. Dissatisfied, he started cursing his luck and the heavens until he realized the perks of this change. As a High Undead he no longer had a hunger stat, gained infinite stamina, and as a race bonus he received a substantial amount of bonus stats for himself and his summoned undead.

By this point everything really started to ameliorate. He started slaughtering his way through monster infested areas gaining level after level; after rising to lv100, he unlocked the racial ability 'Bone Guard', allowing him to summon 4 skeleton guards that had around two-thirds of his stats.

Even though he was doing better by this point; his luck was still terrible. When trying to prank scare a Npc his skull got smashed in by falling stones, he was frequently used as a chew toy by a Cerberus that continuously chased after him, and a few more incredibly awkward/embarrassing things.

Hahaha, *Wipes away tears from laughter*

While I could keep you hear reminiscing about the good times, I think we all want to get to the part that matters.

10 years after he started playing A.F.O James created the dungeon we all know and love, 'Dominion'. For those that don't know, this dungeon spans about one hundred floors and is capable of merging into ten super floors. The type of monsters that could occupy the floors are golems, forest and mountain type monsters, undead, higher class undead, and demons; as of right now the remaining types are a unknown.

Over the course of a few years, in-game, he spent his time building his dungeon's power and sustainability in prelude to the 'Rise of the Demon King Event'. During this event he managed to go from lv363 to lv603 through conquest and Indulging himself in the mass genocide of all living creatures who stood in his path; he was truly one of the only players who embodied a true demon king, even to this day.

*Sigh*

A little more than six months ago we discovered he caught the XE15A virus from an individual within his apartment building. As most or all you should know this virus is an ongoing pandemic and those that get infected will die within the first six months if not treated.

***While there currently isn't a cure the first batch should be created six months from now.

After being told that there was currently no cure and that it would be possible to prolong his life until the cure could be created, he decided to turn down their offer and not live a life knee high in debt. Rather than waiting a year, he expressed his desire to be quarantined and to spend the remainder of his life playing A.F.O...

I received a call from him about a week ago asking me to post his story on the forums so he could forever be a part of the game or something like that, on the day of his passing. To be honest, I just wished he wasn't so stubborn and asked me for money to help treat him, but he wouldn't put his pride aside and accepted thing as is.

-Zodiac, you will be missed (James Filler), R.I.P

Posted by: Playful_Spooning48 Date: 29-9-2071

👍: 5.1b 👎: 2.5m

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Four-hundred-twenty-nine years passed with the most notable thing being the invention of the Artificial Intelligence Soul. The Artificial Intelligence Soul, commonly referred to as A1S, was created by John Ark Noah, a world renowned neurologist; the purpose behind the A1S was to create the perfect dynamic environment for virtual reality games allowing them to become almost indistinguishable from reality while also boosting the life of the game to last longer than its counterparts.

In the Year 2501 the gaming company, Inquisitive, bought the rights to A.F.O with the intention of creating a rebooted version. The purpose is to show the world that A1S has the capability to turn a nearly five-hundred-year-old game into the most anticipated and played game in the world.

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[Beginning recreation of Npc No. 19970609.]

15%

30%

[Recreation Complete. An issue has been detected with character data, beginning repairs.]

[Repairs have failed. Proceeding recreate Npc No. 19970609 data from scratch.]

[Recreation of character data has succeeded.]

[Awaking Npc No. 19970609…]

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"…"

A boy, who looked to be in his mid-teens, sat in the middle of an empty room inquisitively; confusion and growing interest could be seen plastered all over his face. He wore wool clothing with no footwear making it easy to notice his muscular figure.

"W-What's going on here!? But more importantly, where am I?"

As if to respond to his questioning, the system responded.

[Welcome Npc No. 19970609. Due to an error in your data you are currently undergoing recreation.]

Suddenly, a transparent bluish-purple screen appeared in from of him.

[Please select a race template to begin the recreation process. After which you will be placed into temporary stasis until the world has been successfully rebooted]

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After looking through the list for what's seemed to be hours, he laid back and said dejectedly "Out of all the races not one even piques my interest. Ideally, I wanted a race that had the same statistics as High Undead. To be honest I can't really complain, I mean whoever said that this was Another Fantasy Online, as far as I know this is just…"

[Npc No. 19970609, the race High Undead has been removed for the upcoming rebooted version of Another Fantasy Online]

"…!?"

"WAIT WAIT WAIT, WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"

[Abnormal speaking habits detected. Proceeding to reset Npc No.19970609…]

Panicking he hurried and said interjectedly "No! there is no need for that, I was just surprised to hear what you just said! Also, my name is James, James Filler, not Npc No. whatever…" [Npc No.19970609]

"Sigh. Yea that; I would really appreciate it if you stop calling me that and call me by my name. Also why was High Undead removed from the rebooted version of Another Fantasy Online?"

After waiting a short moment, the system calmly responded [The race High Undead was removed do to it purely being redundant. Lich, Death Knight, and Pure-Blooded Vampires could all be considered High Undead. To make the world more engaging, all elements that could break the feeling of immersion has been removed]

After thinking about its James realize that this was technically not wrong; rather than calling a skeleton High Undead Skeleton another title could be given, such as Skeleton King or Skeleton Knight. Even though he didn't want to give up on the class that made him who he was, he was still looking forward to making another legend.

With a face full of dejection, James began depressively scrolling through the list of races once more. Suddenly, he had an epiphany, throwing his head up he excitedly asked, "Rather than deciding on a race within this list, would it be possible for me to create a race?"

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[Responding to Npc James. It is possible to create a new race, however if the created race threatens the game balance the race in question will not be approved or will be subject to auto balancing by the system]

*Ding*

Npc James has requested to create a new race. Do you wish to proceed? Y/N

With a face full of elation, he throws his head back screaming "Hell yes!"

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