YGGDRASIL

Chapter 2 - YGGDRASIL

Written By Curiostyx

"Are you alright? Rob told me you were in pain earlier..." My Mother questioned.

'Damn you, Tin-can!' I mentally cursed the Robot as he was never supposed to reveal the earlier events to my Mother.

"Yeah, uh... It was just, uh... the, uh... usual pain..." I blurted out.

Fuck! Why the hell was my communication skills so lacking!?

"Usual pain? What usual pain?" She asked, confused and worried for her Son who had just experienced Spiritual Marriage with someone from the far past. Though she didn't know of this fact, of course.

"Uh... Ya know... Period pain...?" What the fuck, did I really just say that?

"Uh-huh," It was pretty clear from her tone that Mom was rightfully skeptical about my claims.

"Wait... Don't tell me you got drunk as soon as you became 21?" She accused.

"No! Of course not! I would never-"

"Sigh... You totally did, didn't you?" Her face shifted to that of a disappointed look that only a Mother could make.

"N-No!-"

"And here I actually bothered to buy the game you've been obsessing over... I guess Adin is the one who's gonna get it now" Mom spoke casually. The game that she was eluding to was the recently released DMMO-RPG game, YGGDRASIL.

"..." Wait, can't I just buy it myself? Like I'm a real adult now, I could just go to the website and order one.

"Listen... I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed" She's totally angry.

"You know, people from the outside can't even afford proper food. They have to start working the moment they're considered an adult. And then there's you, who-" She proceeded to rant about discipline, the responsibilities of adulthood, and blah, blah, blah.

Truth be told, I couldn't give a damn. But I still listened quietly to my mother without talking back. After all, what she said actually made sense. I was a spoiled brat, not a fucking idiot.

Respect your parents, Kids. You're their responsibility, after all.

"-Just look at your older brother, He's just 27 yet he can already be a good CEO for the Company. If you don't start improving, you'll be left in the dust!" She said.

'He's a good CEO because Dad taught him!' I thought but was then instantly rebuked by the wisdom of past live Alexander.

'That's just an excuse. If he can do it, so can you'

"Now, I'll give you the game but you have to promise me that you'll never do anything this irresponsible again... Am I clear?" Mom said.

Huh, the advantages of being spoiled...

"Crystal, Ma'am" I replied.

"Great... Now go play the game and get a world record or something, I believe my Son can do great things with his life" She finished.

Ah yes, This was the 22nd century and so Video Games have become a social norm not much different from Cinema. Even those of fancy high society enjoy them, my mother included.

"I'll get on it," I said as a Robot Butler (Not Best Boy Rob) handed me a Divecode.

Ah yes, I forgot to mention that in the year 2126, People had tiny Nano-Computers installed in their Craninum.

These Nano-Computers allowed them to connect with the internet directly from the mind. Such a device allowed for many advantages, such as the ability to fully immerse oneself in a virtual world. They call this 'Diving'.

Though Cyber-Crime was way more dangerous now...

To avoid piracy of any kind, which was now a crime worthy of a death sentence, the various Diving Companies invented a QR Code-like thing called a Divecode.

Every Nano-Computer had a completely unique series of numbers called a Neural-ID, which was intrinsically tied to one's brain, if one tried to scan a Divecode that didn't align with their Neural-ID, the authorities would be immediately alerted to take action.

If the codes are aligned, then an App will be installed on the NC, this App is of course whatever Diving Experience you bought.

Yes, there were also +18-Focused Dive Games, But I still had the dignity to not even consider buying those.

I ran to my room again after which I put the little slip of paper that contained the Divecode in front of my right iris, then I began scanning.

[Scanning... Divecode: YGGDRASIL-ID1342056978... Verifying Identity... Identity Verrifed, Installing YGGDRASIL] A notification appeared on my feed.

[Installation Complete, Would You Like To Run The App Now?]

'Yes' I sent a mental command.

[𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: The App You Are Trying To Run Is A Diving Experience. Running The App Will Put Your Body Into Torpor, Would You Still Like To Run It?]

'Yes' I was already getting comfortable in the bed, so it wasn't a worry in the slightest.

[Loading Game...27%]

Not even half a minute later and the game finished loading, one of the benefits of living in this time period.

[𝐘𝐆𝐆𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐋] The gigantic golden logo of the game appeared before me.

[𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬] After a few seconds, the logo disappeared and was replaced by the game company's logo.

Immediately after, An opening cutscene started.

*ROAR~!*

A Massive bellowing roar was heard as a monumentally large Dragon appeared in my field of Vision.

"The Devourer of The Nine Realms, The Dragon of The End Times, The Beast of Ragnarok... Nidhogr!" A Wise Grandfather-like voice announced.

The Dragon closed its large mouth and then stared in my direction.

It leaped in my direction and opened its large jaw, devouring the very land that I stood upon.

"It single-handedly caused the Dying of The World Tree... In the times before, Yggdrasil bore thousands upon thousands of Worlds as its leaves... Yet, only nine remain..." The Voice said as a gigantic tree with ten leaves appeared

"We tried our hardest to fight him off... But even our ancient home was devoured by the terrible Dragon..." Nidhoggr suddenly leaped out of the shadow of the World Tree and chomped down on one of the leaves, leaving Yggrasil with only nine Worlds remaining.

"I, Odin Borrson, All-Father of The Aesir, Swear under the tree, That the Dragon shall fall!" The Voice shouted to the abyss as an image of an eyepatch-wearing old man holding a spear with a crow on his shoulder appeared before me.

"But the Dragon shall never fall in our current state... Childe, I need your help!" Odin stated.

"But first, what is your name?" He questioned.

[Enter Your IGN:... (20 Characters Maximum)]

"Apollyon Mastema!" After a few minutes of consideration, I managed to pull out a random name from the edge pit.

[Are You Sure About The IGN <Apollyon_Mastema>?]

"Yes"

"A great name, I'm sure of it," Odin said.

"Now... What race of Men or Beast do you hail from, Childe?" He asked.

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Power Stones, Please =D

Inspirational Quote of the Day: People Die When They Are Killed

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