Prologue (1)

'Isabelle'

It started with a whisper. A voice calling my name.

They said that life flashes before a person dies.

I normally didn't believe it.

However, I just happen to watch my life from the moment of my death to the moment of my birth, picture to picture in a blink of an eye.

In the end, there was the blurred face of my mother giving me my name, and then,

There was darkness.

At the age of 32, I died.

The life that I had was anything but normal. My childhood was filled with curiosity and mistakes. I was spoiled and never lacked money. In a way, I did whatever I wanted. However, the world wasn't simply about money. At least for me, it was about the mind of the people and the rules that bind them. The society and the laws. I had to learn these norms one after another. The consequences of each action could lead to more suffering or success. I had to be careful.

With this in mind, I grew up and graduated business course in college. I tried to live my own life and fall in love with a girl but got cheated on. It was a long story but in short, she was seeing another guy and I was just pocket money to her. I simply moved on thinking that she wasn't the one. If I forced myself into her, I was afraid that I might wake up the other me that I buried a long time ago. A part of me that would do anything to obtain what she wanted. I was really amazed that I was able to let go.

After the breakup, I focused on work and tried to build my own company from scratch. However, my father didn't let me. Instead, I was forced to learn about the business that he had built from his own blood and sweat. About the blood, I meant it literally. My father's business was filled with blood underneath. It wasn't good, rather, it was terribly bad, inhumane, and gruesome. However, it benefits me. I mean, I was supposed to be its successor. Owning a business empire that accumulates billions of money wasn't something very common. But unfortunately, I died.

At some point, I felt relieved because I got to escape that hellish job.

However, for some reason, I ended up waking in this barren yet familiar place.

I tried to sit up as I heard voices in my surroundings.

"What the hell!? Isn't this the altar of beginning!?"

"No way! I just died! No no!"

It seemed that I was not the only one here.

Looking around a hundred no…

Almost as if a thousand people gathered in this particular place.

"Hey… did you also die?" A guy nearest to me asked. He had black hair, blue eyes, a handsome face, and a body just like a model.

His question reminded me that I was in a state of being 'dead'. I mean, I completely remembered that feeling of suffocating and blacking out. I definitely died. I was a hundred percent sure. Was this the afterlife? However, everything felt real.

The cold wind, the scent of the dirt.

I could feel them.

In the end, I simply nodded to his question.

"I see. It seemed all of us here died and this place was similar to that…game…" The handsome guy murmured.

I also had a lot of questions but I held myself from asking.

I could tell all of us, in this place, were just as confused as everyone else.

Feeling a little dizzy after experiencing death, I slowly forced myself up and glanced at the statue of a familiar-looking angel.

The angel's arms were spread as if it was welcoming us to the new world.

The angel statue had no name.

However, I remembered the place was called the Altar of the Beginning in a game called 'Galaxy'.

A VRMMORPG in space.

There were Empires, Kingdoms, and Mega Cities.

Everything was in the Galaxy. A vast expansive universe. Anyone could be whatever they wanted. It was a game without a main character but a world that progressed with each player's interaction. It was a popular game with over a hundred million players.

"Hey! Check out your menu! My save is still here."

A shout made everyone stand still. I too called 'System Menu' in my mind.

[Reboot System?]

[Yes] [No]

I immediately tapped yes. There wasn't much of a choice was there?

[System Rebooting]

…

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[System Online]

-> [Character Status]

-> [Inventory]

Only two functions? As far as I remember there were five. Missions, Mail, and Settings were missing.

Without the settings, the logout should not exist either.

Due to my death, I didn't think much and checked my character status.

Name: Isabelle Dmitri

Level 1

HP 10/10

MP 1/1

STR 1

DEX 2

MIND 1

CON 1

Stat points: 0

Unique Trait

->Prestige(Passive)

->Wealth is Power(Passive)

I was bewildered seeing my status. Everything was reverted back from the start. Even my character class was removed. Furthermore, I didn't have any unique traits before or remember them being part of the game.

I tried viewing their description which then made me speechless.

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Unique Trait Acquired

->Prestige - Each person who admires you gains 10 bonuses to all stats.

->Admirer (0)

[Acquisition requirement: Most expensive items owned.]

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Unique Trait Acquired

->Wealth is Power - Those beneath your wealth cannot affect you.

->Current wealth (999,999,999,999,999,999)

[Acquisition requirement: Highest currency converted and spent.]

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