17 Wraithless.
In real life.
[You Have Died!]
[You Have Been Killed By Player Wraith!]
[Your Level Was 6!]
[You Got Demoted To Level 1!]
[Penalty: Unable To Play For 1 Week!]
''RAAA!'' Tom threw the VR Helmet away and screamed in anger. Blood vessels protruded around his arm and neck.
''Tom! Quiet down!'' A female voice came from downstairs.
''Sorry, mom...'' Tom whispered quietly, but his fist was clenched into a tight fist.
''Wraith...'' He murmured the name with a hateful tone. He quickly grabbed his phone and dialed Luke's number.
*Ring*
The phone rang for a few moments until the call connected.
''Luke! What happened?'' Tom asked in a hurry.
Luke sighed, ''I got killed by player Wraith... What about you?''
Tom gritted his teeth, ''Same...''
''Heard about Jess?'' Luke asked.
''No... I will call her!'' Tom disconnected the phone call and dialed Jess' number.
*Ring*
The phone rang for a few seconds until connecting.
''Jess! What happened?!''
Jess sighed on the other side of the phone, ''Player Wraith killed me... And he also killed the Bear.''
''YOU ARE USELESS— YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM!'' Tom roared out of anger. He never meant the words he spoke. However, his rage clouded his mind.
''Excuse me?! I am a healer!'' Jess shouted with disbelief and anger. She couldn't believe that her childhood friend would call her useless in such a manner.
It made her both saddened and angry at her so-called friend.
Tom was brought out of his anger, ''I-I didn't mean i...'' Before he could finish his sentence, Jess hung up.
With disbelief, he lowered his arm, still holding his phone. At first, his lips trembled, and his hand shook.
''THIS IS ALL WRAITH'S FAULT!'' Tom screamed and threw his phone to a nearby wall.
*CRACK*
His phone's screen cracked.
*Thud*
With a loud thud, the phone fell down on the ground.
''TOM! QUIET DOWN!''
''Sorry, mom...'' Tom sat down on the bed with a defeated expression. His mother's scream again brought him out of his anger-filled state. However, the lingering hate was still looming.
''I will get my revenge...'' Tom bit his lip and made a promise. No matter what, he was going to have his revenge.
''He seems to be a player killer and kill stealer... There must be more victims.'' Tom went to his PC and opened the White Online forums.
He started typing on the keyboard. Soon after, an interesting article popped up in White Online's forum.
A forum that would change the lives of many.
[Wraith, I will get my revenge!]
...
*Creak*
A young man opened the front door.
He had short red hair, an average face, and a slightly dirty outfit. His body was average as well, somewhat overweight around his waist.
''Finally, it's here!'' Salamander exclaimed. Outside the house, he saw a box with a VR Helmet picture on the side of the box.
He grabbed the box from the side and carried it back inside.
Yesterday, he went to purchase a new VR Helmet. However, it was sold out. It wasn't a surprise but was still a great disappointment.
He ordered a new one and was lucky enough to receive it today.
Salamander took out a beautiful white-colored VR Helmet. Golden texts painted the side, [Gold]
He bought another Gold Ranked Helmet because people kept saying that every rank has a huge difference.
If a person once used Gold Ranked Helmet and went back to Silver Ranked. The difference would be like day and night.
It would feel uncomfortable, even to such lengths that not many could play with lower Ranked Helmet.
The Gold Ranked Helmet in his hands cost 1499$. The next rank would have cost 2999$, and it was exceedingly above Salamander's budget.
He understood that he could have bought Platinum Ranked Helmet, but he could never have guessed that his Gold Ranked Helmet, which was already incredibly valuable, would become useless on the first day!
At first, he didn't want to spend that much money on Platinum Ranked Helmet, and he thought the difference between the two wouldn't be big.
However, now there was slight regret blooming inside him. However, there was still fear that he would have died and lost the Platinum VR Helmet.
It wasn't worth the risk.
Salamander entered his room and lowered the VR Helmet gently down on his bed.
He lived in a house that only had a living room, kitchen, and two rooms.
It was a one-floor apartment and he was living alone. He was a college student with high hopes of becoming wealthy.
However, that all changed once White Online arrived. That game could be his way to stardom and wealth.
After getting killed by Wraith, he thought that his dream was also killed. The crumbling dream was about to fade away. However, he slapped himself and swore to get his revenge.
His dream had a good start. He got fools as his party members, who believed every word he said. He always planned to kill them and get their hard-earned items.
''Wraith...'' Only by saying his name, his words oozed with venom.
''I need to find a way to level up quick...'' Salamander murmured and opened his old laptop.
All his money went to his food and rent, and now he spent 3000$ on the VR Helmets.
To survive the upcoming mouth, he would need to starve for several days. However, he didn't care.
He only cared about White Online!
Salamander opened the forums, trying to find leveling up tips from pro players.
He didn't find anything, and when he was about to close the forum out of frustration, he saw a fascinating article from the corner of his eyes.
[Wraith, I will get my revenge!]
''Hmm... Could it be?!'' Salamander double-clicked on the article and started reading.
The article mentioned Swornword Village and a player called Wraith.
''TomValeo...'' Salamander murmured after seeing the name of the person who wrote the article.
He pressed TomValeo's profile picture and started writing a personal message to him.
[Salamander: I was killed by Wraith as well, and I am sure there are more, let's hunt him down!]
...
In a luxurious room.
A young man with golden hair and bright blue eyes was seated in front of the PC. His face was handsome, with sharp eyebrows and a semi-athletic figure. His ingame name was KnightOfHoliness.
Currently, he was not having a good day. His thoughts were filled with anger and frustration.
Yesterday he was killed by Wraith. Also, the same player managed to run away from his friend, KnightOfCharming.
He and KnightOfProtection told him to keep chasing and kill him before he reached Level 6!
But he couldn't find him, making both of them very displeased and angry at his incompetence.
KnightOfHoliness was still waiting for his VR Helmet to arrive, but he had a fear of getting left behind by other players.
Soon, the village would be filled with high-leveled players, making it very difficult for him to earn any XP.
Luckily KnightOfCharming reached Level 6 and could protect them once they returned.
But there was still the lingering threat of Wraith. He could still be there and hunt them down.
Since he had nothing to do, he opened the Internet Browser and went to White Online's forums.
He began to gather any information that could prove helpful in the future. Mainly how to level up safely, but he couldn't find anything useful.
Everyone was keeping their methods secret.
Out of nowhere, he noticed an interesting article.
[Wraith, I will get my revenge!]
The article was written by a player called TomValeo.
KnightOfHoliness, out of curiosity, started reading the article and noticed that TomValeo was talking about the same person who killed him!
However, TomValeo, the one who wrote the article, didn't seem to know the face of Wraith.
''Hah…'' KnightOfHoliness grinned. He knew precisely how Wraith looked like and was sure that he won't forget it any time soon.
His fingers danced on the keyboard as he wrote a message.
[KnightOfHoliness: Wraith killed me as well! And it seems that you don't know how he looks, but I do! I will never forget his face, and I have two other friends who want to get revenge as well. I can help you to get your revenge, but you also need to help to get mine]
After pressing send, the world's fate suddenly took a sharp turn in an unknown direction. Without Isaac knowing, he was now the enemy of three figures, who would prove to be very troublesome in the future.
In the future, they would be known as the Three Dragons of Wraithless. A guild whose primary purpose was to kill Wraith.
Their infamous tales would be spread far and wide.
However, that all would be in future.
