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A normal person might have thought this was all a prank of some type, considering that today's technology could surely achieve these things, but he knew his friends well enough to know that they were just as broke as he was, so they would never be able to afford anything of that sort.

...

Player [Kingsley] is undergoing awakening.

...

A new message was heard, and soon he felt some sort of heat rising inside him. It felt as though there was a self-heating kettle inside him as the heat slowly got hotter and hotter. He was completely covered in sweat and was rolling around on the floor.

"Argh!!!!" Kingsley screamed continuously as he clutched his stomach in pain. It was unbearable, but he had no choice but to bear it since he had absolutely no idea what was going on.

He understood that he and probably many others had been transferred here via some mystical means by whoever was behind the messages, but he still didn't understand what was happening, and it hadn't been explained either. Minutes passed with Kingsley rolling on the floor when the pain finally started coming to an end.

"Huff….huff."

"What was that?" Kingsley shouted as soon as he finally caught his breath.

...

Player talent has awakened.

Updating all systems based on the player's talents.

...

"What is happening?" Kingsley asked himself, confused. Nothing so far had made any sense.

Yes, due to his years of accumulated knowledge of manga, comics, and various TV series, he could guess what was happening, but a guess was still merely a guess. He didn't understand what the term "player" meant in this situation, and if it was just as he thought, then what exactly was the game they were playing and how many of them were playing said game.

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Lord talent [Domini] awakened.

Rank: ???

Lord Kingsley has been determined not to need any help from the systems.

Deleting all system abilities.

[Chat] and [Lord's Eye] have been deemed necessary and thus shall remain.

...

"Eh?!" Kingsley shouted in surprise. 

"What the fuck?" 

He had no idea what this was for. Just after he felt as though he had some idea of what was going on, the system, or whatever the voice was called, started deleting the functions that should have made him OP.

If he was right, then he was in a situation similar to all those Chinese novels he had once read, where the main character, along with everyone on Earth, was transferred to another world and made the lords of their own territories. Each lord is given a talent or ability, and along with that, they are to nurture their own army.

Of course, Kingsley couldn't be so sure that this game was the same as that one, but everything he had seen so far hinted towards such a plot, which also means that by the system deleting all its functions for him, he had no means of summoning his troops or even upgrading his infrastructure.