Dream Ascendency online

One and a half years later...

At a common house.

A boy who was 16 years old was currently lying in his bed. The boy was wearing a strange helmet and was moving left to right. He seemed to be very anxious.

"Today is the day of Dream Ascendancy Online release. Even now, I can't believe I am going to play the first perfect virtual reality game. According to Arthur Sigeel, the creator of the game, this game is so real that it will be indispensable in the future!"

The boy who was named Ryan Zephyr was like many others, waiting for the countdown of the release of Dream Ascendency Online(DAO).

[10:03]

"10 minutes left! Almost there. In 10 minutes, I will enter a new world full of wonder!"

Time passed quickly. Only 10 seconds were left.

"Ten!"

"Nine."

"Eight."

"Seven."

"Six."

"Five."

"Four."

"Three."

"Two."

"One!"

"Initiate DAO!"

.....

Everything was dark and quiet. Was it loading?

Ryan had his doubts, but he patiently waited to see what would happen next.

Suddenly, he heard a voice.

"Imbalance is the way."

'What is it about?'

"Through a strong imbalance, everything is reachable."

A splendid grey jewel appeared in the middle of the vast darkness.

"Balance Breaker is my name."

'Is that the beginning of DAO?'

Swoosh!

The world seemed to blink, Ryan was then in a completely white room, giving contrast with where he was before.

He then heard the voice of a man in his head.

"Hello awaken, I am the AI who will guide you before entering DAO."

Ryan turned his head and saw nobody.

'It should be in my head.' Ryan concluded

"There are some basic thing that all new players of DAO should know, I will start listening to them one by one..."

The voice then started explaining many things to Ryan. He explained how mana is present everywhere and that each person awake their own unique ability. He passed the basic cultivation methods to Ryan, and finally, he presented to Ryan his stats.

[Ryan Zhephyr]

Soul: 1 star, level 1

Body: 1 star, level 1

Ability: [Balance Breaker] 1 star, level 0

Spells: None

Soul Arts: None

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Looking at his stats, Ryan was very excited. He liked the name Balance Breaker a lot.

"And that's it, you will learn more things as you play DAO. Good luck."

"Thank you."

Swosh!

The world seemed to blink again, as when Ryan opened his eyes, he was in a forest.

"Where am I? Isn't I supposed to start the game at a novice village or something like this as many other games?"

Ryan talked with himself as he started to explore the forest.

"Ah! I forgot to cultivate my ability. Although this place is not appropriate to this, it will be safer if I can use my ability."

Ryan sat with crossed legs and closed his eyes. He then began to imagine the image of Balance Breaker(the gray jewel).

Mana started to flow towards his head as the image he imagined became more and more vivid.

Ryan suddenly exclaimed as he started to pay attention to wat exactly changed in him.

"So it is the spirit sense the AI was talking about!"

He looked at things through his soul sense and discovered that it had a radios of 2 meters.

"Oh! so that's what Limit Breaker can do!"

Ryan was very impressed with his ability capacity.

[Increase: It is possible to double all parameters of yourself or anything you touch.]

[It is possible to half all parameters of yourself or anything you touch.]

"Now I am ready to fight against bosses!"

With his mind renewed, Ryan continued to explore the forest.

Ryan was marveled with exquisite vegetation and terrain. The more he looked at the ambient around him, the more he liked it.

After walking for about 5 minutes, Ryan found a dirt road.

"A road! If I follow it, I should arrive at a village."

With bright gray eyes, Ryan followed the road, hoping to arrive at a village the fastest possible.

As he was walking, suddenly 2 men blocked his way, both had swords on their hands.

"Give up everything you have, and we will let you go!"

One of them shouted.

Ryan was dumbfounded. He only started the game, and the first npcs he met were bandits.

'What kind of luck is this?'

Ryan then said.

"I have nothing on me. By the way, are you guys hiring?"

Now, it was time for the bandits to be dumbfounded.

'Who asks bandits if they are hiring?'

While one of the bandits was really pondering about Ryan's question, the other lost its patience and went towards Ryan.

"Stay still, I will search your body!"

Ryan was a little relieved that the bandits didn't seem to be the kind that kill on sight.

After the bandit searched Ryan, he was surprised that Ryan hadn't even a Cooper on him.

'Is this guy also being honest about joining us?'

He then went back to his brother and started a conversation with him.

Ryan was a little scared when he saw both Bandits discussing in private.

'They are not discussing if they should kill me or not... right?'

After discussing for about two minutes, the bandits seemed to have made their decision. Both turned in Ryan's direction, and one of them said.

"We will open an exception and allow you to join our group." said the one in the left

"Welcome to Dalor Brothers!"

'They really hired me?' Ryan suddenly started feeling bad inside. How he couldn't when he suddenly became a bandit.

'My parents should be disappointed with me...'

While Ryan was regretting his decision about asking if they were hiring. Both bandits presented themselves.

The one on the left said, "I am Cole."

The one on the right said, "I am Arlo."

Seeing both looking at him with eyes implying for him to present himself. Ryan had no choice but to step in this dark place called criminality.

"My name is Ryan, the man who will be the king of bandits!"