The Top 5

Nathan Boyer, an ex-unemployed man who had just found a job as a janitor in a building owned by a group of professional gamers playing the famous Another World: Rise of Heroes game, arrived at his new workplace with his belongings. He introduces himself to the reception and asks;

"Hello, it's me again, Charles told me to introduce myself so that I can install my belongings in my new apartment before I start working tomorrow."

The receptionist heard her voice, she stopped texting on her cell and looked up to see who was talking to her. Seeing Nathan she says;

"Ah you are the new janitor!"

"Yes I will be responsible for the building."

"Wait a minute, I'll see if anyone can show you the way."

"Thank you"

A few minutes later, a woman came to the reception and introduced herself;

"Hello, my name is Samantha and I'm part of the Blue Flower Group. Follow me, I'll show you your apartment."

"Okay."

Nathan followed Samantha while she told him about the building;

"The first floor is dedicated to the reception room, the offices and the apartments for the staff. On the second floor is where the VR capsules of the players are stored, there is also a training room for the players and a cafeteria where you can go and have your meal provided by the management."

Nathan nodded from time to time to confirm that he had understood Sam's explanations. Finally the tour guide ended at the entrance to his new apartment and she wished him good luck before leaving.

On returning to his new home, he found that the apartment had a bedroom, a kitchen that also served as a living room and a bathroom, but the first thing he saw when he got home was the VR capsule. install in a corner of the kitchen. He let go of his things, rushed towards the capsule, he ran his hands over it to cover every corner, he found that the capsule wasn't brand new but he didn't care as he could play at AW.

Finally I have my capsule, I can play Another World: Rise of Heroes. All these months of waiting ended up paying, I'm going to make sure that all my research on this game that I made will make sure that I become a millionaire.

He started stocking up in his apartment, ate a bite and lit his cell phone to surf the internet. He went to Another World News (AWN) to find out about the latest events on the game.

"Here the AWN station and today we welcome a very special person who is none other than the ranked # 1 player in the world ranking, Andrew Baker, the representative of the British team, The Red Knights."

A young man in his 20s with black hair appeared on the screen and smiled at the presenter before speaking;

"Thank you for inviting me Stuart, it's an honor to be on screen at your station."

"But no! It's an honor for us that a star like you have time to come here."

"Stop flattering me."

"Well, let's get serious. Today, this 20th of June 20XX, it will be a year to day for the famous Another World: Rise of Heroes is out in the shops. To celebrate this day we have invited the number # 1 of the game and we will talk about the Top 5 best players in the world rankings. Andrew do you have a say?"

"No, you said everything."

"Okay! Let's start;"

1. Red Knight: Superhero of Queen City in the Kingdom of Britannia with the innate talent of 'handling weapons'. Owner: Andrew Baker, representative of the British team, The Red Knights.

2. Thorgal: Superhero of Wotan City in the Arctik Federation with the innate talent 'Dragon's Breath'. Owner: Klaus Ernst, representative of the German team, Schwarzer Drache *.

3. Caesar: Superhero of Julius City in the Republic of Roma with the innate talent 'Herculean Strength'. Owner: Marcus Giacomo, representative of the Italian team, Imperatore *.

4. Red Sun: Babylone City's Superhero in the Kingdom of Sun with the innate talent 'thermal vision'. Owner: David Epstein, representative of the Israeli team, ארץ מובטחת *.

5. Mister X: Superhero of Wyvern City in the Dragon Empire with the innate talent 'Telepathy'. Owner: Katsuki Akira, representative of the Japanese team, 天国 の 龍 *.

The presenter finished listing the top 5 best players and started the discussion on the different players.

"Let's start with Mister X, he started as a spy in Wyvern City, he spied on everyone with his telepathy and minted the information he collected. Now with the money he managed to raise, Mister X bought a building, hired staff to manage his money, founded an intelligence organization to support him, and finally named himself Wyvern City's Super Hero. This is an advancement in his career, his organization is respected everywhere in Wyvern City because with it can now know every moment what is happening in the city and thus act as a superhero fighting crime. Finally, Japan, seeing the potential of Mister X decided to engage him to represent the country and he quickly became the captain of the Japanese team."

"It must be said that Mister X was able to choose his innate talent and see its great potential."

"Yes, it's true!"

The innate talents, I can't wait to start playing to know which I'm going to have. Inborn talents are sorted by category that are: common / rare / exceptional / heroic / legendary / divine. Those who pay dearly their subscriptions may choose a talent up to the heroic category but for us the lucky drawers have a 97% chance of pumping a common category. In the top 5, Thorgal, Caesar, Red Sun and Mister X have heroic talents and the last is exceptional.

Nathan continued listening to the station until they were at the moment when Andrew was talking about his avatar.

"Andrew, tell us about your character."

"Ok Stuart! First of all Red Knight has the innate skill of handling weapons which gives him the ability to quickly become an expert in any weapon that is gun, sword, bow, sniper, etc ... That's why also I I chose to start in Queen City because this city has the best military academy in the Kingdom of Britannia. At the beginning of the game I was thinking of applying to the military academy to quickly learn how to handle all the weapons provided there and later to go on the battlefield so I could upgrade to the army of the kingdom. Finally, I couldn't go on the battlefield because the Kingdom of Britannia isn't at war because it is located on an island that isolates it from other countries."

"Isn't it too hard to be a soldier without a battlefield to prove yourself?"

"Yes it is, but I decided to leave the army, with my knowledge on weapons and my innate talent that allowed me to improve with the time I decided to become a mercenary. The first contracts I had asked me to protect my client, as my reputation grew in the profession I received a call from the government to form a professional team that would represent the country . He wanted me to become the captain of this team, our team has grown to now count on 7 Superheroes and recently we received a quest from the system that would allow us to receive a League license. I sincerely hope to succeed in this quest to be able to create this League and thus walk in the footsteps of my youth heroes in the Justice League *"

"Wow !!! You have heard dear viewer, Andrew, the player # 1 will be in the near future surely the first player being the leader of a Superhero League on the game and hope he will reserve us another surprise. It is now time to leave and I hope we will meet again tomorrow at the same time for another episode of our AWN Station."

As soon as the broadcast is over Nathan gets up and goes to the capsule. He programmed the capsule according to its parameters, returned to it and said;

"Start-up!"

Schwarzer Drache *: Black Dragon

Imperatore *: Emperor

ארץ מובטחת *: Promised Land

天国 の 龍 *: Heavenly Dragon

Justice League *: This is a team of Superhero fiction from the publisher DC Comics. It includes the Super-Heroes; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl.