"Saras Gayen! Are you reading those dusty old books again?" Nina Gayen's shout preceded her entrance as she banged open the door to her son's room. As she expected, she found Saras sitting on his bean bag, holding a paperback copy of World History: The Ancient Civilizations. She snatched the book from his hands and tossed it into the pile of other books covering a range of topics from politics to economics related to Earth. "Look at Ellie's daughter, Stivi. She has already reached Level 3 in the Dreamverse VR within two hours of its launch. Why are you still lounging at home?" "I am not lounging! I am studying History…" Saras protested, looking at the book pile before turning his gaze towards his mother. She stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at him as if he had committed a grave sin by not entering the game as soon as it was launched. "You are turning 25 this year. If you don't play the Dreamverse VR now and join a good guild, how will you find a wife?" Thus started his journey as he once again navigated the VR scene through the mysterious game Dreamverse VR that was said to hold the keys to Human Evolution.
After killing Kurba and all the other Players, Samar opened the flashing notification window. He saw a dense wall of notifications, all with the same content -
[You have killed a Tier 2 Invading Deathless from Death Kingdom.]
[You have received 15 Expedition Points.]
Samar was pleasantly surprised by the system messages. He had not expected to obtain Expedition Points for killing Undead Players but he was not going to say no to them.
"Samar!"Before he could celebrate, he heard a panicked cry from behind him.
He turned around and saw RedQueen who was standing right next to the NPCs, her hand going right through their bodies.
"These NPCs are not real but mere illusions!"
As soon as Stivi said so, the NPCs disintegrated and transformed into mist. The mist came together and took the form of another sultry figure which caused Samar and everyone else to turn solemn.
It was none other than the Tier 4 Enticer Veshya!
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