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Utopia Online: The Devourer

In the early days of 2025, A Virtual Reality online game called Utopia Online swept the world. As the first ever made VR game, it had over 2 billion people spending their time in the game, which can be called 30% of the world's population. As the players made progress, it got discovered that Utopia was way more than just a game. In June 2026, a young man named Alex finally had his 16 years old birthday and finally he was able to play the popular VR game. But as he logged in the game he noticed that his ingame status bar was somewhat different from others. It had an extra skill called "Devour".

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level 2

Level 2

Alex just killed the 17th ape when a light enveloped him and a huge level up letter appeared above his head. Alex knew he was close to leveling up and accepted it calmly. Before checking the changes in his status, he choose to return and submit the quest.

Saying bye to the apes, he soon arrived at the guide's location. After submitting the achieved quest. He got a piece of equipment and some XP and energy.

(Beginner's Cuff)

armor 6

Stamina 1

Dexterity 1

Alex equipped it immediately.

Another exclamation mark appeared above the birdman's head.

"Quest Detected!"

(Do you accept "the first weapon upgrade") Yes/No

-requirement

-upgrade your weapon to level 2 with energy!

"accept"

Alex said, but didn't rush to upgrade his weapon. First, he summarized his gains after farming the apes.

He gained 2 xp and one energy for each kill. In total he got 34 xp and 17 energy just by killing the apes. Devouring increased his attributes by 1,7 and the money spent on potion paid off by earning no less than 2 silver with the completion on the quest. The best part of this is that it only took him half an hour.

He was quite happy with his progress and by leveling up he got 5 free status point. Alex thought little about the free attributes and spent all of them on his dexterity.

Level: 2 (0/200)

HP: 140/140

MP: 124/124

Attributes: strength 5,8; Dexterity 12,5; Stamina 7; Intelligence 6,2

After checking his attributes, he took out his weapon and opened its information panel.

(Beginner's dagger)

Level 1/10

Energy: 0/50

Occupation: Assassin

Current damage:4

(Maximum damage: 40)

It is nothing special, just right for the time being.

Alex opened the enhancement function and selected the tempering tab. To upgrade your weapon you need to install the given amount of energy. He choose the dagger to be enhanced and by starting the tempering, you can see the energy condense into a pillar of substance. After the energy pillar appeared Alex put the dagger inside it and visible to the naked eye, the energy got fused into the dagger.

It took about a minute for the weapon to upgrade. Its base damage increased to 8 and its level reached 2. As the weapon leveled up, the enhancement ended. The dagger didn't have any noticeable change, but it was stronger. The quest requirement was also completed.

Alex submited the task and taking the next one, he started moving. The name was "eliminate skeletons" and you don't need to guess what the requirement were. He started sprinting to the graveyard where the skeletons are located.

While he was on the way, he traded his money for potions. After experiencing the fast improvement, he didn't want to waste time on resting. By completing 2 tasks and looting over 20 apes, he was able to amass 10 silver and he spent all of it on mana potions. It was a little more expensive this time as he could only buy 80 piece.

Alex thought, "I will eventually use them, and if using them can make me level up faster then it's worth it. Even if I lose some silver at most I will farm some later."

Alex soon arrived at the cemetery and he soon spotted a skeleton holding a single bone in his hand. Using insight on it, he got his basic information.

Name: Skeleton warrior

HP: 200/200

MP: 0

As he looked through the results of insight, he activated stealth and arrived behind the enemy.

"Ambush"

-40(Critical)

"Sting"

-12

After being hit twice and losing a quarter of his max hp, the skeleton fastly raised his arm and swung it down. Alex was not prepared to it react so fast and got hit.

-12

After taking a hit, Alex used his only control skill

"Rush faint"

-5(stunned)

After stunning the enemy, he sliced a few more basic attacks

-10 

-10 

-10

After taking 3 hit the stun duration expired and the skeleton take action again.

Miss

But this time, Alex was prepared and dodged the incoming attack. Taking advantage of the skeleton's missed attack, he dealt some more damage to it.

-10

Repeatedly dodging and attacking the skeleton, soon its HP was below 20.

"Devour"

Alex said, as the mouth appeared and consumed the skeleton.

"Killing [Skeleton Warrior], you gain 3 xp and 2 energy"

"Consuming [Skeleton Warrior], you gain dexterity +0,1"

After killing the enemy, he looted the corpse.

"You get 12 copper coins"

Naturally, higher-level mobs drop more XP and money. After checking his gains, he remembered that, this graveyard seems to have a relatively hidden quest.

Alex made his way toward the center of cemetery and kept killing the skeletons on his way. About 10 minute later he arrived in front a grave, which had a name on it: Renata. Alex read out the name loudly in front of the grave 3 times.

"Renata"x3

After the last letter left his mouth, a ghostly figure appeared above the grave. It looked like a young woman who was about 25 years old. As the figure appeared, she said,

"Welcome adventurer. My name is Renata. As you can see, I am no longer alive, I Become a being called ghost. After I died, I could not forgive my murderer, and my resentment caused my soul stuck in this cemetery. I wonder if you would help me to take revenge on my enemies."

Alex, "Miss Renata, it would be my pleasure to take revenge on you. But after your death, the bandits who wronged you ended up dying."

Of course, he didn't have to look for them. As the first player who discovered this hidden mission is one of the guild members who sponsors the school. When student learns about Green Stone Village, they will learn the process of the missions, which mentions this quest in details.

Renata, " Impossible. I can still feel their disgusting presence in the village. Wait a second, maybe after the accumulated hatred they provoked, made them unable to pass away. If they become undead, their souls are probably still in this cemetery."

Alex, " I heard that they were hanged for their sins and buried in the corner of the graveyard. If you still wish for revenge, then I can destroy them and let you leave in peace of mind."

Renata said, "Yes, please. I can't forget the pain they caused me and I just can't rest until they are completely dead."

(Special Quest detected)

(Do you accept the quest named "take revenge on Renata") Yes/No

-requirement Eliminate the elite undead bandits

-Bandits killed 0/3

"Accept"

Alex said, without thinking about it.

Renata smiled," Thank you for accepting my request, I will surely reward you handsomely. Prepare yourself before attacking them, I think they are more powerful than normal undead since many people felt a grudge against them when they died."

Alex listened to her advice, but he felt confident enough to take them down by himself.

Saying "Goodbye for now Miss Renata and thank you for your advice" Alex started moving towards the bandit's location.

Looking at his back, Renata put her hands together and prayed: "Be safe and may your return victorious"