Character Choice

Klaus was dressed in his Adidas shoes and the classic white-striped blue tracksuit, walking with a blue backpack in a tone that matched his yellow-striped uniform on his. Next to him were his best friends, Maria and Marucho.

Maria was dressed as a man as usual. Wearing a white shirt and a black pair of pants with open arms, he grinned and threw her arm at Klaus.

Marucho was a little away from them. He wore a short-sleeved red T-shirt with the words "No Game No Life" written on it. An interesting image of an anime character with angel wings on it could be seen. Underneath, he wore shorts.

Together, as usual, they were on their way back. Klaus smiled and asked his two friends:

"Shall we play one match of LoL?"

Marucho sighed and shook his head.

"I'm behind in math. I need to do some work."

Klaus shook his head in agreement. Marucho was normally a very hard-working person. But he hasn't been able to work properly since he dragged him into the swamp of League of Legends like himself. That's why Marucho had argued with his family several times.

So he looked at Maria. But before I even asked, Maria answered him.

"I have karate training today. It's only time for another."

Klaus sighed. There was nothing he could do in front of his childhood friend who was a martial arts freak.

He pulled Maria's arm, which he wrapped around her neck. They had come to a crossroads. Klaus said with a smile:

"Well, then I'm going to play a few hands in the usual place. See you, guys."

Klaus was about to rush around. But just then, Maria grabbed him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Don't play too much. Your family then prevents us from the meeting."

After hearing Maria say, Klaus chuckled, "All right, okay. I pay attention to time." he said, and without waiting any longer, he ran to his usual internet café. Marucho and Maria were waving behind him.

Klaus began to think as he continued to move down the road. Maria and I had improved their friendship this year. They had already known each other for a long time. But they both had different feelings for each other this year. Yet only the name of their relationship had changed. It could be said that they did not do any "lover" activities.

As Klaus came to the front of the usual café, he thought, "Was it a good decision for us to be lovers?" Then he walked through the door without even paying attention to the café. However, this internet café was not the café he knew.

When he came in, a familiar environment greeted him. This was the classic internet café with computers, armchairs and mice lined up in rows. But for some reason, there weren't many people. There were a few people. They seemed strangely focused on the game.

Klaus was used to it being a place full of swearing. Yet he could be so quiet once in a while. These times of silence were perhaps the best times when he could play comfortably. Today he thought to himself lucky. Then, when he entered, he immediately turned to the usual-glassed man, who remained on his right side:

"Uncle, as usual. An hour."

Hearing this, the glassed man's eyes flashed with a yellow light behind his glasses. But Klaus didn't realize it. Because at that moment, he heard someone shouting angrily outside, and for a moment he paid attention to him. He giggled when he saw the man making strange movements during the phone call. Sometimes people didn't know what they were doing when they were angry.

The man in the glasses gave an unexpected reply:

"Of course. You're from me this time. You can pass it as you wish. Sit down late."

The gentle tone of voice and the man's speech confused Klaus. He always had a different attitude from the opposite man he had ever known. Yet then he probably thought today was his good day. Sometimes when he felt so good, he would make such small getaways to everyone. Of course, this was very rare. After all, the café had to gain.

Klaus stopped thinking too much about it and started walking towards one of the computers. Of course, he didn't forget to say thank you before he left.

He felt comfortable when he sat down at the computer. It was much more comfortable than ever. Klaus thought in his mind, "Geezer must have found the money." and pressed the power button of the computer and turned it on.

The computer would normally have to wait about two minutes to turn on. At least that's how it was on the computer here.

But it wasn't. The computer was turned on less than three seconds later. And one game was open. More precisely, it was the opening screen of the game in front of him. A name was expected to be entered. Klaus spoke with a slight astonishment:

"Did someone forget to turn off the computer? What is that?"

In response to the loud sound he had inadvertently made, the man in the glasses answered from afar:

"A new game has arrived. That's why most computers meet you with this game. If you like League of Legends, I'm sure you can better like it."

The strange speech of the man in the glasses caught his attention. He guesses that maybe he got sponsorship from this game. That would explain how this place felt so renewed. But it was a simple internet café. How could he get such support from such a company?

He didn't need to know it, even though he had his questions. So instead he asked about the name of this game, which he praised. Maybe it was a game he knew. When the man in the glasses asked about him, a smile appeared on his face.

"Divine Rising Arena"

When he heard the name, Klaus' eyebrows were raised. He had never heard of a game with that name. Also, the name was very strange. It resembled a mobile game rather than a computer game. The Arena of Valor came to his mind first. So he couldn't help asking:

"Are you sure Arena of Valor doesn't have a copy?"

The man in the glasses frowned for a brief moment, but kept his good demeanor and replied:

"Absolutely not. Most of those who come like it. Give it a try."

Klaus became even more intrigued by the fact that the man in the glasses encouraged him to play. He was using overly assertive sentences. This naturally intrigued him. So he turned to the computer.

The game was open on the computer. There were gold embroideries in the background. These embroideries stretched out like a spider's web, toward the rectangular box in the center of the monitor. Just above the box was a white, different font that read, "Choose Your Chosen Nickname."

Klaus took the mouse away and clicked on the box. He then wrote the name he used in most games:

"MoonWarrior!"

After writing the name, the spider web wrapped the box with the name. Then these strange patterns, which were like a spider's web, completely covered the screen and white cracks began to appear. By this time, Klaus was already wearing headphones.

Sounds similar to the sound of glass cracking were heard. Then, with the white cracks, the game screen was completely shattered! Then a new menu greeted him. This was a menu with three characters.

"Should I choose my starting character? Hmm..."

He took a look at three characters. In Moba games, the characters chosen at the beginning did not matter much. But for some reason, Klaus felt it was important. So he began to carefully study all three characters.

The first thing that caught his attention was a strange cat woman on the left. She had nothing in his hands but her hands looked sharp, like a claw.

On it was like translucent, awkward armor. The glow of the cyan armor was visible. But with some careful attention, it could be noticed that the cat woman's underwear was visible due to its transparency. Of course, even though they were called underwear, they were mostly pieces of cloth covering their private parts.

This was a very strange but at the same time breathtaking image. Their long white hair seemed to be slightly lifted by a force. Although he had a wild facial expression, his body was drawn quite fascinating.

But when he saw this, a wry smile appeared on Klaus' face.

"It's like it was made for some kind of erotic game. An interesting marketing strategy."

When he looked in the middle, he saw that one of them was a purple-skinned dragon woman. Her eyes shone dangerously, like the woman on the left. But luckily she wasn't nearly naked like the woman on the left. It was in the clothes worn by typical sorcerers. While the dragon wings attracted attention, he was holding a strange wand in his hand.

"An interesting female sorcerer."

That's all he could say about it.

The last one was a burly man holding an axe in his hand. Klaus thought it was quite similar to Darius in League of Legends.

"MOBA games that steal from each other... Hah, classic."

In all three, the design was quite interesting. But Klaus was drawn to the cat woman, from whom he involuntarily received a very different feeling from the designs he knew. Yet there was no way he could judge it according to their appearance. So he decided to look at the descriptions underneath.

When he hovered the mouse over the characters, he wrote their name and abilities. There was also a small summary of their own story.

In the first half, the dragon looked at the woman. His name was Ayano. In short, he was a half-dragon whom the archmage adopted as his son. Although he found his story quite sweet, he was not very interested. The information about the gameplay did not appeal to him either. Although he liked being ranged and a sorcerer, his abilities were too complicated for him. He couldn't like characters with complicated skill kits.

He then took the mouse softly to the man with the axe. Interestingly, he was not surprised by any information about him. His name was Julius. His story spoke of him being a commander in the army. After reading the story, he looked at the way it was played. The gameplay style makes five stacks in its entirety, it was on top of one. Klaus criticized in his mind, "It's a complete League of Legends copy." Although one of his friends was so main that he made his name Darius, he didn't like the character. He wasn't going to play a copy of his.

So he chose the only option he had left.

When he brought the character on top of it, very interesting writings came out. Compared to the other two, he was more interested in Klaus. It was a girl born in a polar region to be blessed by the Ice Goddess and as a result to live like a wild animal. When his place was destroyed, he was the only one left, barely learning to hunt and survive on his own. The name is...

"Hm? His name is not visible... It's weird."

Klaus raised his eyebrows. When he hovered over it, for some reason the name was misty. But he shrugged. His story intrigued him. Like the other two, it could be considered ordinary. But he loved stories like that. His desire to read the sequel was filled. Although he knew it was a predictable plot, a voice inside him said it wasn't as simple as it seemed. Unfortunately, this was just the gist. There seemed to be no way for him to learn his story from here.

So all he could do was sigh. He had already determined the character he was going to choose. For him, there were two important conditions for playing a character. First, his story should have appealed to him. Secondly, the gameplay shouldn't have been too difficult. If this cat was a woman, she welcomed the first one. For the latter... he had decided to take risks. After all, the underside was a game! The worst would never play again.

He clicked on it and pressed to play. When he pressed the game, the monitor began to glow with light. Then a kind woman would say, "Welcome to the Arena of Divine Rising!" he heard her say. It was a very gentle and otherworldly sound.

Klaus was stunned by this voice. He didn't remember hearing such a beautiful voice all his life. Such a sentient sound felt quite unreal.

But he hadn't been surprised yet when the game window opened in front of him, and his eyes became big in shock.

"What the fuck is that!?"