Free world

[Scanning Bio-data…]

[Confirming Bio-data.]

[Ding.]

[Confirm registration into the <New Origin>.]

"Confirm."

[Ding.]

[Bio-ID registration has been confirmed.]

[Registering new ID. Please proceed with the Metabody creation process.]

"Why can't you just call it a character creation process instead?"

There was a simple way but they chose something different instead… he liked their style.

"Cool."

Sitting inside his chariot, he was ready to log into the second world for the first time. 

Everything was ready, he was done remembering his previous efforts, his partner was excited to play with him, so, he couldn't possibly disappoint her.

-Ooooooooooooong!

He closed his eyes, the inside systems of the chariot finished their scans and safety protocols, and the next moment he knew, he was feeling his mind leaving his body…

[Welcome to the junction of origin.]

His mind was transported in a strange white space where he found himself floating in an endless room with no bottom or ceiling.

"Is this what they call the character creation space? Where's that thing-, oh."

[Ding.]

A gray holographic screen popped up before him, asking him to start the creation process.

"Let's see."

It was a realistic game so there was no option to change the original appearance, however, in this space, one could create their game body which would possess their original physical characteristics.

[Please enter your Immortal name.]

Instead of saying character ID name, they were calling it an immortal name for some reason.

"Aren't you people creative, hun?"

[Do you want to set your immortal name as (Aren't you people creative, hun?)? Please confirm.]

"No, lol. Haha, of course not." The game system was funnier than he had expected as well. 

He liked this.

"Change it to Elio."

There was no need to make his game name something fancy or different. He liked the name his mom gave him, so he was going to use it in this 'second world' as well.

[Changing the immortal name…]

[Do you want to set your immortal name as (Elio)? Please confirm.]

"Yes. Confirm."

[Ding.]

The first part of the Metabody creation process, the immortal name creation, was complete. So, he was moved to the second part where he had to choose a dress and some starting equipment for his character.

"Alright, let's see."

This was an important part.

He had seen many videos of this on YT and he had worked for many videos that explained this important process.

"First of all, I'll take the light clothes and some good shoes."

Many people made some grave mistakes in this part.

In <NO >, the players were given an {Inventory} skill that had a limited space which could be expanded with a special kind of money.

It was an innate skill of the 'ones enslaved by destiny' or the [Players] of this game. Something most natives of that other world could not use.

And along with this eternally useful skill, they were given a pouch of rations, a wooden weapon of their choice, and nine stat points that they can distribute freely.

"Alex once said I should choose a shield at the start since the tutorial quests tend to be more about survival or hunting."

Everyone was given a random tutorial quest by the system that's mostly about surviving against some strong opponent, or about hunting a set number of monsters, or sometimes, it's all about reaching a certain point on the map.

'The difficulty varies, but the system does not give quests that cannot be completed by the players.'

Though, if a player dies during tutorial quest by any chance, there is a large possibility that their tutorial quests are changed.

"According to the popular guides, the hunting quests are the most profitable for the beginner players since they can receive hunting rewards on top of the quest rewards in it."

But, Alexandra, his pretty girlfriend who was a high level player in this game, had told him how there are very rare 'scenario' quests in these tutorials that give the best rewards to the beginners.

And, since he knew this lesser known fact, he was hoping to come across this 'rare' kind of quest as well.

"I don't wanna kill those things with my own hands anyway. They are alive and they deserve their freedom as well."

<NO > was a kind of game that rewarded the players with EXP points for all kinds of mundane tasks.

'There was an exp reward for cutting wood, making food, painting, and even just for exploring.'

Unlike other games, this was 'experience' points in their true meaning. 

This system was one of the main reasons he also wanted to play this game for such a long time…

"Alright then, we will go with the shield."

After the weapon choice and clothing choice, it was time to link the game account with the other accounts connected with the biometrics.

[Ding.]

This game was certainly free to play however, as the currencies that were used in this game world was a limited resource in itself, the money of the real world and the money inside the game were closely connected.

[Confirm linking process of bank IDs associated with the Bio-ID.]

One can connect their game accounts with their bank accounts and directly trade the money they had inside the game within the real-world market.

They can trade the money with other people as well, and just like shares or e-currencies, the in-game currencies of <NO > had a deep impact on the real world.

'This whole thing was one of the reasons people played this game.'

Playing <NO > and being good at it was now more profitable than doing a part time job… but he'd still stick to the job system rather than this game.

'The investment costs of a Chariot was astronomical for a regular person so People generally used head gears or capsule rooms to enter the virtual world.'

The money one might have to spend to make some good usable cash was not generally small. So, even though people preferred to take the risk and try this new world, if it were up to him… he would choose the safer method.

Being logical was the better choice sometimes.

Though… he didn't really have to care about the others anymore. He was retired, so thinking about those stressful things was useless.

"Alright then…"

After the linking process, it was time for the stat distribution.

[Ding.]

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ID: Elio (Level-0)

Race: Human (Commoner)

T-T (Physical stats)

Strength: 1

Agility: 1

Endurance: 1

T-T (System stats)

Intelligence: 1

Luck: 1

Charm: 1

T-T (Functional stats)

Energy: 10/10

Stamina: 10/10

Fatigue: 0/10

(Stat points: 9)

{Skills: — .}

[Titles: — .]

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The only stats he could increase with free stat points were the physical stats. The system stats, on the other hand, were awarded by the system. The functional stats were three status bars that stayed on the corner of one's vision.

They displayed the current state the player was in through the numbers and a colored bar that increased or decreased with the player's status.

"Strength stat will increase my physical abilities, agility will increase my mental and physical abilities simultaneously, while endurance is completely a mental stat."

Players usually assigned these stat points based on what kind of characters they wanted to build, but as an advice from an expert, he just skipped the stat assignment process for now.

"There's no need to do it right now."

If he just assigned his stats based on what he wanted to do right now, he might not be able to do well in the tutorial or later when he really needed them.

'The game replicated the physical capabilities of the body of the players anyway so, I'm not going to be particularly weak during the tutorial.'

It was the better choice to not use them from the start anyway. So, skipping this process and finishing up his basic player settings, he moved on to the main thing.

[Ding.]

[You will now be transported to the tutorial zone.]

[The junction of origin welcomes you, Sir Elio.]

[{( May the Intertwined destiny be your strength, keeping your journey eternally pulsing. May your energies be forever illuminated, and your ambitions forever trailblazing. )}]

With that unique voice encouraging him like every single new hope of this world, the eternal white space around him vanished along with the invisible platform supporting his body.

He started falling into a dark space covered in dots of light that seemed like lines to his moving eyes. 

He wasn't feeling the wind pressure yet, and he couldn't feel the certain pull of gravity that he should have felt while falling down, so it was more like the space around him was the one moving instead of him.

He was being moved at a fast speed in a vacuum from what he could tell… but, the feeling he had at this time was much stranger than a normal free fall.

He did not know what was happening with him. Additionally, as soon as he moved past this endless starry tunnel, he lost consciousness.

[Ding.]

When he opened his eyes, he had already arrived at his destination and… a quest window was open before his eyes.

He didn't understand what had just happened, however, when his mind cleared up and he looked around him, the attractive realistic scenery overwhelmed his senses.

"Damn…"

He had arrived in the new world. 

This was the start of his journey.

And, he didn't like the tutorial quest that he had received from the system.