Son of Death

"Go catch him!"

"Whoever kills him and get the book i will give 10,000 gold!"

"Lakon you're wanted now! The entire [Crimson Pincers] will hunt you forever!"

"Lakon you bastard come here!"

...

At the main road of Cornia city a man holding a book can be seen running away with his life from other men.

The men chasing was wearing high quality armor and weapons in their hands.

Lakon, the man they are chasing, just stole something he shouldn't have from them, a class change book.

This may sound ridiculous but there are something more ridiculous in this scenario.

Above their heads, there was a green text floating, it was their names. That's right this is a game.

A popular VR game this decade, [Freedom]

Other players watched, they didn't interfere the chase. It's because [Crimson Pincers] is a large guild consisting many players among the global ranking.

[Do you want to change your class to: [Elemental Master (Epic)]?]

In front of the screen, Lakon didn't hesitate to agree.

"Ye-ahhh-ghh!"

But as soon as he about to confirm, he didn't notice a rock sticking out in his way.

A small mistake, but a big consequences.

"Quick! He tripped!"

"Jump him!"

"Oh!"

A man clad in dark cloak silently rushed towards dying Lakon. It's a thief class man, an epic one [Scarlet Keeper]

While Lakon is being beaten up, he didn't feel any pain but a notification terrified him when he saw it.

[Class change book:[Elemental Master (Epic)] has been stolen]

[Helmet of Digas(Rare) has been stolen]

[Equipment set:[Digas's Legacy] lost it's effects]

[Crown of Digas(Rare) has been stolen]

[Boots of Digas(Rare) has been stolen]

[Arailieum Bracelet(Unique) has been stolen]

[7 gold has been stolen]

[9 gold has been stolen]

[18....

A series of notification sounded, in less than a minute, almost all of his belongings in his inventory are robbed out, leaving him nothing.

"Guild Master, the book us recovered!" The thief man said as he handed the book.

"Good"

"Lakon, this is why you shouldn't steal us something, now you have nothing!"

Fat man guild master raised his hands in the air, using the class change book.

Lakon in the ground, butt naked looks at him in regret. Anger in his eyes can't be hidden.

Class change books can be sold in high value, a rare one can be sold for at least hundreds of thousands of gold.

For someone poor like him, it was a treasure he can't have in his lifetime that's why he stole it.

In his last moment, Lakon saw the guild master shot 3 elements to him.

"Die Lakon!"

[You have suffered 9000 damage]

[You died]

...

In an instant, Lakon resurrected somewhere in the city.

[Status]

Name: Lakon

Level: 47 (29%)

Class: Thief

Title: None

Health: 3570/3570

Mana: 110/110

Stamina: 2000/2000

Physical Attack: 310

Magical Attack: 100

Physique: 31 Agility: 31

Magic: 10 Defense: 12

Luck: 10

Stat points: 0

Equipment: None

Gold:0

Skills: Lockpicking lvl3, Hide lvl4, Dagger Throw lvl6, Danger Sense....

Affinity: None

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Lakon glanced at his status for some time. Tears came out of his eyes, his hard work of a year just disappeared in just one mistake.

Equipments and golds were wiped clean by the thief which is an irony considering he's a thief himself.

"Maybe i should just give up..."

A sudden thought appeared in his mind.

Lakon took a stroll around the city, trying to clear his mind.

Along the way, a poster catches his attention, in it is his face.

[Wanted]

Name: Lakon

Affiliation: None

Crime: Stealing

Reward: 10 golds per kill

Difficulty: easy

Publisher: Crimson Pincers

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"Fucking shit!"

In Lakon's anger, he kicked a wooden fence nearby.

Fortunately this place is the outskirts of the city and no one come here very often therefore no one heard him.

The problem is, if this poster is posted in the most barren area doesn't that mean it's already posted in popular areas too...

"It's not good, i need to cover my face or i will be killed everytime!"

Lakon's level is particularly low, in terms of average level of 60 in the game, he's definitely easy to kill.

Turning his back, he planned to steal some mask or something but he stop in his tracks.

"Why is this fence floating? Bug?"

If it were others, they might report it to game developers, but Lakon's mind is in the bottom right now, he had nothing to lose.

Lakon touched the bugged fence, by some miraculous force, the fence moved itself towards him and he dies instantly.

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

Lakon is resurrected immediately but in the next second, he noticed the place he resurrected was the place he died.

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

This time with a quick reaction, he saw the fence came to him at high speeds, he died again.

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

[You have suffered 9999....

Lakon didn't know how many times he met the death screen that time but the next death, something unexpected happened.

[Congratulations for dying 10,000 times. Title unlocked: [Death's Interest(Epic)]]

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

Though it didn't stopped the dying series, it gave him a glimmer of hope.

'A rated title...i can sell this account for a high price!'

A title is something rare to encounter, let alone a rated title, throughout his whole game for a year this is the first time acquiring a title.

People who sells their accounts normally have some titles to sell for a high prices.

Time passes by, Lakon became numb of feeling of dying, thinking how much his account would sell was the only thing he minds.

[Congratulations for dying 100,000 times, title: [Death's Interest(Epic)] evolved to [Death's Favorite(Unique)]]

Another notification brakes his attention, this causes Lakon wondered if this evolution can continue further.

...

An hour later...

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

[Congratulations for dying 1,000,000 times. Title: [Death's Favorite (Unique)] evolved to [Death's Disciple (Legendary)]]

...

[You have suffered 99999999999 damage]

[You died]

It's been almost 10 hours since the title evolved to Legendary, Lakon is tired staring at the death screen over and over.

He started to think Legendary is the limit of evolution.

"I think it's time to log-out, 16 hours online is not bad for the last time I'm seeing this account"

[Congratulations for dying 100,000,000 times.Title: [Death's Disciple (Legendary)] evolved to [Death's Kin (Divine)]]

A sudden new notification sounded in his ears.

Following this sound, Lakon revived once again this time he didn't die or received any damage at all.

Firstly he checked what this title do since the fence is stll attached in his arms like a glue.

[Death's Kin(Divine)]

Death acknowledged your determination to die as a result, she blessed you with the power of death.

Effects: Immunity to Instant Death, +50% Death Element affinity, +1000% Maximum Health, +30 all stats.

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"Suuu..."

Gasping for air, can't believe what he just saw. For the first time, a Divine rated title appeared in the game.

Let's not talk about other effects, just the immunity for instant death alone can increase your survival rate by more than 50%

Considering most monsters at higher levels can one-shot a fragile thief like him is the best example.

Lakon now is in dilemma, if he sell this account, it would be the most expensive one to ever exist. If he continues to play it though he can enjoy this opportunity and maybe became even more rich in the future.

[Minimum requirements has been met]

[Hidden Class: Son of Death (Divine) is found]

He was greeted by the message:

[Do you want to change your class to: Son of Death (Divine)?]