Mage [#1]

Desire.

A Virtual Reality game where you can be whoever you want to be. Love, Adventure, and Power is at the tip of your fingers, all you have to do is grab it! This game is an MMORPG, which means there are thousands of different classes out there that you can find, and each has their own unique abilities-

But here he is.

Azith was the name of his character, and he was a lucky guy! Or at least he thought he would be, until his life went down the drill and he ended up killing himself out of desperation, but hey! That worked, because now he's 10 years in the past, right when he's 22 years old and the Apocalypse hasn't happened yet! Because surprise surprise, it turns out that this little harmless game is but a trap from a outerworldly horror whose sadistic behaviors brought upon doom onto humanity! But it wasn't all that bad, because humanity retained the knowledge and powers they got from the Desire game, essentially turning the game into reality. The holders of the rarer classes had a great advantage in the begging, but that sadistic little bitch had their unique classes removed from reality, leaving behind only the common classes and their variations like Mage, Warrior, Ranger, Tank, Cleric, and others.

But those with knowledge could thrive in this world, like Azith for an example- He managed to get a Unique class when the game was but a game, but then he lost it but kept the knowledge of the skills, learning how to replicate them with magic and then he caught the attention of the sadistic cunt who decided to send him back in time so he could have some fun watching him struggle- of course he made the false promise to never mess with him until the begging of the Apocalypse in 5 years, but Azith doesn't believe him one bit.

But now he has a chance to get back at that fucker- "I'm not that bad~" He froze, turning around to face that little bitch standing there, close to with a grin: "Hi~" He quickly reacted and grabbed a roll of newspaper and smacked him in the face with- The slopping sound of the impact was echoing in the empty apartment he lived in, and the stunned face the God made was reflected by Azith's frown as he realized... He just smacked a God with a rolled newspaper. "Ouch!" The god cried in pain as tears were brought to his eyes, Azith was about to say something when the God bursted out in tears, like a little kid- "H-hey!" Azith cried out as he pulled back a little in surprise, only to hear the door behind him shoot open as a girl walked in- His sister. "Shut Uuuuuppp-?" Her shout to try and shut him up turned into a slow and dragged confused 'up' as she looked at the situation.

Her brother with another guy in his bedroom (They were roommates, cause taxes and rent are shit), the guy is very naked and crying while her brother is above him with something in his hand... Is that a dildo? "Sorry!" She quickly shut the door as she hurriedly left her brother to his kinky plays with whoever that was. "Fuck!" She heard him cry as she left and with a red hue to her face, she put on her noise canceling hesdphones and turned her music all the way up, until she made sure she was not hearing anything she shouldn't. "What the fuck?" Azith looked down at the rolled newspaper he was previously holding and saw that it now was a large dildo, at the size of his own dick- the shape was also very similar too. The littme sadistic bastard was looking at him with this large grin to his face: "You're such a pervert, big Azithy~" Azith cringed at the sickening sweet tone of the sadistic God's voice, he ignored that he was holding a copy made out of plastic of his own cock and slapped the God with it, right in the right eye.

"Ouch!" *slapping noises*

"Hey!" *slapping noises*

"N-no!" *these are the noises of slapping*

"Ahn~" *Azith.exe stopped* "D-don't hit me, please~" *Azith.exe has a boner-* "You're such a pervert~"

"Shut up, bitch." Azith looked in disgust at the God, who had this mischievous grin on his face, he turned around and entered his VR Cubicle, not even giving the God a second look as he tried to get his attention by poking him or tickling his sides, but he was better than that little twink of a annoying God- He floated above the great blue of the game as he entered Desire, he knew exactly what class he wanted! The [Mage] Class was a common class, but they could naturally control mana after the Apocalypse and it took months for Azith to learn how to control and manipulate mana. "So, what'chu doin'~?" He sighed- Of course he would follow him to here, even on the character creation screen there was the bastard. "What? You took advantage of me, now take responsibility for your action~" He was annoying and flirty, and like a trash panda, he was- He stopped himself from continuing that thought because he didn't like him at all, and he's about to gather knowledge!

In the game, to cast a spell, the player needs to know the magic circle of the skill to use it, well, that is how pro players use magic while running, because when you cast the spell with the skill, your character will stay still, but if you cast the skill with your knowledge of the spell and its magic circle, you can run and attack while casting the spell!

[Welcome to Desire, please select-] Since the way to get a class was in the tutorial, he was determined to get the [Mage] class as soon as possible, so he skipped the character building and just made it copy his physical appearence and be done with it. [Dive into... Espylacopa, the Continent of Adventure.] His vision blurred and he was instantly standing before the tutorial village- "Welcome Adventurer!" An NPC greeted him, this was Oza, the Mayor of the Little Town of Genesis, the Town of Beggings. "Skip dialog." He already knew this dialog, he just ignored the NPC and walked over to where he knew he could get some items he would need to start his adventure, as well as beginner skills he would need.

He tan around till his stamina was completely empty before resting and running around again, and like that, he received one of the most important skills he could get:

[Running lvl 1: Increases movement speed by 10% while running!

Proficiency: F]

A passivw skill that increased his movement speed, which he would need as he was going to be a running mage- maybe he should get a dagger or a sword, since he knows how to use it o fight, he had 5 years to learn! Maybe he can be a Magic Warrior or something? He could probably replicate the warriors skills with mana if he somehow can use a spell he remembers. "So, are you like single or something?" The God, now turned into a little chibi thing sitting on his head, asked with his cutesy chibiness as Cetus ran around to increase his skill level, he wanted it at least at lvl 3! And it took him a while, but sure enough, a common skill is easy to increase the level and proficiency of!

Proficiency in a skill increase that skill by a certain percentage: How F ranked proficiency icreased the skill effects by 1%, E ranked proficiency increases the skill effects by 5%, D increases it up to 10%, then C to 15%, B to 20%, A to 30%, S to 40%, SS to 50%, and SSS to 60%, but the amount of effort to increase the proficiency doubles every rank you upgrade your skill to, making it harder and harder for you to increase the proficiency. The maximum level limit hasn't yet been reached, beaude someone just recently reached level 200 and had their 2nd Awakening, which is what happens to people when they reach lvl 100, 200, up to 500! In his past life, Cetus reached level 400, he was amongst the top 10 in the game! He knows places to farm at, and places where he can go get some items he could use.

He has some objectives he wants to fulfill:

1: Get famous and get money, since he wants to have enough food in his plate and better clothes on his body, as well as a comfortable bed to sleep on- is that a sin?

2: Get skills, common ones- Painting, Swimming, Climbing, Dodging, Cooking, Carving, Blacksmithing, and Crafting are good examples of common skills, since they were not completely erased from the world, since they were common skills!

3: Make potions and find out new potions, since the monsters from the game will appear, so will the loot and ingredients for potions.

4: Get the mage class.

5: Analyze as many magic spells as he can, since if he memorizes the magic circle, he can then use it himself.

"That's it for now..." Whispering to himself and ignoring the little slutty God on his shoulder, he turned righr around and walked towards the large purple tower where he would receive his mage class, all he had to do was talk to the NPC there, then he would receive a quest from the NPC to read a few books that would give him the basic skills a mage can have and then he'll receive the class after he uses the skill in front of the NPC to receive the quest. You could also receive a special skill or special quest from the NPC if you impress them, and that's what Cetus wants.

Knocking on the door to the tower, Cetus waited- until he wasn't on the outside anymore, but on the inside, and then- There was a skinny woman in front of him, but she was floating upside down, he long pink hair hanging to the ground as she looked at him! "Aha! A new adventurer seeks to learn the truth about magic in this wonderful world!?" She was a very eccentric NPC named: "I am the great Archmage and Master of Arcana, Ariana!" Ariana, one of the few great Archmages in the Continent of Espylacopa, she is also a strange NPC who has been cursed to always have a random magical effect happen to her every single day.

Her story is kinda sad, actually, because every day she'll experience the dread of not knowing what will happen to her body- She has been set on fire, frozen, stabbed, electrocuted, smashed by rocks, and even almost raped by a monster all because of the curse. But also because of the curse she could use a rare type of Magic: Wild Magic, magic which is as the name says, random and wild. "Come on in my dear!" She chuckled as she walked on the ceiling, her boots tapping away as she moved with grace. She was eccentric due to her fear of suddenly just dying, or worse, becoming something unrecognizable due to her curse. "If you're here to learn about magic, then go ahead! The library is here, you have five minutes!" Ceus did not wait, he rushed towards the place he knew the book he wanted was:

In the back of the giant and almost endless rows of bookshelves, he reached a place where there was a single black and rotten bookshelf, with three books, he picked them and read them all.

[Congratulations! You received the Skills:

[Magic Manipulation lvl 1: You can manipulate the magic power within your body! Decreases mana consumption by 10%

Proficiency: F]

[Magic Circle Fusion lvl 1: You can combine up to 2 magic circles into one! However, the concentration to keep the circle and the magic power to use it increases!

Magic used increases by 10%

Magic Damage dealt increases by 10%

Proficiency: F]

[Spell Creation lvl 1: As the name says, you can create spells with this skill, however, you need to create and maintain the magic circles yourself! The system shall not help you.

Proficiency: Does not apply.]

These skills were the ones he wanted! He chuckled to himself as he imagined the circle he wanted- The [Reverse] Magic Circle appeared in his hand! Since he created it with the [Spell Creation] skill, the system would not register is as a new skill, but him using a skill. "With this... I'll be stronger." However, he needed to go back and talk to Ariana so he could get the Mage Class.

The God was awfully quiet...

He turned to look at him and- He wasn't there.

'Must've gotten bored...' Cetus thought before he felt something move inside his pants. He froze before quickly putting his hands on his crotch and pulling out the perverted little chibi and throwing it away! "Fucking-" He ran towards Ariana, as fast as he could. "Bitch..." He panted, he stood now before her, since the library behind him was but an extension of her magic! "Oh, you're back!" She giggled as she drank tea from a straw, even though there was a large amount of it falling off of her teacup and kettle that hanged upside-down on her hands.

"Yeah..." he frowned seeing this... And sighed. "[Reverse]" From his hand, the Reverse Circle (That awfully looked like a uno reverse card) shone and- "Argh!" She fell face first into the floor- The way the [Reverse] Circle worked was simple, it reversed whatever action or effect. So if someone was going up, it would send them down, if someone was going forward, it would send them backwards! The same worked on spells, but it also changed their effect! If someone, for example, used a Firebolt spell on him and he used the [Reverse] circle on it, the spell would be sent back to the attacker, except it would turn into the opposite of fire- Ice. He could also do the same to his own spells, fire turned into ice, ice turned into fire, water turned into fire, wind turned into rock, rock turned into wind, light turned into darkness, darkness turned into light, necrotic turned into divine, and divine into necrotic.

There were other things he could reverse, but that's about it.

He remembers fondly of using this spell after he created it on a cleric that was healing his companion, only to have the healing spell turn into a necrotic spell and kill them instead.

"What did you just do!?"

[You've impressed the Archmage Ariana!]

[You just did something increadible]