His three years of journey in the first Virtual Reality ga ’Divinity’ brought him to his mysterious death. Even that wasn’t enough for Maya as she made his remaining consciousness an NPC.
He could still think, and he had retained his mories, but he couldn’t do anything other than the specified tasks that were assigned by the ga.
Every day tens of newbie players would co to him and ask, ’If he needed any help?’.
He couldn’t say anything other than telling them about his lost stick and the three beans that he will reward them with if they find his stick.
"What the hell! Why in the world would I need help with finding a stick? I need help with breaking the restrictions of the ga and free myself!"
Ryder wanted to scream his thoughts out loud, but he couldn’t even do that.
It was nearly evening when the situation turned even worse.
"Hey, NPC! I heard that you’re telling people to find your stick. I tried, but I didn’t find the stick! Why don’t you give those three beans anyway?"
A bulky man was standing in front of him. There was not a single hair on his head, but his beard was quite long that ca down to his chest. The man was over 6 feet tall and had a muscular build.
"Please help find my stick! I will give you three beans as a reward,"
Ryder didn’t want to offend the man, and he wanted to say yes to whatever the man desired, but the predefined reply ca out of his mouth.
’What the heck! Why can’t I give any other answer? When I was in the novice village the first ti, all the NPCs were much more interactive and seed like they had intelligence! They never felt so robotic! Why is my character so ssed up? Is the ga intentionally fucking with ?’
Ryder couldn’t help but bla the ga as he thought about his reactions carefully. It was not the normal behavior of the NPCs in the ga.
"You trash! Are you making fun of ? Do you think that you are smart? I’ll kill you right here and right now! Let’s see how you will try to act in front of then!"
The bald man scread at Ryder as he brought out his sword and pointed it at Ryder.
’This fool! He’s definitely a newbie. Doesn’t he know that as soon as he attacks an NPC like , the Village People will co to save ? The whole village will turn against him, and he won’t get any quest.’
’Wait a minute. What am I thinking about? Even if the village Elders turned against him and stopped giving him quests, I would still be beaten badly!’
Ryder started sweating at the thought of getting beaten. He was an NPC now... He wasn’t sure if he would feel any pain, but he was definitely afraid.
"Please help find my stick. I would give you three beans as a reward."
The words again ca out of his mouth without his control. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at his misery.
"What the hell! Maya, you idiot! What kind of restrictions did you put on ! Why do you want to kill ? I never offended you?"
Ryder scread loudly, but his voice was limited to only his brain. No words ca out of his mouth, which remained closed. He had no control over his body.
"You bastard! Are you ssing with ?" The bald man scread as he punched Ryder’s face.
Ryder fell down to the ground as blood started coming out of his lips.
’Aaaahh... So much pain! Is the pain setting turned to 200%? Maya! Why are you punishing !’
The pain was too much for him. As soone who played the ga at 90% pain settings throughout his three years, he still couldn’t handle the pain. It was in a completely different league altogether.
’That was only the effect of a punch; what would happen if he killed ?’
Ryder started sweating as he thought about it. He wanted to run away, but just as before, his body didn’t listen to his brain.
’Hey? Why the hell are you guys not even looking at ? I’m a fellow villager! You are supposed to group together and help !’
Ryder fud in anger, but his mouth didn’t say the words.
The whole situation was bizarre; no NPC ca to help him. Even the village elder stood nearby, but he didn’t interfere. It seed like none of them could see him being attacked.
’There’s sothing unusual. That’s not how it’s supposed to go!’ Ryder thought with a frown on his face.
"Please help find my stick. I will reward you with three beans."
Again the words ca out his mouth.
That was the mont... he realized the universal truth... He was fucked.
The Bald man roared in anger as he finally attacked with his sword. He stabbed the sword right through Ryder’s chest.
The pain... all he could feel was the pain. The pain was even worse than the death itself. He wasn’t even sure if this was the end of his pained existence.
His vision started blurring, and darkness shrouded his whole world.
The world turned dark as everything went blank. There was no sound, nor any light. It was as if he was floating in the boundless space of nothingness.
[Ding... The system has started... Host selected. Would you like to beco the host of the system?]
A male voice echoed in the boundless void. The voice sounded like it belonged to a 13-14-year-old boy and contained so sense of immaturity.
"Host? System? Maya, are you again playing with ? You better let die in peace. Don’t toy with again!"
Ryder roared in anger. He was tired of being toyed with. He was killed by the malfunction of divinity and then again killed because of its Artificial Intelligence Maya’s restriction.
[Wrong. The system is not Maya. The system has no na, and only the host can select a na for the system]
The voice said again.
"Are you the system developed by the Necrosis Corporation?" Ryder asked with a thoughtful look on his face.
[Wrong. No re mortal can make the system]
"What? Who made you then? How did you co into existence?"
Ryder couldn’t understand anything; in fact, he was starting to feel like he was going crazy and hallucinating by now.
[You don’t have the privilege to get the answers. If you decide to beco the host, You will be revived. You will have a chance to get your real body back as well]
The voice told Ryder.
"I... If I can get my real body back. Then I am ready to do anything. I accept to beco your host." Ryder said as he floated in the darkness.
"What other choice do I have? If I could get my real body back, then that is the only thing that matters to . I can’t leave Alice alone in the world."
[Ding... Host selection successful. Please select a na for the system]
"Alright. Since you’re helping with my new beginning, You’ll be called Janus."
That was the na he ca up with. It was the na of the Ancient Roman God of beginnings, gates, transitions, ti, duality, doorways, passages, and endings.
[Ding... Successful. The system will be called Janus]
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