God of Internet Chapter 38: Saphire

Waking up at the sa ti every day used to be easy, because when it got dark, practically everyone went to sleep and just waited for the next day, since keeping the glowing magical stones lit was too expensive for the average apprentice.

But with the advent of the Internet, this once simple task has beco much more challenging for everyone.

With so much knowledge available on the Internet, so much interesting news happening all over the kingdom, even from so users in the kingdom of Eldoria, staying up late with the Internet beca a routine for practically everyone at Arcantor Magic School.

If it weren't for the fact that the increased ntal power of the mages had sowhat reduced the amount of sleep they needed each night, staying up so late would surely an that so of the students wouldn't even be able to pay attention in class.

But the later sleep was already starting to disrupt the routines of so of the more relaxed students, and the number of students arriving late for their first class of the day was increasing every day.

Fortunately, I controlled my Internet use and forced myself to sleep only 2 hours after I started using the Internet.

As for the ti, it was a pleasant surprise to discover that the numbers in the top right corner of the Internet book represented the actual ti of day.

This was a strange way of calculating the ti, as it went from 00:00 to 23:59, and we weren't used to using numbers to tell the ti in such a precise way.

Seeing that the number in the corner of the screen was moving at the sa speed every day, and that sunrise and sunset always happened when the sa numbers appeared on the Internet, so people noticed the pattern and spread it to [Carrier Pigeon], so everyone learned to look up the ti on the Internet and mark things with it.

So when I woke up, the first thing I did was to pray to the God of the Internet.

"O God of the Internet, Lord of magic wires and digital paths, grant us fast connections and digital wisdom, let your wisdom run through my body. May our thoughts travel like lightning through your virtual domains, guided by your cyber light on the path to glory. In your grace, protect us from viruses and hackers, and may our downloads always be complete, an. I said with my eyes closed and my hands clasped together.

As soon as I opened my eyes, which were still a little heavy from sleep, I noticed that sothing was in front of , and instinctively I clicked on the [X] in the corner of that window and looked at the corner of the book screen.

Looking at the ti, I smiled to see that it was still 6:42, which gave an hour and eighteen minutes until class was scheduled to start.

That would give enough ti to wash, eat, and read so interesting books on the Internet, and maybe even so ti to play [CardMasters] with other people.

The possibility of being able to play with soone anywhere in the kingdom was fascinating!

In one of the gas, I decided to send a ssage in the ga chat, and there was another person who could read among the players.

We chatted for hours as we played, until I discovered that this player was an arcane mage who worked for a noble in the north of the realm, a distance that would take two days to travel on horseback.

And here we were, chatting as if we were face to face, a magic that the Internet never ceases to amaze with.

But today, as I looked at the screen of my Internet book, ready to open [Carrier Pigeon] to see if there was any gossip about anything in the kingdom, I noticed a new icon!

A new icon had recently appeared, the [Diary], sothing extrely useful for everyone, but especially for wizards, as it was now the second most-used application on the Internet.

Curious about this new application, I read its na below the icon of three colorful creatures.

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[iMonsters].

Realizing that an update had arrived, and that I might have clicked to close the Patch Notes window that opened after each update without noticing because I was asleep, I quickly clicked on the little bell next to the ti in the corner of the screen and clicked to read the note again.

[A new update has arrived on the Internet!

Noticing the loneliness and insecurity of so users around the world, the God of the Internet beca concerned about their physical and ntal health and developed a new app!

iMonsters has just been released!

- iMonsters is an app where the user can choose a creature from the three available creatures, feed it, train it, develop a bond of friendship with it, and even summon it into the real world to help you with daily tasks, fight for you, or just be a friend!

- An iMonster's power starts out like that of a 4-year-old child, but can grow infinitely!

- In order to feed the iMonsters, a new currency has been developed on the Internet, the Premium Internet Coin, which can be used to buy food for the iMonsters.

- To obtain Premium Internet Coins, the user can pray to the God of the Internet once while using the Internet, and this extra prayer will be converted into 01 Premium Internet Coin.

- For now, the only use of Premium Internet Coin is to feed the iMonsters, but with ti, more features will co to the Internet, so if you want to buy things that will co in the future, it is recomnded to save PIC over ti.

Your new iMonster partner is waiting for you, go and adopt him!

May the God of Internet bless you].

After reading this warning, my eyes were wide open!

Apparently, this new application was much more complex than all the other applications the Internet God had created for us!

Without thinking twice, I clicked on the [iMonsters] application icon and watched expectantly as it opened.

In front of , the screen showed pictures of three creatures.

A green squirrel holding a wooden stick and apparently playing with a plant while looking at with curiosity and suspicion.

A blue snake with whiskers on its face, swimming in the water and enjoying itself, while looking at with curiosity and pride.

An orange fox with the tip of its tail glowing yellow, looking at with curiosity and amusent.

Despite these three pictures, I could see the difference in the personalities of these three iMonsters.

Below the pictures were details of the personalities, abilities, and powers that each of these iMonsters could have in the future.

When I saw that these creatures were really like little wizards, my eyes were even more surprised.

I had to choose one of these creatures, and among the three iMonsters, the one I identified with the most was the cute blue snake that looked at with curiosity and a little pride.

As a wizard with an affinity for water spells, knowing that this blue snake also had an affinity for water and could even cast water spells made my interest in it increase several tis over.

So without thinking too much, I clicked on the blue snake nad [Aqualiss].

When the ga asked if I wanted to give it a custom na, I gave it so thought and decided to change its na to [Saphire] after learning that it was a female snake.

As soon as I confird the choice of na, Saphire's image slowly changed to a less detailed version, but she was wriggling around in the middle of the screen, looking around curiously as she swam in a small pond!

Around Saphire's image were so buttons I could press to interact with her!

Curious, I clicked on [Feed] and a small cookie appeared at the bottom of the screen, making Saphire look in my direction with curiosity and slowly approach with a little suspicion.

To calm her down, I clicked on [Caress] and a hand appeared on the screen, gently caressing Saphire's image.

Although this image had less detail, it seed so real that I felt as if I could see Saphire alive on the screen in front of .

Seeing her eat in such a cute way brought a smile to my face, even more so when a heart appeared in a speech bubble above her head after she ate!

Hearing that she liked it, I didn't think twice about clicking to feed her again, which Saphire quickly did, and this ti I noticed that while she was eating, a bar called Experience was rising until it reached 40% and then stopped.

Seeing that I had 3 cookies left, I quickly clicked on the three cookies and watched as Saphire ate happily while her experience bar rose until it was full.

When the experience bar was full, the screen flashed for a second and a window appeared in front of .

[Congratulations, Saphire has gone from level 01 to level 02!

Level up (Level 01 → Level 02)

HP: 2 (Total: 12)

Attack: 1 (Total: 6)

Defense: 1 (Total: 5)

Special attack: 2 (Total: 8)

Special defense: 1 (Total: 5)

Special Speed: 1 (Total: 6)]

When I looked at Saphire's stats and saw that she had beco stronger because I had fed her those cookies, I wanted to feed her again.

But when I tried to do so, another window appeared.

[Unfortunately, you don't have enough Premium Internet Coins, so to get more PIC, you can pray to the God of the Internet! One prayer equals one PIC!]

Seeing this, I thought that praying once more wouldn't be a problem, after all, I was an apprentice mage, even if I prayed 8 tis in a day, my spiritual power would still be relatively good.

Then, before I knew it, I was late for my first class because I was playing around and having fun with Saphire, and just like , thousands of other students and even so teachers were doing the sa thing!