Ray had finished reminiscing about the war, about the efforts that he had pulled. Just as Ray finished reminiscing, he had arrived at the university. He was quite early, and not many students were present yet. Ray decided to walk towards his classroom. He decided to just sit and wait in the back corner of the room, the classroom could easily fit 100 people. One by one other students had entered the room. Soon enough the classroom was close to full when the professor finally walked in. He was in his middle 40's and was well built, he had no hair on his head, but he had a big bushy beard. He looked like mobster, some of the students wondered if they even have the right teacher.

"Settle down people, settle down" The professor said

*Silence* Silence had entered the room, they were scared of the professor.

"No need to be scared, my name is Professor Rowen and I welcome you to the University Of Virtual Reality"

*Chatter* The students started chattering

"Now now, calm down everyone, I will now explain to you how this University is going to work, it is quite unique. Unlike other universities where you pick your classes right off the bat, we choose your class for the first year that you are here, after that, you can choose on what you want to study on, like for example; the mechanics of the Virtual reality console, how it was made, how it was possible etc etc . . ."

"Chatter* more chattering came from the students

"Also, since everyone are still technically first years, everyone will be having the same classes, since not everyone will have the same schedule, the school had divided the classes into three different times. We have Morning classes, from 8am to 11am, 1pm to 4pm, and 5pm to 9pm. You may sign up to any of these times, but you can only choose one. I am going to hand out a form and we wish for you to fill it out."

The professor started handing out a piece of paper, on the piece of paper it had only 3 things to fill out. Name, Time schedule chosen, and a signature.

Ray quickly signed on for the morning class, he was a morning person and his brain was more active during the mornings.

"After you fill the forms out, you are dismissed, drop the forms at my desk before you leave. School won't officially start till next week monday, and also this friday we will hold a welcoming ceremony to all the students, it will be on school grounds so make sure to come, it won't be necessary, but it will be a good opportunity to meet friends and potential lovers." The professor said blushing.

One by one students started filling out the paper and started leaving the room.

Ray filled out his paper and started to leave too, as he left the room almost everyone started talking about Square One. Among the conversations were about the war.

"You managed to join the war?! Lucky bastard!" A student said to another person.

"Yeah, my guild managed to get in, not all of us though" The other person replied

"Lucky you man, I tried to but there were way too many people!"

Conversations like these were all around the entire university, at one point this conversation happened.

"Did you guys hear about that group that took out Isris camps during the first night?" A person asked terrified

"Yeah, I heard they were killing a lot of Isris soldiers during the night."

"Yeah, I was on one of those camps, we didnt know what hit us, I heard the alarm bell for intruders, once I got out of my tent to see what was going on, I had already died." A person said

Ray decided to leave and head home, that way he could go and play the game a little bit more, he now had one more week of free game time.

Ray got home and immediately stepped inside the 'Egg'.

Scout awoke at a fountain on which he recognizes from his last visit, he was now back at the Chronos capital. Scout checked his stats and was surprised that he had gained a few levels before he died. He was now level 75. He also had noticed that his weapon was now giving off an even darker aura that could be easily visible. He inspected his weapon and was surprised to what he saw.

Dragon Slayer DaggersYellow tierItem level75Attack750DurabilityNot applicableExtra AttributesStrength + 20

Agility +20

Movement Speed +3%User RequirementScoutThese daggers were used to kill a legendary black dragon, and it absorbed the dragons black blood. The dagger levels up according to the level of the user, Scout.

Scout was surprised, his weapon now had changed to yellow tier, as he equipped his daggers, he felt the surge of power within him. He then decided to walk towards the city hall. He read in the forums that the city hall is where you can exchange your War Coins for items.

Scout had arrived, he was surprised too see the inside, it was bigger than any town hall he had seen, and there were more people hanging about too. He then asked a guard where to get his rewards for the war coins. The guard pointed him towards a room.

Scout walked towards the room and entered it, at first glance it looked like an auction house, but at a second glance near where the items were displayed, there was a list of items that could be bought using the war coins. Scout approached one of the lists, as he glanced throughout the list a person suddenly appeared right in front of him.

"How may I help you today sir?" The person asked

"Can you explain to me how this works?" Scout asked, he was genuinely confused

"Ah, it is simple, you look through the item list, and off to its side there should be a number, the number indicates how many war coins are needed to redeem the item. Some items are duplicates of each other, meaning there would be more items similar to that, there are also some that have only one copies. After you had picked an item, tell us and we will bring it to you for you to inspect, if you are satisfied with an item you can then exchange your war coins for it."

"I see, thank you very much" Scout said politely

Scout looked through the list, there were plenty of items available, there were armors that ranged from 50 coins to 500 coins depending on the level. Weapons were the same too. There were potions, there were basic skill books. But those items only costed 500 coins or below. There was also a miscellaneous tab where you can exchange war coins for reputation, for gold, or for guild reputation. Scout checked the items that he could buy instantly, he had 1087 coins, he checked the items that costs 1000 coins. There were horses, not just basic ones, but royal steads. The weapons and armors were one of a kind. There was also a class change scroll available. All of these things interested Scout, but there was one thing that really caught his attention, It was a skill book. Scout then told the person on what he wanted, the person was surprised.

"Sir that item costs 1000 war coins, and no one has that amount, the highest item that we have sold was an item around 700 coins, and the one that bought it was the highest contributor in Chronos, Blaze." The person said in a loud tone. The persons tone attracted the attention of many people

"Worry not, I have 1000 coins here. Please bring me the item, I do not want to attract attention to myself." Scout said.

The person then suddenly left and went ahead to grab the item that Scout wanted. Meanwhile, people were eyeing Scout, but they did not know who he was, Scout had a mask on so they couldn't see who he was. They were curious, they wanted to know who could afford an item with 1000 coins, it would have been easy to get 1000 coins if you participated in a war at least 5 times the same scale as the one that recently happened. But that was the only war that had happened. So they were curious.

After a few minutes had passed the person had come back and gave Scout the item to inspect.

Skill Book: Shadow Clone

Mana Requirement: 300 mana per clone

Cooldown: N/A

Description: Make clones of yourself, the clone will vanish after taking a certain amount of damage. As the skill level goes up, the more durable the clone. Clones will share the mana pool of the user.

"Are you satisfied with this item sir?" The person asked still in doubt if Scout and 1000 coins.

"Yes, this would be fine." Scout said and pulled out 1000 coins and handed it over to the person.

The person was shocked, his jaws had dropped, but he wasn't the only one, everyone around them were shocked too, they couldn't believe it, someone had actually had 1000 war coins.

Scout received his item and immediately used it. He now had a new skill that he could utilize.

Shadow Clone(Active): Make clones of yourself, the clone will vanish after taking a certain amount of damage. As the skill level goes up, the more durable the clone. Clones will share the mana pool of the user.

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Mana Cost: 300 mana per clone

Cooldown: N/A

Shadow CloneBeginner level 1 (0%)

Scout was about to leave when suddenly a swarm of people surrounded him. They were asking him questions like

"What item did you get?!"

"How did you get the 1000 war coins?!"

"Wanna join our guild?!"

Scout ignored the questions and said.

"Excuse me I have to leave please step out of the way. I don't want any trouble"

As Scout was walking away, people turned hostile towards him. Scout felt the hostility and hurried towards the exit. But it was too late, people were blocking it already, almost ready to kill. They were jealous of Scout, they thought he was hacking or cheating, so they wanted to kill him, just to let out their anger.

Scout had thought of a plan.

Scout used his new skill. He made a clone of himself, the moment the clone appeared, he shadow stepped towards the exit. This way people will think he is dead and won't look for him after a long time.

The people started beating up Scouts clone, the clone easily vanished after a few hits. Everyone in the room started laughing.

"Hahahahaha what a weakling, couldn't even survive a few attacks!"

"Hahahaha yeah, so weak, maybe he was a leecher!"

"Yeah! hahahaha maybe he was just running around the battlefield collecting coins while his teammates were fighting!"

"What a scum!"

"So, did he drop any items?"

"Bad luck for us, he did not."

"doesn't matter, we killed him"

"yeah! thats all that matters!"

Scout watched the whole thing from the exit.

"Dumb people" Scout thought before he left.

Scout then casually walked out of the city hall as if nothing had happened. As Scout was walking out of it, he felt a small prick from his back. Scout tried to look back but he couldn't, he was paralyzed, he could not move or use any skills. Suddenly a bag came over his head covering his entire face. It was kidnapping.

Scout did not know where he was being dragged too, he was lost and confused, he knew there was two people carrying him side by side. He also knows that they were using the rooftops for traveling. Scout uses this method too, it was faster and also it was more peaceful.

They finally arrived at a location, the bag that was over Scouts head was no more, Scout could finally see, he was hands were tied behind his back. A man in a hood approached him and asked.

"Pretty ballsy move their kid using a skill in the city hall, how did you come across it?" the person asked

"I bought it using the war coins" Scout replied

"Not that skill, but I do have to agree, pretty good skill you bought there, anyways, not that skill, but the other skill you used to escape."

"it my unique skill" Scout said

"Yours?! Hahahaha!" The person laughed along with 3 others.

"Whats so funny?!" Scout asked furious

"Do you seriously think that you're the only one with that skill?!" The person asked still laughing

". . ." Scout stayed silent, he was still paralyzed and still could not use any skills.

Suddenly a person with a knife approached Scout and slowly went behind him. Scout closed his eyes, he expected to be dead, but he was wrong, the rope that tied his arms together were now cut off, his paralysis was gone too. Scout slowly stood up not understanding the situation.

The people took Scout and slowly pushed him to a dark room, suddenly flames light the whole room and there were now at least 5 people standing above Scout at a balcony.

"So you are the newest addition to our group, and an adventurer at that" A person above said.

". . ." Scout was confused

"You are an Eliminator, Yes?" The person asked once more

"Yes, how did you know?" Scout asked

"Well because I too am an Eliminator just like you. And everyone around you are Eliminators too"

Everything started to make sense to Scout now, he had triggered something related to the Eliminators, and him shadow stepping at the city hall triggered that.

"We welcome you to our small brotherhood!" The person said and the people there started clapping.

Scout was now happy than ever, he can now finally progress on his class and even possibly gain new skills.

"Sterling over there will be your mentor, he will teach you more of the ways of the Eliminator and will teach you tricks of the trade, he will also explain to you our purpose in this world." The person said and left.

A person slowly approached Scout and the person took of his hood. It revealed a face of a man at least 50, but he had a dignified look, a look you did not want to mess with, his hair was black, but white hairs started to grow, it was long and his hair was tied back. At first glance he looked old and had a weak body, but if you look close enough, his body was stronger that of an 20 year old body builder.

"My name is Sterling, ill be your mentor, nice to meet you" Sterling said

"Scout, nice to meet you too"

Scout was now about to start a new chapter of his gaming life.

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Ill stop it here guys, hope you enjoy, I planned on posting this chapter yesterday but I had to pick up a shift from work for a workmate, sorry guys.

I got to go to work now :D

Thanks for reading and have a good day, enjoy!