Zane: "How many hours has past?"

Zane looked at his watch, it's been 8 hours since his temperance of ban has been placed upon. What has he done since the past eight hours you say?, You know the usual thing for a "Grinder", staying up all night, studying about the library in Lay-fall Town. 'Who knew there was such informative website in here?', Zane forgot "Avast Online" was released roughly about five years ago. Zane got curious and searched up "Zakfrost Lighorno" onto the search engine, the results were as expected, thousands of- no, hundreds of results of information about him. Zane thought to view it, just in case to know who he is truly is.

Zane: "So Zak, was really spectacular, and insanely overpowered!"

The note Zane read was something about his power, the way it was explained, truly meant he was too overpowered even he can stand against gods. 'Zak was really strong after all, the book I was reading looked like it was telling lies, despite the awesome bit where he fought in the war, it was really good!'.

Zane was getting impatient, the way he was stomping, oddly strange noises coming from him, he was nearly at his limit. 'Ooooh, I want to play the game now!', When he got kicked out of the game, Zane sure was jumping up and down like a kid complaining why he was kicked out. Someone who is insane enough to stay in the game five days straight will be absolutely be kicked out, imagine the health consequences if a normal person were to be diving in for five straight days. Well, for Zane he had training for withstanding extreme exhaustion for long periods of time, after his training he would never rest, staying up all night, it seemed Zane's body has morphed abnormally and by now the shape of his lungs would look different compared to a normal one.

It's been sixteen hours, his face did not show any hints of exhaustion or whatsoever. His incredible amount of stamina he has hold was poured in from his intense training he had to sustain during his very difficult moments, despite his training for meditation it was really high compared to those high-ranked martial artists who would meditate to restore their inner power quickly. Well, Zane was part of them, not typically though.

Zane's face sure did show astonishment when he realized that his time his over, he quickly ran to the virtual pod but before he did, his hunger urged him to feed him quickly or he was to die alongside with it.

Zane: "Whens the last time I've eaten, about a day or so?"

Zane went to the kitchen and opened the fridge, the food wasn't satisfying at all, just a bunch of frozen breads, leftover salads, yogurt, fruits and other stuff. Inside his cupboard was dry ingredients, bread, vegetables and other dairy products. Zane did had a widened face because he forgot all about the groceries he had to shop for. 'Damn, I forgot all about it, might as well go to the supermarket', with his jeans and jacket on, he prepared himself and off he went to the supermarket.

When Zane came back with bags filled with luxurious groceries containing nourishing food, with his face filled with delight, he ate his meal with no hesitation at all. 'It's been awhile since I've eaten something so good'. Back in his training, he was not to consume anything that relates to junk food, Zane had only eaten foods which contained a lot of nutrients, suitable for training purposes, unlike the taste it was utterly disgusting even a normal person would've vomit the instant they took a pint of it. It was Zane's nightmare to eat the food, but he was glad it was all over.

Zane: "Phew!, What a meal!"

With his stomach finally filled, he lay down on the couch, Zane couldn't wait much longer but he wanted to rest a bit just in case. While he was thinking, he thought of getting some stats grinded and also some proper equipment before venturing up the library. Who knew something terrifying or dangerous could be up there, monsters in the library, it could be possible, trials perhaps, some puzzle-solving challenges can be in there. Zane said to himself, There might be all sorts of thing we may find.

Now his rest is finally over, he headed towards the capsule, with the lid opened automatically with a built-in security device, only enables the owner to access. He proceeded into laying down inside the capsule and the lid closed automatically, with his eyes slowly closed, it was time for him to enter "Avast Online",'I hope something hasn't changed since I was gone' Zane thought to himself, he just had a weird feeling that something has changed. Then Zane shouted out the command and he was transported into the game, it was about time for him to settle things in "Avast Online"

With a series of light flashing by his eyes, he appeared in the white room, the same one when he got kicked out, and he appeared in Vex's body, 'I missed ya buddy!' it was indeed a long time for Zane to be back in Vex's body (Even though both appearance's look the same). When Vex looked around, he was still in the white room, mid-floating in the air. Sometimes players do not teleport about a minute time, rather because of re-calibration process, health check or their might be a change to the system's game engine. Vex did had a weird feeling about it, it could be a coincidence after all, maybe the game really missed him that much.

Vex still mid-floating in the air, he was greeted by an unusual notification

! NOTICE !New Update! (Update #19)New available update is ready to download, do you accept?

NOTE: You cannot enter the game unless you have updatedYesNo

Vex: "A update?, that was the weird feeling?"

Vex pressed on the "Yes" button without any hesitation, he just hoped nothing including his combat capabilities has altered or anything related to him has changed at all. Vex was just worried about his gameplay, nothing exciting has been taken away for him. He needs to see it for himself after this game updates.

Downloading...NOTE: Do not leave the capsule until download is finished, doing so will lead to corruptions and update error(0.09%) (25.36GB / 100TB) (15.21GB/S)

Zane luckily, has a built-in optic-fiber lightsonic speed internet cable implemented into his VirChuix capsule, 0.5 metres in length and width, capable of sending enormous amounts of download data to the server and stream about a terabyte of data within seconds. Thanks to their parents working in the second-largest networking company, this was possible for Zane to have such internet speed. People who play Avast Online required huge amounts of data passed through the servers in order not to actually experience "Virtual Paralyze", a term similar to lag but the user cannot move, making them rendered unusable and therefore cannot log out at all. But its not a issue, players are logged out if the systems detects if they are experiencing "Virtual Paralyze", there are no health concerns regarding this thing, so it was good news.

Vex rolling over, doing somersaults, back flipping and moonwalking in mid-air for some reason, it seems Vex was getting bored waiting for the download to finish. He check his download percentage, it was roughly about 75% till the update was downloaded, it's been around twenty minutes now, about five to ten minutes time it will be done. While he waited, he thought what kind of update it was going to be. 'New content added in?, change into system stats?, new monsters added in?, new landscape implemented?' Vex thought of, the more he thinked about it, the more decisions came into his head. It was starting to get annoying so he stopped and waited.

Moments later, a notification appeared.

Download Finished!Updating... (1%)

NOTE: Do not leave your capsule until update process has finished!(100%) (100TB / 100TB) (0.00KB/S)

Vex: "Ughhh, I have to wait aga-"

Download Finished!Updated Completed! (100%)(100%) (100TB / 100TB) (0.00KB/S)

Vex: "Now that was fast!"

The update process completed within seconds, now it was time for Vex to prepare himself into Avast Online, the countdown sequence was activated as my body was fading away, the countdown came towards "5" and half of my body was gone. It was not long till the countdown reached zero and I was teleported. 'Its about time' Vex thought out loudly while clenching his fists towards his chest whilst making determination facials. It was time for him to continue venturing up the tower. But before he did, first he needed to get some things prepared.

***

*Meanwhile at a Guild*

Vixi and Zeed both sitting on chairs, on the guild's meeting table thinking of something. It seems they were planning about how they should start recuriting high-leveled players because they were lacking workers for their guild. The guild consists of thirty players, all above level three-hundred, most of them have hidden classes such as, Dragon Knight, Blood Necromancer, Dark Paladin, Jester and many more. This guild was well-known for having hidden classes, but Vixi had the "God's Servant" class and Zeed had the "Death's Disciple" class.

These two class were considered super-rare and very hard to get, it involved quests with difficulties beyond SSS to get. Even the rumored rank, rarity or difficulty dubbed as "X" was even placed on their quests. Rumors spread, saying that they went to war with the gods to obtain such classes once they had defeated the hardest boss. But they have not confirmed if it was true, it still remains a mystery.

While Vixi thinking of something, a thought came to her mind.

Vixi: "What do you think our Son is doing right now?"

Zeed: "Probably hunting down monsters with a group, who knows?"

And now we meet Zane's/Vex's parents, these two are known to run the strongest guilds in the game, ranging from mage's to assassin's. This guild is typically stands above all of them. "Corrupted", the name of their guild, meaning to take over and control of what is not fully theirs. It was indeed a suitable name for a guild who has defeated over millions of people.

Vixi: "We don't know our son's name"

Zeed: "I hope he hasn't changed his appearances, otherwise it's impossible to find him. We will meet him one day"

Vixi: "Yeah I hope we wil-"

Then a alarm start ringing from her notification.

Vixi: "Ooooh!, Time for work honey!"

Zeed: "Coming!"

***

Vex then, appeared in the seat he was in before, players walking were spotted in his sight. And the books are still there from two days ago. It seemed Vex's stuff were untouched since his arrival, He was not sure if he actually read five-hundred books so he wanted to check it later. Vex was only curious about the update, so he looked everywhere if anyone has noticed anything. Moments later, a huge crowd of players were seen running for some reason, we could seem through the large windows from the inside.

Players rushed outside to see what was happening, also Vex went running outside as well, while he went outside, Vex saw a lot of people running towards the centre of the town, when he arrived there whereas all players were gathering. Vex forced himself into that crowd, what he saw was a huge board, it was a notice board containing information about the new update. Vex couldn't help himself but read it, the results were shocking (probably in a bad or good way)

! Notice Board !UPDATE #19Here comes another update!, make sure to check out the following contents added below:

- Added Satiety/Thrist feature, players will now experience hunger and dehydration as like before.

- Added 3 new production skills, featuring: Cooking, Harvestation and Vegetation.

- Added new class: Gunsman, also included new combat/production skills, Gun Mastery and Blacksmith - Gungineer

- Added new weapons, armors and items, all available in your local blacksmith/tailoring shop.

- Added 2 new hidden class, be the first one to obtain it!

- All players receive the magic canteen, capable of holding unlimited water.

- All players receive 20 'Wheat Bread'.

- HUD (Heads-up display) are implemented in, Now players can see their HP/MP/Stamina bar to their top-left side, Satiety/Thirst bar to the top-right side.

- New PvP system, players can now 1v1 duel other players, rewards to come for the most PvP kills.

- All foods have raritys implemented into, the higher the rarity, the more nourshing, taste, and the potency it has.

For more update info, please visit our website for more details.NEW DLC (Valoth's Vengance)Travel into a new land, filled with darkness surrounded with nothing but the gloomy undead, do you have what it takes to venture further into castle and defeat the Undead King Valoth, to restore the balance and lift this dreadful curse off this land?.

Buy this DLC now for only US$29.99 (Special Offer: 50% discount)

Requirements:

- Level 150+ (Recommended: Level 200+)

- 12-player raid

For more info, please visit our website for more details.Guild WarsThe Guilds Wars was such a huge hit, millions of people enjoyed the war between other guilds, "Corrupted" sure did show who was boss, the intense amount of power poured into the battlegrounds was insane. Constant huge explosions were sighted everywhere around the wargrounds, it was hardcore for sure.

- The third place goes to "Phantom Menace", they sure did had intense battles, but their stamina wasn't enough to sustain themselves in the wargrounds, Congrats!

- The second place goes to "X-Troyer", their massive amount of teamwork sure did bring themselves to the last 3 guilds, unfortunately their manpower was reduce, and was beaten by this last guild. Congrats!

- The first place goes to "Corrupted", for the last remaining guild to stand. Their teamwork and manpower were at top notch, executing plans at its utmost perfection and eliminating guilds with nothing but a pint of stamina consumed, Congrats!

- The runner-ups are "Happy Day$", "Burnout", "Justice Knights", "Void" and "Miyuki Kazaki", Congrats to all of you!

All of the mentioned guilds will receive the following rewards:

Runner-Ups:

- Receive 0C 0S 250G

- Receive new item, "Hazume's Golden Statue"

- Receive new chest armor "Vest of Midnight"

Third Place:

- Receive 0C 0S 1000G

- Receive new spell tome, "Glacier Blaze"

- Receive new gauntlets, "Force Blasters"

- Receive 'Runner-Up' rewards ex. Gold

Second Place:

- Receive 0C 0S 1500G

- Receive new pet, "Hade's Cerberus"

- Receive new armor set, "Holo-Tech V2 set"

- Receive new weapon, "Holo-Tech Laser Weapon (choice of any weapon)"

- Receive 'Runner-Ups' and 'Third Place' rewards ex. Gold

- Gain new title, "War Champion"

First Place:

- Receive 0C 0S 2500G

- Receive new class: "War Ender", players may swap out their current class for this one.

- Receive new spell tome, "Demonic Adrenaline Rush"

- Receive 'Runner-Ups', 'Third Place' and 'Second Place' rewards ex. Gold

Thank you all hundred guilds for participating in the Guild Wars. For more info, visit the website for more details.Tower of VoldredThe legendary sword "Voldred's Musk Blade", locked up inside a room in the very top of the tower, it consists of 200 floors, have you got what it takes to reach to the top. Gather your friends and venture up towards the Tower of Voldred and defeat the boss, Doragun the Skullseeker to obtain the legendary weapon.

Requirements:

- Level 100+ (Recommended: Level 250+)

Rewards:

- SS-ranked weapon, "Voldred's Musk Blade" to all participated players

- Gain new title, "Conqueror of Voldred" to all participated players

Vex: "..."

Vex was shocked to see the update information, it was beyond his current decision he chose what differences the game will have. Satiety and Thirst is implemented in, now Vex has to either buy his food from the nearby culinary shops or hunt down monsters for their meat. Vex thought it was about time to slaughter monsters for surviving, thinking about it, Vex can use the 'Fool's Gold' to steal off ten silvers from any monsters. That'll not cause any experience gaining because he didn't want to level up yet. About the HUD implementation, Vex can see his HP/MP/Stamina bar to his top-left side and the Satiety/Thirst Bar was onto the opposite side. It was easier for him to inspect his HP points instead of shouting out the command to bring up the stats, so it was a lot easier to consume any of his potions if his health hit below the safe zone.

Besides the update information, Valoth's Vengance DLC (downloadable content) pack sounded awesome, too bad it requires eleven other people. Vex thought of soloing because he wasn't the solidarity type and people can get in his way, the recommendation of the level was two-hundred plus. 'Is it really hard?', Vex thought it looked easier because it felt like it did. Vex thinks he's confident enough to accept this quest, rather because of this overpowered class granted by Zakfrost, 'Oh thank you!', Vex wondered what the rewards were, probably ranging from rank A to SSS. 'Who knows?', The rewards may be more epic than you think. So he postponed this quest in another time, until he was high-leveled enough, Vex can purchase the DLC now but he wasn't prepared yet.

The Guild Wars, where all guilds come into one wargrounds and start offending each other, ten people maximum in each group participants. 'Corrupted, what a strong guild, heard about their rumors', they were strong, their guild members each had their own hidden classes. Only thirty people were in the guild and only the owners were to choose their fellow recruits, 'If I was strong, I'll prove to myself I am worthy of joining this Guild, just you wait Corrupted!', with his fists clenched towards his chest, he hoped he can join this guild. The Guild Wars rewards were insane, talking about the first prize, 'Isn't that a hidden class or a S-ranked class?' Vex thought, it could be possible though. X-Troyer and Phantom Menace sure do sound strong as well, 'Phantom Menace came third because of stamina issues, that's weird...' Usually they will have high-stamina, 'Maybe someone used a spell to drain their energy' it made sense but not stupid as well.

Looking at all these notices sure made him feel hungry, the last one he had interest in it, 'Venture up the tower to gain a legendary weapon?, I am definitely doing it!' Vex thought about it. It sure does sound fun but not in a good way, as in grinding in their for days reaching up to the tower without even stopping, there might even be safe places for players to safely logout. Thinking about it, Vex didn't want to risk it, so he was to venture up their still by himself but taking extra precautions. After a lot of thinking, something was rumbling in his stomach.

*Rowr..........

Vex: "Crap, I am getting hungry!"

Author Notes:

So why the late chapter?

As you may say, I have been doing somethings lately which has been avoiding me to write down somethings for the chapter. Or other things as in "extreme procrastination", I can't help it lol :)

So downloading is a thing in Avast Online huh...

Audience's Question (maybe, idk, probably never or everyone is just gonna ignore this): "Really?, A gigabyte transfer of data per second when downloading and a 100TB of storage data?"

A: "Oh come on!, I rushed it a bit, no need to worry about that download rate per second and the storage thingy, its the future man! :)"

DLCs in the game, huh....

Audience's Question (maybe, idk, probably never or everyone is just gonna ignore this): "Cool!"

A: "IKR :)"

Notice anything unusual or unexplained? Please give a heads out!

This chapter is a bit of rush so if you notice any mistakes, I'll fix them shortly

Anyways thank you for reading this chapter! :)

PS: Will be making modifications to this chapter