Prologue - New World

Time passed; Solar didn't know how long time had passed, but he had grown a long beard. His mind had become numb to the pain from the blood-sucking. He had adapted to his circumstances but never given up the chance of freedom. He grew in strength and hid it, feasting on rats for energy and training every second he could. His suppressed rage and hatred only grew more and more, but he held it inside of him, waiting for the right moment. He hoped the day would come soon, the day of his revenge...

The world had changed in the blink of an eye.

A few sentences from the so-called System and planet Earth had merged with another planet. They had been summoned to the tutorial, and when they came back most of the cities were ruined. Monsters appeared everywhere and it was survival of the fittest. Goblins, gnomes, bull-men and countless of more races populated the world.

There had been more war and carnage than ever before; constant skirmishes happened all around the planet, every member of every race striving to gain levels, a better class and reinforce their position in the brutal new world.

Lucas Crawleck carefully walked through the patches of tall grass. His bucket-hat blocked his eye's from the sun rays so that his vision was 100%, which was very important in the current times.

Further down the plains, under a large tree, there was a family of Fire lions. They were larger, faster and angrier than normal lions. He had spotted them when they hunted a large mutated elephant the other day, they had ripped it with ease.

Lucas signalled to the rest of the group to turn back. His hunting team consisted of 2 African males, Amare and Zane, and one Chinese guy called Li Wei, who had been on vacation here in South Africa when The System took over. They had been at the same tutorial and became good comrades in arms, even though only Li Wei understood him.

"Goblins ahead!" Li Wei had used Farsight and saw a dozen of pesky goblins on their way to them. The skill Farsight enabled him to see things in detail hundreds of meters away. One of the few skills he had picked up from the tutorial.

The goblins were the size of children, about half the average size of adult humans. They were mostly green, but Lucas had black ones, but that was a mine near their village. When they were close enough, he used to Inspect.

Goblin

Level: 14

The problem that he had noticed with goblins was that they were crazy. Their use of the system was erratic; there was no tactic behind their moves which also made them unpredictable.

"Prepare for combat!" Li Wei screamed as he prepared his skill.

The distance closed and Li Wei cast Stone Stalactite when the goblins were almost upon them. It impaled one of them. Lucas used his signature move, Slow Movement. Their speed dropped, which enabled Zane to intercepted them with a Block, stopped their charge and stunning them for 0,5 seconds. Amare followed up with a thrust and killed one of them.

The goblins giggled and their crazy laughter grew louder, one of them cast Firebolt out of nowhere at Amare. He was too slow to dodge and it hit him right in the face.

Splat!

He fell dead to the ground with only half a scarred face left. The remaining members became enraged. Zane managed to retain enough rationality to keep defend the rest of his team. Li Wei used Stone Stalactite again and managed to kill off the third one. It took five more minutes before they killed them with a combination of Slow Movement and Stone Stalactite.

"Fuck..!"

Lucas checked the leaderboard with despair, "How much of humanity has survived? Will the distance between us continue to widen?"

T0 Leaderboard: Name, Level Race Class 1. Laos Rag'e, level 46 Lava Giant Barbarian (U) 2. Niu Kis Juy, level 44 Kitsune Illusionist (R) 3. Fang, level 43 Fire Lion Prowler (C) 4. Velin Every, level 42 Elf Magician (C) 5. Unnamed level 42 Shadow Basilisk Fighter (C) 6. Bui Kis Juy level 42 Kitsune Enchanter (R) 7. Thunderwing level 41 Griffin Swooper (U) 8. Akno Rakno level 41 Undead Necromancer (R) 9. Fau Rag'e Level 41 Lava Giant Fighter (C) 10. Unnamed level 40 Swamp Crocodile Prowler (C) 128371. Lucas Crawleck Human LOCKED