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Chapter 0: The Prologue

Reincarnation in process, please wait.

Erasing Memories.

Choosing gender.

Choosing appropriate age.

Managing living arrangements.

Importing basic knowledge.

Importing Background and history.

Error, redirecting.

Error, Background and history failed to upload.

Syncing Data.

Importing quest.

Error! Error!

Redirecting failed, connecting to D.E.V.

Connection terminated.

Uploading in progress.

Before we begin, please choose your name.

“What? Where is this? Who am I?”

Can not commute, please choose your name.

“What, you want me to choose my own name?”

Can not commute, please choose your name.

“Fine then, Zu. Yes, my name is Zu.

Zu is it? Do you want this name? If you choose this there is no going back.

“Yes, Zu. My name is Zu.”

Processing data… Implanting data… Syncing to Azure… Complete!

Zu welcome to Azure.

Zu: Age 20 Gender: Male Occupation: Farmer

Zu was born a noble, his father owned all of southern Chaos and his mother was the daughter of Duke Niel. The southern region of Chaos was claimed to be house the strongest militant, but that was proved wrong when the Links attacked. The southern region of Chaos was thrown into chaos and all of the nobles were beheaded. Zu the crown prince and heir to the throne happened to escape. His uncle Peter hid him in the lowlands, hoping to save his life but who would have knew he would later become a slave. Zu being a slave at the age of eight then became a slave in the farmlands of Zen, the other slaves took care of him and showed Zu the ropes. Who would have known that ten years later Zu would buy his own freedom, becoming a free man. Once free Zu continued his farm life and brought a small house to live in on the edge of Lindel town. When Zu was a slave he had two meals a day, but now on his own he can barely pay the rent. There was a prophecy a thousand years ago that stated ‘Jumpers’ would appear one day, who knew that, that day was coming. It was stated that those ‘Jumpers’ would teleport into our land and either cause Chaos or utter destruction. Each Jumper belongs to a faction, and every faction is at war. On Azure, the factions are fighting for supremacy, but could you have known that they would pray for the ‘Jumpers’ to appear and fight for their cause? Zu has his own goal, he wants the region of Link to be destroyed but being a farmer won’t cover the quest he needs to give to the ‘Jumpers’.

“What? I don’t remember any of this? Why… why don’t I remember? Is this a lie? This cannot be true!”

Zu you are apart of the kingdom of Zen, and they have summoned the ‘Jumpers’ give them the quest needed to rise up in power to help your kingdom become the true ruler.

This is your job, this is your destiny, you cannot escape your fate.

A bright white light was shone, it covered all of the man's vision blocking him from seeing anything. He tried to cover his eyes, but it didn’t work, the light still shined through. When the light dimmed down, the man found himself in a tattered wooden house.

The man looked around the wooden house, there were holes in the wall and a strange smell came into his nose. There wasn’t anything to hold his clothes, they were in a pile against the corner. The pile couldn’t even be considered big, it only had four pairs of clothes, each one was wet and produced a foul odor. The man pinched his nose as he turned his body around looking for anything to air out the scent.

No window, there was no window in this wooden house. He turned around many times, but no matter how many times he looked, there wasn’t a window in sight. He gained some basic knowledge about this house - if that's what you would call it - it had a pile of wet clothes in the corner, a bucket filled with dirty water in another corner, and something that seemed like a bed that was made from straw.

This wooden house was a disaster, the living conditions weren’t something a normal person could live in.

The man walked to the wooden door which was the only place that didn’t have a hole in it, and opened it. The man got a whiff of fresh air, unlike what he had a moment ago. He closed his eyes while he breathed in a few times to make sure that the scent in his nose was gone while he opened his eyes slowly.

‘Beautiful!’ The man thought to himself as he took a few steps from his door. The surrounding area was something he hasn’t seen before, green grass all around, around fifty wooden houses just like his own, a mountain could be seen off in the distance. A few meters in front of him was a stone well, while there were chickens, dog's, and cat’s going around. “Mooo!”

The man turned his head, to the sound, it was a cow. Not just one cow, but a dozen of them. He could see the sheep, pigs, hens, and even some horses gathered in an enclosed area. Each animal had their own area they were located at, and everything seemed peaceful.

The man suddenly thought to himself, ‘Who am I? I know my name is Zu, but still, how did I get here?’

This man was none other than Zu, the twenty year old farmer that lives alone. His skin tone is light, but also dark - probably due to being outside from farming. He has blue eyes and short brown hair that barely reaches his shoulders. His build is ok, but that is to be expect considering his occupation. If you were to measure him, he would be 5’9.

Zu was alone out in the open for around two minutes, but after those two minutes more and more people started coming out of their houses. Children, and adults of all ages came out, but unlike Zu who was confused they did chores. The children approached the well to fetch water, while the women started to hang their wet clothing on a line. The men either went to their farm, or took a hatchet to cut down trees.

The clothes they were wearing wasn’t that great, each one had patches, holes and stains on them. Some of the peoples hair were dirty, and had a weird stench coming from them, but each one of them were smiling. This was their life, this is all they knew.

‘Maybe I should approach one of them, then I could find out some information.’ Zu thought to himself for a few seconds before deciding to take action. He strolled over to an elderly man that seemed to be in his 80’s. “Excuse me mister, but where is this?”

The elderly man had a cane that was holding him upright, keeping him from bending his back. He looked at Zu filled with confusion, but nevertheless he spoke: “Zu, since when have you returned to calling me mister? You’re one of us now, remember that!”

Zu put his hand on the back of his neck and slightly rubbed it, he didn’t know what to say, but he didn’t know who this elderly man was. Zu smiled, he decided that he should ‘pretend’ not to understand anything. “I’m sorry sir, but i’ve lost my memory. I think it’s because I hit my head last night, but could you please remind me?”

The elderly man was shocked, he slowly raised his hand and patted Zu on the shoulder. “Is that what I heard last night? Hopefully you’ll regain your memories, but i’ll tell you anyways. This is the outer region of the kingdom of Zen, we are farmers who produce food and gather herbs/lumber to ship to the capital. You can call me chief until you regain your memory.”

Zu nodded his head, he seemed to understand something. Zu recalled the voices and picture screens that popped up in his head, he tried to recall the history that was on it, but everything was fuzzy. He should have paid it more attention if he knew that it would have been important, but he dismissed it because he wanted to know where that place was.

Zu returned to the front of his home, since he was a farmer he needed to get to work. Every second he wasted was going to be a lose of money, and the way things were looking for him was not good. Zu walked around the outside of his house looking for any farming materials that he could use. In the back of his house he found a shovel, it seems that he was the type to take care of vegetables.

How did Zu know that? That’s because in the back of his house was a field full of vegetables. Zu got the shovel and was about to begin his work when suddenly the sky - that was blue and filled with clouds - turned black.

Boom!

Zu heard something crash and raced back in the front of his house. When he first appeared in this location there were fifty houses, but now it increased to sixty! ‘Something is wrong…’ Zu thought to himself, there was no way his eyes were playing tricks on him. Zu himself even wiped his eyes a few times to make sure, but he was sure, there were now sixty houses.

The ten new houses were different that the others, they each were workshops instead. Two said merchant on top, while another two said Blacksmith. The other six seemed to be tailoring and alchemy shops. Zu knew what these things were, but he didn’t understand how they got there. Zu decided to ask the Chief if he knew anything about those places.

Strolling back over to the Chief with his shovel at hand, Zu called out to him: “Chief, can I have a moment.”

The Chief wasn’t doing anything, he was only sitting down on a stool gazing into the distance. It seemed like he wanted some company, because when Zu approached him he had a nice smile. “Yes Zu? Need something?”

“Yes Chief, I was wondering where did those shops come from?” Zu cut straight to the point, he really wanted to know exactly how the appeared.

The Chief was stunned once again, but he slowly shook his head. “Zu those have been there since you first came to me. I think you should rest a while, maybe then you’ll remember everything.”

Zu pointed towards the Blacksmith's shop, “Chief they weren’t there the last time I came. I might have lost my memory but I can see as clear as day, something is wrong here!”

The Chief started to laugh, but shortly after he started to cough. It looked like his age was taking a tole on him, because he seemed to be in bad shape. “Zu, please res-”

The Chief stopped talking, and his eyes that were blue seemed void. He turned around and sat straight on his stool once again gazing off into the distance. The sky once again turned black, and Zu paid attention this time.

Boom!

‘What! How!?’ Zu racked his brain over it countless times, but he couldn’t figure it out. Two more buildings just magically appeared in thin air, but the villagers and the Chief seemed to pay it no mind. One of the buildings seemed like a holy place, the outside was made of white stone, while the windows were all sparkling. The building next to it was huge, it was the biggest building Zu has seen so far. It was made of wood just like the other houses, but next to it were training dummies and target boards.

Zu’s eyes opened wide, all of this was complete magic to him and he knew that the Chief really didn’t understand what was going on. This world that he was in was totally strange, and it seemed the inhabitants of this village were even stranger.

The Chief seemed to regain control over himself, he got up off his stool and walked over to Zu. “Ah, where were we...ah, right those places have been there Zu. I suggest you rest awhile, maybe the heat is getting to you. Or you should go see the priest, have her take a look.”

Zu rubbed both of his temples, he couldn’t talk to this Chief anymore or else he would get a headache. Zu decided that this world was strange and this place was even stranger, but nevertheless, Zu wanted to know why.

Zu walked over to the building that seemed holy, it was nothing but a four minute walk. On his way over the villagers greeted him, and he returned it with a greeting of his own. Inside the holy building were people dressed in pure white robes. There were statues of different types of beings, along with a huge open space with people kneeling around it. They seemed to be in some sort of trance, and even when he came in they paid him no attention.

“Ah, greetings. Welcome to the Church, is there anything I can help you with.” A gentle voice called out to Zu.

He turned his head only to find that the voice belonged to a beautiful female dressed in white robes. Well her face was beautiful, as for the rest of her body Zu couldn’t tell because it was completely covered up. In her hands was a white book, and next to her was a man that seemed kind of aged.

“May I ask who are you?” Zu asked.

“Me? I’m the priest, and I take it you are a villager no?” The woman said while glancing over Zu’s clothes.

“You could say that, what is this place? And what exactly are priest?”

The woman nodded her head to the man at her side signaling him to leave. He bowed his head and took his leave, leaving Zu and the woman alone. “This place is the Church, we worship the God Ive and Idin. They were the two who gave birth to all of us, and spread the holy word around. We priest spread that same word giving the knowledge to all those who want to learn.” The priest pointed towards the open space with the people who were kneeling around it. “That is the revival, all those who have died gets revived there, as long as that is their save point.”

‘Save point?’ Zu didn’t understand what she was talking about. “What is this ‘Save point’?

The priest eyes seemed the shine, she spread her arms wide. “This is the save point! Those who come here can save their souls in our Church, when they die we’ll know and prepare for their reincarnation. The prophecy stated that ‘Jumpers’ would appear so we’ve been waiting for the day they do, but we all know that some will die along their path to greatness. Thus we priest banned together to create the revival, a place where their souls can go and get revived. As for how it works… it has yet to be seen, but it’ll work, no! It has to work!”

Zu felt that this priest was crazy she seemed to want to preach to him about their revival, but whenever she spoke she always talked about ‘Jumpers’ never about the people in this land. “Wait, hold on one second. Can we not get revived, but only ‘Jumpers’ can?”

“Sadly that's true, we’ve tried on many occasions to see if it worked on our kind, but alas, it failed. However those lives were not lost in vain, it gave us knowledge. With that knowledge we knew that the revival would never work on our kind.”

‘You’ve tested it! That means you have murdered innocent people before!’ Zu had a cold drop of sweat go down his back, he felt it was a mistake coming here. “I’m sorry, but I actually need to go back to farming.”

“Ah wai-”

Zu left in a hurry, he took his shovel and ran out of the building, however when he went to the door the sky once again turned black.

Boom!

‘What now!?’ Zu thought to himself as he glanced around for other buildings that might be new, however he found none. No matter in which direction he looked, everything seemed the same. Zu gave up on searching for a new building, and went directly towards the building next to this holy place.

On arrival the place was crowded, it seemed that his time in the Church was long enough for people to come out of this place. There were men and women who looked kind of rough, had scars on their bodies and weapons at their side. When Zu arrived the place was buzzing with different stories on how they killed this or hunted that.

“Welcome youngster! Are you here to register?”

A rough voice called out to Zu, he knew it called out to him because everyone else looked like they were in their forties. He was the only one in the room that looked young. Zu turned around to the voice, and it was a muscular man wearing pieces of armor on his body.

“Register? Register for what?” Zu asked.

“Huh, you came here but don’t know what this place is? You really are a youngster. This is the village army, here we train soldiers to protect our village from dangers. We find out what job is suitable for you, and train you in it. It’s the life all strong men dream of, you don’t have to worry about putting food on the table for your wife or kids, we take care of all that! So what do you say, want to register?”

Zu shook his head, he didn’t want to do this. “No thanks, maybe next time.”

“No problem, the doors always open.

Zu had a feeling that if he continued to speak with that man it would lead him into something he didn’t want to know. ‘An army? Outside this place there isn’t even a single animal to kill, but there is an army here. I need to get out of here!’ Zu said to himself as he walked out the door.

‘Not again!’ Zu muttered, as he noticed the sky turned dark once again.

Boom!

Ding! You have been given 50,000,000 quest reward points go give out.

Ding! You have the ability to give quest to the ‘Jumpers’.

Ding! You have now entered Beginning Village Five.

All quest exp and rewards will be doubled! Any monsters slain will count towards your exp.

Ding! All completed quest will now generate exp, however the amount it is depends on the quest.

Ding! As a villager in the Beginning Village Five you are only allowed to give out D rank quest.

Ding! Teaching learned!

Teaching - Ability to teach ‘Jumpers’ the knowledge of Azure along with anything you know that relates to a quest. If you happen to have high intimacy with a ‘Jumper’ you can teach them a skill you know.

Ding! Farming learned!

Farming - Ability to farm and grow crops. Allows you to take care of animals and you gain knowledge pertaining to herbs.

Ding! Monsters have spawned in the outskirts of the village, if no one stops them they will invade!

Ding! Monsters have spawned all around Azure, beware.

’Jumpers’ will arrive shortly. 5:00

Ding! For more information ask for ‘Help’

“What? I don’t understand any of this. Why do you keep appearing when I don’t need you!” Zu raised his voice yelling to the sky.

‘Help’ Zu said to himself.

Commands below

Say ‘Inventory’ to find your inventory. It is used to store items and gold.

When you die you’ll have 24 hours of a wait time before you come back to life. (Only applies to ‘Jumpers’)

To create a quest you must first have an objective. Once you have a motive you can create the quest and give it to a ‘Jumper’ so they can solve it. Each time a quest is solved you lose quest reward points. Twenty quest reward points can be regained every day.

To use a skill you must learn them from your class master, each skill uses a different amount of mana/stamina.

To summon your mount, say ‘Summon mount’. Mounts can increase your movement speed to make traveling easier.

To summon your pet say, 'Pet Summon’. Pets are creatures that travel with you and fight along your side. (Two pets per person)

Say ‘Rank’ to see how much fame you have until you are offered your next rank into nobility. Every time you generate enough fame the king will offer you a higher rank in nobility. (Cannot become the next King without the king already being dead!)

Say ‘Status’ to open up your character information.

Note: You do not have to say these things out loud, just say it in your mind or think about it, and it will appear.

Zu scanned over each and everyone of those things. He didn’t understand why he got that information but he had a feeling something was going to change. He glanced up in the sky and the timer finally hit zero.

Boom!

White lights started to appear, more than what the village was capable of holding. Zu was shocked, but he noticed that the villagers hardly paid it any mind. The white light turned into people, actual people. Short, tall, muscular, skinny, old, young all types were appearing and each one of them had clothing better than Zu himself. Some of the people rushed straight out of the village, while some ran towards the villagers themselves. Some of the younger players started moving their body around wierdly like they’ve never felt this before.

‘Is this a Jumper!?’ Zu thought to himself, while he slowly walking back to his house.

“Wait!” A voice called out to him, turning his head a group of people who seemed no older than himself approached. Some of these people had weird colored hair, they were dressed in leather clothing also. However all of these people who came out of the white light were wearing leather clothing.

Zu stopped and his grip tightened on the shovel, he was very cautious of these people. “What? Do you need something?” Zu said cautiously.

The group of people looked at him weirdly before one voice said: “Don’t you have a quest to give us?”

“Quest? I have no such thing.” Zu didn’t hesitate to speak, which stunned the people. Some showed disappointed faces while they left.

“Come on guys, it seems we have to come back once were higher level.” The few players that were left also dispersed.

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