Chapter 1

《GREED/GAME》

Part 2

I had entered the game, I was greeted by the sight of the bustling crowd of players, the area I was in was commonly referred to as the hub, a place where players can interact and actively trade with other players.

A cute girl, had approached me, she looked at me with stern eyes, but with a happy expression.

“Hello, I’m Kyra, one of the moderators around here, it’s my job to take you and all the other players on the tutorial, so I shall make myself clear on the rules – there aren’t any.”

As I looked around I realized each player was seeing the same image projected.

“Don’t act surprised, this game was disguised as your average fantasy game wasn’t it, well no it isn’t, it’s a survival game, the last man standing wins a prize, a prize so big that it would make everyone here feint – I won’t reveal it. Now, hurting players is illegal, until the contingency orders are given, when that happens beware, anything goes. So you must prepare, also – each and every one of you has been taken under the custody of my ruler, so if you die in the game, my shooters will kill you – so take this seriously…”

The silent hum of the bewildered crowd of players was now taken by loud shouting and absolute crazy behavior. God damn it, now what the hell am I supposed to do, all those fictional stories, I should’ve known, some crazy bastard would use the whole ‘stuck in a game’ trope in real life.

Keep Calm. Keep Calm. Keep Calm.

I need to get out of here, find a village to camp, no I need to recruit guildmates, what should I do?

Yes, I know what I need to do, that is to camp up somewhere, establish a base and watch this cool over, yes… yes, and that is exactly what I need to do. So I won’t die, because I don’t want to die, dying scares me.

I quickly run past the players, and into the open grasslands. I open my game bar, and look at my map:

【Nearest Town: 10 miles to the west 】

I guess I’ll buy some materials, I quickly approach an NPC blacksmith.

“Give me some basic supplies, any health potion, weapon, and food. Nothing fancy…”

“Coming right up sir, let’s see, you have 500 credits, how about this, ‘Blade of Retribution’, one of the last remnants of the imperial knights the ATK Lvl is about -10, pretty good seemingly because most Lvl 1’s are ‘bout 200% health, it’s about 100 credits, a low quality Elixir, restores 30% health, and some raw Runic Pig Leg restores hunger to 100%. All in all that’s about 300 credits, you have 200 credits to buy some supplies along the way, oh here, take this guide on how to level up your weapons and your level.”

I quickly headed out of town, while running I quickly scanned through the guide, the systems fairly simple, each time you kill a high-level monster or player you get XP, you designate this XP to your level or your weapon, the higher your level, is basically your health and speed star, to earn credits you need to complete quests from guilds or from killing players.

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I had finally headed near the outskirts of the town, I spotted a wild pig humanoid beast.

〖Spotted Wild Gostorian Beastmen 〗

As I approached its great claws struck upon me, its sharp claws pierced my skin, I felt every bit of the pain, blood, and sweat-stained my eyes, I quickly charged to it, and struck my sword into its torso, my sword sliced through it.