With another complete blackout Max returned to the room he was before, he looked around and saw his group still standing in their previous spots in a daze, only a couple of seconds later they started reacting as well.

“Damn, this feels so cool, hey guys did you all get the same things I did?” Spoke excitedly Ted.

“Ooh, I picked something like race, it was some bloodline thing or something like that.” Said Mark.

“Oh, and what did you pick? I chose Halfling Elf, guys I’m an Elf now hahaha!” Said Ted as he started laughing.

“I picked Animal Spirit.” Said Mark.

“Me too.” Said Nick.

“I picked Shadow Spirit.” Said Tragic.

“I’m a Shaman I guess.” Said Hex.

“I, I’m a Lesser Water Elemental.” Said shyly May.

“I’m a Wizard I think…” Said Einstein.

“I’m a Divine Demon…” Mumbled Max. “I also seem to have 2 other bloodlines, but I don’t know what they are.”

“Wow, so cool, with you guys my choice seems kind of lame…” Said Ted.

“Did you guys pick your guides?” Asked Nick.

“I did, I got some lazy fat cat.” Answered Ted.

“I got a little monkey.” Said Mark.

“I got some Voodoo puppet.” Spoke Hex.

“I got a little puppet clown.” Said Tragic.

“I got a kitten.” Said Nick.

“I just got a water droplet, that A.I. said it’s some kind of lesser elemental.” Said May.

“I have small mud golem.” Answered Einstein.

“I don’t know what I got, it just said to check it in my status screen, now that you mention it I still haven’t checked.” Said Max as he summoned up his status panel.

Name: Max Race: Divine Demon, (Hidden), (Hidden)

STR: 7 AGI: 8 INT: 6

HP: 100 MP: 100

Skills: Ascension (Locked), Divine Aura (Passive), Starfall strike (lvl 1)

Pets: Fairy Lulu (Guide)

“It says here I got Fairy Lulu, also I seem to have some skills, do you guys have any?” Said Max.

“I got a passive skill.” Answered Nick.

“Same here.” Said everyone in unison.

“So it seems only I got an active skill, I also have a locked skill.”

“Damn, this system is so unfair, why does Max get more stuff than we do, and his bloodline sounds really cool, it’s totally unfair.” Said Ted while sulking.

“His strength is our strength, we are a group so if someone can grow stronger whole group will be stronger, so don’t pout too much it will only benefit us nothing else.” Spoke Nick and then he continued; “Let’s all of us summon our guides and check what we should do next.” As he finished saying that he summoned a little kitten on his palm, everyone else followed his example and everyone summoned their own guides. Max raised his palm and summoned his fairy, after a second a little pixie like fairy appeared on his palm, put partly translucent purple wings, little purple one-piece dress and waist long purple hair, she raised her head and looked into Max’s eyes and spoke; “Dull face, dead eyes, medium length black hair, yup description fits… Hi, my name is Lulu and I’m forced to be your guide, now before we start anything every guide has to give a certain blessing to its host, so close your eyes this might be bright.” She kneeled down and touched Max’s wrist with her hand and immediately previously dark room was filled with colorful lights.

Ding!

Blessing of the Void granted, for more information check your status panel.

A system notification in light blue screen popped up in front of Max and shortly after that another notification popped up.

Congratulations on your first step in this game, system has awarded you with random growth weapon, please check your inventory for more information!

“Hey Lulu, what is this random growth weapon I got?” Asked confused Max.

“Growth items are items that don’t have fixed level, they grow with usage and are same level as their host, or in other words its an item that you can always use, you will never have to replace it, you are really lucky to get one from the start, getting a growth item is usually really troublesome and they are mostly parts of legacies, but considering your bloodline it isn’t that much of a wonder anyway, check what weapon did you get.” Explained Lulu slowly, after listening to what she said Max commanded his inventory open and a wristband appeared on his left wrist and soon after that another panel showed up in front of him, inside his inventory he could see a drop of red liquid inside a vial and a dagger next to it. Dagger looked quite simple but that drop of liquid gave of quite mysterious vibe.

“Lulu I got a dagger, looks kind of normal, but I also have some red liquid in a vial in my inventory.”

“Dagger’s appearance will change with its level, but that red liquid you said is actually drop of blood, your bloodline isn’t fully awakened and once you reach certain level you can consume that blood and use your ability to ascend to fully awaken your bloodline and get all of its bonuses.”

“Huh, so bloodlines can give bonuses?”

“Of course they can, didn’t you already read what advantages have different bloodlines? Later on with your level growing you will unlock more abilities from your bloodline, your Starfall strike is your bloodline skill, it’s a skill created by some of previous Divine Demons.”

“So that’s why I’m only one with a skill then, so I guess my bloodline is really special?”

“Really special? Well yes you could say so, let me tell you, there are only couple of Divine Demons in all of the universes, they are one of primordial beings, and primordial means very, very old.”

“That sounds cool, I think Ted would flip out if he found that out, but aren’t Demons evil, will I turn out evil because of my bloodline?”

“Demons are evil? What dumb idiot told you that? Demons are a race that has most freedom of all races, they are neither evil nor good, they are whatever they choose, there is no evil or good demon, only those demons who chose to become evil are evil, none are born truly evil, so you can relax, you will be only what you choose to be.”

“Another heartbreak for Ted I guess… Can you explain to me this blessing you gave me?”

“What blessing did you get, guides cast random blessings on their hosts and it depends on their hosts what blessings do they get.”

“I got Blessing of the Void, what do I do with it?”

“Oh Void you say, you really are lucky, then you should’ve gotten another ability from that blessing, also your future class choices might have something to do with the Void.”

“I did get ability now that you say so, it’s called “Void Walking”, what’s that?”

“Have you ever played RPG before?”

“I guess I did a bit.”

“Then you might be familiar with the term “Stealth” it’s basically the same, only difference is that you won’t hide in this dimension, you will enter another dimension to hide, and it’s also usable in combat so it has more advantages than a classic stealth or hide.”

“So if you add that stealth ability and dagger I got I guess I am destined to be a thief class then?”

“You could say so, but destiny isn’t working for Demons like you, it’s just coincidence, Demons are so free that they have no destiny, only their own choice.”

“Is that everything then?”

“Mostly yes, next you should wait for the rest of your group to finish up with their guides and then you guys can leave this room and clear this dungeon.”

“Wait, we are in a dungeon?”

“Yes, there are currently 50 people in this dungeon including you guys, first group or person to clear this dungeon gets to get out into world, while the rest of people have to do another introduction dungeon, also you get a reward if you clear the dungeon first, while later dungeon winners won’t get anything, only first place matters, but there’s no need to rush, it’s a fairly long dungeon so you won’t finish it any time soon.”

“I see, if we rushed it how long would it take us?”

“If you really rushed it, you might end up dead before you finished it, don’t take this place lightly, dungeons are places where u test your abilities and take risks for rewards, not a picnic spot. But if you do manage to rush it and survive, I say it would take about 2 days, normally it would take about 4 or 5 days.”

“Is there any reward if we clear this place fast?”

“There usually are rewards for fast clears, but only in some dungeons, this is introduction dungeon and you only get first clear reward nothing else.”

“I see…”

“Well, all of the other guides are finished with their explanations, I’ll go and sleep some more, don’t wake me up unless it’s something important, you can figure out most of the things yourself, also take care of that wristband you got, spatial items are really hard to find and other people can steal yours.” With her last words she vanished into a cloud of purple smoke and left Max standing there with his words stuck in his mouth.

“Is everyone ready?” Asked Nick when similar situation happened to him.

“Yeah, this little bastard was teasing me the whole time but he ultimately explained everything to me.” Said Ted.

“Okay, then we can start moving, everyone start unpacking and distributing stuff we got in bags, we will transfer everything into our inventory.” Ordered Nick.

“You can do that?” Asked Tragic shocked.

“Of course you can, did you listen to anything your guide explained to you? There is limited space in your inventory but as long as you have enough space in your inventory left you can put in there almost anything.”

“Cool, it’s like that game I played before.” Exclaimed Ted.

“Exactly, this whole world was made to be a game, and we are inside of it, something like that anime watched earlier, what was its name, sword something.”

“Yes, yes, it’s exactly the same, God I always wanted to be inside a game and now I finally got a chance!” Yelled Ted.

“Focus guys, let’s concentrate on adapting to this game and surviving first, later on we can make some plans according to what we know.”

“Okay guys, lets listen to Nick, he was always our strategist, let’s figure out our formation first, I guess you guys also gained something from your blessings you previously had.” Said Einstein.

“Yes, I got a pair of gauntlets and a buff to my defense.” Said Mark.

“I got a ring that gives me bonus to Agility attribute and a buff to my precision.” Spoke Ted.

“Okay Ted you go grab a gun from Max, I already asked my guide, aside from bows, crossbows and flying weapons there are also guns in this game, but they also get certain restrictions to be proper game items and all our guns we brought were converted into game items already. Mark you are our vanguard and Ted you will be a gunman.” Explained Nick.

“I got an ability to summon water sprites that can heal wounds, but it costs a lot of mana points so I can only use it twice in an hour.” Spoke May.

“Okay May you will be in the center of formation, you will heal us only if it is absolutely necessary or after the battle.” Ordered Nick.

“I got a curse ability and a buff to my spell casting speed, but I have to speak the words of my spell and I don’t even know what language this is so it might be a little harder to memorize.” Said Hex.

“Okay Hex, you will go in front of May and you will have to curse our enemies while Mark holds them back, I got a long sword and a skill so I will be in vanguard with Mark.” Said Nick.

“I got a spell too, it’s called Arcane burst, I don’t have to chant its words but I need to focus and gather surrounding mana and condense it before it explodes, it says more mana I gather the more powerful the spell becomes.” Explained Einstein.

“Okay Einstein you will be in the back of the group and you will focus on enemies that are harder to handle.”

“I also got an ability, similar to Einstein’s, I channel summoning of ghost that damage hostile targets in surrounding.” Explained Tragic.

“Perfect, you will go behind the vanguard and target our closest enemies, Max what about you?” Asked Nick.

“I got stealth ability and a dagger, so I guess I’ll go and scout and finish of the enemies behind them.”

“Yes that’s the thing I got in mind too, but can you show me your stealth first, we need to check how much of invisibility you actually get.”

“Okay then, here I go.” Said Max before he completely vanished from the spot, not even a trace of him could be seen. After couple of seconds passed Max appeared once again behind Nick with dagger in his hand lightly touching the back of Nick’s neck.

“Amazing, I couldn’t see, hear or sense you at all.” Exclaimed Nick lightly.

“Yeah, when I entered the stealth the whole world changed, I could still see your silhouettes, but everything was kind of blurred out, grayish and foggy.”

“Interesting, but you could still see us right?”

“Yes, but as soon as my dagger barely touched you I was forced out of invisibility, so I guess its not an ultimate invisibility.”

“Doesn’t matter any way, you are completely unnoticeable while in stealth, so even if you do touch someone you just have to make sure that you do it with your dagger and with enough force to kill them in one strike, if you know what I mean.”

“Got it…”

“Okay guys, since we already finished with the formation, let’s head out, and remember guys, safety first!” Warned Nick with a serious face.