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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: A World Full Of Destiny

 "Welcome To Corrupted Realms Online, press any key to start the game"

 "Okay, here we go"

 "Processing..... Congratulations, you are one of the random players who have been selected to receive a starting OP equipment. Thank you again for playing the game"

 What are the chances!!! How many people again that were logged in? I dunno but it jumped into millions by the time I came back from the store. 1 out of how many players were waiting minus 200, what a luck!!!

 "Enter Your Name"

 I always use the same name with the other games. I think I am going to use it again.

 "M1ghty_0ne"

 "Processing... Create your character"

 Okay, this, and that, I don't like that, make that one black, race is human, aha!

 My character is a big tall handsome musculine man, dark haired, no shirt, dark jeans and bare feet. This will do.

 "Creating character... Select a class"

 Wooaaah! I can select a lot of class, assasin, archer, barbarian, mage, fighter, necromancer, shaman, paladin, and a lot more! I will stick with fighter.

 "Class selected please wait..."

 Tip: Fighter Class Can Play To The End Without Any Weapons but with their fists, gloves or any kind of hand equipment

 "Have you played RPG games before?"

 "Uhhh, yes?"

 "Do you still want to play the tutorial?"

 "Nah"

 "... Are you sure?"

 I said no.

 "... You are spawning in the game, enjoy"

 ...

 ...

 I spawned in after a bright flash of white screen. My character woke up, looking around him before standing up.

 I am in a clearing of grass, flowers, and butterflies, nearby are the woods.

 "Even if it looks a bit cartoonish, I like the graphics and attention to details"

 Okay Rael, in this gameplay, no joining of groups, limit friends or do it solo, and become at the top of the charts in global.

 A chest suddenly spawned nearby. I went near it, it is named 'Starting Equipments For The 200 Players'.

 I opened it, dissapointment filled over me. This items doesn't look like OP equipments.

 A bandage arm equipment, top bandage clothe, a necklace, a bandage for footwear, and 2 rings.

 Are they trolling me or something? Forget about it, I can still buy some just by doing quests.

 I took all the equipments and was about to equip the bandage arm before I noticed something.

 It is a Level 1 Bandage Of The Bloodsucker, it has an attributes of Lifesteal and Skill Lifesteal 45+ and Health addition 80 HP, they both increase with the level of the user but will stop when player leveled up 5 times until the item was upgraded 5 times in the blacksmith.

 I looked at the other equipments. Level 1 Top Bandage Clothe Of A Warrior, All Damages Received Decrease 2%, Damage 18+ they also both increase with the level of the user but will stop until the item about was upgraded 5 times in the blacksmith.

 Level 1 Ruby Necklace Of A Hardcore Fighter, Critical Chance 3%, Critical Damage 3%. Also the same, they increase with my level.

 Level 1 Bandage Footware Of A Runner, Speed 2%, Dodge and Skills Cool Down Reduction -2, only speed attribute increase with my level.

 Level 1 Ring Of A Rusher, Double Experience 1.2x max is 5x and multiplier will be denied, Healing Effects are increased to 1.2%.

 Level 1 Ring Of Fortitude, All Equipment Attributes Increase 1.2x, max level reach is 5x.

 They don't look promising but thinking about it, the Ring Of Fortitude doubled all of the attributes. And also the more I level up, they also increase.

 They all looked like organized, I can Lifesteal 45+ but with it being doubled it is 54. What even more crazy is that I have a Hybrid Heal 1.2x which any kind of healing done to me and if doubled it is 1.44. If I multiply it with my lifesteal, I will heal back 77.76 of my loss health each attack I inflicted to an enemy.

 I feel... I feel... I feel dissapointed, It's this to powerful for a begginer? Really, the developers are literally trolling me now. I am not going to enjoy anything with this kind of attributes. I am going to sell them.

 No, I will no longer have equipments to level up and progress. The chest also contained some common and epic ores, 5000 in-game coins, and 190 Green Crystalline that is also an in-game currency.

 It says that my current task is to go to a nearby town, find out who you are and where did you came from. I have no map, it says that I need to explore to discover, makes sense. I also need to buy a backpack to increase my storage.

 I looked around, I found a large kingdom to the west, that might be it. I started travelling to kingdom. I encountered an Level 1 Undead on the way, it's design is tattered clothes, rotting flesh, it's bone revealing.

 I was about to punch it, but I want confirm something first. My base health is 135, I have a an 80+ from my Bandage Of The Bloodsucker and multiplied by the Equipments Attributes Increase 1.2x is 96 so my total health is 231.

 Waaaahhh! So much things going on I need a calculator! Wait, I saw a 'Show All Stats Button' and clicked on it, it was already there, already applied math and my total stats. What was I just seeing was the base.

 You know what, I will just let the system do it.

 I looked at the undead coming at me, it landed a 41 damage at me. I punched it, it died instantly. I also leveled up to 2. My calculation was also correct, I gained back 77.76 of my health going back to full health again.

 I opened my stats, I got 3 upgrade points for my stats. My attributes increased to 0.2x and 0.2%.

 I think I am putting it all to my both critical, damage and health. Everytime I level up, I will put it to the other one. If I upgrade more, it will be hard to upgrade the stats I want, good thing my Top Bandage Clothe Of A Warrior decrease all damages I received so I don't need to worry about upgrading my defence.

 I entered the kingdom, NPCs are everywhere, stalls, sellers, and most of all, a lot of players are running around the place.

 "Hey, get back over here"

 A player past over us, getting chased by NPC guards. There is a red knife icon on his name. An announcement came.

 'Royrou17218 killed Lvl 1 John Heldrick(NPC) in Capital Walles'

 Looks like someone's intrusive thoughts activated.

 My first quest is to talk with this NPC.

 "Oh hello there, I see that you are new he-"

 "Skip... Skip. Skip.. Skip"

 Whatever this game is leading me, I want to do action.

 ***

 My first quest is to slay 5 Tritans just to prove them that I am strong. And also gather 6 herbs around the forest North of Walles for side-quest, I can find Tritans there, such a good timing.

 I wandered around the forest, I saw a humanoid walking thing, it's body is green veins and roots. It is a Level 2 Tritan, it started approaching me.

 "Come at me"

 I gave it three basic attacks before dying. It dropped some Tritan veins and twigs. It is for crafting and I can sell.

 I continued wandering around, killing and harvesting herbs. I leveled up to 6 and upgraded my stats during the process.

 "That was... Boring but I can't blame them, it's just the start of the game"

 I unlocked 3 skills. Fist Burst, for the 5 seconds my next basic attack will deal 460 damage of my base damage, it is considered as a basic attack but critical damage won't apply, cooldown 5s. That's actually in my liking but critical damage isn't applied. Seriously? Adding crit damage would be great.

 Fighter's Fury, for the 8s attack speed and speed increased to 10%, damage is also increased to 15%. It seems... Great but I am not aiming for attack speed.

 And last is Kick Slam, I slam the ground affecting any enemies in the 5 meter radius dealing 205 damage.

 I need to level up more if I want to unlock more skills. When will this get good? I paid a lot of hard worked money for this game.

 I turned around, I saw player in a girl avatar. By the looks of her outfits, she is a mage. Her name is QueenBeé, she is on her level 3. A message popped above her head.

 "Woaah! How did you beat them so easily!? You are level 6 already!"

 I typed on my keyboard and replied "Just an equipment I got from the random 200 people"

 "Lucky! Can I see it!?"

 I spread my body "You are looking at them right now"

 She looked at the wrapped bandages around the body of my avatar.

 "Eh!? That's it? I thought they are OP"

 "Yeah, I dunno why they gave this to me"

 "I met a player in Walles, he has some big armors and a very strong sword. I am not sure if I am going to believe that you are one of the 200 players" she gave me a stare

 "Believe it or not I don't care. I'll be going back to town"

 I was about to go but I can hear some clashing of swords, I stopped.

 "You hear that?" "I was wandering around and I saw a boss in that direction before I found you" "Maybe someone is fighting it now"

 "You say boss eh?"

 I followed the sound, I don't why but QueenBeé is following me.

 We reached the are area, I saw a giant Level 12 Battle Ogre with a 2250 HP, it has an icon on it's name, a white skill, it is a boss.

 There are 5 players attacking it, all of them are Level 5.

 "Ehhh!? They are still Level 5 and attacking a Level 12 Ogre!?" QueenBeé messaged

 I cracked my knuckles "Once these guys are done, I will go next"

 "ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ You know I am live streaming right? They will watch you die embrassingly"

 ...

 "The chat are saying you are cringe right nnow" "Even in the start when you said you were one of those 200 players"

 "You said you are live streaming eh? Just watch and learn"

 We watched the other players trying to beat the Ogre. Finally, they were all killed instantly with a final blow of the battle Ogre's big sword, it dealt a 230 damage. They only dealt about 830 damage to the Ogre. They're body dissapeared, respawning to their respawn point.

 I warmed up and cracked my neck "Watch this, no potions, no buffs. Stay back"

 "Whatever¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯, my viewers are booing at you right now"

 I entered the area, the Ogre's HP regained back into full. It roared at my presence.

 "Make this challenging!"

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