Magician Online

Chapter 1: Game

"What, Aldric, what have you been doing all this time, how come you never play virtual reality games?" asked Nolan, the chubby young man with glasses to the bright brown-haired young man who had a handsome face that seemed kind-hearted even though he had an athletic physique with a broad chest and solid-looking muscles, over 190 cm tall, 20 years old.

He, Aldric, had a strong physique because he was used to lifting heavy weights when he lived in a rural village.

After graduating from high school, he stayed in the village for almost three years before going to London for college.

With a lifetime of living in the countryside, his knowledge of modern life can be said to be minimal, making him often look innocent.

In fact, he can only use a smartphone, and now his dorm mates are surprised that he has never played virtual reality games.

"Mm, yeah, I don't have a habit of playing games," Aldric replied.

If it was a real game like soccer, he was naturally very good at it.

Nolan scratched his head after hearing his answer.

"Wait a minute, I'll borrow Romeo's virtual headset. He has two, you should try playing," said the man.

He stood up and walked out of the room with the two mattresses.

Aldric watched him go, not sure what he needed to say.

Not long after, Nolan returned, carrying something that looked like glasses on the front and like a headset on the other, green in color and so big that it would probably cover one's forehead to nose.

That is of course the virtual headset in question.

"Here you go, just put it on your face and press the button on the side. You'll be transported to a virtual world. However, there is only one game in the memory, but no matter, it's a game played by almost everyone nowadays, Magician Online. Even Princess Charlotte plays it." Nolan explained as he handed the headset to Aldric.

He did not refuse, starting to observe the headset curiously.

"Even the princess plays it, is that so exciting?" he said.

Aldric was somewhat surprised when Nolan talked about Princess Charlotte, the granddaughter Queen Elizabeth loved so much that she decided she would succeed her throne later.

This is due to her remarkable intelligence and achievements despite being only 20 years old.

"You'll know when you get into the game. Just imagine a very magnificent ancient Europe with culture and fashion that exceeds our world today coupled with unfathomable magic power. If you play it, you'll realize our world is a boring place." Nolan explained.

Aldric didn't say anything else.

He put the headset on his head and lay down on his bed while fingering the right side of the headset.

Although a little hesitant, he pressed it.

"Mm!"

He was immediately taken aback as he felt forced to sleep suddenly while his consciousness was pulled into a dark place.

A moment later, he saw the image of an extremely majestic ancient palace in front of him with the words (Magician Online) underneath.

As he continued to look at it, a label appeared.

(Do you want to enter Magician Online?)

Yes/No!

From the looks of it, all the buttons can be pressed by using your mind, just think about pressing the button you want.

Aldric pressed the yes button because there was really nothing else here.

Buzz!

Suddenly the image in front of him emitted a huge light, enveloping him.

(Welcome to Magician Online, new player!)

He heard a very majestic female voice, somewhat stirring his heart.

Actually the voice also appeared in the form of words, written on the virtual screen that appeared before his eyes.

(Everyone has a body and a wheel of life born with them. The body determines the physical potential in unearthing magic power and the wheel of life determines compatibility with the elements. Both are very important talents for anyone who wants to become a Magician. You may be blessed with a high level body and wheel of life that will ease your way into magic or a low level that you will have to work harder than others. Before you are sent to Magician Online, we will awaken your body and wheel of life).

DING!

(You successfully resurrected the Ancient Sky Body [SSS Class] and the Nine Star Wheel of Life [SSS Class].)

(Please enter your nickname below!)

[Nickname!]

"Hmm, Dark Crow!"

Aldric didn't think too long when asked to enter a nickname. This was the incognito name he always used when creating social media accounts.

DING!

(Your status has been updated. If you want to see it later, you can just think about calling out the status.)

[Nickname: Dark Crow]

[Magic: Mortal]

[Spiritual Energy: 0/10]

[Power: 5]

[Body: Ancient Sky Body

[Wheel of Life: Nine Stars

[Incantra Spell: None]

[Explo Spell: None]

(Magic: This is your level, you will start as a mortal and then you will train to become a Real Magician!)

(Spiritual Energy: The energy you absorb from the world. If you fulfill your energy, you can advance to the next stage. It takes ten spiritual energies to advance to 1st Stage Junior Magician!)

(Power: This is a count of your estimated power, it could be higher for various reasons!)

(Incantra Spell: Special spells to absorb spiritual energy. If you are lucky enough to obtain a high level Incantra Spell, you can absorb spiritual energy faster than others. However, you need to consider whether your body is sufficient for your spell!)

(Explo Spells: Spells used to create elements from your spiritual power so that you can turn it into attacks!)

DING!

(The combination of your Ancient Sky Body and Nine Star Wheel of Life results in a Built-in Incantra Spell, Swallowed Sky [Class SSS] with the ability to absorb 10 spiritual energies in every minute and can be faster if you are in a place with a high spiritual energy density!)

(Since you have an Innate Incantra Spell, you do not get an Incantra Spell from the game as your starting spell to practice!)

DING!

(Swallowed Sky not only functions as an Incantra Spell, it can also be used as an Explo Spell due to its ability to swallow things!)

(Your Nine Star Wheel of Life has an Innate Explo Spell, Star Formation, [Class SSS])

DING!

(Your status has been updated!)

[Nickname: Dark Crow]

[Magic: Mortal]

[Spiritual Energy: 0/10]

[Body: Ancient Sky Body

[Wheel of Life: Nine Stars

[Incantra Spell:

- Swallowed Sky

[Explo Spell:

- Swallowed Sky

- Star Formation

DING!

(In 10 seconds, you will arrive at Magician Online. Practice seriously and gather as much power as possible. It may be overwhelming, but remember that the power you have in Magician Online is your own and will become your true power in the real world!)

For Aldric who was new to virtual gaming, all the information he read barely made him react.

He didn't feel that he was getting anything out of the ordinary or that he thought that was the case for everyone.

He was just focused on waiting to arrive in the world called Magician Online.

When the light shining on him disappeared, he finally saw what he wanted to see.

In front of him appeared a very beautiful forest with grasslands underneath while its huge trees were more similar to the arrangement of buildings in an urban setting because of how neat they were.

Their roots were completely submerged below without and did not change the shape of the land at all.

The air felt very fresh in this world, even the grasses below emitted a pleasantly fragrant scent.

Most importantly he felt something mixed in the air, something that could not be seen but could be clearly felt, like a power that belonged to the world and that you could reach out to as your own power.

Perhaps that was what was called spiritual energy.

At some points of the location he saw people wearing fantasy-style clothing with shiny colors.

Some wore something like a coat but tighter with a length that only reached the thigh.

It also had a thin layer of iron on some parts of it.

They all carried weapons whether it was swords, spears, or sticks.

It was just as Nolan had said that this world's fashion was more advanced than Earth's.

The curious Aldric looked around to the back and finally realized that there was a city right behind him, a city surrounded by walls while the buildings inside looked large and tall where the average had four to five floors, having designs like European buildings with a very bright golden brown color so that the city gave a more lively feel.

Aldric saw a large number of people in the city, doing various activities such as trading and such.

Aldric wasn't sure which were players and which were NPCs.

He just felt that everyone looked like actual humans, including small children or old people who could be estimated as NPCs.

'This is indeed a more comfortable place,' he thought, unable to argue.

Although he wasn't sure what he needed to do, he felt he would rather stay in this world than on earth with its complexities.

'Maybe I need to practice magic first.'

He just wanted to relax, didn't want to do anything too complicated, and practicing shouldn't be complicated if according to the information on how to practice using the Incantra Spell that he had just received straight into his head.

He walked to an area with denser trees and finally found a sizable lake.

It was a very clear lake, reflecting shadows like a mirror.

When he looked into the lake, he found his actual face and figure exactly the same as his real figure.

'It seems that the virtual headset can detect my body shape.'

He was a little surprised but didn't really care.

Seeing that some people were standing in front of the lake, so he went behind a large tree, sitting there.

He placed his hands on his thighs, the position he should be in, yet he didn't actually need to close his eyes.

With that position, he only needed to perform the Incantra Mantra.

It didn't have any sort of words like the spells in fairy tales, just thoughts trying to control spiritual energy to enter the body.

"Mm..."

As he began to cast his Incantra Spell, Swallowed Sky, Aldric saw a wall-like white light appear in front of his chest.

It then split from the center, revealing a hole that was completely black.

Buzz!

The hole emitted a suction force, instantly engulfing the spiritual energy around it.

He could clearly feel the power entering into his body, like it wanted to enlarge his figure.

At the same time, he saw an improvement in his originally zero spiritual energy status.

[Spiritual Energy: 1/10]

[Spiritual Energy: 2/10]

In every 6 seconds or so, it increased by one number.

And within a minute, it reached 10.

DING!

(Your spiritual energy has reached the 10 Points required to advance to Junior Magician Stage 1, would you like to advance?)

Yes/No!

Aldric naturally chose yes.

He was quite curious about the result.

DING!

(You choose Yes, you advance to Junior Magician Stage 1!)

DING!

(Your status has been updated!)

[Nickname: Dark Crow]

[Magic: 1st Stage Junior Magician]

[Spiritual Energy: 0/1000]

[Power: 30!]

[Body: Ancient Sky Body

[Wheel of Life: Nine Stars

[Incantra Spell:

- Swallowed Sky

[Explo Spell:

- Swallowed Sky

- Star Formation

After he was declared advanced to the 1st Stage Junior Magician, Aldric saw his blood vessels suddenly emit an extremely bright white light without extending anywhere.

This made him feel that his physique had become extremely strong.

Then, right above his head, there were nine balls of light swirling around.

When observed, they turned out to be stars.

"Power!" Aldric was amazed.

He no longer felt like an ordinary human, but someone with superpowers that shouldn't exist.

The feeling was so clear to him. He thought there was no problem if he wanted to jump onto a tree branch that was about five meters above his head.

"So like this, no wonder they like this game so much," he said.

If he had to compare, then there was no feeling more exciting than the feeling of having this kind of power.

He instantly wanted more.

Only, he was made to knit his brows because he saw the need for 1000 Spiritual Energy to advance to Stage 2.

In other words, he had to practice and continue sitting for an hour and 40 minutes.

This was too long.