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Contents ( 23)
  1. Arc 1: The Tutorial
  2. Prologue
  3. Chapter 1
  4. Chapter 2
  5. Chapter 3
  6. Chapter 4
  7. Chapter 5
  8. Chapter 6
  9. Chapter 7
  10. Chapter 8
  11. Chapter 9
  12. Chapter 10
  13. Arc 2: The Guild
  14. Chapter 11
  15. Chapter 12
  16. Chapter 13
  17. Chapter 14
  18. Chapter 15
  19. Chapter 16
  20. Chapter 17
  21. Chapter 18
  22. Chapter 19
  23. Chapter 20

"You should also know once you successfully complete the Tutorial, that is, when you finish the Learning the Basics quest, the credits you have remaining will be multiplied by five. That includes any credits you may have paid someone or given away, which is why everyone gives new players such a discount, in case you were wondering. We Administrators force them to, otherwise the players would be ripped off left and right, then send endless complaints to us. I suppose we should just multiply credit rewards by five, but that’s how the Game was set up originally, and we aren’t allowed to change certain basics like that.

"Right, moving forward I advise you join a guild or find a sponsor. In the Game the majority of players join an institute or academy, places that essentially power level a player to level 1000 and teach them a number of useful skills. They have all of what would be considered in most games to be the ideal farming grounds, with entire planets designed around power leveling. You’ll probably want to join a more combat-oriented academy, but the cost is prohibitive, generally hundreds of thousands of credits, hence why you should join a guild. They’ll pay the cost of the academy, provided you sign a contract to be a member of the guild for a member of the time.

"Based upon your results and class, I think you should join the Black Rose guild. I’ll actually recommend you to a contact I have there. This is the last free favor though. I guess you could pay me with the marks you’ve managed to acquire from the Tutorial though. Any questions?”

With a split second pause, he continued.

“No? Well, if any spring to mind, message me in a chat window and my AI should respond within a few milliseconds. Bye.”

The communications window closed. Shortly after, Alan got a message:

CA170: Oh, I forgot to give you your class quest. Here you go. It should be… interesting.

Scoping out the Competition:

Discover and meet with 10 major players in person. Introduce yourself to them. No big deal, right?

A major player is determined to be a player capable of massively influencing the game. Chief Administrator 170 is a major player, but meeting him won’t count towards the quest. Retroactive confrontations count though, thus the Predecessor you met counts as 1 of the 10, congrats!

1/10 Major players met

Bonus Objective: Discover each major player’s main objective in the Game.

Reward: Locked Class Abilities, ???, Increased rewards based upon bonus objectives found

Penalty for failure: None, but be careful not to anger any major players.

Alan read over the quest a few times. It seemed somewhat obvious the Chief Administrator had simply written the quest text himself. How he had reached such a position, Alan wasn’t sure, although he did seem to be multitasking quite a bit, performing other tasks while conversing with Alan. Alan wondered why exactly the Chief Administrator had chosen to be an Administrator. As if he had somehow read Alan’s mind, the Chief Administrator sent Alan another message: