A group of 5 decided that they were going to take on a villain. In the normal sense, this was an easy task—so easy there was no need for all the gear they brought: swords, guns, cannons, crossbows, axes. All of them were useless. A tip was given to a guild about the presence of a villain, one who was very notorious. It was clear that all this prep was to take down just one person, but what they didn't expect was that they were discovered. "I thought no one had the guts to come find me, but here I am looking at 5 fools, huh.." The voice they heard was doubled, like 2 people—no monsters speaking in sync. They looked around and heard again, "One knight clad in golden gear, one mage, female for that matter, one gun slinger, and 2 fighters, huh. A team of fools, I suppose. I could care less. Leave before I change my mind.." The voice warned them calmly. The knight pridefully said, "We are here to rid this world of a villain like you..", they heard a laugh which gave them all chills,"Hm even in this world you speak like some hero, ok I'll give you a chance to start from your last checkpoint.". In an instant, all the members but the knight were gone. He ran like a hen, fleeing for its life, but then realized he was back to where he was. A blue transparent panel came before him with a message that read, "The enemy is way above you. Danger level: S. Advice: immediate retreat..", the panel closed and the next thing the knight was was a man dressed in black clothing, an overcoat and a black hood wearing a crow mask with red eyes, this man was suddenly covered by a murder of crows which transformed into a giant crow and flew towards the knight killing him.

In the year 2050 a game was developed, this game was the first of its kind, it allowed players to enter a fully interactive word were they were randomly given roles, this game was popular and had raised millions of dollars, in the year 2075, the players of the time encountered a virus that trapped players in the game vai their minds making them live in the game, this virus was delt with and through it remnants the company in charge of this game created a system which used neuro tech to allow players to mentally control their characters, while giving the body optimal rest, as their minds worked, it was like living 2 lives, and since then the game was played by all since the governmental departments of all countries had agreed that this game was more than a game it became a way of life, a life online. In the year 2092, there was one exceptional player, vai records he was a villain who went by the name "Crow", one who was so exceptional that he was titled the "Villain Online".

The whole word knew this player, his achievements were surprisingly good for his class but all that people knew was that he was not one to be messed with, this caused the authoritative body of online security to mark him wanted, most of all in the ranking of the online games he was ranked as part of top 20 players, specifically he was at 18, it may not sound impressive but what shocked people is that he was the only villain in the top 20, and in the history of the game there was no villain in the top 20, not even the top 30 or 50, so this was a big deal.

In the real world a school of students talking about the events of the games talked about the online games and other thighs that happened online. One of the students specifically known as Brian was especially involved, this blue eyed blonde was loved by all in the school and his reputation as number 2 in the online games was all the more amazing, he was given the class monarch, a class that only strong prevail while weak, well there was no weak monarch. "Hey you guys have you heard of that villain in the top 20, the crow guy.", a female student said, "Oh that chump, when I see him online I'll take him out easy.", a male student said, "You wish, no one has been able to catch that villain and only elites know about him.", another girl said, as they kept talking Brian stepped in, "You guys are talking about the Crow right, I'll advise that none of you try, he is much dangerous than he looks.", Brian said coldly, just then a voice was heard saying "And the one in rank 2 in the online games is so afraid to take on the notorious Crow, really Brian I thought you were past the point of fear.", the voice was a female, her long hair rested on her shoulder as her green eyes pierced right into Brian, "Well, Katja, if you won't criticize me who will?", Brian said, "I'm your sister dummy, who else would". Many new Katja as Kat, her reputation for being a bully and a hot tomboy input fear in the heart of many, but as she joined the online games many thought they could get revenge on her only to find out that she was given the class monarch and was ranking at number 3, so not a single soul wanted to fight her, it was even made clear by her brother that she was on her way to number 1 when she found a secret rival, as to who that is no one knows, and know one wants to know.

That night back online many players entered the online games, the event for the night was a battle royal. Events were the way players attained points, well one of the ways, some attained points by killing others and stealing points which were gained after a player crossed a checkpoint, while the universal ways were by training in different worlds which were direct copy of almost all fictional material of the past to gain both skills and points, and going on campaigns like raids, gang warfare and other things. But as for tonight there was going to be a battle royal. Players were put in a huge ghost town and told to eliminate as many players as they could to attain points, points were kept even on death, and a dead player was respawned randomly back to the field until the time was up. As many players started the game was cool and fun until they saw it, a dark wave coming towards them, instantly they knew it was Crow, but as to how to react no one knew.

As the game progressed, an odd player dressed as a golden knight caught a glimpse of the dark wave that was coming for them, this player prepared well and leaped towards this wave. The players that were near the dark wave saw as it stoped, and there they saw the villain everyone has been talking about, the Crow, each player in an attempt to take down the Crow shot at him with all they had but it was useless, he looked at them and waved his hand destroying a large area and every player that was in the range of the attack, he was then given a message "You have leveled up, current level is 89, aim has been 89% complete.", as the panel closed, he took his time to take anything of value to him, which included weapons, skills, and accessories. It was not long before he found out that a powerful player was nearby. Crow stood still and waited. As he waited, he created a chair and sat down.

Before all this, a player who was part of the top 20 came to participate in the game. The name of this player was Queen. She ranked at 10, and was like Kat. All that was known about her was that she would have reached the top 5 if not for her level restriction, which was gained from one of her skills. Though she could learn more skills, she needed to take down an enemy of "high grade" power before she could pass level 60, but still, all knew she was a force to be reckoned with. As Queen entered, she landed and took many players out. Some she took their skills, and most of their weapons. This was due to her subclass, weapon master. About 30 minutes into the game, she received a notification which warned her of a "high grade" player in the region. At first, she thought someone in the top 10, but when she saw the dark clouds, she knew it was none other than the Crow. She left the area to confront him, but as she got there, she was taken by surprise to find the person she saw was not the same person the rumors described him to be. Crow was powerful, even more powerful than she was.

"So you are the notorious Crow?", she asked, "Queen, a player I always admired.", his voice was doubled like a light echo, "Is your voice always this scary?", "Do you always wear a helmet cuz most at times you don't", Queen took of her helmet, as her long golden hair covers her face as it came to rest were blue eyes were revealed so we're her small pink lips and cold gaze. "Hm I thought you will be more comfortable with you head outside so that our fight will not be so uncomfortable", "You Crow are so romantic, how thoughtful of you, I could have a crush on you but I have another, and will be happy if I found him.", "I have to be, romance is a good battle practice so if you are ready let's go". Crow got off his chair and Queen dropped her helmet, in a split second both blitzed and were engaged in combat, as Queen tried to cut him with daggers, Crow weaved all the attacks and punched her back, he blitzed to her area and gave her a heavy punch in the face, she recovered and run to him shouting her lungs out, created a bone blade, jumped and tried to smash Crow, he weaved to the right and tried to smash her but was stoped by a bone shield, Crow jumped back, his hand covers with a dark blue aura, he dashed with his aura coved hand leading, he failed to hit Queen but waved the same hand and a red mouth made of aura came and bit her(Hell's fang). Queen realized that move took her HP and added it to his, Crow stood still then vanished, Queen was in shock and looked left and right for him. She felt a presence behind her, she turned just in time to block a punch. When she got out of guarding position, she summoned a long big buster blade (Buster). She pointed the blade at him and dashed at him, hit him, and flipped up and bashed him away. Crow landed and complimented her. He then jumped and two black wings spawned behind him. He covered her and raised her up. She cut his wings. She was dropped and when she landed, she saw Crow come down like a bullet, and she created a scythe and held his head and smashed it to the ground. She leaped back and held him in position with the scythe. The scythe was covered in white aura. Another blade appeared at the back of the blade with an eye in the middle. She waved the scythe and a huge slash was thrown at him (Witch hunt slash)..The slash was devastating, a light shined covering that whole area, but as the light cleared Queen realized that Crow was still standing, this time his red eyes reflected a symbol, a symbol that looked like a paper fan, his eyes charged to rotate and she knew the item he used, the mangeko sharingan, Queen stoped and closed her eyes, which left her opened to all forms of attacks, that would have been the case if her other scenes were not sharpened, with the ability to smell aura and hear like a bat she was able to deflect most of crows attacks, he also knew what he was dealing with so turned off the Sharingan. The exact moment that happened she blitzed behind him and hit him away, this put crow on guard and he knew that she wasn't part of the top 20 for no reason, a thick red aura burst from his body and and lined his body, a panel appeared and read "You have activated blood cain, as long as this ability is active all attacks drain your enemies HP, but you loose HP as this form is active, all attacks that required MP now take up more of your HP." This ability was one Crow used as a last resort never to be used unless necessary, thus this was no time to joke and went straight for the attack he dashed and uses hell fang which was cleverly dodged he flipped and hit her reducing her HP drastically, she was shocked and punched to a wall, the next second a golden beam of light hit her and swords formed at her back like wings, this was the EX mode a form that showed ones powerful state, but like all buffs this one also had a limit, Queen swung once and a barrage of blades swept the area some damaging Crow, in order to stop it he created a feather shield and made an explosion this was enough for him to damage her and let her lose her EX mode. "I must admit you are strong, really strong, I thought you were all tactics, but you are strong.", Queen said, "I can say the same for you, but I'm done here you and I can play again later.", Crow said as he turned away," Huh what do you mean by play.", "As I said, play, you are only at no 10 due to a level restriction, right check your level and take it as a parting gift from me to you.". As soon as he said that he vanished, at first she thought he was bluffing but then when she checked her panel she had lived up 5 times just from that fight. She knew now that Crow was her only way to level up.

To be continued