Chapter I: The Crow

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.

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