Chapter 2 When Unexpected Things Happen

-The scan on your iris and vein has determined that your an unregistered user. Do you want to create an account?

"Yes."

Hearing a child like feminine voice Caleb smiled. In the last game he played the process of making an avatar was not like this.

-Please input your name. The maximum character you can use in your name is 12, if character name is used by other player's you cannot use that name.

Caleb was dreading this moment he was sure that his favorite in game name would be unavailable. In online games this is natural, it cant be avoided seeing as there are millions of players.

"Please check if the name Requiem is not used."

-It is available.

Caleb could not believe it, with too many player's one would have used the name by now. He was glad that he could use Requiem as an in game name. Feeling lucky he smiled.

"I will use Requiem then please."

Little did he know that the name Requiem was saved for him to use. Dr. Robert specifically told Eva to deny any user's trying to use that name unless he is Caleb. Eva had to refuse a lot of player's trying to use Requiem as an in game name.

-You can choose your race. Currently you can pick from 30 race's available. You can choose from hu-

"Human."

Caleb choose human because of its versatility in terms of class and job restrictions. Many player's don't know this, they just pick what looks cool still Caleb choose it because of the benefits. Humans have a lot of pro's but has it's con's too. An example of its pro's would be the affinities to other race's it stands at neutral, not like with the dwarves when they go to an elven village or kingdom they would be shunned and vice versa. In terms of jobs and classes humans can use a variety of them, you dont want to find a hidden class and cant use it because of the race restriction right?

-Due to issues and problems player's can't change their gender but player's can alter their appearance. Do you want to alter your appearance?

Caleb laughed when he heard the gender part he knew that it would be a good thing because it would lessen the chances of player's to get scammed. Male player's create female characters and use them to scam people.(haha its just an example though but in the rpg games that ive played a lot of this things happen even though I dont want to admit it a lot Filipino player's do this. As a result the Philippines get banned from many online games, sometimes I find a great game to play I download It and later find out that the game cant be played because the Philippines is banned from it) Also you dont want to have a relationship with a girl ingame and later find out that the player is an old man.

"Yes, please show my avatar with longer hair."

An image of himself popped infront of him. Caleb was amazed at how he looked with longer. He styled his hair a bit until he was satisfied with his look.He looked like Vincent Valentine in Final Fantasy with longer hair. Caleb was pleasing to look at in real life he was not that tall but he stood 5'9 in height and with his trained body because of the jobs he had to do, he was attractive to the opposite sex. Even though Caleb didnt want the attention he had to be polite when talking to females because he didn't want to be rude when saying no to them.

"And please make the color of my irises a pale color of blue, that would be all thanks." Caleb was satisfied with his avatar, he didnt alter his body completely just the hair and eyes.

-Character creation completed. Your account has been activated. Your stats and class would be determined in game.

-Select a city and a kingdom you want to begin with. Currently only a few cities can be selected due to the others not being discovered yet.

"Random."

-Welcome to Revelation Online.

-Happy Gaming!

Requiem opened his eyes and he looked at his surroundings. A crowd of onlookers was staring at him.

"Wow this place looks great." Requiem said as he started to walk away from the fountain. He was getting looks from the crowd and it made him uneasy.

"Excuse me, can we be friends?" A petite girl with short curly hair said to him.

'I don't have time for this, a lot of player's are already ahead of me.' Requiem thought, he needed to use his ninja moves to get out of this situation.

"Sorry miss not to be rude but I have somewhere I need to be and I'm already late."

Requiem hastily walked and started to head to the beginner's training hall. He knew the place where his at, the kingdom of Loewne city of Splendor. He read the games site so many times that he memorized the basic things in it. He didnt know that later he will suffer for his actions.

The girl looked at Requiem as he walked away.'Even here you are distant like always.' She thought with a frown. The crowd was divided into two, the first was the men thinking Requiem was an ass and that he was an old fat guy that altered his appearance to look handsome. The second group was made of female's who thought Requiem looked cool and that he was a badass with good looks.

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After a few minutes of walking Requiem was in front of a big building it looked like a dojo and a lot of player's were going in. As he was about to enter he was stopped by an old guy who looked like an instructor.

"Hello sir, I just arrived here and I want to train under your tutelage." Requiem bowed his head at the instructor.

"I have no need for someone who hurts a lady." The old guy looked at him menacingly.

"Hurts a lady?" Requiem was dumbfounded at the sentence, he tried to recall the events earlier and he was sure its about the girl who tried to be friend him.

"Sir I think there's been a misunderstanding."

"Anything you say will not change my decision I know what I saw." The old man thought Requiem broke up with the girl, seeings as the girl looked hurt when Requiem left her.

"But..."

"No buts, now I have to train many people." The old man walked away.

Requiem was shocked at what happened. He didnt expect that what he did because of lack of time would result to this. 'Just because I turned down a friend request. ' he felt like crying.

Now all of his plans are destroyed, he wanted to gain stats for hitting the scarecrow for a week. Now with this dilemma he has faced with two choices, earn money or go to the library till the probation time expires. He knew that the stats gained in training would help in the long run and he didnt want to have a mage class so he decided to earn money instead doing errands for the town's people and maybe gain a skill or two along the way.

Requiem knew that the library would be beneficial to him but right now he needed to use the time he has to gain more results in the limited time the game gave before he can go out of the city. He decided that he would choose a more combat oriented class to have because (no disrespect to the long range damage dealer classes) it wasnt his style he was more into the thrill of facing an enemy head on. Requiem always liked facing an opponent and just relying on his skills as a player. Superior athleticism added with a good mind led him to develop his own fighting style in gaming. Now that he cant train in the training hall he chose to do quests instead because they to give a bit of stats when you complete them but the quests that give this bonuses are rare but it left him with no choice.

Staring at the sky he remembered a good way to gain information - the tavern or bar where player's and npc gather. Who wouldn't like a good mug of beer right?

Requiem walked to the tavern it was the typical kind where old people went to.

"Hello there costumer." Greeted the old bartender.

Requiem looked at the man. "Hello sir, im Requiem." Bowing slightly to the owner, the man gave him a smile.

"Are you perhaps looking for a worker? I can do the dishes, wipe the tables and do errands sir." Requiem added.

The man eyed him. 'Straight forward I like that.' The man thought. "In fact I was looking for some help, you came at the right time lad."

"The names Pepe, you can start working here mostly doing errands."

"Thank you sir." Requiem smiled at the owner.

After 2 days of working Pepe saw how Requiem efficiently does his work. The boy never uttered a single complaint, he just did what he asked of him. Ofcourse Requiem never complained, he was accustomed to this kind of jobs in real life.

One evening a costumer came and asked to talk to the owner. Requiem accessed the man and from the looks of it he was a friend of the owner. The man wore a cloak and his well built, he had many scars in his arms. Requiem noticed it when the man handed him his axe. Leading the man to the other room only used by Pepe he decided to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Long time no see old friend." It was Pepe who started their conversation.

"A long time indeed, how are you?" The other man said.

"As you can see im fine how about you? Still leaving in your mountain?"

"You know I dont like being in a crowd. The civilized life ain't for me." The man let out a sigh. "I need someone to help me for work Pepe that's why I came."

"I thought so, you wouldn't come here if you didnt need help with your work. But the last time I helped you find someone resulted in him coming back crying his eyes out saying what you make them do is not for normal people. " with this Pepe let out a laugh.

"It was not my fault you gave me a cry baby worker."

"Anyway I think I found just the right man to help you, Requiem you can enter now seeing as you eavesdrop on our conversation."

Opening the door Requiem looked at the ground with a shy smile on his face. "Uhmnn hello sir." He added.

"So back to the topic at hand. Do you accept the job Requiem?"

Requiem smiled an evil smile to himself, he was lucky that he was offered a good job by the owner and maybe this will yield a good result for him. One problem is that he doesnt know what the job is but he didnt care because it will be better than doing nothing.

Ting!

The Unknown Mans RequestDifficulty:UnknownRewards:UnknownRequest of the bar owner to help his friend in his work. The unknown man named Shibo needs help for his job.

"Yes sir."

"Good." The man smiled at him, Pepe looked at Requiem. "Okay now thats settled, Requiem will join you on your job. His quite a hard worker Shibo you can use him well."

'So his name is Shibo.' Requiem thought.

"Tomorrow morning you will come with me to my place be here at the exactly 3am, if you're late I will leave you." Shibo let out.

"Yes sir."

Pepe held out a purse of coins to Requiem. "This is your payment for all the work you've done. I insist that you buy yourself a weapon."

Accepting the money Requiem was baffled at why he needed a weapon. "Why do I need a weapon sir?"

"You will need it because you will be traveling outside the city and maybe you will need it for your job as well. I suggest you buy an axe." Pepe answered.

"I thought you cant go out for a month if you just arrived here?" He was shocked to know that if you meet certain requirements you can bypass the restrictions for a new player. He thought maybe this is a bug or a glitch but seeing as the game is handled by an a.i it wouldnt be possible.

"I have my ways." Grinned Shibo.

'An axe? Why an axe, im not an axe dude im a sword dude.' He pondered why he needed an axe, he looked at Shibo and it came to him that maybe its not about the axe but about other things.

"Okay sir." Requiem answered.

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2 gold 78 silver and 25 bronze, that was the amount of money Requiem had in his inventory. He was lucky he gained tips from customers mostly female ones when he was working at the tavern. He went to the weapons shop looking for a weapon. With what Pepe said he needed an axe but to Requiem he deduced that maybe its not about the axe but the type of weapon that is similar to that of an axe. He looked at Shibo a while ago pondering about this, Shibo was quite buffed and his weapon was an axe. This led Requiem to think that maybe his work was something that has to do with axes seeing as the quest he received was about helping in his job so naturally a work with the use of an axe only means one thing being a lumberjack. A person who cuts trees for a living, he smiled at the thought of this because in real life he grew up chopping tree's for firewood. Prices of gas tanks in his place were really high and because of this his parents couldn't afford one because instead of buying one the money was used to buy food.

Standing infront of the weapons seller Requiem asked. "Sir can I please try an axe im a newbie and im looking for a weapon to use."

"Sure."the owner retorted showing different types of axes. Looking at them Requiem tried to lift up a two handed axe, he had trouble at first but he got used to it after a few swings.

Requiem thought for awhile about the pro's of using a two handed weapon. He knew that with this style he needs to be fast and accurate if he wants to play solo. Using a two handed weapon has its perks like dealing a lot of damage with one hit but you will be faced with one thing slow attack, you cant just swing it like an ordinary sword because it leaves openings and this will cause you to die easily. Requiem decided on what kind of weapon he will use, a two handed sword that is long and big and weighs like a two handed axe causing him to smile at the challenge. "This is going to be fun."

Handing the axe back he said, "Sir do you have two handed sword weapons?"

The man took out the swords, trying them out he wasnt satisfied with them because he needed a weapon that can cut tree trunks if needed. For Requiem he needed a more bigger sword than the average two handed sword. "Sir do you have a bigger sword that weighs like the axe I tried earlier?"

The man went to the back and came out later with a sword that is larger than the others. He handed it to Requiem saying, "try this."

Bastard SwordType:Two Handed WeaponDurability:100Attack:20 - 30Level Required:1An unusual two handed weapon because of its size.

Once he had the sword the sheer weight was outstanding, "It really is heavier than the axe." The sword was a bit shorter than him, putting the sword diagonally on his back it covered most of it. "I'll take it!"

"Its been awhile when I last sold a weapon like that, you need to train if you want to be good at it." He said.

"You can have it for 1 gold only because seeing you with that weapon was the most interesting thing that happened to me this week." Added the man.

'Jackpot!'

"Thank you sir." Requiem smiled handing out one gold to the man.

He put the sword in his inventory cause its an eye catcher and he doesnt want to attract attention. He walked to the armor shop to buy some armor. Requiem was already playing instances of himself using the sword and wearing different types of armors. Every kind has its pro's and con's but with the money he has, only a set of leather items with low defense will be bought, still it gave him a little defense and its better than no defense at all. After buying his set he had some spare silvers and coppers left so he went to buy some bread. The taste of the bread was stale but he didnt care because it helped refill the satiety level.

Looking at the time he still had 5 hours left so he decided to log out and comeback after an hour because like every other VRMMO game 1 hour in real life is equivalent to 4 hours in game. He ate and took a bath to freshen up, checking his emails he saw that Troy gave him some tips on where to start but he read it to late. Caleb called his Mother to check on things and to say hi, like always his brother's were asking him to bring them food when he returns, after the call Caleb logged in again.

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Requiem walked back to the tavern he still had one hour left so he decided to take it slow. Passing by stalls and player's he noticed the girl with the curly hair who caused him to get side tracked on his goal to train but thanks to her Requiem had the chance to find a good quest. Looking at her closely he noticed that the female looked like one of his classmates in college.

He tried remembering who she was and it hit him, she was the girl who tried embarrassing him in class. The rich girl who ordered him to introduce himself and the one who poured coffee on him but like what Caleb always do in this type's of situations just play deaf and change seats. He was lucky the coffee wasnt that hot or else he would have 2nd degree burns. He hated those types of people thinking they own the world or something, who made them the boss right? Caleb hastily walked off trying to gain distance away from the self proclaimed princess named Hannah Giovanni.

The girl looked at the fading figure of a man she knew. She remembers that figure so well, she always starred at that figure always walking past her. The past months of her first year in college she noticed him, always doing something in breaks he usually writes or he's reading books. He rarely starts a conversation with others except when he tutors at the library. He was always nice to people who talks to him. She wanted to be friend him but she cant find a good time to introduce herself. Finally she did have that chance but instead of going the way she planned it went the other way. She was suppose to just introduce herself when they were sitting beside each other in one class but instead of saying it because of her shyness she instead ordered him to introduce himself to her, what made it worse was when she spilled her cup of coffee on him accidentally. This caused quite a commotion in class.

This led her to gain the nickname Queen and caused her to be hated by some people specially females. Ever since that fated day she wanted to ask for forgiveness and once and for all end all the bad gossips about her but every time she tried to speak to Caleb he would quickly evade or go the other way. Who would blame him, if someone embarrassed you in front of many people wouldn't you do the same?

She was lucky to have meet him in the game, she thought maybe this time things would be different but like always he was the same. This only caused Hannah to gain more resolve to be friend him.

Caleb hated people who use there social status as an excuse to order others around. What/who gave them the right to do so? In this year and age he thought that everything changed but it seems like this people are born in the wrong era. Thats why he took Law to face those people who do injustice to others.

Requiem walked up to the man standing near the tavern. He easily recognized Shibo who wore a big axe on his back.

"Im sorry for being late sir." Requiem let out.

Shibo looked at him with a smirk, "I thought you ran away." He started walking and gestured Requiem to follow.

Requiem smiled and nodded, "I wont sir."

"Lets go." Shibo showed him two horses and he got on one, "get on the other."

Requiem got on and who knows where they will go.

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uhmnn im still new with all of the tables in royalroad so please be patient and thanks if you want you can read it on japtem

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