Eden
I do not own Kingdom Hearts.
Chapter 1: Welcome to Eden
My parents grew up in the age of gaming technology booming. Unfortunately for them they never got to experience Virtual Reality. My generation is the lucky generation. The newest technology transports our consciousness online. It is truly a virtual world.
By the way my name is Sora, Sora Strife. My brothers just bought the new video game, Eden. It is a massive online virtual world. It is a modern/middle age world.
I am logging in for the first time. I will be creating a character from the available class pool. The class types are Knight, Sorcerer, Diviner, Ninja, Elf, Siren and Lancer.
It was time to join my brothers. I put the game helmet on and logged into the game. I was in a white room. "Welcome to Eden, player. Please enter your name for identification in the system." I typed in my info on the virtual keyboard.
"Player identification, Sora Strife. You are the lucky 100th randomly selected player to get the unique class merge bonus. You are the last of the ones to get this option. You perks are not as high as the first ten chosen but you will still have a large advantage over other players. Please select the two classes you wish to merge as one." I selected Knight and Diviner. The knight has strength and defense capabilities, along with unique sword techniques. The Diviner has healing and defensive magic.
I entered the parameters and my avatar took form. "Congratulations player, you have created the Paladin class. Welcome and enjoy the world of Eden." The world took form around me. I was in a small city of stone near an ocean.
I looked at my body. I was in a white armor with silver designs. I looked over the edge of the edge into the water. It was my face. I guess the avatar is made to take the actual image of the player. It would make finding Cloud and Roxas easier.
"There you are slowpoke! Me and Roxas have been waiting forever." It was Cloud and Roxas! Cloud looked like a knight but he wasn't wearing any real armor on his chest. Roxas is a ninja I think but I'm pretty sure he was one of the lucky 100 as well who got a merge. He duel wields katanas but his strength is higher which is a lancer bonus.
"Hey guys, yea sorry I had to think on which two classes I wanted to merge. It was a difficult choice." They gave a look of shock and annoyance. Then in unison they shouted. "You are the last one to get the option to merge class?!" I nodded and they took a closer look at me.
Roxas touched the armor. "Well you are clearly a knight but what is the other class?" Cloud smirked and pulled out an object. "Reveal!" The object shattered and a bunch of words showed in front of Cloud.
"It says he is a knight/diviner merge. It has created the Paladin class. That is a smart merge. Of the 100 people who got this chance only a handful made a good merge. Of that handful only two made such a smart merge. You and one other player."
"Who is he?" I asked Cloud. "Zexion Lucien. He is your opposite, He is a Sword Sorcerer. He is the only player to have never been defeated since the game has come out three months ago."
A player who has never been defeated, I would think even the best gamers would lose once and a while. Cloud and Roxas taught me the basics on how to access my menu, equip things, message player, add friends, etc. It was a lot of information but nothing I couldn't handle.
We explored the town and I got some different thing for my inventory. I needed potions, teleport stones and other things. I may have a merged class and it may be great but I was still a level 1 player.
"We are going to take you to one of the lesser dungeons here. It has one level and a large monster guarding treasure. If you want to enter higher level dungeons you need to beat boss creatures in each area. Eden is comprised of 100 levels and when you defeat a boss you can go to the next level. Though the boss is on level 1 it will be powerful."
My understanding was that the boss is always at least 7 levels higher than the player. Even if I were to max my level the boss would have parameters beyond the max.
Cloud and Roxas lead me out of the city to a place called the Immortal Forest. There were several dungeons in the forest and at the heart of the forest was the level 1 boss dungeon.
As we walked through the forest we would come across low level monsters. My brothers let me go at it alone unless I needed help.
We kept walking and talking. From what they were telling me, the dungeon we are going to is only a few minutes away. I already gained two levels and learned a sword technique and low level cure.
The beauty of this place was immense. I loved every minute of being here. There were even sensations from things like the wind or water. The only thing not felt in the game is pain.
"It's up ahead. Let's get in there. If you get lucky the treasure will be a better weapon that what you have."
We walked towards the cave just ahead of us but before we entered we heard loud screams to the left of us off in the distance. Cloud and Roxas ran off towards the screams. I followed quickly behind them through the tree's.
We made it into a meadow where there a group of player fighting a cloaked creature with wings. It was equipped with a scythe. I could hear them yelling at the monster.
"You're too damn powerful for this forest! This must be a cheat!" Player after player was being slaughtered by it. Cloud and Roxas ran in to help the players. Cloud went in first while Roxas pulled an item from his inventory.
Roxas twirled a scroll around him. "I offer up this seal to invoke the powers of the dragon that hides within the sun!" Light surrounded Roxas and he pulled out his two katana's.
Cloud blocked the creature's attack before it could hit the other players. The player spoke in a frightened manner. "No, get away. This thing is too powerful." Cloud pushed up against the monster and Roxas attempted to slash at the monster.
His blades went right through it. The creature chuckled. "Whirlwind slash." The scythe spun and hit Cloud, Roxas and the other players. They all flew backwards. The players Cloud tried to protect all shattered. Their HP must have dropped to 0.
I jumped out and stood between my brothers and the monster. I held my sword tightly. The creature pointed its scythe at me. "I see, you are the last of the 100 chosen. I will not fight you now. You will lose. I will give grace to you three for now and offer an Item on our first meeting. I have no use for this sword." He tossed the sword into the air and it fell into the ground before me. He disappeared in a flash.
That was a teleport. Was he a player? I helped Cloud and Roxas up. They seemed in shock. I picked up the sword the potential player gave me. I scanned it, it was called Yggdrasil.
The information detailed is that it is a holy blade forged in the fires of a fallen Phoenix. It has healing properties and has an edge over undead monsters.
I used the healing magic I had gained and healed my brothers from the attack. They thanked me and we went to the dungeon. We fought the monsters on our way to the treasure.
Outside the treasure room was a stronger monster. We dispatched the monster quickly and went into the room. The treasure was a quest token. I put it into my inventory.
"A quest token huh? Those are semi rare. You take them to a quest broker and a random quest is given to you. If you are lucky it will be an upgrade quest." Roxas said in a gleeful manner.
As we made our way out of the dungeon I noticed Cloud was deep in thought. I poked him and he hmmed at me. "What are you thinking big brother?"
"That was obviously a player we encountered earlier. How could he be that strong? Do you think it could have been Zexion?" Roxas sighed.
"That was Zexion. He always uses that scythe. It's a legendary class weapon."
Roxas began to explain to me about Zexion. He told me he was a part of a guild called Organization XIII. Roxas was also a member. They were all players who had merged classes.
The guild is still together but the members are mostly separate. Zexion had apparently betrayed them at some point on a mission. Zexion did a legendary quest he won from the quest brokers. He completed it and gained the ultimate armor. It was called Death's Cloak. It makes the player ethereal when attacked.
He also gained Death's amulet which doubles the player MP and allows unique spells. Death's Gauntlets was another piece he got but Roxas didn't know what it did or the Death's Boots.
The scythe which also is an item that belongs to Death, didn't come with the armor. He won that later from Death Himself in the Necropolis world. That are is unlockable when you reach the level of 50. There is a back way in by going into a dungeon in the Eastern Swamp. Inside when you beat the boss and get to the treasure room, there is a gate that warps you into the Necropolis.
We went back to the town. Cloud waved at someone and looked at us. "I'm heading off with Zack. I'll see you guys for dinner in an hour." Roxas cat called. "Yea? Are you going to flirt?" Cloud rolled his eyes and ran off.
Roxas turned to me. "We can go to another area for more training if you want bro." I nodded and we were off to another area for more leveling up until dinner.