Disclaimer: I do not own Sword Art Online, nor anything related to it. Though the idea and the story of this OC belongs to me.
Author's Note: This story has been rated M for safety reasons, I tend to cuss a lot, and I prefer stuffs written in explicit content, but that's just me. There will be some parts of it that will clash with the main arc, thus the update of this story would be slow cuz I got to read the novel again to refresh my mind and to keep in synchronization with the main story plot, so bear with that. Of course, I'm also new to writing stories, so feel free to flame me, correct me, give me suggestions and most importantly, your reviews! Thank you!
Prologue
It's been 3 days since Kayaba Akihiko, genius in the field of quantum physics; game designer, development director of SAO and the creator of the Nerve Gear had announced the death game. According to him, if one attempts to dislodge the Nerve Gear by force, the device will actually emit very strong electromagnetic pulse to fry the brain, respawn points will no longer work and dying in the game will result death in reality.
I'm not interested to test that out though, nor am I willing to die in a game. No way a game is gonna kill me. Many others went insane though, some of them couldn't handle the shock and actually killed themselves, never got to see them again. Many players started training, though most of the time they were snatching their own places and kill-stealing each other. As a result of that, most of the players were levelling very slowly. It wasn't easy to find a spot for myself to really gain experience as most of the well-known hunting grounds are already crowded with people, I managed to find a plateau with a reasonable spawn rate of the monsters, blue boars, known as Frenzy Boars were known as the Slimes in most MMORPG. Low in level, good experience rates, it's a good monster to grind on for heaps of levels.
I thank the Gods that SAO is almost similar to common MMORPG, the spawn rate of the monsters are affected by the amount that was killed in another area. Hence, I had a decent amount of time to rest and at the same time, constantly killing the monsters and gaining my level. My free points for the stats were high in number, but I never knew what to pump. It's a bad habit, my damage would be the same as a beginner, I had speed as slow as a beginner and I couldn't tank. SAO didn't have magic, only skills. So my favourite class as a 'Mage' is out of choice. I could be a swordsman, but that would be boring. Swords are far too mainstream in this game, everywhere I go, I see players carrying swords. Spears on the other hand were rare, due to the exposure of themselves when attacking, most players took the short spear instead of the long one. Axes makes me look like a brute, so that's a no-no. Instead, I just went with my sword that they gave in a package in the beginner item pack, and sometimes my fists, I've got to admit, my punches are weaker but for some reasons, the monsters somehow couldn't dodge them. Figured that what remains in the system remains in the system. If you use something outside the system, it'll still count it as something within itself, but the monsters wouldn't register it as an attack that they know. That's a good thing.
One thing I hated for the past 3 days though, hunger and fatigue is registered into the system. We had to eat, to get rid of this hungry feeling, virtual food. A waste of Cols, the in-game currency, and we feel tired as well, thus we need to sleep. I stocked up on the most basic food in the Starting City, bread and water. Being the cheapest, I spent all my cols on them. It was a ridiculous amount if you ask me, but well, food is food, and I just hate to feel hungry and not doing anything about it. Sleeping is not really a problem since the plateau I was at had a few rocks to climb onto, leading me to another small landing. The area was small, probably only able to fit another guy other than me, but it was comfortable to sleep in the wild without worries of monsters attacking you nor players finding me.
I punched another Frenzy Boar to oblivion as I munched onto my last piece of bread. Level Up! The words popped up in my UI. Checking my inventory, my bread is already gone and most of my free space were filled with drops of the Frenzy Boars. Never really got to check them out, was too busy grinding.. I scaled down the plateau and made my way back to Starting City, to sell, restock on the items and probably wander into the labyrinth for better experience awarding monsters, activating quests hopefully.
Sporting a level 15, yet to pump a single point on any of my stats, sword-fist user on day 3.
I am Zenir.
To be continued...
Author's Note 2: Well, that's it for the prologue, kind of long if you ask me, but it's necessary. Basic explanation. Tell me what did I miss out, or what do you feel about this, my next update should be on the 14 of October. If not, just give me a little more time, or probably send me a mail to get to me. Adios!