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It's been a few days since his transgression started... Or is it?
He stared at the ceiling of his room, a grandiose room to be exact, still thinking of ways to survive in this cruel world, with all the events that will happen if the semester started.
"Let's think of the events that will happen and... options first, if I even have one."
First, in the Academy, he will encounter the two, the Main Protagonist, Jacques al Sundawn and Eleana Nightfallen, the Heroine, as they were in the same class. These two are the important characters in this game destined to fight the Chaos, and all the events that will happen between, including the difficulties of an episode in the Nevestria. The episode refers to those main events that happen in the story itself.
"I didn't even know... if I could survive Episode One, shit..."
The Episode One will emerge after the semester starts, with various entities and characters making their names known to the players themselves. This includes those villains, like me, and the supporting characters that will help the MC in his journey.
This Episode will also introduce the first conflict, Social Inequality between nobles and commoners, which resulted in that 'famous accident.'
Note that there are a lot of Episodes in the story Nevestria, The First Episode, is literally the start of the Story.
"Ahhh, and... also, those children..."
Second, there were the Five Damnations, the destined villains that aim to destroy this world, and fight with the protagonist. They are the avatars of the Outer Gods from Another World.
These people will appear after the Continental War, and will surely erase ninety-percent of the population in Nevestria. That's why I have to avoid that fate, and make sure that I manage to save those children before they turn into Damnations.
Due to one reason, if those Outer Gods emerged, I will die, one-hundred percent.
Third, the Continental War, it was after the Second Year of the Academy, an extremely significant event happened. Dorotheo Arkansas, the King of Arkansas Empire was assassinated, leading to the Empire launching war in finding the culprit of the event.
It was said to be in the dark times, that even the most prominent people in the continent were afraid of being labeled as contributors in that assassination, it means guaranteed death.
"Shit..."
Lastly, Fallout of the Universe, it meant that the Chaos emerged completely from the void, all the monsters that the rankers fought, made their way on the continent, leading to an extinction event crisis for the Humanity and all other races.
"I will die if this happens..."
Shit, all of those events that he thought of, was a death sentence to him, if he made even the slightest wrong move, he will die. It was guaranteed, and that's really a fucked-up situation.
"But for now, let's focus on good things in hand, what was my goal in this game, that will give me the drive to live, just for another day...?"
It was the first thing that comes into his mind, the drive to live, if not, he will just take his life.
'Simple, I want to live a simple noble life, where I can eat and sleep whenever I want. A grand goal for someone like me, that worked as a corporate drone, experienced a lot in his 9-5 job, and was always alone in life.'
'It was my dream life. I dreamt of being able to buy things that I wanted, even with a little bit of selfishness, because I have nothing before. I was living paycheck to paycheck. '
'And I have no one in that world, my parents died when I was young, and I was raised in an orphanage that I can't even remember the name of. I was always alone, and introverted, and avoided talking to people, and maybe, just maybe, if I live in this world, I can finally associate myself with other people, even if they're just game characters. I longed for human connections afterall, even if it's just artificial, I'll take anything at this point.'
I soothed my loneliness, and pain through playing games, and that's when I learned about the difficulty of Nevestria, notorious on many blog post as one of the most difficult games in the world, I was immediately hooked when I played it, and I grinded, and push myself to finish the game.
And then, I find myself here. At first, I was afraid, really afraid of death. But as day passed by, my anxiousness slowly subsided, and I managed to think of plans that will probably save me.
Here's my solution to these problems:
First, I will completely avoid the protagonist and his woman, I will completely ignore them, and focus on my own stuff, like planning to save those children from their doom.
I'll also focus on getting 'that'. It will increase my mana power, even for a little bit. A little bit of power might save me from crucial situations afterall.
I will also build a concealed hideout before the continental war happens. I'll be able to hide and live safe in that hideout. I already have planned the place.
But that's it... if I survive the first episode.
"System..."
I already know the 'code words' needed to make this thing appear.
And as I thought of those words, I immediately saw a typical panel of a character in game, just like what i see in my cellphone before when I'm playing this game.
But there's a huge problem....
[Kudos von Zekenia]
[Strength: 1]
[Mana: 2]
[Dexterity: 2]
[Endurance: 1]
[Mental Strength: 2]
For reference, the MC was already 4 on all of his stats, while me. I'm completely shit.
My character was shit, it was completely shit.
"Goddamnit..."