Chapter 16: To the City (2)

Chris was standing in a corner of the novice village for a moment, but the next second he disappeared and reappeared in a city.

He looked around and saw that the entire city was adorned with snow. The roads were cleared but most of the city was covered by the snow.

He heard about this city back then but never visited it. He didn't have a chance to do so as after Version 3.0 came, this kingdom was one of the first to fall into the hands of the Abyssal Creatures. Only when the Winter Kingdom perished did the other nations allied to fight the Abyssal Creatures.

They couldn't defeat them but were able to stall the abyssal progression in this world, which came at a great cost. Millions had died by that point to achieve such a feat. Even the Players died out a lot of times.

At that point, a small update to the game, which is a big update to Earth. Access to Earth was opened and they turned their eyes towards Earth. Unlike Aredia, the planet where the game was happening, Earth didn't have the strength to protect itself from these creatures.

Moreover, the players who were immortal in Aredia were only mortals on Earth. The shocking news everyone got was not that Earth was invaded, rather it was that they were no longer immortal, not even in Aredia. Once you die, it would be the true end.

This put earth at an disadvantage. When the information was leaked, it caused uproar even in Aredia.

Though the immortal's arrival was seen as both a boon and a curse, if they utilized the player's power, the people of Aredia benefitted a lot, especially against the Abyss.

Though there are two opposing factions and a neutral one in Aredia, no one would want to die in either faction. They only vie for power and rule. None of the factions kept quiet when Abyss arrived. Sure many members of Neutral & Evil factions, even a few of the Virtuos faction changed sides to Abyss Faction, but most stood side by side when an outside force came to occupy their planet.

This made many players who used to play against each other to fight side by side. This created an advantage for Aredia. When it was lost, both worlds paid the price.

All that started here in Winter Kingdom.

Some players sided with Abyss, and one of the most important one had risen right here in the Winter Kingdom.

Chris appeared here to screw the bastard and reap benefits for himself and Earth in the future.

Frost City is where very few players appeared. As the conditions here would be similar to the real world, the weather is cold here for most of the year which made it difficult for players. The few that came here left to other cities.

Very few Water and Frost Mages showed interest to come here but they too appeared when there were resources to buy. Otherwise not many players existed here.

Here, Chris could do things without interfering the progress of others. Sure things would change as time moves on but it wouldn't be catastrophic. By then he can become strong enough to survive if he lost the privileges' of knowing about how things go on from then.

There won't be much butterfly effect by this, except that would be seen much later into the game.

"Let's go the magic tower and register myself. Once done, I could advance my class using the scroll I got. It is for the best", Chris thought and started towards the magic tower.

When you register yourself in the magic tower, your Name, Class and Level would be recorded. He didn't want to cause a commotion by showing his Unique Class, which his class would be upgraded if he uses the scroll. He has no strength to protect himself if someone deemed that he shouldn't exist or make him into an experimental subject.

Anonymity is useful like that. Once he was strong, there would be no need to hide himself.