Chapter 8: Ch.8 World Reaction
Sitting on his wooden chair, Kai surfed through the internet, and sure enough the number one topic all over the world is the newly released game of the GCK Corp, Wizard Planet.
The game is trending all over the world as the news quickly caught wind of the game's traffic, as they are frenzily promoting the game.
Meanwhile, the civilians aren't far behind, talking about the game on social media sites.
The trending page on Parrot, the number one social media platform in this world was full of videos regarding the game with some already popular streamers hitting the headlines for streaming the game.
Sipping his coffee, Kai watched the videos, just to relax himself as the streamers knows how to do their job at entertaining their viewers, doing some crazy shit that no normal players will do such as killing a goblin using a spoon, etc.
Regarding the game's current popularity, Kai has long expected it to be this popular ever since the game's teaser was released.
In just the game's first day after release, there are already hundreds of millions of players, in the game.
Scrolling through Parrot, a particular post caught Kai's attention and as he watched the video, Kai's eyes widened, surprised as the video continued playing.
The video is entitled 'IS WIZARD PLANET REAL????!!'
In the video, a player is sharing his experience as one of the players who had reached level 10 and received his grimoire, but as he logged out of the game, he noticed his grimoire lying beside him.
The man then showed his grimoire to the camera, even performing magic as a purple crystal emerged above his palm.
Seeing this, Kai dropped the coffee in his hand but paid no attention as he hurriedly went back to his bedroom.
On his bed, a book with a hand printed on the front and a four-leaf clover can be seen lying around, as Kai trembles in shock.
Kai was horrified, as evident in his stunned face as he paced his way to the bed, he picked the grimoire, and just like in the game, it had ten pages, and on the first two, written were the two magic Kai had copied, Illusion and Magma Magic.
Just like in the game, Kai seemingly tries to channel mana to the grimoire as the book glows, with a dim white aura as it floats in front of Kai.
'No way....'
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Throughout the world, the video soon alarmed the public as more and more players who reached level 10 shared their experience and their newfound magic.
This causes distress among the people, fearing the worst that could as the seeming fiction has become a reality.
Among the distress, a few saw this as an opportunity, a chance to climb the social ladder as they worked their asses off, grinding in the game to become stronger.
Those that are at the top, however, won't stand still as they have started making their moves. After all, they won't let themselves get left behind as the rules of survival in the world are still the same, the strong rules and the weak obey.
Among these powerhouses is the Solomon Family, an ancient family with huge influence in the country of Highland (USA), a first-world country with huge influence all over the globe.
(A/N: The parenthesis beside the country's name means it's the country's counterpart in our world, with some minor changes)
Even though Highland is a democratic country, the influence of the Solomon Family hasn't weakened, having the highest political power in the country along with two families, it is safe to say that these three families control the country.
Hatched on the private island where the Solomons reside, a magnificent white castle stands at the center, and inside, the high members of the Solomon family encircle a massive high-quality wooden table.
Above the table is a giant holographic screen, playing a 1st POV video of players inside the WP. (Wizarrd Planet)
Compared to the unrest public, the members of the Solomon family are calm and seemingly had long expected the news of magic coming to life.
Not only them but those who belong to the highest pyramid of social status in modern society are first to be aware of the game's peculiarity, even before the game was released.
This advantage gave them the time to prepare, just like the Solomon family.
The players on the screen are the new-generation members of the Solomon family and some talented people loyal to the family, the ones who will carry the family's future behind their backs.
"Sigh~ change is coming" Sitting in the middle of the table, a man in his old days sighs as he watches the screen in front of him.
He is Vick Solomon, the current head of the family, and beside him sat the elders as they observed their children's performance while conversing among themselves.
"What a wonderful kid!" One of the elders complimented a player as the others nodded in agreement with a wide smile on their face.
Currently, the elders' attention is focused on the player in the middle of the screen with an ingame name 'Prime'. He is the grandson of Vick, also the one the FamilyHead dote on the most, Viktor Solomon, the Pride of Solomon.
On the screen, Viktor is a young man with golden spiky hair, his face adores a maturity surpassing his age, and the man's eyes are sharp as he carries a sense of nobility, in contrast to the corpse of the monster scattered around him.
Back at Kai's house, the said man was busy using his magic in real life, and upon more observation, Kai noticed that his ears became pointy, just like elves.
Just like his in-game character, Kai had turned into a Royal Elf!
Perceiving the change that's about to befall the world, Kai wasted no time, locking the door of his house shut as he once again, logged in to the game.
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Standing by the plaza, the starting area where Kai first found himself when he first logged in to the game.
Checking his menu, Kai noticed a notification from his message, it came from Mirage which was his current, only friend in the game.
His eyes squinted, face filled with confusion as he read the message,
{Can we talk?}
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