Eliot tries to regain his fallen fame by researching the Reversal of Time. But his research fails, and the consequence of his failure made a fusion between two different worlds. This is the start of a new Era where Zombies can be found shopping on the streets, demi-humans becoming the Idol of the Entertainment industry, Dwarves owning the heavy industries, Elves becoming doctors. Expect a chaotic age where humans and non-humans co-exist with Magic.

Tags: Reincarnation, Magic Realism, Zombies, Parallel dimension, World travel, Mythical Beasts, Non-Human Characters.

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As a dark power is coming to change the human life, a new age starts. Said age is full of searching for truth by the name of dark justice. But this will bring this world into a new age of chaos that will make human lifes hard and difficult, but truthfull.
© 2019 Shada Literature Group based on "Demon Machine Beast" short story by Rongpu

That night Qiang Shen was completely happy, by the time he felt the first rays of the sun, he had reached level 5 five of human realism, even so, he did not think again that he was a genius, since Chen Qiu had left him very much in Of course, he had no talent for cultivation and believed that it was due to his age, besides the simple fact of having reached Master's realism was due to his great luck in having found several spiritual treasures that helped him reach that realism in Little time.

When it dawned, he was back in his room moments before his mother came in to see his state of health. Seeing that he was better, he recommended missing school that day to rest and recover completely.

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Shortly after his mother went to work and his brother went to elementary school, Qiang Shen started cultivating again, making it easier with the Yang energy of the sun to move forward easier, having gone out into the backyard of his house, absorbing Earth type energy, then I manage to expand the meridians of their extremities and so I continue until the afternoon when I reach the breakthrough of level 10, one step away from reaching the third realism: Warrior.

That night Qiang Shen was having a quiet dinner with his mother and brother when he heard the entrance door open, saw his mother get up to receive his father and he continued talking with his brother, when they entered the room, he saw his father He looked at him as if he was scared and when he went to say hello he saw his father suddenly went to him and with a movement of what seemed to be judo, he threw him on the floor shouting "Who are you ?!"

Qiang Shen was scared and unconsciously asked "what are you talking about" but was interrupted by the cry of his father "do not think you cheat me, it is impossible for my son to have this type of body at his age!" saying this I remove Qiang Shen the sweatshirt from his pajamas leaving his torso naked and shouting again "who the hell are you !!!

It seems as if time has stopped for Qiang Shen. How was it possible that his father had noticed the changes in his body.

When Qiang Shen was trying to get up, Papa Qiang again grabbed Qiang Shen's arm and grabbing him, he shot him again pressing him to the floor. Tell me immediately who you are !! What organization do you belong to? !! Why did you focus on my family? !!! and above all, WHERE IS MY SON !!!

Qiang Shen felt a strong assassination attempt and wondered how his father knew martial arts. His memories of him were of a loving father with his family, a simple government employee always following the rules, he never thought that his father would issue such an intense assassination attempt.

Immediately afterwards, and calmer, he only answered "can we talk?"

When he saw the serenity in the person he was holding, Qiang Syaoran slowly released him, however not under his guard. When Qiang Shen got up, Qiang Xun approached Qiang Shen and before his father said something Qiang Xun started talking to Qiang Shen.

"Shen-dàgē, what impressive muscles, how did you do them? Do you practice martial arts? Or is it cultivation? You know? my friends have taught me a manhua who has little that came out and talks about it."

Seeing the innocent look of his brother, Qian Shen calmly replied "don't worry, your brother will tell you how and I will teach you martial arts but for now, go to bed because I have to talk to dad and mom." "Really? Great !!! Shen-dàgē, you're the best"

After Qiang Xun left for his room, Qiang Shen put on his sweatshirt and sat at the table, his parents followed him.

"Before I started to tell you, first I wanted to ask you, how did you know about the changes in my body? You just stared at me and you immediately attacked me."

"Hmn !! You think I can not recognize my own son?" "What a joke." And if you ask yourself why you fight, your father was second nationally in judo when he was young, and now I work in public security, the lie that I worked as a small government employee was only to not worry my children. " And she? "He asked, turning his gaze to his mother." She always knew, "said Qiang Syaoran." We already answered what you wanted, now tell us who are you, where is this little Shen? "I ask again angrily.

Qiang Shen was left thinking for a few minutes, making Qiang Syaoran more and more angry, when "I do not know if you'll believe what I'm going to tell you, but I'm really his son." Pausing, Qiang Shen volleys to see his parents and sees impression on his mother and doubts on his father. "I have always been his son, the son who grew up in this city of Beijin, whom his parents loved, who saw me grow up, who encouraged me in my dream of being an artist ..." At that moment, Qiang Shen began to cry , "I am your son who received the support of your parents when I entered the University in 2006, I am the son that you accompanied to your first exhibition in 2010."

While they saw the person who was crying while saying all that, mama Qiang covered her mouth with her hands and papa Qiang had a look that it was hard to believe what he was hearing.

"I am the son who saw his parents die in the most terrifying way while escaping, I am the son who could not protect his brother, the son who has lived the last fifteen years in a hell ...!" Mama Qiang started crying and said yelling "please, tell me you're lying!" while Qiang Shen finished saying "the son who reduced his life force to go back to the past and avoid repeating that hell again." Mom, dad, I have been your son for the last 39 years!

After revealing the truth, the only thing that could be heard was the cries of Mama Qiang.

In a destroyed world where humanity is on the verge of extinction, a survivor uses a spell combining the magic of different civilizations to return to its past and prevent the end of the world ... or at least, give humanity the weapons to be able to survive.

Tang En is already convinced that his sunglasses are amazing and have a cheating system that can be used in Hollywood!

This is also the basis of his layman, who dared to swear by his promise and vie with James Cameron for the post of director of the Titanic.

    Because when I turned on the sunglasses switch for the first time yesterday, I gave a novice gift package.

    "Stealing the contract" allowed him to successfully grab the director position from Cameron, and "mirror possession" is the confidence of his director!

    "The" mirror appendage "skill can be used to transfer the artist skills of any one person to another person in Hollywood. It is only valid for the duration of one movie. Each time the global box office accumulates more than US $ 1 billion, an additional reward will be given. Mirror Attachment 'Skill. "

    Don was also unambiguous, searching directly for James Cameron, the possession object-Donn Walker!

    "The mirror attachment is complete. During the production of" Titanic ", Don Walker will have the skills of production, director and actor of James Cameron."

    Tang En twisted his head and found There was nothing strange about his body, but he knew that his vision and ability had completely changed at this time.

    Especially that series of amazing thoughts and wild imagination are really shocking!

    Tang En took a look at Cameron's various skill values, and he was amazed, and he was indeed a world-class leader!

    There are more than 20 kinds of competencies under production. The five most important skills are production, market judgment, literary aesthetics, project evaluation and screenwriting.

    Tang En casually checked the skills of several major directors yesterday, and generally scored more than 70 points, even if his ability is outstanding.

    But the value of James Cameron is shocking.

    Production: 66

    Market judgment: 97

    Literature and art aesthetic: 83

    Project evaluation: 70

    Screenwriter: 89

    comprehensive scores, can reach 81 points!

    In particular, in market judgment, it reached a shocking 97 points, making Tang En's eyes straight. He researched for half a night yesterday and has never seen anyone who can exceed 90 in a certain item.

    James Cameron really deserves his reputation!

    Look at the director's five skills.

    Palm mirror: 91

    plot design: 83

    image thinking: 88

    guidance: 93

    camera: 95

    comprehensive score, 90 points!

    Tang En opened his eyes, served, and thoroughly!

    What is even more surprising is that among the attributes that are not important later, the artist, special effects, and sub-scores all exceed 90, which is an absolute talented director.

    As for the five major skills of the actor, expressiveness, relaxation, sense of realism, realism, and lines, Cameron's numerical values ​​are extremely poor, not to mention.

    Now Tang En inherits Cameron's ability, confidence is bursting!

    ...

    The crew, who took a day off after changing directors, finally started again.

    When the crew said that the new director was an unknown 18-year-old child, they were all shocked. When I heard that it was Donn Walker who was fired by Cameron, the expression was even more exciting.

    Especially the actress Kate Winslet and Down's friend George Paxton, feeling like a fire and ice.

    The crew normally started at 8 o'clock, but when Tang En appeared in the studio at 7:30, all the members arrived.

    "Everyone is here."

    Tang En concealed his excitement and showed a modest smile, waving at everyone.

    "Good director!"

    "Welcome the director."

    "Mr. Director, you are so young ..." There were

    mixed voices, and the flattering expression in the words permeated the whole studio.

    "Hey, Don ... Mr. Director."

    George Paxton glanced up with joy, his eyes glowed, and he looked down at Down, his expectations and excitement were difficult to hide, and he had deep scruples and flattery.

    His friend is a director!

    This is enough to make him show off in front of anyone!

    "Hi George, everything is the same, we are friends."

    Tang En patted him on the shoulder. On the set of "Titanic", George was his only friend.

    "Yes, yes, friend, hey, we are friends." George flushed with excitement and incoherent words.

    Tang En nodded. "George, do you want to change jobs?"

    George's tears were almost coming down. Excited choking, "Okay, okay, I listen to you!"

    Tang En nodded, his eyes glanced to the side, a bright smile on his face, but Kate, who could not hide · Winslet, faintly said: "From today, you will be my personal assistant, not the set assistant, but the director's assistant. The first task is to find out what happened that day. I want to see who wants to Framed me! "

    George was shocked, his face grim," Of course, that kind of villain, you mustn't let it go! "

    Tang En smiled with satisfaction and walked to Leonardo DiCaprio, looking With a handsome and handsome face, he smiled and said, "Leon, what's the state of rest for a day?"

    In the past, Tang En didn't even have the qualification to appear next to Leonardo, but now it is different. He is a director. Is the core of the whole movie!

    The salted fish turned over, and the superiority of the superior was naturally demonstrated.

    Leonardo didn't know Tang En at all. He only knew that the other party was a director. When he was surprised that the other party was young, he was inevitable nervous. He straightened his back and said, "Mr. Walker, I'm fine!"

    "Just call me Tang En. "

    Ten En smiled, and encouraged:" Keep working hard and make a good movie. "

    " Okay Mr. Walker ... Okay, Don. "

    Leonard smiled relaxedly and relieved his nervousness a lot.

    It seems that this new director is gentler than James Cameron, has a good personality, and should be easy to cooperate with, so there is no need to worry about being scolded every day.

    At this time, Down came to Kate Winslet, and swept her eyes, praising: "Kate, you are so beautiful today!"

    There is no doubt that Kate Winslet is the most nervous one in the whole set. See Tang go Come over, scared almost screamed, immediately reacted, a sweet smile popped out of Qiao's face, mentioning a pettiskirt, a medieval lady ceremony, "Thank you, Mr. Director."

    Tang En muted Unsmiling, teasing: "You're very deep into the play?"

    Kate Winslet's face turned white. Just now it was a subconscious action under panic. She quickly laughed and said, "Sorry, Mr. Director ..."

    Tang En waved his hand, She interrupted her politely, "Deep into the play, it means that you are deliberately deliberate, it is a good thing!" In a

    few words, Kate Winslet felt that sweat was coming out from her back, and her lips bited, but she didn't know what to do. Please him.

    That day, she was afraid of Tang En's grievances.

    Tang En was very calm and wanted everyone to get ready to start shooting.

    At this time, Jon Landau, one of Cameron's partners and one of the producers, suddenly stood up and said loudly, "Let's welcome Xiao Tang En to return to the crew. Now, let Tang Xiao En tell you a few words, everyone applaud "

    Tang En changed his face, and immediately released two sharp eyes.

    Little Tang En?

    He is now a director, and even a friend like George has to call him a director. What kind of onion is Jon Landau?

    Obviously, he was deliberately targeting!

    Mingzhe was a coax, but he mentioned "return to the crew" and "little Tang En" to embarrass him. Let him speak, not to mention, what is good is what it should be, if not, it will certainly affect his authority in the crew.

    Tang En gave a deep glance at Jon Landau, and the light and flint already understood why.

    Jon Landau is a friend of Cameron and a partner for many years. His move is obviously helping Cameron to grumble.

    It's just that Tang En didn't know whether it was his own claim or Cameron's intention behind it.

    In the spotlight, Tang En stepped on a high platform, looked around at everyone, and asked, "Ask everyone a

    question, let's make a movie, for what?" This absurd question made everyone stunned. Opening.

    Seeing some cold scenes, George hurriedly exclaimed: "For art, for faith, for humanity!"

    Tang En shook his head. "In such a sacred word, you should go and tell Jesus that this is a set, not a church." The

    crowd laughed.

    Suddenly, this young man standing at a height is not the innocence and tenderness of imagination, the sense of humor in the stable, it is clearly the temperament of a great director.

    Jon Landau sneered.

    He didn't believe that an eighteen-year-old child could manage such a big scene, not even Steve Spielberg of that year!

    Tang En went on to ask: "So let's say, it's tiring to make a movie, why do you come here to suffer?"

    "Why? Of course , you want to be a star!"

    The crowd is the most actor on the scene. This answer can be said to have broken this. Think of a large group.

    Even if Leonardo and Kate are willing to be tortured by Cameron, don't they want to be bigger stars and make more money?

    Tang En nodded his head slightly, gave the man a thumbs up, and said loudly, "Yes, just to be a star! This is our common dream!" After a

    pause, Tang En changed into a more tense tone. "You want to be a star, and you want to be the hottest and hottest star in Hollywood! And me? I am a director, and I want to be one of the best directors in the world!"

    "Tell me, we rely on What is it? "

    " Be loud, I can't hear it.

    What do we rely on to realize our dreams? " " What do we rely on? "

    With Tang En's continuous drumming and encouragement, the atmosphere like a pool of standing water finally became active, and it was originally scattered The sound of chaos is finally at this moment.

    "Movie!"

    "What is?"

    "Movie! '

    ' And then louder!"

    "Movie! Movies! Movies!"

    The studio, the atmosphere has finally reached a climax.

    More than a hundred people shouted in unison in this closed studio, magnificent and magnificent!

    Hundreds of people spoke in unison, sounding like a dragon roaring in the sea, as if even the roof of a house was toppled, and the earth was shaking.

    Where is this film set? Obviously the battlefield is about to start!

    James Cameron stood quietly watching, Rao was in a battle, but he couldn't help it.

    Who has no dream?

    Titanic is the only way for everyone present to realize their dreams!

    Only by making this movie can we move closer to our dreams!

    Cameron understood the deep meaning of Tang En, and when he looked at him, it was a little more complicated.

    Is he really only eighteen years old?

    Equally shocking is the old man Jon Landau, whose face is blue and white, and gloomy can drip water, sneering in his heart: "Boy, don't be too happy!"

10 years ago, people thought it was impossible. Deep dive, the ability to connect the mind to the digital world - it was said to be something that could not be done with current technology. But a year ago, an obscure company suddenly announced that they had developed such technology! Amidst the doubts of everyone, FutureTech Industries unveiled their new invention; a capsule that could replicate reality to an astonishing level of realism!

 It was a resounding success, people all around the world rushed to connect to the first worldwide neural network. Soon, entire cities flourished as virtual spaces and a world where anything digitally possible can be realized was born. 

 Edward Minsk, the CEO of FutureTech Industries, inventor of Deep Dive, then made another stunning announcement,

"A year from now, we will be releasing worldwide the first and only game to incorporate Deep Dive technology! A game that will allow you to experience firsthand a world of fantasy, of swords and magic, of heroes and devils! ladies and gentlemen, please, welcome to the Age of Heroes!"

A new world, a new beginning, what path will you take?

I'm not sure why I hadn't thought of this earlier as most my stories are basically Fantasy with a capital F so let me get right into it. What separates 'Fantasy' from 'Contemporary' works isn't just where it's set but also the level of contrivances that are allowed.

As I've said before, every story allows a certain level of contrived scenarios where Destiny and Fate are actually a thing. Fantasy stories in particular work best when you go all in on your imagination.

I know you all have had it drilled into your brains that a certain level of 'realism' is needed even in a fantasy story. However, what most mean by that isn't adding the laws of physics to your story but keeping it internally consistent with clear laws and limits.

I'm pretty sure you guys don't need a rundown in how society works because fantasy societies work the same way expect they have the word 'Magic' added to them. Do NOT rip off Elves and Dwarves from the Lord of the Rings and flex the creative muscles in your brain a little. There's no limit to the kind of magical races you can make in a Fantasy!

This also applies to magic. However, people only remember limitations more than what a persons using Magic System can generally do since 'magic is omnipotent unless proven otherwise'. There will be no narrative stakes or tension if you can't even make sure random nobodies aren't shooting off nukes and your main character isn't invincible beyond measure.

There are people who tend to overthink about how to write Fantasy since it's such a popular genre everyone and their dog is writing. You don't need someone else's guideline to write a Fantasy since most good Author's base them out of existing literature of the past or modern ones they are retelling using their own tropes and characters.

You'll never get anywhere if you need someone else to flex your creativity when looking into the past brings forth many mystical stories and myths that all wouldn't be possible without a little bit of magic sprinkled onto them. The classic LitRPG genre with stuff like Guilds and Adventures is popular to use nowadays but only because you don't have to explain much in a story that's so easy to figure out.

If you're going to use the LitRPG setting with dungeons and dragons, make sure you make it character driven and focus on people rather than explaining how fireballs work. The only reason Slime Reincarnation (That Time I Reincarnating As A Slime) or Sword Dad (I Was A Sword When I Reincarnated) are so popular is because behind the Power Fantasy are well-written and diverse characters.

If you want to write your own Fantasy World unique to only you, then it's best to start researching ways to ground it with your audience. These days people want to read about 'people' more than someone dumping lore about a fictional world they don't care about. Even pure Fantasy stories needs a protagonist that can be the reader's eyes and ears.

Now, thanks to the Isekai Boom, you may think that a main character HAS to be reincarnated for basically no reason whatsoever. However, that is ill-advised as people reincarnated for trivial reasons bore the audience to death. There's this Fantasy story about this non-reincarnated girl who was raised by Death himself in a regular medieval magic world, causing her to be a mix of creepy and cute all at the same time. This is an example of the kind of plots which are interesting BECAUSE their MC is a member of this world but special rather than some random guy from Earth who just so happens to be Isekai'd.

Isekai can be done right when the main character's rebirth or transportation into this world holds some sort of meaning. However, it can turn into a very boring story with maybe one or two gimmicks if you aren't even thinking of an ending for it.

Getting back to the main point: You seriously won't be able to write a Fantasy properly unless you at least know something about characters (If you haven't already figured that out already).

How the life of this character, under the special upbringing that only those of your Fantasy World go through, is interesting to the reader depends of where you take the tropes of your regular Fantasy.

You can go the 'Epic Fantasy' route, then copying the Hero's Journey is fine as long as you switch it up a bit. As long as you understand the fundamentals of a Hero's Journey and not look at it as the ONLY WAY TO TELL A STORY then you're on the right track.

Those who are wondering what a Hero's Journey is can find the link at the bottom. Also try searching for Dan Harmon's Story Circle for a more character driven version of it on YouTube. Anyway, this trope is basically the origin of the whole 'Chosen One' trope.

As for what I meant by Epic Fantasy, it is actually quite beloved type of story for many who love the Fantasy genre. It could be about the journey about a chosen one destined to defeat a Big Baddy like Eragon, Lord of the Rings, etc. There are even shorter and more simplified versions of this which is basically where the 'Hero Vs Demon King' trope came from. As long as there's a quest fraught with danger then people would love to read about a chosen one being able to win against their foes.

Another route you can take is Dark Fantasy, where all the lovely tales of HP Lovecraft comes from. His stories may lean more on the spectrum of supernatural tales about Dark Gods and Cults but the way everything seems to be ripped out of a nightmare is what I'm trying to focus on. If a regular Fantasy is like a dream then a Dark Fantasy is one you'd rather avoid since the world is screwed up.

And I don't mean the characters are screwed up or insane by any means, I literally mean either the Magic System or how society works is genuinely screwed up. Read 'Dungeon Seeker' as an example of this (Warning: Don't read it if you don't want to pollute your innocent mind with all the corruption in this story). Either way, it could be the Magic System relies on the blood of orphans, or it could be you have to kill a loved every time you cast a spell. The main point is that this Fantasy World is just hell.

Now, I could move on to Urban Fantasy and other sub-genres, but that would be wasting my time and yours since TV Tropes exists for a reason. Just remember what I've said and have a clear goal in beginning and end planned for your character's development and you'll be fine. There's nothing better than a story that's focused after all.

HelloFutureMe and others on YouTube such as OverlySarcasticProductions have more to say on this subject.

(Cover by Darkstar Dust)

This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before. This story can be considered a prequel to An Adventure Beyond Greatness as it takes place years prior to the events of that story.

Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.

Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.

The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.

Every new year, I got a new age with year old lines on my face. Age was really coping up with me, faster than usual. I could be more happier if it was my family and friends who could have time to love me more than my wrinkly cheeks. I didn't understand why, but people looked at me like a charming young girl moving around for a lover. Sometimes, it felt like that. Young handsome guys were proposing me but I was me, so never happened. I had a small bookshop of my own, where only adults were allowed to hang out with coffees and cakes. They could spend their time, as long as they could with hourly charges, no memberships, no borrowings,  only reading their desired books. For me it was enough. Single, lonely, mid age woman who was not interested in love, trying to survive with a small book shop was quite alarming caraway story on my neighbourhood, but I loved the way they representing me. It was then, when I met him. Friend of mine made the arrangement online.  He was frustrated about the rumours, people were loving to share about me for their own benefits. That's why,  he was out of sympathetic spiritual realism, he introduced me with him. At first, my virgin love had no idea what was going on, we were just chatted like a sneak peek. No one had enough time to give each other more than an hour. Both working like a dog, too experienced adults were trying first time love, at the end of time, both of us were lost interest on love the subject. He was a man with a little interest on woman, no intention to have any interest on their thinking, their career or anything. It was like a physical therapeutic conversations.  He was interested more on my physical appearance. I was feeling like a duck in a swan's land. He had a business of his own with little bit mesmerizing airy flute notes. He loved his flute selling business and loved to play it, it was his hobby. He was serious about it and I was showing passionate gestures by asking him to make a band of his own. Afterwards, we were a good at, on hiding the actual facts that both were dissatisfied and disappointed with our lives though we were smiled a lot. I was learning from him, how to become a buddha without being a Buddhist because he was a loner himself for decades and loved to stay like it. He had a small family but all were living on their own. So, like me, his friends were worried about his lonesome future death. He was literally crying when he was sharing about his childhood affairs. He made assurances that he had dated much more aged woman than me, so I had nothing to worry about the age atleast and he was not a virgin flower that needed protection. When we were first time glanced each other, it was like father and daughter watching each other because I was shyly sharing my younger version and he was at his best version. He got probably upset by my ignorance of his feelings. Moreover, I could not made my time for him. I was too busy with my work and social life. After few missed golden opportunities to get a life long lover,  he lost his patience and got frustrated over me. He thought I was not interested. So, life happened, he announced to me about his new girlfriend. It was like an earthquake on my side because I was really interested on him. I was sobbing and feeling bad about myself for being emotionally depressed when I lost him completely.

Note: Not for backstabbing people or lovers.

Gray and Jono returned to their suite before the promotional video would be released publically and in front of everyone at the game conference.

Although Gray normally doesn't like to stand out, receiving some recognition was nice once in a while.  Seeing his team being displayed for everyone to watch was a good feeling.  Gray noticed that not only his name was shown for his team, but so was Caleb's name.

"Caleb must be here somewhere then" Gray thought.

Assuming the other VIP suites were filled with other teams that were invited today, Gray looked at the other balconies and saw that all of the others had a lot more people than his balcony.

"Do other teams share suites?  Why am I the exception?" Gray thought as he looked at the large suite just for Jono and himself.

A knock was heard on the door and Gray heard a familiar voice.

"It's my suite too baby cakes, no need to knock" came from behind the door with a slightly nasal and arrogant voice.

Gray thought that the voice… sounds like Caleb, but the way he talks is nothing like him.  The door opened and a fairly short guy in his early 30s wearing old 20th century glasses sauntered in being followed by a slightly stressed looking Felicia.  Gray was happy to see her again but this happiness was interrupted by this guy.  The guy turned to Felicia and said "Thanks babe that will be all!" and Felicia made a quick departure.  Gray almost half expected the guy to pinch her butt or something like that.

"So, I'm guessing you must be Gray." Said the guy as he looked directly at Gray.

"Correct, and you must be Caleb!  This is my friend Jono" Gray replied while introducing Jono also.

"I'm guessing you figured out it was me from the name in the video?" Gray asked Caleb.

"Indeed, and the 4 teams used in the promotional video were provided with a suite for each of them.  Since you and Geoff are the only other male members of our team, it was safe to say that it would either be Geoff or you, Gray, that would be in this suite."

"Yeah, you definitely sound like Caleb now, so how come you knew it was me and not Geoff and couldn't Jono have been Geoff?" asked Gray

"You and Geoff are similar, if one of you had opted to have yourself high-lighted, the other would too.  Since only your name was visible in the video one could deduce that Geoff is not here.  As for why Jono is not Geoff, he doesn't have a VIP badge."

Gray felt the urge to rib Jono more about the VIP badge, but frankly the joke was getting old.  He'd wait until later when Jono started to get over it.

"You didn't talk to Yurika and Stacia like that though in game, what's up with that?" asked Gray to Caleb.

"Team cohesion, creating a disturbance in the team would be detrimental to our cooperative relationship thus maintaining proper etiquette is imperative."

Jono whispered to Gray "Does he always talk like that?"

"Yes, he's one of those types that likes to flaunt his intellect by using big words to hide his insecurities." Gray whispered back to Jono.

Caleb coughed loudly to bring the focus back to himself.  "I can still hear you even if you whisper.  I do not have any insecurities, my intellect is significantly higher than probably everyone else in this conference.  I am not trying to boast, this is merely a fact.  I created a tech company that specializes in custom AI at the same age you two were just discovering puberty.  I do not need to boast, my achievements in synthetic neural algorithms and software based linguistic analysis and emulation speak for me."

Gray and Jono blinked not really sure what to say then both looked at each other.  Simultaneously they both thought to themselves. "He's totally boasting"

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After the promotional video was shown, the press group in charge of promoting Alterra Online were showing off some of the features that would be implemented after the game launched officially in 5 days.  Gray, Caleb, and Jono sat in their balcony and listened to the question and answer session with a few of the employees from Alterra Corp did shed light on some features and design choices of Alterra Online.

Of the features to note, faction creation would be unlocked, matchmaking would be expanded, and mech customization would be unlocked.

The faction creation feature will only be available to Diamond Tier players.  It was noted that players could be promoted within a player created faction to become the new leader should the existing one retire from Alterra Online.  As for faction housing, players could use merits to rent specific buildings from NPCs as faction headquarters.  These would include basic support staff for up to a squad of mechs (8 mechs) and be expandable to support a full platoon of mechs (50 mechs).  Minimum rank to start a faction is 1st Lieutenant which will also be unlocked to players at the official launch.

The new matchmaking features also got Gray a little more excited.  With the player base expanding, matchmaking would support up to 50 vs 50 in team assault.  Having more mechs would drastically increase the complexity of the matches and it never hurt to have more cannon fodde… I mean… friends on the battlefield.

Mech customization didn't appeal particularly to Gray, but it was fun to mess with at times.  He thought it might be hilarious if everyone painted their mechs to look like various childhood cartoon characters.  The thought of Yurika going berserk with some SMGs in a mech that looks like Mikey Moose would be a terrifying sight indeed.

A question about matchmaking was brought up about solo ranks and how it felt like players were forced to join a team because of the lack of solo matchmaking ranks.

"Alterra Online aims for realism and is designed to emulate military structure.  Missions and battles are carried out in teams.  Individual bravery is important, but glorified heroism often romanticized about in movies and other popular media will only lead to wanton losses.  While this seems harsh, our aim is indeed to create as accurate a military simulation as possible."

Overall most of the attendees agreed with how Alterra Corp responded to this, but a few of them seemed a little disgruntled from what Gray could see.  This made sense as a lot of players didn't trust other players or just enjoyed not having to worry about a team and did only solo matches.  While going in to a match solo wasn't disallowed, if you couldn't get your team rank up you wouldn't be able to get merits very quickly.

Another question that everyone has already asked before that was brought up again was regarding why Alterra Online was so persistent about keeping the game as realistic as possible.

"We want to offer something that no other game has, the feeling that you're not playing a game.  Others have tried to do this in the past, but none have reached the amount of realism that Alterra Online has been able to facilitate.  We don't want you to just feel like you're lumbering around in an 80 ton mech, we want you to believe you are piloting it!" answer the Alterra Corp staff.

Lastly a question was brought up regarding the policy on if you die in game you lose your account and how Alterra Corp would essentially be losing customers if players died in the game because of this.

"I know it may seem harsh to force a player to quit a game, but as we said before, we aim for complete realism.  If you die in real life, you don't get a second chance at life."  (This isn't one of those kinds of novels after all)

__________

After the question and answer session, Gray, Jono, and Caleb decided to return to the main floor and look around some of the other booths.  By the way Jono was asking about Felicia, Gray was pretty sure he just wanted to look for her and it wasn't all that surprising.

Gray pulled the door closed behind him to their suite when a very familiar male voice that caused Gray to get repulsed immediately came from behind him.

"Gray?  Gray Wilhelm!  Yes!  That is you, what are you doing sneaking around up here with the VIP attendants or is the dropout lost?"

A hundred years from now the Earth is now reduced to several domed cities after the last war raised the temperature across the planet thus raising the sea level.

The most common escape for everyone is virtual reality.  A new game, Alterra Online, is set to release and promises to be the most realistic mecha/military/political simulation to date as well as the first full dive virtual reality game.

Gray Wilhelm, like so many others, wants to be one of the first to play.  What is Alterra Online's secret?  Why do players feel more alive in the game than in real life?  And why is the government and Alterra Corporation working on it together?

Features:
- NO Systems, Reincarnations, Supernatural Powers, harems, or brain dead females that chase after MC.
- Monty Python references and many others.
- Believable characters



11/9/2019 - Slowing down release rate temporarily as I edit and clean up the first volume extensively.  Wow was I bad!  Doesn't quite need a rewrite thankfully.

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Name: Bai Hua
Age: 21 (at start of the story), 84 (at end of her life)
Occupation: Main Character, Surviving Researcher
Specialities: Good and efficient work
Items: Gold pen drive
Skills: Coding

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Name: Liu Ling
Age: 24 (at start of the story), 87 (at end of his life)
Occupation: Male Lead, Member of Liu Family, Owner of Golden Start
Specialities: Good mindset when working, Not easily disturbed
Items: Token of Liu Family
Skills: Leadership, Business

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Name: Li Xue
Age: 27
Occupation: Cannon Fodder, Leader of Research Group
Specialities: Good at handling her coworkers
Items: -
Skills: Leadership, Coding

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Name: Qiao MeiLin
Age: 20
Occupation: Cannon Fodder, Ex-Mob Character, Young Miss of Qiao Family, 1st Year Comp.Sc. A Big University Student
Specialities: Sweet Voice
Items: Property of Qiao Family in China
Skills: Software making

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Name: Tong Ru
Age: -
Occupation: Maid of Qiao Young Miss
Specialities: -
Items: -
Skills: Cooking

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Name: Feng Hao
Age: 45
Occupation: Businessman, Qiao MeiLin's Uncle
Specialities: Business-minded, Descendent of politically influencing family
Items: Feng Enterprises
Skills: Money-making

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Name: Sheng Li
Age: 44
Occupation: Interior Designer, Feng Hao's wife, Qiao MeiLin's aunt
Specialities: Rare black hair-blue eyes combination
Items: Intricate Designers Company
Skills: Designing, Art

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Name: Zue Rong
Age: 19
Occupation: Qiao MeiLin's roommate, 2nd Year Chinese Literature A Big University Student
Specialities: Long Blonde Hair
Items: -
Skills: Novel writing

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Name: Qing Lan
Age: 20
Occupation: Qiao MeiLin's seatmate and classmate
Specialities: Peaceful and quiet
Items: -
Skills: Game Programmer

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Name: Feng Rui
Age: 23
Occupation: Feng Hao's son, Qiao MeiLin's cousin, Professor (Comp.Sc.) at A Big University
Specialities: Black hair and black eyes, Cold Demon King aura
Items: -
Skills: Money-making, Programming and Coding

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Zhong Yue, an addicted novel reader, died by a silly accident. She fell off her bed. Opening her eyes and finding herself in a white room, she realised that she was chosen. But why? She had yet to know. Will she find as she travels through the worlds? Or will she discover another life?

- Cover is picked up from Pinterest. And then edited by me.-

Charles was looking on the web forum of Middle Earth Online On the forum it shows the information about the Game There was 3 Races Human, Elves, Dwarves. Elves have 4 Sub Race of elves First was the High Elf, Night Elf, Dark elf, Blood Elf. And he read the next one which was containing the                                                                                                     Classes of the Characters there was 10 Classes which are:
Archer,Assassin,Brawler,Cleric,Gunner,Sorcerer,Tamer,Warrior,Witch,Wizard. 
Archer-Willowy and flexible as her bow, the Archer attacks multiple enemies at once! The Archer hails from World Tree, the birthplace of all elves.
Assassin-Master the Shadow and Light Arts, his particular set of impressive skills will help parties in any situation.
Brawler-The brawler is an offensive dynamic with exceptional tanking capabilities, heavy armor, and massive power fists that both dish out and block damage. She sends enemies sprawling and flying before her, helpless in the face of her fighting prowess.
Cleric-The Cleric spent much of his childhood alone. Placed in a brutal boarding school at the behest of his cold and distant parents, the Cleric might have become bitter and angry. Instead, when he came of age, he entered a monastery of his own free will and learned the disciplines of a highly principled holy man trained to use both mind and body in the service of good.
Gunner-The gunners originally came from the Dwarven race where gun powders originated and the Dwarves became The homeland of all Gunners 
Sorcerer-The Sorceress can effectively control the battlefield with dark magic by using both melee and ranged attacks. They lure enemies with ranged magic and lead them to a chaotic and painful demise once they come closer. Other races revere and fear the sorceresses. Control Type and Attack type Class
Tamer-Tamers can fight enemies at any range. With the support of Healing, the divine beast, Tamers can perform ruthless combination attacks with Healing, or take the enemy down themselves while borrowing the divine force from the beast. 
Warrior-Warriors are skilled fighters with both good attack and defense. Using the Sword and Shield as their main weapons, they are the best weapon-wielders among all the classes.
Witch-Witches are known for their prudence in battle. In return for their long casting times, they are rewarded with large-scale and powerful magic attacks. Their magic can burn, freeze and shatter opponents with the forces of natural elements such as fire, water, wind, lightning, and earth. Attack Base Class.
Wizard-Wizards are considered to be Spellcasters who wield powerful spells but are physically weak as a trade-off. Wizards are extremely offensive magic users that rely on well-timed dodges and attacks to take down opponents. Wizard Is Attack Base Class.
There are 3 Main Kingdom in Middle Earth online  Which are : The Kingdom under the Mountain-Dwarves Home Land,The Elven Kingdom,Saint Haven Kingdom-Human Kingdom. That was all the information provided by the creator of the game. the players will Start the Game in a village called Wisteria and the other information shall be released later on. After reading the Introduction in the forum Charles was sure which class to pick his gonna pick The Witch because he is the best at playing that character after saying that think in his mind Charles stand up and goes to the kitchen to cook some food. After eating Charles Heard Someone knocking on his door so he immediately go to the front door. It a delivery guy which was carrying his game helmet Charles was so Excited that he forgot to put his pants on And then the delivery guy said"Hi I'm here to deliver your game helmet"the delivery guy look at Charles who forgot to put his pants on the delivery guy can't keep his expression he really want to laugh but since this was his customer he hid it."I'm sorry i was so excited i forgot to put my pants on"Charles said "Its ok sir its part of the job please sign the papers"The delivery guy said,"Ok where's the papers ill sign it quickly"Charles said. After signing it Charles close the door and look embarrassed that he forgot to put his pants on. There was 2 weeks left before the Release of Middle Earth Online!! Charles read the instruction and it said"Need to be physically fit to experience the game better or you can adjust the physical fitness mode but it will not be 97%realism but it will be 93%realism" Well Charles have 2 weeks to workout so tomorrow he will run and go to the gym. The next day Charles wake up at 5:00 am he eat a light breakfast and It was Already 5:40 am when he starts heading  to the park to start running After running for 2 hours he sat at a bench in the park for 15 minutes after seating there he started walking and goes to the Gym First he registered for the membership and hired a Professional Trainer. After signing and hiring a Professional trainer he saw a Bulky Man walking up to him and the man said:"hi sir I'm James I'm gonna be your personal trainer for 2 weeks I hope we get along".After the introduction, James started instructing Charles about what to do Charles did 15 sets of push-ups,5 minutes of planking,5 minutes of the squat. After finishing all of that Charles looks so exhausted After exercising at the Gym Charles takes a walk to his home and After walking for 10 minutes he was at the front of his home. Now that he is home he immediately sit on the couch and after sitting he fell asleep.

The Protagonist is One of the best witch player in his Former Game but since the release of virtual Reality he has been Saving up Money to Buy the Game Helmet Now that He has Saved up Money to Buy The Gaming Helmet He will Once Fly Again to become One of The Best Witch Player or The best in The game join The Flight Of the Legendary Witch!!!!

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