The sun shone brightly, illuminating my morning. The rays that were emitted even penetrated the window of the room where I lived.
A very calm and quiet atmosphere enveloped the atmosphere of my room. In the midst of the silence and tranquility...
Tring-tring-tring!
Suddenly, an alarm sound was heard coming from a cell phone.
Tap!
"It's already morning," I pressed my hand on my phone screen resignedly and said in a weak, half-conscious tone.
Slowly, I started to get out of bed, took my toiletries and rushed to take a shower so that my body would feel fresh.
After that, I got dressed and continued with my morning activities. Such as running, cleaning my room and continuing to revise my thesis.
After I did all that, I planned to log in to Avarice and meet with the administrator, according to the appointment I had made.
I turned on the Avarice capsule and started logging in.
[Start with meet the administrator?]
[Yes / No]
I pressed the yes button.
[Verifying Access]
[ ... ]
The view around me changed, this time it wasn't a room or a view of the beginner's village. What I saw this time was a limitless space with a combination of all shades of blue.
There, I was awaited by 2 figures. The first figure I saw was a character with a human body whose ears were shaped like leaves. The figure also had the body of a woman with long golden hair, of which only her back was visible from my view.
Another figure I saw was a little girl in a white dress with red patterns on the collar and sleeves. Her brown hair was neatly styled, making me see her as a princess from a certain kingdom.
One more iconic detail that I saw for the first time. Namely on her forehead, the back of her arm, and the back of her feet which were wearing white short heels. Filled with 3 blue crystals that formed a leaf pattern.
Surrounded by many blue hologram screens, exactly like the blue hologram screens that were in the notifications I got when I leveled up.
"Welcome, Mr. Kaigo." The woman who had her back to me turned around.
I didn't understand the language he was speaking so I tilted my head to show that I didn't understand the words he was saying.
"Oh, I forgot, Luna activate the language translator." The woman spoke again in a language I didn't understand by snapping her fingers beside her head.
"Welcome, Mr. Kaigo," the woman spoke again, but this time I could understand the words she said.
"No, or should I just say Mr. Kaiten?" The woman put on a serious face and tone when she said the name of my proscene.
"Looks like my personal data is starting to leak huh?" I sighed, lowered my head slightly while blinking slowly and raising both my hands wide in front of my face and raising my right shoulder.
"We only save your facial data when you log in, Mr. Kaigo," the woman denied.
"I looked for your information myself and found a surprising fact." The woman continued her conversation while approaching me.
"Let me introduce myself, I'm Lin Yue, one of Avarice's administrators." The woman extended her hand towards me for an introductory handshake.
"So, what's the reason you called me here, Miss Lin Yue?" I responded with a handshake.
"As you know, recently your writing in a book in a village library went viral on social media and the news has reached our investors," Miss Lin Yue began to explain the reason I was called to meet with her.
"The little girl behind me is LUNA, the mastermind behind the mage class unlock that you got."
"When you wrote your idea in the library book, an NPC librarian read it, which made LUNA decide to give you an award, one of which is this class you got."
"The mage class is our plan to be featured in the next update, along with the introduction of new races besides humans and existing monsters, one of which is the race you are currently seeing, namely the elf race."
I was still listening carefully to what Miss Lin Yue was talking about.
"Because you are the first person to get this mage class. We cannot launch named NPCs that specialize in magic on the continent you are on."
"Everyone who wants to change their mage class in the future on your continent must go through you first."
"Then what's the problem?" In the middle of Miss Lin Yue's conversation, I refuted her.
"The problem is, since you're a player, if you pass everyone to become a mage later then Avarice will be completely filled with mages only, there will be no room for other classes" Miss Lin Yue explained the biggest problem caused by me getting this mage class.
"We plan to nerf your account so that every player on the continent where your character is located has an equal share in playing" Miss Lin Yue started to raise her hand, as did her finger.
"Character nerf? Then it's unfair to me, who legitimately got the mage class, isn't it?" I refuted Miss Lin Yue's words.
"The nerf we proposed will not affect the fairness of your character later, don't worry," Miss Lin Yue started to speak while holding her head because of my rebuttal.
I asked him what nerfs he would do to my character. "So, what kind of nerfs are you going to do?"
Miss Lin Yue raised her fingers one by one according to the number of nerfs proposed.
"1.You will not have the right to make class change recommendations to players."
"2. All class change recommendations must go through the NPC magician you are developing."
"3. The damage you give to players is fixed at 0, until you successfully train at least 5 NPCs to open the mage class change path."
"What do you think of my proposal, Mr. Kaigo?"
I thought for a moment and put one of my hands on my chin.
"Then there's nothing I can do but hunt? Is there no compensation you can offer for this injustice?" I appealed for my own benefit.
"What compensation can we give you, Mr. Kaigo?" Miss Lin Yue sighed.
"I am currently studying and have entered my final semester," I started to speak.
"However, my thesis has been rejected by my supervisor, can you help me graduate?"
Miss Lin Yue sighed and held her head back. "Essentially, you want me to put you in a profitable position in the real world, right?"
"Okay, I'll take care of that later. Is there anything else?"
I answered with a smile and a thumbs up "Yeayy, you are indeed reliable Miss Lin"
"Okay, there's nothing more I need to add, oh yeah....at most one more. Give me an exp bonus, your system is really hard in distributing exp. Even yesterday, I had to struggle to reach level 10," I asked weakly.
"Okay, okay, that's all, right? I'll arrange it later," Miss Lin Yue replied in a tone as if she wanted to hurry up and finish dealing with me.
"Well then, have fun in the game, Mr. Kaigo." Miss Lin Yue smiled and waved to me before I was transported back to the beginner's village.
***
After Kaindra was transferred to the beginner village, Lin Yue ordered LUNA to execute the results of the previous discussion between the two of them.
"Luna. Nerf Kaigo's account as per the previous agreement and give him a bonus exp buff," Lin Yue spoke to Luna.
Luna listened to the command and began the execution process to adjust Kaindra's account.
"Initializing Request"
"Are you sure you want to apply this adjustment administrator Lin?"
"This change will reduce the next administrator's access rights by 1 point"
Lin Yue answered "Yes" and Luna began the execution process.
"Processing Changes"
"changes made :"
"Players do not have access to job class change recommendations."
"Damage dealt to other players will be 0 before training 5 students"
"Gives the player a 100% exp bonus buff"
"Implement changes..."
"Target ID: 287655598"
"Reduce administrator rights to interfere in the world of avarice by 1 point"
"Remaining points = 1"
"Process Completed"
After Luna finished processing all the changes, Lin Yue logged out of Avarice.
"Goodbye administrator Lin Yue" Luna said goodbye to Lin Yue by bowing half of her body forward.
After logging out of Avarice, Lin Yue sat on his work bench and started to contact the rector of the university where Kaindra was studying using the computer on his work desk.
At the University of Indonesia, the chancellor was in his office reviewing the activity agenda and plans for the future development of the University.
In the midst of his busy schedule, suddenly his computer screen displayed an anonymous call that did not originate from Indonesia.
"What's this? A video call from TEC?" The rector clicked on the video call, which revealed a formal woman sitting at her desk.
"Hello? Who am I speaking to?" The rector began his conversation in English.
"Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Yue, CEO of The Echelon Collective. Is this the chancellor of the University of Indonesia?" Lin Yue returned the greeting by introducing himself in English.
"ECHELON COLLECTIVE?? The company that made the currently popular game??" the Chancellor asked while rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
"Yes, you are not wrong," Lin Yue replied gently.
"Ahem ahem. So, what business does someone as elite as you have contacting me?" The Chancellor corrected his tone and began to ask formally.
After the Chancellor asked, Li Yue began to explain.
"I am contacting you to inform you that we are currently collaborating with one of the students at the university you manage."
"However, from what I heard from the student, he is currently experiencing problems with his final assignment."
"We saw that he was quite a talented person and finally we were interested in collaborating with him."
"And the condition he put forward was that he wanted to graduate from his studies first."
"So, we hope that the student can be released from his final assignment."
"In return, we are willing to collaborate with your university for research and future employment."
After Lin Yue explained his intentions and goals in contacting the rector, he began to think about it.
The rector spoke in his mind "Who is the lucky student?"
Spontaneously out of curiosity, the chancellor finally asked, "Who are the students you mean?"
"Kaindra Hugo Natanegara, a student of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics," Lin Yue answered while showing Kaindra's photo on the camera.
"That kid, huh? His fate is indeed like gold," the rector spoke in his heart, praising Kaindra with a slight smile appearing on his face.
"Hahahaha, that kid huh? No wonder then" The rector laughed when he heard Kaindra's name again in his ears.
"Okay, we agree to your cooperation and will process the final assignment release for the student." The rector agreed to the cooperation offer with a cheerful face after laughing.
"And, how is the cooperation contract process?"
"I will send you the contract digitally later," Lin Yue started talking again.
"Since you have agreed to the offer I made, there is nothing else I need to say."
Lin Yue extended his arm to the camera as if to shake hands "It's been a pleasure working with you"
The chancellor did the same thing "It was a pleasure working with you too"
The video call was then closed from Lin Yue's side.
***
After I finished chatting with the administrator, I returned to the Avarice beginner village.
All the nerfs were applied to my character so I couldn't do anything.
"Phew, now...what can I do with all these applications?" I thought about how to survive the pk later.
Honestly, this application doesn't really harm me. However, when it comes to PK, it's a different story, because if PK attacks me, I can't defend myself.
"Okay, I haven't had time to enjoy this game yet, I'd better greet the NPCs in the village, who knows, maybe one of them will become my student in the future."
I also walked around, walking through the village of Anila. I walked for hours through this village but didn't find anyone who was interested in magic.
"I'm so tired, if I do this it will only hinder me. I'd better go level up." I went out of the village to hunt monsters to level up.
***
The Bhairava Forest is a forest near Anila village where there are high-level monsters. For NPCs, this forest is a forbidden forest that only recommends someone who is truly strong to enter it.
However, for players, this is a high exp field to increase their level who are stuck hunting low level monsters.
In the forest, there was a girl who was looking for medicinal plants there.
Singing
"I will bring more medicinal plants today to treat my mother's illness~~, hehe" The girl sang while picking the medicinal plants.
"Na~~Na Na Naaa Naaa"
He picked the medicinal plants deeper into the forest. And when he saw one of the medicinal plants near the roots of a tree, he bent down and picked it.
"AHA, this is the last thing I need, ahhhhh," he was so happy after picking the plant.
However, when he turned around, a large shadow was right in front of him. It was four-legged with fangs at both ends of its lips and skin that looked like black and red spots.
It was the Kala-Saber Tiger. The girl was shocked and fell to the ground in fear, frozen and not knowing what to do.
"W-what? Why is Kala here? The previous days it seemed like there were no monsters as elite as him in the area I explored? Even before that, I also did a check." The girl was still frozen and was saying things in her heart.
Kala, who couldn't wait to eat the girl, then started to attack.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHk
The girl screamed loudly while hugging the medicines she had collected.
However, what he didn't expect was that he didn't die. His body remained intact without the slightest scar.
Instead, the monster bounced in front of him. In front of him, he also saw a man standing in front of him with his hands stretched out towards the monster.
The man then turned around, bent down and asked "Are you okay?" with a smile.
The girl who was still confused then said "it's okay, but...who are you?" The girl was confused.
The man still had a smile on his face and introduced himself, "I'm Kaigo, a player from a village near this forest."
"Are you alone?" Kaigo asked the girl while looking at the medicinal plants she had collected.
"I'm Nivera, one of the villagers you might be referring to." Nivera was still nervous because of her surprise.
In the middle of their conversation, Kala had already gotten up and lunged towards them.
Nivera, who saw this, immediately warned Kaigo, "WATCH OUT!!"
Nivera closed her eyes because suddenly a bright light appeared that dazzled her eyes.
After he opened his eyes again, he saw that Kala had been thrown back once again from his attack with Kaigo's position facing Kala.
Kaigo then said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of this monster and I'll take you home."
Kaigo prepares to attack the monster.
"Alright, Time to get some big exp again!!"
To Be Continued ~