Waking up from another involuntary time out was really starting to get on my nerves, but what I awoke to really made me speechless. People all around me were laying on the ground and were in the process of waking up from whatever it was that knocked us out.

  I was looking at a new world, the city landscape went through a transformation. Buildings were intertwined with nature. I can see tree roots splitting asphalt and concrete . Wild flowers are all over the place. Some of those were weird alien flowers in all shapes and colors and they are dotting the earth as far as the eye can see. Trees the size of skyscrapers were all around us. Imagine dropping a modern city inside a jungle for a millennia or two and this would have been the outcome. For me though this landscape is familiar and inviting. This is the landscape from Chaos World with a mix of modern human architecture.

  Everyone around me was left with expressions of awe, shock and terror, but some people I noticed were reacting to this new world with a sense of acceptance. Those were probably people who understood on some instinctual level of what just happened to us or they were fellow Chaos World players. Either way, we are now in the mercy of our new situation, nothing we can do about it.

  Whilst thinking to myself that I needed to distance myself from this people a few notification popped and I saw that the people around me also got the notifications as their mouths were now wide open.

  I was still thinking about all that happened when I heard people starting to yell “ Status “ while others were just visibly panicking. I did not want to pay attention to anyone else right now, I had decisions to make as quickly as possible so I can get away from the people around me. I knew whats coming… Monsters. I did not want anyone to shackle me down with moral obligations of mutual help and that nonsense. All I ever needed was myself. All I ever cared about was my mother and myself. I will need to head to my parents house as soon as possible to see how my mother is doing.

  I thought “ Status” and a screen opened up.

  I am getting excited just thinking about what this all means. A new beginning in the kind of fantasy setting that people only dreamed about, now this is our reality.

  I went ahead and opened the Class Tab and true to her word I saw the same notification letting me know that I can choose two classes to evolve into one.

  I have one hour to make my decision. I need to be done quickly and head towards my mother I thought to myself.

  I know all of the classes in front of me, after 5 years playing the game I knew each ones play style , strengths and weaknesses. I know that I will be choosing a Warrior, but what other class should I choose?

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  The main problem with warriors is usually the fact that they are reliant on healers and consumables to manage their survivability. If I go along those lines I could always choose a Templar since they are basically healers wearing plate armor but they lack significant offensive abilities.

  Or I can choose a ranged spell caster class alongside the warrior class , that will give me higher survivability & crowd control with added damage output.

  I wasn’t sure on what to do. This decision is harder to make then what I thought.

  While I was debating myself on which route to go I remembered the ring I picked up and used the new ability I gained earlier. “ Analyze “ I thought whilst looking at the ring.

  I started laughing and people were starting to give me dirty looks, they were probably thinking that I went mad or something, but I now knew in my heart of hearts my path. I was leaning towards that direction from the beginning but now I was sure.

  I opened my status window again and went to the Class Tab. I chose Warrior and Summoner. Summoners were a great class that focused on crowd control and massive damage output via their summons. The only problem with summoners was the fact that they were very fragile. If a monster or a player ever got to the summoner it ment instant death to the summoner. If I combine the summoner with the Warrior class which adds substantial capability to absorb and output damage it would mean my own small army. I wont need anyone else to survive in this crazy new world.

  I went ahead and thought “ Confirm “

  A whirlwind of black and red mist started enveloping me and a few notifications popped up.

  A surge of clearness and calm downed upon me. My earlier anxiety has vanished. I feel alive. I feel strong. I feel ready. Ready for whats to come.

  I reopened my status window to inspect the new title.

  Wow, a title with added stat increase. Those were rare in Chaos World, titles were just useless representation to a specific achievement. Titles that had added benefits were crazily sought after and harder to get.

  This was a blessing by Agoda I thought to myself. She was a crazy exhibitionist but she sure knows how to give a proper gift. I equipped my new ring and I took a look at my updated Status window.

  Similar to the game, the stats had a 1:10 effect . Each stat point gave 10 points in the related effect of the stat. It seemed that my health went up by quite a bit and so did my strength which seemed to have an effect on my body. My arms felt more muscular and so did my legs and chest, sadly thought, I still had a pregnant size belly . I also now had mana I could use. I never had mana before.

  If this new reality was like the game then that means I will be getting a new Class ability every 5 levels for the first 20 levels, after that skills were harder to get. You had to do specific Class quests or kill Boss Monsters in the world or in a dungeon for a chance at a skill book drop.

  Whilst I was still busy with the Status screen and looking to the changes to my body a new notification popped up.

  The earth shook and the sky took a menacing red and purple hue . Ear piercing roars came from all around us as monsters started appearing , blinking into existence. People started running and some fell down and started to cry. “ Crying wont help you now “ I thought coldly to myself and took off towards a hardware store that was across the intersection.

  I saw the typical beginner monsters such as large rats, enlarged wolfs, goblins and mutated humanoids ripping through the people. The monsters were brutally massacring everything around them, even other monsters.

  A pretty blonde women was running right next to me who seemed to be in her late twenties and was trying to run away only to end up with a goblin on her back . Terror was written all over her face as the Goblin tore through her throat with sharp long nails and with viciousness typical to goblins. She never stood a chance and I never had the urge to help. She was a lost case the second that goblin got on top of her. I needed to help myself right now .

  All around me I saw monsters tearing people apart like ragdolls. Body parts were flying and blood was coating the earth like a crimson river. All I could think was that I needed to get to that store and hide myself.

  A goblin appeared in my path, he was standing atop a human body at the entrance to the hardware store feasting on what looked to be a eldery man that was too slow to run away. I locked eyes on him and decided to ram the monster into the wall behind him. I got closer and closer to the goblin and by instinctual level the goblin must have felt that I was close as he stood up and turned towards me, but that was too late for the goblin as I rammed into him with my shoulder and the goblin went head first into the concrete wall. The goblin's head exploded upon contact with the wall. Imagine throwing a watermelon into a wall. That was the aftermath of my collision with the disgusting monster. He was dead and I was alive.

  A few notifications popped but I immediately willed them to minimize and went inside the store. I quickly pushed a chair against the door and went to back of the store to hide. I came to this store a few times before ,when my toilet clogged or I needed to buy some tools so I knew the layout and I knew there was a storage room in the back , that’s where I went.

  As soon as I went inside the storage room I closed the door and immediately dropped down with my back against the door. I was wheezing and coughing, my face felt warm and my arms were tingling. The short run took all I had. I was feeling like my insides were on fire. My physical condition was shit and I knew it. I wont survive for long if I cant even run for 30 seconds without almost passing out.

  It took me a few minutes to catch my breath and clear my head. I remembered I got a few notifications when I killed that goblin so I went and opened them again.