1 Re: Beginning

A demon, a being so great and mighty. Someone who was considered THE Demon God on his home world, his name, Steele.

The first thing Steele felt was a splitting headache, his eyes shut while laying on something that felt like there were needles poking his back. Steele opened his eyes to see a rooms ceiling of which he had never seen before. His initial thoughts weren't 'Where am i?', they were "Fuck my fucking head hurts!" grumbled Steele.

Steele looked around the room to situate himself but felt as if he was in some sort of dream world, he could feel no mana and some, not all of the items in the room were items he had never seen or conceptualized ever before. Slowly information started to spread through his mind and he began to realize his situation.

Steele the mighty Demon God of Phantasia, a world where talent, opportunity and a steely will is needed to rise above all. Steele has oodles of talent, he created his own opportunities and his will was forged by his suffering and desires. That Steele was currently dumbfounded by the information speeding through his mind.

Steele was reincarnated into the body of a 18 year old youth who spent his days in poverty to supply his little sister with as best of a life he could. This boys name was Steele Black. Steele Black happened to die that night due to malnutrition but as his soul was leaving his body, Steeles mighty soul swallowed it and entered the boys body. This boy worked a minimum wage job where he was bullied by his boss, this boy dealt with the abuse as his driving force was to keep a roof over his sisters head, feed her and supply her with whatever she needed for her education.

The boys family suffered a tragic accident where the parents died and the kids were placed in care. As they were in their teens, no one would foster them as foster parents desired younger children over teens. After turning 18 and signing up for government support, the boy was given a flat to live and he took his sister with him. Not long afterwards he got a job as a cleaner in a factory to support his sister. Life in the city is expensive and a minimum wage job could just about cover food, clothes, education material for his sister, bills and public transport.

Steele Black had been saving his money after hearing of a game being released that had ample opportunity to earn money, more money than he was currently earning at his job. This game is a VRMMORPG -Origins- which to play you had to buy the headset supplied as it was the first of its kind, gaming equipment that connected to your neural system to literally place you into the game. Atleast thats what the adverts and the media claimed.

Steele Black hadn't saved the neccessary funds for purchase of the gaming equipment for Origins but he wasn't far off. He saved by limiting the amount of food he'd bought for himself and essentially starved himself as he saw Origins as the opportunity to change his and his sisters life. Unfortunately his body couldn't hold out much longer and he died in his sleep. Fortunately for Steele, this gave him an opportunity to experience a new life, one that although will be an initial struggle, he will thoroughly enjoy.

Steele began processing the information he obtained from the others soul and gleamed a lot of information about how life in this new world operated, the boys history, his goals and his family. Steele didn't have a family in his previous life, although he thought the sister he had inherited would be unneccesary weight dragging him down he still appreciated the chance to experience a family.

Steele has never been a good person by any means, otherwise why would his title be Demon God, but he had always protected his own and even though he was betrayed by his followers in his previous life, he will attempt to trust and provide everything for his sister as if she is more important than his own life. This is something he had inherited from Steele Black, a will so strong that even Steele, the mighty Demon God felt he should to honour it.

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

"Fuck, this brat has work." Groaned Steele.

Steele got out of bed and using the information he gained he prepared for his first day at work in this new world. Origins was due to release in 4 days, Friday of this week. This was to allow players to experience as much of Origins as possible over the weekend before resuming their daily lives.

Fortunately for Steele, pay day for this month would land on thursday. With this months pay and what was already saved, he would be able to buy the equipment for himself but the issue of bills and food would still need to be resolved as there wouldn't be enough left over to cover such costs.

Steele tried to think of ways to overcome this situation but in the end decided "I'll just deal with it when the time comes. If theres such opportunity for financial gain in this game then theres no reason someone such as I will fail to succeed."

6 AM, Steele got out of bed, cleansed himself in the shoddy bathroom in the flat, dressed in his works clothes before heading downstairs to make himself a small breakfast and prepare breakfast for his sister for when she wakes up for school.

Steele ate a banana and a slice of toast while he prepared two slices of toast with baked beans for his sister with a cup of orange juice. He left 5 credits under the cup of juice for his sisters school meal and left for work.

Steele repeated these actions for the next 3 days until pay day arrived. He planned to not go back to work after beginning his journey in Origins as he was sure he would live a better life from playing the game.

Over the past days he met his inherited sister, Andrea or Andy as she prefered to be called and quickly bonded with her. A budding beauty at 5 foot 2 inches, Andrea was short and as Steele himself was exactly a foot taller than her, he found the height difference quite humorous. She had long blonde hair that reached to the bottom of her back and shining blue eyes with the most dazzling smile he had ever seen. Even though he was encouraged by the boys soul to care for Andy, Steele found himself wanting to protect her and look after her of his own accord. To Steele, she is a precious gem that needs to be protected and cherished.

Steele decided not to tell his new sister of his financial plans as he didn't want to worry her as she had enough stress with school. As a 16 year old, she had her exams coming up and didn't want to put more pressure on her as from the memories he obtained, he understood this was a crucial time in a childs life that would dictate their future prospects.

Friday finally arrived and he awoke with his alarm at 6 AM. This time, instead of heading to work after his morning routine of washing and preparing breakfast, Steele caught the first bus from his local bus stop to town as that was the nearest place where there was a shop where he could purchase the equipment for Origins that he sought.

Steele arrived home at 10 AM, he had to queue at the shop as there were many people waiting in line outside. Steele spent 5000 credits for the gaming equipment which only left him with 300. This wouldn't even be enough for the monthly bills, nevermind food aswell. Although he could get by on 50 credits worth of food a week, that didn't factor in the other amenities that he needed to buy weekly for himself and his sister. Also that 50 credits worth of food would still leave them both hungry at the end of the day with proper food rationing. There is also Andreas school food to think about. To give Andrea a proper meal at school and enough for any snacks and drinks she could need, Steele always gave her 5 credits a day.

Steele needed to make money from Origins and quick.

Steele set up the gaming equipment and lay on his unfomfortable and sharp bed, he wore headset before entering an unconcious state.

~Welcome to Origins! Origins is a magical world full of opportunity like no other where you can rise and be the hero you always dreamed of. Write your own story and prevail over all others!~

Steele heared a female voice in his head and a holographic window opened in front of him, on this window were his ability to customise his character. The character could not deviate from the players original appearence too much, just enough to make them unrecognizable if they were seen in public. Steeles character body proportions were exactly the same as his were and there was no way to adjust them. This didn't bother Steele as he although he was on the malnourished side, this is a game, physical appreances didn't mean anything, right?

Steele had short cropped dark almost black hair with blue eyes situated on a relatively handsome face given his bodies circumstances. Steele decided that the only adjustments he would make would be to darken his eye colour to black. Afterwards he was prompted to enter his characters name. After thinking for a while he decided to go with "Ifrit". From what Steele understands, in this new world of his an ifrit is a type of demon. Steele has no intention of changing his ways while playing this game so he decided to name himself after a demon.

Next Steele was presented with class options. The options were: Guardian, Warrior, Swordsman, Rogue, Ranger, Elementalist, Shaman and Cleric. Steele skimmed over the options and promptly decided rogue without even looking at any of the other classes. From a cursory glance, he knew he wouldn't gel with any class other than rogue. When Steele was known as the Demon God his combat style was similar to that of a rogue more so than what seems to be portayed by the swordsman class.

Thus his character selection ended, Steele received a notification that he would be teleported to a beginner town as he heared the female voice again.

~I hope you flourish in our world, our.....~

Voice: Phantasia.

Steele: ????????????