Chapter 12

▪️GODDESS! I WANT TO JOIN YOUR RELIGION!

A goddess with an illuminating a gentle light all over her body appeared in front of Li Mu.

She wore an elegant and magnificent divine dress along with silvery long hair that reached all the way down to her waist and a set of amethyst eyes for which flickered with mystery and wisdom, making people feel an irresistible urge to prostrate and worship her.

This divine figure was so beautiful and dignified that Li Mu could hardly find any suitable words in his vocabulary to describe her, feeling that all the aesthetics in the world was insufficient to express even a tiny fraction of her magnificence.

His eyes simply glazed blankly, and for a moment he even forgotten to do a live commentary of the situation…

With her gentle halo basking down upon him, Li Mu felt warmth all over his body as the solemn and benevolent voice of the goddess called out to him again in a soft tone.

“Verily I am the one which governs the divinity of nature, life, and spirits, the personification of the ancient god tree itself….Evé Yggdrasill.”

“O’ brave chosen one, welcome to the world of swords and magic.”

The voice was so enchanting, yet it also evoked a feeling of reluctance to be rude within her presence.

Unconsciously, Li Mu swallowed his saliva and had only one thought in his mind,

‘Goddamn! This 3D model and special effects are really amazing!’

He had seen many beautiful NPC models all throughout his gaming life, but never had he seen one like this that was so gorgeous that it’s looks so real or perhaps even better than real-life celebrities with her beauty-enhancment and deitification effects.

At this moment, the live broadcast stream had already been flooded with barrage of comments.

“Damn!”

“Dayum!!”

“So awesome!”

“I’m in love, so in love…(*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)”

“Don’t stop me guys, I want to join her religion!”

“Can I lift your little skirt, great goddess pretty please? hehehe xD ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)”

“Sure enough…goddesses are a standard staple in games like ElvKing with otherworldly fantasy settings!”

“Wait, you bunch of thirsty simps! Can you even hear what they are saying? For me, their speaking speed is just so fast that I can’t keep up…”

Of course, the last comment was already drowned out by the army of horny god-smitten idiots.

…

Evé decided to put on a solemn benevolent facade along with archaic way of speaking whenever she manifested in a public settings as a goddess.

In order to guide these unruly players and leave a lasting impression upon them, Evé specifically used her divine powers in order to create a cinematic scene at the start using her personified image as the initial guide for which her appearance is actually based on her own statue at the shrine.

Every player who enters the game will have to go through the same process of receiving a blessings from her, which is an integral part of the game system.

“O’ Brave chosen one, in order to better adapt to this new world, I will now bless thee in order to unlock your own powers and potential.”

The ethereal and beautiful voice of the goddess sounded again, and she lightly tapped Li Mu on the forehead as a system window then materialized before him.

[ Please select your initial Job Classification ]

[ Melee Class

]

[ Spellcasting Class ]

Job class selection?

Li Mu rubbed his chin as his face morphed into a look of concentration.

Before entering the game, he had already read the game’s information on the official website and knew that the profession system in ‘ElvKing’ was divided into two major categories:

[Melee class ] and [Spellcasting class]

Furthermore, upon reaching level 10, players can even change their jobs and choose a more specialized professions, such as warrior, archer, mage, and so forth…

‘So which one do I choose?‘

Li Mu fell into contemplation.

The comments in the live broadcast stream also fell into a heated argument.

“Strength! Definitely str-based class! Elves have high agi stats and can change professions to either assassin or archer much later on the game!”

“Go with a magic-build instead Xiao Mu. lol you’re already in a virtual reality, so why do you still have to play in a traditional hack-n-slash style when you can instead experience the feeling of magic?”

“The user above me is an idiot! Using a melee-build in a VR game is far more exciting and realistic! It’s so satisfying to feel the sword hit the flesh you know!”

“Lmao it’s still a game, I don’t think the devs could completely replicate the true feeling of slashing someone just like in reality!”

“So you actually know the feeling of slashing someone in real-life?”

“Dumbass it’s just an example, aren’t you the one acting like a demon wanting to slash someone so realistically?”

“…”

Looking at the increasingly raging comment section, Li Mu involuntarily twitched his mouth.

He thought for a moment and clicked on the【Spellcasting Class】option.

He felt that casting magic would be way more interesting in this game.

Plus someone who enjoys the act of murder is an uncivilized buffoon in Li Mu’s opinion and such style of gameplay does not live up to the scholarly virtues that he upholds.

After all civilized people prefer the use of their mouths rather than their fist…chanting spells is good enough for him.

“O’ Chosen one, I see that you hath picked the spellcasting class. I will now impart thee a blessing as well as bestow two random magical skills upon you.”

Accompanied by an ethereal and solemn voice, the beautiful goddess then points a finger at Li Mu’s forehead once again.

Having accepted the World Tree’s inheritance, Evé have a somewhat complete set of job classes recorded in her mind, and it wouldn’t be a problem for her to choose some low-level skills to bestow upon these players.

In an instant, Li Mu felt a soft and warm power surging into his body as his five senses seemed to have undergone some kind of change.

Li Mu couldn’t help but check his Status screen yet again after the bestowal ceremony.

【Name: Li Mu】

【Race: Elf】

【Class: Spellcaster】

【Level: 01 (Novice)】

【Experience: 0/100】

【Health: 50/50】

【Mana: 100/100】

【Attributes: Constitution (5), Strength (5), Agility (5), Magic (10)】

【Skills: Minor Healing, Entangling Vines】

“The attributes related to magic have been enhanced!”

Li Mu felt delighted.

“O’ Chosen one, thou hath received thy blessings. Please equip it yourself and finally embark upon your journey!”

The goddess’s voice spoke out again, and Li Mu’s body was enshroud by a radiant light. A plain set of robes materialized onto him, along with a wooden wand in his hand and a wooden dagger at his waist.

【You obtained an item: Plain Linen Robe (White) 】

【You obtained an item: Rough Wooden Staff (White)】

【You obtained an item: Rough Blackwood Dagger (White)】

These are the starting equipments prepared by Evé for every new players, made from an average quality trees and linen in the forest.

These items are mass-produced and are the starting equipments of players upon arrival, which can be considered a small gift from Evé for these newbies.

Of course, that was also the limit of what she could do, and anything more than that would simply be redundant and a waste of her precious divine powers.

Making 300 sets of these equipments took up 0.1 point of her divine power.

With the ceremonial blessing of the goddess ending, the scene in front of Li Mu changed once again.

Dazzling lights flashed by all around him, and Li Mu instinctively closed his eyes.

Through his impaired vision, he felt as though he had broken through some kind of barrier, like he was reborn from an egg, as his senses became increasingly more clearer…

Fresh soft air blew over his face as distant bird calls entered his eardrums. Li Mu finally slowly opened his eyes and realized he had arrived in a different world.

What greeted him was huge towering branches, as well as ancient and magnificent temple situated at a distance. Majestic long range of mountains encompasses his line of vision, while hundreds of quirky-looking elves made ruckus around the vicinity…

Standing on the huge branches of the World Tree and looking at the dense forest below his feet, Li Mu fell entirely silent…

“Oh my god! It’s really a hundred percent real-like graphics!”

“I love this place!This game’s going to be a massive hit for sure! This scenery is just too amazing!”

“Hahaha…this is so hilarious! Look over there dude! Why are those players are so effing creative. How did they make their avatars looks so weird?”

“What’s up with the guy with the explosive red hair? Don’t tell me he just used the system’s default face instead?”

“Ohh are the starting equipment for spellcasters a robe and a wand, and a wooden armor and sword for melee-based class instead?”

“What a beautiful scenery. Any landscape enthusiasts here? Let’s take a group photo to commemorate this moment! Oh why don’t we do it again once the open-beta takes place!”

“Hey look, isn’t that Xiao Mu the famous streamer? Why is he just standing still over there?”

“Brother Mu, Xiao Mu! Let’s be friends! I’m ‘Demacia’! I’m in the game too!”

The barrage of comments in the livestream became more and more intense at this scenery.

After a long silence, Li Mu’s voice trembled slightly, and there was a hint of shimmer in his eyes.

“Damn it…I…”

Watching Li Mu, who had tears in his eyes, the audience in his live broadcast was stunned.

“What the f***? Is Xiao Mu crying from being so moved?”

“Isn’t it just the game’s built-in preset expression function, right…?”

“But the tears look so real!”

“Lol I’m surprised the game can render such a realistic expression. It doesn’t look like a fixed preset motion to me.”

Looking at the comments flashing by in his line of sight, Li Mu’s face turned black.

He cautiously glanced at his feet, then took a deep breath and quickly raised his head, rubbing his chest before explaining,

“No, I…I’m just a little scared of heights…”

For a moment, the live broadcast stream fell silent.

“What did Xiao Mu just say? He spoke too fast and I couldn’t hear it clearly…”

“Yeah, his speech is too fast just now! I couldn’t hear it clearly as well… it’s like we pressed the fast forward button somehow…”

“You just noticed that?!”

Li Mu: …

“…”

“Fast forward…?”

“Mind acceleration! It’s probably due to that mind acceleration feature! Xiao Mu’s speech is so fast because of this mind acceleration tech! It definitely is dude!”

“For real!? This game can really accelerate the thought process of its players?! It wasn’t a lie?”

“So it really gives a gametime of one hour despite users just spending fifteen minutes in the real world?!”

“Oh my god! This game is going to be incredible! It has amazing graphics plus this alien-like technology, it’s almost impossible not to be popular.”

“Lmfao I remember a user commented in the trailer that he’s going to livestream himself eating poop if this game becomes a massive hit. I wonder if he’s actually going to do it xD”

“Oh that PV’s most liked comment. I remembered it too. Hahaha, that user must be shitting his pants now.”