3 New Beginning
On a wide plain of golden pastures, a powerful roar caused a strong breeze that shook even the smallest speck of dust. It was as if the wind itself had screamed after being it torn apart by supernatural force, yet no one was there to witness it. No one, until that moment.
As if they had always been there, in the middle of that wide plain, there were a little more than a thousand persons. Wagons, horses, men and women on foot. For anyone who saw that contingent there would be no doubt, it was an army.
However absurd it may seem, that army appeared out of nowhere. As if the same wind that had made that heartbreaking cry had engendered them right there.
"This brings back old memories" –as he looked up at the wide blue sky, a singular young man mounted on a huge black steed let his thoughts escape.
White and shiny hair like platinum, cold and imperturbable eyes of silver color. Light skin like porcelain, beautiful androgynous face, and extravagant black clothes. That individual who seemed to be the result of the union between the winter night and the moon was Raven Magnus, one of the thirteen elite players of the Conquest Online virtual reality video game.
"What kind of memories, Nii-sama?" –with great curiosity, a small, tender voice asked the question.
"About my first conquest" –immersed in his memories, Raven answered that question without paying much attention to his environment. His mind had led him to that fortunate day when Conquest Online had come into his life.
Bitterness, frustration, hatred and loneliness. CO had made all those feelings that Raven had been enduring for several years much more bearable.
'No, that doesn't matter anymore' –feeling that the past was trying to climb through his mind to torment him again, Raven shook his head and his thoughts focused again on Conquest Online.
Raven could almost hear the battle cries of his NPC Soldiers, as they climbed the walls of the first city he conquered. The echo caused by the constant clash between the weapons and the shields, and the background music that matched the situation perfectly.
Conquest Online had been it praised and criticized for its realism regarding battles. Not a few had said something like, "If CO were devoid of the elements of magic and fantasy it would become a battle simulator that would cause psychological problems to anyone who played it.
Despite the crudity of such assertions, the line that prevented players from receiving any psychological damage was it more demarcated by the VRID 2.0's own limitations than by the game itself. In a disturbing way, if were possible, nobody doubted that the CO developers had included aspects like; faces of pain and screams of agony, as well as blood and brutal visible wounds if the processing capacity of VRID 2.0 really allowed it. CO developers were unique people.
Still, the game pushed the VRID 2.0 to the limit of its processing power.
Conquest Online is the closest one can get to experiencing the worst aspect of our nature, the war' –these were the words of a veteran after trying the game. It is worth mentioning that such a person, ended his statement with these words; 'I can only feel horror at the thought that such a vivid and atrocious experience is within the reach of our children. This is a game that should not exist'
To the disgrace of this veteran, far from serving to raise awareness, his statements only stoked the fervor for the game.
Many were the opinions regarding CO, as well as many were the motivations of those who had decided to play, but without doubt, one could say that Raven's motivation was unique.
In CO, Raven had found a bit of the one thing that made sense to him in human nature, the war.
For Raven, if there was one thing he did not understand and that he firmly believed he would never understand, it was the reasoning behind human behavior.
'In human society, you must pretend and see through the lies or you will end up being devoured. I can pretend and I can see through lies, what I do not understand is the reasoning behind it'
'Why can't I call idiots to the fools?'
'Why should I smile falsely to make others feel better?'
'Why should I thank in the same way those who strive and as those who are only parasites who cling to the successes of others?'
'Empathy? Feelings? Has anything so absurd ever been useful for anything other than giving a false sense of superiority to humans?'
'Feelings are useless in progress. Medicine did not reach its current level by hiding behind empathy; it did so through deception and cruelty'
The desire to destroy, to take, to subjugate. War has always been the incentive of progress and not the self-satisfaction of charity'.
Then why do they look at me like that? Is it an unforgivable taboo to refuse to live wearing a mask? Thinking differently gives them the right to deny my existence?'
'If among these petty creatures called humanity there is no one who can understand me. Then I will create a mind to do it, an artificial mind'
'Did even that bother them? That it's stupid, they went so far as to get in the way of my search for an equal'
'It is useless, it doesn't make sense. Why should I try to be like them if they don't even make the slightest effort to try to understand me?'
'I refuse to go on living among them'
'Why they can't just leave me alone?'
Surrounded by loneliness, Raven often wondered whether his problem was his lack of understanding of these 'feelings', or simply his mind could not understand something that does not exist.
'The only thing that makes sense is war. In the conflict, humans show their true nature. In war there is no empathy, there is no love, there is only one absolute truth, the desire for victory'
That was something that Raven had concluded after reading an infinite number of books, and led by this conclusion, once his life was it ruined by human falsehood, Raven focused on further investigating the war.
That path led him to strategy and management video games, and without him noticing it, he developed a huge taste for this kind of video games.
It was simply inevitable that such an encounter would happen, an antisocial and apathetic human who unknowingly loved war, and a virtual reality video game whose essence was precisely that, war.
"This is no time for daydreaming, Raven-sama" –a firm voice charged with a faint discomfort, resonated in Raven's ears.
His thoughts interrupted by those words, Raven took his gaze to his right, where that comment had come from.
Mounted on a beautiful white steed and wearing an ostentatious armor plated with gold details, and with a beautiful blue cape waving lightly over her back, was a young woman of about seventeen years old of unparalleled beauty.
Imposing sapphire blue eyes and overflowing with honor, long golden hair that seemed to emit its own light. White and smooth skin, stylized face that only needed a label written with the word 'perfection'. That beauty that would make any man think of the word 'unreachable' was Nike Julius, one of the two NPC Generals Raven had chosen for the quick start.
"I-is something wrong, Raven-sama?" –with Raven's gaze fixed on her, Nike's face blushed to Raven's greatest surprise.
"No... It's nothing" –Raven's mind was stunned for a couple of seconds.
'Impossible' –that was the first thought that came into Raven's mind. Unlike other games in the VRID 2.0 extensive catalogue, in CO, NPCs had no facial expressions, let alone voice. Only the game mechanics took up most of the VRID 2.0's processing power. There was simply no room for more detail!
"Nii-sama, stop flirting with Nike!" –a tender, angry voice erupted from Raven's left.
"W-we're not are flirting!" –with his face more blushing than before, Nike vigorously denied the accusation.
Raven glanced to his left, where the accusation had come from.
Wearing a beautiful black dress, long white hair shining like platinum and beautiful silver possessive eyes. Skin as soft as velvet and white as snow, cute and adorable face. A small girl that, if she it remains immobile, any could confuse with the most perfect porcelain doll worthy of being declared patrimony of humanity.
That little one of incomparable beauty no older than fourteen years of age, mounted on a beautiful black steed, was Freya Magnus, the second NPC General that Raven had chosen for the quick start.
"A-anyway, we must find a place to rest and eat"-evading the discussion with Freya, Nike gaze to back.
Raven, who still could not find an explanation for the strange behavior of his two NPC Generals, followed Nike's gaze. Formed in two long columns, behind Raven and his two NPC Generals were the thousand soldiers that made up the starting troops for any player of CO.
To his surprise, the thousand soldiers were not static as it should be; each of them seemed to have a life of their own. They chatted among themselves and waved their arms and legs as a symptom of a hypothetical fatigue.
The word; 'Impossible' kept repeatedly in Raven's mind. The strange behavior of Nike and Freya could very forcibly it be explained with a surprise update; however, the application of this update on each of the other NPC's was beyond the impossible.
What was happening in front of Raven's eyes was something that completely exceeded the processing capabilities of the VRID 2.0.
"Nii-sama, although I don't like to agree with Nike, I would like to eat something and, if possible take a bath.
Raven, who forced his mind to find a logical explanation for what he saw and experienced, saw his thoughts interrupted once again.
"Although I would also like to take a bath, I think that will be impossible at the moment, Freya-sama"
As Nike and Freya plunged into a new discussion, Raven became aware of another series of anomalies. He was able to feel the warmth of the sun on his skin, as well as the occasional caresses of the wind. In the same way, he could perceive a sweet scent coming from Freya and Nike.
In front of this scenario, Raven performed a common action for CO players, snapped his fingers to call the game menu, however, nothing beyond the sound occurred.
As if they had always been there, in the middle of that wide plain, there were a little more than a thousand persons. Wagons, horses, men and women on foot. For anyone who saw that contingent there would be no doubt, it was an army.
However absurd it may seem, that army appeared out of nowhere. As if the same wind that had made that heartbreaking cry had engendered them right there.
"This brings back old memories" –as he looked up at the wide blue sky, a singular young man mounted on a huge black steed let his thoughts escape.
White and shiny hair like platinum, cold and imperturbable eyes of silver color. Light skin like porcelain, beautiful androgynous face, and extravagant black clothes. That individual who seemed to be the result of the union between the winter night and the moon was Raven Magnus, one of the thirteen elite players of the Conquest Online virtual reality video game.
"What kind of memories, Nii-sama?" –with great curiosity, a small, tender voice asked the question.
"About my first conquest" –immersed in his memories, Raven answered that question without paying much attention to his environment. His mind had led him to that fortunate day when Conquest Online had come into his life.
Bitterness, frustration, hatred and loneliness. CO had made all those feelings that Raven had been enduring for several years much more bearable.
'No, that doesn't matter anymore' –feeling that the past was trying to climb through his mind to torment him again, Raven shook his head and his thoughts focused again on Conquest Online.
Raven could almost hear the battle cries of his NPC Soldiers, as they climbed the walls of the first city he conquered. The echo caused by the constant clash between the weapons and the shields, and the background music that matched the situation perfectly.
Conquest Online had been it praised and criticized for its realism regarding battles. Not a few had said something like, "If CO were devoid of the elements of magic and fantasy it would become a battle simulator that would cause psychological problems to anyone who played it.
Despite the crudity of such assertions, the line that prevented players from receiving any psychological damage was it more demarcated by the VRID 2.0's own limitations than by the game itself. In a disturbing way, if were possible, nobody doubted that the CO developers had included aspects like; faces of pain and screams of agony, as well as blood and brutal visible wounds if the processing capacity of VRID 2.0 really allowed it. CO developers were unique people.
Still, the game pushed the VRID 2.0 to the limit of its processing power.
Conquest Online is the closest one can get to experiencing the worst aspect of our nature, the war' –these were the words of a veteran after trying the game. It is worth mentioning that such a person, ended his statement with these words; 'I can only feel horror at the thought that such a vivid and atrocious experience is within the reach of our children. This is a game that should not exist'
To the disgrace of this veteran, far from serving to raise awareness, his statements only stoked the fervor for the game.
Many were the opinions regarding CO, as well as many were the motivations of those who had decided to play, but without doubt, one could say that Raven's motivation was unique.
In CO, Raven had found a bit of the one thing that made sense to him in human nature, the war.
For Raven, if there was one thing he did not understand and that he firmly believed he would never understand, it was the reasoning behind human behavior.
'In human society, you must pretend and see through the lies or you will end up being devoured. I can pretend and I can see through lies, what I do not understand is the reasoning behind it'
'Why can't I call idiots to the fools?'
'Why should I smile falsely to make others feel better?'
'Why should I thank in the same way those who strive and as those who are only parasites who cling to the successes of others?'
'Empathy? Feelings? Has anything so absurd ever been useful for anything other than giving a false sense of superiority to humans?'
'Feelings are useless in progress. Medicine did not reach its current level by hiding behind empathy; it did so through deception and cruelty'
The desire to destroy, to take, to subjugate. War has always been the incentive of progress and not the self-satisfaction of charity'.
Then why do they look at me like that? Is it an unforgivable taboo to refuse to live wearing a mask? Thinking differently gives them the right to deny my existence?'
'If among these petty creatures called humanity there is no one who can understand me. Then I will create a mind to do it, an artificial mind'
'Did even that bother them? That it's stupid, they went so far as to get in the way of my search for an equal'
'It is useless, it doesn't make sense. Why should I try to be like them if they don't even make the slightest effort to try to understand me?'
'I refuse to go on living among them'
'Why they can't just leave me alone?'
Surrounded by loneliness, Raven often wondered whether his problem was his lack of understanding of these 'feelings', or simply his mind could not understand something that does not exist.
'The only thing that makes sense is war. In the conflict, humans show their true nature. In war there is no empathy, there is no love, there is only one absolute truth, the desire for victory'
That was something that Raven had concluded after reading an infinite number of books, and led by this conclusion, once his life was it ruined by human falsehood, Raven focused on further investigating the war.
That path led him to strategy and management video games, and without him noticing it, he developed a huge taste for this kind of video games.
It was simply inevitable that such an encounter would happen, an antisocial and apathetic human who unknowingly loved war, and a virtual reality video game whose essence was precisely that, war.
"This is no time for daydreaming, Raven-sama" –a firm voice charged with a faint discomfort, resonated in Raven's ears.
His thoughts interrupted by those words, Raven took his gaze to his right, where that comment had come from.
Mounted on a beautiful white steed and wearing an ostentatious armor plated with gold details, and with a beautiful blue cape waving lightly over her back, was a young woman of about seventeen years old of unparalleled beauty.
Imposing sapphire blue eyes and overflowing with honor, long golden hair that seemed to emit its own light. White and smooth skin, stylized face that only needed a label written with the word 'perfection'. That beauty that would make any man think of the word 'unreachable' was Nike Julius, one of the two NPC Generals Raven had chosen for the quick start.
"I-is something wrong, Raven-sama?" –with Raven's gaze fixed on her, Nike's face blushed to Raven's greatest surprise.
"No... It's nothing" –Raven's mind was stunned for a couple of seconds.
'Impossible' –that was the first thought that came into Raven's mind. Unlike other games in the VRID 2.0 extensive catalogue, in CO, NPCs had no facial expressions, let alone voice. Only the game mechanics took up most of the VRID 2.0's processing power. There was simply no room for more detail!
"Nii-sama, stop flirting with Nike!" –a tender, angry voice erupted from Raven's left.
"W-we're not are flirting!" –with his face more blushing than before, Nike vigorously denied the accusation.
Raven glanced to his left, where the accusation had come from.
Wearing a beautiful black dress, long white hair shining like platinum and beautiful silver possessive eyes. Skin as soft as velvet and white as snow, cute and adorable face. A small girl that, if she it remains immobile, any could confuse with the most perfect porcelain doll worthy of being declared patrimony of humanity.
That little one of incomparable beauty no older than fourteen years of age, mounted on a beautiful black steed, was Freya Magnus, the second NPC General that Raven had chosen for the quick start.
"A-anyway, we must find a place to rest and eat"-evading the discussion with Freya, Nike gaze to back.
Raven, who still could not find an explanation for the strange behavior of his two NPC Generals, followed Nike's gaze. Formed in two long columns, behind Raven and his two NPC Generals were the thousand soldiers that made up the starting troops for any player of CO.
To his surprise, the thousand soldiers were not static as it should be; each of them seemed to have a life of their own. They chatted among themselves and waved their arms and legs as a symptom of a hypothetical fatigue.
The word; 'Impossible' kept repeatedly in Raven's mind. The strange behavior of Nike and Freya could very forcibly it be explained with a surprise update; however, the application of this update on each of the other NPC's was beyond the impossible.
What was happening in front of Raven's eyes was something that completely exceeded the processing capabilities of the VRID 2.0.
"Nii-sama, although I don't like to agree with Nike, I would like to eat something and, if possible take a bath.
Raven, who forced his mind to find a logical explanation for what he saw and experienced, saw his thoughts interrupted once again.
"Although I would also like to take a bath, I think that will be impossible at the moment, Freya-sama"
As Nike and Freya plunged into a new discussion, Raven became aware of another series of anomalies. He was able to feel the warmth of the sun on his skin, as well as the occasional caresses of the wind. In the same way, he could perceive a sweet scent coming from Freya and Nike.
In front of this scenario, Raven performed a common action for CO players, snapped his fingers to call the game menu, however, nothing beyond the sound occurred.
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