GENESYS

TWO

Looking at Arthur's body, White’s heart suddenly filled with sadness. Although he knows that none of this is real, that he’s nothing but a series of ones and zeros, he did spend two years taking care of him. If there is any other way, he wouldn't kill him.

After Arthur dies, the sword in his arm starts to radiate with a thick aura of life. White knows that he needs to act now or else the sword will teleport away and all his effort and sacrifice will be in vain.

Arthur's sword is unlike any other sword in the world, it's the strongest weapon in existence, rumor to have the power to cleave a dragon with a single s***h; The divine sword [Excalibur], without being chosen by it, no one can ever hope to wield its true power. 

Steeling his heart, he cuts Arthur's arm and starts pouring black liquid all over it while chanting some ancient words.

“Ain zal go asd  gfadgg rtashht vgcvenfbvc ddsa'' As White utter the final syllables of the ancient spell, Arthur's hand opened letting go of the sword.

The life aura surrounding the Excalibur vanished and got replaced by a strong wave of devilish energy, wilting and killing everything around it. 

In just a couple of seconds, everything around a kilometer from the sword became devoid of life. A truly terrifying sight to behold.

Although White has expected something like this to happen, he was still shocked, if not for him being the caster of the ancient spell, he would be dead already.

His hand that is holding the Excalibur started to wilt, startled by this, he can't help but let go of the sword.

Thud! The Excalibur falls to the ground, turning the soil black.  

Seeing the sword in the ground, White's heart beats faster and faster. 'Finally, after two long years, I finally obtained it, the legendary sword [Excalibur]. This is the fruit of my labor. There is no time to be scared now.’

Taking a deep breath, he once again reaches for the sword but before his hand can touch it, a shining projection of a woman appears. 

The woman ignored White and with sadness and guilt in her eyes, she approached Arthur. She kneels to the ground and hugs him "Sorry Arthur, I failed you"

Swiping her hand, Arthur's body suddenly disappeared, teleported to the woman's side

The women then looked at the dead bodies all around and started to chant a spell.

Everything that happens for the past hour is displayed upon her eyes in a matter of seconds.

She was not dumb. For the prince to be away and for him to be attacked by a group of bandits at the same time a civil war starts, is so much of a stretch to be called a coincidence. To top in all of a great demon just so happen to decide to attack Camelot to keep her distracted. 

Everything is so well-orchestrated that only someone on the inside can pull it off.

She looked at White, full of anger. "You despicable bastard! Arthur looks up to you. You’re like his big brother,  How can you do that to him? Do the two year years you spend with him mean nothing to you?

"Merlin"  White looked at Merlin without saying anything. He has nothing to say to justify his action so he didn't apologize nor try to explain. Retrieving the same vial he used to corrupt  Excalibur, he poured it into the woman's body. 

"The water from the yellow river of hell. You f*cking bastard! you didn't even leave his soul a chance to reincarnate. You monster!" 

Merlin is furious, if her body is here, she will immediately kill White and torment his soul for eternity. 

Left with no other choice, before her projection vanished, she sacrificed half of her power to chant a spell.

A blinding light flashes through White’s body, consolidating on his back in the form of a giant dragon mark. 

"For a monster like you, who will do anything for power. This will be your sentence and this will forever haunt you, even after you die" Merlin projection finally disappears and what comes after is a series of notifications. 

[The Dragons Mark] 

A powerful curse uttered by the legendary wizard Merlin by sacrificing half of her power. It lowers individual stats by 50% and continuously gives the victim the torment of feeling his whole body being burned in fire. 

“Ah!” Feeling the burning pain, White gritted his teeth but he didn't curse. He has no hatred for Merlin. He deserved what he got.

Looking at the place where her projection disappeared, White mumbled  "You're wrong Merlin. I don’t care about power, all I want is money.” He then looks at the sword in his hand and smile

[Congratulations for killing the Son of the World, you gain the title Enemy of the world]

[Enemy of the World]

As someone daring enough to rebel and kill the son of the world. No one in the world can restrain you. But as someone who opposes the world, its inhabitants will view you unfavorably. No matter the species, they will instantly hate you. 

Effect: Unfavorability -50

Effect: Immunity to status effects.

[Warning] 

As someone who the world hates, it will occasionally send someone to kill you. If you die, the world will erase your existence. [Your character will be deleted.]

[Dark Excalibur] [Chaos Weapon]

Due to your wicked action, the divine weapon Excaliber got corrupted, turning into a chaos weapon, changing its very nature. Only the bringer of chaos can view and wield its power.

Being the enemy of the world [Dark Excalibur] found you worthy to wield it. Are you willing to bond the Dark Excalibur and obtain the Legendary class the King of Chaos?

…….

In a large room filled with computers and high tech equipment. James, the head of the operation of Neo, the corporation behind [Genesys], is frantically dialing his phone. 

"Sir, you might want to come over and look at this. A player just activated a Cenatrio Z" 

"What? That's impossible! the possibility of something like that happening is Zero " On the other end of the line, a bald old guy said with disbelief. 

This Old bald man is Professor Neil Einstein, the smartest man in the world and the brain behind [Genesys]. The creator of the game that revolutionizes the world.

Now, this renowned man is running like a dog because some random player activates something called a Cenatrio Z.

Professor Neil arrived at Genesys command center and started typing a series of code. On the large screen, a video of how White obtains Excalibur started to play out. 

"Unbelievable, how did this happen?. Why did Merlin just show up after Arthur's death? And where is Lance? Isn’t he programmed to never leave Arthur's side?”

Numerous questions pop through Professor Neil's mind. He was pretty familiar with the concept of Arthur as he was the son of the world. He was designed to be the protector of [Genesys]. 

He was someone that was never supposed to die and his sword [Excalibur] is something that a player has no hope to obtain.

Although Arthur is young and yet to master the sword. He has Merlin, a legendary mage and the strongest knight in the world of [Genesys] Lance to protect him. Lance alone is unbeatable even if a group of level 250 gang upon him he can kill them with a single stroke of his blade. 

‘How can a group of nobodies, whose level didn't even reach 100 manage to take down the protector of Arthur?’

When Professor Neil Einstein is racking his brain, James, the head of operations walks up to him, handing him a tablet containing White's data. He already investigated everything about the player White, who orchestrated the whole thing before the event takes place, and what he found is something truly unbelievable.

“What is this?”

“All the data pertaining to White, the player who obtained [Excalibur].

"Oh!" reading White files, the old man who is said to be the smartest in the world is amazed beyond belief.

‘A single player managed to do all of this. Unbelievable! He was able to play the whole kingdom of Camelot in the palm of his hand. He staged a play that accuses Lance of treason and is executed so that he can take his place as the leader of Arthur’s guard. He coerces the roundtable, the pillar of Camelot to stage a coupe so Arthur will be less protected and finally he was able to trick the Great Demon Baal so that it can serve as a distraction for Merlin. He even hired a group of low-level bandits so he can trick Merlin’s alarm magic for good measure.’

“Just accomplishing one of these tasks is close to impossible. This player White’s method goes way beyond the AI Prometheus expectation” Neil Einstein Exclaimed 

“His patience and intelligence are amazing; it's no wonder he bested Prometheus” Professor Neil Einstein praised.

Hearing this, James is shocked, for him to say that someone bested Prometheus is like him admitting that he had been bested as it was no secret in Neo that Prometheus is an AI created by copying the brain of the smartest man in the world, which in this case Professor Neil Einstein.

"It might break the balance of the game. Do we interfere?" James asked. 

"It’s out of our control. To avoid foreign influence I decided that Genesys is to be run solely by Prometheus. Neo’s task covers only everything that happens in the real world while Prometheus handles Genesys."

“Hahaha” James laughed awkwardly. He already knows that despite having a high salary, he hardly does anything around here.

Professor Neil looked at James and smiled, having an idea of what he was thinking.

When the two of them are worrying, someone in the room suddenly exclaimed “Whaaatt!”. This prompted everyone in the room to stare at her. 

This employee in question is slacking off and surfing the net to see what interesting thing to buy when she stumbles upon the Chaos Item [Dark Excalibur]  up for sale. Seeing its price, she was so surprised, she wasn't able to hold herself from screaming. 

James felt a little angry. He looked at the legendary figure on his side and felt super embarrassed. "It's better to be good Ana. If I found out that you're just surfing the net again, you will be fired."

“Calm down, it's ok,” Professor Neil said, calming James.

Ana, noticing the figure beside her boss, stiffened "Sorry sir, is just that there is a chaos weapon named [Dark Excalibur] up for sale, and its price already reached 56 million USD.

James and Professor Neil quickly rush toward Ana like a bunch of hungry wolves. Professor Neil even dropped the tablet he was holding. 

While looking at the Legendary sword for sale. James can't help but wonder `Is it ok for me to buy it?’  He thought, looking at the old man beside him, wishing for the latter to leave.