Elemental Warriors Online

Gregorio

Most men were bound by responsibilities. In fact, all men are. It does not matter to what you owe that responsibility to, one thing is for sure you are expected to fulfill every iota of it. Nelson Maigari was born with a lot of responsibilities, he was responsible for the future or his clan, he was responsible for the future of his family. He was caged by those responsibilities, and he would have given everything just to be free from all that. But it has always been his fate to be the scape goat of his family. The one who would have no choice but to ascend the throne and take on the title of Sarki. What an honor, what glory, what a curse.

Nelson was one of the few rare people still left who had no control over their fate. The world had changed a lot, but a lot of things still remained the same. He was bound by duty, by honor to see this true to the end.

Besides if he didn’t do this Kira and Mirai would carry this burden, and they were not strong enough to carry it. They would crash under the weight of the expectations and hopes of the Maigari family. Both those girls were the only things he had left to care about, the fact that they shared a mother did not have much to do with it.

Nelson loved his sisters, and it was because of them he was going through this hell. And he would have gladly accepted his fate and suffer for them, until the politicians of both the Maigari and other families turned their eyes away from his sisters. It was not their fault they were born beautiful, but fate had dictated they both become pawns in the machinations and ambitions of power hungry bastards.

And at a time when Nelson had given up all hope, Kira had decided to fight back. Shy, quiet, pacifist Kira decided to fight back. Of course the way she chose to fight back was quite funny to him, but she still chose to fight back. That decision still haunted him till today. She lost her innocence, she became colder, harder, ruthless. It took a while for Nelson to understand why.

As much as Kira's father had tried to tear them apart, the love between all three siblings was not something he could just order away, like he did with a lot of things………. like he did with their mother. But somehow Kira found a way to get them all free, and in the process bring down as much as possible the National giant that was the Maigari family.

And it all started with the beta testing of a game. Both him and Kira got in, and they dominated and turned most of that world upside down in a bid to find a way to break free from their family.

Nelson and his sisters have been mostly kept a secret from the public, this was to reduce any chance of a scandal or giving their enemies a chance to strike at the Maigari family. As a game, Elemental Warriors online had the potential to be the next main stream media.

In fact, that hypotheses were proven when specific players were chosen to role play their time gaming. It was like a soap opera and fantasy movie in one. And two of those players chosen were him and his sister Kira. And the public loved them. Not much was known about them only that they were siblings, and after the launch today he was sure that countless people around the world who did not have a chance to play were waiting to see them on the big screen once again.

The thing is, they were not heroes, no not at all. Nelson and his sister were regarded as the greatest villains ever created by a virtual reality game. And that was just the beta, imagine what they could do in the full game. So in other to break free from their family, they had to become famous and wealthy enough that their family wont be able to touch them when they said they had enough. But until then a low profile was needed, even with all the deals secretly signed with entertainment companies, and other companies who wanted to use their image and character to endorse their products, any wrong move or a leaks would bring this whole plan crashing down.

They needed to be so careful that Kira chose to work at the college the Maigari built almost a hundred years ago. Nelson was mostly left alone so he could coast under their radar. Well then, it was about time anyway that Nelson returned to the Hell realm. The noise and sounds of the Night life of New Abuja blared through the open curtains of his penthouse. A simple gesture and his bulletproof/ soundproof window noiselessly slid close.

He took of his black blazer, comfortably choosing to strip to his underwear before he got to his bedroom. At his destination an entirely Spartan room met his sight. There were no decorations, no pictures and no memento of any sort. It was bare just like him. The only thing here was his pristinely made king size bed and his pod. The V.R.M.D.C came in two forms. The wealthy got the highly specialized and personally tailored pod, with its own life support capable of keeping a player going for as long as a week.

The other was the cheap and affordable helmet. It worked the same as the pod, Hexagon was not stupid enough to not make both consoles run well. After all they were dealing with people’s brain. The only thing missing was the comfort and game time. People with pods can play longer than people with helmets. Its why even in games, unless you are thoroughly lucky, it’s the rich who remain at the top of the level rankings, or control a lot of resources. This game was going to be a financial mine field. It would take a lot from investors, and it would give a lot back to those who were lucky enough.

So Nelson needed the best console to make the most of his time playing. Companies might have already started investing in him and his sister, but he wanted to build his own empire from that game. And he was going to do it. Out here he had no control, he was a man bound by fate. But in there he was the master of his own story.

“Log in”

[[SYSTEM HAS DETECTED BETA ACCOUNT……]]

[RUN BETA ACCOUNT OR CREATE A NEW ONE….]

(PLEASE NOTE ALL PARAMETERS, SUCH AS CLASS, RACE, TITLES, FAME AND INFAMY WILL BE RESET TO ITS BASE CONFIGURATION. YOU WOULD BE COMPENSATED WITH BUFF X3 EXP FOR A MONTH.)

[RUN BETA ACCOUNT: YES/NO]

[YES]

[LOGGING IN………]

[WELCOME BACK TO THE HELL REALM GREGORIO NIGHTBORN.]

When Gregorio opened his eyes, he was sitting on a throne; His throne. But it was quite obvious quite a number of years had passed. The passing of time had affected his once grand hall and left it in a dilapidated state. Dust, cobwebs and roaches scurried around as the musty and stale air choked a few goblins standing a few feet away. If Gregorio didn’t know better, he would think that Hexagon had actually made him a boss monster. How peculiar. But it was time to move on, the hell realm would not rule itself.

[[SYSTEM ALERT]]

[YOUR RESPAWN POINT HAS BEEN SET TO THE PALACE OF THE MORNING STAR.

CLEAR ALL MOBS AND BOSSES TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE PALACE AGAIN]

(NOTE ALL PARAMETERS OF THE PALACE, INCLUDING DEFENSES, ATTACK PROPERTIES AND OTHER MISCALANEOUS ITEMS ARE RESET TO LEVEL 0)

Gregorio spotted a little frown on his face. While it would be much of a hassle to get the palace up to snuff again he couldn’t blame the game. It was already stretching much to accommodate for his presence. Gregorio leaned back on his throne while pressing a hidden button under the left arm rest. A magical array right in the middle of the throne room lit up. A flaming behemoth of magma and rocks came up from the array, as soon as it laid eyes on Gregorio it immediately got down to its feet.

“My lord Lucifer, it is a great day as the stars have deemed it good to grace us with your presence once again after three thousand years. I bow at your majesty; I grovel at you……”

“Enough with the boot licking Surt it sickens me”

“My apologies my lord show mercy on this ignorant servant of yours”

Gregorio could not help but role his eyes, of all the servants he had Surt was the best at kissing ass and currying for favor. It was amusing to say the least, but such a thing got old really fast.

“Surt how are the forces of the fire giants?”

“My lord in your absence we have grown to be most dominant force of the first circle. The only creatures strong enough to oppose us are those pale imitations of dragons, the wyrms. But they could be taken care of just as easily.”

“good, Surt send a diplomatic envoy to the wyrms, tell them I have returned. And send some of your best fighters to the temple of ruin, I need them to protect my sister.”

“Forgive this lowly one my lord, but I have some bad news for you. Please smite me not, for I am only a messenger of bad news.”

Gregorio was really getting pissed off, Surt was a fearsome sight in battle, but now all he was doing was groveling and begging to have his life spared for the news he was about to deliver.

“Enough!!! Beast!! My patience runs thin every moment you open your mouth to speak. Now tell me what happened before I relive you of your cowardly tongue.”

“mm…my...lo…lord the temple of ruin has been banished to the human world.”

“Oh! Who is responsible for such impudence? And pick your words carefully, leave nothing out and tell me the complete truth. Your life depends on it.”

“My lord, this treacherous act was committed by the current Lucifer, your sister’s old lover and former servant, who is also your prized pupil. The fallen one Mephistopheles.”

“Do not play with my intelligence beast. Mephistopheles worshiped the ground my sister walked on. How could he betray her like that?”

“we’re demons my lord, love means nothing in the face of power, we do not love, we lust. That is what you taught us. Mephistopheles's lust and the taste he had of power convinced him to get rid of the biggest threat to his rule. You and your sister.

He successfully banished her temple and resting place to the human world. But he was not strong enough to do the same for you, he used the spear of Osiris to completely restructure the ninth level, putting countless high leveled monsters between you and him.

He changed the laws that governed hell, above the first level is another, a tenth level where he lives and rules. It would take some time to get to him and put him in his place.”

Gregorio could not help but curse, of course Hexagon would not make it easy for him. He was stuck in what was a high leveled map, at level one with monsters almost if not more than a thousand levels above him. His partner and sister had been banished to the human world, where she would have to make her own way against creatures that hated her. And now he had to get stronger, get revenge on his former protégé, open the portal between both worlds and tear the human world apart in his bid to reunite with his missing sister. You have got to admit and give credit to Hexagon. Those guys are really good story tellers.

He looked at Surt’s info and his heart tightened a little. When the beta ended the i***t had just been a level 400 fire giant general, now.

[[SURT: KING OF THE FIRE GIANTS: LVL 1546]]

A person’s level could go as high and as long as possible. The level cap should be 5000, though he was sure it had changed since the beta. But ultimately levels did not really matter in this game. If Surt was not careful even a level one could kill him.

“Surt I need you to beat a basilisk to within an inch of its life and bring it here, I need to get stronger.”

“yes my lord, anything else you would like this humble servant to do for you.”

“If you let me finish you would know. Next prepare and train your giants, get me alliances and call your war band together. There’s going to be a civil war. And after that an invasion of the Human realm. Now be gone.”

“As you wish my lord. Its good to see you again master.”

He left with the biggest grin possible. Surt loved battle and c*****e. And if Mephistopheles could not provide such to a race of beings who thrived on destruction. Then swaying the others to his side would be as easy as taking candy from a baby.

STATUS:

NAME: GREGORIO NIGHTBORN{LUCIFER}

RACE: ARCH-FIEND

LEVEL: 0

CLASS: MAGE

SUB-CLASS: NONE

PROFESSION: NONE

TITLES: NONE

AFFINITY: VOID/DARKNESS/FIRE

SPIRIT: 15/15

STAMINA: 10/10

FAME/INFAMY: 200/200

MORAL FACTION: [CHAOTIC EVIL]

STRENGTH: 2+(0)

AGILITY: 2+(1)

DEXTERITY: 2+(1)

VITALITY: 2+(2)

WISDOM: 2+(3)

INTELLIGENCE: 2+(3)

CHARISMA: 2+(1)

LUCK: 10

Its quite surprising how a level 0 player could control a demon that was more than a thousand levels above him. But it did not matter. Gregorio and his sister during the beta had put certain things and events in motions so that when they returned in the full release, they would not just start from the bottom but have a fully functioning kingdom and army at their beck and call.

Its quite obvious Hexagon would not make this easy for them. But regardless He was still leagues above other players. There was no way anyone would be able to catch up with him. During the beta they had both made sure to incorporate much of their selves into the game lore and the lives of its NPCS. Short of wiping the whole game and killing the billions of self aware and emotions feeling NPCs Hexagon had no choice but to let their plans proceed as they wanted.

Of course they made stumbling blocks, to give the whole scenario more intrigue and suspense. Gregorio was sure the only thing they achieved was pissing Kira off. No correction, pissing Nyx off. In this world they were different people. And when his sister is angry. She kills, correction she becomes a mass murderer.

Its hard not to feel sorry for the human realm. All those other races and the humans themselves will burn. At least she was going to make the damn place comfortable enough before he got there. Now, where the hell is that crazy scientist Miroku Its time to prepare for war, and his toys will be needed.

“Am back. Ha ha ha, now let the world burn at my feet. After all its their fate.”