Races: Online (VR Smartphone App)

Chapter 108: A Checkpoint Review

Within the household of the Han family, there were currently only one person in the house. His mother had gone out to pick up his younger sister, and so, Han Jing had the entire place for himself.

It was a good time for him to cool down and assess the information that had been given to him by Peach, but instead, he did something else.

[ Welcome back to Races: Online! ]

The loading screen displayed itself before Han Jing as he once again opened his phone. It wasn't night time yet and his persona as Han was probably sleeping from what he could remember but there was something he wanted to check upon.

[ Play via Mobile or Play via Free-Reign Mode ] 

An option to play with his phone as the medium was still possible versus transferring his Soul to the world simulation of the Creators. And though he had previously opted out of mobile mode—the graphics were immensely better when he was experiencing it for himself with his own two eyes.

The mobile mode was fun its way… and probably didn't involve his Soul getting eaten. He had thanked Moderator Peach for the information about his Soul not exactly needing 'strengthening' but he still didn't trust her words until now.

Clicking the option to access 'Races: Online' via mobile, the loading screen shifted and changed. Han Jing quickly plugged in his earphones to listen and was quickly introduced back to Han's bedroom.

'Welcome back, Han the [ Human ]. You are currently inside one of the available rooms in Dewrowan Tower. Territory of the [ Human King ] Indrus Sargon.'

'Races: Online: World Time is 2:09'

His avatar was in its bed, somehow they were fast asleep but as Han Jing's finger slid across the screen via his joypad, the man got up from bed and stood up.

This was the actual game experience he had been hoping for from the start. A virtual life simulation for him to play—it was a bonus that he was at some Academy to become a full-fledged warrior of sorts.

Han Jing moved his avatar around for a bit and interacted with the objects. It was quite a moderate sized room, in one of the corners of the room was a sort of lamp that glowed. When he when closer to it, a pop up appeared before him:

[ Mana Lamp - a lamp powered by mana. Turn it on or off via the button or by a secret phrase. 

Kraelonia Academy's ambient mana allows enchanted objects to operate freely within one's jurisdiction. ]

"Neat," Han Jing muttered to himself and felt a wave of nostalgia wash over him. It really reminded him of the RPGs he played when he was younger—not that he was old now. But yeah, there was no more time to go about it.

What were the options that he should do now? He could probably leave his dorm room and start exploring the corridors in Kraelonia Academy, he had a feeling that having an aerial view would allow him to navigate better.

And yet there was something more important to discover.

He stared at the screen, in the free-reign mode, all he needed to do to summon menus were by thinking of them so what about here? He started hovering his finger around and buttons began to display itself on the edges of the screen and had the following text:

Character Menu

Kingdom Building Menu

World Map Menu

Configuration Menu

Main Menu

Han Jing opted for the Character Menu first and the entire phone displayed the new screen in front of him. It depicted his avatar's portrait, a dark haired young man with green eyes along with his name and class: 

Han ( Multi-Classer )

Lvl 3 [ Peasant ]

Lvl 1 [ Student ]

Lvl 6 [ Rogue ]

Lvl 4 [ Psion ]

Han Jing blinked at the new [ Class ] that appeared out of nowhere—well, it wasn't exactly nowhere. If he were to consider where it came from, it was surely from his interactions with the Colossal Wyvern that time.

And somehow, Peach's words came to mind. "Psychic huh?" He muttered to himself with some amazement. Maybe it meant that he actually had a Strong Soul. Glancing up from his phone, he gazed at the pillow in his bed and tried to imagine it being lifted from the air.

He tried it for twenty seconds until he felt like an idiot.

Maybe it wasn't him who was talented—maybe it was his avatar 'Han' that actually had the skills and not him. Well, either way, it meant that he had a total level amount of fourteen levels. Was that a good thing?

He recalled Old Man Joe mentioning that multi-classing wasn't exactly a good thing—but he didn't ask to be a [ Peasant ] and the [ Student ] class happened because he enrolled in Kraelonia Academy.

Well, regardless of it, there was still another option for him. [ Class Consolidation ] was a possible occurrence, that meant his two current [ Classes ] of [ Rogue ] and [ Psion ] could end up into a singular one. Although he wasn't sure of what possibility could occur.

But he had a feeling that the two were compatible.

Still, one last question lingered in his mind. He was able to increase his levels of [ Rogue ] by five levels whilst the [ Psion ] by only four levels. Why was that case? And he was pretty sure he didn't receive a [ Class Obtained ] notification either.

Did it happen while he was gone?

Okay, that was two questions. Han Jing glanced at the right portion of the Character Menu and found sub menus for him:

Skills Menu

Inventory Menu

Alliance Menu

Companion Menu

A terrible memory came to his mind as he saw the word 'Inventory'—he had practically chucked almost everything into the Colossal Wyvern's mouth last time in an attempt to make it choke on it.

Did it mean that he lost everything?

He was almost too afraid to look at it, he was positive that it was probably already cleared out. "But I can always gather new materials at the Oaken Ashwoods." That enough was a bit relieving for him.

Still, there was something nagging in the back of his head as his fingers hovered above the 'Inventory Menu', shaking his head, he switched to Alliance Menu:

[ _______ ] Alliance

- an unnamed Alliance between two [ Players ] located within the Veiled Continent.

] Wood Elf

- Message

- Send a Trade Request

- Send a Gift

] Human ( You )

Notes: There is no shared territory that is owned by the Alliance. Currently ranked as the seventh out of the ten existing Alliances within the continent. To initiate [ War ] against another [ Alliance ] is under the Kingdom Building Menu.

"Only ten Alliances in the continent?" It meant that there were more in other continents but from the last time he summoned his available territories via the 'Kingdom Building' screen—the rest were locked out information for him.

Still, it wasn't like he was actively looking for information. Right now, he already had a decent amount of information for him to go to. Using the mobile version of Races: Online was not as immersive as the other version, but it also allowed another gaming experience for him and somehow felt more organized?

Once again, he considered checking out the Companion Menu but stopped himself. He was already aware that Timothy was his first Companion and he hadn't been able to get any other similar prompts with the other people that he interacted with in the Academy.

What was more information he could get?

Timothy's [ Class ]? It was likely possible that it was available on the menu but he also wanted to wait for Timothy to tell it to him by himself. "It's a bit silly, I'd usually just do it so I can min-max properly but…"

Well, there was one last menu that he had saved as the best part:

[ SKILLS MENU ]

[ Class Skills: Peasant ]

[ Skill - Terrain Camouflage ]

[ Skill - Unarmed Combat ]

[ Skill - Unerring Throw ]

[ Class Skills - Student ]

[ Skill - Hastened Learning ]

[ Class Skills: Rogue ]

[ Skill - Basic Reflexes ] 

[ Skill - Basic Agility ] 

[ Skill - Instinctual Dodge! ]

[ Skill - Lesser Resistance Obtained! ]

[ Skill - Lesser Endurance Obtained! ]

[ Skill - Night Vision Obtained! ]

[ Class Skills - Psion ]

[ Skill - Mana Sense ]

[ Skill - Mental Fortitude ]

[ Skill - Detect Thoughts ]

[ Skill - Telepathy ]

Han Jing fought back the urge to grin—so he really had managed to talk with the Colossal Wyvern that time. It had felt like he was making himself as some kind of idiot while he was trying to connect with it but it had worked!

Somehow it felt like he really had improved from the time he was still 'harvesting' the crops from Old Man Joe's farm, when he fought the mosquitoes and spider in the Enchanted Forest… and now this.

"Did I level up too fast though?" Han Jing asked himself. It hadn't been too long since he first arrived at Rocky Cliffs and then reached Kraelonia Academy.

He let out a contented sigh and leaned back against his couch, this was great and it was...Han Jing's gaze lifted up from his phone to his surroundings.

Well, it wasn't so grand in the great scheme of things. He was still jobless and living with his parents, Peach mentioned receiving money after he died but she was mostly focused on the other benefits that he would receive as he continued to play… but what exactly were those benefits—

The lights went out.josei