'Divinity Online'. The new breakthrough in the Full-Immersion Virtual Reality technology. After decades of work, Divinity Corp had achieved the impossible. Creating a massive video game world that people can enter and live in as if it were Earth. Their goal was clear, to create a world other than Earth that we can call home.


A place where the laws of reality vanish, and the true ceiling of power shifts completely.


Naturally, the shockwave Divinity Online created across the entire globe was unlike anything else. Every single person has heard of it, even those who have had no interest in video games before.


Giant corporations and even governments immediately rushed to start planning to invest in this new world and just like that, billions of people had their eyes on one single date: the 19th of July.

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Arthur, like everyone else, had heard of the game and was as excited as everyone else to try it, if not even more. With how much he grew bored of his life on earth, this fantasy world was like the divine call he had been searching for. However, there was a very small problem.


He had no money to buy the machine required to access Divinity Online. His wretched life had turned him into a broke teenager with no parents, and no relatives. But, by some kind of luck, he got his hands on one of those machines.

Not knowing what was awaiting him in that world, Arthur was simply seeking one thing... A new opportunity in life and to find a purpose he could work for when he had none so far.


[Welcome to 'Divinity Online'.]

[Assimilation Started...]

Arthur felt his face break a sweat at the sight of this ungodly abyss he just witnessed. Nothing about it felt normal, not even its darkness. He could swear he heard wails and cries coming from deep within this endless fall.


But that was not even the worst part about it. What truly terrified him was how seamless it was in the way it blended with the environment around it. The hole was completely camouflaged by the darkness, making it almost impossible to see before it was too late. The only reason Arthur stopped was the fact he heard the sand falling through the hole and it made him freeze. 


If he didn't hear that then he was going to fall into it without noticing. Almost like an overly large booby trap.


"Man… I almost fell there." Gulping down a mouthful of saliva as he laughed nervously. "Damn it… Why the needless jumpscare, you bastards? How is this hole even that camouflaged? It shouldn't be possible." 


Chapter 378 - Chapter 378- God’s Gate (Part 16)