Dungeon Core Online 89 Chapter 89

Avatar creation was not easy. Of course, James hadn't really expected it to be. Honestly, he hadn't known what to expect. Overall though, he spent a lot more time on Avatar creation than he had thought he would.

The first step of Avatar creation hadn't even been related to avatar creation. That had been the part where he ignored Rue and Sir Rexus, as the Terminus preferred to be called, while they began their games. After a moment of failed concentration, James had simply floated further away from the group, until he could no longer hear them arguing about what was going on the stack where, or something of the sorts. James had never gotten that into magic, he preferred hearthstone.

Once he had his peace and quiet, James had been able to look over his Avatar creation screen fully. He noticed the main tab simply pulled up an empty screen, with a platform showing where he was sure, some sort of model could stand. Currently, it was blank, with a message stating No Avatar Selected floating in the s.p.a.ce. To the right of that message, hovered a brightly lit, inviting prompt. Create Avatar Now?

"Just give me a second." James said to no one in particular, as he continued to scan the rest of the screen, as well as the additional tabs that popped up. It seemed, on top of the simple avatar generation option, he had tabs for weapons, armor, skills, upgrades, and one tab labeled cosmetics.

"Why wouldn't they have cosmetics?" He grumbled again to himself. Of course, they would. Xander may go on and on about how DCO was a huge government experiment or whatnot, but the game developer obviously still wanted to make money. James was sure cosmetics would cost some sort of currency to add on to the avatar. Gamers always loved unique cosmetics. And James was no exception. He may have spent a decent amount of gold, and some V Coin, in order to uniquely adjust his Warlock in the Warcraft Universe.

For the briefest moment, James had a longing to log on and see his character again, before he chased that away, partly with focus, and partly because at that moment, he felt another pang of hunger. He still had just under a day left in immersion, which meant another 23ish hours left of suffering from these darned hunger pangs. Hopefully, he would be able to consume more than just Soylent when he woke up.

"Focus." James shook his...o...b..and turned back to the options. Sadly, all the additional tabs were greyed out, meaning the first thing he needed to do, was obviously, create his avatar.

"Here goes nothing." James mumbled, and he selected the glowing option. Honestly, he had no idea what to expect, and Rue had been less than helpful. All he really knew was he would be able to use his Avatar in the upcoming Dungeon Wars. Though, that was probably all that really mattered.

For once, selecting the option did not generate the infamous slot machine of choices that James had become accustomed to. Instead, it prompted what appeared to be a normal character creation screen? The first prompt, male or female.

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"Male." James said, and as he selected the option, a shadowy male outline appeared in the empty s.p.a.ce. Next up, Race. James scanned through the list of races; they were all the same as what players had access to. James toyed around with all of them, before making up his mind. He had been torn between human, and elf. The deciding factor for him, had been that in almost all the novels he read, the main characters, upon being brought into a virtual world, opted for human. He was tired of that trope, so chose elf for himself. Also, well, he liked the Knights Who Go Ni, and they were all elves.

For the next, perhaps hour? James lost himself to literally just character creation. The Avatar creation screen gave him countless options of customization, from hair and eye color, to the various shapes, lengths, widths of all of his features. He knew time was important, but for that hour, he once again lost himself to his gamer side, and did his darndest to make his Avatar perfect. Well that, and he actually did just lose track of time.

Once he had his features completed, he selected accept, and was planning on going on to his new tabs. To his surprise though, that was not the case.

"Select cla.s.s?" The new screen before him surprised him. Was an avatar exactly like an adventurer would be? Was this a way of letting the Dungeon Cores enjoy the game from both ends? James could definitely see the allure, and the dangers, of that. Cores could lose themselves to invading others just to dive in their dungeons. And if they neglected their own dungeons, what could possibly happen? James had to wonder just how many aspects there were to DCO? Just how many game elements had Xander put into it?

Luckily for James, choosing a cla.s.s was rather easy. Not only had he done a bunch of research prior to the game beginning, at which point he had decided upon a cla.s.s already. He had also already seen every cla.s.s in action in some way shape or form, meaning he knew their pros and cons. Of course, the Avatar itself had some grey area, especially with leveling, and if he would be able to choose subcla.s.ses for it as well, but those were problems for the later James. Right now, he knew what he wanted.

Cla.s.s Selected: Summoner

It was the pet cla.s.s he had been eying early on. James figured if he was going to be an avatar on the battlefield, he would want to have as many strong allies as he could. And while he was certain adventurers could be helpful, Avatar summoned pets probably would be even more helpful. Plus, James had some ideas on possible multi-cla.s.s options for summoners that could be terrifying. At least, in his mind.

Avatar 1 of 1 has been created. Additional Avatar options can be unlocked every 5th level of Avatar Research.

Flashed across James's screen, and his Avatar glowed momentarily, before completely solidifying on the screen before him. As it did, and the prompt disappeared, the tabs ungrayed, showing they were now options for James to select. Finally, and expectedly, a popup appeared.

Achievement Unlocked – Déjà vu – Create your Avatar

Reward- 5,000xp 1000 resources, Access to Avatar optimization options, Access to Dungeon Wars, Access to Avatar Training Grounds

Well that was neat. James definitely needed the resources, considering he had an entire third floor he still needed to develop. As for the other options, well James had already figured he would gain access to the optimization options. He had not realized though, that creating an Avatar was necessary for Dungeon Wars. Would he have been able to avoid BLANK, if he never created his Avatar? Ah well, that line of thinking was pointless now. He glanced at the final part, the Avatar Training Grounds, and grinned. He was eager to open that window, but figured he should arm and armor his Avatar, before he tested it out.

Currently, his Avatar was a simple elf, green eyes starring blankly ahead, silver hair tied back in a long ponytail behind him. He was clad in simple robes, and both his hands seemed to glow with slight hints of energy. On each wrist, magical runes formed what appeared to be bracelets, though James knew those runes depicted a summoner. They were bound to their magic, and their magic was what allowed them to summon and bind elementals and magical creatures to themselves.

"Alright, let's see the beginner gear." James smirked as he hovered over the weapons option. He was really curious what DCO would incorporate for the gear for Avatars. Was it generic across the board for all avatars? James doubted it. No, knowing his luck, it was going to be linked to the dungeon. And James had a feeling his random dungeon type was once again going to throw him for a loop. As he saw the weapon options appear, all he could do was sigh. He knew it.