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Chapter 4 - The Beginning of the Unknown

[Connecting to Host… Complete]

[HOST IDENTIFIED: Michael Gutmann | AGE: 22]

Michael stared in disbelief.

"What the fuck is this?!"

Then another panel popped up.

[HOST PROFILE]

Name: Michael Gutmann

Age: 22

Origin: Earth (Low-Magic / Unawakened)

Level: 1

Class: None

EXP: 0/100

Title: None

Primary World: Earth

Currency: 0 D-Coins

Inventory Slots: 10

Skills: None

Quests: None

Status: Stable

Michael's eyes darted across the glowing text. His breathing was sharp and uneven.

"What… the hell is this?"

Before he could even think, the screen shifted again.

[CLASS SELECTION REQUIRED]

[Job Assignment Pending]

Choose your Class to begin your journey.

[CLASS SELECTION INTERFACE]

Your choice is permanent. Once you select a Class, you will walk a fixed path, and the duties, limits, and conditions of that path will bind you. Below are the details of what will be required from you for each Class:

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[1] Keeper — If you choose the Keeper Class, you will be sent to guard sealed creatures, objects, or powers located in various Dimensions. Your task will be to prevent their release, and when a new dangerous power emerges, to identify and seal it. Most of your missions will be solitary, secret, and dangerously complex. One mistake could mean catastrophe.

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[2] Guardian — As a Guardian, you will enforce the rules within a specific Dimension. Your duties will be to detect and stop illegal intruders, dark forces, or entities that break the laws. You will be required to patrol, investigate, and fight regularly. For this work, you must strictly obey the rules yourself. You will be a law enforcer—powerful, yet bound by regulations.

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[3] Merchant — As a Merchant, you will travel between Dimensions to buy and sell goods. You will need to analyze markets, sell the right items in the right world, and you may establish factories, shops, and trade networks. At times, you will negotiate with factions that may betray you. Your goal is profit, but the path will be filled with deception, takeovers, and greed. Those you do business with may not always be human. However, this path can make you immensely wealthy and allow you to build a business empire across many worlds.

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[4] Watcher — If you choose the Watcher Class, you will not be allowed to interfere in any events. Your role will be to observe history, changes, and dangerous deviations, and report them to the System. Your power will allow you to see everything—the future, the past, reality, and alternate timelines. But if you interfere, your Class will be permanently revoked.

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[5] Salesman — As a Salesman, you will be sent to different worlds to make deals and sell items to individual clients. Each client will have different demands—some may want power, others immortality, others the ability to forget. You must craft contracts, complete transactions, and ensure each agreement is upheld. You may deceive, but if you are caught, the punishment will be absolute.

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[6] Investigator — If you become an Investigator, you will be tasked with investigating Dimension-based crimes, mysterious incidents, and rule violations. You will collect information, gather evidence, and file reports. Many times, you will cooperate with Guardians in joint operations. Your observational skills will increase, but you will regularly face lies, cover-ups, and hidden enemies.

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[7] Traveler — As a Traveler, you may journey across different worlds, but only as an observer. You cannot trade, interfere, or alter the future of the worlds you visit. Your duty will be to collect information and compile travel reports. Just enjoy. If you break any rules, your Travel License will be permanently revoked.

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[8] Reckoner — If you choose the Reckoner Class, you will be a balancing force. You will be sent to places where abnormal powers or unrest have disturbed the balance. Your role will be to judge some, forgive others, and destroy those who must be destroyed—but always with the System's authorization. Your presence will inspire fear in many, but you will stand as a representative of justice.

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[9] Archivist — If you choose the Archivist Class, you will be a keeper of information that was erased from history—or that never existed, yet remains true. Your task will be to gather such memories, documents, and stories for preservation for the future. Your work may require you to travel into the past or alternate realities. But beware—not all knowledge is meant for human minds.

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[10] Monarch — Choosing Monarch will make you the ruler of a small Realm. You must develop the territory, set laws, and expand its borders. The growth or fall of your Realm will depend entirely on your decisions. But remember, you cannot leave your Realm (except for treaties or war). This Class grants power—but not freedom.

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[11] Pirate — If you choose Pirate, you will defy all rules. You will illegally cross Dimensions, plunder power or resources, and carve your own path. You will answer to no laws, but Guardians, Keepers, Monarchs, and Investigators will constantly hunt you. This Class offers the greatest freedom—but at the cost of constant pursuit, the risk of capture, and the ever-present threat of death.

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[WARNING: Once you select a Class, you will receive your first Mission, which will activate your Class.]

[Now select your Class.]

What the— is this real?! It sounds like something out of a light novel or a game.

... So what should I select?

He looked carefully at the system panels.

I think this would be good.

He selected a panel.

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