World Gate Online

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: A New Word

*yaaaaawnn~*

A boy around 17-18 years old yawned as he rose up from the bed and scratched his black messy hair.

He got up immediately and started to prepare for breakfast.

Living alone in a condo unit was Lucas Lauwers, now a 2nd year college student at Mapua Institute of Technolgy in the Philippines as an IT student.

Don't get it wrong, his parents and family aren't dead. Since Lucas is now a college student, he decided to live alone and rented a condo unit near his school. Though, his parents are still the one paying for his expenses as he has no part-time job.

After cooking a simple sunny side-up egg, he started eating and turned the TV on to see if there's something interesting.

Seeing as there is nothing, he quickly finishes his meal and start to prepare for school.

"Hmm...hair ok, clothes.....ok I guess?"

Lucas muttered as he stares at himself in front of the mirror.

Reflected on him was a boy with black hair with his forelocks split into two above his right eye and eyes that suggested lack of sleep wearing a dark grey shirt with minimal design, black denim pants and finally, dark grey shoes with black checkers.

Overall, his looks is as average as it gets, if not, just a bit below.

Seeing as it won't get better no matter how hard he tries, he sighed and started to go out.

[[And now let's have a bit talk about gaming-]]

An adult male's voice rang out from the room just as he was about to go out.

"Ah, I forgot to turn off the TV..."

Lucas turned around and started to walk towards the TV to turn it off when he suddenly hears an interesting talk.

[[A new gaming device has just been released all over the world at the same time! Together with a game only compatible with it, gamers from all around the world started to buy it despite its high price!]]

[[How much are we talking about here?]]

[[In our currency, 700 000 pesos!]]

"Uwahh, even if I want it, there's no way to buy it..."

Lucas was shocked to see such a high price.

[[That is high, just what is this new device?]]

[[Oh you're not gonna believe this.]]

[[Come on, we're supposed to be news casters here.]]

[[Haha, that's right, the new gaming device that has rocked the gaming world! [Portal] The world's first Virtual Gaming Device!]]

*thud*

The remote on Lucas' hand fell immediately and hit the ground with a dull noise.

"D-did he just say virtual gaming device!? Then the game he mentioned earlier that can only be played with this device is..."

[[Together with the game [World Gate Online] this is all the topic gamers now talk of everywhere! And not just gamers, even people who aren't interested in games started to purchase it as well! In fact, I myself am currently playing it and it was like none I have seen so far! You wouldn't believe that world was virtual! The scenery, the people, animals, and monsters looks so real!]]

[[Oh my, looks like someone just turned into a gamer. Haha, maybe I'll buy one myself and see. But such a high price, I don't think many people can play it.]]