'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...]

'Exo-Burst… This skill might be truly the last missing piece of my puzzle.' Arthur mused to himself as he rubbed his chin gently. 'I am getting strong very quickly. However, I am far from strong enough, and I doubt I can truly become strong enough by the time I start executing my plan. What I need is an element of surprise, a skill that can give me that moment of upper hand against my opponent… No matter how strong they are, all I need is a second to end it all.'


As much as Arthur knew power mattered, he also learned through his journey that battles are akin to a chess game, one can be smarter than the other and have an advantage, but all the other person needs is one single mistake, one wrong step, and they could seal their win.


The boy has accepted the reality that he won't be able to win every battle he gets into unless he becomes a God. So, for now, Exo-Burst has become one of the most important tools he has.


Chapter 363 - Chapter 363- God’s Gate (Part 1)