Chapter 2 – A New Beginning.

Pran pulled out his mobile phone to check the date and confirmed that this really was the day he became a "Player" after receiving his awakening.

He walked to the side, sat down, and began to reflect on what had happened before he died and returned.

Soon, he recalled the betrayal of his "friends" and the "love of his life."

"I was so foolish and naïve to have believed in them," he muttered under his breath.

"The first chance they got, they all stabbed me in the back. But not this time. This time, things will be different. Everything will be on my terms."

After taking a few breaths and calming himself he opened his status window:

【Name: Pran Sharma】

【Titles: None】

【Race: Human】

【Level: 0】

【Job: None】

【HP: 100/100 | ST: 50/50 | MP: 30/30】

【Remaining Points: 4】

【Attributes: Strength: 4 | Endurance: 5 | Intelligence: 3 | Vitality: 5 | Agility: 3】

【Active Skills: None】

【Passive Skills: None】

"If I remember correctly, my initial stats look the same as they did before." Pran closed the stats window and stood up.

He then walked out of the awakening center and took a cab to his house to give the good news to his family. He was going back to his home. 

However, he didn’t know how to approach the feelings that were rising in his heart. He was nervous, agitated, happy, and relieved, all at the same time. 

He was going to meet his family again after a long time, but in this current situation, he hadn’t lost them and would just be going back to his home like every day.

Although he wasn't particularly close to or distant from his family in his previous life, when he was on the edge of death, he regretted not paying more attention to them.

With his reincarnation, he saw it as a chance to make everything right.

*****

He arrived at his house and rang the doorbell. Soon, his younger sister, Anya, appeared at the door looking anxious. "So, how did it go? Did you succeed?" she asked him.

"What do you think?" Pran affectionately rubbed her head and replied with a grin.

"Y-You really succeeded? You're not lying to me, right?" Anya looked at him with a little suspicion in her eyes.

"I'm not lying to you. I really did awaken. Now, I can help father and elder sister and share their work in dungeons." They both walked inside the house.

"So, where is everyone?" Pran looked around but didn't see his mother.

"They went out. They didn't say where they were going, but they said that they will be back soon," Anya replied.

Excited to hear the news, she started asking Pran about everything that happened to him when he awakened.

As they were talking, the doorbell rang. Anya was about to go and open the door, but Pran stopped her and said that he would do it himself. However, she ran to the door without stopping and opened it.

Soon, Pran heard her excited voice telling their parents and big sister Shreya that he successfully awakened. They all came in and congratulated him and decided to celebrate.

Looking at his family, Pran felt happy and content.

Srijan, Daksh, Faris, Zohana, and Arkanj, were all my good friends, and Zohana was someone I loved, but this time I will not follow them. I have been given a second chance, and I won't be wasting it on those guys. So I will not go out of my way to get revenge on you all, because right now, we are strangers. But if we meet, I will not be your friend this time, and if you get in my way, well, then I won't be holding back.

Pran sorted out his thoughts and told his family he was heading to bed. He went to his room, locked the door, dropped onto his bed, and opened his status window again. This time, he needed to confirm something.

"It really is here, but why? I don't get it. 'Job' should only appear when you enter the Tower and acquire one. There is no way to get a 'Job' outside. Is it because I reincarnated that I have this in my status window?"

He couldn't understand why it happened, and he wondered if this was the only thing that had changed with him or if there was more that he hadn't discovered yet.

"First things first, I need to start preparing for the dungeon that's going to appear near our house soon. Luckily, it's a low-level one that can be cleared by a single person. If I manage to clear it, I'll have a better idea of my combat abilities and how much I need to improve. For now, I will put all my stats into agility. With that, I should be a bit faster than the goblins that will appear initially in the dungeon.”

He upgraded his Agility from 3 to 7.

Then out of curiosity, he clicked the ‘Job’ section in his status window.

[DING!]

[Congratulation! You are the first player to have successfully opened the ‘Jobs’ section without entering the Tower of Trial.]

[This is an unprecedented feat that has never occurred before.]

[Ding! Rewarding 20 bonus stat points!]

[Ding! Rewarding 3x “Mythic Box”!]

[Ding! Rewarding access to the Tower of Trials!]

[Ding! “Inventory” has been successfully unlocked!]

[Ding! Rewarding Title “First in the Multiverse”.]

[Notice! A large change in the players' stats has been detected.]

[Notice! Putting the player to sleep to prevent any adverse effects on the brain!]

Pran was stunned. His head spun, his vision blurred, and before he could make sense of anything, he fell asleep on his bed. As he slept, his body started glowing faintly in a multitude of colors.

Meanwhile, a short message appeared in front of every player, wherever they were:

[Notice! A player has achieved a feat that has never been achieved before!]

This message shocked and puzzled all the players, who didn't know what to make of it.

However, when a few of the strongest players, who were on the highest unlocked floor and were viewed as "Gods," received the message, they shared a similar thought: that one of them had just moved ahead of the others, and that was not a good sign for the rest of them.

This misunderstanding arose because they could never have imagined that the message appeared due to a player who hadn't even entered the tower.

Soon all these “Gods” started taking action, they called all of the top members of their faction to hold a meeting to make plans on how to handle the upcoming turmoil which will upset the balance of power due to this abrupt message.

All factions inevitably reached the same conclusion: gather as much information as possible and avoid making rash decisions that could end up being fatal for them.

While the upper echelons of the major factions made preparations for the future, the rest of the players throughout the multiverse engaged in heated discussions and came up with their own theories about the message.

Meanwhile, on Earth, inside the "Player’s Association" headquarter, which was built close to the U.N.O., an important conference was underway. Both “Players” and “Non-Player” were attending this conference as the official representative of the countries to which they belonged.

This conference was being held to discuss a few important topics, which were: How to improve the efficiency of dungeon-clearing operations. How to better protect civilians during a dungeon break. How to make communications better between countries which were not on good terms with each other, and a portal has appeared or if a dungeon break happens there.

In addition, they were also addressing the issue of players who were abusing their power. Despite being a few small groups, some of the members of these groups were as strong as those officially registered with the player’s association.

Although the recent message was mentioned during the conference, the attendees were at a loss about what to make of it, so they brushed it aside. Besides, any heaven-shaking event would first impact the Tower of Trials, which they still knew frighteningly little about.