Check new version here: http://bit.ly/projectanima Sixteen-year old Tristan Lockwood suddenly finds himself inside a Virtual Reality game named Defiant Sins Online. And the problem? He has no idea how he ended up there. Teaming up with companions sharing the same existential doubt, Tristan aims to beat the game, but things won't be easy for them as they come to confront enemies from slimes to dragons, thieves to knights, and eventually, the renowned Five Kings. As Tristan draws near to the truth, he starts to wonder if reality would ever be the same again. **************************************************************************************************** A SAO(Sword Art Online), Phantasy Star and Monster Hunter inspired story. The pictures used in making the cover are not mine, but I'm the one who made changes to edit it into one image. :) All Rights Reserved. ©TheMaskedPhantom

"We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay." It's the year 2021. Nothing much has changed except for the gaming industry. A new kind of MMORPG was released. The VRMMORPGs. There were many of it, each creator showing a world where you escape reality once in a while. One of those creators was ArcEvolve Inc. ArcEvolve Inc. released one of the very popular VRMMORPG game today, called, Arcaneous Evolution Online. A world where there are so many possibilities. A world where you can roam the vast lands of Arcanea. A world where you can battle the toughest monsters, fight the strongest players and gain the powerful Guardians. A world where you can... ...Evolve Today I fight... Later I'll experience... Soon I'll evolve. Highest ranking so far: #25 (March 26, 2018)I

Being constantly compared to ones brother can make one feel neglected. This is the case for Kai Walker. His brother was the star of the schools soccer team as well as the star of the basketball team. Everyone adored him and held him on a very high pedestal. This includes his own parents. For all of his sixteen years he has been constantly compared to his brother whether at home or at school. The most common phrase he hears is, 'Why can't you be more like your brother?' He made it through the years due to his only friend. A female childhood friend of both his and his brother, Amy Halland. But one sentence from her has sent Kai over the edge. The phrase he never thought he would hear from her. Yet it happened. Without hope he gives up, right after the sentence he decides to end his existence. He jumps from the school's roof ignoring the shouts from Amy. Yet it still didn't work. He wakes to found himself in a land unknown to him. A land full of magic, knights, and hero's. Unknowing that his current body is in hospital in a coma. His conscience, thanks to the famous Tranvent Corp gaming company, now resides within a new virtual reality game that they have created, Guild Stronghold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Highest: #11 in Adventure (11/07/2017) #13 in Adventure (09/07/2017) #14 in Adventure (03/07/2017)

The Real World has become monotonous. Everyday it's the same thing, work, eat and sleep. New adventures and fantasy has become a thing of the past. The imaginations of the people have dulled and main streamed. Boredom has taken over the youth as game after game became easier to play and usually have the same parameters, such as beat the boss, or save the princess and complete the story line, but, not anymore. Starlight International had a vision of revitalizing the fantasy of the entire planet and threw all their resources in creating the most diverse game ever to hit the markets. 10 Years after their announcement to challenge and change the gaming industry, Starlight International rolled out Divine World Online, a virtual reality game which changed the face of not only the game market, but also every other departments of the world. Boasting a full mind saturation system the game enables the player to truly experience the game as if he/she was present inside a new world. In just a few weeks the number of active players reached the 8 digit number. In a few months it became an absolute necessity to play the game. Due to the time difference in game of 4 days to 1 day in the real world, schools now held classes in game for longer hours using private servers; Armies, Navies and Air Forces have requested private customized servers where they can practice combat tactics in different environments, Companies now had meetings and practice trading techniques in game and testing of new methods to be used in the real world has become a trend. 1 Year after the game’s release, everyone was and is playing the game now. Everyone, but a small orphaned boy of 16 who is busy lifting boxes for a convenience store in order to get some money to buy food and survive the harsh realities of the world around him. Authors Note: Please leave a comment. Constructive criticism will help. Thanks and Enjoy. =)