Chapter 1: Prologue – Just One More Quest
Ethan Graves was a 26-year-old man living alone in a small, worn-down house on the edge of town.
He was unemployed and had been single for as long as he could remember. A virgin who had never even held a girl’s hand before, let alone experienced anything beyond that. In fact, talking to a girl properly had always felt like a challenge too great to overcome. The only "dates" he had ever been on were with virtual girlfriends or 2D characters.
But tonight... none of that mattered anymore.
He was locked in place, his eyes glued to the glowing monitor in front of him. They were laser-focused, unblinking, intense. His hands trembled on the keyboard, his fingers twitching slightly. Beads of sweat began to form on his forehead, dripping slowly down the side of his face.
The air inside his room was heavy with the pungent stench of instant noodles and stale energy drinks. Empty cans and noodle cups were scattered all over the floor and desk like the aftermath of a small indoor battlefield. His room was a mess, a shrine to countless sleepless nights and endless grinding.
But in this moment, none of that mattered
In this very moment, he was a hero. No—he was a god.
"Come on... just a little more—just one last hit," he muttered under his breath, fingers shaking.
On the screen, his game avatar—Overlord Veyrion—stood tall in dark, ornate armor, unleashing a final cataclysmic blast of dark mana. The cosmic dragon empress from the Ninth Realm shrieked in agony, her massive health bar cracking, then shattering into a thousand crimson shards.
A system message appeared on the screen in flashing text.
[CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE CLEARED "REALMS OF ETERNAL DOMINION" 100%.