[ welcome to Nebula ]

  [ please select a name ]

  "Dorian"

  [ name selected - Dorian ]

  "Status"

  Name : Dorian

  Level : 1

  Race : Human

  Titles : N/A

  Class : N/A

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  ...

  HitPoints (regen/hour) : 25 (5)

  ManaPool(regen/min) :10 (5)

  Stamina(regen/min) : 10 (5)

  Strength : 5

  Dexterity :10

  Intelligence :5

  Vitality : 5

  Equipped items: N/A

  Skills : N/A

  [ do you wish to enter the tutorial?]

  "yes"

  [synchronising]

  ...

  The world inside Nebula has been running for a month now. Dorian had, after this time, managed to save enough money to buy a capsule and try the virtual world for himself.

  " I'm in! But where am I? It looks like a safe zone, anyway... "

  A single tree grew in front of him in the center of a pond. Very much like other games, this seemed to be a place where recovery was boosted and enemies couldn't enter.

  [ Introduction to your status screen ]

  [ HP is your hit points. if it is reduced to zero, your avatar is permanently destroyed. ]

  [ MP, along with Stamina, are the two main resources for casting skills ]

  ...

  Half an hour later, Dorian was still stuck reading the tutorial notes.

  [ to attack, approach the nearby target and swing as you would in real life ]

  " FUUUUUUU......!!!!!! "

  hopeless.