Priest

The next day Charlie found himself in front of the chapel listening to a old man in white robes drone on and on about the teachings of the true god. 'ugh VR is nothing but trouble, at least in normal games you could skip the boring dialog.' Charlie decided priest was a class he always enjoyed, and not being in the frontlines he could minimize any issues that came with this body.

"Do you accept the one true god and wish to devote your life to serving his cause?"

"Yes," Charlie replied curtly, walking away as soon as a notification appeared showing his new status as a priest.

'Most people should be focused on leveling up, but i should still be careful.' Once a player accepted a class or reached level 20 player verses player protection would be removed. He opened his friends list and saw the three from yesterday on a message flashing in front of Neal's name. What class did you choose? Want to party up? 'Well at least it would save him some time finding a party.' Charlie thought heading to meet up with them.

It was decided by the group that Charlie needed new equipment so they agreed to run the first beginner instanced dungeon. Once players entered an instance there was only victory or defeat, retreat was not an option. A game over penalty was rather harsh, the player would lose a full level, drop an item, and be **** into a weakened state for an hour.

It was decided the four would enter alone. A fifth member would only cause them split the spoils and the three of them were a higher level then the goblins inside. They all praised her for choosing to be a priest, saying that she must have took their advice and wanted to be useful to them. Jamal couldn't help himself and made a joke about how else she could be "useful." Only to be met by an angry glare by Charlie and a laugh from the guys.

Charlie was a bit worried, AI world wasnt a normal game. Players wouldn't just be able to plow through monsters a few levels below them. Their confidence combined with the teamwork they showed yesterday convinced him to give it a shot.

They stepped into the cave and the outside world was blocked off by an opaque barrier. "Can't escape me now," jamal snickered grabbing Charlie's ass. On instinct Charlie turned to hit him, only to have his punch stopped by Jamal.

"Cut it out Jamal, if she doesn't heal us we might as well just let the monsters kill us." Neal defused the situation and turned to face the tunnel. " Focus everyone we have a mission."

Charlie regretted his decision to play a priest, he wanted nothing more then to kill Jamal. He swore to himself after this he would never play with these three again.