Reset: DPS to Support?!

Under the starry night skies, a young black-haired man walked through the shimmering fields. His hands tightly gripped onto the hilt of his blue-black sword as he stared at the surrounding area with a glare and relentless look showing that he was ready for battle.

His name?

[ Shinto ]

On the very top of the DPS foodchain. He who reigns on the leaderboard,

Master of all damage-styled classes, of all weapons of war,

With his excellent decision making and control,

As well as his skills in combat.

...

Quietly walking through the fields, the young man glanced around his sides as he scrutinized the area. Moments later, a sudden crescent wave shot forward towards him from his right.

"...!"

Quickly noticing the waves, Shinto hurriedly held up his blue-black sword that glimmered under the moonlit glow, successfully fending off against the attack.

"Who goes there?" he shouted out as he positioned himself in a draw-like position. He was ready to counter any attacks that came at him.

A few seconds passed and nothing happened.

There was no abnormality of sounds rustling about in the open air.

Only the soft whistles of the wind could be heard blowing through the grass as well as the usual buzz from the bugs within the fields.

...

Within the dead of the night, only a few seconds had passed, when suddenly, a man protruded out from the tall grass within the area. The man with his silver hair and arrogant eyes quickly held on his long sword as he clashed blades with Shinto.

"Aha! You didn't see that coming now did cha?!" he smirked arrogantly.

"Tsk..." Shinto clicked his tongue as he unleashed a pure white energy from his blade, quickly pushing the silver-haired man back from force.

As he pushed the man back, Shinto quickly retracted his sword as jumped back, swiftly going into a draw position again. In the next moment, he unsheathed his sword as he shined down a white horizontal ray over towards the silver-haired man.

[ Lunar Sword Technique: Lunar Moon ]

A technique derived from the moons, a powerful skill that debuffs the enemy of their defenses by 35% for 5 seconds whilst dealing large burst damage towards them.

...

Wasting no time as the ray enveloped the man, Shinto shot forward as he gashed at him. Just as he was planning on connecting a skill with his attack from earlier, a sudden thunderous clap boomed towards Shinto.

Not wanting to take the hit from the attack, Shinto hurriedly cancelled his skill as he swayed to the side, successfully dodging the attack.

"Tch! You thought you could follow up with an attack after you used Lunar Moon?!" the silver-man shouted out as he jumped forward, quickly hacking at Shinto over and over, "Well think again!"

"You're annoying, just leave me alone," Shinto said as he enveloped himself in a white aura.

"No way! Todays the day I will win! So brace yourself!" the man roared as strips of lightning began surrounding his entire body.

In the next second, the man quickly placed strength into his arms as he gripped the hilt of his long sword tightly. Swiftly, he sent a ray of lightning over towards Shinto, forcing him to jump back and dodge the incoming attacks.

"You're always so persistent, it's annoying," Shinto remarked as he swayed his body in the air, quickly avoiding the zaps of lightning running through towards him.

"I will take the number one spot as the top DPS!" the man cried out as he sent a loud thundering clap that pierced through Shinto.

As the thundering waves shot towards Shinto, he quickly held up his blade as he activated a skill.

The sword within his hand enveloped itself within a tinge of light green aura. At that moment, Shinto slashed through the ray as he jumped towards the man, quickly sending in a white pillar over to him, quickly enveloping him in.

Being enveloped by the white pillar, the man surrounded himself with more lightning as he zapped forward to Shinto, and in a blink of an eye, he was sent up high into the sky.

"Tch..." Shinto clicked his tongue as he hurriedly regained his balance while in mid-air, moving his eyes over to the man covered in lightning, he saw that he was jumping towards him.

Stabilizing himself in the air, Shinto positioned himself downwards as he looked into the man dead in the eye.

The ID above the man's head shone a bright green, [ Arceus ] the second-placed player on the DPS leaderboard.

The two collided their blades with one another creating a large impact that blew over the fields.

With a strong force, Shinto quickly placed all his strength into his muscles, forcibly pushing Arceus down. And with all his might, he sent him to the ground.

"ARGHH!" Arceus screamed as he crashed into the ground.

"...Better luck next time," Shinto said as he wielded his sword upwards. Soon after, he began to chant a few words while still in mid-air.

As the chant ends, Shinto swiftly sent a ray of pure white light over towards Arceus. Quickly enveloping him in the light, he disappeared without a trace. He had turned into grey ash.

[ System announcement: WINNER - Shinto! ]

Shinto landed on the ground as he looked over to the small crater where Arceus had been.

"..."

Shinto shook his head, sighing as he left the once beautiful fields.

...

Teleporting over to town, Shinto looked over at his player profile through a holographic interface menu in front of him.

[ Player Profile ]

Player Name: Shinto

Level: 201

Rank: 1st (Unified Rankings/DPS Leaderboard)

Class: Lunar Swordsman

-Stats-

Strength: 3472 (+1212)

Stamina: 2109 (+1134)

Intelligence: 782 (+120)

Agility: 3472 (+921)

...

Shinto looked at his four main stats without glancing at the others when he suddenly received a whisper.

"OI OI OI!"

"I DEMAND A REMATCH!"

"FIGHT ME!"

Shinto read the whisper, as he thought to himself 'Of course, the person who lost time and time again would demand a rematch yet again...' sighing helplessly as he replied.

"...No thanks. I've had enough for the day."

"What?! You had enough?! Excuses! Fight now!"

"No thanks. I have a guild meeting after this, so I'm going to log out for a bit."

"What hey don't-"

...

In the real world: Shinto, or his real name Hasegawa Zayden, awakened from his capsule. He sat in there for a few seconds as he got up from it.

Stretching his arms and legs, he glanced around his bedroom. A few posters on his wall relating to his favourite video games and shows, his black sheet bed, his study desk and the capsule were seen within his eyes.

"Sigh... Another day, another match won I guess?" Zayden said to himself while rubbing his eyes as he walked out of the room.

Walking into the living hall, he was greeted by a girl, his sister, Hasegawa Jisa, "Good afternoon, Zay!"

"Ah... Good afternoon, Jisa..." Zayden replied.

"Hmm? You don't look so happy, did you lose a match or something?" Jisa titled her head to the side.

"Nah, it's not that, I just feel rather bored."

"Bored? Bored of Spiritual Warriors? How could you ever?" Jisa glared at Zayden.

"Well not bored per se, it's getting quite repetitive with me having to constantly fight the same old people who want my placing... having to lead the team to victory and the like," Zayden lamented. "I just don't find it 'enjoyable' as much as I used to..."

"Enjoyable as you used to? Hmm..." Jisa thought to herself, "Why don't you try something new?"

"Something new?" Zayden questioned.