Chapter 258: Tournant (2) - Getting ready
The next two days Eldrian simply took it easy while waiting for the developers to finish the arenas. For the most part, he visited the forums or simply watched so series or ani, having a great deal of them he needed to catch up on.
As such the days flew by, with Eldrian having gone online to visit his virtual ho. He could imdiately feel that sothing was missing here too. Almost similar to when he logged out of the ga, but not really the sa. Instead of sothing missing, it was more that an expectation he didn't know he had, wasn't being t.
Luckily this didn't last long, only bothering him for a few minutes after waking in the opening in front of his little cabin. Looking at it and slling the freshness of nature surrounding him, Eldrian was happy with what the developers had managed. He was actually quite surprised they had managed to release it so fast, with so many details.
After getting used to his surroundings Eldrian decided to take a walk, finding that he did not have an inventory or even much of an interface. As the announcent had said, all he had available to him was logging out, or entering the developnt mode. Though doing the latter had limits, with the company saying it was to save processing power.
In the end, Eldrian simply walked through the forest he had made, those near his house being spare and easy to navigate. The further from his house, the denser it beca, with the furthest ten ters of forest being a jungle of plants. One could not even walk through it all, not without cutting through them.
Eldrian naturally did not do this, he just wanted to figure out how things turned out. After that, he had gone looking for a few sticks he could use to go through a few routines. Quickly finding that his speed and stamina in this virtual ho was not the sa as that in the ga. It reflected his real body far more.
Interesting, did they do this because they wanted to remove the threat of affinity becoming a problem. Or was it simply the case that they couldn't bring magic into this virtual ho? Eldrian wondered, leaning more to the latter than the forr, though both could certainly have led to their decision.
On the day before the tournant started, with Eldrian not having made or joined a team for the team matches, he contacted Erik.
"Hey, have you set up your virtual ho?" Eldrian asked over the phone.
"Yeah, I was quite surprised by the detail we could add."
"Right, what did you in the end?"
"A mix of a garden and forest, I didn't even make much of a house. I am a little bumd that my avatar for this place isn't the sa as the one in the ga." Erik replied.
"What do you an?"
"Like, I know they said that the plants won't have all the substance they had IRL or in the ga. But I can't even feel them, it is sothing so natural in the ga that it really caught off guard."
Is that what is going on with , sothing similar. Am I feeling weird because of the lack of mana? Eldrian wondered, but did not drift too much into it. "Still, it is a cool feature."
"Certainly, it will really help those who do not like the situation of ANW. While most players are fine with fighting, the realism of the ga threw a large number of them off their comfort zone."
"True, and talking about that. The tournant, which matches did you sign up for?" Eldrian asked.
"I haven't yet, I was going to contact you tonight about it."
"Then join my team, though it will just be the two of us. I don't think we will do too badly." Eldrian said, hoping that they could get first place, or at the least, he could get first place in the spear match. They just needed one to get the coin Erik needed.
"Alright, by the way, I think I am going to change my discipline."
"Have you finally decided?" Eldrian asked, having talked a bit about this before.
"Yeah, while I still like writing, I really want to try and beco a better healer. I can already make enough through the ga to basically support myself."
Hearing this Eldrian whistled in surprise, "Are you serious?"
"Well, I an I can't really afford much. But if I stay with my parents, then I can make enough to cover my own food."
Hearing this Eldrian laughed for a while, "That isn't supporting yourself." He teased.
"Well it's better than nothing, right you don't even have to worry. Miracle is supporting you with a room, food, and even free services. You really do have the life, hey." Erik teased back, causing Eldrian to falter as he realized he really did have it nice.
His bank account was steadily growing from that of a teenager to that of an adult. He didn't even have expenses, so it grew much faster than that of others who actually had things they needed to take care of themselves.
"In any case, if we can claim first prize in the tournant it should help you convince your parents seeing as you will be able to pay back a year or two's cost."
"True, do you have any other people you have invited?" Erik asked, this ntion making him want to win even more.
"Ah, no... But I can probably ask Elizabeth, though I haven't talked to her in a long ti. I wonder what they have been up to..." Eldrian mumbled the last part as he thought back to how all those on the TRM mission had missed out on the Empire's recruiting. Back then quite a number of them had complained, though now most were actually happy it had happened.
The army had been training them too, and while the skills and spells they learned might be weaker than those from the empire, that didn't really take effect at their current Tiers. Instead, those left behind got training, weapons, armor, and quests. After reflecting they had found that they had co out on top.
After talking with Erik, Eldrian found himself in the awkward position of realizing he didn't have Elizabeth's number. Going onto his forum he hoped that the developers had made it possible to talk with friends through it. Seeing as people wouldn't be able to get into the ga for a month, he found this was a possibility. Luckily he also found that they have.
Opening his friend list which was really lacking, Eldrian typed a ssage to Elizabeth. Asking if she wanted to team up with him and his friend. Then he waited patiently for nearly an hour before a reply ca.
"Totally, if it is just you two, you will fit in perfectly." She replied, though Eldrian suddenly worried about how the rewards were going to be split. Looking at the announcent again he found that he couldn't figure out if the rewards for the team-based matches were per person, or per team.
Screw it, even if we share it with them, it will still be a good sum. And first place should then be much easier to get. I can always also sell Gray if it cos to it. Eldrian though, quickly trying to figure out how it would work.
After that, he talked a bit with Elizabeth, with them rging their teams not much later. Looking at the list of nas now in it, Eldrian realized that he knew everyone. They were the sa group he had sparred with before leaving the players and following Old Sword way back at the start of TRM.
"Hopefully we don't et any good teams tomorrow, though the way the fights are going to be held is quite strange." Elizabeth sent after wondering who this Faust was, she knew Eldrian had not really played with any players. He was a strange player who she was certain had little or no player friends, heck she had not heard from him in over a month.
She felt he wasn't really considering this ga as a ga, being so involved with the NPCs and excluded from others. She hoped that adding him wasn't a mistake, since while she knew how much she and her friends had grown. She had no idea if Eldrian had grown, nor if this Erik would be useful at all.
"Right, do you know how it is going to work?" Eldrian asked, not having managed to get that information yet.
"Yeah, they published it like half an hour ago. We will simply join a queue, and then our ranking will be determined by our wins and losses. Two teams who have fought, can't fight again on the sa day. The sa goes for the individual matches."
"Wait, then should you try to fight as many tis as possible, or just win a certain amount?" Eldrian asked, confused about how this was going to work.
"I assu they will have sothing weighing things behind the scenes. Most gas with rankings have, to average out the wins and losses by comparing it to who you won and lost again... Or sothing." Elizabeth added as she wondered if the company would go that far.
"Right, well when should we try to be online? I'll let Erik know." Eldrian replied, Elizabeth quickly realizing that Eldrian knew this person in person, which made even more sense to her than him making a friend in the ga.
"Let's aim for around ten in the morning, I hope we can claim three to five wins. I don't want to make it too much, since many of us also want to try the individual matches."
"Right, that should work," Eldrian replied, quickly getting back into the relaxed mood he had had all day. A few hours later he received another ssage from Elizabeth.
"Please co online, the virtual hos are online and visitors are now allowed. Also, contact your friend. It would be smart of us to discuss so plans before actually jumping into fights."
Oh, what a good use of the virtual ho already.
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