Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 467

Chapter 467: Chapter 7

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Reality and perfection were always different.

Among the top players from other worlds, Night Rain wasn’t the most outstanding. He made it to the top eight, but ended at only fourth place in the round robin.

It was difficult to be a dark horse in the round robin, so the results were similar to what everyone had guessed before it took place. Leo and Isa won first and second place respectively, but the third place was a surprise to everyone. Although Kratos from the Mifata Federation was defeated by Night Rain, he won third place by beating the other players.

According to the rules of the round robin, each player had to fight one ga against the other seven players. Winners earned two points, while losers earned no points, and if both sides ended in a draw, they received one point each. Leo won seven gas and had fourteen points in total; Isa won six gas, losing one ga to Leo, and had twelve points; Kratos lost one ga each to Leo, Isa, and Night Rain and won the rest of the gas, so he had eight points; Night Rain lost two gas, won two gas, and tied three gas, so he only had seven points.

As for the other players, the fifth won twice, tied two gas, and had six points; the sixth won once, tied three gas, and had five points; the seventh tied three gas and had three points, and the last one tied once and only had one point.

Night Rain refused to accept fourth place, so he went away, shouting, “I’ll be stronger next ti.”

Kratos was delighted. After receiving the prize, he went straight to the gate of the Void Mask Land to give his prize to Smart, because Kratos was very grateful to him for helping him get rid of his slave identity. He had once been a slave in the arena. His work had been to entertain the audience by using his life to fight. It was Smart who had paid for him and set him free.

During the night, they were very happy to eat and drink at the street stalls. Even the weakest one was a master at the advanced legendary peak. They ate simple and spicy barbecue, drank liquor, talked, and laughed in high spirits.

This strong, happy, and free group of people was unique in the Void Mask Land. Jose had used to be a part of this happy group, but ever since he had beco the Inspector General of the Republic of Northwest, he’d had lots of governnt affairs to handle. Several days before, when they t in the evening, Favnier and Shoggoth had often said, “Four people at one table are perfect.” Today, the table was finally perfect with four people.

Actually, there were two demon beasts among these four people, but that was okay. Even the boss of the street stall didn’t care, so who would say it was strange?

It was a coincidence that a few friends of theirs were eating and drinking in another street stall nearby.

Morani had many followers and Divine Power in the 3rd Fighter Championship. He was delighted to celebrate with Sui Xiong, Javier, and Wor. He also wanted to invite his good brother, Ink, and Yorgaardman, Arcaian, and the God of Healing, who Sui Xiong had nad “Three Nothingness.” But Ink said he had drunk too much and didn’t want to walk today; Yorgaardman was away on business; Arcaian’s father, Tuela, had recently found a new girlfriend and wanted to let Arcaian to have a look; and Three Nothingness... When Morani looked at him for about three minutes, he went away without saying anything close to an invitation.

“Never mind. Four people are perfect.” Sui Xiong, who appeared as a bald man, laughed and said, “A table has just four sides. Everyone sits at one side, then we can play mahjong or poker after dinner.”

“Don’t you think it’s a little strange, Your Majesty. Four Gods gathering in the street to gamble?” Wor said imdiately, frowning.

Before Sui Xiong replied, Javier handed a cup of wine to Wor. “Are you old-fashioned? It’s okay. Nobody knows us here. They would even let sing and dance naked there. I could do that, let alone gamble. Anyway, who here knows ?”

Wor’s face darkened instantly, and he believed that... Javier would really join in.

The Boy of Ceremony was free and unrestrained, and he didn’t take social criticism seriously at all, not to ntion the fact that ordinary people couldn’t recognize him. Even if ordinary people really recognized him, he could sing and dance while naked without pressure.

Going out with such a unrestrained person, the God of Knowledge, who was modest, was a little uneasy.

When he saw his Majesty’s eyes shining, showing he was eager to try, he feared that they would really run naked in the night if they were drunk.

If I had known this, I wouldn’t have co out!

Wor was regretful and secretly made up his mind. No matter whether the majesty invited him in the future, as long as the Boy of Ceremony was there, he would never go out with them!

Fortunately, Morani was a reliable man. He didn’t agree or oppose Javier directly, but changed the topic.

“Auscar, you’ve been at the conference table for more than a decade. Aren’t you bored?” he asked.

Speaking on this, Sui Xiong felt tired at once and then leaned back and said, “I always feel tired, and I can’t lift my spirits up. It’s nice to lie on the table. You know that turtles lie all day long.”

“Turtles run very fast when danger cos,” Morani said.

“Ah? Really? Don’t joke with !”

“Your Majesty, it’s true. I’ve just checked it, and it’s real,” Wor said.

“Sh*t...” Sui Xiong was speechless. “But that’s okay. I also run very fast when danger cos!”

“You’re a dish of jellyfish when you lie there, not a turtle,” Javier said with a laugh.

“A jellyfish and a dish of jellyfish are two different things!” Sui Xiong protested. “Wash the jellyfish and cut it into pieces. Then it’s called a dish.”

“You lie on the table all day. And dishes are always set at the table, so you’re a dish of jellyfish!” Javier laughed as he replied. “Even the sauce has been prepared. You just need to slice the jellyfish and put it onto the plate.”

Sui Xiong was so angry at first, but after a while, he couldn’t help but laugh.

“Okay, it’s quite similar. Hahaha!”

Then even Wor laughed.

After laughing, Javier advised, “Lying on the table all the ti is boring. If you do nothing all the ti, you’ll grow lazy. You’ve been resting for so many years. How about finding sothing to do?”

“But what can I do?” Sui Xiong asked. “At present, the territory and the church are going well. If I add new plans there, sothing might go wrong.”

“I ant finding sothing else you like to do,” Javier said. “What do you like to do?”

“Painting, designing, and playing gas,” Sui Xiong said. “Drawing is boring. Well, about design... Over the years, I’ve designed enough, and I even designed the Void City. Now I don’t have any more ideas to design... Maybe build another city?”

“No.” Morani shook his head. “I believe you have the ability to build another city, but do you have enough people to live in it?”

Sui Xiong thought for a mont and shook his head. “No, it would be an empty city. Forget it.”

“So what about gas?” Morani asked.

“This is impossible. I can make a ga, but the players are too few!” Sui Xiong sighed and said, “There are only a few people in the world who have the money and ti to play gas! Even if I launched a new ga, it’d just be to let the old players play a new ga. It’d only be wasting the resources.”

After saying this, Sui Xiong felt tired again.

“You can do sothing else,” Morani said. “When you were at the public trial conference, you said you wanted to promote the concept of fear. Let’s start now.”

Sui Xiong thought for a mont and nodded. “That’s okay, but what should I do and how should I start?”

“It’s up to you. We’re just reminding you that you can do sothing,” Javier said imdiately.

Sui Xiong laughed and thought carefully.

At that ti, though he had said that people’s perception of “fear” should be changed subtly by propaganda, how could he do that? It wasn’t an easy task.

Horror films? Horror gas? To be honest, he thought it over carefully. Horror films and horror gas couldn’t eliminate the negative factors of fear. On the contrary, they could strengthen people’s negative impressions towards the concept of fear.

Before he had travelled in ti, he had heard that there was a person who didn’t dare go to the toilet alone at night after watching horror movies, so this man peed in a bottle.

Of course, that was just one example, but even Sui Xiong, after playing a horror ga, would find everything terrifying for a while.

Why would this happen? Probably because of the unknown. The unknown can beco a fear. For example, darkness and loneliness would reinforce people’s sense of the unknown and make them feel fear.

Sui Xiong wasn’t a rookie who didn’t know anything. He had an initial idea after thinking.

I could make a ga called the “fear experience ga” that allows players to experience danger. For example, what does the darkness feel when it hides ghosts, monsters, and so on? And what’s the difference between that darkness and ordinary darkness? That’s great!

Why are ordinary people afraid of darkness but risk takers are totally not afraid? Because risk takers know the dangerous darkness is no different from ordinary darkness. With enough experience, fear won’t be a threat or pressure, but an effective early warning that can help risk takers avoid danger.

He wanted to make it right now.

“I decided!” he said. “I’m going to make a new ga!”

“What ga?” Javier was a gar, and when he heard the word ga, he was excited.

“I’m going to collect the experiences of ordinary risk takers and learn what they feel when they take risks. In my ga, I’ll let players play as these risk takers and experience their feelings at that ti,” Sui Xiong said. “Really dangerous things and really horrible things are totally different with the so-called ‘fear’ in our peaceti. If we really experienced them, we wouldn’t be afraid of our fears in life, like darkness.”

The other three Gods nodded, and Morani said in surprise, “What a good idea!”

“So what’s the na of the ga?” Javier asked curiously.

Sui Xiong raised his eyebrows, laughed, and then said slowly, “It will be... the Infinite Terror!”