- Nathan POV -
'Why did I accept this invitation just today...? ' I thought as I looked at Whisper and saw people posting screenshots of the new cards they were getting in Runestone at the event that started today.
In the week that the group took off after our fat harvest on Monday, I spent my days entirely playing Runestone.
From the Monday after I got back from the dungeon until yesterday, Friday, the only thing I did apart from eat and sleep was play.
Yesterday my team leader sent a ssage to everyone inviting us to have lunch together at a restaurant she knew.
As I had nothing to do and could play Runestone when I got ho, I didn't see a problem with it and accepted the invitation.
The rest of the group also accepted the invitation to co along, but while I looked like a crackhead with withdrawal from the ga after seeing FrostHaven Entertainnt's publication on Whisper, my companions looked like normal people.
'Jeez, I thought nothing interesting was going to happen in the ga today, I was just going to play as normal and maybe even reach the Diamond Rank when I got ho... who knew that just today that I decided to leave ho the ga would launch an event?!' I thought in frustration.
“So when my dad saw the money in my account, the first thing he did was hand the electricity bill to pay...” One of my companions said in frustration, making the rest of the group laugh at his story.
So that I wouldn't look weird, I laughed lightly too, but my mind was still in the ga...
Being as perceptive as she was, the captain noticed sothing strange about right from the start.
I even tried to cover it up, but apparently my laughter was all it took for her to ask curiously.
“Nathan, did sothing happen? You've seed nervous ever since you received a ssage... if you need any help, you can count on us.” She said gently.
That's why she beca our captain.
Being as perceptive and kind as everyone else in the group, no one objected to letting her lead us through the dungeons, as she always took everyone's point of view, not letting anyone get ahead of themselves or have an advantage over soone else.
“It's nothing...” I explained, not wanting to worry anyone. “Nothing bad happened, don't worry.”
But hearing my explanation only made them more worried or curious.
“Really? You seem worried about sothing, Nathan, even if you don't want to tell us, know that if you need anything you can count on us, okay?” She reaffird with the sa gentle smile.
Seeing her so worried like that made feel bad, I didn't want her to worry about for nothing, but I also felt ashad to be like that just because of a ga.
The problem was that I was too excited to try and use the new cards that had been released in the ga...
Deciding that honesty was the best option, I explained.
“It's true that nothing bad has happened, in fact what's happening is sothing good, and I'm so excited to try it out that I can't get it out of my mind.” I admitted.
Hearing that it was sothing good that was happening, their concern changed to curiosity.
“What could be so good that you're acting like this? Are you going to change bikes?” One of the companions laughed, prompting laughter from the others.
Everyone knows how much I like motorcycles, so it's understandable that they think that might be it.
Laughing, I shook my head in denial and continued to explain. “This week that we took off I found a really fun ga. Sohow the Ga Creator made an evolved poker ga that's a lot of fun to play and uses False Neurological Feedback to enhance your body as you play, just like those high-ranking gas.”
Listening to my explanation, everyone was shocked.
“So you spent the whole week off training? Gee Nathan, I'm surprised at you!”
“And you're acting like this because you want to go ho and train even more?! What kind of dedication is that? Why haven't you told us about such a good ga so far? If there's a fun ga to get stronger, I'd love to play it.” The captain said gently, acting as if she was hurt.
Hearing that, I quickly denied it. “The ga's improvent isn't that great, after all the ga is only F Rank, I started playing it just for fun, but I'm playing this ga so much that it's having the sa effect as playing E Rank gas on my training... That's why I didn't tell you before.”
This made them doubt. “If you're getting the sa result as training in E Rank gas while playing an F Rank ga... are you playing it for more than 14 hours a day?”
“I'm playing 16 hours a day to be precise...” I said embarrassed.
This surprised everyone.
“If you've been playing this ga for so long, even I'm curious to try it out, why don't you send us the link?” She suggested.
Another mber comnted. “Yes, I also want to see what this ga looks like now.”
Soone else also said. “ too, I wish I had the will to play for 16 hours a day... just having to train my daily quota of 6 hours exhausts ...”
Seeing their curiosity, I nodded and sent the link to everyone on my cell phone. “This is the ga, I'm going to send you my friend invitation code, when the ga asks if you have a code, please enter my code, it will reward for inviting you.”
Hearing that the ga had such unique chanics piqued their interest even more.
From that point on, the eting revolved around the ga, with them looking at their cell phones to see videos of the ga, images of it, while I explained what I knew and gave them tips for when they were going to play.
Having understood how the ga worked, everyone was so curious to try it out that we soon said goodbye and went ho.
I sped up my bike like never before, parking it in the garage of my apartnt and rushing ho.
When I finally got ho I opened my safe and took out my Player Core, and imdiately connected to the Runestone.
As soon as my consciousness was in the in-ga tavern, I looked around and saw that there really was a quest board for the ga!
[Destroy 50 enemy creatures - Reward: 15 Points]
[Deal 150 damage to your opponent - Reward: 20 Points].
[Use a total of...]
Each mission was related to sothing that could be done during a ga, which gave the ga an objective beyond defeating the opponent, making even more excited to play.
Looking below the missions, there was a progress line showing the rewards I could redeem with the points.
If it had been when I had just started playing, I might still have been a little confused about how this worked, but seeing how similar this progress line was to how the rewards for inviting friends worked, it was easy to understand.
'So I just need to play to get points, or complete missions to get even more points and then these points will accumulate and grant these cards...' I thought as I looked at the board.
Unfortunately, the cards I could receive as rewards were dark with a “?” icon in front of them, indicating that I couldn't know which card I'd get until I actually won it, but I rembered so cards I'd seen in Whisper and knew more or less what the first cards I'd receive would be.
Seeing these cards I realized a problem: 'Boy, are the players in the Ranked Matches already using the new cards! I can't fall behind, I have to get these cards too so I don't get weaker than them and fall down the rankings!'
With that in mind, I quickly went to the table with the ga board and set the ga to search for a Ranked Match.
This ti I didn't even have to wait for the ga to find an opponent for a few seconds, as it usually did, because the ga found an opponent instantly!
'Wow, it found an opponent so quickly, could it be that so many people are playing like this? ' I thought curiously.
I didn't even look at the number of players in the ga before I joined, making curious.
When the ga started, everything was going as normal, until my opponent used a card I'd never seen before!
The drawing on the card was of an adventurer wearing an enchanted cloak, holding a magical compass that glowed in his hand, walking through ancient ruins surrounded by luminescent crystals.
'What beautiful art! ' I thought excitedly, shifting my gaze to the card's effect with curiosity.
[Na: Magical Explorer
Type: Creature
Cost: 3 Mana
Attack: 2
Life: 4
Rarity: Rare
Ability:
Entrance Effect: Discover a spell card from your deck and reduce its cost by 1 Mana.
Description Flavor:
“For true explorers, every ruin contains secrets that magic longs to reveal."]
Reading the card's description I was surprised!
'With a card like this, Players who play Mages can use advanced spells one round ahead of schedule... and if I'm not mistaken this card is only the first reward of the event, what will the last reward cards be like?!!' I thought excitedly.
Seeing that my opponent in Ranked already had a card from the event and that he got an advantage by using it made even more excited to play and get all the cards to have an advantage like that too!
At this point, the number of Online Players in the Runestone was skyrocketing, causing a certain Ga Creator to crack a huge smile and another to begin to despair with rage.
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