Lyra was kind to Shen, but not to the others. After she dropped him at the entrance of the village, she nodded at him and left imdiately. The Blizzard Tiger did not even spare a glance at his friends.
Shen waved his hand at the four tigers. The three kittens on Lyra's back returned his wave with their immature roar while trying to copy his movent. Soon Lyra vanished from his line of sight.
"Runner, what was that?" The first one to snap out of his trance was Ming. The guy rushed toward him and held his shoulder. He shook his body, demanding an answer from Shen.
"What are you doing, Ming!?" However, there was an angry voice calling Ming out. That voice belonged to Yue. She rushed over and shoved Ming away from Shen. "Can you see this?" She pointed at Shen's missing arm. Only then the others realized that Shen only had one arm.
Only then Ming realized his hand was cold. That cold was from Shen's left shoulder, which was frozen. Ming's eyes widened in shock after he realized his friend lost his left arm. He did not angry that Yue shoved him away. He imdiately stood up and approached Shen, "What happened to you, Shen?"
Ming was panicking and calling his friend by his real na. Dale, aka Sneaky Banana, also ca over and looked at Shen's missing arm. The curious ZhongL also ca over to see.
"I lost my arm, of course," Shen shrugged his shoulder as if it was nothing important. "Do you know how to regenerate my arm back?"
"Don't you feel any pain?" Yue asked with a concerned tone. She fairly knew about the pain tolerance of this ti. Even though the players could lower the pain tolerance, it still gave a surreal sensation of pain. Just imagine the pain of losing an arm. It could be painful, even with low pain tolerance.
"I am fine. Lyra's freezing breath removed the pain, though it's a bit cold." Shen shook his head, "So what about my arm? Do you know any way to regenerate it back?" Yue was the only one who knew about most of the ga chanics in Tribe Online so, he asked her.
"I don't know." Yue shook her head. This was a rare case. If soone lost their arm, usually they would end up dead. If they died, then they would spawn with a complete arm. "Maybe a potion could regenerate your arm, or maybe a skill No, Magic does not exist in this ga. There will be no skill that can regenerate your arm. A potion is the only choice."
"Who says magic does not exist?" Shen rolled his eyes and extended his right hand forward to the tree that was seven ters away from him. He then cast his newly gained skill, [Frost Spear].
A spear made of ice ford above his right hand, and it shot toward the tree. The spear pierced the tree and froze the tree. He had tried all the skills he gained from the Frost Elental Force, but [Frost Assault (Passive)]. It was a passive skill so he could not try unless he fought monsters.
Once again, Yue, Ming, Dale, and Liu Zhong were shocked to see this. Without a doubt, it was magic, but how? Sky announced that there would be no magic in the ga. The four then looked at him with their eyes opened wide.
Shen grinned at them. "Let's get inside. I will tell you guys about my short adventure in Vales."
ZhenZhen and WealthyGuy were also shocked when they saw Shen's condition. However, they were quite relieved when they knew Shen did not feel any pain from it. Just like that, seven mbers of the hidden village gathered at one table and listened to Shen's story.
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Sky China Branch Headquarter, Director Office
"Bahahahaha" Director Guan Mu Shen let out a burst of laughter as he slamd his desk. It was as if he found sothing funny and could not stop laughing. Of course, it was funny.
The Players kept calling him the Big Noob, The First Noob, and so on. People mocked him from ti to ti, but he was the first one to get the Legendary Class. People bullied him for playing the ga without following the guide and ta. However, he was the first one to find about Magic in Tribe Online.
Did Magic not exist in Tribe Online? No, Magic existed in the ga. A fantasy ga without magic was boring. However, Sky decided to hide magic from the players, and let the players discovered magic by themselves.
There was a reason for this. The reason was so the ga could be a newbie-friendly ga. Sky wanted the people that played the VR Ga for the first to adapt to the ga first before introducing the magic. So the old players and the new players had the sa start later on. It was an attempt, so the new player did not quit the ga if an old player bullied them with magic.
Then his office door was opened as his assistant entered his room. "Sir! This is an ergency. Soone discovered Magic!"
Guan Mu Shen tapped his forehead as he realized sothing. It was Olympus' calculation about how long until the players discovered magic. Olympus predicted that the first player would find about magic in ten months and sixteen days. It was a specific prediction from the most advanced Super Computer.
If Olympus failed with the prediction, Sky would beco the center of attention of the world. The dia could use this to gain attraction for them by saying bad things about Olympus. The shareholders would have their asses on fire because Sky's value could drop.
"There's no need to panic," Guan Mu Sheng stood up and smiled at his assistant, "We will hold another press conference to congratulate Runner to find magic. We can use this to promote Tribe Online to those Magician fanatics."
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Shen had recounted everything he experienced to everyone, about the Blizzard Tiger and the Ice Boa. The video he posted on the forum as well, and how he killed the King of the Guardian Fish.
"Shen, you are missing one detail," Ming dagger-stared at his friend, "What about that magic? You haven't told us how you get the magic!" He demanded Shen tell him how he got the magic. That was the most important information that was not included in the story.
"I am sorry, Ming. But I can't tell you how I get the magic. I have made a promise that I will tell no one about the magic, no one." Shen shook his head. It was not just because of a promise with Lyra. He had another reason to hide how he awakened the Frost Elental Force.
In order to make the Ice Petal concoction, Lyra lost a few years of her life force. If he told them about this, or if other people knew about this. They would hunt Lyra and her tribesn to make that Ice Petal Concoction. He would tell no one, even if these people were his friends.
"The only thing I can tell you is, explore Vales. You might get the answer if you adventure deep into Vales, but I can't tell you guys about how I acquired magic. I am sorry." Shen bowed his head slightly.
"You don't have to be sorry, Shen. You don't have the obligation to tell us how you acquire magic. That's your luck and effort. Don't be sorry!" ZhenZhen was the first one to respond. She emphasized the last part about he did not have to be sorry.
"ZhenZhen is right. You don't have to tell us. You don't have to share everything with us. That's yours, not us," WealthyGuy agreed to ZhenZhen. In the first place, they did not have the right to demand sothing from Shen. They were friends in-ga, not Shen's superior.
Ming also dropped the issue. He felt bad for demanding that, "I am sorry, Shen."
"It's fine, Ming." Shen shook his head and looked at the new face. "So who is this? We have a new face here?" he then looked at Liu Zhong.
"You are Runner, right?" Liu Zhong did not start with an introduction, but a question. He recognized Shen's face imdiately that he was Runner.
"That's my in-ga na," Shen nodded his head. Liu Zhong opened his mouth. He was about to say sothing nasty, but he held back. It was rude to call Shen with First Noob or Big Noob in front of the others.
"I am ZhongL, and yes, I am the new mber. Nice to et you," Liu Zhong started with a polite introduction. They would play together from now on, so they should get along instead.
"Nice to et you." Shen knew what ZhongL wanted to say, but he still smiled. "Have you chosen your class yet?" He did not mind that the others called him Big Noob. He had embraced the title, and it beca his brand now.
"Yes, my class is Exalted Sentinel." Liu Zhong pointed at the knight house.
"Save the chat later." Yue suddenly interrupted them. "We need to find a way to fix your arm, Shen."
"That's indeed a problem, Shen. We should fix your arm, or else it will be hard for you." ZhenZhen looked at the missing arm with a concern as well, "Or you can suicide, Shen? If you die, you will spawn with a complete arm?"
"Nope, Never! I just reached level 22. I will rather lose an arm than drop a level." It took him a lot of effort to level up. He would not kill himself to get his left arm back. On top of that, he could still fight normally, even without his left arm.
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