Chapter 35: Knightly King of Writing Utensils
Now, if you want to introduce my dear friend and sh*tty ga buddy Pencil Warrior to you, we need to talk about a certain other sh*tty ga that I cannot erase from my mory no matter how much I try.
That sh*tty ga is called “United Rounds” and in a nutshell it was a ga where you play as knights and repel waves of monsters that are trying to invade the already decaying kingdom…… It was a VRMMO. But, like almost every other ga in my collection, it was a sh*tty ga.
The first and foremost of its many flaws was of course the abysmal drop rate of items. But it was like, REALLY abysmal.
For example, as a novice knight you may receive the “dicine Procurent” fetch quest. The item in question is in possession of the Boss monster that is located inside the forest near your starting location. Now, what would a typical noob think with a quest like that? That it is a tutorial quest and that it will be nice, quick and easy? Congrats, you’ve officially stepped into a grueling task that is at least twelve hours farming for one stupid item.
Be that as it may, the ga was very faithful to its genre and setting. In other words, everything that was going to be broken, was indeed broken beyond repair…… You don’t believe ? Fine then. Take the “Stone”, an item that is so common in every ga that you could practically get tired of seeing it. Here, in this ga, it had a magnificently “high” drop of forty percent, which ans that so unlucky players have never even seen the darn thing! As for those who DID manage to obtain it……
「This stone is useless even as a throwing weapon……」
While using it, you’d have to unequip every other item or weapon you were holding. Why? Because the stone could “accidentally” hit your other equipnt. And guess what? Your initial equipnt would break apart if it was hit by the stone three tis!! How fucked up is that!?
By the way, the drop of dicinal herbs or even simple weeds was about a stunning two percent, so good luck with creating potions of any kind.
What about the plot of this ga? As one might expect, it was as generic as it can possibly be done, so many tis by so many different titles.
As the world slowly approaches the end of the century, violence, looting and cri begin to spread, and it was your job to restore the proper order. Honestly, that was the most sh*tty elent of this ga. There were many famous outlaws and monsters here, but to make that a main plotline? Give a break. This could have worked in any other title that was single player, but not in MMO.
However, even the tips and tricks page on the ga’s website stated that it is far easier to obtain the desired materials via looting the shopkeepers or stealing away from other players. But the fact that the kingdom in the middle of the apocalypse wasn’t exactly the most business-thriving place wasn’t helping…… and as the developer itself stated at so point, there was no intention of fixing these abysmal drop rates whatsoever. And they were never fixed, as a matter of fact.
It was small wonder that the PVP beca such a strong and crucial elent of this ga, and this as a consequence earned it pretty low ratings on various review sites. Argunt for low ratings being that PVP was forced and unnecessary, killing the social aspects of the ga and cornering players into doubting and not trusting one another. Surprise attacks, kidnappings, mass lootings, monster trains and many other despicable acts beca an everyday occurrence in this ga.
As a result “United Rounds” or “The End of the Century Round Table” established a certain niche for itself and continued to be enjoyed by a certain group of players up till this day……
Now, going back to the Pencil Warrior. Just like many other people, he was a new Outlaw that was attracted to this ga because of its “unique” premise.
I’m not going to get into too much detail here, but suffice it to say that Pencil Warrior sohow managed to raise up as one of the strongest people in the entire ga, at one point even bringing the whole kingdom to its knees together with a group of his followers and making it his own domain. His motto: “Let’s share the wealth and drop items together! It’s the birth of a bright new era, even brighter than fresh blood!”
At that ti it was such a bullsh*t situation one could even question how such a thing was even allowed in the first place?
But you had to hand it to him, he knew what he was doing. He exploited the players not directly under his rule, causing them to create resistance groups and rebel against him, thus creating sothing of a “mini-event” which held the players hooked and willing to stay with the ga for a long ti.
At the peak of his power, it was no exaggeration to say that the whole ga was in the hands of this one player. He was a great conqueror, one to whom even the Roman emperors couldn’t compare. He even earned such nicknas for himself as “The Mastermind”, “The Devilish Scher”, and “The True Demon Lord”. It was quite an achievent to pull off.
As for …… At that ti I was known as the Katsu Tataki, and together with Modorokatsu we were hired by the resistance as rcenaries in order to assault Pencil Warrior’s stronghold. Although the fortress was ridden with traps and strong enemies, we eventually managed to reach the throne room and put Pencil Warrior down (although it was a two-vs-one type of fight), thus bringing the curtain down upon his era of rule over the “United Rounds”…… and that was the legend of Arthur Pencilgton who was standing right before .
「That na brings about so many bad mories……」
「Fufufu, I was brought over here all the way from Fiftsia without really knowing what was going on, but now I’m actually glad that I did.」
Pencil Warrior…… No, it was Arthur Pencilgton right now, seed to be overjoyed while playing around with his one-handed sword, which looked to be a really powerful weapon. I could sense that Emul was on edge, but was this situation really going to turn into a PK attempt?
Also, if Emul’s disguise was slowly going to dissolve like that, maybe it would be best for him to actually go and hide sowhere, so that he wouldn’t attract any attention.
「That being said, being here is more of a personal reason.」
「Hee?」
「The sa thing goes for Katsu as well, but you really played for a fool that one ti.」
Yeah, go figure. If you’d say that you, a high-level player, ca all the way here for any other reason, I would surely think you must be jesting.
「Just so you know, I am the number two in “Ashura-kai”.」
「Number two in “Ashura-kai”…… No way! Are you perhaps the “Giant Slayer Pencilgton!?”」
There was a few seconds of silence between us, brought to a stop by Animalia’s shocked voice.
「Giant Slayer!?」
「You see, if your goal is to beco the number one player in the ga, you might as well choose an appropriate title for yourself. But nowadays it’s hard to have any fun killing other players with all of those PK penalties and stuff…… but there are other ways to carve a na for yourself in this ga, that’s for sure.」
「Rather than being called a “Giant Slayer” it would suit you much more to be called the “Emperor of Dystopia”!」
「You said it.」
「「Ahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!」」
Both Animalia and Emul were staring at us with complicated expressions, probably unable to understand how could we laugh like that at one another. You see, we might beco enemies in a mont, but that doesn’t change the fact that we are also friends.
「That’s the part of you that I like so much! Now have at you!」
「You utter fool! I knew you would try sothing like that!」
Pencil Warrior and I usually play gas in a hostile or rivalry relationship like that, so this event wasn’t in fact anything new. He threw a throwing knife at and I managed to avoid it with ease.
Now then, just how am I going to handle that newborn situation?
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