(Luke’s POV, one day ago)
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[ Global Announcent :- Congratulations to player ‘TheBoss’ for achieving the realm of a ‘Master’ fighter and becoming the first player in the ga to achieve the status of a Master.
Player ‘TheBoss’ can now be considered on par with the strongest NPCs within the Empire and has hence beca a key figure for the future of the ga’s main storyline. ]
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Just like everyone else in the ga, Luke too received the notification about ‘TheBoss’ reaching the realm of a master.
“Well…. This guy just keeps on racing ahead on his own. He’s in a league of his own.
I can’t believe I fought toe to toe with this guy at the finals of the Grand Tournant and almost beat him….” Luke muttered looking at the announcent, as he took it as a good hearted joke.
There was no point in him being jealous of ‘TheBoss’, as he never held ambitions about becoming the top player himself.
He was content improving at his own pace and did not really care about the success or failure of others.
However, while he did not think much about the announcent itself, later that day when he received the article about the exposè on ‘TheBoss’ and ‘Leo Skyshard’, was when he started to frown hard.
“What is this nonsense? Why are these people slandering my brother?” Luke questioned, as his first instinct was to dismiss the evidence before him.
‘TheBoss’ and ‘Leo Skyshard’ could never be the sa individuals. He knew his brother, if he were ‘TheBoss’, his brother would have told him long back, however, no matter how much he wanted to dismiss the whole concept as absurd, the evidence against Leo was quite damning.
It was simply impossible for the two of them to always gain the sa number of levels, all the ti and hence for the first ti in his life, Luke started to critically think about all his interactions with Leo so far.
“Well, when the first ti we t at StrongHaven City, he did use daggers as his primary choice of weapon although he’s a rchant…..” Luke muttered to himself, as the doubts started to creep in.
The next clue was about how ‘TheBoss’ never showed up at the first rankers event, but Leo did.
And coincidentally, both Leo and ‘TheBoss’ gained the exact sa number of levels from the rankers event.
“But no one player is allowed to hold two accounts…. That’s simply impossible–” Luke muttered, as he knew that it was against the ga’s rules for players to have two accounts, which made the whole matter even more confusing.
In the end, Luke decided to believe that perhaps ‘TheBoss’ and his brother had a special connection, one that allowed them to share EXP for so reason, because that was the only way one could make sense of this situation.
“Well, I must ask Leo about this today…. It’s been a while since we have had lunch together too, so I’ll surely visit him today” Luke muttered to himself, as he resolved to et Leo at lunch.
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(Present day)
Early morning the next day, he used MP to skip his day’s work and headed over straight to Leo’s apartnt after logging out.
He pressed the bell, and banged on Leo’s door a few tis asking him to open the door, however, there seed to be no response from the other side.
“Huh? It’s too early for him to report to work. Did I sohow miss him?” Luke wondered, as he sat outside Leo’s door and decided to wait there till he finished his morning inspection and returned.
According to Leo’s routine it would only take him an hour to do so, and hence with nothing else to do, Luke simply hung out in the lobby outside Leo’s apartnt, de stressing from his duties as a vice guild master, and thinking about what recipes to cook for lunch.
To his shock however, an hour later, when Leo’s apartnt door opened…. It wasn’t Leo who walked out of the apartnt, but rather three alien elf operators, one of whom appeared to be very strong and powerful.
“Huh?” Luke muttered, surprised, as he did not expect the operators to be personally visiting his brother.
As per Cervantez, the operators were mysterious beings who never needlessly mingled with the passengers, so if they personally ca out to seek Leo, it was definitely a big deal.
“Good Morning Mr.Skyshard–” said the tall, middle aged looking elf, as before Luke could even respond, the three of them simply disappeared as if having teleported.
“How did he know my na?” Like wondered, as he pressed the bell on Leo’s door, feeling curious and worried as to what may have happened.
The more he tried to find out about his brother, the more shocked he beca, as it seed like Leo was hiding more stuff from him than he could even begin to fathom.
*Ring* *Ring*
This ti, with the operators gone, Leo finally answered the door, as there seed to be a big grin on his face when he did.
“Brother–!!” He said happily, as despite all the controversy surrounding him currently on the global forums, Leo himself seed to be in a cheery mood.
“Are you okay Leo? Why were the operators here?” Luke asked, feeling worried about Leo’s safety, however, Leo simply waved him off and invited him in.
“You won’t believe what just happened brother…. I have a lot to tell you, I’m so happy you’re here–” Leo said enthusiastically, as for a mont Luke felt taken aback by his brother’s happiness.
Keeping his doubts to himself, he entered Leo’s apartnt, deciding to give his brother a chance to speak before he popped the questions himself.
There seed to be sothing big going on, and Luke did not want to start doubting his brother, before he had a chance to co clean himself.
“Okay, let’s talk over lunch–” Luke said, as he went straight towards Leo’s fridge, looking for so ingredients to cook lunch with.
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