—– ｂ𝚍𝚘𝚟ｌ.ｎｔ
Although it was already quite late at night in half the world, the player base of Brand-New Life Online was in another clamor. It hasn’t even been a year since Planta had dealt 10% of damage to the World Boss, a % of damage nobody had ever dealt before to the World Boss, and out of nowhere, a new message appeared in front of every player and above every big city with the most concentration of players…
[Player Planta] has completed a [World’s Chapter] of the [Chronicles of the World, Volume 3], [Chapter 7: The Fairy Queen’s Regrets]!]
[The World rapidly advances; the threat of the Dark Demon King of Miasma is slowly reseeding!]
[Player Planta] has dealt direct damage to the Dark Demon King of Miasma!]
[The Dark Demon King of Miasma has lost 20% of its total HP!]
[The Dark Demon King screams in agony!]
[A new [World’s Chapter] has begun!]
Shock! Awe! Insanity!
Most players were surprised, they had never expected the famous and anonymous Planta, who had even yet to step into the Beginner’s City where every player has gone to suddenly deal once more an enormous quantity of damage to a World Boss, a monster of incredible power that not even Level 200 and above Players could fathom to deal so much damage.
The highest damage ever registered done to the Third World Boss was from the Top Ranker, someone that had only dealt 5.7% Damage to the World Boss, a very hard-working Player named [Black Haze] who has mastered incredible magic and has one of the best equipment ever made in the game, but even he… even he was overpowered by this charismatic, adorable, and beautiful mother!
“W-What the fuck is this?”
“Is this another out of season April Fool’s Joke?!”
“How come this newbie is dealing damage to the World Boss?”
“Wow, that’s Planta, right?”
“Amazing…”
“How did she even do that?!”
“Can someone contact this woman??”
“No, she’s way too reclusive!”
Players inside the biggest towns of the world inside the game were all talking with one another, commenting about what had been happening lately. Some speculated Planta was even a GM (Gam Master), a game developer that was just messing around with the players or something.
However, the game developers themselves had already declared in social media that they not be involved in this, and that Player Planta was also playing fairly by merely completing the quests, which they had insisted was one of the best ways to actually deal damage to the World Boss.
Suddenly, an uproar in social media once more happened, as the greatest VR Game in all the world had most of its players clamoring over the Player Planta for having already dealt 30% of total damage to the World Boss, who was now down to less than 60% of his total Health Bar.
Although the Developers often choose to be secretive, they ended having to comment about what had happened in social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other pages, especially their own Game Forum.
“We are well aware of all the Player complains about this, but we will not change how things had been designed. World Bosses had been designed as special enemies that Players have to defeat together. Always going for the most direct approach won’t be the quickest way to defeat them. The game world has special quests that can help the world advance forward, by working together and exploring the vast world we have designed, we hope that players can both have fun and find these special quests, which will help them defeat the World Boss. Bountiful rewards are awaiting those that do, of course. So please, be more incentive to work yourselves instead of merely smacking the world boss and getting one shot killed.”
It was incredible, their response was incredibly rude at the end! It was as if the developers felt they were so high and mighty they didn’t even had to please their player base. But the players clamored even more angrily, some complained that this wasn’t the game that they sold to them. Countless of comments flooded the game developer’s social media…
However, at the end, these people were merely the vocal minority, at the end, there was a large group of players that won’t drop the amazing game they love just because of its mechanics. They were enjoying the game themselves, and even the strongest players out there smiled defiantly at Planta’s amazing achievements.
“Black Haze! Hey! Did you see the news?!”
A knight clad in red armor ran towards a tall man wearing black robes while holding a black scythe. The man was as pale as candlewax, and had long and spiky white hair, and sharp red eyes, alongside long fangs. Black Haze’s Race was a Vampire.
“Yes, I did, Scarlet, don’t annoy me so much about it.”
“Aren’t you angered though? Why is this bitch just beating the boss while we are working our asses here?!”
“Well, isn’t it interesting though?”
“What?”
Black Haze walked over a cliff, looking into the barren land in front of him, a gigantic black monster was groaning in agony as it felt the damage dealt to him. Several players had set up a camp in this cliff, a [Safe Zone] designed by the game developers. All of these players were at least Level 180 and above.
“It seems that this game wasn’t as boring as I thought. Let’s go back to square one then. I think I need to rethink how I’ve been playing so far.”
Black Haze, the Number 1 Player in the game, smiled defiantly, thinking about Planta and how this curious player had changed his perspective of everything.
“What?! Are you serious?” Scarlet cried; the knight clad in red armor began chasing down the Vampire man as he walked away from the World Boss. “Oi! Black Haze! Are you serous right now dude?!”
“Yeah, whoever wants to stick with me, come. Whoever doesn’t, just stay here and keep hitting that dummy. I am tired. I’ll go look for these “World Quests” that the developers talk about so much… I want some new experiences.” Black Haze quickly teleported away using an expensive item, a [Teleportation Stone] and disappeared.
The rest of the players, who were all part of his prestigious Guild, [Blood Roses] were left flabbergasted by their competitive leader’s change of heart…
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