Chapter 143
[Streaming starts: 0:00:01 – NoName]
[World of Arseria – Multiplayer]
[Broadcast Time - 0:00:01]
[Viewers – 4591]
-Where'd you go!
-That was fucking insane, NoNameㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-There are still quite a few people who haven't figured out what's going onㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-???????
-Legendary legendary legendaryㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-How the hell did you bring Adella hereㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Did you actually hack the game or something?
As expected, half the viewers had gone to meet Adella in person, while the other half still hadn't heard the news.
“For the time being, you'll be able to meet Adella in VR SPACE. She's a child who doesn't know much, so please don't tease her too much or give her a hard time, and don't teach her anything bad.”
[Cleared with Adella / Prize: 2,548,000 won]
[Mission success!]
“Then shall we take our time and enjoy the ending?”
The ending credits I had skipped earlier began rolling again from the beginning.
It was an illustration of the bosses from each chapter being confronted. The scenes I had actually fought in overlapped with it as well, and the visuals were outstanding.
-You cleared this, you cleared this, you cleared thisㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-NoName, you are a legend, nothing but a legend, GOAT
-The return of God!
-Go pro right now, NoName! Your talent is too precious to waste.
-Do you know how long I waited just to see the ending?
-Is there no Easter egg for 10/10/10?
└ If there were, the devs would've lowered the difficulty to let someone clear itㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Seriously, they get really upset when people don't acknowledge how hard they workedㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Could WareSoft actually have been a freaking god-tier company?
[‘rastovoligin’ donated 1,000 won!]
-What on earth are you, anyway?
“I know, right? What am I, anyway? That's a profound question.”
Philosophical questions had no end once you started asking them, so I brushed this one off lightly.
And then came the if story.
There were scenes of Jin Chronicle teaching the Academy students as usual. Despite his somewhat finicky expression, he was surrounded by students bombarding him with questions.
Nocturne Nailink was with her family. She was washing clothes with her mother by a stream while scolding her younger siblings for splashing around in the water.
Callistus, who had risen from a slave to become pope, founded an orphanage and took in countless war orphans,
Adella, who had lived the ordinary life of a thief, formed a mercenary company and made a name for herself as an outstanding adventurer.
They were all stories of people living peacefully in a world where demons did not exist.
Looking at them all together like this, I felt there was a little lingering aftertaste.
[‘Junhee’ donated 1,000 won!]
-Don't tell me the stream title means... we're playing multiplayer today too?
“Why do you think I turned the stream back on? So many people came to see me instead of Adella over there.”
-Kya
-Kya
-As expected of NoName
-Wow, we're finally getting to see the combat powerㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-So a 10/10/10 clear really is possible
-Get rid of all the managers who went to see Adella
└ Where'd manager number 5 goㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I'm shaking just watching thisㄷㄷ
-This is probably today's highlightㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Challenger is definitely possible, right?
-She's even a priest, supposedly the rarest healer class;; If she grinds enough matches, first place is guaranteedㅇㅇ
“I'll just play one game. I've been streaming for a really long time today.”
[World of Arseria – Nightmare]
[-WareSoft-]
[-END-]
[Generating character.]
[Calculating combat power.]
WoA's combat power mostly rises in proportion to final stats.
I heard clear time had almost no effect, and that there was a small bonus for a higher subquest completion rate, but it wasn't particularly important.
Still, considering how many enemies I had beaten to death and how many soldiers' heads I'd crushed, it had to be at least six digits.
-Did... did it come out?
-Not yet.
-Drumroll...
-Is it for real that NoName's expression hasn't changed even once from beginning to end?
└ She'd probably be good at horror games.
-The Massacre Paladin had 8/6/7, which came out to almost exactly 100,000.
-Pros mostly use 7/7/7 on super accounts, but even then it's still around 100,000.
-The overseas number one probably broke 110,000.
-It's coming, it's coming!
[Calculating Nightmare options.]
[Magic (★×10): Total spell power increases by 30%.]
[Exploration (★×10): Total HP increases by 40%.]
[Infamy (★×10): Total mana increases by 50%.]
[Measurement complete.]
[NoName – Priest]
[Combat Power: 134,835]
-Wow!!!!!!!!
-130kㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Isn't that fucking insaneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Isn't that a little low? It should be 150k.
└ The world record is 110k, so 130k is just insane.
-That's ten times the combat power of the Bronze playersㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Huh, you're rightㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even if they grow at the same rate, after ten minutes she becomes two or three times strongerㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ She's a disaster all on her ownㅋㅋㅋ
-She probably ended up a little weaker from splitting XP with Adella. What a shame.
└ Is the difference between party members that big?
└ If she'd cleared it alone from the beginning, she might've hit 140k?
-Let's play a normal game already. I really want to see this.
-That account has become Exodia. Once she hits max level, it's an auto-winㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Does the opponent just have to lose if they can't stop NoName?ㅋㅋㅋ
-Let's go, let's go~
[Traits: Twilight Doppelganger, Mirage Strike, Govern the State, Pacify the World]
Even the trait granted for defeating each of Nocturne's dolls.
[Twilight Doppelganger: When HP falls below 15%, creates a clone for 10 seconds.]
[Mirage Strike: Successful parries deal additional damage proportional to spell power.]
[Govern the State, Pacify the World: Each successive hit deals an additional 3% damage.]
-The traits are fucking broken too.
-Other than Twilight Doppelganger, not particularly useful for a healer?
-They are all Legendary rank, though.
-Govern the State, Pacify the World is a seriously broken trait for warrior-type classesㅇㅇ
└ For real, the coefficient is tiny, but after taking five or more hits, it just breaks your backㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Can't resist an infinite comboㅋㅋㅋ
└ Three hits just break even, but five or more is a straight-up disaster.
[‘Hawaiian Pizza’ donated 1,000 won!]
-If you're a NoName addict impatient because the host isn't queueing multiplayer, give this a huge upvoteㅋㅋㅋ
-Upvoting like crazyㅋㅋㅋ
-Do you believe? We believe!
-Demon King, please kill all the humans for us!!!
-My balls are shakingㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
“I don't know the rules well enough yet to tell whether I'll just be a burden to my team in multiplayer.”
[Searching for a match – Normal]
-It's fine, just beat up everything you see.
-For realㅋㅋㅋ
-For realㅋㅋㅋ
-It's easy. Kill everything, capture everything, smash everything, and you're done.
-No-brain gameplayㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is what a normal game isㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I want to try that account too.
-How fun must games be for NoName?
-Aren't you going to stream-snipe?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-It'd be disappointing without stream sniping, for realㅋㅋㅋ
-With a newbie MMR, she'll probably only get matched with beginners.
[Game found – Accept]
Smashing everything is kind of my specialty, too.
With a little excitement, I entrusted my body to the cloud of light.
* * *
A first game could be considered a symbolic day in a person's life.
If they hadn't started that game when they were young, or if they hadn't achieved a thrilling victory in it, and so on.
Some people regret not playing games sooner, while others regret starting them too early.
But because no one could predict how their lives would unfold from then on, the six players set out for the Arseria Forest with eager hearts.
“Wow!”
The woman holding a bow let out a cheer after catching the earthy scent unique to a dense forest.
“Wow, so this is the Arseria Forest. It's my first time seeing it in-game.”
The man holding a zweihander propped his sword awkwardly against a tree and voiced his admiration as well.
“I guess this is everyone's first game, just like ours? I mean, everyone's proficiency is at 0.”
“That's right. They sure made one hell of a game, didn't they, big bro?”
From the hulking shield knight wearing full plate armor from the start to the dual-wielding rogue with a rapier and main-gauche, who seemed to be acquainted with him in real life as well, all their speech patterns unmistakably belonged to middle-aged men.
“What a racket, and the game hasn't even started.”
The fire mage boy looked displeased as he pitied those who hadn't adapted to the virtual reality system. But he too couldn't control his pounding heart, since this was his first multiplayer game.
“...”
The five could do nothing but stare blankly at the woman summoned last.
An otherworldly beauty, far beyond what any human could possess, stood before them.
Her delicate features, sturdy figure, and long, slender limbs made her look as though she had been modeled directly after Arseria's forest guardian from the story.
“Goodness... Missy, that skin is killer, huh?”
“Big bro, I'll tell you again, this is virtual reality. She could be a man, you know?”
“Oh, right. I almost started drooling.”
The boy deliberately turned his head away to avoid looking at the woman's avatar, while the archer and knight, who had taken an interest, approached and asked her.
“Wow, your skin is gorgeous! Is this your first game too?”
“All six of us are first-timers. Let's do our best together!”
“Yes, let's.”
“You're a healer... right? I mistook you for a rogue for a second because you have a sword at your waist.”
Only after looking at the class written beside her nickname did the knight realize that the woman was a priest.
“Yes. I'm a priest. The Schiavona is my secondary weapon.”
“Oh, so that sword's called a schiavona. I should try leveling one of those next time.”
“Are you guys not going to queue up already? The game starts in thirty seconds.”
As they were already forming little cliques in pairs and threes, the robed boy waved a finger at them to shut them down.
“Heehee, I'm so nervous! I wonder what kind of people our opponents will be?”
The woman's expectant mutter,
“What the fuck is this...”
But the boy's curse immediately afterward made the atmosphere turn on a dime.
“Kids these days have such foul mouths.”
“Indeed. They're at that scary age.”
“Why are all our opponents Plat Diamond?!”
The hand gripping the staff began to tremble violently.
“Does this make any sense?”
Balance was important in a 6v6 game. Even in a normal game, there should have been some reasonable limit.
The knight came up beside him and asked,
“Why? Are our opponents all really good?”
“Look! Every one of their class proficiency levels is over 100! Their ranks range from Plat 3 to Diamond 4!”
“Plat and Diamond sound like really good players. Why did we get matched against them?”
“How should I know? Why are all the monsters gathered over there?!”
The boy gnawed his fingernails. He was intensely competitive.
Since this was his first game, just how much preparation had he done, and how many V-Tube strategy videos had he watched?
He didn't know how long the enemies had been playing, but they must all have logged at least 1,000 hours.
The enemy characters averaged around 50,000 combat power. Meanwhile, the allies were hovering around 15,000.
To put it extremely, this was a gap that could easily grow to more than threefold after thirty minutes of gameplay.
The fire mage boy had at least used a guide to raise his combat power to 20,000, but that was still only Silver level.
Tap-
“Ah... sorry. Let's do our best.”
The blond woman was heading toward the entrance when she lightly bumped into the boy.
At that moment, the boy flinched at the pressure he felt from beside him.
The boy froze at the beauty's dry apology for bumping his shoulder.
‘No way.’
The boy's arm rose, trembling. After barely managing to point a finger at her, he had to doubt his own eyes at the interface that appeared.
[Allied Information Shared: NoName]
[Class: Priest]
[Proficiency: lv.0 (0/100)]
[Rank: unranked]
[Combat Power: 1,300]
[Potential Combat Power: 134,835]
The true monster had been lurking on the allied side.
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