As soon as he managed to kill the Battle Orc, the adventurer who had the screen name of Blood shocked all the rankers, as well as all the social media platforms. It was the first time happened in the history of Ranker's World Online, so it was natural for them to be shocked.
When the rankers first saw the article, they initially assumed it was simple clickbait because this kind of scam is common, especially in the online world. By doing this, they can increase audience engagement, which will result in more income. However, after watching a video clip, their opinions were quickly modified.
Even though the video was only 15 seconds long, it was sufficient to demonstrate how the Battle Orc was entirely eliminated by the unnamed ranker. Additionally, the system informed every ranker when the first ever ranker completed the F-rank dungeon with a difficulty of +D, verifying the accuracy of the information.
Why is it possible?
Huh?! Why was the body of the Battle Orc covered with knives? Don't tell me; he already had that skill. For his present level, what?
a novice? It does imply that the ranker is at least level 10 or possibly even lower.
Who in the world is he? Anybody in this room familiar with this ranker?
The scout and even the other Guilds were interested in these because they constituted the majority of remarks that were visible across all social media channels.
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On the next day.
Yes, Ling was quite late for his part-time job yesterday, but he still managed to attend his class at Hunei University.
He yawned widely even though there was a professor lecturing them a new lesson in from of them.
'I'm sleepy and tired, I have to rest a little after this class.' He said in a weak tone, feeling the tears slowly forming in the corner of his eyes. Plus, today's weather was too relaxing and the professor's voice was slow and sweet at the same time, which made him more sleepy. 'I can't hold it anymore..."
And all of a sudden, someone moved his chair and tugged the tip of Ling's uniform. Of course, it was Hary, the only man who can approach him without discriminating.
"Are you good, Ling? This is the first time I saw you uninterested in the discussion." He murmured.
"I'm good, Hary. Don't worry about me, I'm just tired and sleepy because of what happened yesterday." Ling responded and smiled.
The frown on Hary's face was getting deeper, then moved again his chair way closer to him. "Did you overwork again? I have already told you that you should quit to your part-time job. In exchange, I'm willing to pay the amount of money you earned in the entire month. I can double or triple the price if you want." He suggested in a polite tone.
Well, Ling understood why Hary said that. Yet, he was not the type of man who used to be in debt or rely on others.
"Thank you so much, Hary. But I don't like to be pitied because of my current status. As you can see, I'm doing everything that I could do to change my way of living, please respect that." Ling said in a deep with a serious expression on his face.
It surprised him, but at the same time, realized that he went too far. 'He's the real deal. He didn't see me as a walking ATM machine.' He said to his mind, then narrowly bowed his head, "I apologize for my rude behavior, Ling! I will make sure it won't happen again."
"W-What are you doing? You don't have to bow your head at me. Plus, I'm not mad, I'm just explaining myself."
"If that's the case, I think we should play basketball after the class since coach Den would like to have a chat with you." He paused for a second and gradually kneaded his chin. "It seems he is really interested in you."
"Pass... I'm going to use my free time to sleep."
"Oh, come on... Please play with me, I would like to see that dunk again--!"
And all of a sudden, Hary stopped talking after someone threw the board eraser. "Hey, you two!! What do you think you are doing?! If you don't want to listen to my class, the door is open both of you can go out."
"Hehe~ we apologized, Miss Edna! We will make sure it won't happen again." They said at once while the other students were laughing at them.
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It was noon, they already finished the three subjects. Ling took out the lunch box and Hary did the same thing which made him surprised.
"Oh, Hary! When do you learn to bring a lunch box? You used to buy expensive food in the cafeteria, isn't it?"
Ling asked him while inevitably hearing the conversation of his classmates talking about the game.
Do you know who is he?
I think he's a professional player since he can't make those moves if not.
Nah! I think that ranker is lucky. Also, you do not see that the monster is stupid? It didn't make any move to counter-attack.
His ears were filled with their conversation and the main reason why he can't hear Hary's response.
Click! Click!
Hary was clicking his fingers closer to Ling's face. "Hey, are you spacing out?"
Ling narrowly flinched as his senses went back to their original state. "N-No, I'm not. What did you say again? Why do you now bring a lunch box?"
"Hahaha! What a stupid question! Of course, I'm a student all the students had their own lunch box, do you even know that?" Hary opened his lunch box and started to eat as well as Ling.
"Whatever..."
Hary had a malicious smile on his face after seeing Ling was listening to their classmates' conversations. "By any chance, are you eavesdropping on our classmates. I never expect that you are a quite gossip, huh?"
"Ehh! Even a deaf person could able to hear them because they are too loud!" Ling responded in a high tone which made his classmates stare at him a bit and got back again to their conversation.
"Calm down a bit, Ling. I'm just joking around, hahaha!" Hary was waving his hands in unison before adding these words. "Since you are now playing the Ranker's World Online. I know that you are also curious about him."
"Curious from who? I didn't have any idea what are you talking about." He replied in a perplexed tone.
"Don't tell me that you haven't seen that ranker? Did you not open your phone yesterday or even watch some news." Hary asked him, then informed him something. "If you are curious check your phone. I'm busy here eating my delicious food."
Yesterday, after he log out from the game. He immediately rushed to the store and forgot his phone. Also, there was no television in the place he was working since most of the people were using their smartphones.
To have an idea of what his classmates were talking about, he took his phone out of his bag. He opened it and went into one of the social media platforms he used which was Faxbook.
[Blood a new solo ranker!]
"We have the same nickname what a coincidence." He uttered to his mind and thought there were a million players in this game so it was natural to have the same alias.
No matter how many times he scrolled, the same stories he saw. At this point, he clicked the video clip that had the title of [This is how the novice killed the battle Orc!]
As soon as the video played, his eyes widened and the phone fell to the ground that scattered into pieces. "Blood? Battle orc? Don't tell me they are talking about me?"