"Huff huff. Thank God I ran far enough…", The middle-aged man said as he wiped the sweat drops that formed on his forehead.
"What kind of shitty game is this!?" He said angrily.
He then transferred the video he recorded to his PC directly – sending it to his mail. He then stood there and rewatched it.
Soon, he exited the game and removed the VR set, heading towards the PC to download the video.
About ten minutes later, he had finished doing the necessary editing to the video and then uploaded it to the TLOWTube, with the title: 'Goblin - A legendary creature or just a bug of the game?'
After uploading the video he made a cup of coffee for himself and then peacefully started to take sips from it. Little did he know that he had made the whole game community go crazy. He never expected his video to go viral!
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[COMMENTS:]
[VideoXgamer: What the hell did I watch!?]
[Ganelover123: I think it's a bug.]
[GOAT: Me too.]
[GOAT2: Me three!]
[Goat3: Me four…]
[Swords1woman: I think it's a legendary creature… lol, jk.]
[Wing36: Be delusional!]
[Karot: Someone who doesn't read the entire comment be like: Wing36]
[Wing 36: @Karot Shut your trap!]
[Karot: Make me. HAHAHA!]
[Wi…]
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On the other hand, Rei had no idea that these all were going.
He did initially chase the old man, however, when the old man turned into pixels and escaped, he had no other choice but to get back inside the cave.
He waited for the fire to completely burn out and as he stood there, a blue screen suddenly popped up.
*Ding*
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[Someone in the True Human World has talked about you.]
[Introducing 'Fame'.]
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*Ding*
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[Your fame has increased by 1.]
[Fame: 1]
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[Quest:]
[Let 100,000 people know about your existence.]
[Rewards: +10 strength points, +10 speed points, +10 defense points, +10 stamina points, +10 stat points.]
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"What the hell is this?"
-"Haha, looks like you can become stronger by becoming popular too…"- Lucas said, intrigued by what was happening.
"What!? There was such a thing!", Rei was utterly baffled after hearing this.
-"Of course!"-
And so Lucas started to explain about the popularity quests.
With the help of popularity quests, a person could gain many rewards.
There were many ways to be popular in the game. One of them was live streaming. With this method, a player could stream their battles with the monsters or methods to clear a dungeon.
"Is there any other way?", Rei asked, wondering about other methods to get fame, but Lucas understood his question wrong.
-"Well, yeah. You can get stronger by completing missions."-
"…", Rei merely stared at the orb when Lucas said this.
-"Click on the 'mission' in the status screen."- Listening to what Lucas said Rei went to the status screen and searched mission.
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[Daily Mission]
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[Conquerer missions:] (Profession-related missions)
[…]
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[Active missions]
[…]
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There were tons of missions in the active mission and conquerer mission sections.
Rei scrolled a bit only to find a mission picking his interest.
[Mission:]
[Kill any monster with the help of a trap.]
[Reward: A normal grade item.]
"Interesting…", Rei tapped his chin as he said this.
-"Well, you should be able to kill a weak monster with the help of a bear trap or something similar."-
"Bear trap?"
-"Yes, bear trap. They sell it in the shop."- And then Lucas explained to Rei about a bear trap.
"So where can I find these bear traps?", Rei wasn't aware of these bear traps – the modern ones. After listening to Lucas' explanation, he understood that they would be quite handy.
-"You can buy them in the shop."-
Rei's jaw dropped as he looked at the blue screen.
He rubbed his eyes and then once again looked at the blue screen, making sure that what he saw wasn't just his imagination.
Why was he shocked? – because of the price.
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[Status]
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[Shop]
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[Traps]
[Bear trap: Grade B - 500 gold coins.]
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"What the hell is this?" Rei exclaimed loudly as he once again rechecked.
He then turned his head and then looked at the blue flaming ball.
"What the hell is this!?" He repeated himself as he pointed at the blue screen.
-"Status screen."- Lucas said in a carefree manner due to which veins popped up on Rei's forehead.
"I can see that too!", he said, bringing a forced smile to his face.
-"Then why did you ask? What a waste of time. Sigh…"- Lucas said as he sighed which made Rei angrier.
But he then calmed himself down and then looked at Lucas.
"I am saying about the price. Why the hell is the price so high!?", Rei asked, demanding an answer.
-"Because it's a high-level bear trap! Just go and search for a low-level bear trap!"- Lucas said to which a look of understanding appeared on Rei's face.
"…", Rei rechecked the grade and indeed it was a higher grade trap.
-"You should check your eyes…"-
"My bad…"
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[Status]
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[Shop]
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[Traps]
[Bear trap: Grade E - 50 gold coins.]
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Looking at it a smile appeared on Rei's face which was genuine.
He then purchased the bear trap and as soon as he did that many pixels gathered together and formed a bear trap.
*Ding*
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[50 gold coins have been debited from your account.]
[Balance: 15 gold coins.]
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It wasn't anything like a normal bear trap, instead, it was larger than the normal one. While the normal bear traps were created just to trap the leg, this bear trap was created to kill the prey. It was so big that it would practically swallow the whole prey, crushing it. However, it was still a Grade E trap, the weakest of all.
So, if a monster was extremely strong, then it could break out of it immediately… in such a low-level area – Rei doubted if there would be such strong monsters.
And since his target would primarily be weak monsters to complete the mission, such trap would be perfect.
But then again, just after buying it, Rei wondered something…
"Uh, couldn't I have made a trap and used it…?"
-"…"-
"…"