The metallic tang of blood hung heavy in the air, a grim reminder of the events that had transpired. Sunlight dappled through the leaves, illuminated Viktor's lifeless form, casting long, skeletal shadows from the archers who remained frozen in their positions with bow strings still drawn ready for next sets of commands. Viktor was the second human who had died from my hands.
With Viktor's demise weighing heavily on my conscience, I knew that my next steps would prove to be crucial for future endeavours. As a person from 21st century, knowing about the importance of information was a must thus armed with the information Viktor had reluctantly divulged, I set out to explore the intricacies of this " world chat " that had managed to remain hidden in plain sight and uncover its hidden truths.
My first order of business was to investigate the world chat that Viktor had mentioned. With a subtle flick of my branches, I accessed the mysterious interface, its ethereal glow illuminating the darkness around me. Even now the mechanical voice and system makes me heavily contemplate on the boundaries of reality and illusion.
After having knowledge about the " world chat " , there was no way I could stay without doing anything. I had to know deeply about this new thing. Self protection was,is and will always be my first priority and for this I need to know about others and make friends if necessary. Killing had become easier than wining the trust of others in this planet.
With the thought of searching about the world chat I started looking into the various sections displayed within the world chat. The most prominent among the various options was the chat option.
I wanted to know the working principle behind this chat. This chat section was able to intrigue me as there was a stream of messages showing in the virtual interface. Everyone was busy circulating various informations.
Some were about the crazy interactions and fruitful encounters people had in this planet while some were spams that had no meaning at all. The spams made me realize no matter the situation there were some people who could never think properly. They were the monkeys that neither made their home nor let others make their.
Like a parent who got control of their child's live chat, silently scrolling through the conversations, I marveled at the array of discussions taking place – from trade negotiations to tales of survival in this unforgiving realm.
Everything was as predicted. It was like the chatrooms that some apps used to provide where you could talk to a wide variety of ranging from all the aspects of life people. This chat room was eerily similar to the one I used to use. My father always used to give me lectures on how earning people was very very important than earning money. My father hated the education system but did not have major influence in that sector. Thus rather than focusing on the larger system, my father taught me to differentiate between friends and foes as well as the importance of information in the modern world.
People did not fear what was infront of their eyes. Unkown entity was what made people fear the most. People used to discuss about the undiscovered and always neglected what was infront of their eyes. Some people were afraid of alien envasion while some feared the creatures hiding in the huge unexplored parts of water. They never feared the various things laying right infront of their eyes that could kill them. So shadows was the best hiding place for me.
Since I was a child, I always looked up to my father and thought of him as my role model, my hero but during my teen years that had changed a lot. I thought the things my father told was the complain of a old man who failed in many things. The words then hit deaf ears but now those things resurfaced in my mind creating a deep sense of regret. I should have understood that the things my father taught me could never be acquired through books and learning it from some stranger would be a thing of dream.
This chat room proved to be of no importance to me. Some people came here to lift the burdens of their heart, some to brag about their achievements while some were looking for girls to help them level up. Even though there was some important informations, they would soon be burried deep by spams of idiots who did not even had the simplest idea of what they were going through.
Chat also provided private rooms for people to message individuals they took fancy to. And it also had a feature to block someone. We did not have to worry about being harrased by someone as we could simply block them and never hear from them again.
After figuring out the function of this chat room, I decided to create a alias and post the map that I had in my hand to see the value of this thing and if others possesed this map or not.
After putting the map up for trade using the alias of lostsoul45, I went back to the chat room to see if the map could create some commotion or not.
Layman69 - Did you guys see the map is up for trade again ?
Smalldik4404 - Yes ! The idiot who acquired it probably does not know the importance about this map.
Yourfader23 - What map ?? The map given as a reward for clearing a maze type dungeon ?? Which idiot put it up for trade ?? What items can be used in the trade ??
Eve1101 - I am a girl at level 6. I must acquire this map. Please donot compete for this map with me guys.
Randy6788 - You are a girl ?? Hit me up in private message. I am rich. I will get this map for you.
God2036 - Still going after a girl. This map is a ticket to get stronger. Once you acquire this you could get any girl you want.
IamtheMc1213 - The guy who got this map before got with a girl to explore dungeons. I think the guy was Viktor. He sure was lucky.
Rizzler24 - Yes . I know the guy. He frequently talked in the chat and I even talked to him privately. But who is lostsoul45 and how did he acquire the map which should have been with Viktor.
Omniscient56 - Why do you care who has the map ? Lostsoul45 probably doesnot know the importance of this map. Lets snatch it from him before he realizes it.
Rizzler24 - Viktor is my friend and I must know about what happened to Viktor.
Omniscent56 - Nobody is nobody's friend in this world. Who are you trying to make a fool out of huh ??
Thearch123 - Idiots !! Idiots everywhere. Do you still not know how important this map is ?? You guys fight here. And while you guys are busy fighting, I am going to get this map this time for sure.
How small the world is... I didnt think I would get to meet someone who knew about Viktor. But more importantly I had overly under estimated the importance of this map.
Just posting a thread about this map could create such commotion was shocking. I even started getting various messages of people offering things to trade for this map. The guy who traded this map for the first time must have brain filled with shit.
After seeing all the messages, I took down trade post and again looked at the chat.
Dathvader2345 - I was this close to trading this map but you idiots ruined it by discussing about the map. You all should have eaten shit instead of food in your previous life.
Thearch123 - You are the fucking idiot here if you think you could get this map. I was the one who should have gotten this map.
Clash ensued between the people of the chat. Blaming each other for their losses and inability to get the map. Some even resorted to death threats but here who could be afraid of such death threats as death lingered over everybody's head at all the times.
I closed the chat window and exited the interface while breathing a sigh of relief as I got to know a lot about this magical map as well as create chaos within the chat.