Two issues covering portal sites and social media. Funnily enough, both of them were about The Road.
[The Road has reached level 99!]
[The Road's 3rd city, finally revealed.]
[What will the 3rd job of The Road, a game with high job freedom, look like?]
The first one is the appearance of a user who has reached level 99. The article said that the person concerned was reluctant to reveal his identity, so he couldn't reveal the exact information, but Young-min was sure. That they were the 'Rachnarok' team. They were the first to hit, just like in their previous lives.
Now, if he had reached level 99, he would complete the level 100 quest within the next few days, and in a few days he would find a way to head to the 3rd city and advance.
'And I'll get the first title.'
Unfortunately, they and Lokhan were in different regions. Rokkan were the first to crossroads, but the first title in another region would be theirs.
If the region was the same, Rokan would have eaten and blocked the initial titles they should have won, but unfortunately that has come to be later.
"I should be quicker"
Ragnarok is fast, but not overpowering yet. The top tiers should have been growing at about the same rate, and this article will make them even more hasty.
That also meant that other users could enter Crossroads soon.
Of course, they would have to start working on their reputation and spend some time crafting a usable combination skill, but the gap they had barely opened could soon be closed.
Youngmin once again began organizing the steps that followed in his head.
[A virtual reality game that feels so real, The Load. Is it good like this?]
[A 20-year-old who fell into The Road, was arrested for assaulting another user in real life.]
[A virtual reality game that spreads to real problems such as assault and fraud, is there any way to regulate it?]
The second piece of news was a very negative issue for The Road. It is said to be a 19 gold game, but it is so realistic and so many people enjoy it that six or seven out of ten people are playing it, so problems arise.
Confusion between reality and games Of course, there were some cases like that. However, what was bigger than that was the problem of starvation or 'hung skin' because there was no living expenses in reality after investing everything in The Road.
For this reason, some civic groups held demonstrations or press conferences in front of the building of Falcon, the developer and operator, and the government and the National Assembly gave somewhat ambiguous answers saying, 'I will consider it'.
"Okay, let's see."
Right now, the media are dealing with negative issues, but Young-min knew that the story would disappear soon.
To be precise, the embers will spread once in the political world, and then calm down after facing a headwind. After bringing up stories such as the need to recheck the brutality rating and the need to think about the service of the game itself, public opinion rose up.
In response to the reaction, which was more intense than expected, the political world immediately lowered its tail. 19 Gold games, in other words, all users are voters.
In particular, everyone found out as the members of the National Assembly, who first raised arms and talked about it, suffered all sorts of terrorism and plummeting approval ratings.
The Road was no longer just a game.
Knowing that, Youngmin didn't react much. And that's why the news about why the MP Guild's guild master Feria disappeared was overlooked properly. I didn't even need to know because it was a B+ level MP guild that I had to do well later anyway.
"Hmm, then let's start soon"
After skimming through the bulletin board, Youngmin created a new ID. It was a new ID created to disrupt information.
The Road has a principle of one account per person, but Korean gamers have chosen the method they have been using since childhood, wherever they heard it.
It is the theft of parents' resident registration number.
Of course, authentication was required to create an account, but that wasn't a problem either. It was because there was something I didn't erase after getting an official certificate for my elderly parents and handling the banking business for them.
Youngmin, who created a new ID so easily, immediately spread some rice cakes on the bulletin board.
It was the quest information for the 3rd job advancement.
It was a level 100 monster hunting quest that was applied to all jobs, so there was no need to worry about regions. It was enough to spill a single piece of information.
1. When you reach level 99, you will receive a quest for the 3rd job advancement.
2. If you complete the former quest, you will raise 1 level for free and become level 100.
3. The content of the job change quest is common to all jobs, hunting level 100 monsters.
It was the truth so far. So far, only those who have reached level 99 could know about it, so the credibility would increase.
However, Youngmin mixed in a tiny bit of fake information.
4. At this time, hunting any level 100 monster is pointless.
5. You can get additional rewards by hunting more powerful level 100 monsters.
6. The additional reward may be a title or a hidden class.
In a word, it was bullshit.
However, the problem was that it was 'reasonable bullshit'.
Aren't there already quite a few people who actually achieved the hidden class by achieving special conditions?
And since most of them were the so-called 'push' users in the guild, it was information that could be tempted by top users. If you reach level 99, you'll be even more impatient.
"Cheuk, where do you have fun breaking up?"
Of course, I didn't do anything to solve the information at once. I posted a mix of one or two pieces of information to get attention, and finally posted the complete information.
If you reveal all the information right from the start, you may be questioned or buried.
This, too, could go unnoticed, but if it worked, it would greatly slow down their advance into the tertiary city.
"I'll have to prepare the rest in advance."
Young-min, while he was away, prepared the next full information. He wrote down a lot of information on how to get to the tertiary city, a mixture of truth and lies, so that he could always post things that would go wrong if he followed them.
It seems that attention has already been attached to notable masters, teams, and guilds, so if you pay attention, you should be able to catch the timing well.
After preparing for the information war, Youngmin stretched out and went to sleep. When he got up, he had to run again.
This was the real beginning of The Road.
* * *
"Then shall we begin"
After the access time limit expired, Lokhan connected to The Load again and didn't even look at anything else.
New items were waiting in the store, and monsters that were new and powerful and gave a lot of experience were waiting outside the village, but they knew that it was meaningless if they didn't receive recognition quests anyway.
If so, it would have been far better to get rid of it at once.
"For now, let's do it as dwarves"
There were three other races in the Golden Lion Union, excluding humans.
Half-elves, gnomes and dwarves.
In the end, it should be recognized by everyone, but there was a reason why Lokhan chose the dwarves first. That's because probabilities come into play.
"You hmm, it's unreliable, but if you can, try it."
Receiving the quest itself wasn't difficult. All you have to do is go into each of the tribal buildings located on the Crossroads and say that you want to be recognized.
In the [Neutral] state, which is the basic reputation, he is squeamish, but in the [Friendly] state, he grumbles like this and gives quests like a tsundere.
'Bastards, if it can't be solved anyway, I'll give it to you kindly.'
However, as it turns out, all the quests received from this recognition quest are troublesome for each race. 'It's not a big deal, but if you can do this, I'll admit it.' and throw it.
[Special Mineral Mining] [Quest]
Earn the recognition of the Dwarves by mining special minerals that can only be produced in the Oronamun Mine.
Currently, Oronamun Mine is occupied by kobolds, and mineral extraction is temporarily suspended. We need your help to meet this month's supply.
-Completion condition: Blue mineral 0/50
- Completion Reward: Recognition of the Dwarves
-Additional rewards according to achievement rate
What the Dwarves wanted was to mine a special blue mineral.
The problem was that the Dwarf warriors were not on a mission to restore the mine right away, but fortunately, with the Dwarf's technology, they could pull out the ingot properly by bringing only a lump of mineral.
At this point, most users roll their heads. If you get a miner as an auxiliary job and learn mining skills, wouldn't it be easier and faster to mine?
'I'm going to go to the middle of the day.'
However, once you learn the mining technique, you will acquire the quest item 'Blue Mineral' as well as miscellaneous ores and it will take more time.
Knowing that, Rokhan headed straight to the Oronamun Mine. He added a map of the area to the magic map, so he drew the location without having to search his memory.
"I'm going to warm up in a little while."
Standing in front of Oronamun Mine, Lokhan lifted the newly acquired Berserker's Battle Ax instead of the Dwarf-made pickaxe he received as a quest item.
Mining isn't the only way to get blue minerals.
"Throwing."
The lightly thrown hatchet lodged in the back of a kobold snooping toward the entrance.
But he didn't collapse like he did in Trinsic. Since they were also strong people who had passed level 100, the kobolds turned around in anger with hatchets embedded in their backs.
[Mine Kobold][Lv 110]
The name was familiar, but its fighting power was vastly different from the places I had experienced so far. Basically, the difference in ability was huge, and it was because they had combination skills.
Of course, not all monsters had different combination skills. Most monsters had one combination skill, and unless it was a boss, most of the groups had a common skill, so it was not difficult to attack.
Even so, those who could not adapt to the changed difficulty sometimes died from the first hunt because they could not defeat even one kobold.
It was a story that didn't apply to Rokhan, though.
"It's annoying because it's small!"
Fuck!
Contrary to what he said, Rokhan's ax sliced right through the top of his head. Although he was only half human, he didn't take it lightly enough to miss his movements just because he was a little small.
[You have obtained a blue mineral.]
"What, it's nothing special. It seems like you struggled quite a bit before."
It was the power of abilities, title effect, and critical hit probability that were incomparable to those of the past when they arrived at the Crossroads.
Rokan also knew that, so he chose hunting instead of mining thieves.
Of course, this time the match was won before the combination skill came out, but the fact that I didn't use the combination skill was the same.
"Then let's get started"
Lokhan's goal wasn't just to collect fifty bluish minerals. It was also a quest to appear later, 'Eradication of the mining kobold'.
I don't know if it's possible even now that I haven't received the quest, but I already knew the way.
Knowing that a 'special gift' would be given to them if they achieved more than expected, Lokhan thought of taking on the challenge.