In the end a good 30% of the people here decided to back out of it owing to the danger of the Gates. They knew about it but learning that more powerful Gates are coming and that they will have to fight them while also risking their own lives for it seemed to be a bit too much for them. Though they were free to leave as they left the place while the rest of the 70% watched them leave.
"You're staying as well?" Gayatri asked him as she looked at him.
"Yeah. Another thing is that I can get more money and levels with this. Besides, all my work will be for nothing if our world isn't safe for mom." Michael said to her as he looked at her.
"I guess that's true." Gayatri said to him with a nod.
After the Players had left the rest of them who are present looked at the Gold Players as they looked at all of them.
"I am happy that so many of you have decided to stay and help us. Your help will be instrumental in the protection of our world." Aravind said to them with a smile.
Many of the girls swooned at his praise while Michael chuckled a bit nervously at the effect the man is having on the opposite gender. He then looked at Gayatri and was surprised to see that she has a neutral expression as she is looking at the man. She felt his gaze and looked at him and raised her right eyebrow at him when she saw him looking at her.
"What?" Gayatri asked him curiously.
"Nothing. I was just surprised that you didn't have much of a reaction that's all." Michael said to her with a shake of his head.
"I'm not like those other girls." Gayatri simply said to him before she looked ahead.
"Obviously." Michael said with a smile at her words before he focused on the stage.
"Now that all of you have made your decision, I will tell you what we plan to do. We will create a group consisting of all of you present here and will be given information regarding the Gates in your vicinity. You will be mostly given information about the Gates that need attention in your general area. Of course, we urge you to be very thorough and prepared for fighting in the Gates as this is a life and death situation." Aravind said to them with a serious face.
The Players gathered gave noises of understanding as they nodded at his words. The other three Gold Players were also looking at the assembled Players and making sure that they all were actually paying attention to their leader.
"Good. We will immediately take note of all the Players here and form the group. To compensate for asking all of you to come here in such a short notice we have prepared a grand feast for lunch for all of you here. We will also provide you with some money, like an advance payment for agreeing to join." Aravind said to them with a serious face.
Many of the people in the crowd were very happy to hear that as they have just heard that they will get a lavish meal for coming here right after they have met with four of the Gold Players and also getting money for it as well.
'So using rewards to keep the people working for them. Not a bad strategy since the thought of rewards will make them want to complete it.' Michael thought to himself as he looked at them.
"I will now give the stage to Kavya so that she can inform you about the other relevant information regarding it." Aravind said before he moved away from the mike.
Kavya walked to the mike as the Players watched the beautiful woman as she walked as the males and females were mesmerised by her. Michael was looking at her in awe as he hadn't seen a beautiful woman like her so close before while Gayatri has a neutral look as she looked at the woman.
She squinted and saw the muscles on the woman forearms before she looked at her own arms and then at her own body before frowning and looking at her.
'Hmm, I need to train more. And I will grow up anyway.' Gayatri thought to herself as she looked at the woman.
Kavya stood in front of the mike before she looked at the assembled Players, her eyes fell on Michael who has just gotten a hold of himself as he looked at her. She smiled more when she saw him and the Players went a bit wild when they saw her smiling.
"Ahh~, Kavya!" Many girls said as they looked at her.
Kavya chuckled when she saw the reaction of the Players as she put her hand in her hair and then flourished it as the assembled Players became more excited when they saw it. She then looked at Michael who has an amused look on his face which caught her attention.
'Interesting. Arun's classmate is... hmm? Isn't that his little sister? They know eachother. Well, things are getting more interesting.' Kavya thought to herself with a smirk on her face.
Soon the Players calmed down from their high and looked at the Gold Player.
"Hey guys, as you know I am the Gold Player Kavya, and I have been given the duty of informing you about our plans by Aravind. So I want all of you to focus on me." Kavya said to them with a smile as she stood confidently.
The assembled Players nodded to her after which she started to tell them about the rules and other information regarding the group that they are making and the guidelines for them.
"Is everything clear to all of you?" Kavya asked all of them after she was done explaining.
"Yes!" Almost all the Players said in unison.
"Good to hear." Kavya said with a smile.
Aravind was about to walk to the mike but was confused when Kavya didn't move from the podium stand as the woman has a thoughtful look on her face. The Players looked at her curiously as they wanted to know why she was acting like that. Then she smiled and looked at them as she placed her left hand on her hip and looked at the assembled Players.
"I know that we are asking a lot of you considering that some of you are still newbies so how about I give you another motivation for you guys." Kavya said to them with a confident smirk.
The Players and the Gold ones were confused by her words as the latter quirked their eyebrows at her at her sudden proposition.
"The one who completes the most Gates will get a chance to go on a date with me, Kavya Thakur. Not a bad deal is it?" Kavya said with a confident look on her face.
The Players froze when they heard that as they looked at her in disbelief while the other three Gold Players have surprised looks on their faces as they heard her.
"Did she just say what I think she said?" Michael asked Gayatri surprised.
"Nope. I heard that too." Gayatri said to him as she looked at the woman surprised.
"Good. So I wasn't imagining it." Michael said with a nod.
As for the rest of the Players, it only took a few seconds for their minds to catch up to the words that were said by the popular Gold Player.
"I'll win this for sure!" One Player shouted excitedly when he got his bearings.
He wasn't the only one as the other Players, male and female also joined in as they said how they are going to win in this getting a chuckle from Kavya as she looked at the Players.
'I still have it.' Kavya thought to herself as she looked at the Players with an amused look.