It was the year 2138, Tetsujin Yosei had been playing Yggdrasil since it was released. He spent what others called an obscene amount of money on the game, acquiring all manner of crazy items. And now he laid in his hidden base among the many worlds of Yggdrasil. "That was fun. I don't regret a thing."Â
[00:01:30][00:01:29][00:01:28] The clock kept ticking down.Â
"I may have lost 10 levels in that final gambit of mine. But I earned quite the pay day." Tetsujin Yosei's avatar character popped up with a laughing emoji.Â
Tetsujin Yosei, escaped reality in the truest sense, he found the height of freedom in this world. Became enthralled with the power of nature.Â
[00:01:03][00:01:02][00:01:01] The clock continued ticking.
"I wish the real world was this beautiful. Here's hoping the game is just as good!" … "Yggdrasil 2 huh, it could happen… I doubt it. This really is the end. A shame… I met some really good friends here. Ainz Ooal Gown, the infamous Guild of Player Killers. I was able to befriend even those guys. And not a soul discovered the connection. That could have been fun too. Oh well."
[PING]
"Huh? Oh, it's a picture of them. These are all that came back. At least they got to hang out together. This game really brought a lot of people together. I still remember the day they surrounded me."
Flashback
Ainz Ooal Gown, the guild of player killers. When someone invades their territory in small numbers, they will respond with a force large enough to win. 7 players of lvl 100. Momonga, Punitto Moe, Coup De Grace, Touch Me, Ulbert, Bukubuku Chagama & Peroroncino. With a team like this, they can deal with quite a large variety of threats.Â
"Remember to hit hard and fast."Â
"We don't need another lecture on pvp combat Punitto Moe. This isn't supposed to be like that, it's just investigation." Bukubuku Chagama said.Â
"It's just one Dark Elf Druid. Not that big of a deal. Besides, I gotta live up to my name's sake don't I? The Coup De Grace!"
"No, everyone, that is a minimum of a lvl 95 Druid. We should be as wary as possible. Momonga, Hit them with that Super Tier stuff."Â
"Wait, a dark elf druid... Alone? Could it be..." Touch Me started speaking.Â
Tetsujin Yosei as the Immortal Dark Elf Druid, finished killing the monster he had been entangled by. "Hmm, it seems I'm being watched. From… Over… Ah that's where they are. Seems like a lot of them." Stretching up a little in a slightly promiscuous manner, then picked up the drop items with a frown on the elven face, holding a data crystal in her hands. "This crystal isn't what I needed damn it. Gonna need to fight more of these things. I'll ask those guys if they know of another hunting ground. They should know about me by now, right? The Druid of Night Silver, the Night Silver Druid, or possibly another random title? I mean I named my character Night Sliver, so perhaps they'll understand quickly enough. Let's go say hi."Â
"What the hell? Where did she go? She was right there. Fantastic, we lost out on loot." Coup De Grace shouted.Â
"Oh? I'm sorry, did I steal your kill on that monster? I didn't realize that this hunting ground had been claimed by someone already."Â
"Holy! How did you do that?"Â
"Oh, this? Not that hard, I just went pretty hard in the Druid tree. The name's Night Silver. I was wondering if you would be willing to tell me another spot where that type of monster beast spawns. I need a specific crystal from them you see… Oh, wait… Ahahaha! Hey there, Touch Me. Haven't seen you in a while. And Momonga too? Hmm, Ah… That's right you're Ainz Ooal Gown! So Cool!!!!"Â
"Touch Me, Momonga, how do you know this Elf? And why aren't we attacking her Punitto Moe?" Ulbert asked.Â
"That's because without hitting her with 2 Super Tier spells and a Grand Disaster we wouldn't win. Night Silver… The Druid of Night Silver. The one that completed that World Class Quest on her own. Now that we've lost the advantage & now we know she's friendly there's no point in wasting effort like that, Ulbert."Â
"Ah, finally sensible people. Usually player killers just attack me without thinking. As a result they end up losing me in the chaos. It's harder when you've got such a team though. Truly professionals of your craft indeed."Â
"Hold on, you mentioned just now these are hunting grounds. But you're actually on our territory."Â
"Wait? Really?" Night Silver looked around. "I guess I am sorry about that. I guess that monster ran further than I thought. Been hunting for a while now. Oh! Tell ya what. I'll give you this thing I made. It isn't crazy. Just its the limit of what I can do right now. Perhaps A production specialist could work some magic on it?"Â
Night Silver moved to pull an item out from her inventory. Doing it in an incredibly unguarded way as if knowing she wouldn't be attacked. What appeared was a quarter-staff made with flaming wood and runes carved into it.Â
"This? Hmm. Why this?"Â
"Well, I know you have a Druid NPC. I watched that raid group get absolutely creamed. Talk about hilarious. Ah, anyway, you can take that to see if it's helpful in some way. It's always nice to have extra collectibles. Oh, and here take this too… It's a stone I carved a rune into. The rune is actually what gave it power. It isn't crazy but it's kind of cool to see."Â
"Indeed… Hmm, You needed a data crystal? What one did you need?"Â
"Bukubukuchagama, we shouldn't be accepting things like this."
"Shut up Peroroncino, I'm going to give this quarter staff some improvements and then give it to that sweety. So cute! How about we just don't fight Night Silver? Perhaps we could…"Â
"We can be friends but she can't join our guild. It would break our aesthetic, remember. But she is a pretty nice person. Well Night Silver, What do you say? Let's be friends. We can start off by trading data crystals."Â
"That sounds great! A shame I won't get to see those twins. They are seriously too cute. But I understand needing to keep things private." Night Silver smiled. "Let's be friends! If you need something just give me a shout."Â
Present
[00:00:30][00:00:29][00:00:28] The final 30 seconds.Â
"Alright! It's been long enough, I'll back everything up."Â
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"And now everything I earned playing this game is in my inventory. So glad I purchased the extra large space." Night Silver sighed, looked up at the sky and …
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ROAR! "An elf dares to come here? Good, I am hungry. Very tired after that."
Night Silver opened her eyes to see a scene straight out of hell itself. In the center there was a Dragon. "Did the Devs push an event where all players fight a world level dragon boss before they log out? Or is this… hell?" The dragon came closer licking its chops.