During lunch period, Temi and Bolu met each other at the cafeteria where they continue their discussion.
"So let me get this straight,you are saying that you are currently at level 10 and you have a divine rank item also," said Bolu as he looks at Temi with suspicious eyes.
"If you wish to believe, Yes and if you do not wish to believe, No," replied Temi without looking up at all.
"Okay, I believe you but you will have to explain it to me better," said Bolu as he starts to eat also.
Temi and Bolu are loners as they both have no other friends in their school so they are always together except during lecture period. Despite that, they are both very popular as they are both in top 10 most handsome male students in the school.
Even though both of them are good looking, only Bolu has a girlfriend and Temi doesn't have one as he feels like he doesn't have for it even though he has a locker full of love letter and confessions.
Temi is 185 cm tall and has light brown with smooth undertone skin, he has messy black hair which brought his charm along with his deep black eyes, his strong jawline and his athletic build.
Bolu on the other hand is 178 cm tall with medium brown with a rich undertone skin, he has braided hair,he has bright brown eyes and broad shoulders which make it easy to spot him.
As they were eating, they were greeted by many ladies as they are too good looking
"So what are your plan after school today?" asked Bolu.
" Nothing much, just go to my part-time job and after return home and rest," said Temi as he continues to eat.
" Same routine as always," said Bolu.
" Yes, what about you," asked Temi.
" Amara wants to go shopping and I also have to my hover car to the repair shop as it needs some maintenance," said Bolu.
" Ok, then I will see you later," said Temi as he stood up to leave the cafeteria.
*****
Meanwhile in Hype headquarters, the company that created the newly released game 'Eçho', a meeting is going on between the board of directors. As they noticed a variable among the players, so a heated discussion is going on.
"I feel that we should delete the player's ID and ask him to recreate his account," said Mr Edward.
"Why should we do that in a game that is just been released yesterday besides the game is made to be thrilling not discouraging player because of his luck," said Mr Leon.
The argument continue for over 2 hours as half of the directors want the deletion of the account and the other directors want to leave the player alone.
In the midst of this commotion, the head of directors, Mr Kim watchs as the argument continue while thinking about what to do.
"Everyone keep quiet," said Mr Kim calmly.
Everyone stopped the argument and turn to Mr Kim to hear what he is about to say.
"Aria, what is the possibility of the player getting the only mythical path?" asked Mr Kim as he directs the question to the AI in charge of controlling the game movement.
[The player, Curis has 75% chance of getting if he were to continue on his current path but if he diverges, his chance drops to 10%] replied the AI.
"Ok, show me his current stats," said Mr Lee.
[Sure]
Name:Curis
Level:10
Exp:3050/10000
Path:None
HP:690/690
MP:140/140
Attributes
Strength:60
Agility:64
Intelligence:28
Vitality:69
Luck:30
Free Attributes points:18
[That is his stats with the effect of equipments]
The board of directors were shocked at how high his stats are as those were never meant to be the stats of a level 10 player at all.
"See see, this is what am talking about, how can the stats of a level 10 player be like this that of a level 30 player, we have to delete his account immediately," said Mr Edward.
" Aria, how did this happen and what are the increasement he gets every level," asked Mr Kim ignoring the ranting of Mr Edward.
[An average player gains 2 strength, 1 agility, 1 vitality per level but Curis gains 4 points for each attributes on every level increase.]
"WHAT!!!!" shouted all the executives as they are shocked at the difference between Curis and an average player.
"This is insane," said Mr Leon as he never thought about how much difference is between the players.
"Let take a 15 minutes break everyone," said Mr Kim as he stood up from his seat.
Everyone stood up and left the conference room.
In an office, Mr Kim stood by the window and look at the ongoing cityscape, lost in thought.
"Aria, what is the implications of Curis's growth rate?" asked Mr Kim in a low voice.
[Considering his current trajectory, Curis is expected to surpass the game designed limitations in few years.] replied Aria.
"That is unexpected, but still in line with my expectations," said Mr Kim as he nods to the answer he received.
15 minutes later, in the conference room the atmosphere is tense as everyone is waiting for the decision of Mr Kim as the final decision lies with him.
"I have decided on what to do on this matter," said Mr Kim making everyone sit tight.
Mr Kim look around the table checking the expressions of the directors before deciding to talk.
" I have decided to leave the player's account and continue watching its development," said Mr Kim causing different reaction on the table.
" The reason why I am leaving the player's account is because we created the game for the enthusiasm of the players, so the development of this player will provide valuable insight to the game dynamics," said Mr Kim before continuing " Let learn from this and make Eçho a better experience for the players,".
The room erupts into a mix of nods and murmurs, with some directors still looking concerned.
"I agree with Mr Kim," said Mr Leon. "We can't stifle the player growth, it is unprecedented, but valuable."
" But what about the game's balance?" asked Mr Edward countered.
" Aria, can you monitor Curis progress and adjust the parameters accordingly," said Mr Kim.
[Yes sir] replied Aria. [I will ensure the game remain stable.]
"Good, I want you to give me regular update about his progress," said Mr Kim.
[Affirmative] said Aria.
"Now that the matter is out of the way. Let talk about the sales of the game," said Mr Kim.
The discussion went on for over 2 hours before finalizing the pending issues.
"Now that there is nothing else to say, let end this discussion," said Mr Kim.
The meeting concluded, with the directors dispersing to implement Mr Kim decision.
****
Temi unaware of the commotion he had caused, was at his part-time work. Temi works at a famous restaurant called 'The Place' where he works as a waiter.
On his break, Temi was going to through his phone when he received a message from an unknown number. Check the message,he saw that it was Sylvia that messaged him.
'Hi, this is Sylvia,' texted Sylvia.
'Hi,' replied Temi.
'Are you at home?' asked Sylvia.
'No, am currently at work,' replied Temi.
'Where do you work?' asked Sylvia.
'I work as a waiter at The Place,' said Temi.
'Oh, ok when are you getting off work?' asked Sylvia.
Temi was suprised at the questions Sylvia was asking him but doesn't pay much attention to it.
'I will be getting off by 6 pm,' said Temi.
'Ok, talk to you later,' said Sylvia.
'Bye,' said Temi.
Temi keeps his phone and gets back to work as his break is over.
At Sylvia's home, Sylvia was lying on her bed while checking her messages with Temi before hugging her phone tightly.
It could be seen that inside Sylvia's room, pictures of Temi are all over the wall, there are even pictures of Temi when he is working.
It shows that Sylvia like Temi a lot, but she was too shy to approach him, infact Sylvia never live in the same area as Temi but one day after she found out where he lives, she moved into the area to get close to Temi. And her hover car never had fault, she lied to Temi earlier as she wants to follow him to school.
'Ahh, yes he like the century old band, let me try and listen to their songs so I can have something to discuss with him tomorrow,' thought Sylvia.
She went online and search for the bands name and listen to their songs, popped up were over 200 songs from the band.
'Wow, they must be very popular back then,' thought Sylvia.
Scrolling through the songs, she picked one titled Dynamite and listened to it.
Hearing the intro, Sylvia was captivated by the energetic beat of 'Dynamite.' She listened intently imagining Temi's face and smile.
Listening to the song, Sylvia exclaimed "This song is amazing, I can see why he love them."
She created a playlist and put all the songs there so it could be easy for her to learn. We could see that her phone's wallpaper is a picture of Temi sleeping. After that, she continues to listen the songs.
****
Temi had just finished his hours at his part-time job and is about to leave work. Deciding to have some tranquility moment on the way home, he ordered for a taxi instead of taking the hover bus as it will be crowded and noisy.
Arriving at home, Temi cooked dinner and ate it before resting while checking the time. When it was 7:55 pm, Temi changed into his nightwears and prepare to enter the capsule.
Once it was 7:59, Temi enter the capsule and puts the headset on to enter the game.
[Enter]
[Welcome to Eçho]
[Welcome back Adventurer]