[Congratulations. You have completed the tutorial. Please, wait as we check the achievement stake of each individual. Additional reward will be given to the thirty top players who took part in finishing the main quest with the general settlement...]
As the AI's monotonous voice announced the completion of the tutorial, a gloomy silence hung heavily inside the spacious hall that looked like a shrine from medieval era.
The hundred or so survivors of the tutorial were in a daze, not daring to hope,to feel relieved, to believe that the hellish trial they have been through was finally over.
But as minutes passed, slowly whispers of disbelief, sobs, and demands of confirmation started to raise one after the other. And after a moment the noise completely drowned the AI's voice.
The hundreds remaining survivors of the tutorial were weeping in relief while also mourning those who have perished.
At the beginning of the tutorial, they were over three hundred. Only a third remained.
Most of the casualties were caused by starvation and illnesses.
In the early stage, six months ago, the lack of food and medical facility had been the death of those of weaker constitution. And lord knew how many children, elderly peoples and women there were...
All the survivors would have agreed: the tutorial was Hell and in its cruelest form.
Those who got out alive from the tutorial zone were the most resilient ones. And their conditions were all pretty bad, since they had to survive half a year in a barren place with almost no food and with monster roaming around everywhere. Also due to its scarcity, water was used sparingly. As a result washing became a luxury that they couldn't afford so overall they were all extremely dirty.
While the big crowd was making a fuss, a gold plated door opened revealing a small group of strangely dressed people, who then made their way through the great hall toward a raised platform in a corner.Above on the wall a golden insignia under which a cristal ball was lying on a green velvet cushion.