[RAIDS ONLINE: LUCENT @ RAIDS - Channel]
[Followers: 100,000+]
[Total Views: 1,000,000+]
[Notification: Friend Request(+99), Party Invitation(+99), Boss Raid Invitation(+99), Contract(+1)]
UR@DUDE: Damnit! Look at this dude getting famous.
MOONSHINE@SELENE: This is the blessing of Selene, faqer.
UR@DUDE: Hope this dude got eaten up again by Cerberus.
KCID@EID: Of course, this is expected to happen. This guy got high-starting Link Force after all.
SILVER@SHOELACE: Faq those so lucky like this guy.
RAIDS@CURSE: And he got Cerberus hunting him down.
MOONSHINE@SELENE: Don't forget Selene's blessing.
UR@DUDE: Shut up dude. Stay on your delusion yourself.
MOONSHINE@SELENE: Faqer!
RING@FORCE: Either way, I'm following this Lucent guy. Waiting for him to get thrash or win against Cerberus.
SILVER@SHOELACE: Idiot! As if anyone can beat a Rank A Ragnarok Beast.
RAIDS@CURSE: Right, right, right...
KCID@EID: Even the six top Guilds haven't been able to beat a Rank A Ragnarok Beast since the start of RAIDS ONLINE more than three years ago.
UR@DUDE: You talk too much, dude.
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"Cough!... Cough!... Gulp!... Gulp!... Ahhh!..."
Luel managed to avoid death by food choking by drinking a glass of cola and forcing the Pork Tonkatsu stuck in his throat down to his stomach.
After calming down, Luel once again looked at his RAIDS ONLINE Channel and confirmed that what he saw wasn't a figment of his imagination due to how good the Pork Tonkatsu Rice Bowl was.
Luel's second video of his RAID has become viral on the RAIDS ONLINE Channel.
RAIDS ONLINE has millions of players worldwide. A hundred thousand plus followers might be too low to be compared to the total number of players, but reaching that number of followers in a single day is something of a great achievement itself. Not to mention the million-plus views that a single video could get.
Reading the usual harsh comments, Luel somehow figured out the two big reasons for his RAIDS ONLINE Channel going viral.
First is the fact that Luel's Devour avatar has a high-starting Link Force for the Devour Orion Class.
When Luel tries to search the internet about the highest starting Link Force for the Devour Orion Class that got public for the last three years of RAIDS ONLINE, the results show a player two years ago who got a 35 percent Link Force. At 47 percent Link Force, Luel is surely to get attention not only from high-ranking Ragnarok Beasts but from other players and audiences as well.
Second is the fact that Luel encounters a Rank A Ragnarok Beast just in his second Raid and that Cerberus might be possibly after him in his future Raids.
"So I have to thank that damn dog for this?..."
It was a complicated feeling. Not romantically but more of a personal grudge.
Of course, Luel is aiming to get popular as a RAIDS ONLINE player and earn some income as a professional gamer. He's jobless after all. Thanks to Cerberus's appearance, he's surely about to get popular. But the one who's giving him his popularity is also reminding him of his horrifying trauma.
Putting aside his complicated feelings for Cerberus, Luel decided to focus on the other matters at hand as he emptied his Pork Tonkatsu Rice Bowl in half.
"Friend Request, Party Invitation, Boss Raid Invitation, and Contract?..."
The last part gives Luel a bit of confusion as he doesn't have a clear idea about the Contract.
"Is this perhaps about the Monetization to earn money?..."
With curiosity at hand, Luel clicks on the Contract notification only to find a bunch of written terms of agreement and copyright that almost trigger his anxiety and panic attacks. That's why Luel immediately closed the Contract and didn't even think about looking at it again for a while.
"Urgh!... That hurt both my mind and my eyes... I think I need another glass of cola..."
While drinking another glass of cola to finish his Pork Tonkatsu Rice Bowl, Luel opened the remaining notifications of his RAIDS ONLINE Channel.
The Friend Request notifications came from more than a thousand players. With his distrust of other people along with his insecurities, Leul didn't even dare to accept any friend requests.
The Party Invitation notifications came from small individual Raid groups asking for Luel to become a member of their group.
Just like the previous one, Luel didn't accept any offers to join any Raid groups. Although, the last notification got Luel's interest.
The Boss Raid Invitations came from larger Raid groups, even from well-known Guilds like the Orion Guild, which is centered on hunting to Devour the Rank A Ragnarok Beast Cerberus.
The Orion Guild's Boss Raid Invitation seems promising. That's why Luel decided to open and read their message.
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[SILVERPUP @ Devour...
...Greetings, Devour Lucent..
...I, SilverPup, a high-ranking member and official of the Orion Guild, would like to invite you to participate in a Boss Raid against the Rank A Ragnarok Beast Cerberus...
...Let me get to the point. The goal of this Boss Raid is not to Devour Cerberus, as it is still deemed impossible to accomplish such a task with the current strength of the Orion Guild and all of its members. The goal is to gather more data about Cerberus, its fighting tactics, attack patterns, weaknesses, hidden skills and abilities, effective countermeasures, and many more...
...I want to also clarify that you, Lucent, will be used as bait to attract the Rank A Ragnarok Beast Cerberus and that your survival won't be insured in this Boss Raid...
...Kindly reply to this message if you decide to accept this Boss Raid Invitation and meet me at RAIDS ONLINE at this location, Area CC+63 Sunrise City, at your most convenient time...
...If you're interested in becoming a part of the Orion Guild, I, along with other officials, would welcome you, Lucent.]
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The message sounds quite formal and sincere. After all, the Devour SilverPup states that Luel will be used as bait.
Of course, Luel definitely has some complaints about being used as bait. However, without any way of dealing with the Rank A Ragnarok Beast Cerberus on his own, Luel decided to reply to the Boss Raid Invitation and meet the Devour SilverPup.
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PuroShark Writer's Note.
Here is the character concept design for SilvePup. Look at the comment.