Like every other VRMMORPG, there are different ways a player can be killed in RAIDS ONLINE. Either be trampled by a large Ragnarok Beast like what Cerberus did to Luel on their first encounter, be torn apart to pieces, burned by flame, drowned in water, scorched by lighting, be frozen to death, and many other ways.
Either any of those ways of being killed by Ragnarok Beasts are horrifying and the players were able to feel the pain almost similar to dying.
It was a way for RAIDS ONLINE to make players value the life of their avatar and avoid intentionally dying or preventing player killing. Or so what the other players said. That's why no matter how much the players worldwide complain, RAIDS ONLINE didn't change that aspect of the game.
Yet no matter what the reason of RIADS ONLINE is, experiencing something similar to dying is always a horrifying feeling. And right now Luel is experiencing the most brutal and horrifying way of death in RAIDS ONLINE, being slowly digested inside the belly of the Rank A Ragnarok Beast Cerberus.
...ARGHHH!...
...You, faqing dog!...
...We're going to kill you someday!...
As screams of pain, anger, and resentment echo within the belly of Cerberus from all the other players that got swallowed together with Luel, multiple notification sounds are ringing within Luel's head.
[Warning: Player's heart rate rising beyond normal.]
[Warning: Brainwave shows multiple signs of anxiety and trauma.]
[Warning: Emergency Logout Active.]
[Warning: Emergency Awakening Function Initiating.]
At the moment that all the sound of screams fade to nothingness...
[Player Lucent has Died.]
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After being forcefully logout by the VR Gear, Luel wakes in the middle of the night with the horrifying feeling from the brutal way Cerberus has killed him, along with anxiety and panic attacks that trigger the SOS signal in Luel's health monitoring device watch.
Luel's cousin Rammie immediately came to check on Luel after receiving the SOS signal.
Rammie is expecting to find Luel unconscious and collapsed on the floor once again. But when she arrives in Luel's room, she is surprised to see that Luel is awake and conscious.
Since Luel is expecting another anxiety and panic attack because he, along with SilverPup and the other players of Orion Guild, is raiding Cerberus, Luel prepares his medicine and a bottle of water beside him before lying down on his bed and login to RAIDS ONLINE.
Luel was able to drink his medicine, but his dreadful expression and pale white face, along with all the sweat that drenched his clothes, showed how much pain he needed to endure before his medicine took effect.
That night, Luel was unable to go to sleep as the horrifying feeling and memory of being digested inside Cerberus's belly would appear in his mind every time he closed his eyes.
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It's almost daylight and Luel can't sleep no matter how much he tries.
To pass time until morning, Luel decided to search if the video of their Boss Raid had been uploaded already.
Luel search the RAIDS ONLINE Website and find the official channel of Orion Guild. The video of their Boss Raid has already been uploaded not only under the Orion Guild Channel, SilverPup Channel, and Lucent Channel but from many other players who attended the Boss Raid uninvited. In short, from all the Thrash Mods.
"So this is what SilverPup is talking about when she says picking up the leftovers."
Videos from the Thrash Mods were able to earn a significant amount of views. That's expected since the main guess of the Boss Raid is one of the few Rank A Ragnarok Beast. In addition to Cerberus's appearance, the Boss Raid was hosted by one of the highest-ranking guilds, the Orion Guild. SilverPup appearance also increase the number of views. After all, she was quite popular as a high-ranking member of the Orion Guild.
If there are other factors to be added to the video of their Boss Raid against Cerberus going viral, it's the involvement of two players with a high-starting Link Force, which are Luel and BlueHeroine.
Luel is definitely curious about SilverPup and BlueHeroine's history. He wanted to do some research about the two but for now, Leul decided to watch the Boss Raid video uploaded at the Orion Guild Channel.
What Luel wanted to see is what happened after he was killed by Cerberus, so he immediately skipped the part where his avatar Lucent was still alive. Of course, Luel didn't skip the video because he felt awkward watching himself or his avatar, definitely not.
Back at the part of the Boss Raid video after Luel was killed, if there's one word that Luel can use to describe what happened is that it was a massacre.
The Rank A Ragnarok Beast Cerberus took the pleasure of killing multiple players slowly and painfully in different ways.
Players have been burned by Cerberus's dark flame, scorched by its black lightning, and frozen to death by its shadow-like ice. Other players got trampled and crashed under Cerberus's feet, some died being bitten and crunching on its mouths, and most brutal of all were the unfortunate ones that got swallowed by Cerberus.
Seeing the part of the Boss Raid video where multiple players are being tossed mid-air only to fall right into Cerberus's mouth reminds Luel of his horrifying experience inside Cerberus's belly.
That's why Luel closed the Boss Raid video of Orion Guild and searched for another video he was interested in. He is sure that the video he's looking for will be uploaded to the RAIDS ONLINE Channel. After all, what Luel is looking for is the fight between BlueHeroine and the Rank B Ragnarok Beast Icarus.
Luel found the video of BlueHeroine fighting Icarus under the RAIDS ONLINE Officer channel.
When Luel played the video, he saw a demonstration of BlueHeroine's skill as a player of RAIDS ONLINE.
BlueHeroine was able to lead Icarus away from the massacre site of Cerberus and challenge the Rank B Ragnarok Beast in a fight in the night sky.
The Devour Class of Azure Beast Aurora is the only class that can freely soar into the sky, and BlueHeroine shows the greatness of Aurora's avatar.
Icarus flew into the sky and ignited its wings and body in flame to release a burst of flame that expanded mid-air like a spherical flame. It was a powerful, wide-range attack, but BlueHeroine was able to counter it and protect herself.
BlueHeroine activated her Halo Skill, releasing a halo of vermilion light that expanded and collided with the spherical flame of Icarus. It wasn't enough to completely negate Icarus's bloodstained colored flame, but BlueHeroine's Halo Skill was able to disintegrate a portion of the spherical flame where she flew so she wouldn't be burned by the flame.
The mid-air battle continues as BlueHeroine skillfully manoeuver, flying in and out of the ruined skyscraper buildings as she tries to lose Icarus's chase.
BlueHeroine leads Icarus to different locations for almost half an hour as she tries to find a place to hide.
The chase between BlueHeroine and Icarus even reaches other players doing their own Raids, and some, unfortunately, get burdened by Icarus's bloodstained colored flame.
In the end, BlueHeroine was able to lose Icarus by dividing down and flying inside the ruined underground railway.
It was indeed a great fight, showing how a player with only 35 percent Link Force can avoid getting hunted and killed by a high-ranking Ragnarok Beast, but that is not what is currently on Luel's mind as he looks at the video showing a close up shot of BlueHeroine's face while she's flying inside the underground railway.
"Weird... She's definitely look familiar..."