Translated by Eve
Edited by Wuxian
Ever since Sui Yuan had been given free reign to go on a ma.s.sive killing spree, the reputation of [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l]'s ID quickly shot up, even quickly surpa.s.sing that of [Lone Wind Wan Yi], becoming the focus of all the
From the initial cynicism, to the stunned reactions that occurred upon watching the video, one (How I Was Killed) video after another was recorded by other players, confirming that [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l]'s formidable strength was not made up nor unfounded—it was real, through and through.
Since it was real, then could it be due to a cheating software? After the old experts who thought others were exaggerating about his skills were convinced that he had surpa.s.sed them after watching the video, the opinion that it was a 'cheating software' immediately blazed forward, becoming the mainstream opinion. Nearly all players who had seen the video were a bit skeptical. Even the company was summoned to perform an investigation to figure out whether or not a new kind of cheating software had appeared.
After the company seriously and meticulously inspected the situation, the gloomy but also glad company had no choice but to release a statement saying that all of [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l]'s actions and gameplay were extremely normal—that there hadn't been any trace of him having used any sort of cheating software. This also meant that everything had purely been due to his gaming ability which was good, so good, in fact, that it practically exceeded human limits. Consequently, those players that were hooting at him for disgracefully using a cheating software could calm down. Of course, after the statement was released,
On the forums, there were even posts t.i.tled [An Insider] and [The Truth] coming forth, leaking information that the game company planned to optimize the game in their next update by nerfing certain cla.s.ses—for example, [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l]'s Mingjiao cla.s.s, in order to try to balance the game.
After these explosive rumours came out, many of the players, especially those that played Mingjiao characters, were aggrieved, holding both love and hate for [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l].
Love—of course this was because he played the cla.s.s so skillfully, taking it to a whole new level while boosting its reputation, thereby propelling the popularity of the Mingjiao cla.s.s to the top. Practically all the players who watched the video could not contain their itch to create a Mingjiao sub-account to play. As for why they hated him, naturally it was because of this 'optimization' rumour.
——WTF! Optimize, your sister, ah! The Mingjiao are innocent! He's but a child, please let him off! If the game company dares to 'optimize' the Mingjiao, then the very next day, they'd dare to send all their max level characters of other cla.s.ses donning max-refined equipment and max-level stones main accounts to [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l] to play the game with. Go 'optimize' all of the cla.s.ses if you have the ability, game company! This was simply unbearable!
While the players and the company were quarrelling over the matter of whether to optimize or not, the server in which [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l] resided welcomed a large wave of fresh blood.
Originally, Sui Yuan and co.'s server was hugely popular because of [Lone Wind Wan Yi]. Now, even more players from other servers switched servers after watching the video and made new accounts in order to come wors.h.i.+p this great G.o.d who could be considered a humanoid BOSS before the news blew up too much.
The server was packed. The guild, {Heaven's Alliance}, where [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l] resided, was particularly popular. The number of new applicants for the guild steadily increased by the day, forcing the guild supervisors to have no choice but to set up several affiliated satellite guilds. Only then did they find a way to appropriately settle down this heap of people with great difficulty. They were so busy that they even had to eat and drink in front of their computers. It was difficult, but it also made them happy.
—–As for the Cute Leader [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l] who continued to live a life of ease and leisure as he took no part in the guild's bustling matters…Forget it. Just let him continue acting as their mascot to keep him from causing them more work the more he intervenes.
Perhaps it was because the players who transferred servers to come wors.h.i.+p him were for the most part high level PK fanatics, after they joined {Heaven's Alliance}, the guild's strength shot way up. The present {Heaven's Alliance}, regardless of whether it was their member count, scope, or their battle strength—all of these proved that the guild was entirely worthy of being called their server's number one. Even if [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l] didn't make an appearance, even if they were up against {Carefree}, they would very rarely encounter defeat. Even if they just rushed at their opponent, with their numbers, they could easily kill them all!
In this manner, [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l]'s {Heaven's Alliance] that had bitterly wanted to be but had no ability to be 'the number one in the server' and the 'local tyrant that controlled the entire server' in the original plot, easily obtained their desire this time around. Towards this, aside from sighing that 'the effect idols have is simply insane', Sui Yuan actually didn't know what else he should say.
As they said, the easier it was to obtain something, the harder it was to cherish it; for {Heaven's Alliance}, the t.i.tle of 'number one guild in the server' was such a case. When {Heaven's Alliance} had been competing with {Carefree} for the t.i.tle, the members were all itching to show the world that they were number one. They would act 'tyrannically' (?) and look for trouble where there was none in order to proclaim their guild's authority. Now that '{Heaven's Alliance} is number one' was common knowledge, after enjoying several days of receiving special treatment, all the members began to feel that it was rather dull.
One hand cannot clap on its own. Only when they struggled under oppression did they become more pa.s.sionate. The other guilds took the initiative to coil around {Heaven's Alliance}. Even if they were bullied, they swallowed their anger and did not make a sound. After seeing that, the members of {Heaven's Alliance} felt that it was too boring and gradually lost interest in this kind of 'evil tyrant' behaviour.
What should they do now that their former pa.s.sion has disappeared? Well, they should find a new pa.s.sion, that's what! For example, gossip, which always made people feel high-spirited no matter time nor place? For example, the love triangle/square/pentagon between [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l], [Lone Wind Wan Yi], [Elegant and Humble Autumn Leaves], [Hua Xinlei] and [Wind-Like High Official]? If you want great deities, you've got 'em; if you want bromance, you've got it; if you want dogblood, you've got it—people just couldn't stop gossiping! Not to mention, the interactions between these people were both 囧 and meng. The officials are hounding the common folk to death!
Thus, after they lost their fervor for 'contending for first place' (?), it was understandable that the members all placed their attention onto the gossip.
The girls all shouted that 'it wasn't enough', 'it wasn't enough'. They wished that they could watch a big, melodramatic love/hate play everyday. Meanwhile, the male players regretfully thought 'why was there only one supposed girl, Hua Xinlei?' and 'there are more and more gay dudes this year!' etc while happily watching the scene, as if it had nothing to do with them.
It was against the backdrop of being watched by the ma.s.ses with hopeful eyes that [Disdaining the King of h.e.l.l] (Sui Yuan) and [Elegant and Humble Autumn Leaves] (Zhao Xihe) proactively cooperated in order to help Hua Xinlei (Zhao Xihe) prevail. [Lone Wind Wan Yi] and [Wind-Like High Official] had no choice but to cooperate in this year's great dogblood play. Slowly, the heavy curtain was drawn.
