The Factions Unveiled
The players who had finished their own preparations in the starting village and rushed out were greeted by countless wild monsters. Common goblins and orcs were scattered everywhere, obstructing the players' exploration. Those who died to mobs and returned to the starting village empty-handed spat curses before crawling back into the mines. However, some players experimented with various hidden features, searched every corner, and eventually discovered a 'door' beside the castle gate. Climbing up along the gate's pillars, they soon encountered an NPC called the Security Captain. Through this NPC, players could found a guild. Guild members could form parties, and the more parties a guild had, the higher the bonus experience rate became. At roughly 5% per party, it didn't take long before everyone was rushing to create guilds, recruit members, and head out to explore.
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While most players were busy forming guilds, pushing for mergers with other guilds, or wasting time mining resources to close the gap between members, one player who had been digging straight north underground from the very beginning spotted traces of an artificial structure at the edge of his minimap. Excited, he crawled back to the surface.
"Whoa, that's a city, right? Am I the first one to find it?"
Only the faint outline of walls was visible at the very edge of the minimap, but convinced it was definitely a city, he trembled with dopamine before stopping in place.
"Ah, this isn't the time. I have to show the first city discovery on stream."
While he briefly set the game window aside and logged into the streaming platform, a shadow approached from behind.
"Hehehe… Finders keepers, kid."
The player who had appeared behind him killed the first arriver without hesitation.
The crime rate of the 1st Continent has risen by 1%.
"Kek. One percent is nothing. If you're gonna commit crimes, you gotta do it early."
Chuckling with a sly grin, he devoured all the resources the dead player had dropped before sprinting toward the city.
"First city discovery is mine~!"
Running excitedly, he soon arrived at the southern gate of the city and received a warm welcome from the guards.
— Murderer detected. Execute on sight.
"Huh? Huh? N-no~~!!"
Content: The 1st Continent follows a priest theme. However, only melee classes exist. Holy Knight, Holy Spearman, Holy Axeman, etc.
Content: The 2nd Continent is mages lol. Divided into Wizards and Spiritists.
Content: There are guns like you expected, but the damage is weak. Instead, the ultimate is the strongest.
Before long, the main cities of each continent began to grow lively. There were three major cities per continent, and each city had a specialized class for focused training. The specialized classes and unique features for each continent and city were as follows:
1st Continent — City 1: Holy Knight. City 2: Holy Spearman. City 3: Holy Axeman. Feature — Holy Cockroach (you know what that is lol). Ultimate — When five people gather and use the 'Altar of Sacrifice,' the 'Holy Airship' is summoned. The five members each handle steering, bombardment, acceleration, and deceleration. It can transport troops and cannot disembark until the airship is destroyed.
2nd Continent — City 1: Wizard. City 2: Spiritist. City 3: Shaman. Feature — Glass Cannon (the kind that looks like it'll shatter with a single touch~♪). Ultimate — When five people gather and use the 'Altar of Sacrifice,' the 'Spirit King' is summoned. The summoned Spirit King's attribute follows the most common attribute among the five sacrifices. The Spirit King's attacks are inherently area-of-effect and allow mid-range attacks.
3rd Continent — City 1: Musketeer. City 2: Scout. City 3: Engineer. Feature — Pea Shooter (Ow, hot!). Ultimate — When ten people gather and use the 'Altar of Sacrifice,' they combine into a 'Self-Propelled Artillery.' The transformation scene where the ten become parts and merge is the coolest. Only the one who directly used the altar can control it; the rest can only spectate. It allows ultra-long-range bombardment and is the only one that can separate at will.
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As the classes for each continent were revealed, a mass migration of players began. At first, people flocked to the 1st and 2nd Continents, but when someone posted the 'self-propelled artillery' combination scene on the gallery, it struck a chord with many men's fantasies, causing players to heavily migrate to the 3rd Continent afterward. Not to be outdone, the 1st and 2nd Continents hurriedly uploaded videos of their airship and Spirit King summons, but the difficult controls of the airship (or rather, the players' lack of skill… though that didn't matter to people) and the fact that the summoned Spirit King wasn't a busty older sister character (upvote if you agree!) only encouraged more players to move to the 3rd Continent.
Just as the players' movements were gaining momentum, Rust checked on Kuronyang, who was growing increasingly haggard, obtained permission from the viewers, and headed to the hidden continent.
Perhaps because she had suffered so much, even though two weeks had passed since the server opened, her situation remained the same. She didn't even have wooden tools and was completely destitute. Even now, she was hiding inside a makeshift dirt hut.
Rusti's viewers cheered at the thought of teasing this dense guy, while Kuronyang's Jipsadan cheered that their girl's pure maiden status was confirmed. After a suffocating silence, Rusti, being the guy, spoke first. (But… is this the right atmosphere between an operator and a user? This isn't a blind date, right?)
Soon after, their voices could be heard on Discord.
"Let me greet you again. I'm Rusti."
"Ah.. Hello. I'm Kuronyang."
"….."
"….."
The same thought crossed both of their minds upon hearing each other's voices.
'Wow…. Her voice is insanely (really) pretty (I like it).'
As they became entranced by each other's voices, which perfectly matched their tastes, chaos erupted in both streams' chats.
After belatedly checking the raging chat windows, the two began trying to calm the viewers. After desperately making excuses for a while (I really came because I felt bad and wanted to help. It's not a date. We just met today.) (He's here to help, so you can't do that. Are you telling me to just wither and die? I'll only accept the help I really need. etc.) they finally managed to calm everyone down.
After barely soothing the viewers, the two looked at each other.
"By the way…. Pfft"
"Still, this….. Puhaha"
As they looked at each other, both burst into laughter, and the chat exploded along with them.