The Elf Video Ignites the Community
Cheonma TV was always like that.
Unlike most channels that pulled in viewers with provocative phrases and clickbait titles, Cheonma TV kept it simple—just one word for the title, then bam, the video dropped.
And this time was no different. The newly uploaded video on Cheonma TV had just two letters.
Elf.
It was a word that drew more aggro than any flowery description.
Most folks figured Cheonma was finally chasing views with a clickbait title after tasting success.
Some doubted Cheonma, but others cheered his unique plays.
But once the video played, they all reacted the same.
This video was over twice as long as his usual ones.
Entering the forest and first meeting the elves.
Allying with elves to fight a monster horde.
And the festival in the elf village after victory.
Not long compared to other streamers, but this short vid was a bomb packed with gamer dreams.
The comment section exploded, and the whole RaSe IpVen community buzzed.
It hit best video of the day in seconds, and hours later, comments still poured in at over 30 per minute.
Most reactions gushed over the elves' looks.
Most comments were positive, but not all.
The few troll comments got buried fast.
As elf novelty faded, a core question hit.
Cheonma's prior vids were mostly solo boss hunts like One Piece Crew, giant slaters, or treants.
Impressive physicals, style, and solos stunned, but boss raids were common.
Finding elves? Game-changer.
New hidden content discovered!
Bigger than highbies pioneering zones.
Second hidden piece after starter village guerrilla quest.
Top players' minds flashed one word.
Main quest.
RaSe top players' holy grail.
Most MMORPGs have main quests where players drive the story.
But Last Savior lacked one—or none found it.
So theories: Not updated yet. 1-year anniv drop.
More believable than 500M missing it.
Situation got weird.
Cheonma went from top recruit prospect to poisoned chalice even top guilds hesitated to sip.
Elf vid reached guild leaders fast.
Their thoughts mirrored players'.
'Approach stealthily.'
'Top 10 quality varies. Our offer irresistible. We win recruit war.'
'Can't snag him, but block others. Even if we smash everything!'
Unaware the man had zero guild interest, top guilds chugged kimchi soup dreams.
Carpe unwittingly snagged world's top whales' attention.
"We really just leaving okay?"
"Yeah... it's fine, Master."
Carpe and crew sneaked out of the elf forest.
Cuz Mirage didn't want her identity out.
"Alteer secret. Makes it cooler..."
"...Cooler?"
"Yeah... cooler."
Carpe furrowed brows, lost. Tina explained.
"My lord. Mirage always loved fairy tale heroes and legends."
Especially dark knights sacrificing all for loved ones, hiding merits.
"Alteer queen of light, me queen of shadows... cool."
"Hmm..."
Carpe groaned ambiguously.
He got the vibe.
800+ years guarding elf village in secret.
Hero departs without a word.
Yeah, pretty cool.
But issue: Recall pre-departure.
Right before leaving elf village.
Alteer, guard captain Croje, advisor Saiers cornered Carpe sans Mirage.
"...You knew?"
"Yes. Since 780 years ago. How not notice sudden change?"
Diet, sudden ice magic, directionless, speech too refined vs real Alteer's casual!
Fairy tale queens spoke fancy.
"Not idiots, obvious."
"...She thinks perfect disguise."
"Tried truth mid-way, but her self-conviction cute..."
"Cute enough we played along... 800 years unexpected."
"Elf scale wild."
Past Mirage imperfect mimic. Copied skills/fights perfect, but slips in personality/speech.
All who'd seen real Alteer (sans kids) knew.
But silent cuz cute actions!
Real Alteer ordered the play-along.
"Wanted her queenly duty/poise."
For future Magic King heir, Mirage leaves; till then, experiences.
Thus 800-year farce: Deceiver only one fooled.
"Carpe, care for Mirage."
Alteer handed leaf from World Tree sapling—second leaf.
◈ Second leaf from World Tree. Potent life force, less than first.
◈ Plant somewhere? Might grow tiny World Tree.
◈ Consume: +7 Vitality (Lv 50 or below only).
◈ Non-tradable
Problem here.
Alteer gave final reward with "care for her," vanished.
Thus, watching immersed dark knight Mirage felt off.
"Master."
"Yeah?"
"Gonna crush Weisin. Torments elf village. I'll protect elves."
Tiny fists clenched... indescribably cute.
No wonder dads go daughter-crazy.
'Keep secret.'
No need crush kid's dream.
Take to grave. Carpe decided.
"Where next?"
Lv 38 now. Next quest Lv 40.
Need 2 more levels somewhere.
Sudden Event Occurred!
Encounter with Four Calamities – 'Servant Lord'!
-Heh. My turn now.
"Got a good hunt spot?"
-Obviously. 2 levels in a flash.
Pre-elf forest, other plans. But power spiked, adjust.
-Remember? Lay low till strong.
"Yep."
-No need now. Your power crushes all comers. Mob-drop PK god.
Popular fields? Go wild.
-Back to Ruana, restock...
Then.
Exiting elf forest, thick chill hit.
Like recent fragment, but overwhelmingly stronger.
"..."
-...
Obvious quick.
Red alert blared!
Fragment gone. Full Servant Lord body.
But no visual.
Directionless voice echoed.
"Indeed. Bearing something intriguing. Never seen before."
Overwhelming pressure dwarfed fragments.
Event lock? Carpe frozen.
"Pleases me."
Whoosh.
Ice dust swirled, formed ring on finger.
◈ Gift from enigmatic Servant Lord to one it favors.
◈ All stats +7
◈ Once-only: Borrow Servant Lord's power (ring destroys on use).
'...Huh?'
-What?! Ridiculous...
"Test on that enigma. Can you break eternity's chains?"
Chill vanished. Carpe collapsed.
"My lord! You okay?!"
"Master? Fine?"
Homunculi rushed, but Carpe stared at finger.
"W-what's this?"
Blue ring, diff from fragment one.
Carpe's first Epic item.