Chapter 583

The lion does its best even when catching a rabbit.

The top speed of an African lion is 80 km/h.

The Cape rabbit runs at 77 km/h, so if it doesn’t give its all while hunting, it could starve to death.

The battle must be desperate.

The predator must feel the crisis that it could be eaten if it fails to catch its prey.

The prey must hold onto a glimmer of hope that it can survive even when surrounded.

Tap-tap—

In the midst of fleeing, I raised my hands over my head and grabbed a long branch that stretched out.

Before long, a man wearing a white mask was charging towards me with a terrifying force.

“Whoa!”

I took a step back, using a running start to leap across the glittering riverbank in the sunlight.

Whoosh—

“When did this mechanism…!”

The man hurriedly looked to the left and right as he dashed across the bridge over the river.

Crunch—

He stepped on a pile of orange and brown leaves under the zelkova tree.

Suddenly, hands shot up from the ground and violently grabbed the thief’s ankle.

[Ability: Clone Exchange]

“Now I’m the main body.”

“Y-You’re crazy…!”

I severed his leg with a dagger, my auxiliary weapon.

I transformed my healing wand into a massive hammer and brought it down mercilessly on the man’s head.

Bang bang bang bang bang—!

Leaves scattered in all directions as the wind blew in from the river.

The male character looked at the outcome with a triumphant expression.

[NoName 🔥🔥🔥 vs White Paragon 🔥🔥]

3 to 2. My victory.

“Is this really a healer? Has our healer finally become an OP character?”

“I told you, if you use puppet masters right, they’re powerful.”

“Ugh. Thank you, thank you. I’ll work really hard… I’ll play for 8 hours every day…”

The moved player shed tears as they ascended to heaven.

I put my hands together to pray for their soul.

‘May you continue to be a healer that crushes the heads of thieves.’

It was only the first match, after all.

The broadcast chat was in complete chaos.

-Wowwwww

-Is this open-field combat, beating someone at a direct confrontation?

-If this is the case, anyone could be a healer; who would do thievery?

-Isn’t the balance completely messed up?

-What is this puppet master clone control? They moved almost simultaneously, wow.

-Stop saying it’s OP; it barely won because it perfectly kited while escaping.

-What’s OP about it? The healer defeated a dual dagger thief—if that’s the case, why do resistances exist?

“If you don’t like it, come on in. Random 2-digit password.”

[▶GodOfDeath(Challenger) has entered.]

“NoName, no matter how you look at it, this isn’t right. This is a thief hardly used in challenge queues or pro games, so how can you stack their specs like this?”

[System: Please select a class.]

[▶NoName(Challenger) – Dual Dagger Thief]

“Then this time, I will play as the thief. Choose the map and class.”

[▶GodOfDeath(Challenger) – Dark Priest]

[Map: Rement Academy]

-Wow, this looks really lame, lol.

-You have a maze-like map and a Dark Priest that can phase through walls?

-Once again, you’ve got to be dishonest, lol.

-Thief average stats looked great~~

-Still, if it’s a thief challenge, their physical abilities should be amazing.

Winning three matches only took 1 minute.

Right from the start, I dashed.

I thrust my blade into the wall, unleashing my aura.

Ka-boom!

The Dark Priest, caught in a moment, fell to the ground, now a skewer.

“It’s been a while since I’ve played as a Dark Priest, so I was careless. If I get another chance…”

Using the thief’s wall jump skill, I climbed onto the roof and cut off all the academy’s electricity.

I chased the Dark Priest, who fled to the basement, and sliced through his body.

“Why is the thief so fast…!”

The Dark Priest chose to face me directly.

They unleashed every debuff skill they had, yet I walked right up and decapitated them.

Boom!

[NoName 🔥🔥🔥 vs GodOfDeath]

25 seconds, 1 minute 20 seconds, 11 seconds.

Did it even take 2 minutes to play three matches?

The viewers, witnessing the devastating aggression of the thief, trembled in fear once again.

-This is just like the old healer tracks…!!!

-They definitely didn’t act like this in the last match.

-So scary, so scary, so scary.

-When NoName uses it, it’s all OP now, lol.

-If I played, I’d win every time (balance is okay).

-What is this, lol?

-Isn’t it ironic that you say thieves are weak when NoName lied again!❗❗❗❗❗

If I could win against resistances, couldn’t I win a fair matchup?

Challenges continued afterward.

Of course, there wouldn’t be many one-on-one battles in the World of Arseria.

This kind of super play would remain in the memories of everyone involved.

[NoName | WINS: 30]

“From today, the World of Arseria has changed. If you all had played well, you would have won that game.”

* * *

[Resonance Gallery]

[Resonance Real-Time Ranking 1st: World of Arseria][585]

(This image shows the Resonance game ranking chart)

From now on, this is the World of Arseria Gallery.

[Comments]

-I love WoA, I love WoA, I love WoA.

-Why should we defeat Resonance? It’d be okay if the flagship game of Resonance became WoA.

-WoA farming looks terrifying, wow.

-NoName, you crazy girl, are you bringing in these bugs?

└ Now who’s the bug?

-It’s warm here, nice~~ Let’s be friendly to each other, Reso gallery members ^^.

-Great Name, Unspecified.

The Resonance invasion of the World of Arseria had begun in earnest.

Hardcore Resonance users installed the game they had loathed through tears.

Rankers who couldn’t give up monetary benefits and fame based on point rankings.

Surprisingly, the vanguard began to share positive signals in the community.

[WoA Review] These guys had been adding mint chocolate to their national dish until now.

Originally, you can’t cook a soup badly on purpose.

But WoA tried to beat Resonance by putting mayonnaise and mint chocolate into the soup.

As I’ve emphasized time and again, if WoA only had an engine that’s somewhat up to par with normal Resonance, it would be a decent piece of work.

Playing the story mode, I felt like I returned to a childlike state after a long time; it was nice.

In PVP, there is a bit of local bias, but if you learn the basic mechanics, you can overwhelm with physical strength.

(4-player suppression highlight in front of the world tree for the shield knight.gif)

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[Comments]

-The sense of superiority is disgusting.

-The WoA fans still don’t understand, lol. If Korangan Kwan said this, it’s extreme praise.

└ True, lol.

└ Speak conservatively, everyone.

└ Is it really fun? Should I try it?

-Great Unspecified, what on earth are you…

-It’s become a different game in just two weeks, crazy, lol.

All problems in the world stem from money and end with money.

Usually, executives find an optimal point within the trade-off relationship between game quality and profitability.

However, this point always diverges from the public perception, resulting in vocal dissatisfaction.

But NaMe, who holds 67% of the stocks in Wearsoft, thought differently.

[All users: Free mythic skin set worth 5 million KRW, maximum 10 types given out based on playtime]

“Do you feel relative deprivation from not having skins? I’ll give them to you for free.”

[Start package 1+1 / Crystal package 2+1]

“Didn’t get what you wanted? Keep tossing until it comes out; we’ll help you.”

[Brumble event – Kaizen World rare pet collection]

“How about trying this if you end up with some extra cash?”

Microtransaction events are often described as acts of selling the future.

The executives worried that if users’ expectations rose, long-term profitability would decline.

“It’s because you keep rehashing the same thing. You could just create something that people have to buy again, even if they’ve already purchased it.”

This was a management approach that suggested as long as they didn’t incur losses.

World of Arseria, on the 6th day of Resonance’s entry, simultaneously broke through the walls of China and India, recording a legendary revenue of 10.5 billion KRW in a single day.

* * *

Before the first snowfall piles up and melts away, the unseasonably warm November weekend continued.

In the warm sunlight, children stepped out of their cars wearing nothing but thin jumpers.

“Wow, a playground! Mom, why is the playground so big?”

“Who built it so big, I wonder? Want to check it out?”

The child’s eyes widened at the scale of the playground located at the entrance of GuRyeong Mountain.

A slide over 30 meters high, a play structure designed like a European castle, various colorful play equipment, and zip lines stretching across the playground.

All of these elements provided everything a child could dream of.

At the entrance, a statue of a fire and ice wizard character, reminiscent of advertisements, welcomed the child.

The child couldn’t stand still and slipped free from their mother’s hand.

“Make sure to take care of your younger sibling! Got it?”

“Yes! Hey, hurry up, hold my hand!”

Her younger sister, who hadn’t even started elementary school, wore cute little shoes and grabbed her brother’s hand with her small hands.

As the siblings began to stick together, their mother felt relieved and headed to a bench.

“Let’s go up there. Follow me.”

“Uh-huh! Just wait a minute, I’m coming, big brother! I’m coming!”

Even though he was of an age where the playground might feel boring, the boy eagerly climbed the castle.

Crossing the shaking bridge and the net bridge, he moved toward the summit.

“Wow, the line is really long…!”

The slide that all the kids wanted to ride was indeed too long.

The boy, with a troubled expression as he looked at the line, led his sister to navigate the maze again.

They chose a small slide located in a secluded spot.

“Okay, I’m going down. Hold on tight.”

“Waaaa!”

“Waaaaaaa!”

The siblings slid down the slide and soon faced an unfamiliar space.

A large dome with a truss structure sprawled out around the arrival point.

At the top of the dome, a girl dressed in black sportswear hung like a bat.

The children soon locked eyes with the girl, who looked like they were of the same age group.

“Wow!”

“Ahhhh!”

“Hello.”

“Gulp…!”

The siblings gasped in surprise.

The girl, resembling a personified bat, smiled and greeted them.

Two long antennae protruding from her head barely touched the ground.

“W-Who are you?”

The brother mustered the courage to ask the cute girl.

“Eek.”

The younger sister stuck closely to her brother, eyeing the girl warily.

The girl closed the hologram she had in front of her and crossed her arms.

“I’m the owner of this playground.”

“There’s an owner?”

“My name is NoName. Since I built it with my money, naturally, I’m the owner. If you want to pass through, pay the toll.”

NoName playfully reached out, putting the siblings in a predicament.