Chapter 60: It doesn't matter.
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"Rio, what I just said just then doesn't matter. What matters is we're ending it in Atlantis rather than the Trench. You need a lot of progress to go towards the Trench if you want to end it in the trench after all."
"... Understood. If that's what your call is, then we, the one who's being guided. Are just going to follow through. But, I do wonder... Are we gonna get any more action other than this? Because, my viewer are wanting some 'Action' if you know what I mean..."
A little bit of unknown pressure was put onto me when Rio muttered that. Followed by the nodding along by the rest of the livers when Rio finishes his words. Now of course, I'm not stupid enough to not understand what he meant.
It's easy to understand that the viewers are demanding some more intense gameplay and also some action by me, the world best Eclipse Online Player. I have yet to make any action so they're bored. In their heads, it would be a shame if the great doesn't do anything that lives up to its name...
So, I just sighed and then make some arrangements.
"Rio."
"Yeah? What's up?"
"... Since you want it. I'll give you a chance to fight me and give YOUR OWN VIEWER the ENTERTAINMENT they DESERVED! Got that?"
When I said that, the rest of the livers started to get hyped up. They understood what I meant because they do understand a bit of my language... And just to do something even more hype.
"I'll give you a proper gear to fight me in. And that way you can duel me with the best of your ability to provide entertainment and bring in more traffic to this game too. After all, if I get you hooked to this game. It'll be beneficial for me too."
This game would've become more fun the more people join the game. Of course, they might feels discouraged with the way the game is played right now. But... I have hunch that the Fifth Floor is going to be the floor where we're going to get the big breakthrough in the game...
"Very well then. If you lose, don't cry alright?"
Who do you think you're talking to, Rio? I'm OneSec. I never lose against anyone when it comes to a duel...
"Alright then. Let's continue our tour. I'll be mindful from now on."
And with that goal in my mind, I started guiding them more carefully and also give them a lot more context on how Eclipse Online actually works. I give them a lot of knowledge that otherwise people didn't know.
Now that I think about it, there's not much people who know too much about this game. Usually, hardcore gamers would immediately put out a guide on how to do stuff. But there's not many in this game. Is there some regulations to keep the game fun and mysterious by the developer? If so, it's not a good thing. Some people are too oblivious with clues that they just need guides to go anywhere...
"I need to personally look into these type of matters."
And before long... We reach Atlantis. Some of the livers had felt Atlantis before. And it still shocks them how hard it is for them to do anything with the amount of drags. But... Rio had no problem whatsoever...
It seems like he had gained Drag Resistance to some degrees in the past and because he had felt it before, the game give it to him once again...
"Well well well. This is something that I didn't expect."
"Maybe you need to expect something unexpected in our upcoming duel then."
"Don't be too cocky now. We're about to enter that damn duel arena. So, just keep your toe, Rio."
The end of the stream is going to be the duel between me and Rio, of course. But before we end the stream that has been going for four hours straight and still counting... I give them one last tour in Atlantis.
Since Atlantis is my domain. It is a lot easier for me to give them all explanation of the places we go through. This is the floor where I spend most of my time doing whatever stuff I deemed 'Important' with Paradies.
Anyway... Two more hours were spend in Atlantis and that concludes the tour of the Eclipse Online. After a brief explanation about the Trench, everyone decided that they would rather spend their time in Atlantis.
And that's what we did... With my authority over the Atlantis Guild Building... I let them all into my Paradies HQ and they were amazed on how beautiful and different the guild building felt. There's no drag that's hindering their movement and they just felt the instantaneous cozy feeling hitting them that's forcing them to relax and just take the time slow in this building...
Almost all of them went toward the sofa. But those who are mesmerized by the views, gazed out the windows and just observe the situation outside.
"This is where I spend most of my time in the game. Unlike the rumors, I didn't spend all seconds in this game grinding. In fact, I spend most of my times hanging around my friends and lover."
"Oh boy, calm down now. Lover is a bit of a sensitive subject amongst us livers."
"Ah s**t. I said something unnecessary again. Sorry about that."
I forgot about that even though Rio told me about that. But thankfully I didn't reveal anything about him. So, the chat probably ignored that...
We continued the tour of the building. Until finally...
"And now... The main part..."
The dueling arena... The intense heat can be felt the moment we enter the arena. A certain adrenaline rushing feeling just suddenly appears and it's getting my body started... Rio's getting nervous. I can see it in his face. It's been a while since me and him actually dueled. The last time it happened he loses.
I mean, no one can touch me if it's a do or die matches. So, I need to tone it down a bit so we can have the fun that the viewer expected...
I throw Rio a proper gear and put my Blood Phantom gear away... I decided to fight Rio in the same gear that I gave him so that we're in the same even playing field.
"Well then... I challenge Rio to a Duel."
"... I accepted the Challenge from OneSec!"
And the countdown from three... Begins...
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