Chapter 15
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Wonder what the next Under Arena will be.
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The excitement surrounding Do-jin's streams showed no signs of cooling.
The reason was obvious.
The unique Necromancer Class.
His decision to challenge an Under Arena no one else would enter.
And the fact that he had confidently cleared it.
The impression Do-jin left had simply been too powerful.
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Under Arenas are better because actual monsters appear lol.
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But seriously, no other Players are trying them?
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Absolutely not hahaha. If you fail, your Level drops AND you lose money. Would you do it?
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If you fail the clear... haha, you know what happens.
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By the way, System says preliminaries are starting soon. Anyone else hear about that?
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Perhaps as though pushing back against the current trend, a different topic had gradually begun spreading through chat.
It was even possible that Players conscious of the unfavorable public attention were deliberately pushing the subject harder.
“You're really going to participate?”
Ra-hee spoke while looking at the same chat window as Do-jin.
“You can't participate just because you want to.”
“The preliminaries filter out everyone who isn't good enough.”
“Just look at the average Level of the Players who've competed until now...”
Ra-hee stopped mid-sentence.
She pressed two fingers against the bridge of her nose as if developing a headache.
“You need to be at least B-rank just to log into the preliminary Arena.”
“And there are only six months left.”
She stared at Do-jin with razor-sharp eyes.
The meaning was obvious.
Could he really become a B-rank Player in only half a year?
“You have five minutes to convince me you're not talking nonsense.”
An ordinary person might have shrunk beneath Ra-hee's stare.
Do-jin did not move at all.
“Well, I'm D-rank already.”
“...Haa...”
Ra-hee rubbed her forehead again.
She had a strange feeling that her sighing had increased dramatically since recruiting this man.
But Do-jin's words were true.
A Player who had awakened less than a week ago had already reached D-rank.
Then...
Was becoming B-rank in half a year really impossible?
“You're serious?”
“I'm always serious, Ms. Ra-hee.”
The World Cup and Olympics of Players.
A hunting tournament for high-ranking Players held once every year.
A survival game in which the Player who survived until the very end claimed every reward as the champion.
“The Hunter Cup.”
Do-jin grinned.
It was the same relaxed, confident smile he always wore.
“You strike while the iron's hot.”
“I'm getting popular right now.”
“What would it look like if I avoided a major event like this?”
“Haa...”
Ra-hee sighed again.
Of course she understood that.
But there was still a reason she opposed the idea.
“Right now, Do-jin, people like you not only because you're the only Player of your Class, but because you enter Under Arenas.”
“You understand what that means, right?”
Could the public return to normal after experiencing such intense excitement?
If a Player who constantly won and put on spectacular shows suddenly produced even one boring performance...
How would the public treat him?
Most fickle viewers would simply move on.
“If you continue clearing Under Arenas like this, you might meet the participation requirement by the time the Hunter Cup Main Tournament begins.”
Ra-hee sighed.
Then added:
“Barely.”
The Hunter Cup was a System-wide event in which Players from all over the world could participate simultaneously.
The reason this was possible was simple.
During the Hunter Cup, every Arena in the world transformed into a Hunter Cup venue.
The same Quest appeared in all of them.
What did that mean?
Every top-class Player from around the world participated.
All of them were chasing the massive rewards given to the Hunter Cup champion.
“You remember that you're currently Test Guild's only member, right?”
That meant Do-jin's reputation and performance were directly connected to Test Guild's reputation.
If Do-jin embarrassed himself...
The newly established Test Guild would be dragged through the mud alongside him.
“And if I perform well, Test Guild will benefit from that glory too.”
“...”
Despite Ra-hee pointing out the risks again and again...
Do-jin's expression remained calm and confident.
“...Are you confident?”
“High risk, high return.”
Do-jin closed the chat window.
The viewers were already fiercely debating the Hunter Cup scheduled to begin in six months.
There was no way he would miss a stage like that.
Especially when he knew such tempting prey would appear there.
“From now on, I'll focus on preparing for the preliminaries.”
“...Using Under Arenas?”
Ra-hee frowned slightly.
Do-jin looked completely normal.
“Of course.”
Then Do-jin suddenly changed the subject.
“By the way, Ms. Ra-hee...”
He began speaking about something entirely different from everything they had discussed until now.
“I'd like to recommend one Player.”
“Would you hear me out?”
Players awakened at many different ages.
Most awakened sometime between their early twenties and late thirties.
But occasionally...
Someone awakened while still in their teens.
The Player Do-jin was now going to meet was one of those cases.
“I know it's surprisingly common.”
“The rookies who placed second and third in the Arena where you debuted were kids like that.”
