Chapter 108 – Hateful Sword
The King's Avatar
In the eyes of players, the limit had already been reached for the record long ago. Yet it had unexpectedly been broken once again. What exactly was going on in the tenth serverâs Frost Forest dungeon? Was the dungeon so rich in beauty that it attracted countless heroes to bow in homage?
The day had just begun. The drowsy night players, who had stayed up at night, saw this system announcement and all re-energized all of a sudden. They discussed and gossiped. All of the guild channels were now even more lively than they were at prime time 8 PM.
âAn all-out fight! Itâs an all-out fight.â Blue Brook Guildâs MT Flower Lantern sighed heavily with sorrow, âArenât these two Tyranny and Excellent Era? These two Clubs have always been mortal enemies. Theyâve even come to the new server to fight!!â
âBut this record is too frightening. Lord Grim, weâll let him pass. Weâve all seen his strength before. But who does Excellent Dynasty have? Where did all of these experts come from?â Blue River was puzzled.
âThe five characters that set the record this time are completely different from the ones who set the record last time.â Bound Boat looked at the leaderboards. The first and third place on the leaderboards for Frost Forest were set by parties from Excellent Dynasty, pressing down on Tyrannical Ambition from both sides.
âIt looks like they have people substituting in. Theyâre just using Excellent Dynastyâs accounts.â Blue River said.
âClearly.â Bound Boat said.
âHe he, I wonder how things are going for Tyrannical Ambition. Are they going to invite Lord Grim again?â Blue Riverâs smile was a little dark. Of course he knew of Lord Grimâs costly demands. For Tyrannical Ambition to keep on hiring him again and again made Blue River feel good in his heart.
He clearly wasnât the only one that felt good. Plantago Seed sent a message: âHow great!!â
âYup!â Blue River said happily. It was rare for both of them to feel happy together.
âThese two guilds are going to go at each other now right?â Plantago Seed said.
âIâm not sure about that...... But Excellent Dynasty hasnât made any big movements for a long time now!â Blue River said.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âExcellent Era has just recently had a roster swap and reestablished themselves. Their guild also wants to raise their prestige. And it just so happened that they began by attacking their rivalâs guild in the new server. There isnât anything to doubt, right?â Plantago Seed said.
âDoes Excellent Dynasty have this strength?â
âF*ck, canât you see it? They have help from the experts behind them! Can you set a record like this?â Plantago Seed said.
Blue River didnât utter another word. He had no choice but to concede. The current Frost Forest record had already far exceeded what was possible for normal experts like them.
Who was subbing in at Excellent Dynasty? Blue River guessed! Was it possible that Excellent Era sent their pro-players to set a record for this lowest-leveled dungeon? They shouldnât go that far right?
While each of the guilds were randomly guessing and thinking, Tyrannical Ambitionâs guild channel was filled with with resentment.
âF*ckers, did they really need to go so far? So competitive?â Cold Night was dumbstruck. This dungeon really made him thin and pallid.
No one in the guild uttered a word. No one knew what to say. The dungeon record had originally been something that was broken again and again. But this time, they all felt that something weird was going on. The sun hadnât even come out yet! And yet a new record had already been set again. Excellent Dynastyâs players really were impatient. It was just a Frost Forest record, did they need to fight for their lives like this?
âLook for Lord Grim again?â Someone asked. Those with insight knew that they definitely wouldnât be able to do it themselves.
Cold Night had no words. This type of record-setting back and forth wasnât the way! He didnât know how Excellent Dynasty had set theirs, but he had payed a lot of items to get Lord Grim to do it. This sort of competition clearly wasnât worth it. But if they didnât fight, the players in all of the servers would see that they had been pushed down. They would lose a lot of face.
If this sort of loss was because of a different guild, then they could still endure it. But unfortunately, the loss was because of Excellent Dynasty. In the Glory community, who didnât know that Excellent Era and Tyranny were sworn enemies? The rivalry had even invaded into the game, where Excellent Dynasty and Tyrannical Ambition were also enemies. For experienced veterans in the guild like Cold Night, theyâd be angry towards Excellent Dynasty even if there was nothing to be angry about. And now that Excellent Dynasty had stepped on their record, he felt extremely terrible!
Cold Night impatiently paced about for a moment. In the end, he went offline. He was planning on looking for Jiang You to ask him what exactly he should do. He was already at a loss.
On Excellent Dynastyâs side, the players were obviously feeling the exact opposite of Tyrannical Ambition. Though their situation at midnight was extremely similar to the current Tyrannical Ambition.
At that time, Excellent Dynastyâs record had been broken. Not only that, it had also been broken by their sworn enemy Tyrannical Ambition, making the guildâs veterans extremely furious like how Cold Night was currently. Each and every one of Excellent Dynastyâs players believed that Tyrannical Ambition hadnât relied on their own skills to do it. Instead, they looked for outsiders to substitute in for them, so they all unreservedly despised them. Although they despised them, they were also helpless. They were already at witâs end towards the record. The glorious heroes that had set it last time had already leveled past 25.
Excellent Dynastyâs dungeon record had been done by Liu Hao and the others substituting in. Of course, this matter couldnât be known by the guild. Even the owners of those accounts only knew that the guild leader had taken their account cards to look for experts to play on them. They could only guess who those experts were, but they didnât dare be certain.
Excellent Dynastyâs players cursed at Tyrannical Ambition as well as Lord Grim practically all night. Who knew that at this moment, the dungeon record was once again set back by their players. That sort of feeling was as if pie had fallen from the sky. However, the five characters that had set the record this time were small characters and the achievements this time were even more ridiculous. So everyone now knew that they had originally found players to substitute in for them too.
The players that had previously looked down on Tyrannical Ambition for looking for players to substitute in for them all seemed to have forgotten about it. How could it be the time to talk about that sort of disappointing topic right now? Everyone praised those five heroes. Although everyone knew that they werenât the original owners, they all tacitly understood that they wouldnât talk about it. They only praised unreservedly hoping that the experts hidden behind their screens would see it.
âHmph!â Liu Hao saw these overflowing beautiful words that filled the screen and coldly laughed. It was just a Frost Forest record and nothing more. He wouldnât go so far as to be proud of himself just because of this. However, he was feeling extremely good though that was because he knew who his opponent was. He knew whose record he had broken. The current him felt as if he had stepped on Ye Qiu.
âHow great.......â Liu Hao enjoyed this sort of feeling. The feeling he had right now was even more intense than when he had kicked Ye Qiu out of the Club. His face was filled with disdain and pride. It seemed as if he were seeing Ye Qiu, with a face full of terror, prostrating on the ground under his feet.
âThanks for your trouble, Liu.â At this moment, Chen Yehui sent a message to him.
âIt was nothing. It was a piece of cake.â Liu Hao was about to reply like this. He hadnât yet sent the message when he saw that he was so happy that he was dancing around in joy. Right! Stepping on Ye Qiu was a piece of cake.
âI reckon that Ye Qiu is helpless against this current record.â Chen Yehui messaged.
âI actually hope that heâll try it again.â Liu Hao felt as lofty as a king looking down on all of the lands under the heaven, all because of this Frost Forest record..
âHa ha, heâs actually still online. But he might not have any dungeon entries left right now.â Chen Yehui said.
âOh, really?â Liu Haoâs eyes turned. He immediately logged out of the character he was currently using and then found the account card, with a random level 20 character, that Chen Yehui had given him.
He swiped the card and entered the game. This character was Level 24, his name was Hateful Sword, a Berserker.
Liu Hao was most proficient with Spellblades. Although they were both Swordsman classes, their styles were completely different. However, as a pro-player, Liu Hao obviously wasnât completely clueless towards other classes. Just relying on his knowledge and mechanical skill, he would still be better than normal players by a lot.
Hateful Sword had no guild because it was obvious what Liu Hao was planning on doing with this account. That was why Chen Yehui specially found an account for him that was originally going to be a spy for their guild.
Liu Hao quickly scanned Hateful Sword and was quite satisfied. He immediately searched for a player name.
Lord Grim. Sure enough, he was online.
Liu Hao promptly sent a friend invite, but didnât get a response.
âLOSER LOSER LOSER!!!â Liu Hao cursed while sending more invites.
The system prompt finally arrived. Lord Grim accepted the friend invite.
âI would have blown you up if you didnât accept!â Liu Hao muttered arrogantly. Even such a small matter like being added as a friend made him feel extremely victorious. This was because the other side was Ye Qiu. Any sort of interaction between Ye Qiu and himself was a fight in his eyes. You wanted to ignore me. Yet you even added me as a friend. You lose Ye Qiu!
âHi God.â Liu Hao sent a common greeting and then began racking his brains on what he should say next to obtain Ye Qiuâs trust.
âHi, you are?â Ye Xiu replied.
Iâm your father! Liu Hao said to himself and replied: âDo you have an open spot in your party?â
âParty? Iâm not in any party!â Ye Xiu said.
âF*cker, putting on an act.â The other side wouldnât hear him anyways. Liu Hao might as well curse while typing: âI saw that youâre always setting dungeon records. You donât have a set party?â
âOh, that. No I donât. Those were all just temporary members.â Ye Xiu said.
âReally? Then can you bring me along. Iâm pretty skilled.â Liu Hao said.
âOkay, then when thereâs a chance, Iâll whisper to you.â Ye Xiu said.
âF*ck, youâre trying to trick me!â Liu Hao felt that Ye Xiu was definitely saying it half-heartedly, so he didnât give up: âAre you free? Letâs compare notes.â
âCompare notes huh. Then Iâll introduce someone to you. Heâs quite good. Heâs called Steamed Bun Invasion. You should go look for him to play with!â Ye Xiu said.
âB*stard. Sending me to your underling. How dare you act like that!â Liu Hao was furious. He sent a message over: âOkay, then Iâll go look for him to play with.â
Soon after, he cursed while adding Steamed Bun Invasion as a friend, showing his intent.
âHa ha, you want to challenge me. Youâre pretty brave!â Steamed Bun Invasion replied.
âF*ck, so the underlings imitate their boss! How pretentious! Even the underlings are so flashy.â Steamed Bun Invasion made Liu Hao feel extremely angry, but he had to act as if it was nothing and replied: âHa ha, then let me try you!â
âOkay, come here. Let me see if you have any qualifications to challenge me.â Steamed Bun Invasion said.
F*cker! Iâll beat you into a crushed steamed bun! In his anger, Liu Hao immediately made Hateful Sword rush to the Arena.
âLevel or free?â Liu Hao messaged Steamed Bun Invasion.
âOh.â Steamed Bun Invasion replied.
âIâm asking you level or free.â Liu Haoâs ten fingers almost broke the keyboard.
After a long time, Steamed Bun Invasion asked: âWhat does that mean?â