Chapter 4: 4. Fighting for the Easter Egg (2)

I am greatly disadvantaged at this point since I rely on items with my stealth.

I should focus on exposing players using stealth skills. Through my Arcane Clarity, a skill from the Wizardry technique, I was able to filter out the stealthy little bastards. It looks like I am not the only one trying to smoke these sneaky fellas.

I don't want to be focus-fired by these assassins and rouges, so I just shared their whereabouts in the chatroom. The only disadvantage is that the several hiding players started to bear a grudge against me. But they won't be finding me anytime soon, since they are too busy with their current adversaries.

I focussed on kill stealing some of the hiding players I exposed in the chatroom.

In no time at all, it is not just the sneaky players that are angry at me. The sore losers finally ganged up on me. It's bad news, yes. But I don't give a fuck anymore.

Since you took your time to gather, I feel obliged of annihilating you lot altogether with my tri-bombs!

But oh man! The world doesn't revolve around me. The insufferable bunch is stacked with elixirs of life. My game character died unjustly.

Then the internal conflict followed until only one of them is left.

Sigh... So sad... But not me— for them...

I used my Wagic to activate the spell Cartoon Invincibility when I was about to die. A skill that can be used in exchange for half the magic points.

Some rangers and tamers know the skill Play Dead which works in the same capacity as Cartoon Invincibility, but it is only applicable to their pets. Assassins and rouges have the Substitution and Afterimage skill that works on their game characters. Substitution's and Afterimage's only limitation is it's easy to recognize.

Cartoon Invincibility is somewhere in between Play Dead and Substitution or Afterimage. The last survivor of the small civil war was shell shocked when he witnessed the dead Wacko Wally balloon like a cartoon character then explode with confetti.

It's the animation effect of ending the Cartoon Invincibility skill.

The next instant, I showered the remaining civil war victim with my remaining tri-bombs.

My kill stealing plus the damage I outputted to the poor civil war victims pushed my level to 98. Adding the flabbergasted last survivor, I m now at level 99.

Players (96). That is one unhealthy number, but it will do... I shall pick my fights wisely now!

Players (69). What a surprising coincidence...

Players (21). I am finally at level 100. The circle is getting tighter.

Players (2). Fuck! That guy is stupendously strong! What the hell? One guy defeated the other 19 just like that!? How am I going to beat that!?

"Give up kid, how about I pay you with a 100$?"

"Isn't that too cheap. Though, you know what, I am tempted..."

Then I blasted the last player with pornomorph. He must be panicking at the other side of the screen since it took him a good while to react to my barrage of magic.

The last player's health is already halfway when his retaliation began.

***

The last player has already fixed his gear, recovering from the effects of pornomorph.

My enemy is a warlock using the pure intelligent build for maximizing skill effectiveness. He also uses modded skills called anti-magic.

Mods in the games also have rules to be followed. For example, mods that can affect game balance are subject to a ban. I know right, screw game balance! It's not like the game company even cares. Considerably, the use of mods is quite heavily regulated in the game. Additionally, players can only apply one mod. If the player uses two or more mods, the game starts crashing.

The only reason why not everyone is using mod skills is that (1) it is a hassle to mod them, and (2) players with modded skills cannot play in the PVP league.

For the both of us, the one-on-one duel is on a leveled playing field. Even with the warlock's excellent killing of 19 players a while ago, I still stand undeterred.

Glancing at the chatroom, I realized how the guy actually defeated the other 19 players single-handedly.

CHATROOM:

Blazebye guild president: Hope you die, you freaking warlock. You tricked me!

Cutie pie: Serves you right.

Betrayer: The fucking warlock is devious. He used his anti-magic mod to redirect magic projectiles. He feigned a friendly fire as some backstabbing...

Snitch: That's possible? Anti-magic and redirecting aim don't really match. Isn't that more inclined with illusions?

Jacob d' single: I just want the wizard dead...

The warlock in front of me made some kind of alliance with other players. After inflicting enough damage to the unsuspecting enemies, the warlock started to implement his plans— operation backstabbing...

Though, I must admit. The warlock is truly skilled. In terms of level, we are equal. In terms of skills, he outclasses me. In terms of gear, I outclass him.

The warlock's retaliation is destructive and evasive. My health is diminishing each second, and my elixirs of life are dropping like crazy.

My pornomorph is now useless since the enemy has already seen it. My big skills are being interrupted by his anti-magic, and the smaller skills are easily being evaded.

The warlock is stacking debugging curses on me. And curses ain't really status ailments, so my elixir of life cannot lift the debuffs.

I am confident that I have better item stocks than the warlock since the latter is not bothering to use any items even until now. Half a health is considered to be precarious already in a PVP fight, so him not using any elixirs of life indicates that he either doesn't have much or none at all.

Still, him not using any potion might be some kind of ploy. I am almost tempted to throw an anti-potion at him, but I still have some pretty deadly consumables I can use at him.

I only need an opportunity to finish him!

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When my hunger meter is already halfway, I finally found my opportunity. I advanced towards the warlock to increase accuracy. This is one of the game's mechanics, the nearer you are, the more accurate you can be.

I tossed a hunger bomb at point-blank range. Its effect decreased my hunger meter to a red, and so is the warlock.

Then, I tossed a scorched potion, freeze potion, and all kinds of potions that inflict status effects.

This is the endgame! My endgame!

***

As a finale, I tossed a vomit-inducing potion and an anti-potion. The vomit-inducing potion forbids a player to consume food. And with the anti-potion, this sealed my victory.

But I still have to be careful, my health points are already in the red. Under the hunger state, all stats are reduced by 25%. Meanwhile, casting and movement speed are reduced by 50%.

I ate a piece of bread I brought from the tavern. This immediately returned my hunger state to a yellow. Then, it was followed by an Arcane Step, the fastest movement spell available from the wizardry skill set.

The warlock was left at the very center of the safe zone where the two made their stand off.

I ran alongside the edges of the safe zone, then waited it out...

CHATROOM:

Jacob d' single: I never knew that the cheater of a wizard can actually play this good...

Snitch: I wonder what is the Easter Egg like?

Betrayer: Awesome fight! To think mod skills are this awesome!

(Strongest Warlock Died.)

Strongest Warlock: GG.

And the warlock finally died from the stacked damage of burns, poison, and hunger. I never knew games can be this fun... Hahaha! GG...

I'll be honest. I don't really enjoy playing games. I find them most of the time to be a waste of time— in an adult's words— it is unproductive, eats time, and can make a person addicted to them.

The only reason I played this MMORPG, is mostly for relieving my desire to annoy people. I am fully aware that my actions are borderline bullying, but this is just my way of socializing which I strive to change.

I don't lack friends either inside or outside the game. I can always find people that I can hang out with— chess buddies, fellow trolls, friendly thugs and the list goes on...

My socializing skills need improvement, and the MMORPGs I played are a good place to hone them. In fact, the bans that I experienced are a good reminder that I have a long way to go to become a successful conversationalist.

Maybe, I am mentally ill for deriving joy from annoying others. I should see a psychologist for myself then... Despite all this, I want to defend myself— like say, my schadenfreude is not destructive at all.

...

Fine, I admit it... I have Schadenfreude syndrome... Sigh... It is a mental illness that makes a person feel enjoyment in hearing and seeing the troubles of other people...

But the truth beheld, I ain't destructive at all!

And... I am reluctant to admit that I am mentally ill. This is just me.

CHATROOM:

Wacko Wally: Sore losers, go home and suck your mother's milk!

Jacob D' Single: Fuck you!

Snitch: +1

Avebo: +1

Cutie pie: +1

...

SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT: CONGRATULATIONS TO PLAYER WACKO WALLY FOR WINNING THE FINAL EVENT.

THE EASTER EGG IS A TRANSMIGRATION TICKET TO ANOTHER WORLD. THANK YOU FOR PLAYING MAGIC AND MONSTROSITY! GOODBYE!

CHATROOM:

Blazebye guild president: so there is no easter egg at all? Not even an animated scene?

Cutie pie: Hahaha, the game devs got us!

Jacob D' Single: A good joke indeed, hahaha.

...

Who knows? It might be true.

In my case, it can't get more real. The exact moment the system announcement finished, a dark vortex sucked me in~ it came from my very same computer screen~ a whirlpool of eerie invisible torrents shreds me to bits as the pull of traction gets stronger and stronger.

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