One hour later.
A pink slime staggered into the small town of Iron Forest, none other than Bubbly Tea Kettle who claimed to attempt to defend against the world BOSS, Uehara Naraku's attack.
As part of a defense-oriented profession, Bubbly Tea Kettle came here just to pave the way for their future campaign to take down the BOSS Uehara Naraku.
"Slime..."
Undead Race player Momonga looked at the pink slime with confusion, his skull head remaining somewhat stiff: "Can a slime really withstand Uehara Naraku's attack?"
"No worries..."
The pink slime lazily wobbled a few steps.
Bubbly Tea Kettle's voice sounded soft, like a gentle big sister: "Um, how should I address you, Momonga-san? Can you tell me the BOSS's current location now?"
"A... girl?"
Momonga was even more surprised.
In this game, female players typically choose races or professions that are beautiful or alluring, yet here was a girl choosing a slime and a defense profession!
Especially since this girl's voice sounded very captivating...
This game, [YGGDRASIL (World Tree)], really has all kinds of players!
Originally, Momonga thought that choosing the skeleton undead profession was alternative enough, but there were even more unconventional players than him!
Soon, Momonga realized his rudeness and quickly spoke up to ease the awkward atmosphere: "Of course, when you were on your way, I had just gone to scout his location, and got killed for the ninth time..."
"Arigato!"
The pink slime jumped on the spot, Bubbly Tea Kettle's voice was a bit joyful, making one feel she was a little loli.
A minute later.
Bubbly Tea Kettle and Momonga crouched at the respawn point.
The two alien players crouched here, questioning their life choices.
"Lost..."
Bubbly Tea Kettle's slime body lay on the ground.
This female player seemed to have lost direction, turning her head to glance at Momonga: "Momonga-san, were we just ambushed by that world BOSS?"
"Probably... yes?"
Momonga's face was also somewhat unsure.
His skeleton frame thought for a while, then opened his system panel, after seeing the damage values below, he slowly nodded: "It's probably an assassin-style backstab, one move killed us instantly..."
"..."
Bubbly Tea Kettle was silent for a second.
In the next moment, her slime body suddenly climbed up, her voice full of hot-blooded enthusiasm like an anime heroine: "As a tank, how can you fall so easily, I'll be mocked by Perorochino!"
But her body was moving shakily...
After all, a slime species really isn't capable of getting heated up!
Just as Bubbly Tea Kettle was about to rush out of the respawn point, a rebirth glow appeared inside the respawn point, it was a slain insect race player.
Just looking at the equipment on this insect race player, one could tell that his strength must be quite extraordinary, because these gear levels were very high, requiring a lot of in-game purchases to obtain them...
"Completely no way..."
The insect race player gripped his weapon tight, his voice a bit tense: "Besides powerful gear and world-class items, there's even unimaginable fighting skills... The game company has truly created a formidable BOSS!"
"This person..."
Momonga thought for a while, hesitatingly speaking to inquire: "You were also killed by Uehara Naraku..."
Boom!
Before Momonga could finish speaking, a mighty shockwave descended from the sky, its displayed power was undeniably formidable!
Indeed...
This move directly killed all three players inside the respawn point!
Whether it was the insect race player who just respawned or Momonga and Bubbly Tea Kettle originally staying at the respawn point, they were all taken down by this move!
Three players' souls were drifting...
Yet they did not choose to respawn directly.
Because in their view, the world BOSS wielding a staff walked into the respawn point, gazing at their souls, seemingly anticipating their revival.
"This BOSS..."
Momonga watched this scene, his voice filled with astonishment: "Would he guard our bodies to kill us repeatedly?"
Spawn camping.
This is actually a very annoying behavior.
Originally, this behavior occurs in PvP, where one player kills another, then hides nearby waiting for the player to revive before killing them again...
Round and round...
Until the killed player chooses to return to the respawn point...
This also means the killed player has to abandon their mission.
Yet now the problem is...
Uehara Naraku as the world BOSS is camping at their respawn point, how are they supposed to resurrect, will they be repeatedly killed here?
"If I remember correctly..."
Bubbly Tea Kettle's gaze fell on the insect race player's soul, quietly spoke: "Uehara Naraku's BOSS mechanism is to reclaim all world-class items, any player with world-class items gets targeted by him once seen..."
Clearly...
Bubbly Tea Kettle wasn't carrying any items.
And beside them, Momonga was completely a noob, only in their twenties level-wise. They had lost quite a bit of experience levels from being killed, and even if they hadn't been killed so many times, it was impossible for them to obtain any World-class Items.
"Sorry, it might be my fault."
The Insect Race Player didn't hide anything and explained in a deep voice, "Perhaps because I revealed a World-class Item in front of him... I'll try to make the BOSS leave..."
"Could it be to make a deal with Uehara Naraku?"
Momonga had also heard about the way to divert Uehara Naraku and couldn't help but speak, "Why would someone with a World-class Item appear here?"
Any player possessing a World-class Item would not easily approach Uehara Naraku, because once they were detected having a World-class Item, they would be relentlessly hunted down by Uehara Naraku, making escape impossible...
So...
There haven't been many strong players willing to challenge Uehara Naraku all along.
Because once targeted, the World-class Items they carry would be at risk, unless they immediately log out of the game to temporarily keep them safe...
However, Uehara Naraku would camp at the game's logout area.
Until another player uses another World-class Item to lure him away.
But this was pointless because once targeted by Uehara Naraku, a player must either voluntarily delete their account or trade him a World-class Item to end the chase...
This clause...
Is ridiculously domineering!
However, it seems to align with the game's balance mechanism.
After all, those World-class Items are too powerful, and obtaining one would come at a painful price, making it next to impossible for the average person to possess one.
"Because I want to try challenging him!"
The Insect Race Player answered Momonga without hesitation.
At that moment, the Insect Race Player seemed like a real gamer: "If I don't challenge a BOSS, what's the point of spending money or grinding skills in the game? I refuse to bully the weak!"
To put it bluntly...
This is a high-level player who dislikes noob-stomping.
Just when Bubbly Tea Kettle and Momonga's souls looked at the Insect Race Player full of admiration, this player spoke again, "Of course, I also want to try and get the two strongest [Twenty] World-class Items from the BOSS..."
This was the true objective.
In this game, money couldn't decide everything.
Because the top-tier World-class Items are truly priceless, obtaining the two [Twenty] series World-class Items from Uehara Naraku practically meant owning everything in the game's world at the current stage!
"Now it seems I can't beat him, I'll have to learn all Skills and super-skills first, and it's best to get a special class..."
After the Insect Race Player finished speaking to himself, he began preparing to resurrect his body and continued softly, "But I've also prepared an alternative plan; I want to see what I can exchange for with the two World-class Items from Uehara's hands..."
"Two!"
Momonga stared at the Insect Race Player in surprise.
[YGGDRASIL (World Tree)] as a super popular online game, had countless players, but the entire game only had two hundred World-class Items, and the Insect Race Player had two of them!
Especially at this stage of the game...
It's unimaginable how they obtained them...
Once all three of them were resurrected, the Insect Race Player first took out his World-class Item and threw it to the ground, signaling that he wouldn't use the World-class Item to attack Uehara Naraku, halting the World-class BOSS's attack.
Under the watchful eyes of Momonga and Bubbly Tea Kettle...
Uehara Naraku and the Insect Race Player made a transaction. The World BOSS took out a piece of white paper and wrote an address, handing it to the Insect Race Player.
However, the Insect Race Player didn't take the handwritten note and instead took out another World-class Item from his inventory to indicate a trade with Uehara Naraku...
Everyone witnessed a strange scene.
The fearsome World BOSS in the game smiled and lowered his head, suddenly putting away his handwritten note and taking out a ring to give to the Insect Race Player, speaking his first words to the player: "Touch me, player, when you gather more World-class Items, come call on me!"
After saying that...
The World BOSS seemed to find it no longer beneficial and left the town's respawn point, disappearing without a trace.
After Uehara Naraku left...
Momonga and Bubbly Tea Kettle looked at the Insect Race Player in awe, realizing they had witnessed history and learned how to deal with Uehara Naraku!
The Insect Race Player, Touch me, looked at the ring in his hand and spoke in a deep voice, "I thought it would be the Eternal Snake Ring from the [Twenty] series, but I didn't expect this effect..."
Ring of Destiny
HP (Vitality) +20%
MP (Magic) +20%
All Elemental Attributes +10%
All Elemental Resistance +10%
All Skill Levels +1
Shelter of Destiny: Generally, Uehara Naraku will not actively attack you.
Destined Encounter: You can actively inquire Uehara Naraku's location at any time.
Crossroads of Destiny: Automatically adds NPC Uehara Naraku as a friend, unlocking initial favorability; each favorability level unlocks more interactions with Uehara Naraku.
Price of Destiny: Request Uehara Naraku's presence in your battle. (Note: When Uehara Naraku joins a battle, a World-class Item must be paid as compensation.)
Bound, untradeable, indestructible.
Note: When you obtain this ring, it means fate has chosen you, Mr. Touch me, and the Goddess of Fortune is smiling at you.
Item Creator: Uehara Naraku