Iron Forest.
In this pitch-black forest, a figure was desperately fleeing, even his clothes couldn't quite cover him in the rush, revealing a pale skeleton underneath.
This figure...
Was clearly a skeleton.
If this were anywhere else, this skeleton might frighten quite a few people, but here, in a game world called "YGGDRASIL (World Tree)", not to mention skeletons, there are many stranger alien creature players.
No...
You can't quite call it a skeleton.
It should be said he is an undead or part of the Undead Race.
Just as this Undead Race player dared not look back and only focused on fleeing for his life, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, as though teleporting, and struck down with a rod!
This strike directly landed on the back of the Undead Race player!
The next moment, the body of the Undead Race player shattered instantaneously, his bones scattered all over the ground, a truly miserable sight.
Clatter...
A white skull rolled across the ground...
"Seventh time I've run into you, really unlucky!"
Just as that skull was rolling on the ground, the figure who had attacked the Undead Race player blocked the rolling skull with his own club.
The next moment...
The figure swung his club and smacked the skull flying, the white skull soaring into the air, landing in a small town near the Mist Forest.
And in the safe zone of the town, the recently slain Undead Race player was revived. Losing his dropped experience left him quite distressed, and then the skull struck his head...
"This is..."
The Undead Race player hesitated for a second, slowly picked up the skull that had hit his head, his face gradually showing a glimmer of grief and anger: "This is my corpse..."
Because the game world offers a very high degree of freedom.
You rarely see characters that look the same in the entire game, and he's probably the only Undead Race player near the Mist Forest, as most wouldn't choose a mere skeleton frame like he did...
Honestly...
He was a bit angry.
Alright, more than a bit.
"This guy..."
The Undead Race player's temper finally flared up, indignantly opening the shop to purchase an item for shouting across the world!
[Momonga]: The latest world BOSS Uehara Naraku has refreshed, now appearing in Jotunheim's Dark Iron Forest, anyone want to team up to take him down?
[White Who Won't Disturb the Author's Rest]: Are you kidding? The strongest world-class BOSS openly declared by the game company, with the current level and equipment, how would you kill him? Again, use lives and experience?
[Phantom Who Won't Disturb the Author's Rest]: It's quite a thought actually, remember the last guild using lives to push the BOSS... That magnificent mountain of corpses...
[Bird Who Never Urges for Updates]: Actually, it's good, if you don't try, when can you push him down? BOSS exist so players can take them down, don't they?
[Lonely Dog]: Currently going to push, it feels quite absurd...
[Returning Prince Senhime]: Speaking of which, doesn't it seem absurd that the game company pushes out such a BOSS?
[Who is Wu]: No matter what, at least Uehara Naraku as a BOSS is quite helpful for the game company in retrieving those bugged world-class items, but of course, he might drop more balance-affecting items.
[Thick Ink Drowns the Paper]: Speaking of which, your game IDs are quite cute, any of you here willing to help give my friend a game ID...
Just as a group was discussing on the world channel, the world BOSS Uehara Naraku appeared in the Iron Forest still wandering, seemingly enjoying the scenery.
Looking at this BOSS...
This is a young man who looks extremely amiable.
If you think about it, many game companies likely wouldn't design such an ordinary character, because he appears to have no distinctive qualities.
The only purpose might be to make people feel that he must be a kind-hearted person, making one unconsciously want to trust him...
However...
This young man in this game makes players tremble.
Because every player knows beneath this young man's amiable appearance is extremely terrifying combat power and an indiscriminate action mechanism, it's said that he might attack any player within his vision at the whim of his own mood or the weather!
The most important thing is...
The location where Uehara Naraku appears is uncertain.
This means he might appear at any of the nine worlds in "YGGDRASIL (World Tree)" at any time, encountering Uehara Naraku means disaster for players, death and experience loss is nearly inevitable...
What troubles players further...
Even in the main city or guild station might appear traces of Uehara Naraku, and as of now, no one has been able to defeat him!
It's said two guilds were originally battling ferociously in the wilderness when they unexpectedly encountered the suddenly refreshed Uehara Naraku, and all members of both guilds were killed by him...
The only way to deal with Uehara Naraku...
Is those world-class items that affect game balance.
Moreover, it must be one of the top twenty world-class items, and even then, it's only possible, because there's information indicating that Uehara Naraku holds a [Twenty] as well!
Those twenty extremely powerful world-class items, codenamed [Twenty], each possess incredible power, enough to stir up the entire game!
Once any one of these top-tier world-class items is used, it will completely disrupt the game's balance!
Among the [Twenty] world-class items, there's one called [Slaying Saint Spear], which can completely delete a character, with the corresponding cost being the user also getting deleted, although it can be restored with other world-class items.
That kind of item is still acceptable...
However, there's an item named [Five Elements Mutual Inhibition] among them, which can even modify certain systems of the entire game, meaning it can change some players' play styles!
Compared to [Five Elements Mutual Inhibition], there's also an item called [Eternal Snake Ring] that can even make the game company change any system for it, even merging the game's nine separate super maps into one!
Among these world-class items, the strongest one is [World Will], which can grow stronger without any limits...
These terrifying items...
It's as if they're going to completely destroy the game...
Unfortunately, the game company hasn't paid any attention to player complaints, making no attempts to modify or delete these items. Their only limitation on [Twenty] is that once an item is used, it disappears and gets reborn.
Until recently...
The production company of "YGGDRASIL (World Tree)" suddenly seemed to have a revelation, conducting a super update to the game and announcing the addition of a very interesting character to the game world.
An NPC named Uehara Naraku.
According to the game's company's announcement introducing Uehara Naraku, the setup of this NPC is very interesting, as if he came to recover world-class items.
According to the game company, Uehara Naraku will continuously appear in every part of the game map, searching for potential appearances of the world-class items [Twenty].
However...
Rather than calling Uehara Naraku an NPC, it's more appropriate to call him a world BOSS, because he doesn't seem friendly to players during his search.
Alright...
He's actually very unfriendly.
Any player who appears in front of Uehara Naraku will face indiscriminate attacks at any time, which is Uehara Naraku's action mechanism, as he never shows any mercy.
Of course...
There is a way to make peace with Uehara Naraku.
According to current intelligence, if players want to survive in front of Uehara Naraku, they must throw a regular world-class item in front of him before he attacks, stopping his current attack and making him request a chat with the player...
And then...
The real main event begins.
After Uehara Naraku requests a chat with the player, the player voluntarily gives their world-class item to Uehara Naraku.
If the player refuses to give it, Uehara Naraku will forcibly take the world-class item and continue to kill the player, which is quite infuriating...
Only by giving the world-class item to survive...
However, the player will receive a handwritten letter from Uehara Naraku, stating the location he will appear at the next day, and he will wait in that area for a day, hoping they bring more world-class items.
No one knows...
What rewards might be given for offering the second, third world-class item to Uehara Naraku, as just giving one is already a huge loss!
At first...
Many felt this trade was obviously a huge loss!
Until a player finally pointed out on the forums the big problem of Uehara Naraku's unpredictable movements and the possibility of him disappearing out of boredom at any time.
If a player successfully trades with Uehara Naraku, he will stay at the location on his handwritten letter for a week, actually giving players a chance to ambush Uehara Naraku!
After all...
No one knows what drops might come after Uehara Naraku is defeated!
It's possible another, or even more, world-class items could drop, since Uehara Naraku has been continuously collecting world-class items!
The game company hasn't disclosed this.
They only released a poster of Uehara Naraku smiling.
On the poster, the game company thoughtfully pointed out the treasures players desire.
The ordinary baton in world-class BOSS Uehara Naraku's hand is [World Will], the strongest world-class item of the[Twenty] series, and on his index finger is [Eternal Snake Ring], the most terrible of the[Twenty] series!
This is practically an open invitation for players to take down this world BOSS!
Unfortunately...
To take down Uehara Naraku, the world BOSS, and get the top-tier world-class items on him, one must hand over one item first...
In the game world's channel.
A group of players warmly discussed the possible rewards from taking down Uehara Naraku until someone asked about the first undead race player.
[Bubbly Tea Kettle]: Hey, who was the first to get killed, could you please tell me the exact location of Uehara Naraku? I want to try if I can withstand his attacks.
[Momonga]: Uehara Naraku is still near the Iron Forest, and I just got killed by him again. It's the eighth time today he's chased and killed me, always knocking me out in one hit, so don't come over...
[Bubbly Tea Kettle]: It's alright, I'm really good at taking hits!