Chapter 255 - Episode 255: A Huge Step.
Chapter 255 – Episode 255: A Huge Step.
We all get teleported to the Oasis, and we immediately receive a warm welcome from the players that failed during the raid around the Oasis, they're all waiting for us and all of them made a tent and it looks like we are at the huge concert festival or something like that. Some of them are running toward their friends who cleared the dungeon with us, they look happy and jealous at the same time. Kingstar is looking at players that failed and he's resting his hands on his waist, he walks to the middle with Boschwell and Queenstar.
"Everyone, can I have your attention for a moment?"
Everyone is looking at him in silence, Kingstar nods.
"We will run the dungeon again every Saturday from now on to help you all receive the title and achievement. Those who already cleared the dungeon with us, you're going to sacrifice your lives for your friends and partners so they can get the title and achievement. Do you guys understand?"
They all nod with understanding, Kingstar then gives the information related to the last bost and the mechanic of the 5th stage. Everyone is listening to him seriously so they don't forget about it and will not be surprised when they manage to reach the 5th stage, we are all listening to him while sitting under the shade of the palm trees.
Ivonna and the others are sitting around me, then she looks at me while tilting her head.
"So now we know why you never be able to clear the dungeon, it's because you can't kill your own doppelganger huh?"
Francesca and the others are looking at me and then Michael chuckles while leaning his head on the tree.
"I never thought that the most OP stat can backfire like that and prevent you from getting everything."
I scoff and nod in agreement.
"Yeah, that sucked so bad. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't kill my own doppelganger."
Leo is humming while leaning on the tree.
"So the Sunny phase is fighting against ourselves from the past, while Shady is going to be fighting against ourselves from the present, and lastly, the Sandstorm phase is where we are going to fight against ourselves from the future, huh?"
Ivonna and the others are looking at Leo with confusion, Hans raises his eyebrow.
"How do you know that?"
Leo shrugs.
"Well, it's easy because Atraxthes said it twice that he has seen the past, present, and future. I assume that we are going to fight against ourselves from the past, present, and future. Am I right, Trevor?"
I nod in agreement while squinting my eyes because the sun is blinding me.
"That's right. Even though I didn't clear the dungeon, I know everything about all the phases and what are the differences of each phase. There are more than that and you will see it for yourself later when we are going to clear the last two phases."
Everyone is humming with understanding while staring at the palm tree's leaves, William is looking at something on his screen.
"This title might help us a lot in the dungeon later."
We are all looking at William and nod in agreement. That's right, after we clear the dungeon we all got a title, [Underworld Discoverer]. It gives us extra damage to ghost-type of monsters and reduces damage taken from them. Not only that, during the raid attempt, for every 1000 ghost monsters killed, it gives all players an extra 1 chance inside the dungeon if they wear the title.
Francesca sighs in disappointment while putting her hands on her back.
"Since we achieved what we came for, now we can go back home without regret."
Everyone looks at me in silence, but Francesca chuckles and smiles.
"Thank you for the fun for the past few weeks, Trev, Em, Will. I really enjoy every minute ever since I set my foot in the US."
Ivonna and the others nod in agreement, Emma and William look sad when they remember that Francesca and the others are going to go back home tomorrow except for Ivonna and Chelsea since they both want to stay here longer. Emma crawls toward Francesca and hugs her so tightly while William looks at Hans, Leo, and Michael.
Chelsea is looking at them and raises her index finger.
"How about we all go out tonight? We can have dinner outside, somewhere fancy maybe, and enjoy the view while drinking expensive wine?"
Emma smiles with excitement while looking at Francesca.
"Yeah! Since your flight is in the evening, we can get wasted! Let's do that, yeah?!"
I look at her and chuckle.
"Alright, you can make the plan while I'm going to have a talk with Diamond and Lothair. Be right back."
I stand up and approach Diamond and Lothair that are standing next to Cho Ahn and Ken. I wave at them and they all nod up. I scratch my eyebrows and tilt my head.
"I have something for you, come."
Diamond and Lothair are looking at each other, they both shrug and follow me from behind. Once we are far from the players, I open my inventory and take all the legendary pieces of equipment that I took from the Palace back then, and drop them all on the ground. Diamond and Lothair are looking at those legendary pieces of equipment with their eyes and mouths wide open, they squat down and look at them one by one. Lothair lifts his head and looks at me.
"Where did you get all these?!"
I look at him and tilt my head while rising my eyebrows.
"I collected them when the Palace of the Eluna Empire got destroyed, I found them by accident, and just to be safe I keep them to myself, and now that you both are close with the new emperor. Just tell him that you both are the ones who secured all of those pieces of equipment after the incident, and if he's generous enough, he will reward you with one of these legendary pieces of equipment when you give it back to him."
Diamond looks at me and furrows his forehead.
"You can sell all of these and make a profit, even if you didn't tell us about where do you get all of these pieces of equipment we won't even know if these are from the Palace. So, why did you do this?"
I chuckle and smirk.
"Why not? I don't need money and even if I want to use it, it's impossible because all of them have a quite high level requirement, so I don't want it. Let's say that I treasure more of our friendship than profit, I rather have more reliable friends than strong equipment."
Lothair scoffs while standing up, then he looks at me and nods with understanding.
"All this time, I still think that you used me or everyone to gain everything, but now you earn respect, Trev, and I really really appreciate what you did right now. We are going to bring these all back to the Palace."
Diamond nods in agreement and then the two of them are grabbing the legendary equipment while I look at the surroundings if someone is watching us. After they both secure all the legendary equipment, the three of us walk back to the crowd with Diamond and Lothair's arm wraps around my shoulders. Ivonna and the others are looking at the three of us and they're all furrowing their foreheads while keep staring at us, Lothair and Diamond are just waving at them which is making the rest of them a bit curious and suspicious.
Kingstar is stretching his body and approaches all of us, he rests his hands on his waist while sighing.
"I guess this is the end for now and you all can log out to get some rest."
Kingstar looks at me and nods.
"Thank you, Trevor, for helping us during the 5th stage and bringing full players from the 4th stage because if we lost a dozen or more players, I don't think we can't clear the dungeon with just 3 phases back there, so it's all thanks to you."
Everyone is looking at me and nods in agreement, Boschwell looks at all of us and raises his eyebrows while crossing his arms.
"So, what's next? Other than doing a re-run of the dungeon?"
Everyone is looking at each other and they have no plan on what they're going to do but then Ivonna raises her hand and looks at everyone.
"I'm planning to leave the Alliance Kingdoms and going to explore the world with Trevor, not just me but all of us."
Everyone is surprised, Ivonna looks at Sigryd and Alessandro.
"You guys will take care of the Alliance Kingdoms from now on."
Lothair is raising his hands and shaking his head.
"Hold on, hold on… what are you trying to say, Ivonna? This is kind of so sudden."
Ivonna smiles and nods.
"It is what it is. We have been playing months of this game but we only have been playing around the three sovereignties and that's it. The Orion is vast and we barely discover 20% of it, so I thought that it's better for me to move and explore all the places with my friends and Trevor. We want to know the secret of this world and what kind of surprises that we are going to encounter during our exploration."
Diamond looks at Lothair and they both nod.
"Hey, that sounds interesting. Maybe we can tag along?"
Kingstar is chuckling and shaking his head with disbelief.
"Do you think that you're the only one who wants that? We all want to explore the Orion as well, but the problem is, is it really fine if we left the three sovereignties on their own? Without us, we don't know what will happen to those three factions."
I look at them and smirk.
"It's not your responsibility to take care of the sovereignties though. If you're concerned about the sovereignties, I think isn't it the perfect time for the second generation players to take over the sovereignties? You don't want all of them to be hiding under your wings all the time, right?"
Liu is smiling and looking at everyone.
"This is going to be a huge step, but I'm down to explore the Orion with you guys. Maybe we can create our own sovereignty and we can name our sovereignty the Ophiuchus? That sounds wonderful to me."
Boschwell is raising his eyebrow while staring at Liu.
"You're saying that we are going to build our own place and make some kind of checkpoint for the player who will be exploring the Orion after us? That's not a bad idea. We can make the most beautiful city, kingdom, or even empire. Yeah, that does sound wonderful."
We are all looking at each other and nodding in agreement. Kingstar is smiling with excitement.
"Let's do that, let's explore the Orion together and see what awaits us there."