Chapter 45: Chapter 45

Harry glared at Michael in disbelief, as though he had heard him wrongly. Hence, he asked again, “Did you say that you forgot the password for your account? In that case, you should look for it right away!”

Michael was focused on training his muscles, so he couldn’t be bothered with Harry. “What’s the point of getting my password back? No one in the server can defeat me. It’s cold and isolated when you’re at the top. Masters are all lonely, do you understand that?”

There were times when Harry had the urge to strangle Michael—this was one of those moments.

Once upon a time ago, when his peers developed his game but were unable to find an investor, Michael had the wisdom to invest a large sum of money into it.

That was how the game came about and it had achieved so much to achieve its current glory. He was the game’s first player, which was why he possessed the one and only Godly character on the entire server!

What was a Godly character? The ‘Swordsman Game’ was a virtual world with a martial arts world as its backdrop. The design and style of the game depicted the world of martial arts coupled with a splash of fantasy.

However, his character had ascended as an immortal within the entire game, being the only swordsman to be at that status from a mortal.

If he attacks, that would be… However, how can he claim that he has forgotten his main character’s password now. “I’ll use it if you don’t! You are an investor. Isn’t it a breeze for you to get your password back?”

Michael stepped off the fitness equipment while wiping his sweat off with a hand towel. At that moment, his whole body was drenched in sweat while exuding the rugged masculinity of a man. “It’s pointless. It’s more fun to play with a new character and starting from the very beginning.”

Harry quit the game with familiar ease when he arrived at its login page. He entered Michael’s account details while pushing the laptop toward him. “Quick, quick. You aren’t playing the character anyway! Let me have a go at it!”

Michael smiled while closing Harry’s laptop. “The opening ceremony is this afternoon. We should tidy up and get ready for it.”

“I’m not going to the opening ceremony. Just log in for me right now!”

Michael was already dressed and ready to leave. “I honestly forgot my password. You should go ahead and guess it if you want!”

Harry was boiling in anger. In actual fact, he was mentally breaking down because his character, which he had trained for such a long time, was once again defeated for the second time, but Michael refused to help him at all.

“I was just beaten by a newbie. Do you have the heart to see me being abused?” Harry felt that his tone was so soft that he sounded like a damsel in distress.

Seeing that we are such close guy friends, who have worked together in more than ten movies and featuring in all sorts of intimate articles, Michael should help me at all costs.

Nevertheless, he seemed unmoved by Harry’s misfortunes. He merely wiped his sweat away while taking a gulp of soda. Then, he left without glancing backward after tossing the towel.

“You landed yourself into that situation, so you should suck it up even if you’re in tears.”

“How dare you—” Harry gritted his teeth in frustration. He didn’t have the courage to log into his account anymore. I’d be humiliated if I were to log into my account. He was left with no choice but to put his laptop aside and return to work.

At that moment, it was already 11PM at Bayside University, but Sophia and Nathan were playing the game in full swing.

In the game, Sirius233 succeeded in defeating the No. 1 Beast of the Server, but the Beast was different from before.

The last time, he disconnected and left the game even before the final battle ended when he was unable to save himself from a desperate situation. However, this time around, he only quit the game after the final battle ended.

The Beast did not utter a single word from the beginning to the end. The members of his guild were embarrassed as well, so they quietly went offline—one after another. Many members even left the guild immediately.

The reason why the ‘Swordsman Game’ was so popular among players for the past ten years was due to its strong server. One, there were rarely any issues with dropped connections or bugs on the server.

Furthermore, it also had intricate designs with awesome game functionalities. The game was always being improved and each time, the upgraded version would always turn out better than the last.

As its server was extremely powerful, not only could it concurrently meet the needs of millions of players, but it would improve the gaming experience as the interactive exchanges between players were designed realistically with ingenious associated concepts.

In the game, players could level up by not only killing monsters, but also making use of the unprecedented system for heroes to rescue a damsel in distress. Furthermore, guild members were able to fight each other as well.

Previously, Sirius233 had led her guild members to slaughter the Beast’s clan. In reality, she activated Slaughter Mode in the game by locking the target sect, which enabled her to slaughter them within a fixed period.

The Slaughter Mode meant that the opponent’s guild members would be attacked until they lost their Experience Points and finally died. After that, they would respawn as a new character who would have to start from scratch without any equipment. If one wished to avoid that fate, they would have no choice but to quit the guild.

That was the reason why the ‘Swordsman Game’ was so popular. The game replicated the interaction between people in real life to the greatest extent within the game.

For instance, it illustrated the ugly truth of society because it was common to experience hardship and challenges in real life. Not only did players have to fight off monsters, but they had to resist against ambushes from other players too.

A character, who might be a well-respected master swordsman a moment ago, might be attacked and killed in the next second.

What attracted the players were not the game itself, but rather, they were there for the brutal reflection of the ruthlessness in real life and society within the game.

The sense of reality of the game exuded a unique charm to it—ranking the first among online games through the past ten years as well as being the most profitable online game in Cethos to date. Its success was not limited to only Cethos because the game had made up a significant share in the global market.

The Beast was used to getting what he wanted in the game, so he enjoyed committing cruel acts.

Therefore, the audience had clapped and cheered for Sirius233 when she defeated him. It was the same this time around—many guilds sent congratulatory messages while celebrating the victory.

In reality, Sophia basked in the celebratory greetings sent by heroes from all walks of life and became giddy with her victory, but she didn’t forget to pat Nathan on his shoulders and even gave him advice.

“Look, this is how society works. People might fawn over you with admiration right now, but they might abandon you in the wilderness before you even know it. The most important thing is to be ruthless!”

Nathan nodded, but he did not look like he fully understood the situation. She added, “Alright, we should sleep earlier today. I’ll take you to defeat the Beast’s guild in two days’ time. I’ll force him into marriage as a concubine! I dare him to bully my son in the future!”

There was a recent launch of an uncommon system within the game. In the past, only male and female characters were allowed to get married, but characters of the same gender were now allowed to marry each other! It was the first game to achieve a society with equal rights.

At the same time, the new game upgrade came with another perverted system—if two players, who were always at odds, had to battle each other, the victor had a chance to activate a Forced Dual Cultivation Mode against the loser if he emerged as the winner several times.

The player, who initiated the Forced Dual Cultivation Mode, would be able to capture the other party’s Experience Points by force and claim it as their own. The launching of this new system had caused an uproar within the game society, where players nicknamed this function affectionately as ‘R*pe’.

Sophia had never tried out these two new functions. Hence, she figured that this would be the best time to do so on the Beast, considering that the Forced Dual Cultivation Mode was not gender-specific.

“Hehehe…”

Sirius233 was arranging a series of slaughter missions in the game whereas in reality, she cackled cruelly.

Nathan was also in her guild as the son of the Chief. He was seated together with the rest of Sirius’s sons while listening to her instructions. Nathan’s eyes were wide open in real life while listening to Sophia, as if this opened a whole new world to him. It turns out that it’s possible to play a game with such a twist.