Seed slot.
In places like tournament competitions, it was an assigned slot given to likely contenders for victory.
‘If I can get that by earning points.......’
It meant an official game tournament would be held.
When I dug through the page further, more guide messages appeared.
[Elysium Classic 1st Korea Open scheduled to be held within the year]
[Total prize pool: 300 million won]
[Details will be announced later.]
‘Wow.’
There had been tournaments from time to time back when I played the game too, but they were not worth going out of my way to enter. The total prize pool had been around ten million won.
I had wanted to go out for those too, but back when I was a schoolkid, I could not because I did not get guardian consent.
But now?
‘A domestic tournament with 300 million?’
The amount had increased absurdly.
‘Maybe what they said about opening a pro league is true.......’
The official tournaments or pro leagues of popular games these days were not limited to prize pools in the hundreds of millions.
In leagues at the center of popularity, there were even cases where a single player’s annual salary reached several billion to tens of billions of won.
If the game company dreamed of forming a market like that, it was not incomprehensible for them to invest this much in top rankers.
‘If it’s being held within the year, the timing isn’t that far off either.......’
The seed slot was within sight too.
‘Should I aim for it?’
What if I seriously set my mind to aiming for the prize money?
Originally, I had wanted to use the money saved from part-time work to replace my PC, VR capsule, phone, and the like.
But if they automatically gave those to me just for playing the game, and maybe I could even earn some pocket money.......
There was even tournament prize money during the year-end season.
There was no reason to refuse.
‘Ah, right. Didn’t they say there was a max-level event too?’
What about the max-level event where other users participated, not an event only for Legendary Players like me?
I checked the homepage further.
Then.
[Entered the Hall of Fame!]
[You obtained a title of Legendary grade or higher for the first time on the classic server and entered the Title Hall of Fame!]
[You can receive a gift through ‘Apply for Hall of Fame Reward’ on the Achievement page!]
A ton of popups appeared telling me to take my rewards. Right, I could receive this side immediately.
[Gift]
[Requiem of the Battlefield Commemorative Coin]
[Proof that you were the first on the server to pacify the souls of those who died on the battlefield and make them dwell in a sword.]
[Massacrer Commemorative Coin]
[Proof that you became the first massacre on the server to cut down countless enemies and cut down over 100 enemies.]
[Pure Gold Certificate Included]
“......Gold?”
I wondered what kind of gift they were giving, and it was a pure gold commemorative coin, of all things.
‘Isn’t gold expensive?’
It felt like they were spending a lot of money, including the tournament. I did have the impression they were originally a company with lots of money, but.......
‘Well, it’ll be worth money.’
In any case, it was better to receive what I could, so I entered my address and finished applying for the Hall of Fame reward.
Then I checked the other events.
[Elysium Classic Launch Commemoration Event]
─[Pre-registration Event]
─[Season 1 Master Level Achievement Event]
‘There it is.’
The pre-registration event was nothing special.
At most, the achievement rewards quickly provided miscellaneous rewards such as cosmetics or housing elements, along with currency or funds needed for guild creation.
Most of the rewards for reaching 10 million pre-registrations were costumes close to cosmetics.
Since this was a new server launch event and not a return event for an existing server, there were no jump events or high-tier equipment lending tickets commonly seen in games like this.
‘This must be the max-level achievement event.’
The Master Level Achievement Event.
In Elysium, when you reached the final level of that season, the expression Master Class appeared. People usually called it max level, though.
[Season 1 Master Level Achievement Event Reward List]
[Obstation VVIP VR Capsule-ELITE]
[Elysium Collaboration Applephone 26 ProXXX]
[Latest Desktop PC (VTX9680 Equipped)]
[Elysium Classic Commemorative Coin(Gold)]
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[Elysium Online Official Artbook]
[Affiliate Gifticon Voucher: 100,000 Won]
[* You can use raffle tickets granted upon reaching Master Level to attempt raffles for various prizes.]
‘Hm, so it’s a raffle.’
Game events were usually like this. The Legendary Player privilege side was too strange.
I was about to accept that and move on when the final sentence caught my eye again.
[* The first 30 people to reach Master Level can receive prizes separately from the raffle.]
“Hm?”
What did that mean? I read the following explanation more carefully.
To summarize, it was this.
“......The first 30 people can choose and take the rewards listed here instead of entering the raffle?”
No matter how you looked at it, no one would choose another raffle prize over the VR capsule, so it meant they were essentially giving out at least 30 premium VR capsules.
[First-Come Master Level Achievers: 0]
‘Oh......!’
On top of that, no one had reached Master Level yet.
‘If I do well, can’t I do it too?’
The Season 1 section, which was the classic server section, was not especially easy to level in.
As someone with the knowledge and skill of a ranker, I should be able to level faster than half-baked users.
It meant that if things went well, I could take one of the 30 VVIP VR capsules.
‘Especially since I obtained a late-game weapon from the tutorial hidden zone this time.’
I had obtained a hidden weapon that not just anyone could get. I did not need to worry about wasting time preparing equipment in the mid-level section, which took the longest time.
‘This is worth trying.’
For now, rather than part-time work, I should focus on leveling first. I could look for part-time work slowly after reaching Master Level.
Who would say anything just because I played and rested a bit right after being discharged?
‘Good. Should I return to the game?’
Wait for me, the latest VR capsule!
I closed the homepage popup and seriously logged back into Elysium.
[Welcome, traveler ‘Kylo’!]
The moment I returned to the Eighth Supply Base like that.......
GRRK, GRRK, GRRRRRRK─!!
[Execution delayed due to insufficient processing performance.]
[Lowering graphics performance.]
The screen shook and stuttered like crazy. It even displayed a warning. The load on my VR capsule seemed close to its limit.
‘What is this?’
My VR capsule was old, but it had not been this bad before disconnecting. Why was it like this?
I soon found out the reason.
It was the moment the scenery of the Eighth Supply Base unfolded before my eyes.
“Hidden! Anyone who cleared the hidden area?”
“Has anyone seen Kylo?”
“Clearing the hidden area with a party!”
“Anyone who found the Lich?!”
“Ah, stop bumping my shoulder!”
“Go to a solo channel or something. What do you want me to do about there being lots of people?”
“Ah, move aside in front of the NPC!!”
The sight was bursting with people, like a hellish subway.
Not only were there more players crowding the Eighth Supply Base area than during the 100-player PK,
[New message received!]
[New message received!]
[New message received!]
[New message received!]
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[New message received!]
[Messages: 4,538]
[Too many messages from other Reincarnators!]
[Tutorial]
[Message function unlocked!]
messages poured in like mad, filling my vision with popups that appeared and disappeared repeatedly.
“Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-what th-th-th-th-the hellllllllll is thissssssssssssss?”
This was driving me insane.
Even my muttering stuttered.
I immediately turned off the message preview option.
GRRK!
Only then did the popups that had been visible before my eyes disappear, and gameplay returned to normal somewhat.
‘Why did I get so many messages?’
I opened the message box that had just been unlocked and checked the 4,000 messages.
‘......Crazy.’
Every single one of them had contacted me after watching the officially preserved video called the Legend Movie or whatever. It gave me chills.
How the hell did they know my ID and send messages like this? Did the people with Assassin or Rogue-line classes yesterday also tear out my message address?
‘......I’m glad my ID code wasn’t discovered.’
Messages could be filtered somehow, but if they came as friend requests, things would get a little more complicated.
‘I need to change the settings first.’
I opened the settings window and touched every privacy-related setting.
First, all nickname visibility was set to OFF. I would only receive messages from friends, and messages sent by people who were not friends would all be automatically deleted and blocked.
‘Good.’
With this, unless I was discovered through a skill again or presented my Nickname Card myself, there was no way for a third party to learn my nickname.
And from now on, no messages would come except ones Ivelin sent.
Until another big problem happened, other users would not bother me.
‘Now, what’s left is the hidden quest.’
The problem was that there were too many people in this damn Eighth Supply Base.
Even to talk to NPCs, I had to somehow get inside there.
GRRK, GRRRK!
Even after I lowered the graphics options so the faces of people looked smeared, my VR capsule was screaming. At this rate, it seemed impossible to break through that crowd.......
[There are too many players nearby!]
[Move to a personal channel?]
[Tutorial]
[Only during quest performance, you can move to a personal channel so your play experience is not disrupted!]
[However, in personal channels, you cannot ‘cooperate’ or ‘interact’ with other players.]
‘Oh......?’
As I was worrying about that, a new tutorial popup appeared.
‘The personal channel function is this easy?’
There were often cases where you were separated from the main channel because of quests, but this was the first time I had seen a notification saying it was possible with one click like this, without any preparation.
At least, it had not existed back when I played on the original server. Had they added it in preparation for unpleasant situations with so many connected users?
‘I’m going to go solo anyway, so it doesn’t matter if I can’t meet other users.’
For now, I plan to focus on reaching Master Level, so it would be better to use this personal channel as much as possible.
“Ah, over there!”
“There he is!”
“It’s Kylo!”
“Kylo! You’re Legend Kylo, right?!”
That was when it happened. The players who found me fiddling with the settings in one corner of the Eighth Supply Base began shouting like that.
......The power of being preserved on the official homepage really was no joke.
“Kylo! Kylo! Add me as a friend! Please add me as a friend!”
“Can you show us the hidden quest strategy again?”
“Did you see my message?!”
“Our guild! We’re making a guild, so please join our guild!”
“Do you use Syscord?! I’ll send you our channel link!”
Players ran toward me like mad and began spouting all kinds of things. It was a number I could not possibly respond to one by one.
This kind of made me feel like I had become a star. In the past, even when I was a ranker, only PVP old hands knew me. It felt truly strange.
“I’m sorry. I’d like to stay a bit quiet. I hope all of you enjoy the game too.”
After greeting the players who were running toward me like that, I moved to a personal channel.
VWOOOM!
Light flashed before my eyes, and the screen blacked out for a moment. Afterward,the quiet appearance of the Eighth Supply Base finally returned.
“Whew, that’s more like it.”
It was originally a quest that hardly anyone did, so it was normal for it to be empty like this.
‘I’ve never seen other places that have that many people either.’
The classic server seemed to be doing fairly well. Would there be even more people if the news about the 300-million-won tournament came out?
In any case,
‘I should push the quest.’
I decided to focus on the hidden quest.
This Eighth Supply Base was like a nest of hidden quests.
There were many small-scale hidden quests you could do, such as purifying the [Battlefield Sword] or the supply quest Ivelin had mentioned, but.......
The main stream of this hidden quest zone was this quest.
[Hidden Quest]
[Short Rest]
◆ Grade: Rare
─[You safely protected the soldiers and arrived at the Eighth Supply Base. Rest until battle resumes.]
◆ Objective
─[Spend time.]
◆ Reward
─[Linked quest unlocked]
A simple rest, in other words, a time-delay quest.
It was a quest where you waited roughly one in-game day, or several hours in real time, until morning.
Since I had disconnected entirely and spent quite a long time, I should be able to proceed with this quest again now.
‘Was it from here?’
I looked for Captain Amada in the operations room. As soon as I entered the operations room, Captain Amada welcomed me warmly.
“Is this not our hero? Did you have a good night?”
“......”
No, I really went through a lot.
......But I could not complain to an NPC. I decided to give a rough answer.
“Yes.”
But Captain Amada’s expression was strange. He stared at me with a dark face, then forced himself to speak.
“Though you are clearly a hero, it seems there were groups who slandered you.”
“......?”
This reaction was new.
‘Ah, is this because of my reputation?’
Because of the Karma Kill incident, my current reputation was close to rock bottom. During the PK, my kill count increased too, so my Karma State was close to evil.
“However, the soldiers of the base remember that you are a noble hero. Please do not forget that. If you need our strength, be sure to say so.”
[The NPCs within the Eighth Supply Base show infinite trust!]
[Interaction penalties from Karma are ignored!]
What Captain Amada showed me was infinite trust. Was it because they had already started calling me a hero through the quest?
It was quite a satisfying interaction.
“Thank you.”
“Good. Do you have any separate plans?”
“No.”
“First, there is a special mission for you, the Hero of the Battlefield. Please sit down.”
When I sat in the chair, Captain Amada began explaining with a serious face.
“As you know, the front line at this Eighth Supply Base is in an extremely unfavorable situation. You killed a [Medusius Serpent], but there is not only one [Medusius Serpent].”
Several more had appeared on the map too, but once the full development began, far more would increase. The [Medusius Serpent] was nothing more than a minion.
“In addition, the demon general [Medusius] will deploy even stronger vassals. With a simple defensive battle, we will not be able to avoid annihilation. There is no guarantee we will last through today either.......”
That sounded ominous.
“Do you have a countermeasure?”
“Of course. There is a comeback operation made possible by the skill you showed yesterday. Our only chance of turning the tide depends solely on you.”
Captain Amada’s eyes grew heated and turned toward me, the player.
“I ask you, Kylo. Will you open a path of survival for us?”
“Of course.”
I declared that to Captain Amada.
Then.
[A linked quest has occurred!]
The hidden quest for the full-scale battle against the demon general [Medusius] began.