The notification that appeared in front of Arthur was different than all others.
The normal notification that he would see were blue in color. And when he got warnings, those notifications were red in color.
But the one that he got now was dark purple in color. It was rather striking and stunned Arthur. A chill even went down his spine and a thousand thoughts flew through his mind.
'How… Already? They shouldn't have taken notice for a while…' Arthur thought while bracing himself.
>A Mysterious Presence has sensed the playerA Mysterious presence has taken interest in the playerThe Mysterious Presence reveals a part of its being
~Gulp~
Seeing the title that had appeared in front of him, Arthur swallowed his saliva. The deities liked to appear as mysterious presences and would present a vague title to the players instead of revealing their names entirely. They liked to test the players out, thus it was a matter of fun for them as well.
'Loki…' Arthur knew about the title very well.
After all, it was a name that could inspire fear and frustration in even the top players.
Loki wasn't just any common deity… he was a god!
One that had troubled several other gods and had still come out on top often.
In Arthur's past life, Loki was infamous for having messed up several quests and changing the quest lines.
'Is he going to say anything?' Arthur wondered before his eyes wandered over to the other notification.
The green notification was still there and there was no change to it.
'Rather than Loki taking an interest, I would rather it be this one.' Arthur thought.
To him, a neutral deity was a lot better to handle than a chaotic one. After all, even among chaotic deities, Loki was rather unique. Even if he could offer player benefits, he could also mess them up really well if he ever wished to.
A Neutral deity though was a lot more predictable and wouldn't go back on their words easily. They were also a lot more reserved and wouldn't interfere with the players as much.
While most players preferred a good alignment deity over the others, it was actually not the best choice. Having a good deity as a patron meant that one would be targeted by the other Evil alignment and Chaotic alignment deities.
The same could be said for the Evil alignment deities, but it was a lot more difficult as it came with the additional penalty of being hunted down by most NPCs. It could also prevent the players from entering a lot of settlements.
There were risks to taking an Evil alignment deity as one's patron. And yet, there was no lack of players that had done exactly that.
A lot of the major quest lines of Morpheus Online were based on the concept of good versus evil, this the two player camps would strive to make their side the greatest.
Several thoughts continued to appear in Arthur's mind and he reckoned that the best way to behave right now was to do the same as before. If he showed different actions than normal, it might actually make Loki even more interested in him.
~Chitter~
While he was thinking about this though, the Dragon Horn Beetle let out a low sound. It walked up to Arthur and came to a stop in front of him.
"Ah… You did well." Arthur rubbed the beast's head.
~kurrrrr~
The beetle let out a pleased sound and lightly shook its body as if enjoying it. Though with a body as large as it, the movement seemed to cause the ground to tremble a bit as well.
>Would you like to give a nickname to the Dragon Horn Beetle?Dragon Horn Beetle has been given the Nickname 'Brambles'The Dragon Horn Beetle has accepted its nickname and finds it suitableA Mysterious presence has taken an interest in the playerThe Mysterious presence is pleased by the Player's actions and is willing to reveal its title
'The Mistress of the beasts?' Arthur recognized this title as well.
It was another well known deity of the neutral alignment. It was also one that was somewhat befitting of Arthur's class.
'So that's why… it was due to Brambles…' Arthur realized. 'Artemis takes interest in the players who are good at hunting beasts, or dealing with them after all.' He thought.
The Mistress of the Beasts was none other than the Goddess known as Artemis!
Depending on what interested her in a player first, she would present a different title to them. Since Arthur had tamed Brambles as a pet, she had presented her title of Mistress of beasts.
'If I had killed a strong beast boss, she might have introduced herself as Mistress of the Hunt instead.' Arthur thought.
Many players had spent a lot of effort in finding this out. The newbies who encountered the deities were given different titles, and would only later find out that they all had the same patron.
This also showed the strength of a deity indirectly. The more titles a deity had, usually the stronger they were.
For example, in the case of Artemis, she held the titles Mistress of the Hunt, Mistress of the Beasts as well as the Goddess of the Moon!
'If it's her it'll be good for me.' Arthur thought.
But just as he was about to speak, he saw a new notification appearing.
Arthur's expression quickly changed, and his lips turned into a thin line.
'What even…'
'Good! Get him to leave!' Arthur internally rejoiced.
'Nice. Nice.' Arthur was liking where this was going.
'Huh? He's putting it on me?' Arthur got nervous once more.