Retrograde Gaming - Chapter 39

Chapter 39: The Great Shock

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

Global Announcement: Party, “We’re So Kickass”, has successfully completed Abyss Mode; Viper Cave. Final evaluation – S. Dungeon clear time: 17 minutes and 42 seconds. Party members: Open-Minded Like A Forest(Leader), Red Moon, Red Pennant, Red Face Drinks Water, Red Dust Misty Rain. Reward 10,000 Experience, 2 Gold Coins. This achievement is recorded in the Continent’s Glory History.

The huge, red announcement was itching the heart of each player. Although a lot of people knew that Kickass Brother and his party had gone to challenge Abyss Mode, they never really expected that they could do it.

“Are you kidding me? They completed Abyss Mode? I can’t even pass Normal Mode!” a player, who couldn’t believe his eyes at all, exclaimed. Currently, Normal Mode was quite challenging for random parties. Only well-trained guild teams could pass it.

“This must be a joke… What the hell is going on? It only took them 17 minutes to clear the dungeon? We need an hour in Normal Mode!” A guild player shouted in disbelief.

“Kickass Brother is indeed extraordinary.” One of Kickass Brother’s fans sighed, he immediately went offline to post this matter on the forum.

Ordinary players were stunned by the announcement, not to mention the several leading guilds. This was totally unacceptable to them.

A large guild’s party was challenging Hell Mode earlier. But when the announcement popped out, they were so shocked that the entire party was killed off by the monsters in a series of chain reactions.

“What the hell? We’ve been trying Hell Mode for days again and again, yet we still haven’t passed it. How is that possible? They cleared Abyss Mode in 17 minutes?!” A player complained as he walked out of the respawn point.

“A bug… it has to be a bug…” Another member who refused to accept the fact kept muttering.

“So what? We also want to find some bugs to exploit, sadly, we’re not that lucky.” The party member beside him said while puckering his lips.

“He’s the Kickass Brother! Did you guys check the post on the forum? Do you know how kickass he is? He once slapped the Warrior Instructor and the Newbie Village Chief right in their faces,” another party member recounted the story in admiration.

“I see… So this ‘Open-Minded Like A Forest’ is Kickass Brother. No wonder! He’s literally my icon.” The mage player nodded.

Just like this, with the help of the system’s announcement, Li Huailin’s name, Open-Minded Like A Forest, was now known to all players. He had become really famous now. Although the names of the rest of the party members were also announced, they didn’t really catch much attention. Everyone believed that Li Huailin was the leader who carried them through the dungeon, which was apparently also the truth.

Of course, the management teams of all the major guilds had begun to investigate this “Kickass Brother”. The name had been quite familiar to them for a while now. After all, they were big guilds with a complete data collection system, they even had some special staff that was designated to organize the materials. They thought that Kickass Brother was only a special player who was able to beat up NPCs. However, since he was the first player who passed Abyss Mode, he was now within their sights.

“Night Flyer, what’s going on?”

The leader of the Spiritual World guild, King of Spiritual World, asked Night Flyer through a long distance call.

“He’s unbelievably fast! He even cleared the dungeon before I arrived, this is so hard to believe.”

Night Flyer headed for the dungeon as soon as he received the news earlier, but Li Huailin was even faster than he expected.

“Did you call him?” King of Spiritual World asked.

“He didn’t pick up my call. I think he must have blocked communication for now since lots of people must be trying to contact him.”

Night Flyer was right. Li Huailin had indeed refused to pick up all long distance calls.

“It’s really hard to believe, he passed Abyss Mode within 17 minutes… We didn’t even have the time to react. Night Flyer, your friend is so…” King of Spiritual World sighed. In fact, he had been frequently sighing ever since he received the announcement.

“Can you guys pass Hell Mode today?” Night Flyer questioned him.

“No, we can’t today. Our equipment is so poor that we can’t even bear a critical hit from the boss. It seems that we have to pass Normal Mode a few more times in order to compensate for the loss of experience and equipment.” King of Spiritual World then continued, “Even if we do pass Hell Mode today, there’s nothing for us to show off with. With them having passed Abyss Mode just now, we can’t promote the guild like this.”

“I’ll see if I can ask him for a guide in Viper Cave.” Night Flyer took it for granted that Li Huailin must have figured out some bugs, he couldn’t find another explanation for it.

“It would be best if you can do that. However… if you knew about a bug, would you want to share it with other people?” King of Spiritual World didn’t have much faith in Night Flyer’s success.

“Of course I wouldn’t. Do you think I’m silly? I’d equip myself with a gold suit using the bug first before taking my time to consider what to do next,” Night Flyer said with a smile. “This guy is hard to predict. Otherwise, he would have simply chosen to remain a low profile.”

“Anyway, go and ask him first. If he’s willing to share it with us, our guild should try our best to get it at all costs. You have full rights to make decisions on this matter.” Even though King of Spiritual World didn’t have much hope in this, he still said so just in case.

“Well, I see him. He’s coming out.” Night Flyer’s eyes immediately spotted Li Huailin, the latter had just left the dungeon.

Li Huailin was a little stunned when he saw so many people in front of the dungeon. What he didn’t know was that a large number of people were still on the way, wanting to meet him.

“Here comes Kickass Brother!” A player suddenly exclaimed while pointing at Li Huailin.

Like an alarm, it instantly caught the attention of the players who were waiting and chatting around. All of a sudden, a large number of people rushed over towards Li Huailin.

“What… what should we do?” Since Red Pennant wasn’t good at communicating with people, she immediately got nervous. She hurriedly stepped closer towards the most trustworthy person, Red Moon.

“At this time, you can betray your teammate without hesitation.” Red Moon had an evil grin on while giving Li Huailin a sudden push from behind.

“Hey! Leader, you…” Li Huailin lost his balance and walked a few steps forward, this made it seem like he was meeting the people who were coming for him.

“Kickass Brother! You’re so kickass! I adore you!” A teenager around the age of 15 or 16 threw himself at Li Huailin’s feet.

“Kickass Brother, please carry me in Abyss Mode!” Another player shouted.

“Kickass Brother, let me be your underling!”

“Kickass Brother, you’re my lifetime gay friend!”

“Kickass Brother, look! Here’s a piece of soap!”

“Let’s be quick! Use the Scroll of Town Portal,” Red Moon said immediately upon seeing that her strategy worked.

“Good job, leader!” Red Dust Misty Rain had a rare smile on her face.

“Brother-in-law, well… I gotta go now. Talk to you later.”

Even though Red Face Drinks Water didn’t plan to leave in the first place, there were too many people around, this quite bothered her. Therefore, while faced with the current situation, she decided to betray her brother-in-law this time and planned to compensate him in the future.

Without a single word. Red Pennant quickly started using the Scroll of Town Portal.

“Hey! Before you go, leave me a scroll behind!” Li Huailin shouted.

When he looked back, the four ladies had already disappeared in a flash of white light.

“Sh*t!” Li Huailin covered his face.

Now that he was surrounded by the noisy crowd, he took a deep breath and then shouted aloud, “Shut up! Listen to me, damn it!”

Everyone suddenly quieted down. They were now all staring at Li Huailin silently.

“Those who were asking for equipment, take a look at what I’m wearing first! Do I look like a man with spare equipment? Also, I don’t have time to carry any of you in the dungeon. As for those bastards who want to be my gay friends, I dare you to say it one more time!” Li Huailin yelled fiercely.

No one spoke after him, the entire scene was completely silent. They were shocked by Li Huailin’s “fierceness”.

“I’m busy right now, I’m going offline,” Li Huailin said when he realized that it was time for dinner.

“Wait a second.”

At this time, a voice abruptly stopped him.

“Son of a b*tch! How dare you!” Li Huailin was outraged and almost wanted to kill the guy. Upon seeing the person, it turned out to be Spiritual World Night Flyer.

“Night Flyer? It’s you?”

“You scared me, Kickass Brother. Do you have time for a short conversation?”

Night Flyer walked towards Li Huailin with a smile on his face.

“Let’s change location.”

Li Huailin couldn’t reject Night Flyer since Night Flyer once did him a big favor. He had also spent all 10 Gold Coins and could not pay Night Flyer back.

“Give me a scroll, we’ll go back to the city.”

“No problem.” Night Flyer handed Li Huailin a scroll.