NOVEL WEB Chapter 21: Syclone
Unlike the bustling main city square at this moment, the association had a quiet atmosphere where only a few players gathered to check for random quests since a lot of level 1 players either left with no quests or took quests and were on the run to finish them.
Yone pushed open the door of the Adventurer Association, where they had a scheduled meeting with the overseer of the branch in this town. They had been told to meet him in thirty minutes, so Ano took some time by himself in the reception hall, while Yone went to check on the Mayor to return the quest but didn't find him.
The reception hall went silent, and countless eyes focused on Yone, their expressions varying between reverence, shock, and envy.
"Holy, so this is Requiem, the top-level player in our kingdom. Just the way he moves his body alone gives me goosebumps," one cleric murmured as she leaned closer to her boyfriend, her heart shaking.
"Relax, that's just an illusion created by the stories about him. He is merely a lucky player, babe. He will be surpassed and overtaken in a matter of hours," her boyfriend confidently assured her, not falling for any of the forum tricks to elevate this solo player's stature.
"Your boyfriend is right girl, listen to him. The top guilds have monopolized the best leveling spots already and all 19 of the top spot on levels in this kingdom and 20 in any other kingdoms are either from the various super guilds or the first-rate guilds. " Another added by the side as he drank a cup of tea that makes you become 1% faster for an hour.
"Meaning?' The girl turned her head and asked the player on the table next to them, her curiosity piqued.
"Meaning that he won't live for long before he is targeted, that's how the top guilds operate and no solo player is allowed to compete with them in any field before they get recruited or destroyed, there is no third option. Or have you forgotten what happened to Syclone on End World," The player on the side chuckled as he gulped his tea and left the reception hall, while walking by Yone, he cast a pitiful glance at him and opened the door and left.
Gulp!
The girl and many players in the adventurer that were eavesdropping on the conversation just now gulped as they recalled Syclone, the infamous rank 1 player of End World on PvP that shook the entire gaming industry by holding into his position in the gladiator's arena and all tournaments whether be it regional or worldwide without losing to a single pro player of the various super guilds and first-rate guilds alike.
His achievements were so unbelievable that the Legends guild master himself, known as Black made a move and arranged a meeting to recruit him, alas, Syclone refused stating clearly that he enjoyed being a solo player.
Unfortunately, right after the meeting and his clear statement that the player posted to keep guilds away from annoying him, he vanished both in-game and in the world, never to appear again.
Many sighed in disappointment and chose to take care of their own business. Such is the life of solo players; they weren't meant to surpass top guilds, shake their foundation, or go against them.
They were helpless and so was Requiem!
Hearing the conversation going on around him thanks to the quiet atmosphere as he walked to the staircase heading to the second floor and into the overseer's office, Yone suddenly stopped in his tracks, his body subconsciously shuddering.
'Syclone...how could I forget about him?' Yone felt his heart sting with pain. If not for these players here, he would have totally forgotten about that legendary player who would soon return.
'I had almost forgotten, but now that I think about it...Syclone should be appearing soon covertly and openly in two years, shaking the entire game.
Indeed!
After two years of Eclipse Online launch, Syclone will appear once again under the same name and with the same train of thought and personality as before. He quickly rose to become the top-level player in the whole game, and his gear was nothing short of madness, as he was fully equipped in epic gear with bonuses so terrifying that he could elevate a town by himself.
Later on in an interview with Syclone after his sudden shocking appearance on the leveling ranking, PvP ranking, and even best players rankings conducted in real life. He revealed that none of the super guilds could do anything to him in End-World, but he just got annoyed by their continuous messaging and pestering in real life, got bored, and stopped playing.
This information shocked almost everyone, and with the confirmation from the super guilds later on when they announced that they wouldn't be crossing player Syclone, everyone confirmed that the player's identity was nothing to be trifled with.
'He had spoken about his whereabouts in one of his interviews as he felt the need to explain why he was not so public before the two years passed. He should be in another town right now but we are in the same city, I think I can find him there if the timeline doesn't change too much.' Yone planned many things, he even adjusted his level 10 progression right after reaching it, trying to align a secret quest with meeting Syclone by chance.
'I can't let this chance slide, If I want to clear out the first hell mode level 10 dungeon, him being in the team will make it 10 times easier,' Yone mentally noted this and vowed not to forget such important details again. It was just so hard to recall everything and he was missing a lot of information.
On the second floor, Yone spotted Ano waiting in front of an iron-reinforced door with a gold-plated sign that read:
"Overseer Rakan - Guild Contracts & Bounty Affairs."