Chapter 305 – Tournament announcement – Part 2.
[Current location: Doctor Base]
"Nope. I do not know anybody." – replied Thanatos while sitting on top of a table.
"Or more specifically, the people I knew were…. Well, they were part of that shitty guild…. So, you know…. Yea…."
"…Oh. Sorry if- "
"No, no! There is really no problem!" – said Thanatos, cutting off Phantasia mid-sentence.
"But anyway, are you really willing to take part of that event?"
"Well, I want to spread destruction and destroy people fun for my own entrainment, so why not?" – replied Phantasia.
"And we could also win some prize money that we could split between each other, so what is the harm?"
"And you could also spread fear around and make people both respect your strength and fear you, right?"
"…"
"Well…. Hm…. Fuck it. I'm in." – replied Thanatos.
"Still, since we don't have an solid team, we will be assigned some 8 randoms, right?"
"But would that work? I mean, don't take me wrong or anything, since two of us are already big of a enough monsters."
"But what is the game mode?"
"They only said that the players will be forming the teams, but for what? For battle? Annihilation? Or maybe take a flag kind of deal?"
"There is no mention of it all on the event notice."
"Only that the players will compete the teams of 10."
"If it all about fighting, then us 2 will do, but what about take the flag kind of deal?"
"Can we do any team play with other 8 people we are matched with? What if they turn out to be complete trash that would just throw the game away?"
"Hm…. True. We may end up getting teamed up with some mobs that won't do anything." – said Phantasia.
"I can use probably my monsters to fill up the number and stuff, but there are few problems."
"Rankers."
"Some strong ranker may show up and start demolishing my stuff."
"So we don't know how would that work and lets not forget that my chimeras are undeads, meaning that anything light or holy related will deal extra damage to them."
"And THAT is the problem."
"People also are fully aware of my chimeras being undead as well."
"But what about your plagues? Can't you…. Wait, won't that also hit us?" – said Thanatos.
"Nope. I can set up plague to not harm the user as well as party members." – replied Phantasia.
"How do you think my monsters were fighting amidst of plague without being bothered by it one bit?"
"Oh…. Right…. Well, if I'm being honest, you had not been using any of your plagues for long time anyway, so you know…." – said Thanatos.
"Yea, yea, I get it." – replied Phantasia.
"Still, I should be able to use my plagues during the tournament, since organization won't be holding me back."
"However, the problem is that plague can truly shine when there are many different living things in area, like monsters, NPCs or players."
"Not only that, but people are no longer in full panic mode when dealing with my plagues, since they can be dealt with using potions or magic."
"And if you have to only heal few people to get rid of a plague instead of 100, you get how easily it is to completely eradicate the plague."
"Its an weapon that focuses on many target and not just some few targets or even one."
"As for the dungeons, I can't use them. Like they won't be any help at all since they would need to grow and I would also expose my ability to the world."
"So yea, dungeons are off the table and as for the plagues, they can go somewhat depending on the tournament type."
"Stil… It would be good if we at least got 1 good person join our team."
"I mean…. Don't you…. Well, don't you have any friends? Don't you have an rankers players as costumers? I do know that you were making some deals with players without meeting them face to face as well." – said Thanatos.
"Yea, I did had few rankers player as well as some influential players, but here is problem." – said Phantasia.
"People are starting to realize that I'm the Doctor. My disguise is falling off if not had already completely fallen off.
"And even if it didn't fallen off, then what?"
"Oh hey! Phantasia invited you to the party! Huh? The one by your side is Doctor and not Phantasia? Oh well! It will work!"
"My ass!"
"…"
"Then…. How about somebody from organization?" – asked Thanatos.
"Didn't some rankers joined the organization?"
"Oh yea, they did. But how the fuck do we contact them? And would they even accept even if we somehow manage to make an contact?" – asked Phantasia.
"Honestly, there is no use keeping the whole Doctor and Phantasia names going, since I'm both A strong enough and B people already starting to see the truth."
"So I have no problem with just an face reveal kind of thing right now."
"However, other thing is trust and power."
"First, get the guy to our team and second, they need to be strong."
"However, rankers may have already have their guilds or friends and stuff, so here is another problem."
"So yea, forming teams with some rankers would be problematic."
"…"
"So…. You think that there is no way we can have somebody as strong as rankers join us?" – asked Thanatos.
"Well…. I think so? Unless somebody approaches us first?" – replied Phantasia.
"I can focus on researching and improving the monsters, creating ones that I could possibly bring with us for the tournament. I will also need to come up with an brand new body that would be able to deal with any kind of trouble."
"But as for the team…. It does sucks that we cannot form proper one, but hey. Us two are big enough of a monster to deal with any problem, so we will deal with anything on our own."
And well…. That is what we though? We though that we would be the only in duo and stuff…. But then this thing happened.
An messenger from the organization had arrived and gave me the communication orb…. An communication orb that belonged to the-
"Hello Doctor."
"Or should I say Phantasia?"
"…"
"Huh…. I wasn't expecting for you to contact me. Arthur."
Arthur. One of the highest ranking players in the game that.
And the guy that is also part of the organization.
"…. You are not denying that you are Phantasia?" – asked Arthur via communication orb.
"Nah. The disguise already fated and there is also no longer an reason for me to hide myself." – said Phantasia.
"So, yea, what the hell do you want? Do you want me to make you some weapons or something?"
"Hm… If possible, but this isn't all." – said Arthur.
"I want you and Hunter to join my team in the upcoming tournament."
"…"
"Okay? That is an interesting request from get go." – said Phantasia.
(I mean…. I was expecting some rankers to come and try and find either me or Hunter, trying to recruit us to their teams, but Arthur? He of all the people?)
(The mysterious knight that appeared one day and cut down foes standing on his way.)
(Honestly, his popularity is growing non stop even to this day and he was also ranked third in the war against Akrema.)
(He is also the part of the organization like us.)
(But is he fucking serios?)
(He really just send the orb and the first thing he says is "Do you want to join my team alongside your friend?")
(I mean, I get it and honestly it works out for me and Thanatos, since we both were in the need of an least 1 person that would be strong as ranker and Arthur is one of the strongest rankers there is.)
(But-)
"Why are you sending ME this deal? I mean, I get that I and Hunter are strong, but you do know our reputation aren't the greatest, right?"
"I don't care. I want to win that thing and I know you two are strong. So that is why I'm giving this deal." – said Arthur.
"…"
(What is he playing at?) – though distrustful Phantasia.
"…"
"How big is your team in the first place? Do you have all 10 people or something?" – asked Phantasia.
"Nope. We only got 4 people, me and 3 other people I know. I'm trying to look for people that would also join us and stuff, so maybe or maybe not there will be full team of 10, if we include you 2." – replied Arthur.
"…"
"…"
"Hm….."
"I will be in touch." – replied Phantasia.
"I need to discuss this with my partner and what he thinks about it."
"I understand. I will be waiting and if you want something, just use this communication device to contact me whenever you feel like it." – replied Arthur before then shutting down the orb connection.
"…"
(What the fuck are you thinking about Arthur?)
(Why the hell did you suddenly gave an invitation like this out of a blue…. Does he has some "game" in head? Or maybe he really just wants to win it for the money?)
"…"
(Either way, the deal sounds too good…. I need to discuss it with Thanatos and see what she has to say about it.)