MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 1262  Reaping the Rewards (1)

”Hey, whatʼs going on? Whyʼs everyone gathered around here?”

”Yeah, whatʼs going on? Is the Forge of Beginnings about to open again?”

”If it was, then the number of people that wouldʼve come would be enough to fill the entire village. Anyways, have you seen that post on the forums yet?”

”What post? Whatʼs it about?”

”Well… letʼs just say something crazyʼs about to happen soon?”

”Something crazy? What do you mean?”

”Er… hmm… so, to put it bluntly, a couple of guys decided to ask everyone if they could beat them up.”

”…” Listening to the small conversations that were happening at the center of the village, Thomas could not help but glare at Valyr, only for him to let out a soft sigh soon after.

”Seriously? Thatʼs how youʼre going to advertise it?”

”What?” Valyr shrugged his shoulders. ”You really thought Iʼd make a normal advertisement? Thereʼs no way that would catch the peopleʼs attention.”

”And because of that, you thought that the most logical and best next step was to tell others that weʼre allowing anyone to hit us as a way to showcase the effects of the beauty elixir?”

As those words left his mouth, Thomas went ahead and opened up the forums as the thought continued to linger in his mind.

Thankfully, with the post Valyr made gaining much traction over the past couple of hours, it did not take long for the man to find it, immediately letting out a faint sigh of relief the moment he was done reading through it.

”At the very least you had the conscience to exclude me from getting beaten up,” said Thomas, causing Valyr to let out a bit of laughter in response. ”But seriously, though. Are you actually going to do it?”

”Of course I am,” said the young man with a confident grin. ”After all…”

”I wouldnʼt be doing it if I wasnʼt confident I could pull it off.”

Whoosh!

Making use of a bit more of his agility, Valyr soon arrived at where the people who saw his forum post were congregated, only to then flare out the entirety of his aura for a brief moment.

Swoosh!

Unsurprisingly, with everyone in the vicinity feeling like they stood in front of the gates of death for a brief second, the people swiftly looked in the direction of where the aura came from.

”Thatʼs…”

”Is that…?”

”Thatʼs the person on the forum post!”

”Finally! Iʼve been waiting for quite some time for this.”

With Valyr coming into their views, although some of the people still looked at him with apprehension and fear due to his actions just now, most of them had easily gotten over it as their expressions radiated immense excitement.

He was the reason why they were there, after all!

”Alright, people. Settle down for a bit.” Briefly scanning his gaze over everyone that appeared to come see him, Valyr let out a slight chuckle. ”Before we begin, I must thank everyone for taking the time to come here.”

”After all, Iʼm sure all of us are incredibly busy at the moment, especially since weʼre all trying to make the most out of our time here in Greater Beyond.”

”However, I assure you that the time youʼll be spending here isnʼt going to be wasted in vain.”

As those words left his mouth, Valyr turned to look at Thomas, who was still stunned by the young manʼs last response.

Seeing that almost everyone surrounding Valyr had also began to turn to look at him, the man immediately felt pressure from their stares, prompting him to let out a low sigh as he made his way to where Valyr was.

”The nameʼs Ataraxia.” Grinning as his friend stood by his side, Valyr decided to introduce the two of them to the others. ”And this is my friend…”

”GodKing,” replied Thomas, not even wanting to imagine the young man say his full in-game name.

”Weʼre here to actually introduce something to you guys that might pique your interest,” continued Valyr, inwardly laughing at how defensive Thomas was towards his in-game name. ”With that being said, would anyone like to volunteer?”

”Oh! Me! Me!”

”Let me do it!”

”Let me have a go!”

To no surprise, almost everyone surrounding the two clamored for the opportunity to land a hit on them, even going so far as to push others to the side in the hopes of being the one Valyr and Thomas picked.

”Letʼs go with… you.” Eventually, after a bit more clamoring from the crowd, Valyr picked out a guy that looked like he could deal a considerable damage.

Smiling at the opportunity given to him, the guy soon arrived near where the two were, allowing everyone else to see the person Valyr had chosen.

”If you could give a brief introduction of yourself including your current level, that would be great.” Continuing to faintly smile, Valyr soon made a request to the man, which the latter did not mind.

”The nameʼs Malutar,” said the man, his deep voice echoing throughout the area. ”Iʼm currently a Level 13 Warrior.”

”Level 13?”

”A Warrior? He has a class?”

”Then that means…”

”Heʼs already ascended to Rank 1…”

Listening to the manʼs introduction, a number of people throughout the crowd began to talk about him while glancing at Valyr from time to time.

After all, from how the man who organized the entire event seemed to have made no preparations whatsoever, many of them thought that Valyr bit off more than he could chew this time around.

”Thank you for the introduction.” Of course, Valyr already knew what those people were thinking, yet he decided to remain oblivious to it. ”Now, if you could, land your strongest attack on my arm.”

As those words left his mouth, Valyr extended his right arm out for the man to aim at, immediately eliciting a few gasps and sighs from the crowd as they continued to think he was overestimating himself.

”Are you sure?” asked Malutar, his tone slightly hesitant. At this point, even he began to think the young man was biting off more than he could chew.

”Go for it,” replied Valyr, his tone still confident.

”…” Letting out a faint sigh, Malutar soon took in a deep breath before nodding.

After that, he unsheathed his sword before striking down at Valyrʼs arm with the greatest force he could muster.

”[Heavy Strike]!”

Bang