Praise the Orc! Chapter 214:
Chapter 214 – WARNING (2)
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There were two choices given to the users: terminate the connection or ignore it . Most users chose the latter .
“All of a sudden, they’re telling us to stop the connection? Are they crazy?”
“They are forcing us . Elsaco is crazy . ”
“Have they been hacked? This is too much . ”
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All the users in Appalachia’s user market were nervous . Elder Lord was a virtual reality game that functioned using the human brain as a control medium, but there had never been an in-game incident resulting in injury or death .
Furthermore, the core system ‘Albino’ that maintained the game was perfect . They believed that there were no problems . At most, they believed that the connection would be forcibly terminated .
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So once there were 30 seconds left, people started talking about what would happen if the timer reached ‘0 . ’
“Hey, are they going to give us compensation when it’s over?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Something like this… In fact, this is a test of courage . Those who last until the end will receive a special reward . That might be the case . ”
“Puhahaha, how ridiculous . ”
“It’s plausible . ”
The users had no worries .
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Crockta also watched the timer as it approached ‘0’ . His heart started pounding; something was going on . He ignored the orcs cheering for him and the defeated war **** .
The thoughts of Orc Warrior Crockta and Cafe Owner Jung Ian clashed . The grey **** was trying to do something .
The war **** asked as he saw Crockta’s shaky eyes, “Did something happen? You won, Crockta . ”
“War God, I want to ask you one thing . ” Crockta looked at the decreasing timer and asked . “Does the grey **** really want to destroy this world?”
“That’s right . ”
“Why?”
“That…I can’t tell you . ”
“War God . ” Crockta stared at him . “I met the grey **** and her apostles, the demons who followed her . I heard about the truth of this world . ”
“……!”
“The stars in the night sky are fake . All the stars have died a long time ago . The star **** died . The sun **** is asleep and the grey **** is trying to destroy the world . I want to stop her, but I don’t know the truth . ”
The war god’s face stiffened . Crockta gritted his teeth as he spoke, “Tell me the truth . ”
The timer was steadily counting down towards ‘0’ . He looked beyond the face of the war god, beyond the expedition army and the other gods, and beyond the orcs praising him . Everything blurred .
“What does she want to do?”
“She…” The flames around the war **** shook as he said . “She wants to restart the world . ”
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“Restart the world?”
“The forces maintaining this world are exhausted . It is a slow and gentle progression, but its destruction is inevitable . The sun we have is literally the last thing remaining in the universe . That is why she wants to do this . ”
The war **** formed a fist .
“She intends to take everything existing in this world and return the universe to its beginning state . ”
Crockta thought about it . Crockta turned around, his heart furiously pounding . He saw Tiyo shouting at him and Anor laughing . Hoyt was celebrating the victory by laughing with Tashaquil and the orc warriors . Even the expedition members were relieved to end the terrible war .
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The logout window was in front of him . Beyond that, the war **** said, “We will stop her . ”
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A crowd was watching Crockta’s victory .
“He really won . ”
“Amazing . ”
They were users watching the battle of the orcs from a distant place . It wasn’t long after they started Elder Lord, but they enjoyed the world of Elder Lord while cooperating together . They watched the war between the expedition and the orcs from far away .
“I want to sign up for ‘He’s an Orc, yet still Praiseworthy’ . ”
“I’m thinking about restarting as an orc . ”
“Hey, that doesn’t suit you . ”
“I don’t suit the macho style?”
“Brother is a magician . ”
They were talking loudly when they suddenly stopped . A system message had surfaced . All of the users were looking at thin air . At first, they didn’t know what it meant but then they frowned . They looked at each other with bewildered faces .
“What does this mean? It’s prompting us to exit?”
“I think so . There is a timer…”
“What is happening all of a sudden? The game is shutting down its service? Does this make sense? This is absurd . ”
“It sounds like a system error . ”
“Let’s just watch . It is probably to fix the problem . ”
“Really?”
They fell into confusion . The timer was gradually counting down . Suddenly, they saw someone .
“……?”
“Eh?”
They hadn’t felt it, but a man in a robe was sitting in a place not far away . Their gazes fell on the man . The man looked into the air before getting up from his seat and walking towards them .
“Uh…?”
He was holding a sword in his hand . Their bodies flinched as they stepped back . The man was just walking, but he quickly narrowed the distance . The users reflexively raised their weapons .
“Uwaaaaaah!”
A user at the front wielded his weapon . However, the man easily avoided it and stabbed the user’s neck . Blood splattered and he collapsed to the floor . A pool of blood covered the ground .
The other users shrieked, “Aaaaaaack! What are you doing?”
The man glanced at them before swinging his sword again . They tried to resist, but it was useless . The man’s sword moved a few times, causing blood to fall to the ground . The users became grim as people were sliced to death .
The users in the back tried to run away, but the man caught them quickly and stabbed them in the back . Users died one by one, and the crowd that gathered to watch the war were all bleeding on the ground .
The man looked at the scene with emotionless eyes . Gradually, the users’ bodies turned into white particles . It was a beautiful sight, as if it was snowing . The man looked at it and closed his eyes .
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He muttered, “In the end, it is like this…”
Then he opened his arms .
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“Hey, fix your positions!”
“Boss! The timer is gone . What should we do? Don’t we have to disconnect now?”
“We are currently fighting! Just fight! There is no problem! The timer was probably a vaccine to take care of the problem!”
“Understood!”
The users were fighting with a group of goblins . They were a small clan and were in the process of defeating the goblins for a quest . They struggled due to the large number of goblins, but they effectively dealt with the enemies .
The warrior classes rushed towards the goblins with their shields . After blocking the attack of the goblins, they stabbed with their spears and swords . The magician classes supported them from behind .
“Good! Keep going…keheok!”
However, the goblins were tough . There was a goblin shaman among them . A fireball burst out and the warriors were caught in an explosion . The goblins rushed to strike with their weapons . The warriors bled out and died .
“You guys…!”
The clan master in charge of the fight was enraged and rushed with the elite users . The goblins were frightened by the charge and started to retreat . The users didn’t show any mercy to the goblins . Magic arrows pierced the backs of the retreating goblins . They screamed and collapsed . The warriors chased them to the end and killed them .
The quest was successful .
“Phew…it is over . ”
“Everyone worked hard . The profit will be distributed when the dead members connect again . ”
The clan gathered in one place . They confirmed their injuries . Some were killed by the goblin shaman, but most of them were unharmed .
“Everyone worked hard . There was a strange message so let’s end it here . We don’t want there to be any problems . We will regroup later . ”
“Yes!”
“I understand . ”
“Thanks for the good work!”
“Thanks for the hard work . ”
They tried to shut down access to Elder Lord .
However .
“…Eh?”
“Eh?”
“What is this?”
Everyone was puzzled . They couldn’t logout . They fell into confusion . They smiled at each other and tried again several more times . However, they couldn’t log out .
The Elder Lord logout method was simple .
When they thought about the logout button in the status window, the message, ‘Do you want to log out?’ would appear in the air . If they thought about logging out at that time, they would, usually, slowly return to the real world as the screen turned white .
However, this time, the logout window didn’t pop up . Everyone’s face gradually stiffened . They were unable to terminate the connection to Elder Lord . Something was wrong . They wondered if there was a relationship to the message window .
“Excuse me…Brother Culma . ”
“Huh?”
“That…isn’t that a little…strange?”
“What?”
The clan master frowned and turned his head . A clan member was pointing with a speculative face . His gaze followed the direction of the hand . It was the dead clan members .
“What about it?”
“Brother . They are dead . ”
“That’s right . So . . uh…huh?”
The other clan members froze as they realized what he was saying . Users disappeared into white particles . Their connection was forcibly terminated, and they would be able to reconnect after a short delay . The ‘aftereffects of death’ lasted for a while, but there wasn’t a big penalty .
However, these bodies didn’t disappear and remained in the world . It was like they really died .
“…Hey, hey . ” The clan master spoke in a loud voice, “You saw it before . It might be because of an error . The server is strange right now . ”
He chuckled .
“Those Elsaco guys aren’t doing their work properly . Isn’t that right? Hahat, something like this…”
“Yes . Haha…”
“It seems like it . ”
They tried to diffuse the situation with a laugh . However, they currently couldn’t log out and the bodies seemed dead . The same was true for the goblin bodies . This was a game, but they really did seem dead .
“…Hey, I feel bad . Let’s get rid of them . ”
The clan master said as he turned his gaze away . The clan members picked up the bodies and threw them into the bushes .
During the quest, the timer was gone and four users were killed . They were the first victims .
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Kim Chulmin, the owner of an Elder Lord capsule room, detected abnormalities in the capsule management window .
The Elder Lord capsules were driven by modern science . In order to ensure the safety of the connected person, his/her bio-signal would be stopped immediately if there were health problems . As the capsule manager of the capsule room, he could monitor the whole situation .
The man’s eyes widened .
Two customers . They died . It was displayed that they were dead .
“Hey . Call 119! Quickly! Shit!”
He jumped up from his seat and shouted at the part-time worker .
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Crockta .
He was standing there .