The elites had crossed the third stage successfully , it was more than anyone else had did uptill now . Making them the front runners of the levels to come ahead.
The lucky draw was emminent and it was Karna who was chosen to spin the wheel again. Rudra was speculative of wether or not the luck in the wheel worked in a odd stage - even stage Pattern .
However when all of Karna' spins ended up giving the best possible items , Rudra was left speechless. The seed of doubt was planted in his mind that Jhonny might not be as lucky as he had presumed.
The loot from the spin this time had good items for the healer class , giving many light element healing spells as well as ancient attack techniques for the holy element.
Naomi profited a lot from this round of spins and was in a very perky mood. With people thinning down , she finally was able to stick by Rudra's side , also the fact that Yua died early helped.
However the last level was not something the Elites were prepared for at all , as the moment they stepped into the last stage , goosebumps were the norm for every single member .
The background music , the amazing visual effects ... There was only one single game that every gamer player played and loved before the launch of Omega.
This was ' Royal Road! '. The game the revolutionized the later part of the century having a 10 year market domination before Omega was launched , the semi full VR game , that had 2 senses involved and a full 4D world.
It is the game every one of the Elites played as a teenager at home , and made a lot of memories in . And the stage infront of them was the most notorious level 87 of the tower of god's.
Every gamers nightmare , this was the game's hardest level. A level that had made countless pro gamers quit in frustration. Countless headsets broken and countless parties disbanded.
A group mission that needed at minimum 50 members to complete with every member using extremely precise , pre-coordinated movements in sync with each other.
The setting of this level was that of a bomb defusing test , as the terrorists with their guns defended the bombs with their lives.
It was a group of suicide bombers that wanted to bring the whole tower down , and it was incredibly hard to combat them , as they had automatic rifles and well positioned covers.
However atleast inside the royal road , even the attacking party had modern weapons , unlike here in Omega where they were bringing a sword to a gunfight.
The level brought back a lot of memories for most Elites , as they knew the playthrough needed to clear the level, however the difficulty to do so was incredibly high.
They had to kill 200 terrorists and synchronously cut VIBGYOR color wires in that order from violet to red from outlets one through seven all at once .
However the terrorists would absolutely not let them advance and have a chance at defusing the bomb , as the moment the last Elite entered the stage , the giant 10 minutes bomb countdown clock started along with rapid firing from the terrorists.
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( Meanwhile at the prophets guild )
Dronacharya was silent , he never expected to even have the opportunity to talk to Lucifer , but he was still dissapointed in not being able to manipulate the god level entity into his schemes.
Dronacharya was melancholic in his mood as no matter how fast he progressed or how many cards he seemed to store , nothing went as planned because of the Elites.
The elites always came out with a better card and a better countermeasure to his own , which kept rattling Dronacharya to the bone.
He hated Shakuni and hated the way he did things. Brash , showy , unrestrained , it was like the guy was always showing off , like ' OOO my guild has this great thing , or that great thing ' .
A kid who did not understand what real power meant and how it was to be cultivated in the shadows and not in the open . However , his success despite being soo brash?irked dronacharya to his core.
Dronacharya was once like him , but he had his everything taken from him as the higher he climbed the steeper his fall was. As he swore to never repeat that mistake twice.
His first failure , he blamed it on him being too showy for his own good.
However now that he saw the someone else take the same path he did , yet them having kept climbing and climbing , his insides turned green.
He hated the Elites and everything about that stupid organization , just because it was in sharp contrast to everything he was taught to beleive. The elites should not be successful , yet they were , and that bothered dronacharya and gave him sleepless nights.
However he was a man with ambition and goals , and happened to know something about Purplehaze city that even the Elites had no idea about.
The goldmine that Purplehaze city was , was not the population or the capital city or any of that other garbage. But the ancient ruins on which the city was built.
The treasures inside that ancient ruins were enough to give his organization enough resources to unify the continent under his reign, which was his ultimate goal!
He was building power slowly and making sure not to garner attention. His plans could take years to come to fruition , yet he would not move a muscle till he was sure of the outcome.
Currently , the elites had protection , and moreover he was not sure if he could take the mysterious guild down . However he was a patient man and was waiting dearly for his opportunity.
His stat pannel had the nickname ' The prophet ' as he seemed to have knowledge about the events of the future.
Uptill now , he had used the shadows to manipulate his way into the ownership of Purplehaze city right from the beast tide that decided the owner of the city . However with Eternal rebels failing to capture the city , he suffered a loss .
Later he bet on the triads , as he secretly helped them in gaining more hired power in terms of the mercenary organization he secretly controlled , however even they failed miserably.
Although not a total loss as everytime the elites revealed a new card , Dronacharya was glad he did not jump headfirst into the fight but prepared carefully for it.
If the elites could have been bought , he would have bought them . If they could have been threatened , he would have threatened them and if they could be eliminated , he would have eliminated them.
Yet , not only did the guild prosper in real life , every single member as a rule of thumb resided in the stupid upside and out of the reach of any organisation in the world , making internal manipulation extremely hard .
Even then he never gave up , as if he already knew who the first batch of Elite recruits were going to be , he prepared a spy to enter amongst their midst before he even became an elite.
However not much information was yet available to the spy. Sensitive information like wars and upcoming Guild plans were only shared amongst elders and most guild members never had an idea of what planning the leader was doing.
Yet the advantage of having one his own in there was evident. As he was privy to a lot of internal news for the guild.
Although not anytime soon , he was in a conflict of interest with the Elites and wanted the land they ruled badly.
/// This is a bonus chapter for the gift by Magnum , thank him in the comments for this one.
Also special shoutout to Aminaros for the 1000 coin gift!
Also if you guys have not checked it out , the new chapter for rise of the dragon emperor is out. Soo go read that wonderful book too ! ///