Chapter 31
Chapter 31 : Strange Game (5)
Despite being a high priest with relatively low defense, Katrina was a major contribution to the battles for having the ability to heal allies . Losing her at stage 15 was akin to forfeiting any further opport“Argghhh!!! This fucking developer’s a son of a dog!!!”
The players who were gathered inside the event were frantic . Yes… It was necessary to sacrifice one female character no matter what to clear this game . The most skillful cleric who was in charge of healing her allies and the most powerful mage… A system that only allowed advancement to stage 25 with a sacrifice of one of these beauties, but I was the only player that could currently challenge stage 25 .
“Kurgghhh… Now~!!!! This is truly a nefarious story!! A choice between the best cleric and the best mage… We have to choose now . Everyone~!! What kind of a developer would force an option like this . Really, whoever made this game is a damned bastard~!!”
The ultimatum that I had implemented was receiving all kinds of hate and criticism from the players . But the swearing was oddly very pleasant to hear… It represented how much the players had resonated with the two characters who had gone through many tribulations with the hero and how reluctant they were to give up either one .
And facing the ultimatum, an interesting thing happened inside the event venue . A vote was opened for who would be sacrificed between the two . As the players were discussing among themselves, i took that time to get a drink for myself and took a rest . Then, Mr . Shige approached me and said .
“Save Katrina . Please Junhyuk . You can’t let her die… I’m telling you, you definitely need a healer in the last stage?”
“Mr . Shige… this is just a game . Why are you being so serious…?”
Mr . Shige, as if his emotions were truly unchained, had tears glistening in his eyes and was begging me . At this moment, Junpei also smoothly approached me, opened his mouth, and said, “A true man should have a future with the sexy mage . Why bother with healing or peeling, just dominate everything with her magic~ I’m voting for Mariah, Junhyuk . ”
“Haha, is that so?”
“Ah, I’m telling you to save Katrina!!!”
“It’s Mariah that should be saved!!!”
All hell has broken loose . At that moment, Ms . Yuki who had played by my side until the last moment approached me as well .
“Junhyuk…? Is it okay if I call you Junhyuk?”
“Yes, call me however you please~”
“From what I think, the next stage should be the final stage; you should save a character who is useful in combat so you can clear it . ”
The auditorium quieted in response to her words . That’s right . The important thing was to clear the game . These players who had watched my gameplay of Dragon Emblem would definitely be able to clear the game the next time around . In response, the players in the auditorium cheered for me and let me make the final choice .
“While the players have voted with a ratio of 52:48 to sacrifice Mariah, we have decided to let Mr . Kang, the last surviving player, make this decision . If I had it my way, I would sacrifice a character with a dangling penis, but too bad that wasn’t an option that was presented to us… Now~!! Mr . Kang, please choose~!! Who will you sacrifice~!?”
After taking a cautious gulp and looking one last time at the players around me, I selected Katrina to be sacrificed in the end . The atmosphere called for a more calm and reserved lady than a sexy one, so I picked her after much contemplation and aimed to give the most respect to the players present .
“Nooooo~!!!!!”
As Mr . Shige let out a desolate wail, Katrina had perished from taking the attack of the Nether God to save the hero . The hero hugged the corpse of Katrina and gained the Champion of Light buff before the confrontation against the Demon King began .
The fun thing here was that the ending changes depending on which character that was selected as the sacrifice . If I had sacrificed Mariah instead, the hero would have turned into a Champion of Thunder and Lightning instead . What if both of them were dead by stage 24? Then there would be no buffs given to the hero . Accordingly, beating the final stage would become that much harder, and even if one was lucky enough to clear the game, no ending animations would be displayed .
“Woah… The hero is raging mad . He has a tremendous attack power . “
As the hero exuded a blue aura around his body unleashed a sword aura move, the players started exclaiming in excitement . The combined elements of special moves, transformations, and combination attacks had the peculiar effect of driving men of this era crazy… No… Actually, the men of the 21st century were no different from them either…