Child of Destiny

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Real World, World Gaming Organization Headquarters.

The Department Heads of the organization were in the middle of another serious meeting.

Things were going a little too smoothly recently due to Shin clearing his Tier 3 Promotions Quest, which was quickly followed by the rest of Godlike Players and top Titled Rankers of the game. The flow of the game was on the right track once again.

However, due to the recent incidents that the Pandemonium Descendants had initiated, the progress of the 'Faction War Content' was brought way too forward. This overlapped with the current path that the developers wanted the players to take, making two contents progress at the same time.

But there was nothing to do about it since this was how the game should be going anyway. They could not get involved in the progress of the game and let the players explore its contents by themselves.

The only problem was the game progressing a little too fast, putting pressure on the developers to create more content so that they could upload it into the system and leave the rest to the super AI Chronos.

Although there was already a dedicated path laid for the players to follow, namely the Main Scenario Quests, all the content that they had prepared to be exhausted in no time if they could not keep up with the pace of the players.

This was the reason why the developers were making more content that would sidetrack the players, making them explore more of the game and enjoy the experience.

One of the helpers of the game developers should be the event organizations, especially those who were hosting the huge tournaments that would attract all the players and distract them a little from time to time.

These big tournaments had a long history within the virtual world to the point that they had become a tradition for every player, guild, and organization.

Each huge tournament cup would lead to big events that would bring glory to those who would be able to reach the top.

Just recently, the start of the United Cup had already been announced.

This huge tournament was supposed to fill the gap for the players who were finding it hard to progress with the current content of the game, which was still quite difficult to cross for most of the players, while also an opportunity for those on the top to test how strong they had become.

Everything was going smoothly until two of the miracle players had done something so absurd that they had given the developers another headache.

"What do think about our situation? Given that the players are busy with both the Tier 3 Class Progression and the Faction War, it will be hard to host such a huge event, don't you think?"

"Don't get me started. Those tournament organizers and their sponsors are already pressuring our departments due to this."

"The Event Planning Department is already at their wit's end as everything that they have planned is destroyed due to this game expansion."

"The Creative and Design Department has also thrown everything they have finished to the kitchen sink as well since they have to create more challenging maps since the players are growing much stronger due to the current Faction War."

"The Sales and Marketing Department, on the other hand, is having a field day as their job become easier due to the recent appearance of the powerful and famous players."

"They are having a hard time choosing which teams and guilds to choose to be placed at the seeded groups due to this, though."

"The Production Department are the ones suffering the most due to this as they have to repeatedly cancel and rearrange everything due to the constant changes that are happening."

The people within the room gossiped with the people sitting beside them, 'pitying' those in trouble. Even if they were also busy within their respective departments due to the rapidly increasing tasks that needed to be done, their situation was not as pitiful as these poor departments responsible for organizing the United Cup.

Seeing the gloating looks that their colleagues were throwing at them, the department heads of the mentioned departments could not say anything as everything that they had said was all true.

They were in a great predicament as they did not know what to do anymore. This was why they had asked for this meeting so that they could get some permission from the chairman.

Not long after, the chairman of the World Gaming Organization finally entered the room, silencing everyone.

But all of them still stood up to greet him before sitting one again.

The chairman briefly nodded his head as a greeting before taking his head. "I have received the report already and read everything on my way here."

"There is no need to prolong this meeting as we all know how busy everyone is right now. I will make it short."

"There is no need to make any major changes. Just continue with your respective jobs and do the usual."

"As for those responsible for the upcoming United Cup, I have already read your proposals. I don't see much of an issue side from the too little number of maps. I hope you can design more maps and make it more challenging so that the competitiveness of the players will grow stronger."

He then paused for a moment before continuing. "As for the deadline, we will proceed as scheduled. We can no longer push it back as we have already switched the United Cup and Hegemon Cup. Another change will make us look unreliable in the eyes of the people."

"Submit me the new map designs as soon as possible."

Hearing those words, the department heads of the 'Creative and Design Department' and the 'Research and Development Department could not help but groan as more work would be waiting for them right after this meeting.

The chairman waited for everyone to digest what he just said before continuing. "Don't worry about the Faction War. It will only last for a week or two before its hype dies. That is more than enough time for us."

"It will also be a perfect time for us to see which teams and guilds are worthy of the slots for being the seeded teams."

"Moreover, this upcoming United Cup will also be the perfect stage for them where they can prove themselves to everyone."

The meeting continued for a dozen more minutes as they continued to discuss the plans and schedules for the upcoming days.

This supposedly short meeting still lasted for two hours before the chairman dismissed everyone.

The Department Heads also did not linger around for that long as they quickly rushed toward their respective departments to announce everything to their people.

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As the game developers were getting ready for the upcoming tournament, the groups, teams, and guilds that were confident to be included in the main stage were currently organizing themselves.

The Sales and Marketing Department of the World Gaming Organization had already made their move after receiving permission from the chairman. They quickly posted the official poster for the upcoming United Cup, arousing the curiosity and excitement of countless people.

Right after the long post was uploaded to the official website of the game, countless fanatics quickly spread them on different online platforms, especially the official forums.

There were countless heated discussions about this in the forums, triggering a lot of arguments between fans of different Mercenary Groups, Adventurer Teams, and Guilds.

The hype exploded to the point where the players started waging a war on themselves within the game.

Due to this, the already chaotic atmosphere within the game became even more of a mess.

Different fan groups and such were fighting against one another, adding more fire to the war between the two major factions of the game.

This situation became more favorable for the side of the Demonic Churches as those fanatics from the other side started fighting among themselves due to their arguments. This somewhat nullified the overwhelming advantage of the Righteous Churches when it came to numbers.

Some people who just wanted to mess with other people also joined the fun, throwing more chaos where they could loot some scraps among the people who were busy fighting among themselves.

Amid all of these, Uno, who just happened to be passing by, overheard the arguments among the players. When he heard them, there was a mocking look on his face as he shook his head. "Idiots."

At this moment, he did not want to use the same persona as Shin, so he swapped all the equipment that Shin was using with his choosing.

He was overflowing with money, so he went to the Hand of Midas Trading Firm and used 'his' VIP status to ask Black Hammer to craft him an equipment set that would match his fighting style.

Black Hammer, who had fully established himself as a high-ranked Master Blacksmith, was so busy with the orders that he was receiving. However, he did not complain due to the experience that he would be getting in his profession after finishing everything.

He was rushing to become a Grandcraftsman, so there was no time to waste.

Even if Uno had used Shin's VIP card, he chose to hide his identity from them, so he used another person when introducing himself.

He even went to swap all the equipment that he was wearing with the ones that he found from the treasure trove that he just robbed when he was in the Dark Cloud Kingdom.

What surprised Black Hammer when he took the order was the details after reading everything. The materials needed to be used, the possible effects that they could get with them, then the overall set effects were also listed in them.

Uno had even provided him a blueprint that Black Hammer could use when forging and crafting the entire equipment set.

Black Hammer believed that this particular customer was quite knowledgeable when it came to blacksmithing or at least about utilizing the best effects of the materials.

Little did he know, Uno had just gotten everything after reading those books from Commander Taiga's library and found them interesting, so he combined all of them to create a new set of knowledge.

The only problem was these materials would cost them quite a fortune. But since it was listed that Uno would be funding everything, Black Hammer did not ask anything and just went out to do his job.

It was a ten-piece equipment set that included the main and off-hand weapons and the cloak, so he had collaborated with Harmony on this project.

After waiting for two full days (In-game time), the full set of equipment was presented to Uno.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was wearing one of the top equipment sets within the game as this entire set itself was at Obsidian Rank.

It was comparable to Shin's [Apocalypse Set], but inferior to the special pieces of equipment that Shin was wearing such as the [Yamato], [Death Shadow], [Proof of Eclipse], and such.

Regardless, Uno was quite satisfied with the result, so he had even given the two chiefs some bonus when paying them – not in the form of money, but with Master-Rank Blueprints that would help them improve their professions, which he had also found from the treasure trove.

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Right now, Uno was venturing within the territory of the Storm Empire after registering himself for the Faction War. He naturally sided with the Righteous Churches since he was already a huge part of the quest.

He had even received a Captain Rank, who was responsible for an independent unit under the flag of the empire. He was even given the authority to recruit his members if he wanted, which he would not be using as he did not want to bring extra baggage with him when traveling around the battlefield.

But that did not mean that he would not be using his special authority to command some people whenever the opportunity presented itself.

He was also free to do whatever he wanted while everyone else needed to follow the respective units that were assigned to them for the organized movements during the war.

Standing on a mountaintop, Uno looked down at the passing army of Demonic Monsters and Players under him.

Despite their overwhelming size, he was grinning quite deviously. "Let's see how good is this new set that I have."

After that, he stepped forward, stepping on the empty air in front of him before falling like a meteor.

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