Chapter 45


    Harry red at Michael in disbelief, as though he had heard him wrongly. Hence, he asked again, “Did


    you say that you forgot the password for your ount? In that case, you should look for it right away!”


    Michael was focused on training his muscles, so he couldn’t be bothered with Harry. “What’s the point of


    getting my password back? No one in the server can defeat me. It’s cold and isted when you’re at the


    top. Masters are all lonely, do you understand that?”


    There were times when Harry had the urge to strangle Michael—this was one of those moments.


    Once upon a time ago, when his peers developed his game but were unable to find an investor, Michael


    had the wisdom to invest arge sum of money into it.


    That was how the game came about and it had achieved so much to achieve its current glory. He was


    the game’s first yer, which was why he possessed the one and only Godly character on the entire


    server!


    What was a Godly character? The ‘Swordsman Game’ was a virtual world with a martial arts world as its


    backdrop. The design and style of the game depicted the world of martial arts coupled with a ssh of


    fantasy.


    However, his character had ascended as an immortal within the entire game, being the only swordsman


    to be at that status from a mortal.


    If he attacks, that would be… However, how can he im that he has forgotten his main character’s


    password now. “I’ll use it if you don’t! You are an investor. Isn’t it a breeze for you to get your password


    back?”


    Michael stepped off the fitness equipment while wiping his sweat off with a hand towel. At that moment,


    his whole body was drenched in sweat while exuding the rugged masculinity of a man. “It’s pointless. It’s


    more fun to y with a new character and starting from the very beginning.”


    Harry quit the game with familiar ease when he arrived at its login page. He entered Michael’s ount


    details while pushing theptop toward him. “Quick, quick. You aren’t ying the character anyway! Let


    me have a go at it!”


    Michael smiled while closing Harry’sptop. “The opening ceremony is this afternoon. We should tidy up


    and get ready for it.”


    “I’m not going to the opening ceremony. Just log in for me right now!”


    Michael was already dressed and ready to leave. “I honestly forgot my password. You should go ahead


    and guess it if you want!”


    Harry was boiling in anger. In actual fact, he was mentally breaking down because his character, which


    he had trained for such a long time, was once again defeated for the second time, but Michael refused to


    help him at all.


    “I was just beaten by a newbie. Do you have the heart to see me being abused?” Harry felt that his tone


    was so soft that he sounded like a damsel in distress.


    Seeing that we are such close guy friends, who have worked together in more than ten movies and


    featuring in all sorts of intimate articles, Michael should help me at all costs.


    Nevertheless, he seemed unmoved by Harry’s misfortunes. He merely wiped his sweat away while


    taking a gulp of soda. Then, he left without ncing backward after tossing the towel.


    “Younded yourself into that situation, so you should suck it up even if you’re in tears.”


    “How dare you—” Harry gritted his teeth in frustration. He didn’t have the courage to log into his ount


    anymore. I’d be humiliated if I were to log into my ount. He was left with no choice but to put his


    laptop aside and return to work.


    At that moment, it was already 11PM at Bayside University, but Sophia and Nathan were ying the


    game in full swing.


    In the game, Sirius233 seeded in defeating the No. 1 Beast of the Server, but the Beast was different


    from before.


    Thest time, he disconnected and left the game even before the final battle ended when he was unable


    to save himself from a desperate situation. However, this time around, he only quit the game after the


    final battle ended.


    The Beast did not utter a single word from the beginning to the end. The members of his guild were


    embarrassed as well, so they quietly went offline—one after another. Many members even left the guild


    immediately.


    The reason why the ‘Swordsman Game’ was so popr among yers for the past ten years was due to


    its strong server. One, there were rarely any issues with dropped connections or bugs on the server.


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    Furthermore, it also had intricate designs with awesome game functionalities. The game was always


    being improved and each time, the upgraded version would always turn out better than thest.


    As its server was extremely powerful, not only could it concurrently meet the needs of millions of yers,


    but it would improve the gaming experience as the interactive exchanges between yers were


    designed realistically with ingenious associated concepts.


    In the game, yers could level up by not only killing monsters, but also making use of the


    unprecedented system for heroes to rescue a damsel in distress. Furthermore, guild members were able


    to fight each other as well.


    Previously, Sirius233 had led her guild members to ughter the Beast’s n. In reality, she activated


    ughter Mode in the game by locking the target sect, which enabled her to ughter them within a


    fixed period.


    The ughter Mode meant that the opponent’s guild members would be attacked until they lost their


    Experience Points and finally died. After that, they would respawn as a new character who would have to


    start from scratch without any equipment. If one wished to avoid that fate, they would have no choice but


    to quit the guild.


    That was the reason why the ‘Swordsman Game’ was so popr. The game replicated the interaction


    between people in real life to the greatest extent within the game.


    For instance, it illustrated the ugly truth of society because it wasmon to experience hardship and


    challenges in real life. Not only did yers have to fight off monsters, but they had to resist against


    ambushes from other yers too.


    A character, who might be a well-respected master swordsman a moment ago, might be attacked and


    killed in the next second.


    What attracted the yers were not the game itself, but rather, they were there for the brutal reflection of


    the ruthlessness in real life and society within the game.


    The sense of reality of the game exuded a unique charm to it—ranking the first among online games


    through the past ten years as well as being the most profitable online game in Cethos to date. Its


    sess was not limited to only Cethos because the game had made up a significant share in the global


    market.


    The Beast was used to getting what he wanted in the game, so he enjoyedmitting cruel acts.


    Therefore, the audience had pped and cheered for Sirius233 when she defeated him. It was the same


    this time around—many guilds sent congrattory messages while celebrating the victory.


    In reality, Sophia basked in the celebratory greetings sent by heroes from all walks of life and became


    giddy with her victory, but she didn’t forget to pat Nathan on his shoulders and even gave him advice.


    “Look, this is how society works. People might fawn over you with admiration right now, but they might


    abandon you in the wilderness before you even know it. The most important thing is to be ruthless!”


    Nathan nodded, but he did not look like he fully understood the situation. She added, “Alright, we should


    sleep earlier today. I’ll take you to defeat the Beast’s guild in two days’ time. I’ll force him into marriage as


    a concubine! I dare him to bully my son in the future!”


    There was a recentunch of an umon system within the game. In the past, only male and female


    characters were allowed to get married, but characters of the same gender were now allowed to marry


    each other! It was the first game to achieve a society with equal rights.


    At the same time, the new game upgrade came with another perverted system—if two yers, who were


    always at odds, had to battle each other, the victor had a chance to activate a Forced Dual Cultivation


    Mode against the loser if he emerged as the winner several times.


    The yer, who initiated the Forced Dual Cultivation Mode, would be able to capture the other party’s


    Experience Points by force and im it as their own. Theunching of this new system had caused an


    uproar within the game society, where yers nicknamed this function affectionately as ‘R*pe’.


    Sophia had never tried out these two new functions. Hence, she figured that this would be the best time


    to do so on the Beast, considering that the Forced Dual Cultivation Mode was not gender-specific.


    “Hehehe…”


    Sirius233 was arranging a series of ughter missions in the game whereas in reality, she cackled


    cruelly.


    Nathan was also in her guild as the son of the Chief. He was seated together with the rest of Sirius’s


    sons while listening to her instructions. Nathan’s eyes were wide open in real life while listening to


    Sophia, as if this opened a whole new world to him. It turns out that it’s possible to y a game with such


    a twist.