Child of Destiny

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"One of the teams is composed of Arthur's old buddies. They are from a group from a certain competitive gcalled «Final Survivor». It is a survival royal rumble game."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"It is a type of gwhere the players are going to be dropped by an aircraft to an isolated island where they have to fight for survival."

"They did not have anything in them right on the drop-off, but they can collect a variety of weapons and supplies that are scattered around the island while fighting against the other participants."

"It is a quite popular gduring that time, and you can play it solo or form a team with your friends. It also created a quite competitive tournament where quite a lot of experts have gathered."

"However, it falls out of popularity once sgames with more advanced technology and more interesting plotlines started to gain popularity."

"Arthur and his team are one of the top teams during the game's peak, so it will not be hard to imagine how strong they are."

Leonard was introducing one of the teams to Shin as they were waiting for the broadcast of this featured matchup.

Arthur seemed to reminisce his memories of that gand suddenly injected. "It is just a pity that such a good ghas been forgotten by the many."

"Fortunately, speople with withy mind cup with an idea of putting that gmode into one of the categories of the competitive tournaments in these times."

"It even becone of the main events in the Hegemon Cup and Guild Wars," he added while laughing.

"How about the other team?" asked Shin.

Leonard thought for a moment before replying. "From the members they have, it seems like they are a part of the Hien Workshop. It is one of the top gaming organizations without the circle."

"They have quite a lot of experts in their ranks. Most of them are professionals who regularly participate in every official tournament."

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"They have produced quite several skilled players who are famous in the entire circle. The majority of them are Titled Rankers while the leading players were all Godlike Players or Maverick Gods."

"They are quite a big nin the industry right now," he added as he recalled the members of the said workshop.

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"It looks like there are quite a lot of experts out there," commented Shin as he suddenly becmore interested in this tournament.

"Of course, there are! Who has no idea how many professional players are out there," said Arthur, laughing.

"At first, these players are quite scattered due to a variety of games competing against one another previously, which is why these players skilled in different of expertise are unable to compete against each other."

"No one ever knows who the best of the best is due to this reason. That is unless they compete in certain tournaments with universal systems. But even then, only a limited number of experts gathered in that place."

"It was until recently when a certain person united all the gaming companies and gathered a lot of experts to form the World Gaming Organization and produce «Destiny's Fate» Online, which dominated the market."

"These experts from different games are now slowly gathering in one place and finally competing against each other."

"Do you know how exciting that is?" asked Arthur with a broad smile plastered on his face.

While they were on the topic, Shin suddenly recalled something. "Ah! Now that we are talking about old buddies-… how about you tell us about that old friend of yours?"

Arthur frowned in confusion and asked. "Who are you referring to?"

Shin grinned evilly as he said. "Have you forgotten? I am talking about that girl we have met in the Frozen Kingdom."

Hearing those words, the other three suddenly cto a realization and quickly gathered closer, looking at Arthur with eyes full of gossip.

"So~? Who is she? An ex-girlfriend perhaps?" Shin pressed further while wearing a teasing smile.

Leonard somewhat knew about the background story but did not know the entirety of it, so he also becvery interested in the topic.

Arthur rolled his eyes as he denied their suspicion. "How can it be? We are just old comrades who happen to go in separate ways. We are just old teammates – nothing more."

"Are you sure that it is just that?" asked Cloe as she also becsomewhat invested in it. "But from what I can remember, the look of resentment in her eyes is telling us a whole other story."

"Con~! Fill up the details! It is rare for you to be involved in a 'scandal'," said Lorraine, seemingly trying to escalate the topic to another level.

The corner of Arthur's mouth twitched when he heard her words before trying to avoid the topic. "That's all into it. Really! Look, an amazing match is about to start. Let's pay attention to it."

"Ah-ah! Don't try to dodge this topic. We know that there is more to it! Tell us what you are hiding," urged Lorraine while snatching the snacks that Arthur had.

"Tell us honestly. Is she one of those pursuing you but got rejected?" teased Cloe as she added. "That explains her violent reaction after seeing you."

"The resentment that she had must be so strong that she chose to team up with Immortal just to mess with you," added Shin, agreeing with the others.

The four continued to pester Arthur until he finally gave in. "Sigh~! It is nothing much. She must be sulking about the promise that I made to her."

"Promise? What promise!?" The four urged with excitement as they could smell something fishy about it.

"It is aboutjoining or forming a team," answered Arthur helplessly. "She first invitedto create a team with her, but I rejected it as I don't like the other members she has chosen."

"They are not up to par with my standards. Then I suddenly heard that she joined the Earners Mercenary Group instead."

Hearing those words, Shin and the other three becsomewhat confused until the former asked. "Where is your promise there?"

Arthur paused as the weird expression washed over his face. "I think I told her that I would never join any of the Adventurer Teams or Guilds out there when we entered this game. Then things happened."

He then quickly tried to defend himself by saying. "Well, to be fair, I never joined any of the existing teams, groups, or guilds. I just created one with you guys."

It was the four's turn to have their mouths twitched when they heard those words.

"You should just die," said Cloe.

"I think I should join her in beating you up," added Lorraine.

Shin and Leonard did not say anything immediately, but the expressions on their faces were more than enough to tell that they agreed with the two.

"Trash!"

"Scumbag."

When Arthur heard the comments of his brother, he glared at them before saying. "Then I will wait until you joinon the other side."

They bickered around for quite stwhile watching the broadcasted matches until the main event for today finally arrived.

As they listened to the boring commentary of the two commentators on the live broadcast, Leonard suddenly injected. "Why do I feel that watching other commentators becso boring after listening to Miss Bunny and Big Brother David?"

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Lorraine glared at him for sreason before turning to Arthur. "Yours is also quite entertaining. What is your pseudonym again?"

"Cassanova?" she added before bursting out with an intense laughter. Whenever she remembered Arthur using this name, she could not help but laugh at him.

The other three also smirked before starting to tease Arthur.

Arthur rolled his eyes at them before saying. "I was invited by the organizers of the tournament previously, but I refuse because we are participating in it."

"Then you should have introduced Miss Bunny and Big Brother David," said Leonard.

"Miss Bunny is in contract with us as the manager of our official fan site along with her editing team for our battle videos. She also has scontracts with Big Sis and the Flying Dragon Corporation for sprojects, so I doubt that she will have enough tto deal with these events," replied Arthur with pursed lips.

"I don't think it will restrict her that much," countered Shin as he was somewhat familiar with the contract.

"Hehe! I bet those people from True Sight Industries are regretting their decision to let her go after seeing her recent success," commented Cloe as she knew sinformation about the incident that happened before they tried to recruit Miss Bunny.

As they were on the topic, Arthur suddenly recalled something before saying it. "Speaking of her. I have a trivia for you."

The other four simultaneously turned their heads to him with piqued interest.

Arthur cleared his throat before adding. "Do you know what her previous profession was before she beca famous commentator and video editor?"

Cloe and Lorraine rolled their eyes at him as they answered.

"Isn't it being a blogger?"

"She is quite a celebrity during that time."

"Nah-ah!" Arthur waved his finger in front of them as he continued. "Even before that."

"She is quite a good player back then. She is a very skilled scout and an information merchant during her early career in the virtual world," he quickly added, not waiting for them to guess again.

"She has quite a reputation during that tand a lot of connections. Don't you think she is well connected for just being a commentator and video editor? It is all because of her achievements in the past."

Hearing those words, a flood of ideas suddenly entered Shin's mind. At the stime, he turned to Leonard and asked. "Leo, how is that midget friend of yours doing in our city? Is he settling well?"

Leonard and the others were quite confused when they heard him. They were not quite sure why he changed the topic so suddenly.

But the quick-witted Cloe seemed to have realized something and reacted. "Ah! Don't tell me-…!"

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