[VRMMO] Dead One

More and more players logged in as the clock began reaching the end and before long, a horde of players had already gathered.

"…."

"Time sure flies, huh?" – said Rampage while looking at the clock that will soon run out.

"Yeb." – replied Blueberry.

"Some people seem relaxed."

"Some look excited."

"While some other look extremely serios."

"The atmosphere is completely different than before… Well, it is still bit chaotic and everything…. But you kind of can tell that it feels different."

"Well, yea… But still, there is still shit tons of people here? I though it would be… You know… A bit less?" – said Rampage.

"Well, from each map only 20 people who survived were only allowed to participants in the second part of the tournament, but even still a lot of players." – said Blueberry.

"But not only that, but this time they are putting ALL of these people on the single map? It will be straight up war."

"Well, they did mentioned that the map we will be fighting on will be several times bigger than map before, but the question is: How much bigger?" – asked Oron.

"Like 2, 3 or 4 times bigger? There is also the thing regarding the safe zones. The rules did stated that the safe zone will also be much bigger than before, but how much really? I mean, do we have to travel huge distance to get to the safe zones or you know." – said Dance.

"But wait, what about the red zones? Before they moved quite sluggish, but now that the map would be much large, would that implies that the red zone would move much quicker than before?"

"I think so…... Let me check…." – said Blueberry while looking at information list.

"…. Yea. They said that the red zone will move slightly faster than before."

"Huh… Interesting."

"Well, this tournament should last somewhat longer, shouldn't it?" – said Ampi.

"I mean. This won't be necessary one sided beaten down, but instead often fight between very strong players."

"True. The event could last for hours." – said Lil.

"…"

["Hey you all."] – GreyHunt – Friend chat.

"?"

Everybody looked at GreyHunt.

["Use the chat and don't speak. I don't want other people hearing what we are planning."]

"Oh, good idea." – said Shri.

"…."

Everybody looked at Shri.

"…."

"Shit."

["Really sis, really?"] – Oron.

"Hey!"

"…."

["Sorry."] – Shri.

"?"

"Hey. What you all doing?" – asked Dance, noticing the group not speaking but instead typing something on air.

"Friend chat. If you can't see." – said ClownFrog.

"Oh, can I join?"

"…."

Everybody looked at Dance with straight up look that says "NO".

"…. Bastards." – said Dance while flipping off the members of the Purple Hyena guild.

["Just ignore her."] – Oron.

["Anyway, what do you want GreyHunt? Strategy or something?"]

["Kind of."] – GreyHunt.

["What do we do? Should we try staying hidden or something? People will definitely target us 6 as well as other "Monsters". We will be consider one of the biggest threats that would need to be eliminated."]

["True… They will definitely try to swarm us again."] – Rampage.

["Yea, but this time it will be different."] – Shri.

["This time we won't be dealing with some random trash, but some players that can both bark and bite. And it will be more annoying if some of the real stronger players team up or maybe other players tried attacking us while we are currently fighting some other strong players. There is also the fact that this phase will definitely last quite long if the map is indeed many times bigger."]

["So, what? Do you want to team up or something GreyHunt?"] – Rampage.

["Well, if possible, yes. We do have some communication devices, but not that many in the first place and the ones we have are only connected between 2 different devices."]

["Probably some guilds though of that and had some prepared."]

["But I doubt it will be long version ones, since the communication devices with long range does cost a fortune."]

["However, should we even use those communication devices? Or should we split apart and go on rampage?"]

["Well, I think we shouldn't team up."] – Tail.

["If you do that, many people will definitely team up on you all."]

["However, the problem is us. We are not overpowered bastards like you all. So, if possible, can we have those communication devices?"]

["Yea. We need them."] – Lil.

"…."

["Okay. Fine. You will need them more than us."] – ClownFrog.

["But anyway, you all be careful, especially when you are fighting somebody extremely strong."]

["Somebody may wait for you to get weak before trying to assassinate you and I fuking dare you to die like this."]

"Yea, yea. We got it." – said Shri.

"Besides. Look you all. The clock will soon run out." – said Shri while pointing at the floating clock.

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[The preparation phase is now officially over.]

As soon as the clock hit zero, the announcer Ande made her appearance once again.

"Hello everybody!"

"The preparation phase is no over and if you did not logged in in time, then too bad!"

"I hope you all are ready since the [First Tournament – Second Phase] shall now begin."

"As mentioned before, it will be a battle royal once again and this time anybody who survives until the end shall be allowed to participated in the finals, the elimination matches."

"Now get ready you all, since we are starting NOW!" – said Ande before snaping her fingers.

As soon as Ande snapped her fingers, the players bodies began slowly disappearing, signaling the teleportation and the starting of the second phase of the tournament.

Before long, each and every player in the lobby map disappeared before then reappearing on the battle royal map.

[You have arrived at the battle royal map.]

[The battle royal starts NOW!]

[Good luck and have fun.]

"…."

"Really?" – said ClownFrog while looking around.

ClownFrog looked around and found himself in the abandoned and destroyed city covered in plants and trees everywhere.

(First the underground city and now a city that got turned into a jungle?)

(Kind of weird that I got spawned at the city again….)

"…"

(I think I should move out of here since I'm quiet open spot… Oh I should also check where I'm on the map.)

(…...)

(Huh…. I'm on the middle left side.)

(I'm in quiet good position… And this area is quite perfect for combat as well if many people gather here…. So, lets quickly take over this place.)

ClownFrog run towards the large ruined tower that was entangled in trees before then starting to create his army.

(I thought about it, that I maybe should not do it since having that big army of monsters will easily give away my position to the others.)

(In the last event I knew that I would face mostly weaklings, so I didn't minded it, but now?)

(…Well, I decided to screw it and do it anyways since it is necessary.)

(If I have an army ready to go, I can use my power up skills boost my monsters power.)

(The necromancer main power is having their own army under control and restraining myself from not using it will be way more problematic than being discovered.)

ClownFrog slowly began creating his army in order to go on the rampage as he did during the first event.

However, undenounced to him, he was not the only player who had spawned inside the city.

"…."

"Huh…. This looks quite interesting." – said Oron while looking around, noticing the tree covered buildings.

(Hm…. Yea. This is perfect location for me.)

(I can the buildings and the trees as hiding spots where I can snipe people down with my crossbow.)

"…."

"There."

Oron spotted a tall building in the distance and began running towards before then starting to quickly climb on top if it.

(Good. This is perfect spot. I can use the sticking out tree to cover myself while also using this heigh to spot the enemies from the distance.)

(Now let's see…...) – though Oron while looking through his crossbow scope.

"…."

"Hmm…"

(I don't see anybody…. They did stated that the map was several times bigger but how many times exactly? Honestly back there I would already spotted somebody already, but now I can't see anybody…. Are they here hiding? Or are they just somewhere else entirely?)

(I also need to know that unlike the previous battle royal, there is way more players on the single map than before….)

(Should I move around and try to look for somebody? The more players I kill, the more recovery supplies I could obtain for later on….)

"…."

"No."

(Its better to wait for the prey to come to me and there is good chance that the safe zone will appear somewhere here since I'm quite close to the center of the map.)

(So, I will just wait and deal with any importunely bastard that will come across me.)

ClownFrog and Oron were not only players on the move.

The other members of the Purple Hyena guild as well as the major guilds alongside the solo players were on the move.

Some were waiting.

Some were looking around.

The fight has yet to start, but everybody can tell that the chaos will soon start.

Not only the participants, but also the RealityDream company members who were observing the game.

"Hm…. For now, its calm." – said the muscular man.

"True. That was intention." – said the obese man.

"By creating that kind of massive map, the players won't instantly start rampaging and starting the war."

"Not only that, we want only the strong to survive and enter the finals, so we want to minimize any fights where a huge group of players gang up on the one extremely strong player, since we want to have that extremely strong player join the finals."

"True. But this isn't the only purpose of creating that kind of large map." – said the CEO woman.

"The first phase was completely boring was not entertaining at all, so we need to make up for the past phase being boring like hell."

"But we also need to make sure that the event won't end too soon."

"Anyway, is there anything note worth or something?"

"Hm…... Oh. ClownFrog is again trying to create an army of monsters." – said the obese man, observing ClownFrog though the status window.

"Hm? Wait, won't that plan fail though? He isn't facing any weak players now and stuff." – said the woman in the suit.

"Well, his specialty is monster control, so why shouldn't he use it?" – said the obese man.

"There are also other players who we should look forward to…. Many of the players are currently on the move so its just matter of time before somebody starts fighting."

"And that will serve as a perfect advertainment!" – said the muscular man.

"By the way, how many people do we need to hold the finals?"

"Well, the plan was originally for the 16 players to compete, but we changed it 64." – said CEO.

"Wait, 64? Isn't this like a lot?"

"True. But we needed to make it that way." – said the CEO.

"We need to show how many strong players there is in this game and how some of them are straight up monsters."

"…. Oh… But first they have to survive fighting other strong players." – said muscular man.

"Exactly."

"We want only the strongest bastards to compete in the finals as well as advertise our game."

"But that doesn't mean that the second phase will be boring."

"The battle royal is filled with many different players and some are real monsters in the mix."

"Honestly, the first part of the event was to get rid of the weaklings."

"But the second part is about only leaving behind the strongest players."

"I know that the players can grow even more in the future and everything, but I want to see how stronger players have become so far."

"Honestly, it doesn't really matter who gets to the finals or gets wins in the end, this isn't our goal."

"Our goal is to show what you can become in this world and what you can archive."

"Its to mesmerize them and charm them."

"Honestly speaking, a lot of players are already playing this game and they are somewhat affecting it already."

"But it's not enough."

"I want to, no. The world need to see that the players can write their own stories and be either real heroes or villains.."

"This event is meant to prove that anybody can become somebody in this world."

"Later on we will be hosting more events and completions."

"The next event will be about crafting while another maybe about team fighting."

"But for now ladies and gentlemen settlements lets focus the event at our hands right now."

"Because this event will start the things of for real for all of us."

"For our company AND for the players themselves."