Chapter 156: Character Growth.
"When people think of the top players of the game, they only see the resplendent results of their painstaking efforts."
"They do not think of all the planning time and effort it took to get to the top."
"The laborious task of grinding skills day after day
"For the best players, plan from their earliest days within the game."
"From the very first quest reward they get."
"Live their days in a game-like world and sacrifice friendships and relationships in the real world to stay competitive."
"Nor do people understand the ruthless decisions to stay at the top."
"The trampling of hundreds of thousands of dreams and lives."
"All for the sake of being called an emperor or a king."
Reginald Coulan, creator and head of House Aurellion in Dynasties Online.
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Railius trotted down the paved road, enjoying nature in the rolling countryside of the Kingdom of Rinada. Birds sang softly in the sparse trees, and sheep, cows, and other livestock lazed and grazed in the peaceful atmosphere, soothing the young noble’s soul.