Chapter 199: DASHA: Hall of Players
The Hall of Players was a great museum of unfathomable size with thirty-three sections representing a Heavenly Game of the past. As a player, selecting and using a spawn point was a gift given only to them. Small little spaces were designated for players that appeared. Spawning in Section HE 1921, Dasha Pang was met with a large, dark open gate and a long line of people.
The people needed to pay. Dasha, as a player, did not.
He walked through the open gate, the line for players quite small, and he saw paintings, old artifacts kept in glass casing, and floating candles. It was a long, long hall with no end in sight. Dark and gothic, on the left side were the gates of the time period, complete with a pedestal full of information and a visual whether it be an artifact or statue. Dasha’s own curiosity, however, was only surpassed by the curiosity of the common people.
"Newspapers! Get your weekly Times newspaper!" a bearded man cried out. Almost immediately, someone plucked the newspaper from his hand and quietly gave him the coins. Then another, then another. A whole line-up formed in a matter of seconds. Dasha quietly watched the newspaper man selling print like hot pancakes. Ten minutes later, after his current stock was complete, a small portal opened and a pigeon flew in carrying three strapped boxes of newspapers. The bearded man sighed in relief and took it from the pigeon.
"Another stock people! The Times officially declares that Jack the Ripper has returned! Find out the details!"
The news stand became clambered and rushed. That was Dasha’s cue. Since they were occupied with the newspapers, the pedestals describing the gates were open. Before he busied himself with history, he went and plucked a newspaper from behind the stack. ’Thank you very much,’ Dasha said.
Lots and lots of people, new and old, had decided to revisit the section after the events of Gate 10. Walking, his eyes scanned the big, bold letters and the blocks of text underneath.
THE TRAGEDY OF GATE 10: JACK THE RIPPER’S REVENGE ON THE TEMPLARS
Author: Joy
Date: March 7, 177 HE
Jack the Ripper has returned! Raids have always been known for their high casualty rate but none like what happened on February 22nd. An estimated two thousand players die upon the first raid. Last week, out of the five thousand that went out, only four hundred players returned. Out of the fifty students sent by the Templars, only four survived. The Unorthodox Sect has refused to comment but it has been rumoured that the Sect Master has lost his Core Disciple.