Closed Beta That Only I Played

Chapter 346: That Name Again (2)

Of course, this didn’t just happen only in the No. 9 hunting ground.

The same thing was happening in the Region 31 and the Region 17 hunting grounds as well because the players there had traits like ‘summon’ or ‘connection.’

However, it was impossible for them to summon too many people to their hunting grounds.

No matter how many of them were connected to each other, each player was allocated a specific hunting ground, and they could only summon one person in there with them.

In any case, all the outstanding players in each hunting ground struggled really hard to win first place. Why? Because of what happened in Osaka, Japan, they knew that monsters were not the only ones appearing on Earth, and that they might die tomorrow if they were weak. And the surest and fastest way for them to get stronger was to win first place in events or quests.

Six days after the event began.

Since there were only two days left, including today, I hunted in the 2700 level hunting ground while paying attention to the remaining time.

At that moment, a message rang suddenly.

[Hello. This is ‘Revival Legend’.

– There are two days left for the ongoing event ‘Collect More Coins Than Others’ taking place in commemoration of allowing coin drops in all hunting grounds.

– To encourage your last-ditch efforts, we have decided to disclose the latest rankings of the participating players in all the castles and cities.

-Thank you.]

“Wow…”

Obviously, everyone was curious about who had collected the most coins until now.

Of course, those who won 2nd and 3rd place would also draw their attention.

Until now, since nobody knew for sure unless the involved players revealed their number of coins first, there were all kinds of rumors going around such as one that said that some had obtained five or six thousand coins. To be honest, I was a little curious.

So I wanted to log out right now and check the rankings.

But I didn’t because I knew who obtained the coins the most.

“Well, I know who it is even without checking it.”

If I had to single out the days when I played the game most passionately, it was during the Closed Beta period called ‘Forgotten Legend’ right before the current ‘Revival Legend’.

During that time, I limited my sleep to two hours to achieve level 300, which was the max level at that time during the 3rd Closed Beta.

My hectic hunting these days reminded me of those days.

What’s more, I was receiving a 270% increase in coin drop frequency and number of dropped coins because of my tremendous 90% restrictions.

Of course, there may be somebody like me who set the restriction to 90% in an extraordinary way that I was not aware of.

Nonetheless, I was definitely sure I would win first place.

So I resumed hunting monsters again, for I could get others to confirm the rankings for me.

In the central square of Roel Castle in Region 9.

The twin brothers, Connie and Cota, who had the trait, ‘Always Together’, moved to the central square of Roel Castle with great anticipation.

While heading there, younger brother Cota asked Connie.

“We have won, right? You have hunted in the level 1300 hunting ground all day long with 80% restrictions.”

“Well, I do not know yet. Obviously, there are some with remarkable capabilities that we don’t know. Asirante is one such guy.”

“I don’t think so. Asirante can’t beat us. We hunted in a place with a whopping 80% restrictions. That’s why we collected 8725 coins in 5 days.”

“I know. But don’t count your chickens before they are hatched!”

When brother Connie said that, Cota didn’t respond. When they got to the square, they noticed a huge sign which was not there before.

[Scoreboard for the ‘Collect More Coins Than Others’ event.

-The number of the coins you obtain is reflected here in real time.

1st place: Region 11 – Asirante.

-Acquired Coins: 32,711.

2nd place: Region 31 – – Mellow

-Acquired Coins: 8,822.

3rd place: Region 9 – Connie

-Acquired Coins: 8,725.

4th place: Region 17 – Kleta.

-Acquired Coins: 8,581.

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10th place: Region 11 – Cyan.

-Acquired Coins: 7,971.]

“Ugh? We’re only 3rd place! And there is only about 100 coins between 2nd and 3rd place.”

The younger brother, Cota, looked at the scoreboard and shouted excitedly.

Then he continued, shaking his head from side to side.

“What the heck is this? Asirante with only 3000 coins is currently in 1st place? Man, isn’t he crazy because he wins every time? His name appears too often in events and quests!”

As if he couldn’t believe the scoreboard, Cota exclaimed in disbelief, questioning how Asirante could win 1st place with only 3000 coins, not even 8000 coins.

But his elder brother Connie opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“Look at it carefully! It’s not 3000, but 30,000!”

“Uh?”

Only then did Cota look at the number of the coins next to the name Asirante.

“…”

He could not utter a word in astonishment.

The gap in the number of coins between the 1st place and 3rd place was too wide for the Connie brothers to catch up.

Then, Cota said in a low voice, “Shit! How can we achieve that level? We certainly did our best, right? But the results are…”

Younger brother Cota could not finish his words, as if he was shocked.

Of course, it was not just the Connie brothers who showed such a reaction.

Not only those who made it to the ranking list, but also those who failed to do so felt the same thing because the gap between 1st and 2nd place was many times bigger than the one between 2nd and 10th place. So much so that they could not catch up with 1st place at all.

There was still one more day left until the end of the event.

However, my family members and Director Sok already began to celebrate as if I had already won.

“You did a great job, Juyoung!”

“Look, I told you I was praying hard for you to win 1st place, right?”

“You really worked hard.”

“Congratulations, Juyoung!”

Not only my family members but also Director Sok congratulated me in advance.

Of course, the event was not over yet, so they might have been celebrating my stunning achievement too early, but the gap between me and the 2nd place guys was too big.

So much so that I didn’t have to feel it necessary to hunt again tomorrow.

Since I became convinced of my victory after checking the situation, I didn’t reject their congratulations, and shared their joy.

At the level 2700 hunting ground Garden of the Gods the next day.

Puck! Puck! Bang! Bang!

I took it for granted that I would win 1st place, just like I used to.

But I kept hunting as before because I could not afford to be complacent and slack off just because I was most likely to win. Besides, I might not be able to see these kinds of monsters again.

While I was fully into hunting, a message rang suddenly.