Legacy of the Betelgeuse

A week has passed since the fall of the Eluna Empire. The capital city of the Eluna Empire has been rebuilt and the player from the Eluna Empire faction didn't receive punishment because they finished it on time thanks to the help from the other factions players. Those who left are now coming back to the Eluna Empire because is back to normal again, but now a new problem arises because of those players. There are two sides of the Eluna Empire, those who stayed and those who left and came back, Diamond, Lothair, Ken, and the others are overwhelmed by the issue.

We are in the conference room waiting for Kingstar and the others for the online meeting. Ivonna and the others are having a conversation about when are they going to go back home, it really makes me sad to see her leave soon, but there's nothing I can do about it. Michael, Grisell, and Francesca are going to go back home next week, Leonardo and Hans will go home two days after them, Ivonna and Chelsea still thinking about it since they don't necessarily have to go back home because they live in the apartment and they have nobody waiting for them back in France, both of them also can do their job anywhere since Ivonna is a streamer and Chelsea is a designer, but they have to go back since it's their home.

Kingstar and the others are online and we immediately talk about the progress on each sovereignty. Kingstar managed to calm down the Emperor and not wage war with the Eluna Empire. He also found out about the pieces of evidence about the secret of the Aarus Empire thanks to Jade Liu and his strategy to make a move toward the Aristocrat's faction. Diamond, Lothair, Ken, and Cho Ahn have been monitoring the new Emperor that rule over the Eluna Empire, his name is Labhrann Arasgain. He's someone that was chosen by the Aristocrats and I don't have any information about him, but Diamond and the others believe that he's an excellent ruler. The Alliance Kingdoms is doing better than ever because thanks to Rodwane's appearance, all the Kingdoms are working together to build a better world for their people, and not just that, King Crafnell showed Ivonna that there is a sea of gold that was given to him by Emperor Lerst, and since that's no longer needed for him, he gave all of them to Ivonna, then Ivonna decided to use them for the people of the Alliance Kingdoms.

Kingstar moves the papers aside and then he looks at the camera.

"Now, since the boring topics have finally ended, let's talk about the newly discovered dungeon that Trevor and the others found back then."

Everyone is humming and nodding in agreement. Kingstar leans forward and looks at us.

"So, tell us what did you find inside the dungeon. We fulfilled our agreement, now it's time for you to fulfill your promise."

Ivonna nods with understanding.

"Okay, so we found..."

Ivonna is explaining what they found inside the dungeon and tells them the location of the dungeon. She tells them that it's not a dungeon and it's a whole city that's buried under the sand, and when they hear that, they're surprised and look like they're interested in the dungeon and can't wait to see it for themselves. Ivonna continues that there's a huge castle further from the city, but sadly she and the others didn't go there because they're afraid that they would trigger the dungeon. They're asking why she didn't go and she explains that I was the reason why she and the others didn't go because I said something about it's impossible to clear the dungeon with only a dozen of players.

Kingstar is humming with understanding.

"So, the book that you showed us back then has information related to the dungeon, Trevor?"

I nod.

"Yeah, it's said that the dungeon is a place where the cursed soul stays and lives. If we are going to talk about the monsters that are lurking inside the dungeon, their levels should be around 600 to 800 and since it's their territory and the terrain is a perfect place for those cursed souls, I can assume they're at the advantage if we try to clear the dungeon. We are talking about the normal mobs here, and we haven't seen the elites or the mini-bosses, so it would be hard."

Kingstar is humming with understanding. Jade Liu looks at the camera and flips his hand.

"Sulrk's level is 1.500 in the thunderstorm phase, and we all can agree that the boss of this dungeon should be twice or thrice stronger than that, but that doesn't mean it's impossible because the whole city is the dungeon, right? We can bring as many players as we can and that won't be a problem at all as long as we have enough players."

Ken is humming and shaking his head.

"I don't think it would be that easy because the Maelstrom of Abyss dungeon has 3 stages, and what if this new dungeon has more than 3 stages? Just think about this, the first stage must be the whole city, and when we go deeper into the castle, it may or may not trigger the second stage. Now, this game is not a repetitive game as far as I know, and I don't think we all can predict what will happen when we trigger the second stage, it could be a way for the dungeon to reduce the players by half or even more. The further we are in the game, the more complicated things are, and that's my thought about it."

Cho Ahn is nodding in agreement.

"I hate to admit, but Ken is right. We won't know until we attempt to clear the dungeon unless Trevor gives us any useful information that he got from the book, and I believe he has some of them."

Everyone is looking at me and I smile and shrug at them, and immediately Kingstar, Queenstar, Diamond, and Lothair are clicking their tongues while leaning back and sighing in annoyance. The rest are just laughing at them, but Jade Liu raises his hand and looks at the camera.

"Trevor, can I borrow the book if that's okay with you?"

I nod.

"Yeah, sure. All of you can borrow the book and try to find an NPC that can translate the book for you. I know only a few of them and I would keep that information to myself since I tried my best to get those words translated on my own."

Of course, that's a lie, and I'm just playing with them. Ken looks at Diamond and Lothair while smiling.

"Diamond, Lothair, rather than complaining about not getting any information related to the dungeon, why don't you both use this opportunity to look at it yourself? I will help if you want to."

Both of them are shaking their heads, Diamond leans on the chair and groaning.

"I'm so tired! My hands are full because of this damn incident!"

Ken just chuckles at him, then Jade Liu looks at Ken.

"You can help me if you want to, Ken."

Ken looks at Jade Liu and nods.

"Yes, I would love to learn the content of the book."

Kingstar is looking at them and waving his finger.

"No, no, no. I'm the one who wants that book first, so I should be the one to look at it first."

Jade Liu is furrowing his forehead.

"No, you didn't. I called dibs first, you didn't say anything about borrowing the book."

The rest of them start arguing and making fun of each other while I'm just watching them from the projector screen. Francesca is shushing at all of them, immediately everyone goes quiet and starts looking at the camera.

"Jesus Christ! Can you guys stop? Here, let me give a better solution. How about we all log in to the game, and we all can go together to the Margloo Village and find the NPCs that can translate the book for us? After we got the right person to translate for us, we all can listen and discuss the content of the book together. Isn't that better? Hearing all of you talking is like a bunch of kids who fights for ice cream."

Ivonna, Emma, and Chelsea are looking at Francesca while chuckling quietly. Ivonna looks at the camera and looks at each one of them.

"So, are you all agree to that?"

Kingstar is shrugging while nodding.

"Yeah, sure, I'm down for that."

The rest of them are nodding in agreement, Francesca then flips her hands while shrugging.

"See?! How simple is that?! Come on, let's login right now because I want to play!"

Francesca stands up and walks away. Lothair is chuckling and raises his eyebrows while mumblings.

"She's scary."

Francesca turns around and looks at the screen.

"Lothair! I heard that!"