Chapitre 46: World Famous

[Ding. Congratulations. You have killed the Bear King Barabara. You have gained 20000 Experience points]

[Ding. Congratulations. You are the first player to kill the Elite Bear King Barabara and save the city from its terror. Your grand achievement will be etched in history]

Liam tossed the two notifications aside with a smirk on his face. It has begun now!

The very next second a loud ding chimed and bright letters flashed in front of him and also the several other players currently engrossed in the same world.

[DING. World Announcement: Player Chang Liam has successfully killed the Elite Bear King Barabara. This achievement is etched in the walls of fame and his glory will be sung for all eternity!]

Berat gasped. He was currently seeing the same thing as everyone else.

Being announced on the server within 24 hours of the game starting was something unimaginable for someone like him.

And considering that this was the first World Announcement… he just dumbly looked at the person and then back at the flashing bright words.

So his name was Liam?

Every player currently in the game would have received this message. They would all know his name too. This was a good thing, even an envious achievement, but at the same time…

Fame always came with jealousy and hatred. Even this single announcement was enough to put him under a spotlight, which would inevitably be accompanied by harassment and ganking.

Moreover, observing him so far, this person was definitely a solo player without any sort of backing. So Berat wondered how he was going to handle everything by himself.

He searched his face for the slightest trace of fear or concern. However, the other party seemed to be rather preoccupied, only barely paying attention to the world announcement.

His observation was indeed spot on as Liam already knew this was going to happen.

While this video game's or rather the tutorial mode's initial purpose seemed to be to prepare everybody for the upcoming changes in the real world, it was far from the truth.

While giving a helping hand to the inhabitants of the planet, this simultaneously festered chaos and commotion as well. This was why there was no option to hide one's identity or appearance in the game.

The more one stood out, the more the game would be disadvantageous to that person. No one player would be allowed to rise to the top.

This was going to happen sooner or later and Liam had no plans of delaying anything or changing his plans because of this.

Otherwise, he would only miss out on a lot of things and in the end, he wouldn't be able to achieve anything that he wanted. So he might as well get this over with right here and now.

Liam sighed and he was already gazing at the next couple of notifications. The night was still young and he knew that the last of the notifications was not over just yet.

[Ding. You have leveled up]

[Ding. Congratulations. You have reached Level 15]

[Ding. Congratulations. You are the first person to be recorded on the world leaderboard. Your grand achievement will be etched in history]

And just as he finished clearing this notification, another announcement rang loudly.

[DING. World Announcement: The world leaderboard is now available. Only the deserving, the truly strong and powerful will be recorded on the world leaderboard]

Liam did not even bother opening this so called world leaderboard option in the game screen and checking. He already knew what it would look like.

There were 50 spots in total and currently only his name would be present, occupying the first of the fifty other empty slots, thereby putting another spotlight on him.

As if this wasn't enough, killing any of the players on the world leaderboard would fetch special rewards, bonus drops, and generous experience points.

Liam flicked all the notifications close as he subconsciously hurried his footsteps. Things were going to get very heated up a lot faster now, but his main goals still remained the same.

He lifted his head to calmly gaze at the huge city sprawled in front of him and walked towards it steadily with an unwavering gaze. Bring it on!

Ahh... Umm… Berat saw that he was once again being forgotten and ran behind the guy. "Boss, wait for me."

"Why? Do you have more free time?" Liam chuckled.

"Bro! You are famous now. Don't you think it's better to have someone by your side to watch your back?" Berat tried to strike the iron when it's hot.

"Heh. Yup. You are absolutely correct, but I already have companions. You don't have to worry about that."

"Boss, come on. Aren't you planning to form a guild in the future? Also dungeons and raids… I am sure this game also has something like that! Don't you want more players?"

"You can call me whenever you need help. I have a couple of friends. We can help you out."

Berat hadn't expected it, but hearing his words, Liam actually paused in his footsteps. "Ok. Let's do this. Add me as a friend and I will call you if I need anything."

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Chapitre 47: Grinding time

Berat grinned wildly and quickly sent him a request before the person decided to change his mind. Liam as well fished out his request among the several others that came his way since the world announcements and accepted it.

The two of them then parted ways as Berat did not even have the necessary entrance fee for the city which was a whopping 50 silver.

Liam looked at his figure walking away and turned to head for the city.

He was still undecided about a lot of things, like forming a guild or trying to expand his influence, but it was impossible for him to take care of everything.

Even if he had all the knowledge, he still needed some underlings to do some of the menial labor.

While trusting another person was always risky, he had some special items already earmarked for this purpose, so accepting a few underlings might not be entirely out of the question.

But all of that can wait. First things came first and he quickly tossed the 50 silvers to the city guard and casually walked in through the huge iron gates.

Liam opened his quest menu and verified that the bear king quest was marked as complete.

To get the rewards, he had to meet with the instructor again, but he didn't plan on wasting time by traveling back and forth just for this.

The instructor along with several other big shots would visit the city in a couple of days when the black market would be open. This was a biweekly event and a treasure trove of easter eggs.

And Liam's next target was exactly this!

He planned to use this downtime to do some preparations so that when the time came he would easily be able to crack all the eggs.

Liam hummed lightly as he looked around at the familiar tall buildings and the stunning architecture which was heavily based on a conservative European style.

He looked relaxed enough but his speed was much faster than the city crowd which was almost entirely NPCs at this point.

He swung into narrow allies, climbed on the walls, and reached his destination in a couple of seconds taking the shortcuts he knew.

And when he turned around the next corner, he was in front of the city's auction house which was several times bigger than the small town's singular building.

Very rare and special items were auctioned inside these walls, but it was not time for that just yet. Liam was still only hoarding all the lower-tier and mid-tier materials.

He walked over to stand closer to the building, leaning on one of the stone walls. Almost immediately a menu popped up listing all the currently available items.

His gaze flickered, quickly looking over the several herbs that were available and also for any recipes. It didn't matter what recipe, as long as it was something that he didn't know, he quickly purchased it.

There were also a lot of ores and gemstones, but Liam did not bother giving these a glance. After making another bulk purchase of herbs, he stretched out his hands. His job here was done.

"Next stop is the supply shop." Liam hummed and visited a shop across the street.

"Good day, Sir!" The merchant immediately brightened up as if he could smell all the gold Liam had on him.

"Greetings. I need to purchase some pieces of mining equipment. Make sure to include pickaxes, hammers, shovels, and sturdy gunny bags. I need about 50 sets of this."

The merchant's smile widened as his guess had been correct. "Right away sir. Please let me know if you need anything else." He then scurried away to fulfill the big order.

After a few minutes, he returned with all the items which Liam tossed swiftly into his inventory.

"That would be 1 gold after the discount, sir." Liam nodded and quickly paid him the amount. He received a small discount because of his title 'Rolling in Debt' but it was nothing significant.

He purchased a few more stamina refills, including smaller fruits that he could pop into his mouth at convenience, and left the shop.

Liam then walked over to the mining association a couple of blocks away to purchase mining rights which all players were required to do. This also bestowed the basic mining skill.

[Ding. Congratulations. You have learned the mining tradeskill]

Swiping the notification away, he then proceeded to directly walk out of the city.

There was also a blacksmithing association right next to the mining association that gave out more basic quests and skills for the blacksmithing trade, but he completely ignored it.

He continued to walk out of the city and into the surrounding forests. As he was one of the few players in the city, the guard recognized him. "Didn't he just enter the city?"

The two guards suspiciously looked at Liam who was already gone. He would only be returning back to the city in time for the black market.

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