Chapter 25: Kaede's potential
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From the distance where the sniper player hides.
Another player came to confront her.
“Rabbit you should stop messing with her now…”
The one talking was the player avatar of Tiger. He came to the battlefield to control a game developer who sneaks out and joins the battle event.
“Eh? It’s just getting fun with my sniper. Well, we’re not really included with this event.”
“Did you use your bullet to help Kaede survive that attack?”
“There's no way… I’ll be doing that in fact. I just attack her targeting her head. I’m testing on how the knowledge of Evasion works.”
Normally, Knowledge of Evasion has a 40% activating rate specially in a dire situation. But Kaede as a player is triggering it like 60% to 80% of all time. Confirming that Kaede indeed has the luck of a devil.
The rabbit or rather the sniper player in disguise. Thinking about it thoroughly, first, they had a meeting and decided to nerf Kaede’s main skills. Especially the bizarre eater that eats mostly of players in the battle event Kaede first joined in.
The developers limit it to only ten use per day and 12 stacks.
Now they are thinking of nerfing the Knowledge of Evasion. But before they conclude their decision.
The dragon mascot or the head developer stops the other developers.
“No need to nerf Kaede for now. It's quite fascinating and entertaining. For a low-level player to defeat a high-level player. This will surely gather lots of players. It's the main feature of this game after all. In these game creativity and skill is the true power. Kaede's current form is comparable to those in the top. I wonder what they feel about it… Kaede has the potential to reach the top of this game.”
The other zodiac nodded in agreement with Dragon’s words.
“Dragon is right, it’s bad to constantly nerf a player in the game. It's not a good attitude of developers like us. Also, Rabbit will be jailed and her player avatar will be banned for unconsciously helping a player in the middle of the event.”
The monkey said as he analyzed the data on the battlefield in the hunting event.
Rabbit stood up and carry her sniper rifle. She pouted her checks and ignored the monkey's voice by covering her ears with her hands.
“That won’t work Rabbit. Voice was heard straight to your mind.”
“Still, I feel bad about it! I can’t play this game. What's the point in being a god in this game if I can’t enjoy it! Monkey you suck! Monkey mascot suits you best!"
Even with Rabbit's constant insults with Monkey. Monkey remained calm and just ignores her.
Tiger puts his hand on Rabbits shoulder and said.
“Don’t worry we have lots of paper works to do in real life. Two months will pass like the wind.”
“I don’t want to work straight. I want to play this fun game. Anyway, why you here?”
“Same with you I’m here to investigate. For now, the developers will cover your mistake. But there is no second chance or else you're banned forever in the zodiacs.”
“Forgive me, Tiger! Dragon! This won’t happen again. I don’t want to go back to being a Shut-in NEET. I want to remain in this company.”
Dragon forgives Rabbit and made a huge exhale to relieve the stress on his head.
Rabbit and Tiger disappeared from the event battlefield.
…
Kaede after defeating Amber looks around her surrounding. She first replenishes her health and walked toward the dead burned body. By putting her hands on her chest. A blue window appeared in front of Kaede.
The panel is saying revive stay for 30 seconds. The number started counting down. Clover's body was then covered with green light and her body goes back to its normal state.
Clover opened her eyes and she make a deep breath after being revived.
“That was scary! Hoo!”
“I’m happy that I’m able to win the fight. Anyway, let's swim to the opposite side of the river to revive Yuki.
Clover carries Kaede and swims. To another side of the river. Looking at Yuki’s burned body. Kaede and Clover had grim looks on their face.
“This is really horrible…”
Kaede sit down and put her hand on Yuki’s chest. After 30 seconds, Yuki came back to life. She is breathing heavily and with her hands on her heart.
“I feel like I was burned to death earlier. I feel like I’m getting a trauma in flames…”
Yuki turned her head on Kaede and lep on her she hugs her.
“You did it Kaede! We defeated the first-place player in the event. Now, where is the leading team? All we need to do is maintain this status until the event ended. The first place is in our hands now!”
Yuki is so excited and hugs Clover afterward.
“How did you win the battle between Flame priestess? Did you cheat?”
“I didn’t cheat! Stop teasing me, Yuki. The sniper player who chasing us yesterday. Helped me… She severed Amber's right hand using her lightning bullet. Giving Amber an opening from below. I attack her with all my might and defeated her… Super cool right?”
“The sniper player helped you? That’s odd…”
“I think she’s an ally… If she is an enemy, she is supposed to target us right now from a long distance.”
“That true…”
Just like Kaede think how cool she became. A low-level player defeating a top player is really cool.
After the event ended, and the result was scattered in the real world. Kaede will surely be a hot topic online again. Kaede doesn’t have an interest in online forums so she will never know about it.
“I sure got lucky on that… Since where the top player. Hiding will be useless because our location is revealed in everyone's map.”
“If that’s the case we have no other choice but to face them heads on. There are still 35 hours before the event end. It's going to be tough.”
“I don’t have many special pies anymore. I should buy tons of them before the event started.”
While the three girls is being relaxed. Behind them, a huge cloud of smoke was seen. The destructive sound of “Boom!” and “Doom!” echoed.
The sound pulled Kaede, Yuki, and Clover's attention. Turning their heads behind their back. They felt the tumor from the ground. Making the three go out of balance from their foot.
“This feeling… Two of you must take off your equipment again. That unbreakable monster is coming this way.”
Kaede shook her head and step forward in the monster's direction.
“What are you doing Kaede?! It's dangerous.”
“I would like to make some experiments. If this failed you both can revive me instead.”
“What kind of dumb thinking was that? Do you have a plan?”
Kaede changes her sword to her new royal great sword. She grips it and made a sword stance.
“She is being serious, knowing Kaede she will definitely do it. Clover, we must stay back.”
Clover And Yuki hide in the bushes and watch Kaede’s action.
The one-eyed lizard monster crawling and destroying the surrounding appeared speeding straight to Kaede.
Clover is very anxious about what's about to happen and shakes Yuki over and over again with nervousness.
“Kaede is! Kaede is Kaede is!”
Yuki meanwhile had a black face and just trust Kaede with her plan in mind.
The monster is speeding to Kaede and strikes her head on like a bull. Kaede flew to the air and her HP turns 1. Kaede smirk like she was saying that it was part of her plan.
She falls and made her sword stance. The said to be indestructible monster turned its scarlet eyes on Kaede and runs to kill Kaede.
At the right moment, before the monster strikes Kaede’s body. Kaede slashed her sword.
“Repulse!”
The ground was sliced in half with the sword's strength. Yuki and Clover's jaw falls seeing what just happened. Their both in disbelief at what they're seeing right now.
“Kaede you truly are a demon…”
Yuki muttered.
The said to be indestructible monster was cut in half. It then got destroyed in light particles like other monsters.
The surprise reaches the game developers watching the event from their special room.
Dragon and Monkey’s eyes got bigger and they are both speechless.
“That monster was made to be indestructible… What happened?”
“Well, It's not exactly indestructible… We program it to have 10,000,000 HP and 10,000,000 attack damage. Repulse skill is the one at fault here. Repluse skill mainly returns the damage it took back to the next attack.”
“Kaede doesn’t have 10,000,000 HP…”
“But she has sturdy body skill… When she was still with 10,000,000 damage the sturdy body made her body endure the damage leaving her 1 HP. That means Kaede’s next strike was 10,000,000 plus her high damage.”
“So scary!”
“She truly is a monster in power and luck.”
“Are we going to nerf her? Again?”
“Well, We should not do it… Kaede will pull lots of attention. She is quite cute too. There a possibility that she will become the game idol or something.”
“She has the potential to be the game’s model player.”
Everyone in the zodiac developers agrees.
…
Kaede after the success of her experience. Made a peace sign and look at her teammates with a big grin on her face.
“I’m very happy that Kaede is not an opponent.”
Clover said whose still shaking.
“Me too.
Yuki said and walked to Kaede. She hand-chopped Kaede's head.
“... You make me worried about that stunt. That skill is so overpowered where did you get those skills anyway.”
“I’m sorry, Repulse is a pretty common skill.”
“Repulse can be bought in the skill shop on floor 2 for 100,000 gold.”
Clover said.
“I didn’t know about that, I better get that skill too.”
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