Chapter 37: Crimson Mercenaries (1/2)

Chapter 37 – Crimson Mercenaries

Translated by: s.h.i.+royukineko, Ignis

Edited By: s.h.i.+royukineko

TLC By: s.h.i.+royukineko

In the afternoon, Ghost Valley arrived at Suzhou. Du s.h.i.+ San and I went to the train station to welcome him and show our sincerity. We ate at dinner at a nearby place afterwards. We ate Dry Spicy Chicken in a Wok, a meal that gave us a lot of energy!

Ghost Valley was a 23 year old youth, whose real name was Gong Sun Gu. He looked delicate, refined and beautiful. He looked more pleasant to the eyes than s.h.i.+ San.

s.h.i.+ San was an over-friendly person, he hugged Ghost Valley’s shoulders minutes after they met and said, “Little Ghost, we are brothers from now on!”

Ghost Valley’s expression changed a little as he said, “Okay, Brother B&h.e.l.lip;”

Du s.h.i.+ San asked amazedly, “Why did you call me Brother B?”

Ghost Valley replied leisurely, “Du s.h.i.+ San, if you joined 1 and 3 together&h.e.l.lip;”

(s.h.i.+ro: s.h.i.+ San means 13)

“Dammit!”

Du s.h.i.+ San was extremely depressed as he secretly scolded his dad’s naming sense in his heart.

Entering the apartment building, Ghost Valley carried his bag and said thankfully, “It’s been a long time since I lived in a dormitory&h.e.l.lip;”

s.h.i.+ San replied angrily, “Dormitory your head! You have a single room to yourself and treated as if you are a professor. What else do you want?”

“Haha!”

Ghost Valley set up the numerous cables for the game and installed his helmet. Then, he shot a glance to the game helmet in my room, and couldn’t help but gasp in surprise and said, “That&h.e.l.lip;Is that a VIP helmet?”

I nodded.

Ghost Valley walked into my room and observed the helmet more closely. To his surprise, he saw that the name written on the helmet was one of the well-known player from CGL Hall of Fame – Fallen Dust. Immediately, Ghost Valley petrified into stone. After a while he looked at me unbelievingly and muttered, “Impossible&h.e.l.lip; That’s definitely impossible. Boss Broken Spear, how could you be&h.e.l.lip;how could you be that genius Fallen Dust?”

I clasped my cup and laughed, “Calm down&h.e.l.lip;”

Du s.h.i.+ San also laughed, “Little Ghost, don’t be so surprised. He is indeed Fallen Dust, and his real name is Lu Chen. He’s been my brother for many years, so he couldn’t be fake! Oh, right, do you admire him a lot?”

Ghost Valley shook his head, “No, it’s not Fallen Dust I admired, I admired Night_chen, the legendary player who defeated Chaos Illumination on the Interstellar Compet.i.tion!”

Du s.h.i.+ San was surprised, “You knew too much!”

I sat on the sofa and licked my lips. Thousands of different feelings mixed up in my heart. My thoughts travelled back to three years ago, when I was still on my peak-

Chaos Illumination was my old enemy in my four years of playing . With regards to the matter of Chaos Illumination killing me and Ancient Sword Dream’s guild members to death, there was a reason for that. Why did Chaos Illumination hated me so much, the reason could be traced back to three years ago.

Year 2021, in the WCG Interstellar Compet.i.tion Finals, a Korean player called Chaos Illumination had broken records by defeating three top Chinese players and obtained the t.i.tle of King. At that moment, Chaos Illumination was extremely arrogant and condescending, saying that he was unbeatable in the whole of China. He even begged for the Chinese players present in that moment to come up the arena and challenge him to battle.

Right at this moment, a Chinese youth appeared and ma.s.sacred Chaos Illumination with five different skills. Furthermore, all his skills were unique and unknown. In this battle, Chaos Illumination had suffered the greatest loss in his life, hence he had remembered this youth’s ID: Night_chen.

This ID was a username that I used five years ago to bully noobs on the Grand Arena.

During the WCG battle, I used this account to kill the Korean Star Player Chaos Illumination. I became really widely known after this battle, but this had also become the reason I was chased after and a.s.sa.s.sinated many times online afterwards.

That year, I had politely rejected an invitation from a well-known game studio, EM, and entered into the newly opened game by Yue Heng Corporation, . In just a year, I fulfilled the requirements to enter CGL Hall of Fame. However, in the second year, a car accident had injured my head severely. What happened next were a series of unfortunate events that I could not bear to look back upon&h.e.l.lip;

Chaos Illumination was someone who harbours hatred for even the simplest things. He had always kept the humiliation he suffered from that night close to his heart. He even went to Su Zhou University of Science and ma.s.sacred the entire school team. The ID, Night_chen had originated from this place. Before I graduated, I was the school’s main force. I was basically an unbeatable, great figure, who very rarely suffered defeat.

After knowing that I was Fallen Dust, Ghost Valley’s att.i.tude towards me changed completely. He walked towards me and stood right in front of me, speaking loudly, “Lu Chen, I know that you have suffered a lot in . Don’t worry, today, as we become comrades, I will put my utmost effort to help you fulfil your dream of revenge.”

I couldn’t help but smile, “I do have a dream, but it’s not a dream of revenge. I have a dream for us to become the best in the whole of Floating Ice City, or even the whole of China servers.”

As I said that, I also looked at Du s.h.i.+ San and said, “Since we already had three players for our game studio, should we decide on our studio’s name and rules?”

Ghost Valley said, “The studio’s name would also be our guild’s name in the future. Have you thought of a name?”

I nodded, “I do have one in mind, it’s Crimson Mercenaries. Since we are both undeads, we wouldn’t be able to shake off our relations with b.l.o.o.d.y stuff. On the other hand, we are currently in quite a short supply of funds in this beginning stage of our studio. We would have to receive quests as mercenaries in game to save up money. Hence the name Crimson Mercenaries. What do you guys think?”

“Crimson Mercenaries&h.e.l.lip;Crimson&h.e.l.lip;” Ghost Valley’s eyes sparkled and laughed: “That is actually a pretty good name. This name gives me the impression of a ma.s.sacre on a battleground. That’s really good!”

Du s.h.i.+ San also nodded his head: “I agree. Three votes pa.s.sed. Our studio shall be called the Crimson Mercenaries Studio!”