Chapter 10 Part1 (1/2)

TL: A reader suggested the capital’s name to change Maukuto to Malcott. This is the unedited version and I haven’t checked for mistakes yet. I got a little too tied up in doing something else. I’ll fix errors later.

Chapter 10 part 1 – Underground sewers

The Royal capt.i.tal, Malcott—-

The Ca.s.stal Kingdom’s capital lives up to its name as it was much bigger in size compared to Meldor.

I wonder what kind of people are living in the castle town that spreads out radially, which is located right in the center of the capital and deemed as a symbol of the kingdom.

As expected, I don’t think there was a million people in the streets, but the path was overflowing with lively people, and I was getting slightly dizzy from the crowded place.

I wonder how much time was needed to create such a huge city. I don’t really know any details about the programs, but it must have taken much time, and I can’t imagine how to go about it.

[I don’t get tired of players even after more than a decade. I can seriously still create another world—]

I remember such a strong statement from the game’s producer from an interview.

He did not lie at all. His company certainly developed a different world in the game.

Isn’t this game amazing when it’s the first VR game in the world?

It’s because the developers in the game are amazing that the game is amazing.

The truth is many MMORPGs have a short lifespan.

It was extremely rare to have long selling games that continued their service for decades.

Some games that have no popularity end their service within a year.

Under the label of ‘developing games’ in magazines, some of them would fade out of the scene due to the development budget dwindling down.

If I think about it, creating such a world — They must have spent a great amount of money to create Another World and aim to be a MMORPG that would last for a long time.

Even if this VR game had no t.i.tle, it would still become popular anyways.

In fact, the fame of it on the internet is excellent.

[It’s as if I tripped into a real different world], [The degree of freedom is too high, and I’m troubled because there are so many things to do and not enough time.], [The developers are too serious (≧www≦)], [I feel like I have gone out and not returned to reality.], with countless good reactions like that.

That was why the reputation was high for the start of this service.

The closed beta which imposed a current number restriction would be over in a week’s time.

I don’t think it will be extended unless there is a big bug.

After that it will s.h.i.+ft into an open beta with no restrictions of the number of people and once the test is over, the official service will start.

Although the official launch date has not been announced yet, perhaps it won’t be too far away.

Putting that aside.

The castle town of Malcott has many narrow streets and it was a certain thing to become lost.

Thanks to the Map Window, I can still know where I am, but if I don’t have that I will lose my whereabouts and be swallowed up by the amount of people.

As I wandered around the with the feelings of sightseeing, I roughly understood how the town is divided. The n.o.bles lived in luxurious mansions near the castle, with another section that has normal looking houses like those in Meldor, as well as another area where the poor seemed to live. There were men in there who seemed to have bad intentions and women who looked like they were prost.i.tutes. (TL: You know…… I’m actually kind of sure that the protagonist is only 15-16. How did he get an adult game www.)

The area where the mansions were built was covered up with walls and guards were placed at the entrance. While I was able to see the inside from the entrance, I could not enter without permission.

Naturally it would not be easy to enter the castle from this area.

Well for some RPGs, there is no friendly king who invites anyone inside to the castle.

If I think about it it’s kind of rare, wait, more like there’s no possibility to it.

Most likely there are quests that needed to be done before one can enter.

I’ll leave that aside for now.

I should quickly accomplish what I came here to do.

First stop is the Item Store.

The highest level of mana and health potions, as well as elixirs were not sold, but other potions are on sale.

I nearly exhausted my supply of health potions on the way here, but fortunately this place sells middle-level Mana and Health Potions

Each one costs one silver coin, and the money I currently have was two gold coins and fifteen silver coins.

It was quite painful to buy twenty of them.

Can I still set up my equipment?