29 Moonlit Confrontation (1/2)
After a few seconds of the ranking interface appearing, Shesmu and his friends were teleported out of the Goblin's Den. However, the scenery they expected wasn't there. Rather than the lake next to the waterfall, they found themselves in a clearing in the middle of the forest.
Under the moonlight, the party sat and discussed.
”So, all of you guys heard those notifications? We're top 10 in the world! This is insane!” Leo exclaimed.
”We sure are,” Ryan added. ”Haha, I can already see the titles of the videos about us! We'll be so famous! Muwahahaha!”
Seeing them being so excited, Shesmu couldn't help but smile. Well, being top 10 in dungeon ranking isn't really that good, but I guess I can be happy about it.
There are so many rankings in Ashes of Gods, so many tournaments, so many dungeons, and so many events. The number of times that Shesmu ranked first, with his team or solo, was uncountable. After a while, it became so dull that getting first place in a local tournament felt like eating an appetizer, just part of the course.
However, this was the first event in this timeline Shesmu ever ranked in. For some reason, it felt good. Shesmu hasn't experienced something like this since the last time he won the world championship.
Damnit.
The world championship trail of thought led Shesmu to some painful memories. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. Calm down Shesmu, there is still hope.
Shesmu took a deep breath before focusing on his teammates.
”This is just the first of many wins to come, so don't feel too excited yet, save that for the big stages. Anyway, we should check out what we got first.”
Shesmu opened his notifications and was flooded again with messages. Skimming over all of them, Shesmu found that he got 10 gold overall, 100 magic stones, 2000 Human reputation points, and a title.
[New Title Acquired | Goblin Slayer I
Goblin Slayer I
Title acquired after killing 1000 goblins or being the first to conquer a goblin related dungeon.
10% Bonus damage against goblin type creatures.
Upgradable]
This title is pretty good. Goblin evolution goes pretty high in levels, so this title should be useful for a while. Guess I should consider grinding out goblins some more in the future.
”Guys, what did you get?” Shesmu asked.
”Ten gold, a hundred of those weird ether stones, two thousand reputations, and two titles. The last are pretty sick actually?” Ryan stated.
”Oh, two titles?”
”Yeah, you didn't get them, Shes?” Leo asked.
”Nah, I only got one. Goblin Slayer.”
”Oh, we got that and a Reputable Citizen title. It was from the reputation points that we got if I understood the text well,” explained Ryan.
Oh, so it's because of the noble title. I see.
”You have a noble title? How?!” asked Leo in shock.
”I think it has to do with my eyes. From what I read, it seems like nobles in this country are born with golden eyes. Don't really understand why O9 would do such a weird thing, but not going to complain,” explained Shesmu.
”Wow, that's such a stupid system,” complained Ryan.
You bet it is. Even at this point I'm still weirded out.
”Like, what game rewards you for basically doing nothing. It's so stupid,” Ryan continued.
”Yeah, I'm with Ryan on this one, Shes. But hey, at least now we know it. In the live game, we're gonna abuse the heck out of that, haha!” laughed Leo.
”Sure, I don't see any problem with that. Just know that you get double the infamy if you choose to be a noble though,” warned Shesmu.
”Ah, about that. Yeah, I'm not gonna be a red player. Unless Omega9 trolls too hard and doesn't even give us an Arena where we could pvp, I see no point in pking.”
”Same as Leo. Don't really enjoy pking that much, unless someone annoys me real hard.”