Chapter 278: Fatty wins! (1/2)
Tensions were high as the judge evaluated the last contestant. Hephaestus Jr from Greece. The design he made looked intricate and complicated , it was a beautiful crossbow that he has made. The sides were engraved and overall it looked like a masterpiece. The rating of the item was Dark gold .
Rudra's heart skipped a beat when the rating turned out to be dark gold , he was sure it was a epic rated item or above. Just speaking objectively his piece looked much better than Fatty Kalash 's , also a crossbow might get a higher evaluation than a chainmail.
If he got the same evaluation as number two holder , then it would mean the event would end with one gold and two silver medals. No broze. If he went above that mark getting a 10/10 evaluation then he would clutch the silver. The only way fatty got a medal is if Hephaestus Jr got the same marks as Fatty or less.
Something about the entire thing however felt fishy to Rudra , why did he present a crossbow to the judge without a arrow loaded?
That is when Rudra noticed , Hephaestus Jr 's doom. The guy had tried to sneakily get past it , but the AI could not be fooled. The hook to load the chain in the stretched position was missing.
The crossbow did not work , it was nothing more than a showpiece how it stood. Making the hook was not a big issue , any average Joe could do it. Hephaestus Jr had perfectly crafted the entire design with precision. It was supposed to come out a semi legendary item , but his first mistake came at the alloy purity , which degraded the construction. Even soo it was a magnificent piece , however the in the last part of the construction , he applied a little too force and the hook cracked. With only 3 minutes to go , he had no option but to assemble the pieces as they stood.
Hence what he could present was only a incomplete product , sneakily trying to avoid that mistake , he presented the crossbow without loading the string and the arrow. However the AI was all-knowing.
The AI rated his piece as a 6/10 ! , Meaning he scored below Fatty. Fatty won bronze!
Hephaestus Jr was devastated , he was Greek's top seed in this competition who was one of the favourites for medal winners. However a single mistake costed him his title!
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( Real world )
When Hephaestus Jr got a lower evaluation than Fatty the entire True Elites guild hall bursted into cheers and celebration. Boys ripped their tshirts , and girls hugged each other in tears of joy.
Mayhem descended in the guild hall , the first day of the VR Olympics and the small guild of True Elites had taken the world stage by storm. Two gold medals , two bronze medals. They were the sole contributors in Japan's number one position.
Rudra held a hand to his forehead , and laughed silly , sir Jhonny and Fatty actually pulled it off. What the hell was going on? What kind of guild did he create?
Flashbacks of him and Fatty as regular high schoolers flashed back in his mind. How they would be the most unnoticeable kids in school , nothing too much about them and just a few years later here they were , shining brighter than all the first benchers in school , winning medals for their country.
It all felt surreal , Everyone was over the moon inside the guild , nobody had logged in to play Omega today , only the few who had to train for Olympics were playing , everyone else had gathered here to cheer on their fellow colleagues and boy o boy did they not dissapoint.