Chapter 40 (1/2)

Threeof the beta test of the VRMMORPG World of Yggdrasia Despite original plans calling for a six-ame release had just recently been announced

The official reason for the early release, as the public knew it, was because of ”great beta player response” and ”to scratch the itch of everyone eren't chosen as beta testers” Meanwhile, those aovernment

To soreat customer deovern the development Yet there was an even deeper reason, a secret only known to the upper echelons of the project

Within the terminal care medical facility of the 7th research center of a certain phar in the death of nearly all staff members had happened

Casualties numbered over seven hundred While some sort of bladed weapon had clai all the security officers, the vast majority of victims had died from hypothermia Their bodies were found inside an environmental chamber, a room equipped with perfect temperature and humidity control capability

The cold wave must have been extreed to escape through the s The less fortunate had turned into ice sculptures littering the path to the outside Clinging to the glass in despair were frozen statues of those who hadn't been quick enough to open their os before the frost welded them shut

Hypothermic deaths in a closed room Such a mysterious, almost supernatural incident was certainly worthy of attention, yet the upper echelons remained far irl in a red dress with rabbit ears

She was uncannily sile-handedly destroying multiple experidrasia

According to the testimonies of the survivors and what the cairl had looked nearly identical to No 13, a subject of the first monster avatar test who had been transported to the collection facility following her mental collapse and coma However, the culprit of the incident had looked older than No 13, and so the link reovernment and the corporation's leaders had certainly noticed the high combat power she displayed even when limited in a humanoid form, but they were far more interested in the possible existence of the ability to cross betorlds that shethe players as local eyes to help them capture The Girl

The number of potential players, people ere expected to be buying the official release, was at least three ame, the Dark Lady, the players' enthusiasm could easily be directed toward the rabbit hunt

To that end, player battles weren't the only videos shown at the announceame developers had also included a few coe of The Girl in a red dressthe facility staff members — an incident that had been quietly processed behind closed doors — were edited and presented as if it was sie poured more fuel onto the players' interest in her

There were several changes from the beta version to the official version

First was the halved-ic death penalty In order to let the players have , the penalty was reduced to thirty percent

Second, ie one's appearance and equipht in the in-ga the issue of transportation that a subgroup of players had reported,discount tickets The developers had also reiterated that as the in-gaenerally around the same size as real-world countries, players were recommended to have fun within the area they spawned in first before looking beyond

Fourth, an addition to Ter player was arrested in a city, they would now immediately receive an official notice of character deletion If their activities were deemed overly offensive and had affected other players as well, then even their account ht be deleted