51 Is There a Similar Game? (2/2)
[33 Cats: Heard of the ”Civilization” series?]
[Chiffon Prattle: I am pleading for Beta Tester status! It's good to have an official live stream of the Beta Testing!]
Sherlock refreshed his screen a few times, and the contents were mostly people pleading for Beta Testing status.
”Bru.” Sherlock closed the forum page and asked, ”What is the 'Civilization' series?”
”It's a stand-alone quality game that is about the otherworld's progression of civilization. Is Lord Sherlock keen to try the game?” Bru appeared surprised.
”I'm not keen to play the game. I'm finding inspiration for the Main Plot,” Sherlock explained.
”Hmm… let me suggest, try the game when you're free. This game is very popular in the otherworld. When the gamers started the game, they couldn't stop playing for at least ten days,” Bru said earnestly.
”Do you think I'm like them? I'm a Devil.”
Bru kept quiet for a while and said, ”Since Lord Sherlock is that insistent.”
The download icon of [”Civilization” series.rar] appeared on Sherlock's screen, and the download speed was much slower than before. It required more than 50 hours for a complete download.
”Apologies Lord Sherlock. I need large amounts of Mana to code the Banking System, so the resources for downloading stuff is limited. If you can't wait to play…”
Sherlock quickly said, ”No worries, let it download at this speed.”
It was more important for Bru to focus on the Banking System. Sherlock minimized the download window and opened the official discussion forum to browse.
A few gamers came to purchase private land and beds, but they didn't take up a lot of Sherlock's time.
Posts about the Dungeon Lord Experience Sharing Conference appeared on the forum and were created by NotWearingPants.
A post called [Mission: From the beginning to the end of the Dungeon Lord Experience Sharing Conference and speculations about Sherlie] became the most popular post. Even Sherlock's previous post on the ”Dungeon” series was demoted in terms of popularity.
Sherlock opened up NotWearingPants' post, which was filled with many pictures. The pictures showed all the creatures and scenery on his journey. There were also captions to explain the pictures.
The main contents were about NotWearingPants' experience in the conference and emphasized two points.
First was Sherlie's unclear relationship with a Succubus NPC and possibly an unusual plot for gamers to discover.
Second was a Devil with the face of Kel' Thuzad who could possibly be a BOSS that had to be defeated. This Devil has a mysterious relationship with Sherlie. When he shouted ”Sherlock”, it was filled with animosity.
With such sensational news, an explosion of discussions ensued in the forum.
[Bachelor With Terminal Cancer: What's that? We have to give that dog some incentives just to play the online game?]
[Lusty Hero Saving Distressed Damsel: The Kel' Thuzad looking Devil doesn't look convincing. If he wasn't of giant size, would he be fear-inspiring?]
[Home Futanari Peony Legend: Hey previous poster, perhaps the Devil hadn't transformed himself?]
[Stargazer's Month Old Bunny: I had a grand vision of the world view and the countless BOSS NPCs. We will be fighting the Devils and Liches who appeared at the conference!]
[The aboveboard does not give flirty signals: If Sherlie doesn't remain single, he will lose a lot of fans!]
[RUOK Thunder Virus: Is there an official novel for this game? Like the Warcraft—War of the Ancients. I'm into world views.]
…
The gamers were responding excitedly to NotWearingPants' post, and they discussed the world view of ”Dungeon: Eternal Kingdom”.
Time sped by while Sherlock was browsing the forum. The number of active gamers dwindled, and many gamers went offline.
Sherlock looked at the progress of the ”Civilization” download. Five hours had elapsed, but it was still quite some time before the download was completed.
Sherlock pondered if he should play another round of ”Dungeon”.
At that time, the Dungeon Core emitted a ball of fire, and a letter was spat out. It landed on Sherlock's table.
The letter had a skull with the words:
”To Eternal Kingdom Dungeon Lord, the respectable Lord Sherlock—Specter College (Sent)”