Chapter 123: Crisis


    [ Congrattions on reaching level 100! Do you wish to announce your achievement globally? ]


    [ Yes/ No ]


    Cervantez stared at this screen nkly, before pressing the ‘Yes’ button after much internal debate.


    In his mind, uptil now ‘TheBoss’ was a revered figure, a mythical genius unlike any other. However, now he felt like that untouchable aura was crumbling, as Cervantez began doubting his credibility.


    [ Global Announcement : Congrattions to the yer ‘DarkEmperor’ for bing the first yer in the game to reach level 100! ]


    A global announcement reflected in front of the screens of every yer in Terra Nova, however along with it came a wave of unnecessary noise.


    When one opened the Global Level Rankings, ‘TheBoss’ was disyed to be at level 105, having achieved this de a day before Cervantez, then how could ‘DarkEmperor’ be the first to get to 100?


    This was a question that even Cervantez was not sure about. At first he doubted if ‘TheBoss’ was a fake ount, something made by the administrators as a game character that appeared to be a yer but was not one, however, then he remembered how ‘TheBoss’ was the first one to reach level10 and im that aplishment.


    Back then, there was a global announcement being made about him and the skill slot award had gone away with it, which only made understanding the truth even more difficult for Cervantez who could not wrap his head around what all this mess meant.


    And he wasn’t the only one who could not either…


    The global chat servers were a mess as well with all sorts of conspiracy theories popping up on them.


    ‘ How can ‘DarkEmperor’ be the first to reach level 100, when we were talking about ‘TheBoss’ reaching it a day ago? I mean, is the system tripping?’.


    ‘ I think, ‘TheBoss’ was the first yer to reach level100, but he did not publicize his achievement, whereas the showoff DarkEmperor did’.


    ‘ I think this confirms it, ‘TheBoss’ is a fraud. His ranking on the leaderboard is a fake! It’s either padded up to be disyed as higher than what it really is, or his ount is fake entirely’.


    ‘ I think ‘TheBoss’ may be an administrator ount, like that of someone who is beyond a normal yer, maybe that’s why he was not included in the announcement?’


    ‘ I don’t understand? Can the global rankings be hacked? Can false data really be disyed?’.


    Questions began arising about Leo and his legitimacy as his identity as an ‘Actor’ fell under threat.


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    ( Meanwhile Leo )


    [ Global Announcement : Congrattions to the yer ‘DarkEmperor’ for bing the first yer in the game to reach level 100! ]


    As Leo saw the global announcement, the first words that came out of his mouth were ‘Shit’. As he understood that he was screwed.


    “Fucking DarkEmperor, why the fuck do you keep levelling up like a madman you freak, get a life man” he cursed, feeling absolutely livid at the fact that someone reached level100 before him as a majority of his time was being taken by the skills that he was perfecting.


    However, the bigger problem for Leo was not that someone reached level100, it was that because of his global announcement, his real identity was at a threat of being exposed.


    With trembling fingers, he opened the global chat, and immediately he saw a buzz of posts that called him out as a fraud as Leo felt his heart beating faster.


    ‘Is this it? Is this how I die?’ is what he wondered, as his heart almost jumped out of his chest and into his mouth when a system notification suddenly popped up in front of him.


    [ System Notification – An emergency quest has been issued! ]


    [ Quest Notification – Save your identity!


    Quest Description- Due to an unprecedented situation arising, your identity as the supreme yer is under threat.


    Within the next 100 days dispel all doubts regarding your legitimacy and restore public confidence in your skills as the number one yer!


    Quest Rewards- You will unlock an additional skill slot.


    Failure Conditions – Failure to convincingly dispel all doubts/ Falling 20 levels behind your disyed level on the leaderboard.


    Failure Penalty – Death ]


    An emergency quest was issued for Leo which basically told him that if he did not convincingly put all the rumors surrounding his position as a true supreme yer to bed in the next 100 days, he would literally die-


    To top it all off, he also needed to always be within 20 levels of his disyed level on the leaderboards as failure to do so would lead to his death as well.


    It was a horrendous situation, considering he still had to train hard and learn thest of Ben’s three core moves, which would arguably be the hardest of them all.


    He could not ck off on that training either as failure toplete that quest would make him lose out on lots of MP that he desperately needed to bring his mother here.


    ” I’m fucked, I’mpletely fucked” he said in despair as he realised that he had 100 days to live at best and even less at the worst.


    If Cervantez kept leveling at the speed he was, Leo was bound to die in theing week as the gap between them was bound to widen beyond the manageable range.


    If by some miracle that did not happen, even then, Leo had no idea how to convincingly dispel all the doubts regarding hispetency as either way he felt like his death was confirmed in 100 days time.


    ” Damn you Cervantez….. I knew I should have strangled you when I had the chance!


    I swear I’m beating the shit out of you if we ever meet face to face again” Leo said in agitation as he meant every single wording out of his mouth.


    ‘The tournament…. That’s in about 2.5 months from now isn’t it?


    If perhaps I win it…. Maybe I can dispel the rumors surrounding me?’ Leo wondered, as after a lot of thinking, the only major event that could help him clear his name convincingly, seemed to be the Grand tournament.