Jason’s P.O.V.

Dangit! I spent so much time and effort on this crap! Only to be ruined by that butthole! That was Evil Ginger, huh? Dangit! Why didn’t he join us?! Argh! Why did I fight him?! I look like an idiot now!

After waking up in this god forsaken situation, I already knew what to do! I had already decided to make the best Clan, become the most popular player, and get all the attention! Isn’t that how it’s supposed to be in these games? Those who make themselves known become important!

In a situation like this where people just play the game, of course people will end up choosing favorites! I mean, because I was so desperate to create this Clan, I managed to invite close to almost a thousand people in just the first day!

The second day I and the other main members set up the loan plan. Instead of paying money little by little, why not just make sure we have all the money at the end? Sure, Evil had a good point, but that money could go for buying equipment to insure our future success! This is what our Clan was based on!

Even though we could have payed off half our debt, we decided to band together to help others! This way, we could increase our popularity as well! It didn’t even take us a week to completely dominate all of our beginning towns, gathering all the Quests we could and investing in the towns as well.

We set up tools and machines we knew that could increase the life style of the people in this world. Machines, watermills, cotton gins, we thought of everything. Most of the people we selected were people who already started with special Jobs like Blacksmiths, Alchemists, or even Chefs. If they could make money, we invested.

With this set up, we earned enough money for us to already be free within a week and a half!

Well, just us ten at the top. Our Clan had grown to several million in that time. We quickly payed off our debt on moved on, helping the others. You may think we are selfish, but we could easily make money whenever we wanted.

Another week passed and we then had several hundred million of members! We were increasing in members and the people that first joined were already debt free. Now, we had to work off our ‘debt’ to the Clan. This would continue until every one of our members were free!

We each had a daily quota to complete and the money would go to the next person on the list. This continued for another week. By that time, most of us were already at the Coliseum City and having a good time.

Those of us at the top were easily filling the quota and spending the other money on well-deserved things like food and entertainment. But I knew we needed new members. As the Clan Leader, which was just a title, apparently, I was made to bring in more newcomers. How was I supposed to know that dirty looking pervert was actually Evil Ginger, the very man who everyone looked up to?!

First, it was weird that someone like him was even placed on such a pedestal in the first place! Everything he said was crazy and not completely true. Well, most of the time he’s right. But take the inheritance bullcrap for example. He neglected to say that this only worked for the NPCs! Of course, he mentioned he heard this from NPCs, but the way he said things was like you could have a super baby!

You have no idea how many guys tried to pull that excuse to bed women all over the place! No, in the case of two Players having a kid, which is still in real time, by the way, the child will have 5 random Skills and Spells.

NPCs only have five, unlike us, who have ten. Some people claimed there was an item that allowed the child to be given specific Skills or Spells, but no one knew if it would succeed. In the case of a Player and an NPC have a child, the offspring will have their NPC parent’s abilities.

How do we know if pregnancy happens in real time? Because the system will tell us!

This was the notification I got after sleeping with my in game wife.

“Congratulations for the conception of a baby boy! As a Dragonkin, his Growth in Resistance will be high. As a boy, his Growth in Strength will be high. He will be able to unlock Scale Defense, Battle Cry, Negotiate, and Bribe. He will be born knowing Strengthen. The system has sent you a present for the happy occasion!”

Those four abilities were all inherited from his mother. She is the daughter of a Noble mother and a Warrior father. I’m glad my son inherited those but I wished he could have inherited my Flame Breath. But Strengthen works, too.

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But that’s what I’m talking about. He never actually studies what he talks about. Yet, he still becomes well known throughout the forums! When I saw one of my men get punched, I didn’t think anything of it. I mean, we Dragonkin are built tough. No human could have hurt us with just a punch without using a Skill.

But that man had actually bruised the guard in one strike! It wasn’t even a full hit since the strike was from such an abnormal stance! If Evil actually took a fighting stance, he could have broken that guard’s chin! Just how insane is his Strength?!

Even after that, I thought with my newly gained Strike and Guard, I could easily take him out! I knew he could take on a Medium Level Beast already, but surely he can’t be that strong!

Alas! Just one hit! And all he did was literally bump into me! Sure it was at top speed, but the power behind it picked me up off the ground and launched me away! Don’t even get me started on that strange girl! She just jumped into the air like it was nobody’s business and grabbed me! Then she hit me!

“Don’t fight Papa.”

Crack!

And then I was out! Thankfully Evil didn’t destroy my armor. It cost me a week of savings! That was close to seventy Gold! How was I supposed to respond?! Of course, I hadn’t known he was Evil Ginger at the time, three days ago.

So I placed up posters of the guy and he was brought in. At first, I was surprised, but then I found out he turned himself in for the prize money! What the hell is wrong with this guy?!

This was yesterday. After finding out who he was, I let him go. All Players had set up a pact to not kill any other Players. We didn’t want to make this a hassle for anyone. After we get everyone rid of their debts, then we can remove the ban and play this game like a normal game.

But no, this guy has to be insane! After receiving the money, he went and took his little group to the Tower and had everyone get to the 20th Floor! How?! How can they all be so strong?! All they did was split into groups of three! They instantly became people to pay attention to!

Now, as a Clan, only Players are allowed in. But the mercenary group, Torwächter, accepted NPCs as well. And then these NPCs became strong as well! In fact, anyone who joined became strong! The Twins that took over the Coliseum ended up joining Evil. Apparently, they already knew each other and even started off in the same town.

Lucky bastard. How I would love to play alongside either of those beauties. They are placed as two of the prettiest girls in this game! There was a poll on the forum and everything! Somehow, Dirty Sherry was third while her sister Sherry Potter was only seventh. Strange, I mean, they look alike.

But then it became clear how they became so strong. They fought alongside Evil Ginger.

Anyone who joins has to go through a hellish bootcamp. Even if they don’t qualify to join, they come away 1 Gold shorter, but that much stronger. If all it takes is 1 Gold to become able to easily make it to the 10th Floor, It’s a worthy investment.

Someone could easily gain 5 Gold after completing 10 Floors. But there was something else.

Evil started going HAM in the Coliseum, wrecking everyone. Him and his frog girl. Oh, and anyone who even looks at her sideways gets beat. He must be some sort of daughtercon or something. We tried to rope in Lester, his right hand man, but that didn’t work. He was an NPC! All of the strongest members were! We couldn’t accept them even if we wanted to! The system wouldn’t allow it!

Now it comes to this morning. I wake up only to find a new announcement about Evil. He had earned enough prestige to become a Lord. He had spent his savings, took some kid’s place, and appointed his mercenaries as heroes now.

Soon, we will probably hear his exploits in governing a city as well. Who knows, maybe becoming a Noble is something to invest in. I mean, I am already a Mayor of a village, but being a Lord over an area will mean revenue. And that means money.

Hmmm…I’m looking forward to it. Even if I am infuriated, I can’t deny that he is definitely a force to be reckoned with! I have to get stronger!