Golden found himself suddenly in a fortress. He was in its outer area. So he took a moment to reorient himself; once he had shaken off the effects of the sudden shift in location, he began to walk to a gathering point. As the game had explained before he started, before he pressed start, after he did the tutorial, he would be sent to the fortress that was the entrance into the Dragfly Mountains for players.
He had also formed a party, which was an option that meant he and his three fellow heroes would be placed near each other in the gathering area with a rally point for us to go to. So as Golden made his way over to the rally point, he let his mind wander to the recent tutorial and how that had gone for him. As it would be good to see the teleportation shown on the game footage wasn't a cover for player deaths, at least so far as his first test had shown.
Though he did wonder how well other players would do on the tutorial considering that a lot of civilians would probably panic and get a game over within the first few feet of the trial hallways. His interest getting the better of him, he began to listen to the conversations around him as he began to close in on the rally point, and he wasn't liking what he was hearing.
As it was quickly made apparent that many players tutorials were not nearly as difficult. As it seemed many of what he was guessing were civilians rather than heroes or soldiers were getting more basic training, such as how to wield the mace provided as well as how to run in the armor. Then, to end this basic tutorial, they were given a far more basic version of the creatures he had fought.
He was beginning to wonder why he had been given the more difficult tutorial and if the game somehow knew his attention to investigate it and was trying to actively dissuade him. Then he remembered what Eter had said when he had suddenly appeared in the center of the room, surprising Golden at the time.
He had said. "While it looks like you are my new trainee and it seems you have some skill already, which is rather good for me, as it will make it easier for me to make you into a soldier." Is exactly what Eter had said word for word. Which, if he had to guess what that meant when reading in between the lines. Eter had already identified him as an experienced warrior, which meant instead of being trained on which side to hold a mace from, he was instead given a more advanced tutorial.
Well, I suppose royalty such as myself should always strive to prove myself above the average golden thought with a hint of bitterness that he usually never felt at taking the harder road. Though before Golden could examine the feeling any deeper, he found himself at the rally point with his fellow team members. He looked the three over, and as far as he could tell, they seemed fine.
But it never hurt to verify. "So are you three alright, and did you do well in your tutorials?" Golden asked, to which the three looked at each other for a moment before George responded for the three of them. He was a tall man with brown hair who was wearing the same armor Golden had been given.
"We are in good shape, and we did okay as we passed through the tutorial alright." George said, answering his questions. Golden looked over them for one second, noting they'd all been given the same equipment, then nodded to George before waving for all three to follow in behind him, to which the three heroes did.
Golden led the group of four to a specific place he had found about it in the details for the exploration of the Dragonfly Mountains portion of the game. He was making his way towards the gates leading out of the fort, as what he was looking for would be there. His three followers, not really sure where they were going, looked at each other and shrugged as they continued to follow Golden.
He and the rest of his team finally reached the outer gate, and Golden soon found what he was looking for not far from the gate. In fact, what he was looking for was right next to it, as what he was looking for had been a notice board. As part of the way exploration went, instead of just wandering the Dragfly mountains and their underground in perpetuity, they instead mapped out certain areas and brought back the maps.
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This allowed the forces under Detrei to gain more knowledge of the Dragfly mountain as well as giving players a goal instead of having them wonder aimlessly. In fact, depending on what information the players find in the Dragfly Mountains, a quest will be created for players to act on. Which makes the notice board altogether very important for those wanting to explore.
Golden looked on the notice board and found a paper on a section of the Dragonfly Mountains that hadn't been explored yet by anyone that was deep in the mountains underground. He grabbed that one and began making his way to the guards at the gate to accept the quest. As he and the others walked to the front gate guards, George decided to ask him why that task for himself and the other two that were in the group.
"So why take a task that has us exploring so deep in the Dragfly Mountains?" George asked, clearly nervous about going that far deeper than everyone else has, and from the looks of his two compatriots, they shared his sentiments. Golden looked at him for a moment as the four walked, getting closer to the gate guards.
"I took that task specifically because we are specifically here to investigate this game, and what better way to do that at the bottom than by going deeper into Allyssa than any player has gone before?" Golden stated simply in a steady voice. The point made by Golden was a logical one as best George could tell, or his two compatriots as well.
So he simply fell back in with the others as the four reached the gate guards. Who were the Detreons that were covered in some kind of heavy plant armor? One of them held out his hands, clearly having seen the paper in Golden's hand or having done this so many times he was doing it out of habit; either way, Golden had quickly put the task sheet in his hand.
Once the sheet was in the gate guard's hand, it disappeared in a green light, and in its place appeared a rolled-up map and a badge. The outer gate guards painted to a stable outside the walls and then passed the map and badge to Golden. Then the guard went back to what he was doing earlier, which was scanning for threats.
Golden and George looked at each other for a moment before shrugging at each other, figuring that was the end of what they needed to do. So they began to make their way over to the stable and the start of their adventure proper to the Dragonfly Mountains underground.
"Huh, gotta say, Robert, it is fun watching so many people lose their tops over meaningless things in the end." Simon said, watching as people had meltdowns over the fact of whether they had taken the advanced or basic tutorial. As people were already starting elite groups and dramas over the whole thing, which he found hilarious.
"Yes, Simon, I do admit it is funny to hear people talk about how being run over by the moss racer ants makes you top tier or not." Robert said, chuckling a bit to himself as he worked on the record-keeping system.
"Yes, Robert, glad to see you agree with me. I know the viewers agree; watch those viewer numbers skyrocket." Simon said his voice eager as his numbers did very well from all the comedy and drama going in with the two different tutorials.
Robert, not wanting to bother with Simon's rating obsessions again, decided to focus completely again on his record-keeping system. "Well, that's good to hear, Simon. Now I'll leave you to that while I keep working on the game systems." Robert stated simply as he got back to work.
"Sure thing, Robert. Be sure to tell me when the rankings are up; I'll want to show my viewers." Simon requested, to which Robert nodded as he got back to work. So Simon himself got back to watching the action going on at the Dragfly Mountains on Allyssa.