The Last Dragonborn put away the Nameplate and prepared to head for the quest location. But just then, a carrier pigeon suddenly appeared out of thin air and landed on his shoulder.
Elf glanced at the Panel. A new unread message was sitting in his inbox.
Its contents seemed to be an attempt to buy him off, asking him to become a mole and help pass along confidential intelligence from the Mysteries Society and White Light Club.
What was unusual was that the sender's information was obscured by a patch of black, making the exact nickname impossible to see.
"Probably someone from Silver Blue or Stardust again. Do I look like the kind of guy who'd be a mole? Even setting that aside, they didn't even name a price. Zero sincerity."
After muttering to himself, the Last Dragonborn closed the Panel.
This was a new feature introduced after the latest system update: Anonymous Letters.
Yes, it worked exactly like the letter he had received before the update, the one containing Zero Recharge's real-world address and family details.
Because of that phone call he had made, the fact that Zero Recharge—the brilliant plot-focused Player Silver Blue Esports had discovered—had been forced to temporarily quit the game due to family problems had spread through the Esports Circle as a joke.
The number used to contact Zero Recharge's father had also been traced. It seemed to belong to a former professional team captain from rival White Light Esports.
By then, everything appeared to have become clear. White Light Club had considered Zero Recharge a threat, so it had secretly used dirty tricks outside the game to cripple Silver Blue, leaving him unable to log in for several months.
Real-world time and game time ran at a ratio of one to twelve and a