The Day He Revealed His Edge
"Hey, did you hear?"
"Yeah, yeah, I heard."
"A thirty-two-player group went after the 'Mage' Luo Zhen, only to get wiped out, right?"
"It's all over the internet. How could anyone not know?"
"I still can't believe it."
"Who could?"
"A thirty-two-player group, wiped out just like that?"
"Though it was only a hastily assembled team of players who couldn't stand the 'Mage,' so they probably had no coordination or teamwork at all, getting wiped out is still too outrageous, isn't it?"
"Wasn't it said that the 'Mage' had never played a gun game before?"
"I'd only heard that he had played fantasy sword-and-sorcery games."
"Other than SAO and ALO, he shouldn't have played any other games."
"He wiped out thirty-two people despite that. Is he a monster or something?"
"Hmph, I say those thirty-two people were just too useless."
"I think so too."
"If it were me..."
In GGO, conversations and rumors like these kept appearing, moving player after player and causing a tremendous uproar.
No, it wasn't limited to GGO. Players from other VRMMOs also saw the news online one after another, and everything suddenly became lively.
The ALO players in particular were all thrilled when they saw the news.
"I knew it. With the 'Mage's' skill, even if he's never played a gun game before, he can still trounce most players once he gets to GGO."
"Exactly. Even if the fighting style is different, skill is still skill. A strong person remains strong, and nobody can deny that."
"Who would dare say he isn't strong when he's the leader of the 'Red Wings,' whom even the lords of the nine races don't dare provoke recklessly?"
"He made it through a death game like SAO. What's there to fear from a mere