"Ding!"
Meow Brother had been roaming the streets with his four bodyguards and his buddies, trying to make friends with everyone. He'd just ambushed and killed an injured Blood Eagle traitor when a notification suddenly chimed from his character interface.
He wondered if he'd triggered some strange quest. But when he looked down, a line of eye-catching text had appeared across the entire interface:
"Congratulations to test player 'Ashina Female Sword Saint' for completing the server's first achievement: 'Crossing the Black Iron Threshold Without Mercy!'"
"???"
Meow Brother's eyes filled with question marks.
Ashina Female Sword Saint?
That tiny, giggling girl who was only 155 centimeters tall and acted like a middle-schooler?
She looked like she should be the weakest member of the girls' group. And if Meow Brother remembered correctly, she'd only reached level 10 that very afternoon. There was no way she'd had time to farm good gear and prepare for the trial!
Was something wrong with the achievement system?
Dev team!
GM!
Anybody there?
Your system's bugged! Come down here and fix it!
"Holy crap! That's awesome!"
"6666!"
The guys beside him weren't having nearly as many thoughts as Meow Brother. When they saw the "server-wide announcement," they immediately expressed their admiration and approval in colorful language.
Succubus Lao Qu even scrolled through the achievement list before gasping:
"She didn't get this by killing regular Black Iron monsters! She went straight for an elite! This is a special achievement for beating an elite!
It's hidden!
You can't even find it in the achievement list!
Good Lord, how did she pull that off?"
"She logged off. Her status says she's away."
Showboating Without Hands looked just as impressed.
"The girls' group must have found another bug! Pomegranate Sis is in their group, isn't she? She was the first