Technology Comes from Archaeology, Strength from Ancestral Reversion-Isn't That the Established Rule? Bonus Chapter 2230

(Bonus chapter for "Crow_13," 2/5)

The legendary quest chain released by Hogg had topped the forums for several days. Considering it was the biggest challenge the game had ever introduced, with a target that was a malevolent god, the players' enthusiasm was understandable.

Most people assumed the quest chain wouldn't actually be implemented until the beta test. After all, adding a quest of this scale when the game was still in closed testing seemed a little too daunting.

But there were also rumors from who-knows-where claiming that the 120 players who had currently accepted the quest weren't the final list. One interpretation was that, since the target was a malevolent god, the players participating in the battle had to be strong enough. Although the Silver Trial was still shrouded in mystery—not even its solution was known—some busybodies had already used the game's current power system to draw up a chart.

The chart had been supported by the Riptide Knights' professional logistics staff, so it was quite beautifully made.

They'd further refined the game's broad "Black Iron/Silver/Gold" system, presenting the curve of players' increasing strength in a more intuitive way.

The chart began by clarifying a basic concept.

In this game, level was merely a way of representing a player's "game experience." It didn't reflect their true strength. The simplest example was that reaching level 10 triggered the Black Iron Trial and allowed a player to continue leveling up, but there was no way an level 11 player could crush a level 20 player.

In the Fight Club's PVP matches, there were plenty of cases where players with a five-level advantage still suffered brutal defeats.

According to those "logistics staff" who specialized in data, after completing the Black Iron Trial, a player's strength depended more on technique—that is, on their skills