NOVEL NEXT Chapter 29
I expected Aleon to be so happy that he would grab my hand again, but he didn’t. Instead, he gave a refreshing smile with his deep ocean-blue eyes. It was the look of someone gazing at a special friend.
“Wait a moment.”
Before Aleon followed the woman, I called out to them. Both Aleon and the woman turned to look at me. The woman gazed at me with an indifferent expression, neither hostile nor friendly, as if looking at a pebble on the field.
“Hey, can you tell me your name before you go?”
I wasn’t really curious since I could check her status window anyway, but I wanted to create a memorable scene for the viewers.
“It’s Ifrea.”
Perhaps because I was Aleon’s benefactor, she readily told me. Right after, she disappeared into the forest with Aleon. I roughly memorized Ifrea’s status window. On the last day of the 12th, Aleon gained an ally, and the first round ended.
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Reality.
Round 1 has ended. There are 239 survivors of Round 1. All characters are currently being sent to single rooms to rest while waiting for the next round. Before announcing the contents of the next round, we will reveal the final rankings of all characters for Round 1.
1st Taggiros
2nd Aleon
3rd Gio
4th Lesia
5th Yudirei
6th Blance
7th Rudel
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“What the heck, Taggiros is 1st?”
“Who are you?”
“Where did this guy come from? Am I the only one seeing him for the first time?”
“Seriously creepy… Is there a ghost character that no one discovered?”
“Thanks to 1st place, the mood is ruined.”
“I was going to talk about Gio being 3rd, but damn…”
“Who is this guy with the ridiculously long name?”
“Anyone who knows who Taggiros is, I’ll give them a kiss.”
“?;;;;;;;”
[Found out who Taggiros is](72) – 44 minutes ago
I was the first to ask, and the GM replied to me first. Here is the GM’s response:
-[Taggiros] is a ‘completed character’ ambitiously created by our development team. He did not appear in the field for Round 1 but was inevitably placed in the 1st rank for Round 1 to include him in later rounds. Given the limitations of the Round 1 characters, they couldn’t surpass Taggiros, so you can consider the 2nd rank character as the effective 1st place.-
They say he’s a hidden character set up as a final boss-type for later rounds. No one can bet on or do anything against Taggiros.
– 41 minutes ago
Sorry for the clickbait title, Gio is a god^^
We all expected Aleon to be 2nd (his ice graphics are insane, almost like an ice age).
Honestly, I came rushing in to see Gio’s rank. Seeing him in 3rd place makes my heart swell with pride;;; Gio still gets mocked as an idiot when he goes out, but lol. In the next round, Gio will surely turn things around, right? His master (Rudel lol) is super smart, so Gio will definitely use his hidden strength. I’m holding out hope for the director’s scenes with Rudel. Everyone under me, hold out too.
[Analysis of Ranking Criteria](11) – 31 minutes ago
It seems the rankings are more weighted towards unique abilities rather than basic stats. And the order is Pure Nature > Soul > Switch in terms of weighting.
Evidence: Shemarin with basic stats A+ and unique ability Soul A+ is 16th. And Rudel with basic stats C and unique ability Pure Nature S is 7th. There’s not a big level difference between them.
But did you see the website notice? When we move to the next round, all the current unique ability grades will change. The unique abilities will be subdivided into stats and re-evaluated. The current grades are based on rarity alone.
(The top 10 characters should be nervous;;;)
[Is Rudel a femme fatale at this point?](17) – 19 minutes ago
Unahar is the number one male character in terms of looks, and Kanel is also hot. Receiving flowers in both hands, Aleon suddenly proposes.
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{Comments}
“Aleon doesn’t seem to know what a partner means.”
“The real femme fatale is Shemarin. How can Rudel compare to Shemarin?”
“Why even compare them?”
“But it’s true Unahar dumped Shemarin and fell for Rudel.”
“LOL”
“The strong take the beautiful.”
“Shemarin is also the top in strength.”
“That’s why Shemarin also has many men.”
“Hey, isn’t this supposed to be a survival battle game? Why aren’t they fighting?”
“I came back after living my life, and it turned into a slice-of-life story.”
“Then watch another camp.”
“The other guys fought like crazy.”
“Go to the West Camp replay; there was a rank 20 brawl.”
“A summary should be up by now.”
“↑Thanks, I’ll look it up.”
– 17 minutes ago
Back in the day, Ispan seemed like the ultimate villain… only to be pitifully killed off.
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{Comments}
“LOL Gio became an awakening button.”
“Ah, I hope Gio goes dark again, that’d be awesome.”
[The Fool Ondal and Princess Pyeonggang](22) – 9 minutes ago
(Photo of Gio hugging Lilith, who is pretending to be unconscious in the snow.)
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{Comments}
“Who is the fool Ondal lol?”
“Lilith is Princess Pyeonggang?”
“Princess confirmed.”
“Raised Ondal into a general.”
“No, Rudel is the one raising Gio.”
“Lilith is the underling and Rudel is the real power behind the scenes.”
“Real power behind the scenes, LOL.”
“Calling her the real power behind the scenes is harsh; Rudel is working hard. She’s like the young head of the family.”
“Young head of the family LOL saw that in the chat yesterday too.”
“Combining Lilith’s looks and Rudel’s intelligence makes Princess Pyeonggang.”
[Ranking 20 List & Subordinate Forces Collection *Chatter Alert*](247)
First, the basic ranking:
(Leaving this one out) 1st Taggiros (?)
2nd Aleon (Male)
3rd Gio (Male)
4th Lesia (Female)
5th Yudirei (Female)
6th Blance (Male)
7th Rudel (Female)
8th Muraul (Male)
9th Naaldean (Female)
10th Hon (Male)
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16th Shemarin (Female)
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I just wrote down the genders because I was curious about the male-to-female ratio.
I wrote down the subordinate forces as far as I know, so if there are any mistakes, please comment.
(For reference, I’m an over-immersed otaku who has watched the East, West, South, and North highlight camps/Rudel camp, Shemarin camp, and Yudirei camp twice each during the 1-12 days.)
(2nd) Aleon’s Force
Main Characters:
– (9th) Naaldean
– (21st) Tenon
– (22nd) San
– (44th) Ifrea
– And about 56 others
Currently, they have the most members and many rankers. The minimum number of guild members is 5, but the maximum number is not disclosed, so it’s uncertain how it will turn out. Those 56 members were reduced after Ifrea filtered out half of them.
They have a lot of high-rankers, but most of the fifty-something members are unknown. Aleon overwhelmingly carries the force. There was an assassination attempt on Aleon, and they almost collapsed when Aleon tried to escape, but Ifrea coddled him back.
If Aleon gets his act together and controls the lower members, I think this is the strongest force from my perspective.
(4th) Lesia’s Force
Main Characters:
– (45th) Siakan
– And about 10 others
Lesia and Siakan are recognized as the ultimate cockroach couple… lol. The game’s graphics are so good that their kissing scene looks more realistic than real life;;; If anyone wants to see it, there’s an edited clip on the free board.
Lesia has the Pure Nature attribute, and Siakan is a Switch with a giant eagle form, so they have great combat synergy. Their guild battles will likely focus on these two.
(7th) Rudel’s Force
Main Characters:
– (3rd) Gio
– (29th) Unahar
– And 2 others (but we can’t leave out our lovely Lilith)
I think this is currently the most popular force, especially among female viewers who seem to camp out on Rudel’s channel.
Usually, high ranking means power, but interestingly, the 3rd rank is under the 7th rank (though personally, I wouldn’t join a guild where Gio is the leader… lol).
They have an exceptionally small number of members (barely meeting the guild minimum of 5), and it seems they won’t be adding more members given their close-knit, almost family-like atmosphere. Instead, their individual abilities are outstanding.
It’s obvious, but Rudel is a strategist, Gio is ranked 3rd, and Unahar is the top rank in the Switch ability group.
Thanks to Rudel, this force has become famous among viewers.
Rudel is so smart it’s almost like she uses psychometry. She doesn’t even seem like a game character.
All five members are play point (popularity vote) hunters.
Rudel x Unahar, Rudel x Lilith, Rudel x Gio, Lilith x Gio, Kanel x Unahar (huh?)—there are lots of pairings that female viewers are into, but since this is a ranking post, I won’t list them all.
It’s all praise for Rudel here, and if you think I like Rudel’s guild, you’re right. I like Rudel. If you have a problem with that, bring it on.
(16th) Shemarin’s Force
Main Characters:
– (8th) Muraul
– (103rd) Zaet
– And 8 others
This camp is where male viewers hang out the most, except for combat scenes. (lol) But I get it. Queen Shemarin is captivating enough to watch for 50 years without getting bored. I wish the developers would give Shemarin more varied outfits.
Shemarin isn’t in the top 10, but here’s why I wrote about her so highly: Despite being overshadowed by her looks and mannerisms, Shemarin has a very quick mind. And she undoubtedly has the highest basic stats. (It seems the ranking criteria heavily weight unique ability grades. It’s strange that Shemarin is outside the top 10.)
Anyway, she cleverly distributes points among her 10 subordinates, raising them steadily.
Muraul wasn’t originally an 8th-rank character, but Shemarin raised him to that level.
Shemarin and Rudel are the two top female characters described as ‘monarchs.’ Personally, I think Rudel specializes in situational prediction, while Shemarin is specialized in animalistic intuition.
Another reason these two female characters are described as monarchs is because they have a keen eye for people.
Shemarin gained the 8th-rank Muraul on the first day and had all 10 of her current male (slave) subordinates by the end of the second day. And none of them betrayed her.
Despite calling her force a harem, there haven’t been any explicit 19+ scenes, but who knows what might happen if a guild-exclusive fortress that viewers can’t peek into opens up. (I want to see it too…)
(5th) Yudirei’s Force
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Yudirei is the only young girl character in the top 20. She’s 16, but since the game is based on actual age, she’s probably a high school student. However, her character design makes her look very small (cute face, but not-so-cute personality).
She swept the kill points, making her the highest-level character currently.
The leader Yudirei is a battle-maniac psychopath, so her subordinates are all crazy too.
Honestly, the word ‘slaughterer’ suits her better than ‘psychopath.’
While Rudel carefully gathered her comrades one by one, Yudirei slaughtered everyone. Only those who survived her single strike became her subordinates. (I have to admit, I got scared a few times watching the virtual reality scenes.)
I think her force is the second strongest after Aleon’s force. She has an equal number of male and female fans. She reminds me of the goddess of war, Athena.
(6th) Blance’s Force
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