The Immortal Player

The next day, Pedro invited everyone to his VIP room at the hospital to discuss the upcoming Exhibition Games. In his room, Sabrina, his mom, his dad, and Aldo were preparing for the first meeting of members of his guild.

Pedro's Mom and Sabrina were taking care of the food and drinks, while Aldo and his father were preparing the holographic display to be used later in the discussion. As for Pedro, he was chilling on his hospital bed—that was bent upwards for him to lean his back comfortably.

"I can't believe that my hospital room became a meeting hall!" Pedro mocked with a smile.

His father scratched the back of his head and said, "We have no choice, young man! Your doctor said that you could only leave the hospital after two days! Besides… It is you who's in a rush to conduct this meeting. Not me, Not your mother, nor your Aunt."

"It can't be helped, Pa!" Pedro said whilst forcing out a smile. Then, he was casually tapping on the tablet in his hand, while saying, "It's such a big event that I can't ignore. Not only does the future of the two organizations are on the line… But probably the future of the gaming sector of the whole country!"

At this moment, Weyron and his mother, Pedro's Aunt Veronica, entered the room. They were able to hear Pedro's words, that is why Weyron interjected in the conversation, saying, "Do you mean the prize that the Champion would receive? The rights to select where the next location of the next major tournament would be held? Don't worry cousin Peds, our guild will make sure to win the game! We already had a few tactics in mind."

Pedro simply shook his head and said, "Who told you that you'd make it past the Inter-Server Playoffs Stage?"

At this moment, Pedro's Aunt Veronica interjected and said, "Both of you should stop being cocky amongst each other! The two organizations might not reach that stage if the leaders are both too arrogant. Remember that it's still a tournament and anything could happen."

Weyron simply laughed in response and said, "All we need to do is survive in the elimination round—where we might face other players on other servers. But on the Inter-Server Playoffs… Either of the two organizations would surely take the Server Champion! After all… Every single player on our server is under our control and monitoring. So, there's almost a hundred percent that they won't be able to defeat us."

Pedro simply nodded in response and said, "It all depends on how strong the players from the other server are. The Elimination Stage is one of the fastest yet most dangerous stages because there is a huge possibility to be eliminated without being able to fight back. Well, it's not like our players were pushovers!"

At this moment, Weyron approached Pedro's Father and took his hand, and placed it to his forehead to show his respect, while saying, "Mano po!"

Mr. Jon Armaz simply smiled in response and said, "May God Bless you, young man!"

"Thanks, uncle!" Weyron said respectfully in response.

This made Pedro smirk and say, "Wey, you do know how to act kind in front of my father! Hahahaha!"

Weyron smiled in response and said, "Cousin Peds! I am naturally kind; you know? It's just you who's shameless. Hahaha."

Pedro was about to answer back when someone knocked on the door before it opened. Then, a man peeked inside and asked, "Sorry for the intrusion but is this the room for Mr. Pedro Armaz?"

At this moment, a girl beside him that has blonde hair, and beautiful blue eyes pushed him inside while whispering, "Older brother! That's Mr. Jon Armaz! The President of the Armaz Energy Corporation and Guild Leader's father! I am sure that we're in the right room!"

"Aish… Still... We should be respectful and ask just in case! This is still a hospital we don't want to inconvenience anyone that much!" The man scolded at a weak voice that made the girl 'Hmph!' in response.  Then, he glanced towards everyone inside the room whilst forcing out a smile before saying, "Excuse us… Is this the room of Mr. Pedro Armaz? The Nurse told us to find this room, so…"

"Uhm… I think you are referring to the next room." Weyron said with a smile.

"Oh! Is that so?" The man said as he scratched the back of his head, seemingly embarrassed by everyone else. Then, he closed the door while saying, "Sorry for the trouble!"

Right after the door closed, Weyron burst into laughter that made everyone else shook their head in response. Pedro could only place his palm into his forehead—seemingly troubled, while saying, "What have you done, Wey?"

"Hahahaha! It's not my fault that they believed my joke! Hahahaha!" Weyron was barely able to said as he continued to laugh to the point that his eyes were even starting to cry.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door before it went open and three men wearing a college uniform appeared outside the room and said, "Excuse us, is this the room of Mr. Pedro Armaz?"

This time, before Weyron could make fun of the three men, Pedro shouted, saying, "Yes! Please come in!"

At this moment, the man—who seemed like he was in his late 20s, and the girl has just closed the door of the other room that was empty. At the same time, they were able to hear Pedro's shout and Weyron's laughter—making them tap one of the three men's back while asking, "Excuse me, brother… Is this the room of Mr. Pedro Armaz?"

The man with hair that's almost covering his eyes, nodded in response and said, "It seems like it? Perhaps the two of you are also invited for the meeting regarding the exhibition games?"

The man—who seemed like he was in his late 20s, simply nodded in response and said, "Yeah…"

Before the two could continue their conversation, Pedro pointed to where Sabrina, his Aunt Veronica, and his Mom were located and said, "Please approach them from proper identification."

Then, Pedro paused for a second as he glanced towards Weyron before saying, "And please don't mind what my cousin says! He likes to joke around a lot. So, I hope you guys would be more patient towards him."

"Haiz… Why do I feel like you are telling them that I have some sort of special case?" Weyron grumbled in response as he wipes the tears of joy on his face. Then, he added, "Sorry about that, mister…"

"Mathew! You can call me Mathew." Mathew said whilst scratching the back of his head and forcing out a smile towards Weyron.

"Oh! The Vice Guild Leader of cousin Peds!" Weyron nodded in satisfaction whilst rubbing his chin. Then, he glanced to the girl beside Mathew and asked, "Then, she would be your little sister, Talia, if I am right?"

Mathew simply nodded in response whilst saying, "Yes…"

At this moment, Pedro's Aunt Veronica interrupted them by handing over name tags to Pedro and Weyron—with their in-game name written in them, while saying, "Weyron, can't you just sit still and save your energy for later? You're being too excited again in meeting in-game acquaintances!"

"Aish… Ma, who would be excited when you meet the stars of the Asian Server of a worldwide trending game?" Weyron grumbled as he wore his name tag.

Pedro simply chuckled in response—because of the hilarious fact that Weyron's IGN was his name in real life itself. Then, he wore his name tag whilst forcing out a smile towards everyone who is staring back at him.

Weyron broke the awkward silence and laughed out loud to Pedro in response. Then, he said, "Cousin Peds… I think you shouldn't wear your name tag instead. It gives off the wrong vibe, especially that we are in a hospital. Hahahaha!"

Pedro simply sighed in response as he took off the name tag and handed it over to his aunt. Then, he said, "Aunt, kindly write Guild Leader in my name tag instead. I am afraid that Wey would keep farting later on because of too much laughter."

"Of course, Nephew!" His Aunt said with a smile.

After being able to confirm their identity with Pedro's Mom and Sabrina, they were given name tags and were allowed to shake their 'bosses' hands—especially Pedro. Arvedar and his friends were the first to approach him in a very respectful manner.

They shook Pedro's hand whilst bowing slightly and saying, "It's nice to meet you Guild Leader! Thank you for your help in the game!"

Pedro could not help but to scratch the back of his head and said, "That's nothing! In fact, I would like to also thank you guys for the huge help in handling matters regarding the Adventurer's Guild. I'll discuss your reward later on."

"It's our honor to be of help!" Lony and Roval said in unison as they bowed slightly towards Pedro.

On the other hand, Arvedar could only scratch the back of his head and said, "I'll do my best to help as soon as my character recovers."

Pedro simply nodded his head in response and smiled. Then, he said, "Focus on recovery first. There's a lot that you can do later."

Arvedar simply nodded in response as they were guided by Pedro's Aunt into their seats. Fortunately, Lony and Roval were seemingly acquainted with Weyron because of the Adventurer's Guild matters. Thus, they started to discuss--even teasing Arvedar as someone being out of place from the topics.

On the other hand, Talia was shaking Pedro's hands at this moment, while saying, "Expert Bro! It's nice to meet you! Don't think that because your Kill Count in the Continental Event went past the million mark does not mean that I won't be able to catch up to you."

Talia's eyes were burning with passion and determination to surpass Pedro in the rankings in the Continental Quest. Thus, Pedro and Mathew could only force out a smile in response.

Then, Mathew said, "She became a little bit competitive in the rankings of the Continental Event after she was almost able to take the first place before your kill count suddenly ballooned in just a few hours."

At this moment, Weyron glanced towards them and interjected, saying, "Sister Killer Looks! Give up on competing with cousin Peds! He has some sort of secret farm of monsters! Add up the overpowered NPC brat with him, his kill count can reach the sky if he wanted to! So, it's pointless to compete against him even if you have such army!"

"Says someone who just told me that he would defeat my Guild in the Exhibition Games." Pedro chuckled in response. Then, he added, "Let her try, Wey! There's nothing wrong with trying to beat my kill count. Besides… It's not like it is impossible to achieve!"