The Immortal Player

A few minutes later, the world erupted as the news channels worldwide reported the official launch of Bearth Online. It was mainly about the released trailer video that later on branched out to other specific topics like the difficulty of the game, the vast world of Bearth, and so on to ride the hype and the trend caused by the trailer video.

That said, one of the most discussed topics was the eye-catching teams that were included at the end of the video. The teams' appearance themselves signified that a competition of some sort or a Pro-league on Bearth Online was soon to appear. Thus, it was evident that they would be able to obtain a piece of news or two about the Exhibition Games to be held soon in celebration of the official launch of the game.

They learned that there were 11 Teams 'Specially' Invited by the Game Developers to participate in the Exhibition Games that would represent affiliated companies that are responsible and are contributors to the success of the release of the game.

These 11 teams were the teams that were the only teams included in the trailer video, thus, including the Ares Guild and the Oran Gutan Guild. That said, these 11 teams were not 'push overs' compared to the other 69 teams that were invited to participate in the Exhibition Games.

The Joe Corporation International, for example, which was similar to Armaz Energy International that provided solutions to the Energy Issues of VR Boxes in the European, African, Canadian, Russian, and American Region, has the two strongest teams in the American Server.

And out of the three representative teams that they sent to the Exhibition games, their third team was under the 'Asian + Australian' Server and was just a few ranks lower compared to the 'hidden' ARES Guild and Oran Gutan Guild in terms of strength.

Add up the fact that the two teams under the Armaz Energy International were the 'hidden' top two teams in the Asian Australian Server, those 11 teams can even be considered as the group of the strongest teams currently organized in Bearth Online.

Fortunately, it was already nighttime on the side of the ARES Guild and the Oran Gutan Guild, so, on the spot media interviews were difficult to be conducted. Add up the security on their training camps, it was really impossible to get an interview from the players at that time.

Some media even tried to contact them through online interviews but were simply rejected because of their training schedules. After all, the ARES Guild Members have a hellish training that they need to accomplish, while the Oran Gutan Members have a tight competition against their members who were fighting for the spots available for the competition.

So, rather than being complacent or arrogant, the players under the two guilds were completely focused on their character development at this moment.

However, due to the high demands and requests for an interview by the various news channels, Pedro and Weyron had no choice but to attend a press conference with their moms and the respective player representatives of each guild.

The press conference was arranged so that they could answer the reporters from different news channels in one go. At the same time, it was arranged so in consideration of the convenience of the players that were going to participate in the interview.

The press conference would be held at the event area of the hotel that they were staying. This way, the players would not lose that much time in their preparation for the said exhibition games.

"Expert Bro, can I also join the press conference?" Talia asked Pedro after their training in the game. "It was one of my dreams to be watched on a television since I was young!"

Pedro could only scratch the back of his head as he stole a glance towards Mathew—who acted as if he did not notice Pedro nor was he able to hear what Talia said.

Then, Pedro forced out a smile and hopelessly said, "I'll agree but on one condition… You have to fight Aldo, Loren, Lony, and Roval on a spar!"

"Awwwe! Come on, Expert bro! Please go easy on me." Talia grumbled that made Pedro chuckle in response.

Then, Pedro sighed and said, "I am being considerate already though… It's not like I required you to win against them."

"Aish! Of course, I'd win!" Talia proudly said. "It's just that I don't want to reveal my trump cards yet to you guys! I might get countered by elder brothers in the future! How would I win from them if that happened?"

Pedro simply shook his head in response and said, "You said that it was your dream to be seen on the television, right?"

Talia simply nodded in response.

This made Pedro smirk and said, "If it was your dream, then, shouldn't you do your best to obtain it? Besides… It is only natural for everyone to be countered eventually. If you don't want that to happen, all you have to do was to be strong enough to the point that you won't even need to use your 'trump card'. Or… You can train harder and become stronger to obtain a more powerful 'trump card'."

Talia could only sigh in response as she hopelessly approached Loren, Lony, Roval, and Aldo and told them about a spar being Pedro's condition. Of course, they agreed to Talia's challenge in response.

Although it may look overkill or as if the four were bullying Talia, but… It was also a good chance for them to try and work together as a team against an opponent. After all, there was a saying… 'What a man can do, could be done faster with four men.'

Well… It's not like the outcome was already determined at that point. They were all trained by Ragas and Clara, and it was only a norm that they would at the least be able to fight several enemies at once, including Loren and Aldo.

After a few minutes, their sparring grounds were cleared of obstacles. Ragas and Clara were taking care of the baby spiders so that they won't get in the way of the spar. That said, the cycle of the production of the baby spiders was still maintained since their battle won't take more than an hour.

The insides of the dungeon were even a challenge itself because it was so dark to the point that they were barely even able to see anything inside. Other than the dim lights emitted by the runic formations of the dungeon, there was basically no other source of light available in that area.

Well… They have, at the least, become accustomed to such environments after training there at a certain period of time. They might not be able to fully see in the darkness like creatures who have night vision eyes, but they can still fight as if they were trained without the need for their eyes.

*Clank! *Clank! *Clank!

The sounds made by Talia's armor echoed through the cave as she takes several steps away from Loren, Lony, Roval, and Aldo. Then, when was more than 10 meters away from them, she turned around, slightly bent both of her knees—facing towards her four opponents with her right foot at the back, and drew her sword from its scabbard.

She leaned forward with her head located directly above her left knee, while her hands gripped the handle of her sword—which was just inches away from her left knee. Then, she lowered the visor of her helm with her right hand and shouted, "Come! Elders!"

Roval simply chuckled in response whilst he was lowering the visor of his helm, and said, "Young one… You sure have your ways with your words!"

At this moment, Lony, Loren, and Aldo had finished lowering the visors of their helms and were already charging towards Talia in different directions.

The sounds of metal hitting the ground had reverberated through the whole cave. Then, in the next second, someone shouted to Talia's front-right side—probably trying to distract her attention.

"Waaaa!"

However, Talia was so dead-focused to the point that she did not flinch from the shout. Instead, her knees went a few inches downwards as her body ducked even lower—forward. Then, she pushed herself forward, slightly to the left, with full force, while pointing her sword horizontally to the front.

This, in turn, allowed her to dodge the straightforward attack of Aldo—who had already swung his sword downwards.

However, Talia's armor on her elbow scratched Aldo's armor on his elbow, consequently making them create a ringing sound. None of them got irritated by that sound, showing that they were all used to such ringing sounds.

"Tsk!" Talia flicked her tongue in response as her location was exposed.

Aldo simply smirk at that moment as he twists his body and consequently allowing it to rotate towards the direction where Talia was. Then, using the momentum of his vertical strike, he allowed his sword to circle upwards—which was aimed to his right side where Talia passed.

*Ting!

Aldo's sword was able to hit the tip of Talia's armor—which was the armor protecting her thighs at the back.

That said, before Talia could even grumble, a strong murderous aura was oozing out in front of her, which came from Roval, who was casually standing with his sword on its way towards Talia.

It was as if Roval was able to read Talia's movements as if it was written on the back of his hand. Paired with his scary confidence, one word was standing right in front of Talia.

"Death!"

But Talia did not give up. She gritted her teeth and thrusted her sword with full force towards Roval's head.

*Clang!

Roval and Talia's sword slammed to each other—consequently making them bounce a few inches back, away from each other.

At this moment, Roval applied more force to his sword—allowing it to recover the gap that it bounced back in just a second.

On the other hand, Talia slightly waved her sword as her body dashed further to the right—dodging Roval's Attack.

*Psssst!

A weak sound of spurting blood sounded—indicating that someone obtained a cut despite wearing a full armor.

Clara stole a cold glance in response, while Ragas smirked as they were taking care of the baby spiders. On the other hand, Pedro could not help to chuckle in response.

Pedro murmured, "She took the wiggly sword to a new level…"