Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player

Chapter 319: Shocking Invitation

( Leo’s POV )

Just as Leo sat in his office lamenting about how hectic his life had become, a system notification dropped out in his screen out of nowhere and made it even more hectic than what it already was.

[ System Notification :- Congratulations Player, ‘Leo Skyshard’ for becoming the ‘#2’ ranked player on the global rankings.

To commemorate the occasion of the upcoming new year, the Arc Ship Operators have decided to host an end of the year secret leveling event only for the top 1000 rankers within the game, and you have been invited as a contestant ]

Out of nowhere, Leo was invited to an end of the year leveling event which was apparently an exclusive event for the top 1,000 rankers, however, the problem for him was that he had been invited to this event as ‘Leo Skyshard’ and not ‘TheBoss’.

“Hey, what is this event about? I hope it’s nothing related to fighting, because this merchant persona I’m building is not too big on fighting” Leo muttered, trying to fish for more information about this secret event, however, got none.

[ System Notification :- The secret event starts 17 days from now.

To participate you only have to click ‘Accept’ in your mailbox at the time that the event begins. ]

Instead of getting more information regarding the event, Leo was showered with more instructions which told him what to do and when to participate in this special end of the year event.

“Man…. Now for 17 days I’m going to live in suspense of what this special event is going to be–” Leo muttered feeling frustrated yet curious as to what this special event was going to be.

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( Meanwhile Cervantez )

“I know exactly what this event is going to be like—” Cervantez muttered to himself, as not only did he already have prior knowledge about this event, but he also had a general idea about its precise importance in the lives of top players.

“This event is capitalism at its finest within the Arc Ship, as through this event, the top 1000 players which already represent the top 0.01% of players, will get a chance to widen a gap between themselves and the rest of the players once again–” Cervantez muttered to himself, recalling the jealousy he had felt in his previous life when he discovered that the top players got to participate in a fun, special end-of-year event, while the rest of the players were left out.

“Myself and Luke need to maximize our gains for this event.

Because the gains from this event will literally carry over to the real life as well” Cervantez murmured as he resolved to make the most of this event and help Luke do the same as well.

Soon, as the Arc Ship would enter its second yearly cycle, the yearly evaluation objective would shift once again and the whole gaming theme would shift significantly as well.

The first weekly evaluation was about pure levels and nothing else.

It was to give the players a taste for what life in the Arc Ship was like and how promotion’s worked from one sector to another.

The second upcoming evaluation was about skills.

It was going to evaluate players on how many valuable skills that they had picked up within the game in the past twelve months and rank them based on their performance for the same.

However, the theme for the third evaluation was going to be ‘Achievements’.

The third evaluation, set to happen at the end of their second year at the Arc Ship was going to evaluate the tangible impact that each player had made to the world of Terra Nova, which was exactly why Cervantez had chosen to become a Baron late into the first year of gaming, as he knew that this was going to help him with the third evaluation, where his achievements as a Baron would be quite easy to count.

However, something much more important was set to happen within the Arc Ship right as the ship marked its one year anniversary, which was the event of the Arc Ship finally entering the ‘Rainbow Stream’.

The Rainbow Stream was a concentrated jet of mana that flowed through the universe like a river cutting through a continent.

It passed through several galaxies and enveloped thousands of planets within its natural flow, with the natural life forms being born within this stream being individuals that were naturally adept at harnessing mana from birth, thriving in an environment rich with this mystical energy.

Earth, however, unfortunately laid outside this ambient mana stream, isolated from its profound influence which made humans a species that had not learnt how to manipulate mana although they were physically and intellectually capable of doing so.

As humans embarked on their journey aboard massive ark vessels and were about to cross into this Rainbow Stream for the first time. Unbeknownst to them, they were on the brink of experiencing a monumental shift.

The moment that they entered this stream, mana would pour through their bodies, awakening a new sense of power and potential and although they lacked the innate ability to control this force from birth, the year spent playing the VR game designed by aliens had prepared them to be capable enough to do so.

The game ‘Terra Nova Online’ was much more than just a simple game designed to kill time on the Arc Ship, as there was a reason behind why the game was made mandatory for all passengers to play and a reason behind why the promotion and demotion of a player within the Arc Ship was dependent on their in-game performance more than their chores performed in real life.

Cervantez already knew how humans would see their real body shifting to mimic their in-game persona, gaining the same sort of strength and power as their in-game characters as mana started to regularly pass through their bodies.

The latent potential that was left suppressed within the human genetics for millenia’s now, was finally about to be unleashed and Cervantez wanted to be as prepared for it as he could.