Horror Game Developer: My games aren't that scary! - Chapter 597: Final Awards [1]
Chapter 597: Final Awards [1]
The footage ended on that note.
And yet, even after it ended, the stadium remained silent.
The eyes of everyone continued to linger in my direction as I tried my best not to show much emotion. When I looked around me, the emotions on everyone’s faces were clear to me.
From the fear to the shock that they experienced as they witnessed what I had done.
Even now, I struggled to grasp the meaning behind showing all of this.
But when I looked to my side and caught sight of my own squad members, Ariel’s voice just barely managed to drift inside my ears as she softly muttered, “See? I… told you that he’s the craziest one. You call me crazy, but look at him. He’s… way past that.”
No, that’s bullshit.
I did exaggerate in the footage and scenario, but I was forced to do so by the circumstances.
She was the true crazy one.
“Ehm.”
The Vice-Director’s voice echoed once more.
Only then did everyone pull their attention away from me as he stood at the center.
“I’m sure all of you are shocked by what you’ve witnessed. In all honesty, I was, too, alongside the people in charge of setting up the footage. In fact, the footage was incredibly long, and if not for our advanced system allowing us to look through the most important parts, it would’ve taken us at least a year to sort through everything.”
Nobody said a single thing.
Many understood. I also understood.
’So that’s how they did it? No, it can’t be just because of their system. I’m sure that Paimon had a hand in this.’
Honestly, I didn’t know how to feel about that.
Had he done this out of amusement?
…Or was there a deeper meaning behind his actions?
Whatever the case was, my situation had now changed completely. I was known before, but not quite to the same extent as some of the top Paragons. This time, however, things had changed completely.
There was no doubt in my mind that for a while, I was going to become the most famous person on this planet.
’Ah, fuck.’
I didn’t like the idea of it.
I had changed. I knew that I had changed.
But this part of me hadn’t changed.
I still hated people just as much as I hated them before.
“The reason why we’ve decided to show all of you this footage was mainly because we needed to explain to you how Seth would be receiving an extra point for collecting the data transmitter. I’m sure many of you would’ve protested had we done so. But above all of that…”
The Vice-Director paused, his attention falling on me.
“…I just wanted to let you all witness what it means to be one of the best within this industry.”
I opened my lips, but soon closed them.
BOOM—!
“Waaaah!”
“That was crazy!!!”
“He’s out of his mind! He’s completely out of his mind!”
After which, the audience exploded. The entire place shook as I suddenly heard my name being chanted by everyone present. It was to the extent that I started to have goosebumps all over my body.
But that was the extent of the emotions that I felt.
I wasn’t all too happy with the attention.
Especially when I was aware that ’they’ were watching. Those who most likely had the same system as I did.
Now that I had reached this point, they were all probably aware of me.
My life wasn’t going to become easier from this point forward.
In fact, it was going to become much harder.
Still…
For this one moment, I let my mind relax for a moment as I basked amidst the cheers.
“Taking into account that he was one of the people who managed to acquire the data transmitter, and he was able to provide us a way to clear the scenario above us in case some people fell for the same trick, we’ve decided to award him a total of 5,000 points. This means…”
The Vice-Director’s words brought silence to the place again.
Shock filled the faces of many again, and even I, who had maintained my composure until this very moment, couldn’t help but be shocked as I raised my head to look at the updated table.
——[Guild Ranking]——
⌈1⌉ — Severed Stars [Points: 60] + 5533
⌈2⌉ — Helios Vanguard [Points: 75] +1390
⌈3⌉ — Eclipse Sovereign [Points: 71] +880
⌈4⌉ — Obsidian Bastion [Points: 73] +860
⌈5⌉ — Crimson Oath [Points: 68] +810
⌈6⌉ — Arithmus [Points: 61] +760
⌈7⌉ — Melson Sanders [Points: 62] +735
⌈8⌉ — Argent Vanguard [Points: 62] +710
⌈9⌉ — Evening Sun [Points: 60] +650
.
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——[Guild Ranking]——
Staring at the updated table, I found myself at a complete loss for words.
This…
’We’re likely going to be first, aren’t we?’
***
The rest of the Congress barely held any excitement. Besides a few spots between those belonging to the Oak Circle, there were no major changes. The rankings remained generally the same.
But it was because the rankings were as such that the world went into uproar.
For the first time in ages, the status quo between the great guilds and oak circle had been broken.
One single Guild alone managed to rank at the very top.
Not only that, but they were able to accomplish all of this dominantly.
Of course, everyone knew the reason for this.
Breaking — [Seth Thorne wins the WC MVP award with an overwhelming number of votes.]
Breaking — [The rising comet that appeared out of nowhere. Seth Thorne, the new WC MVP.]
Breaking — [Seth Thorne silences all critics. WC MVP winner.]
Breaking — [Seth Thorne, WC MVP. His market value shoots through the roof. What is his new market value? Will the big guilds fight for him?]
Breaking — [Reputation on the brink of destruction. What will be of Leon Drave?]
All sorts of articles started to spread throughout the internet. Most were celebrating Seth’s recent success, but within them were also articles regarding Leon. With the entire world watching his antics, his perfect reputation crumbled completely.
His standings among the fans also started to fall as he began to lose hundreds of thousands of followers per hour.
The Helios Vanguard Guild tried their best to mitigate the damage, but it was a little too late.
Thankfully, Leon still had a lot of die-hard fans.
Above all, his skills were real.
He was fake, but his skills were real.
Unlike Leon, Seth gained a massive number of followers. The Severed Stars Guild PR team was also forced to work overtime and hire additional staff in order to handle the numerous calls that they started to receive.
Seth’s name started to become extremely hot, and it only grew in the following day as several official offers were presented to the Guild.
Breaking — [Crimson Oath Guild bids 150 million for Seth’s contract.]
Breaking — [Eclipse Sovereign Guild bids 160 million for Seth’s contract.]
Breaking —[Obsidian Bastion Guild bids 165 million for Seth’s contract.]
A full-blown bidding war began amongst the top Guilds, each bidding higher and higher with each passing hour.
The entire world watched, interested in the situation.
Everyone wanted to know.
Would Seth Thorne stay in the Severed Stars Guild, or was he going to join one of the major Guilds?
The entire world was paying attention.
Just where would the Mad Crown go?
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com
