Chapter 74: Never Fall

Sylph directly opened her hero terminal, lay down on the recliner, and started playing.

Elotti, on the other hand, looked completely blank.

With free time on her hands, she had no idea what to do.

The farmers in the territory worked themselves to the bone with desperate devotion,

so they didn't need her supervision either.

As a hero,

what was she supposed to do in a territory?

Sylph glanced up at Elotti and beckoned, "Elotti, come here."

"What is it…" Elotti walked over.

"I'll show you something nice."

A sly curve lifted the corner of Sylph's lips.

The two women sat inside the newly built Hero Hall

and started watching a movie.

Before long, a rosy flush crept up the rims of Elotti's ears.

For a holy angel, this film's content was a bit too risqué,

not exactly proper... but it actually seemed kind of interesting.

Elotti mused to herself.

……

"Start matching."

Su Yu, having entered the simulation space, gently stroked the Light Throne Ring on his thumb.

In no more than a moment,

his entire body was bathed in holy radiance,

transforming into a white, humanoid creature.

This was the disguise ability of the Light Throne Ring.

He had tested it; even the two mythic figures in the territory

found it hard to see through this disguise and glimpse his true face.

Rather than calling it a disguise, it was more like an alteration of physical laws,

making Su Yu's body, in the truest sense, become white light—

yet this body of white light still possessed the properties of a physical body.

The sensation was extraordinarily strange.

Moreover, it could completely cut off all auras.

If Su Yu curled up into a ball and remained motionless,

probably no one would think that mass of white light was a living being.

[Matchmaking complete.]

[Territory "Never Fall" versus "Beast Dominion".]

[ID: Moonfall VS Mad Beast Lion Bro]

[Terrain: Desert. Duel begins.]

[Please select territory units for projection.]

"Moonfall is online!"

"Who's Moonfall?"

"'Never Fall' — that one!"

"Holy crap!!"

The New Lord section of the Myriad Races Forum immediately erupted with activity.

Ordinarily, very few new lords bothered to pay attention to that so-called TW simulation battle.

Playing matchmaking battles against lords from all realms—

was that insanity?

For new lords, it was nothing but signing up for punishment.

Once your points went negative, you couldn't even reapply for a TW account.

And if your negative points piled up too much, you'd suffer penalties,

and might even be permanently barred from logging into TheWorld.

Who could endure that?

Yet, no one had ever imagined

that among this cohort's new lords, someone truly was fighting TW simulation battles,

and what was more — they were winning!

The territory that ranked first in the monster wave settlement, "Never Fall"!

The TW newcomer forum had never been this lively before.

The sudden emergence of "Never Fall" let them glimpse hope of defeating lords from the older generations.

Could this battle keep the winning streak going?

Quite a few new lords waited with anticipation.

At this moment, they saw that "Never Falls" had entered a match,

and immediately paid to watch.

In ordinary simulated battles, apart from invitation by the participants,

others who wished to spectate had to pay to enter the livestream room opened by TW.

"Moonfall's big shot is online."

"He's not going to win again, is he..."

"Looking forward to it..."

A large number of new-generation lords flooded into the paid livestream room.

The rapidly surging viewer count of the livestream room

also drew the attention of some previous-generation lords.

They paid to enter,

only to discover it was a new-generation lord versus an old-generation lord.

You've got to be kidding me?

Can we get a refund?

What kind of damn title is this?

[Moonfall VS Raging Beast · A Fierce Battle!]

This qualifies as fierce?

What the hell is TW's official doing?

"A fledgling is just a fledgling. You think you can win this?"

"Do you have any idea whose alt account Raging Beast Lion Lord is?"

"That's Bamate, the Lionhead. A top standout of the 'Valiant Lord' rank!"

"His territory 'Beast Dominance Under Heaven' has been developing for fifty years!"

"Combined with his racial talent 'Battle-Intent Furious Howl,'

even a Grand Lord's army, face to face, would struggle to guarantee victory."

"He's a new-generation lord and wants to win?"

"What a joke."

A group of previous-generation lords couldn't help but start mocking.

They all felt that spending money to watch this kind of stream was a total rip-off.

Never mind learning anything — it probably won't even be the least bit exciting.

What's there to watch in a straight-up crushing match?

"I've been developing my territory for ten years, and my win rate in this TW simulation battle is still zero."

"He just got lucky winning one match. Does he think he can keep winning?"

"That elf lord is a complete idiot, losing even this one."

Some previous-session lords who'd watched the free recordings were utterly dismissive.

Being defeated by a newcomer to the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield

could be called a veteran lord's disgrace.

Who enters the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield without getting schooled by the veterans the whole way?

You, a newcomer, want to ride roughshod over the veterans?

Even if you placed first in the monster wave rankings, everyone would still curse you out all the same.

Let alone the fact that, without revealing their identity, staying hidden and anonymous, they could curse without the slightest scruple.

Even if later they find out they're from the same race, a quick apology and it's done.

The crowd of cheering new-session lords in the livestream room

immediately fell quiet in dismay. Strength is what speaks.

Only with strength can you speak loudly.

They could only wait and hope, wishing Moonfall would win another match.

"Teacher Carlo, that Moonfall has come online."

"Come online?!"

The elf Carlo had taken half the day off classes in the afternoon,

and couldn't even stomach dinner.

Utterly listless.

The moment he saw the message on his lord terminal, he snapped to alertness.

"Log into TheWorld!"

After losing the simulation battle to Moonfall, the more he thought about it, the stranger it felt.

Why hadn't his troops breached the opponent's city wall?

Now people of his own race looked down on him,

and he'd utterly humiliated himself throughout the entire Ten Thousand Realms.

If... more people were to lose to Moonfall,

wouldn't that take some of the heat off his own name?

Full of expectation, Carlo entered the pay-per-view livestream room.

Ma Ma Kusi, head of TheWorld's newcomer division.

His main role was running competitions for promotion.

In the past, he'd been in charge of the "Valiant Lord" tier, but results kept dropping and dropping,

and he was reassigned to the unranked newcomer division.

Compared to the higher tier divisions,

the newcomer division's revenue was pitifully low.

He tried for several years, found he simply couldn't improve performance,

let alone return to his previous post.

So he had no choice but to accept his fate, gave up any thought of climbing back up, and decided to take it one day at a time, just waiting to retire and draw a pension to get by.

A suddenly trending post on the TW Newcomer Forum, Moonfall vs Elf Carlo,

had reached the front page of the TW Forum.

Ma Ma Kusi knew — his chance had come!

"Promote it! Immediately promote his simulation battle!"

"I want to occupy the ad slots in the 'Valiant Lord' tier!"

The moment he saw Moonfall online, Ma Ma Kusi immediately gave the order.

"But, boss, for the 'Valiant Lord' tier..."

Is a guy who's only fought one battle worth a promotional slot like that?

If the results fall short,

and a rival makes trouble,

we'll probably just have to pack our bags and get lost.

"Push it! If anything goes wrong, I take full responsibility!"

Ma Ma Kusi barked the order, eyes glaring.

He'd never seen a new-session lord this strong.

Monster wave settlement first in the rankings,

very likely to take first in the Ten Thousand Clans Ranking Battle!

There had to be plenty of people tracking him.

This promotion was absolutely worth it!

Watching the pay-per-view livestream room's viewer count surge,

Ma Ma Kusi trembled with excitement.

This number was already surpassing the popular "Valiant Lord" matches!

A thought that had vanished for years resurfaced in his mind.

He thought, keep climbing higher!

This was TheWorld, representing the official simulated battles of the Myriad Realms Battlefield.

Climb higher, and infinite possibilities awaited.