Black Online

"...Pretty nice."

Fang Raon looked at the new boots that he acquired, and put them on, and suddenly, he actually felt slightly faster.

He looked at the Throwing Knives Belt, also put it on, and then stored the Mask of a Silent Killer in his inventory.

[LadyBelle: Shadow users are hardest opponent to defeat. How did you do it? You ripped through the shadow like it was nothing]

"Curious, aye? Let’s say that there is a lot of things that you have yet to understand about the world."

Fang Raon said with a smile.

Then, he turned back to the screen, and queue’d for yet another fight.

It didn’t take long for his opponent to be chosen, and he again vanished from the room.

...

Fang Raon opened his eyes at the stone platform, and this time around, his opponent looked to be a Mage.

Another man. Wearing pointy hat. A long hair that looked like it could belong to a woman as it was so straight and well-maintained.

"Money."

Froggy said, and put on a wage of 100,000 gold coins.

’100,000 gold coins is as much as 1000 dollars. It is a lot of money to wage. I do have rent to pay, so that will come to use.’

Fang Raon accepted the wage.

[LadyBelle: 100,000 gold coins is an insane wage. Your opponent must be extremely confident to wage that much!]

"Or just a gambling fool."

Fang Raon said.

Mages would usually be at disadvantage in a close-up fight like this, but the platform was big enough that the disadvantage wasn’t huge.

Still, a disadvantage was a disadvantage.

[FIGHT!]

The fight started.

And without further ado, Froggy put his arms behind his back, and started doing some strange footwork.

Walked to the left, and then right, looking like he was doing a zigzag, but then the platform started to shake.

"Earth Magic!"

The ground rose in front of him, and spiky rock formations shot towards him from the stone platform.

[LadyBelle: He is Elemental Mage, and looks like he specializes in one-versus-one fights!]

Fang Raon grabbed the Silverfang with both hands, and swung it like a baseball bat, and smashed through the rock formations.

"Fire Magic!"

Froggy punched through the air, and flames shot out of his fists, and scorched through the air like a blazing comet.

In that moment, Fang Raon cut through the flames, and the flames died off as if they had never existed.

’What in the world?’

Froggy wondered.

Suddenly, Raon jumped towards him with the Silverfang in hand, and the Mage quickly raised a rock wall from the ground.

"Skydance!"

Fang Raon jumped over the rock wall, landed behind Froggy, and stabbed the sword towards his back.

The sword went through his body, but then Froggy turned into water, and became nothing but a puddle on the ground.

"You can’t hide in a puddle."

Fang Raon stabbed through the puddle, and suddenly, a scream sounded, and Froggy jumped out of the puddle.

There was an ugly stab wound on his arm.

Fang Raon quickly waved his sword at him, and Froggy took a martial artist stance, and weaved through the slashes.

’He knows martial arts?’

In that moment, Froggy punched from his waist. It hit Raon’s Silverfang sword. In that moment, flames shot out of the fist.

Raon ducked under the flames, and then cut through Froggy’s knees with the Silverfang, and he was brought down to his knees.

"Sword Stab!"

Fang Raon drove the blade through Froggy’s chest. It went cleanly through. All the way through his back.

[HP: 0%]

"Ah..."

Froggy’s head dropped in defeat.

"I have a question before you disappear. Why did you wage so much? Weren’t you afraid to lose all that money?"

Fang Raon asked.

"Hehe... waging high makes my heart race. You’re the first one to accept that crazy wage of mine... The previous opponents wanted to wage only 500 gold coins...

"I thank you... This was exciting."

Froggy smiled, and then he disappeared.

[You have acquired 100,000 gold coins!]

[Coins: 352,536]

’There sure is some crazy people in the world.’

Fang Raon thought, and then he disappeared from the stone platform, and appeared back in the strange room.

[LadyBelle: You’re so good...]

"You should see my brother. He is much better than me. I hope one day I will be as good as him."

Fang Raon said with a smile.

[LadyBelle: Will you keep playing longer?]

"Yeah, a little more."

Fang Raon said, joined yet another match, and disappeared from the room.

...

Hours flew by, and soon darkness fell over the 6th floor, but the Ranked building was still busy with lights.

It hadn’t quieted down there even once.

In that moment, Fang Raon stepped out of the building, enjoyed the fresh breeze coming from the ocean, and walked all the way to the Sun Park.

"That was pretty profitable. Fifteen matches, zero losses. I did earn a little fortune over there."

Fang Raon said with a smile as he looked at the screen in front of him.

***

[Name: Fang Raon]

[Class: Raon the Swordsman]

[Legacy: Aurel the Dancer]

[Level: 5]

[Next Level: 50%]

[Coins: 525,092]

[Health: 1050/1050]

[Stamina: 165]

[Attack: 169 + 2]

[Defense: 109 + 5]

[Speed: 136]

[Vitality: 100 + 5]

[Mana: 70]

***

[LadyBelle: You must be at top 100 rankings tomorrow. You did defeat some strong players, for sure]

"The world is a large place. Fifteen matches might seem much, but I believe there are some that will play all night."

[LadyBelle: You are done for tonight?]

"Yeah, I am getting little hungry. It was a nice stream, little bit over four hours. You watched most of it, so I appreciate it."

[LadyBelle: Will you keep streaming more often?]

"Yeah. Everyday for foreseeable future."

Fang Raon said.

[LadyBelle: I’ll watch whenever I can. Did you know that it is also possible to watch streams if you’re inside Black Online?]

"Really? Isn’t the danger of getting streamsniped like that?"

Fang Raon asked.

[LadyBelle: Yeah, but it is bannable offense. A permanent ban. So, there are only few lunatics that might do it. Don’t worry, I am not some creep!]

"Haha, I believe you. Why don’t I make you my moderator then? Since you’re first viewer and all. If I start to get more viewers and some hooligans start saying some nonsense, I can get you to ban em."

[LadyBelle: If you want to!]

Fang Raon pressed a button on the screen, and made LadyBelle as his first moderator of the stream.

Since he thought that she had good head on her shoulders.

"That’s the end of the stream, then. See you tomorrow."

Fang Raon pressed the "End Stream" button, and with that, he took a deep breath, and logged out.

The first stream ended, and in all of four hours, he only got one viewer and that was LadyBelle.