[FLOOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Player Fang Raon has Solo Cleared the 4th Floor]
"...Ptui!"
On the balcony of a coffee shop on the 4th floor, a player spat all his coffee across the face of his date.
"What the hell?!"
She screamed and started wiping off the coffee off her face.
"Look!"
The player shouted and pointed towards the sky.
She looked around to the sky, saw the announcement, and gasped in surprise. She had no idea that there was someone like that who could solo clear in their floor just now!
She started to feel angry because instead of having a date with this guy who didn’t stop talking about how great he was, she could’ve been carried to the 5th floor by Fang Raon instead!
It had been three weeks since she’d been stuck on the 4th floor, and honestly, she had become tired of this place and its constant rainy weather.
She already wanted to leave, but she was too weak and thought about just using her looks to have someone carry her to the 6th floor at least.
The 6th floor was her goal.
She had been hearing about how amazing the 6th floor was—it was called the Recruitment Floor—since it wasn’t the newbie floor anymore, there were people from all top guilds there, recruiting newbies.
Also, 6th floor was called a paradise floor. It had beautiful beaches, warm weather, sea as far as the eye could see, and palm trees swaying in the breeze.
She didn’t care all that much about climbing the tower and just wanted to reach that paradise and have fun!
...
[Another Solo Clear by Fang Raon! Who is this guy?]
A post appeared in the Black Online forums, and it immediately gathered traction, and it reached 10,000 views in just half an hour.
The players started debating in the comments whether he was a smurf account of some top player or just a talented newcomer.
There had been many good players that went on smurf accounts to try to steal Solo Clear glory, and some had succeeded.
However, they couldn’t use fake names.
Therefore, the community always knew whether some top player went and tried that, and Black Online’s moderation team was usually pretty quick to ban those players.
Even in their main account.
It stopped smurfing immediately.
Fang Raon was a name that didn’t ring a bell, but there were few players with somewhat similar names at high floors...
...
Thump!
"Huff!"
Fang Raon breathed heavily with sweat glistening on his forehead, and he wiped the blood off his blade.
Before him, the corpse of the 5th-floor boss lay before his feet.
It was done!
This was his goal to reach the 6th floor before his doctor’s appointment, and he accomplished that thirty minutes before having to leave.
He was very satisfied.
’That is good...’
Fang Raon picked up the treasure chest, opened it, and acquired the items, and then walked out of the door.
He wanted to check all the items he acquired at another time as he was running out of time.
With him stepping out of the door, he was hit by a heatwave, and immediately after, a fresh breeze of wind hit him in the face.
6th floor.
The sky was blue with cotton-white clouds moving about, and the sun was shining brightly high above.
It was very warm, which was why everyone in the street was wearing sandals, shorts, sunglasses, and shirts.
The city felt like a beach resort.
Music played from the open bars, and people were laughing and dancing in the streets. The smell of fish wafted through the air and mixed with the scent of sunscreen.
With sailboats sailing through the open sea, the beach with its beautiful sand had players and locals alike just sunbathing or swimming in the crystal clear waters.
A paradise!
The 6th floor was called the paradise floor but also has a recruitment floor, as players from all top guilds had their own branch here.
Once the newbies were done with newbie floors, they would appear here, and would most likely get recruited by some guilds.
It was also called as the most popular floor because some players simply didn’t want to leave this place and made it their home.
"...Whoo."
Fang Raon enjoyed everything that he saw, and he inhaled deeply and removed his leather armor, as it was making him very hot.
He also didn’t need armor in Safe Zone such as this beach city unless he found himself fighting someone under Mutual Combat Law.
Fang Raon lifted his shirt, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and then put his hands on his hips as he looked out at the ocean, feeling the breeze on his face.
"...We, Cobra Guild, are looking for fresh faces to join our exploits over on the 20th floor. We are known for good player development, and I am sure you will thrive with us!"
"...Join us, Iron Saints! Together we will climb the tower, and nobody will be able to stand in our way!"
There were members of guilds recruiting in the streets.
Some were just standing on top of boxes to make themselves seem taller and more visible, while a few mages used some kind of spell that increased the volume of their own voices.
’...I will check out the city at a later time. I have to go to the shitty doctor appointment now...’
Fang Raon sighed.
He pulled out the interface and pressed log off.
With that, he disappeared from the 6th floor, and players kept appearing in the same place that he was.
It was known as the Spawn Point.
A few minutes later, some guild members ran over to the Spawn Point and saw players appearing, but none seemed new.
"...Has he already come? That Fang Raon guy?"
"...I heard that he just Solo Cleared the 5th floor. It must mean that he already is here!"
"...Fuck! We must find him and recruit him before those greedy fucking top guilds do. That guy could be the future of our guild!"
They scattered and tried to go look for the mysterious player—Fang Raon—who had become a sudden sensation over in the Black Online forums.