A SITE-WIDE announcement? Luo Yan, of course, knew what that was. It was something common in MMORPGs. When a player achieved something, like defeating a powerful dungeon boss or getting a high-grade equipment, it would be announced in the whole server.
But the thing was, since he started playing the VR version of Arcadia, he had never seen a site-wide announcement . So, he thought that it wasn’t simply a thing. That’s why he was a bit surprised seeing that just now.
Shen Ji Yun saw Luo Yan’s expression and had a guess on what the other must be thinking. So, he went and explained;
"Site-wide announcements are usually for first time achievements. Like the first who cleared a certain dungeon or the first one who killed a dungeon boss. Discovering new islands in Arcadia is also considered an achievement. And just like us, killing a powerful NPC like the Dark Saint.
"Since it’s part of the narrative of our hidden task, this ’death’ would be permanent and the Dark Saint would be erased from the game. Thus, it’s considered an even bigger achievement. It’s more than five years since the release of the VR version of Arcadia. Almost all achievements had been done. So, it’s quite rare to see one nowadays."
Luo Yan nodded, telling the other that he understood. Well, being out for more than five years, of course a lot of those achievements would have been done already. Then, he suddenly remembered the teleportation scroll they got from the leader of Crimson Corps.
Shen Ji Yun said that it might be a teleportation scroll for one of the two dungeons that were added during the last update. One of the two dungeons was already announced and was available for players to raid. But the other one, the one that Shen Ji Yun suspected the teleportation scroll would lead them to, still wasn’t formally announced.
It’s already been three months since the last update. So, why hadn’t there been anyone yet to clear the dungeon? He asked Shen Ji Yun about that.
"Although it’s been officially announced and available to raid, the players still hadn’t found a way to go there," Shen Ji Yun answered. The most update n0vels are published on novel·fiɾe·net
Those big teams and also some small ones that wanted to be known were probably looking for a way to go there. After all, being the first one to clear a dungeon could give a lot of wonderful and powerful rewards.
"So that’s why. Good thing we already found a way to raid that other dungeon. At least once it’s announced, we could just directly teleport there," Luo Yan said. "Brother Ji Yun said that it would probably be available around December, right?"
Shen Ji Yun said that it was because the game devs were overhauling the whole design of the dungeon as well as the dungeon boss.
The other nodded. "That’s what I heard. But it could still change depending on the next beta testing."
"Team Yunyue should be the first one to clear it," Luo Yan said. It would be like a signal to everyone that team Yunyue had been reborn and was ready to challenge the next season of Arcadia Cup. They were no longer the so-called fallen champions. "By the way, Brother Ji Yun, would we get a reward for this achievement?"
"Yes, we only had to go to the Record Hall in one of the four cities and we could get a reward that’s befitting of the achievement we accomplished."
Luo Yan’s eyes visibly shined at that.
Shen Ji Yun was amused by that and found it really cute. His hand felt itchy and he really wanted to pinch the other’s cheek. But before he could do so, Eclipse suddenly called them.
"Mashter, Captain, look there’s an item there where the Dark Saint turned into dust."
An item drop? – Luo Yan thought as he looked at that direction. When he saw that there was indeed something shiny there, he quickly walked to that direction.
Shen Ji Yun only glanced at Eclipse and then at the item before sighing and following Luo Yan.
At this moment, every player currently logged in Arcadia had seen the site-wide announcement. How could they not when the thing was too big and eye-catching. It’s like the game was telling them, ’look, these two did an awesome job, aren’t you envious?’.
This announcement then sparked a lot of discussion around Arcadia.
"Who’s the Dark Saint? Was he so powerful that they had to make an announcement just because someone defeated him?"
"I heard of him! He’s the leader of the dark mages. They’re a group that worship their leader as a god. With that, this Dark Saint must be really powerful."
"There aren’t a lot of tasks involving the dark mages. But those that I know of always portrayed them as the villains. Their difficult to handle not only because of their dark magic but also because of their cruelty."
"Then, their big boss must be indeed a big boss."
"Wait- why is no one talking about YUN and Noctis? They’re the ones who defeated the Dark Saint."
"I think YUN is probably training Noctis for the upcoming finals of the Rookie Carnival."
"Does anyone remember when was the last time YUN had been this active?"
"Is Yunyue really making a comeback?"
"If they are, then the next season of Arcadia Cup would definitely be a blast."
"True. They might be called ’fallen champions’ now but no one could deny YUN, Morganite, and White Marsh’s ability. It seemed that their two new rookies are also quite powerful."
As the conversation around Arcadia continued, a particular cat girl was staring at the announcement with stars in her eyes. Some great ideas for a fan-art were already starting to flow in Xia Li’s mind. Her followers in Weibo who were also a fan of NightCloud CP would definitely enjoy it.
Xia Lei, who was standing beside her sister, somehow had already guessed what the other was thinking based on her expression. Truly, he could only apologize in his heart to YUN and Noctis for being the subject of his sister’s fantasy.