Cheater

Half an hour had passed since the name Soarra spread like wildfire.

[Noob123: Do you guys really think Soarra is a cheater?]

[BigBoss: If so, then this will mean SLO will have its first cheater…]

[KingMEO: How does one even hack SLO? And if hacking is even possible, how come there has been none until this Soarra showed up?]

[MadMan134: Psh. Just because they are not capable makes those who are cheaters? Fucking lame.]

[Noob123: Right? What if this person is just really good at the game?]

[Loopa: SLO is not just a game, it's a virtual reality. No matter how good you are at pressing buttons on the computer, they don't mean jack shit in SLO. Dude's probably a cyborg or martial arts master.]

[Ksed: I personally know a player who has a blackbelt in karate IRL. But even with all of his experiences, he only has a few (Knight) ranked Skills.]

[154512: Even the number one player 'Fire Emperor' only has (Knight) skills…]

[s3d3d5: But he has a few (Unique) pieces of equipment from the Heavenly Fire Set. I think I rather have good equipments than good skill.]

[Prone: We don't even know how useful this 'Soarra' player's skill actually is, so why the big commotion? Did you forget that one can even advance a weak skill like the 'Shield Bash' skill to the highest rank?]

[Loopa: @Prone is right. We don't even know his skills, so why are we being so hyped? Just because he has some high ranking skills does not mean the player himself is skilled.]

Many Rankers have already realized that from the beginning. Just because one has high ranking skills does not mean the player himself was skilled.

If someone with no skills used a good skill, would he or she even use it to its fullest potentials?

A dangerous player would be someone who had both good skills and the skill to use it properly. If one did not have both points, then that player would not be a threat at all.

Nobody knew anything about this player and the casual community was making such a big commotion just because he was the first to hold a high ranked skill.

What if this player's (Warlord) and (Champion) skill was not as useful as one thought it would be?

While there were still many players who believed this 'Soarra' to be a cheater, the chat had eventually stopped talking about him.

Until they know more about him, he was not really worth so much spotlight.

Inside Second Life Online, Xiao Yun stood in front of the shocked Butcher Kain.

His clothes was still soaked in blood, making him attract curious gazes from the surrounding players. What did he do to get so dirty? Did he fall into a pool of blood or something?

Xiao Yun ignored the gazes and took off the Medium Storage Ring and handed it to Butcher Kain.

"There's a 24 kg Quick Wolf in there, its body still intact… if you exclude the head," he said.

Butcher Kain retrieved the corpse inside the ring and checked the quality.

After he finished, he nodded with satisfaction.

"This is good, very good. I had expected it to have its body roughed up or something, but for even the fur to be untouched, I love it!" he praised.

Quick Wolves are known for its fast speed, so slicing its head off in one go was not something beginners would be able to achieve.

[You have completed Butcher Kain's Quest.]

[You have gained Experience and Fame from the completion of Butcher Kain's Quest.]

[+1 Fame]

[Butcher Kain was impressed at the quality of the item you brought back, increasing the reward.]

Butcher Kain handed Xiao Yun 15 Silver Coins.

Xiao Yun accepted it with a smile and stored the Silver Coins into his Small Storage Ring.

"So, tell me about Rankers," he said.

"To be honest, I am not that knowledgeable about them either, but it should be enough."

"From what I have heard from you travelers, Rankers are strong warriors with inhuman strength. I also heard that they fight each other to be on this thing called the Ranking Boards."

"Do you know how one can become a Ranker?"

"Nope. I only know what I hear from my surroundings."

"..."

That was all the information he got? Information he already knew? That was pointless.

"Do you know where I can buy new clothes here?"

Butcher Kain looked at his bloody clothes for a second and said, "I have something for you to clean your clothes with if you want it."

"Do I have to do another quest for that too?"

"No, I will just give it to you. I know my information was lacking, so I'll give it to you as a bonus."

Butcher Kain took out a bottle sprayer and pointed it at him.

"...."

Xiao Yun looked at him with a confused look.

How is that going to clean his bloody clothes?

'Don't tell me he will spray me with that, thinking it will clean my clothes?' he thought.

Not answering his confused face, Butcher Kain sprayed him with whatever was inside the bottle spray.

A moment later, Xiao Yun looked at his magically cleaned clothes. It had went from being soaked in blood to a set of new clothes!

"What is in that bottle?" he asked with curiosity.

"Just something we butchers use because we are always covered in blood. We handle with a lot of raw meat after all."

"Where can I get some of that?" he asked.

"If you do another request, then I will tell you."

Xiao Yun shook his head.

"I do not have time to do more today, maybe next time. I will see you later."

Xiao Yun left without waiting for Butcher Kain's reply. He did not want to be forced to do more quests.

Butcher Kain silently watched him walk away and thought back to the World Announcement just a while ago.

'Maybe I can count on him…?' he began pondering.

Xiao Yun logged out of SLO shortly after.

Taking off the helmet, Xiao Yun sat on the side of the bed and began thinking about various things.

'I could even use that inside the game…' he thought back to the time where he had used his new skill to kill the Lightning Wolf. He had never expected to actually use that skill and only wanted to try it out, but for him to actually succeed, it was a big problem for him.

'If my in-game-character only looked the same as my real body, then that would be fine. But for me to be able to use that skill inside the game, then that means my character also has what only my real body has…' he began pondering.

*Knock* *Knock*

His door was suddenly knocked on.

"Yes?" he called.

"Xiao Yun, your father is back."

It was his mother.

"Okay, I'm coming downstairs."

He pushed his thoughts to the back of his head for now and headed for downstairs.