The Big Bad Barry

Its been three years since I have last seen my friend. I knew he was missing when his reward money of one million dollars was sent to me. I didn't bother to check his house because I think I know who the culprit was.

My friend cannot be considered off the grid. His connection to the world is through an SNS account that he opens once every few months and the virtual reality game "26 worlds". Although he doesn't post anything on his SNS account nor reply to any messages. But he plays 26 worlds everyday and drinks beer with me every weekend.

Archie the cowardly archer or the weakest archer have preferred to stay away from players ever since the incident with the ring artifact. Since then he has spent his time in places where monsters live. The only reason I know that he plays everyday is that he trades with me from time to time and we meet every weekend.

The potions he gave me after reporting the bug about the ring artifact has allowed me to defeat several boss monsters. As luck would have it four guild tokens dropped from those boss monsters. Luckily soloing a boss monster increases the chance of rare drops. All of that plus the monster eggs that he collected gave me the foundation needed to build my guild. The monster guild.

But one day after giving me the dragon egg he disappeared. His reward money was transferred to me and he stopped going to my house for beer.

There is no way that he would just suddenly disappear. He has worked hard to pay his loans and it seems that he has found the fifth bug. As for the demonic duo, they do act like pigs but they cant be the ones to make my friend disappear. They have moved to a different city and are currently busy making others miserable.

That's why its easy for me to say that Alex had done something to him. But why would he go that far? He had his fun. Is he truly such a monster that he wont stop unless he has killed someone? And now he has made my friend disappear.

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I have kept one guild token to create the monster guild. Sold two tokens to the two most powerful guilds and the last token was sold to the Arcana guild. One must know that Arcana guild is the sworn enemy of Tudor guild. Even though I have kept Archie from taking revenge that didn't mean I wont mess with people that has messed with him.

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The monster guild is a level one guild with one member, me, big bad Barry. My best friend has stayed a weak Archer and has not been able to enjoy the game. That's why I have been taking it easy and not playing seriously. Instead of selling the monster eggs to other players, I have been busy looking for ways to tame them. Although I have sold one or two monster eggs every now and then to earn gold. Experimenting burns money.

If I have to sell monster eggs it will only be sold to the Arcana guild. That way they will grow stronger and they will be more brutal to the Tudor guild. I think that the increase in strength of the Arcana guild has driven the Tudor guild to move to another city. As the guild moved so did the demonic duo. At least there is one good news that happened.

The day that the game company sent me the million dollars is the same day my experiment succeeded. I created a gigantic cauldron and then poured fifteen thousand healing potions and several rare herbs inside. Then I casted a few fireballs to the cauldron to keep it at a certain temperature. Whenever the temperature drops a little I would then cast more fireballs.

Monster eggs that is about to hatch is then placed inside the cauldron. This would make it impossible for the monster to break the eggshell. The strange concoction is able to nourish the monster inside the egg and keep the eggshell strong enough that they cant break it. When the monster inside the egg feels a fear so strong that they would cry from the very depths of their soul then I would pick them up and break the shell for them. At that point they would feel one hundred per cent loyalty to me.

This was the turning point of the monster guild.

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I have a million dollars and now I have an army but I have lost my friend. My friend is right. It is indeed easier to stop thinking about revenge when there is nothing you can do. But now that I have money and power I cant stop thinking of getting even. Too bad that Im not as kind as him.

In the two years since my friend disappeared I have attacked Tudor guild many times. They then eventually disbanded. But I am not Peter so I did not stop. Any guild that the demonic duo joins would receive harassment from all sides. Of course I have been careful about my actions. I have only been making their gaming lives miserable. I have not decided to really hurt them.

As for Alex, right now I am not strong enough to mess with him. But I have been patient. My dragon and monsters have been more than enough for me to accumulate wealth in the game. Which I then converted into real world money. Money which I invest into all sorts of stuff. And that's how I have lived for the past three years since he disappeared.

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One day people began to disappear. Ten to twenty humans would suddenly vanish out of thin air every month. No one could discover how the people disappeared. The capsules were checked but even when the gaming company surrendered the blueprints of the capsules they discovered nothing. There was one thing they did found weird. The capsules of players with merchant status glow differently. But apart from the different light pattern there is no more change between capsules. Of course higher grade capsules has more medical benefits to the point that all medical procedures can be done by the capsule.

People continue to disappear every month. Even with the whole world doing its best to investigate for an entire year no one discovered how people are disappearing.

Barry, the guild master of monster guild have taken over hundreds of dungeons and a couple dozen territories. Although the monster guild has an army that can beat the strongest guilds but because of the "human idea" killing of humans is not productive for anyone. If Barry actually used his monsters to kill a player then he would receive several punishments. This really portrays the game as a game to kill monster only.

This is where ownership becomes important. A dungeon that is owned by a guild can only be accessed by the members of that guild or people that they have allowed entry. If one wants to wrestle control over a dungeon then they would have to issue a guild war. This guild war forcefully logs out any player involved in a guild war that lost 70% of its health points. Also the realism is lowered during guild wars.

If one would really think about it , all virtual reality games have lost their charm due to this "human idea". If 26 worlds have not reached a 99% realism, in which people can even be led to believe that they are transported to another world, then it would not be popular. This particular game even allowed people to feel energy flow through their veins just like the novels that described mana move through a persons meridians. There are many attractions of this game that have made it the most popular game.

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The monster guild have a bad habit of declaring guild wars to any guild that have the demonic duo as its members. If the guild has no dungeons then Barry would just exterminate all the monsters in the area. Sometimes he would just buy all of the potions in a city to hike up the prices and lower the supply. Barry has learned all the tricks that Alex and his friends do and he employed most of them on the demonic duo. Its gotten to the point that the demonic duo finally decided to quit the game.

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Several corporations have offered great deals to invest in the monster guild but Barry refused all of them. He wanted to earn more after partnering with them but he feared that doing so would make him focus on earning more money instead of looking for Peter or getting even with the demonic duo.

Just when Barry had given up he received a sudden message.

You have satisfied the condition for summoning. Please watch this short 5 minute tutorial video. You will be transported to another world after 7 minutes.

Good luck!