Xibei Cat

Rhode is a legendary guild leader of the most influential guild in the VRMMO, Dragon Soul Continent. In order to cope with the death of his beloved sister, he dived into the game for seven long years. During this period, Rhode tries his best to alleviate his emotional pain through gaming, but alas, his life shatters once more when he heard his parents perish in a plane crash.

A month after the incident, he made a decision to quit the game and return to the real world. But just before that, as a final farewell, Rhode decides to fight the most powerful BOSS in the game with his guildmates. In the end, he defeats the BOSS at the expense of his avatar's life. Rhode smiles as his avatar dissipates in a beam of light. However, instead of respawning at the usual platform...

...

"W-wha...!"

Rhode shot up and stared at the unfamiliar ceiling.

And thus, a player who had been creating legends in the game for three eras disappeared just like that...

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Summoning the Holy Sword

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Rhode remained calm even though he had mix feelings. Although, in the game, there were several missions when ordinary NPCs would suddenly emerge and confess — "Haha, I'm actually a spy", "Haha, I'm actually a Demon Lord", and "Haha, I'm actually…" — those were only plots and players weren't too into them. At most they only felt like "Damn, this is over exaggerating!"

However, when you were in the situation yourself and the person was your companion for a long time, even if you were an experienced player who couldn't get more familiar with game plots, you would still have unexplainable feelings deep inside your heart. In other words, you couldn't differentiate if it was good or bad. Games were games and players knew that.

This was an indescribable feeling.

Unavoidable Past