Just A Healer

Chapter 82: A Message to the Masses

January 26, 2049
12:20 PM

Status: Offline

[Lucas Galileo]

"Nagathom's Sky Archipelago has appeared above Axis. And he's about to give a public speech."

I was surprised when I heard him say that.  Nagathom has a public speech? What for? Hmm. I don't feel good about this.

"Si Nagathom? May pa-speech?" I asked back to Conrad, while looking at the Lazarte Brothers, who were also listening intently while eating.

"Yes. 'Di gano'n ka-klaro sa'kin kung announcement or some sort of speech 'yon. Maybe an apology I guess?"

"Pero hindi ako makakapasok sa game ngayon dahil nasa work ako. 'Diko dala 'yong UHDS Console ko."

"May dala akong spare console."

Nagitla kaming tatlo ni Arjay at Norymel nang biglang umupo sa bakanteng pwesto sa tapat ko si Daniel at sumabad pa sa usapan namin sa tawag. I gave him a perplexed look at first, but I remembered that he can also access and hear my phone calls since he's monitoring me as well. Nakita ko rin na may flesh-colored earpiece siya na suot, na hindi agad mahahalata. Kung di ko tiningnan ang tenga niya kanina ay di ko pa mapapansin.

"'Si Daniel ba 'yan?" Conrad asked.

"Yep. Ako 'to."

"O 'yon Lucas, gamitin mo na lang 'yong spare ni Daniel. Then, pumasok ka sa game after 30 minutes. Ang sabi kasi ng mga messengers na bumaba dito kanina mula sa Sky Province ng Doryeshid Empire, magbibigay ng speech sa buong Leimhyark si Nagathom pagkatapos ng ilang minuto."

"Can't I just hear his words through this call? Baka naman hindi ko kailangan marinig 'yong kung ano mang sasabihin ni Nagathom."

"'Di kita sana tatawagan kung pwede 'yon. But, it looks like the game masters wanted his speech to be a login event to generate more playerbase. Yong-Rae informed me that since the game masters and other admins have always turned a blind eye towards Nagathom, they just announced a login event with redeemable rewards; that is, kung mag-login ang players bago ang speech. Plus they will be shutting down the outside network for live streaming and broadcasting. And this includes calls, from here to the outside world."

"Halatang planado ah."

Daniel took the words right out of my mouth. 

"Kaya na nga." sang-ayon ni Conrad sa komento ni Daniel. "Mukhang aware kasi si Nagathom na cash-cow siya ng mga game masters na wala naman talagang interes sa kanya. They know that Nagathom is the end-game content players are so hungry to see. Pare-pareho lang silang nakikinabang sa isa't isa. Nagathom moves, they move. Nag-aamuyan na lang sila ng mga susunod na gagawin ng isa't isa."

Well, that would really make sense. The game masters have the power and authority level to create events that can possibly be synchronized with Nagathom's actions. Mukhang napansin ng Emperor ang ginagawang adjustments ng system admins dahil sa existence niya, kaya gano'n na lang ito mag-act in character.

Nagathom gets his plans done, and the Leimhyark Online higher ups get revenue. It's a win-win situation for both of them. So maybe Nagathom's speech is really that important, which made the system admins act hastily and created a login event. I really do wonder if they are just using each other for their benefits, or there's a bigger picture I'm not seeing.

"The fact that his speech won't be broadcasted outside the game is enough to make it look fishy. Kaya kailangan natin din malaman ang sasabihin niya, since si Nagathom ang pinag-uusapan natin." Conrad added.