Just A Healer

Chapter 25: 'No Damage Received' Part 1

December 28, 2048
3:29 AM

Status: In-Game
In-Game Time: 10:29 AM
Location: Qedium City, Greida Province, Country of Axis

[Lucas Galileo]

Medyo malayo mula sa Cabin kung saan ako nagre-renta ng kuwarto ang Arena na sinasabi ni Steve sa'kin. Gusto ko sana kunin 'yong Sky Rift ko, kaya lang mag-aattract ng atensyon 'pag dinala ko sa tapat ng Arena. That's why I decided to walk going there.

Since Qedium is relatively a city, not a small town, the arena was sure far. And teleportation gates are for city-to-city transports only. Kaya naisipan kong maki-sakay a likod ng isang kalesa na may dalang cargo sa karitelang hila-hila nito. The AI NPC merchant actually interacted to me like a real human when I asked where he's headed.

Nang sagutin niya kung saan, nalaman kong malapit lang pala ito kung saan located ang Arena ng Qedium. Kaya naki-sakay na ako. It was faster than walking. Ayoko rin naman kasi magtatatakbo; aagaw din ng pansin 'yon. Attention is the root of all shame. Minsan ko lang ginawa 'yon, no'ng nakaraan. Di ko na balak gawin 'yon ulit.

Steve told me that he needs to talk to me there. Yeah, that kid is awesome, but he has a weird way of talking to me. No'ng nakaraan, sa Plaza niya ako pinapunta. Bakit naman ngayon, sa Arena pa ng Qedium? Ano na namang meron?

It just took me around 30 minutes to reach the area where the Arena is located. Maraming players ang nakita kong nandito palakad-lakad sa streetsc nang bumaba ako sa kalesa ng NPC. Nag-pasalamat pa rin ako sa kanya kahit NPC siya. Libre ding sakay 'yon.

Iba na ang itsura ng mga building dito. Puro karamihan ay business establishments. There were smith shops, bakeries, armory shops, and even restaurants. But they had the old European style of buildings, glass windows, and lamp posts. May ganito din palang part sa Qedium.

I turned left on a wide street and I looked up when I saw very large infrastructure. Indeed, it is an arena. Lubhang mas malaki ito sa coliseum na pagmamay-ari ng Guild namin. It was made of stone like the ones used in coliseums in Rome, in real life. But this is way bigger and looked more eccentric. There were also many players flocking at the Arena's big gate, but they seem to be lining up with someone there who was collecting culvs.

"Kuya Purifier!"

I turned back when I heard a voice calling my IGN. Nang lumingon ako ay nakita ko si Steve. Namataan ko siyang galing sa isa mga business establishments at patakbong papunta sa direksyon ko. He waved at me and jogged his way through the players who were also walking around here.

"Uh," I looked around when Steve stopped right in front of me while grinning from ear to ear. "Ano bang meron at pinapunta mo ako dito?"

"Tara Kuya, sama ka sa akin." at nagulat ako nang hawakan ni Steve ang braso ko at hinila ako papunta sa Arena.

"Teka Steve." I said wide eyed when he pulled me.

We went through another entrance going into the Arena, which was smaller than the main gate. Pagpasok namin sa Arena, hindi ko na napansin na hila-hila lang ako ni Steve. The view of the Arena was so breathtaking, even from down here. Ang taas ng stone bleachers dahil sa dami ng palapag nito. The sunlight highlighted the beauty of this infrastructure.

Para ako nabalik sa ancient times, sa panahon ng mga Gladiator na nakikipaglaban sa isang arena. Itwaslike one of the arenas in a battle scene that I once illustrated in the publishing house were I used to be working for.

There were players who were already seated there. Parang ilang libong players din ang nandito. There's some kind of event here since there are big floating banners above all over the airspace of the arena. Koji was also pointing at many directions, amazed by what he's also seeing.