Isekai Online

Elysium Online Incident Part 1

(Original date: December 13, 2019)

On June 3rd, 2020, while browsing the news in Hibiscus Garden, Aysun noticed an article about South Korea's government's ongoing efforts to save the victims of the Elysium Online incident, and the Korean National Police Agency was going to attempt to physically break into every player's S.T.A.R console and destroy the console's CPU, and freeing the players from the game. Aysun and Chrome discussed about the incident and Elysium Online's developer, until Aysun suggested going to pick hibiscuses. 

While picking hibiscuses in an effort to save up enough rainbow coins (which seens to be Pastel Frontier's currency) to buy a beach house, Chrome was able to catch a fish with her fishing rod. While Chrome was considering what to do with it, a swordsman approached them, claiming to have been hunting the beetle for the past hour. 

Realizing that the swordsman could keep the fish alive because he had an aquarium and receiving encouragement from Aysun, Chrome decided to gift the beetle to the swordsman. In exchange, she was allowed to name the fish and named it Corona.

The swordsman introduced himself as Blade. Following his example, Aysun and Chrome introduced themselves as well. Shortly after the introductions, Blade nosebleeding, causing Aysun and Chrome to realize that he had a nose bleeding as well. After recovering, Blade offered to continue their conversation over tea in the neighboring island located near their beach house island.

Blade took Aysun and Chrome to an cafe in an neighboring island, where, during their meal, Aysun and Chrome learned that Blade first appeared in an MMORPG entitled "Elysium Online". Blade was a part of a guild during its open beta test in 2011, but was diagnosed with an Chuunibyou disease before the game's full release on March 2012, thus preventing him from appearing as a NPC in it. As Elysium Online became a drama game while the various therapies that Blade undertook did not help dispose of his red eyes, Blade began contemplating that if he was going to die either way, he should have appeared as a NPC in Elysium Online and fought alongside his friends. Even through Chrome understood Blade's desires to give a meaning in his life, he protested that he would not be able to meet his parents if he did so. Chrome's words seemingly convinced Blade who resolved to raise Corona to become a champion in the Fish Battle tournament.

Changing topics, Blade asked both of them if they appeared in any other MMORPGs. Since the three expressed reservation that pay-to-win MMORPG games were expensive. Blade mentioned that some free games, like Soul Glory, had already been released, and managed to persuade the girls to try Soul Glory.

TO BE CONTINUED FOR PART 2...