36 Plans for his relatives Part 1 (1/2)

”Your father...” His mother facepalmed herself out of embarrassment.

”Dad looked very happy!” Pedro commented as the tv news program shifted to the next news. He had a wryly smile. He doesn't know whether to laugh or cry out of embarrassment.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

The phones of both Pedro and his mother rang at the same time. Pedro walked to their backyard, where a swimming pool was located. While his mother, who was sitting in a sofa in the living room, gesturing to the maids to mute the sound from the television, and afterward answering the call.

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Pedro answered the call...

”Guild Leader! It's me, Annie! I've seen the news about the game you are playing! I, my brother and my cousin decided to play Bearth Online!” Annie explained

”Are you all switching to Bearth or you're gonna play it together with another AVR game?” Pedro asked immediately. There was a common occurrence to players who played two or more different laborious games, simultaneously. Their progress in both games became slow, that their progress and levels were left behind by a huge margin. Also, these type of players lacks mastery in their own characters and classes. Hence, these players seldom rank amongst the top players of any of the games.

”I plan to play it simultaneously, but my brother and cousin will focus on it! My parents said to start as soon as possible after knowing about the recently approved bill by our President! Even I was dragged... hahaha... They say that I should also play it and at the same time guide and help my brother and cousin in the game...” She expressed her opinion with a wryly smile.

”Is that so...” Pedro replied and was a bit disappointed.

”Yeah... That's why I called you, knowing that you were one of the closed beta players who experienced the game ahead of others! If it's not a problem for you, can we join you as we start?” Annie continued and stated her true intention.

”About that... I can't be of help as of now... I'm sorry!” Pedro answered without hesitation. He is currently on Karakoa, a ship. It is sailing in the seas and he didn't know where was his current location.

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Unlike the random generation of initial spawn on villages, going to ships and sailing meant that he had no access to land. Although he would eventually have a chance to return since the ship would re-stock its supplies and dock to a harbor, He personally wouldn't want to leave the ship and trade his current position just to babysit someone.

Initial spawn of players in villages upon character creation was random. This was not a problem because players can safely travel during daytime and players of the same continent were spawned in the same continent.

Other than the isolated Aquari Continent, the other three continents were connected by land. As long as players travel during the day, they could go wherever they want.

When they travel in the day, all they need to do is avoid the monsters. In special cases of Intelectual monsters, the players can outrun them because most of them had slow movement speeds. Hence, rendezvous was a possible feat for players.

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”That's unfortunate...” Annie replied in a sad voice.

'It's maybe due to the rumored difficulty of the game. Guild leader himself might have been having a hard time also, that he can't really help us that much!' Annie assumed that Pedro also had a hard time playing that is why he rejected without a second thought.

”How about this Annie... Why don't you switch to Bearth and focus on it?” Pedro suggested with a huge grin on his face.

”???” Annie was confused. She already told him that she would play simultaneously but Pedro still insisted to focus on bearth.

”I mean, Play it full time? I was planning to make my own gaming studio! Since you are an old friend of mine, I invited you to join!” He sat on a sunbathing chair near the pool as he explained his plan.

”Gaming Studio???” Annie was astounded. To establish gaming studios, It would cost a huge sum of money and resources. At the same time, the success of a gaming studio was low. Most gaming studios go to bankruptcy because they didn't find a stable source of income in-game that can be exchanged to real-life cash.