Lost Raid Online

Responsibility

(Part 1)
We woke up.
I have a very bad feeling about today.
Pixel gave orders to all of the players to gather.
I guess he wants to talk about the incident yesterday.

"I appreciate that you all came."(Pixel)

He looks.... tense.

"Some of you may have not known but yesterday there was a group of players selfishly challenged the field boss yesterday. The results are 3 deaths."(Pixel)
"Death!?"(???)
"I thought this camp was supposed to be safe!"(???)
"How are you going to take responsibility!?"(???)

Now that's a huge negative response.
We warned them before.

"Regarding the question asked, we won't take responsibility."(Pixel)
"What!?"(???)
"People died and you won't say anything!"(???)
"You're just scared!"(???)

This isn't going well....
What are you going to do, Pixel....

"We have our own reasons. The biggest reason is those actions are taken by the players themselves. All players must understand! THIS IS NOT A GAME!! Death is real! Don't be naive like some rebellious teenager!"(Pixel)

*Silence*

Wow.
He's pissed.

"Anyway, the past is the past, we must look to the future. Since the players are feeling insecure, we decided to end this training camp today. I hope all of you will understand. Thank you."(Pixel)

He left.
I didn't hear about this.
Maybe Akira knows something.
But I guess it's the proper decision.
The players will be afraid of the forest now.
Nothing will be accomplished with fear.

"Zelrc."(Ryuuji)
"Oh, Ryuuji. Thanks for your help yesterday."(Zelrc)
"That's what I should say. Anyhow, let's gather up. The Ten Oaths got a meeting later."(Ryuuji)
"Alright."(Zelrc)

But first I need to find someone.
Gifu.
I search around the camp.
I just can't find him anywhere.

"Looking for someone?"(Gifu)

He's standing behind me.

"Don't scare me like that..."(Zelrc)
"Gishishi, how does it feel to be found by someone you are trying to find?"(Gifu)
"Scary."(Zelrc)
"Gyahahaha, well jokes aside, let's go to the meeting."(Gifu)
"How did you-"(Zelrc0
"I'm an Information Broker, remember?"(Gifu)
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(Part 2)
We walk to the meeting spot.
Everyone was there.

"Oh, if isn't the main culprit himself."(Hayato)

Everyone's glaring at me.

"I told you it wasn't-"(Alibaba)
"Alibaba, don't."(Zelrc)

I knelt down.
Everyone was shocked.

"I'm really sorry for the trouble I caused. If it's necessary, I'll quit my current guild and stay away from Society."(Zelrc)
"Zelrc!!"(Alibaba, Akira & Ryuuji)

It's fine...
This is the only way.

"I'm impressed with your attitude after what you have done."(Zalberg)
"That's enough."(Pixel)
"What should we do?"(Raven)
"......."(Pixel)
"May I say something?"(Gifu)
"You are?"(IceAge)
"My name is Gifu. I'm just a simple player where you can find anywhere."(Gifu)
"Why are you here? This supposed to be a meeting for The Ten Oaths only."(Sieg)
"The reason I'm here is not important. Zelrc here is the one that's important."(Gifu)
"As you people know, the group of players who went into the forest are from Otaku Nation and Idiots Gathering. Why is Zelrc getting the blame?"(Gifu)
"......."(All)
"Gifu! Don't-"(Zelrc)
"Besides, Zelrc clearly mentioned to not venture too deep into the forest. Yet, they still do it. Those actions are clearly from their own judgement so Zelrc is actually innocent here. Gishishi."(Gifu)
"That's enough."(Pixel)

*Silence*

"Zelrc."(Pixel)
"Please stand up."(Pixel)

I stood up.

"First of all, I never said it was Zelrc's fault. All Gifu said was right. The players are responsible for their own actions. You don't have to blame yourself."(Pixel)
"Alright."(Zelrc)

Thank goodness.
I thought I really need to do all of that.

"Hey, you can't just do that. He's responsible for that group. The group's misdeed is the leader's misdeed."(Hayato)
"Well, I say he already redeemed himself by bringing an excellent Information Broker for us."(Pixel)
"You mean that guy?"(Hayato)
"Gishishi. As expected from the leader of The Ten Oaths."(Gifu)

"Let me reintroduce myself. I'm Gifu. As Pixel said just now, I'm an Information Broker. I'm actually quite well-known in other MMORPG by a lot of different usernames. As example, Miko, Info-chan, BadBad."(Gifu)
"Miko! I know that name!"(Sieg)
"I know it too. He's famous."(Alibaba)

Miko.
I know that name too.
I only met that player once.
It's a female character.
I kinda forget the game's name.
But I remember that player really well.
I employed him to get a rare axe weapon in that game.
At the time, I couldn't find it anywhere.
Then, the next day, she got it for me.
I heard she used a max level account to trade with the player who has it.
She's a player who will do anything to get the job done.

"Looks like I'm famous, Gishishi."(Gifu)
"I can see your skills are acknowledged by a lot of people. Name your price. We want a guy like you."(IceAge)
"Let's see. How about 500 G per week?"(Gifu)
"500!?"(Akira)
"That's scamming!"(Zalberg)

500G is indeed a big money.
It's quite easy to get for us who knew about the cow brushing quest.

"Aww. Then, how about this? I join 1 of the guilds here and each guild other than the guild I join have to give 100G per week."(Gifu)
"I guess that's alright."(Cynical)
"Yeah."(Nura)
"Oh, and the Escapees don't have to pay me too. They've been working hard to manage the Judge System."(Gifu)

Everyone agreed.

"So? Which guild will you join?"(Hayato)
"Hmm? I guess..... the Dark Wings."(Gifu)
"Eh!?"(Akira & Zelrc)
"I'm really interested in them. From what I've heard, although they are small, but they are one of the most strongest guild around."(Gifu)
"Alright."(Pixel)

After that, the meeting ended.
Looks like there's a meeting 2 days later in Society.
Gifu will apply to join when he goes to Society.

"As expected from the top leaders, I got a lot of benefits."(Gifu)
"What do you mean?"(Akira)
"At first, I said 500G per week from all of you. You guys said no. Then, I said 100G from each of the guild except Dark Wings and Escapees. That means 800G per week. Well, since they agreed, I won't say anything. Gishishi."(Gifu)

What a cunning guy......

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Author's Note
Yahallo!
I guess this chapter kinda became the "heavy" type.
I tried to lighten up the mood with Gifu's scam.
I hope it works!
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