The Ace - Log Horizon

-ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔒𝔫𝔢-

I'm gonna be putting in voices for my characters, hope y'all are ok with that.

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"Alright! Another day, another epic session of Elder Tales!" One certain female cheered into her mic as she logged into the ever so popular game.

(3:25-3:43)

"Hah! Get on my level, Rebekah! There's nobody more excited to play this game than I am!" One of her longtime friends, Jasper says into his own mic as he too logs into the game.

"Honestly, you two. You're always so competitive towards one another when it comes to playing this game." A third person, Aleena, says as she too logs into Elder Tales.

"I swear, you and I are the only sane people among our group, Aleena. Regardless, let's try to relax for today. After all, today's the day when they finally release that new expansion for Elder Tales, the Novasphere Pioneers I believe it was called." The fourth and final person of their group, Zachary says as he joins his friends in the game.

"Agreed. Since it is to be launched in a few hours, I believe we should spend some time helping some of the newer players." Aleena says as she selects her avatar and enters the game.

"You said it! So we'll split up for the time being to help more players, and once the expansion is released, we'll meet back up to explore what's new in the game." Jasper says as he also enter the game, going off to a different area.

"You guys go on ahead without me on that. I've got a quest in Tartarus that I need to finish." Rebekah said, and the other three nodded.

POV Rebekah

"Great! It's settled then. Don't forget to check in every once in a while." I say before leaving the voice chat and entering the game. Almost immediately, I'm swarmed with who knows how many players, all excited to see me. You may be wondering why this is happening. Well as it would happen to be, I, along with the other three, are basically celebrities within the Elder Tales world. 

'How did this happen?' You may ask. Well, one reason is that we're the most powerful players to have ever played the game. The other reason? Well, to put it simply, We have been so good at the game from day one, that we have not died a single time from the moment we created our avatars. Not once, not even in the testing servers that are used to test new updates for bugs before they're released to the main servers. The four of us had all made it to level 90 without dying once, and we ended up banding together and forming our own guild, called the Immortals, which was a name that literally everyone said that we should pick for the guild, since we're basically gods at this game. We've become so well known throughout this game's community that even the game creators themselves acknowledged us, and rewarded our accomplishments with our very own in game event, completely designed by the four of us. Basically, if you manage to complete this event without dying once throughout the time you play it, you'd get rewarded with an item of your choice from a selection of four: A flute that summons a powerful dragon that fights by your side, a weapon that changes forms based on what class is using it, a set of gear that gives you insanely good stats, or an item of the player's choice created by the four of us. But, like in every event that games hold, there's a catch.

'What is that catch?' You ask. It's simple really. The event that we created is a right pain in the rear to complete. The reason for this being that you had to successfully fight and defeat all four of us, and that in itself was nearly impossible.

'Why is that?' You might ask. Well, remember how I said that the four of us were the strongest players in the entire game? Basically, you would need a raid sized party to even have a chance at defeating just one of us. Your battle strategy would have to be perfectly planned out and executed, and the entire party would have to be in complete sync with one another, because if one person slipped up, or missed an attack, they were dead, and their party members would follow swiftly after them.

And not just that. Even if you didn't manage to complete the event, if you managed to achieve what we did, and get to level 90 without dying a single time, you would be personally invited to join the Immortals guild, and get to add all four of us to your friends list. This was the most sought after thing by everyone in the game, even if it meant they had to create multiple avatars to achieve it. So far, only three people have managed to do this, and those three have since become important members of the guild. Anyways, back to reality. After saying hello to everyone and fighting monsters with them for a few hours, I said my farewell before I turned and made my way down to Tartarus, a zone of Elder Tales restricted to players level 80 and higher. It wasn't long before I made my way over to where my quest led me, Tartarus Castle, where I was meant to fight my way through in order to reach the throne room. It was large, as you would expect, surrounded by desolate lands and a moat of lava, with undead dragons circling high above.

"Oh boy, this might be tough. Oh well. What's done has to be done." I said to myself. The expansion would be released any second now, and that was the last thing I remembered before I suddenly blacked out.