The Ruined World Was Mistaken for a Game-Chapter 70: The Things We Made Together (2)

The Ruined World Was Mistaken for a Game-Chapter 70: The Things We Made Together (2)

Translator: Dreamscribe
Shortly after the services in the EU and Japan launched, all the achievement quests were completed.
The very last place to complete the achievement quest was the seaside village Under the Sea. They had left behind an achievement quest titled “Let’s Catch a Big One” but it was harder to catch than expected.
It happened while the hero was dozing off while fishing on a reasonably well-made ferryboat.
“Huh?”
A mermaid quietly surfaced and placed a fish into the boat. As the boat shook under the heavy weight of the fish, the hero was startled awake.
The eyes of the hero and the mermaid, who was about to disappear into the water, met.
“U-Urgh?!”
The hero almost fell off the boat in surprise, and the mermaid laughed out loud before disappearing into the sea.
“Wow..., Under the Sea....”
Just like that, the final achievement quest was completed, and it became the catalyst for the Hero's first attempt to build a submarine.
The achievement quests had been enjoyable.
They were composed in a variety of ways, so there was no room for boredom. It was difficult, but that made it all the more rewarding. Every time one was cleared, the sense of achievement and satisfaction filled the heart.
Even novice heroes and heroes dedicated to production classes could make significant contributions. On top of that, the residents of Arsilan actively helped out, so it was only natural to be sincere.
The final reward of those achievement quests.
It was a mysterious fragment.
What on earth could this be?
Although the rewards were given to individuals, this seemed more like a collective reward than a personal one.
‘Could it be a main quest?’
‘Episode 2 content is insane. It just keeps pouring out!’
‘Seeing how it’s golden, it must be something important?’
‘We’ll probably find out once everything’s cleared?’
Many speculations followed.
They believed something would appear once all the achievement quests were completed. So, everyone took part passionately with a sense of anticipation.
That prediction was accurate.
When fragments began to appear in every city and village, they shimmered in radiant light, and a quest window appeared before the heroes.
[Arsilan] The World You Made
Behold.
The radiant world you have created.
The blue sky and lush earth, the countless lives.
Cities and villages brimming with life.
What makes Arsilan beautiful above all else is your presence.
But destruction is approaching once again.
The crisis is only beginning.
The great war is coming.
The forces of Erosion are reaching for the liberated Arsilan with their wicked hands. Let us unlock the seal of the old capital prepared for you and prepare for the calamity to come.
Reward: ???
Participants: All beings of Arsilan
A main quest appeared.
The unlocking quest of Episode 2, and the achievement quests that followed, were only the beginning.
“O-Ohh!”
“Wow!”
"Pretty, isn't it?"
All the fragments began to rise into the sky, scattering beautiful light. The fragments soaring from all the cities and villages drew golden trails as they shot toward somewhere.
As if they were stars guiding the way, the long trails drawn in the sky became a path of beautiful golden light left across the sky. It was just at sunset, so the path of light shimmered even more vividly in the glow of the twilight.
The old capital mentioned in the quest window!
The fragments were showing the way to that place.
The heroes stared blankly at the sky, then their eyes met one another. Immediately, they cheered and rushed out of the cities and villages. They moved to a place where they could teleport using the Hero's Flower, and then followed the guide in the sky.
Heroes who had bought mounts with Contribution Points rode them, while novice heroes simply walked. A high-level hero riding a stone horse approached the novice heroes who were walking.
“You’re walking?”
“Yes, we don’t have enough Contribution Points to buy a mount.”
“Hmm, just a moment.”
The high-level hero contacted their guild. Then, heroes riding stone horses appeared with carts hitched to them.
“Get on.”
“Oh, you’re giving us a ride?”
“We’ll probably be traveling all night, so it’ll be nice to chat along the way.”
The novice heroes bowed their heads politely and got on the carts. They were trade carts, so the space was wide enough to not be uncomfortable. The novice heroes looked up at the night sky.
Upon the beautifully shimmering golden path, countless stars had risen as if they were about to pour down.
"I saw in the library that that's the Giant constellation?"
“Oh, now that you mention it, it kind of looks like it....”
“Whoa! This is insanely romantic.”
The night sky that they looked up at together was beautiful.
Even the shattered moon looked pretty.
“By the way, why is the moon broken like that?”
“I was curious too, so I asked around. They say a legendary Archmage shattered the moon and dropped it onto the earth.”
“Wow, that’s insane scale. Sounds like a myth, but it’s real.... Ah! Since it’s a game, I guess it’s not actually real?”
“No! It’s real!”
The novice heroes chatted like that as they looked up at the sky and pulled out drinks from their inventory.
“Hey, would you like some?”
When a novice hero handed a bottle of liquor to a high-level hero riding a horse, the high-level hero shook his head.
“Drinking and riding is kind of... you know....”
“Oh.”
The liquor brewed in Arsilan certainly seemed to have a strong effect.
One by one, more people joined in, forming a long procession. Countless heroes were gathering in one place. Along the way, the Flowers of the Heroes bloomed here and there, and the number of participants grew even more. Even if someone had been doing something else or logged out, they could join from the middle.
The gathered heroes were full of individuality.
Heroes with horns, heroes with animal ears, heroes who had painted their steel armor pink, just like in real life, they freely expressed their individuality without worrying about others.
This many people were embarking on an expedition in a joyful atmosphere.
“What a spectacle.”
Even the vanguard heroes who had been enjoying Arsilan Saga since Early Access had never seen such a spectacle. After quite a long time of traveling, they arrived at the place the fragments had pointed to.
There, golden waves surged. Those waves formed a wall that hid something enormous. The fragments floating in the sky like stars began to gather into one as heroes arrived from multiple directions.
[Under Ella's blessing, the Fragment of Authority are merging into one.]
The fragments began to merge into one.
Merging while scattering light as strong as the sun, the fragments regained their original form.
[The Crown of Authority, born from the miracle of the heroes, has revealed itself.]
What the fragments had formed was a crown radiating dazzling light. It was as beautiful as if it had been woven together from the most beautiful lights in the world.
What was this emotion?
The Heroes couldn't tell.
There was something in that crown that made their hearts swell just by quietly gazing at it.
The countless heroes who had gathered there lifted their heads and stared at the beautiful crown for a moment.
[You are qualified to use the power of this crown. Make a wish. Ella will use the crown’s power to grant the wish you most desire.]
*Only the most desired wish, a proper wish fitting for Arsilan, will come true.
*After the wish is granted, the old capital will be opened.
The heroes blinked after reading the information window that appeared.
“A wish?”
“Whoa..., how does it work?”
Just as they had such questions, an input window appeared in front of each hero where they could type in text. A hero wearing glasses tried inputting his wish.
‘Please make everyone in Arsilan wear glasses.’
Once he entered that, the sentence he typed appeared on the golden wall. At the same time, all the wishes entered by the heroes appeared in a line.
‘Please make it snow in Arsilan.’
‘Please build a ski resort.’
Similar wishes merged and were rephrased.
[Please bring winter to Arsilan.]
*Please build a ski resort.
It changed in a way that could encompass all wishes, and subcategories appeared. The size of the text also grew. The most popular wishes were growing the largest.
Since wishes could be canceled and re-registered, heroes could select from the wishes shown on the wall or supplement their contents.
“Wow! This is a real wish-granting system!”
“Crazy god-tier game!”
“This is what a real achievement quest reward should be!”
The heroes were thrilled.
They could actually make a wish come true in Arsilan. Although it wasn’t a personal wish, but one shared and desired by many heroes, that made it all the more exciting.
What kind of wish would come true?
* * *
Jinwoo was in a good mood.
This wish event was something he had come up with and inserted into the scenario. Tia had also helped from the side. Arsilan Worlds had exploded with reactions to the wish event, and so had the employees at FS Games.
“Wow! After all the hardship everyone went through to clear the achievement quests, the reward turns out to be a wish ticket!”
“The narrative is insane!”
“If a wish that everyone wants gets fulfilled, it’ll be really touching.”
The situation room at FS Games was abuzz with excitement.
In that atmosphere, Jinwoo nodded.
The achievement quests in each city and village had been quite difficult. Some quests required raising levels to challenge them, while others placed importance on battle experience. If simply unlocking the largest city had been the reward, it would have felt underwhelming. That’s why he had prepared the wish granted by the Crown of Authority.
‘It’s going smoothly.’
It was going very smoothly.
Once achievement quests started being cleared one by one, Jinwoo gradually reduced Leon’s presence and even showed him scattering into particles of light on purpose. The current setting was that Leon had been reborn as the incarnation of the Holy Sword.
'After granting the wishes, giving a crown-decorated title, and opening the city would be the perfect ending.'
That city was intended to become the city of the heroes.
Various cultures were flourishing in Arsilan. Heroes were researching magic together, and even studying history. Magic engineering workshops were being built. That grand city would become a space where heroes could research and enjoy themselves freely. There was even space to hold various festivals.
The City of Heroes.
And the rightful owners of that city were, naturally, the heroes!
The crown title symbolized that. So, protect this city, which belongs to you, from Erosion! Defend Arsilan!
That was the message it carried.
It was a storyline meant to give the heroes a strong sense of belonging.
It was something Jinwoo had thought of when he obtained the crown from the Arsilan Golden Alliance. Tia had also come up with a lot of scenarios related to it, and emotional cutscenes were waiting in the wings.
‘As the golden wall disappears and the city is revealed...’
It was a beautiful presentation of the arrival of the city’s rightful owners.
Wouldn’t the heroes be moved and cheer at that moment?
At the same time, Leon would gaze at the wonderfully grown heroes and prepare for his exit. Jinwoo also thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea if Leon resided within the city.
Wouldn’t it be fine if he occasionally appeared in the city?
“CEO-nim, you look like you're in a good mood.”
Han Yong-seon looked at him with a smile.
“Yes, seeing the heroes happy makes me happy too.”
“Haha! I feel the same.”
Jinwoo and Han Yong-seon smiled as they looked at each other.
Once the city was opened, the heroes would become even more united. That would surely be a huge help in the upcoming war.
Jinwoo felt a bit lighter in his heart.
“CEO-nim, can any wish really be granted?”
“If it’s a wish fitting for Arsilan. The ridiculous ones are off limits. That’s why we set all those conditions.”
Han Yong-seon nodded at Jinwoo’s reply.
“Personally, I’d like to see snow falling in Arsilan.”
“That’s easily doable.”
Making snow fall in Arsilan.
For Jinwoo, it was an extremely easy task.
There was no need to use anything like Magic Tower or Magic Stones, he could handle it with magic alone. And for wishes that were a bit trickier, he still had enough Magic Stones to make it happen somehow.
“I think a swimsuit festival sounds nice.”
“Oh! I’d really like to see Tia and Helby in swimsuits.”
“A swimsuit release would feel pretty natural too.”
Hearing the employees’ comments, Jinwoo fell into thought for a moment.
If he could persuade Helby, wouldn’t it be doable somehow? He let that thought linger.
Jinwoo entered the CEO’s office and leaned back deeply into his chair.
“Things should get a bit easier now.”
Jinwoo praised his own planning and felt proud of himself.
He thought about checking the reactions to Arsilan Worlds but chuckled and let it go.
Alright! Time to work happily!
* * *
Arsilan Worlds was ablaze with discussions about wishes. Everyone was passionately debating the validity of their own wishes. Naturally, absurd wishes were excluded from the debate.
Currently, the wish leading in first place was the summer festival.
[Please host a grand summer festival!]
*Arsilan residents wear swimsuits (very important)!
*Request for the release of related paid items!
*Add games and toys that suit the summer festival!
It was a reasonable wish. Many other large and small wishes were added to it, but none could surpass it. It was so certain to become number one that FS Games had already begun development meetings. But then, an unexpected turn occurred.
Title: These days, Leon-nim...
Lately, Leon-nim hasn’t been around much and seems to be acting strange.
His body keeps shedding light particles.
Is he leaving again?
I get this weird feeling that something will happen to Leon-nim when the final city is unlocked.
Anonymous1 (KR): I felt that too.
Anonymous2 (JP): Leon-nim! You must be happy no matter what!
Leku: That’s right. He hasn’t shown up lately.
When a post appeared suggesting that Leon might disappear, similar posts began flooding in. Leon had already died once and had become the incarnation of the Holy Sword. And in Episode 2’s prologue, he had continued to die repeatedly.
It felt like something would happen along with the unlocking of the final city. Heroes began speculating about the story.
‘Feels like he’ll make another sacrifice.’
‘Since a war is approaching, I feel like he’ll do something again for the heroes.’
‘Ah, Leon-nim. He only ever helps others but never takes care of himself.’
‘Didn’t the King entrust Leon-nim to us?!’
Such conversations started circulating widely.
Then, a new wish appeared on the golden wall.
[Prince Leon-nim, the rightful heir to the kingdom, must inherit the throne and wear the crown! Make Leon-nim the king!]
*We want to see Leon-nim become king!
*We want to see Leon-nim dressed in all his regal glory!
*We want Leon-nim to be happy!
*Long live Leon-nim! May you always be happy!
*Let’s make Leon-nim king so he can’t ever leave our side!
*Please hold an incredibly grand coronation ceremony!
That was the wish. At first, it appeared small and tucked away in a corner, but it began to grow and eventually overtook the summer festival from the top spot. Other wishes were canceled one by one as users began to support this one instead.
The prevailing opinion became: let’s make Leon king so that he can’t leave. The crown created by all the heroes had become a shackle binding Leon, who had seemed ready to depart.
‘If we ask King Leon-nim, he’ll probably open the summer festival too.’
‘True. If it’s Leon-nim, he might even do a winter festival.’
‘Huh, the summer festival wish wasn’t that great after all.’
If they asked Leon after he became king, he would likely hold the summer festival. As that opinion gained traction, the summer festival wish gradually shrank and was canceled altogether.
While all this was happening, Jinwoo was preparing for the great war and the expansion of the Magic Barrier. He reviewed the scenario with Tia and spent his time busily. Then, he returned to the CEO’s office.
Han Yong-seon knocked and entered the office.
“CEO-nim, did you see the change in the rankings?”
“Hm? Wasn’t the summer festival in first place?”
Han Yong-seon grinned.
“It’s been replaced with something much cooler.”
“Really?”
At Han Yong-seon’s words, Jinwoo immediately checked Arsilan Worlds.
“Huh?”
Jinwoo froze as he stared at his smartphone.
“It’s absolutely amazing. Prince Leon, who wandered after the fall of the kingdom, became the Holy Sword to save the heroes, and then the heroes revived him as the incarnation of the Holy Sword!”
“......”
“Now, with the wish they earned by clearing those grueling achievement quests, they’re all united in wishing for Prince Leon to become king! Wow! Where in the world can you find a narrative like this?”
Jinwoo was speechless.
It was a far more reasonable wish than something like a summer festival. It seemed there was absolutely no way to refuse it.
“CEO-nim?”
“...I’d like to be alone for a moment.”
After Han Yong-seon exited the CEO’s office, Jinwoo turned his head and looked out the window.
The sky was unusually clear.
Jinwoo bowed his head, powerless.
*****
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Chapter 70: The Things We Made Together (2)