The Beaters

[The First Floor has been successfully cleared, Returning to the surface is now possible for everyone.]

[Would you like to return? Y/N]

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[Kirito: by the way, why did you do that before?]

[BallsDeep69: what's 'before' again?]

[Kirito: At the assembly, where that guy tried to frame the beta testers]

[BallsDeep69: Which one? The one where I totally beat you and Diabel or when I beat everyone else?]

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[BallsDeep69: hello?

[Kirito: The one where you break everyone's spirit. You do realize that your actions would create a wall between the testers and beginners right?]

[BallsDeep69: So? Wasn't there always has been a wall there?]

[Kirito: What do you mean?]

[BallsDeep69: Let me ask you one thing. Where do you think the other beta testers are currently? Why have they not appeared to help the newbies yet? The answer was actually pretty simple.]

[Kirito: what is it?]

[BallsDeep69: Casuals, mortalities, and the very definition of a human being.]

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[BallsDeep69: Casuals are players that are actually having fun with the game. They call themselves beta testers, but all they did in the beta was move around their body while having fun.]

(A/N: Almost the same as how you're only sailing around having fun without knowing the actual story in Assassin's Creed Black Flag or how you always played unrated in Valorant. No lose, no rage.)

[BallsDeep69: Having their experience in the beta for granted, they came to that one spot for hunting grounds to gain exps. Not knowing the fact that the mobs they had known for so long in the beta were changed. With new attack patterns or even some poisonous laced needles, stuff like that. In the end, they died even faster than the newbies.]

[BallsDeep69: And lastly, you know just how stupid and toxic the gamers community is. You meet all kinds of people in the sinkhole. Those who are friends with you just so they can level up faster. Or they'd PK'd you for some items. The moment they realize you're a beta tester, how can you guarantee they're not the type of people who'd get some dirt on you?]

[Kirito: but what you did, wouldn't it make it worse?]

[BallsDeep69: No. As you said, there was a wall between the Beta and the noobs. But all I did was strengthen the walls with bricks and cement. And I made a huge gate that will allow people who are willing to work hard to leave and enter.]

[BallsDeep69: this is the most efficient way. Think about it. Those noobs would probably create a faction of their own. Once they did, how many players would it take to destroy our own humanity? Would they gain control and start making a government? Would they create a system that makes you pay taxes? Towns are safe zones, what do they need taxes for? Why do you think... That people like Kibaou wouldn't extort people for items or intimidate them?]

[Kirito: That... Is just some speculation. You don't know what the future holds.]

[BallsDeep69: I know people like him. If you were to read a book while listening to his speech at the time, the only thing you'd ever hear is the part where he demanded all the items from the beta testers. The others generally agreed on a little to that idea since it gained them something. No such thing as anger or resentment is directed by his words.]

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[BallsDeep69: I know what you would've done, Kirito. You would've made yourself the bad guy in order to make an illusion that not every beta tester is greedy. You can go ahead and shoulder all those hatreds for all I care, but you know... Those underaged players in Aincrad are easy to make use of, crafters can also be threatened, low-level guilds can go into debt, and red players might be roaming out there without a cursor to mark them.]

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[BallsDeep69: I wouldn't take the chances. So deal with it]

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"know what I would've done--- huh?" Kirito sat on his bed. He was welcomed by his family, and some matters involving the government were put up on hold.

"Just how far is that guy looking into..."

He mumbles while the white screen in front of him disappears with a swipe of his hand.

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--- Okamura Akihito's POV ---

"Huh? Hidden bosses? Ah, I lied about that."

[The Forgotten Dragon King is at loss for your words]

[The Monkey King is laughing at your lies]

[The Monarch of the beginning was not impressed]

[The Goddess of Night is slightly amused]

[Administrator K is watching you]

Administrator K... This guy appeared once I said those words.

K... Is it Kayaba? Or does the alphabet have no relationship with their real names?

How curious...

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Just like what the system said before, it will try to change some parts of Aincrad and features of the system.

One of those would be...

[Streaming feature has been unlocked]

Streaming.

Right, you know a few manhwas have this feature already.

I tried it, and... For some reason, it gave me a flash disk after I ended the stream. The insides are the videos that humans can watch.

How convenient.

But other than that...

"Nii-sama! Can I go to the castle now?" This is Hiromi's voice. She just finished a set of her Katana practice.

She seems to have changed to a Katana as her main ever since I showed her how to use one.

"Not yet... Wait a few more days when the government will start acting."

I need to wait for the right moment for Hiromi to enter Aincrad. It seems like checkpoints have now been implemented, simply put; you won't be teleported everywhere else, but to the last location you were before on the surface.

I find myself back in my room unlike before when I was suddenly transported to a park near my neighborhood.

Now then...

*Ding*

[A month has passed. Calculating the survival chances of the chat group.]

*Ding*

[A Group Quest has arrived!]

I'll make sure to gain the most of it.

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To be continued.