140. Pretender or Authentic
"If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans." — Woody Allen
As he woke up once again after a long day of grinding, Paul could feel the onset of mental fatigue; working toward a singular goal so insistently was mind-numbing in the short term and crushing in the long term.
It created a feeling of mental fog and boredom.
Playing Harbinger's Call PvP was not a tedious activity, but as someone with years of experience and immense skill, it wasn't easy to truly immerse himself in the moment.
He knew exactly how important being the first emperor of the game was. Still, even with that knowledge and all his preparations, the feeling of using defensive siege for hours after fighting for 12 hours was crushing.
Despite it only being the fourth day of the campaign, he already felt it; if he had to do so for a month, he would become stir-crazy.