Brother Assist's shock was nothing compared to Sword Demon's excitement, as his eyes literally lit up when he heard this. "Are you for real?"
"It's just a rumor," Deep Waters replied and everybody settled down.
"That's wonderful." It was rare for Sword Demon to get so excited. In actuality, Parallel World was an extremely challenging affair for the heavy smokers out there. Plenty of players looking melancholic and irate were entirely due to their addiction to smoking, which the MMO had been unable to help stem. This sort of suffering was something non-smokers would never understand.
Not smoking for twenty-four hours straight was a lot harder for Sword Demon than grinding on monsters for twenty-four hours straight. His old IGN 'Smoking Addict' was not just for show. Rumors had it that two pounds of cigarette ash could be found in the keyboard he often used, and that was only the ash that accidentally fell between the crevices.