Game’s Dogma

Almost every guild in Yoda joined Dragon Alliance, some sooner than others. The alliance now had over twenty guilds and the number continued to rise. Naturally, the four major guilds were the leaders, and coincidentally, all four guilds invested a lot of materials and money into the alliance base.

Many guilds were now wary of Dragon Alliance. The so-called alliance of Yoda before was a loose organisation that didn’t register an official alliance; they didn’t have an alliance channel nor rules, thus most first-rate guilds disregarded the alliance.

Now, they had no choice but to face it: Dragon Alliance was now a major threat.

Drako Yau entered the base of Dragon Alliance, which was situated in a prime location of the city, near the resurrection altar. The base took up a large piece of land and consisted of various structures that were actually homes for different guilds. After entering the alliance base, guilds also had their little private zones for themselves, and many saw establishing a home in the alliance base an honour.

No one noticed the Level 30 noob who wore trash-tier equipment. Just like that, he snuck into the conference room without anyone batting an eye at him.

Only Greenstone and Idyllic Poet were in the conference room. Although Greenstone was the vice alliance master, he was just as carefree as Drako Yau. Idyllic Poet was the one who came up with policies and plans, while Greenstone’s duty was to execute them.

Seeing Drako Yau return, both of them heaved a long sigh. Idyllic Poet sighed out of relief upon seeing him return safely. As for Greenstone… he sighed because he could finally get rid of his cumbersome duties.

‘I don’t want to be the vice alliance master. Get someone else to do it,’ Greenstone said directly.

Drako Yau broke out in sweat. Aren’t I supposed to be the boss? Well, Greenstone doesn’t get paid for his work. He then used his authority as alliance master to transfer Greenstone’s role to Idyllic Poet.

Incidentally, he also chose to keep his ID hidden despite being the alliance master. While he had decided that it was time to make an impact in the game, it wasn’t the right moment to reveal his true identity.

Idyllic Poet was about to say something when she suddenly cut herself off and said, ‘Put on your mask, someone’s coming.’

Drako Yau nodded and immediately switched back to his usual outfit: the fiery red mask with a white dragon that spanned across it, the bloody Devil King’s Cloak fluttering in the breeze, and the Necklace of Deceit that had a chilly smile drawn on it.

He switched his equipment just in time before three players entered the room. They were all startled when they saw the crimson cloak.

‘Mask!’

Drako Yau turned around to meet them. The new arrivals were Assassination Coalition’s Judge Chui, Goemon, and the mysterious teen who performed splendidly in the war, Moonnight.

‘It’s been a while.’ Drako Yau greeted them with a nod.

Goemon chortled and went to pat his shoulders. ‘Man, you must’ve been on one hell of a holiday. Scared us all to death though.’

Drako Yau twitched the corners of his mouth beneath his mask. ‘Goemon… We haven’t met for so long, how about sparing my wallet this time?’

The passive skill Empty Pockets activated upon contact, so just coming into contact would trigger the stealing effect. Still, Goemon was thick-skinned enough to just laugh it off despite getting caught.

‘Mask! You’re so cool! I’m a big fan of yours!’ Moonnight exclaimed.

A fan… Drako Yau was almost speechless. ‘Hello there. The skill you used during the war was really powerful.’

‘Ehehe…’ Moonnight was a bit shy upon receiving praise from his idol, though he still couldn’t hide his pride. ‘My class is “Singer”. It can provide buffs to allies through singing.’

Drako Yau nodded. Moonnight’s support capability was indeed top-notch throughout the game. ‘What about range?’

Moonnight patted his chest and said, ‘Whoever hears my rock and roll receives the buff!’

This guy… Drako Yau was stunned.

Moonnight then briefly explained his skills, and the Singer class turned out to be a contradicting class that was both extremely powerful and weak at the same time. In terms of supporting capability, Moonnight was undoubtedly the best in the game; such a crazily overpowered class didn’t even exist in Drako Yau’s version of the game. However, it had a fatal drawback—the class had no offensive or defensive skills.

Singers barely had any skills. Among them, Summon Microphone provided buffs through singing, but it was very costly. Levelling it up increased its buff percentage, though a single level required 20 skill points. Moonnight had only levelled it up once to Level 1, hence the 10 per cent buff.

The other skill was Hi-fi Set. Similarly, it also required 20 skill points to level up, which increased the singer’s broadcast range. Much to Drako Yau’s surprise, Level 1 Hi-fi Set was already loud enough for every player across a battlefield that could house hundreds of thousands to hear!

And… that was it. Yes, Moonnight only had two skills.

As a veteran gamer, Goemon quickly saw the class’ great potential. Moonnight was merely Level 27, and it was only possible thanks to Assassination Coalition’s efforts as a guild to nurture him (by letting him leech experience). Levelling up alone wasn’t possible when there wasn’t a single offensive skill available.

Singers also had an innate passive skill that didn’t require any skill points to unlock—Hence I Sing.

Hence I Sing was a system that analysed the singer’s voice. Whether the voice sounded good or poor, inspiring or dull, merry or tragic, they all brought about different effects. For example, ‘Song of Battle’ was deemed a suitable choice for going to war, so it granted everyone the 10 per cent buff.

Apart from being an experience leecher, Moonnight also tested out different songs and tones by letting the Hence I Sing system analyse his singing whenever he was in the game. Some songs debuffed the enemy, while some others gave allies debuffs instead because the system determined that the songs were trash…

The class’ profoundness blew Drako Yau’s mind; the game designer who came up with such a class had to be a genius.

Thankfully, the class ended up in the hands of Moonnight—an ally.

‘The historical rock band Mayday is my idol!’ Moonnight’s eyes sparkled as if he could see the five-men band performing a hot-blooded rock song right before his eyes. ‘However, there’s five of them. They’re a band, and I’m all alone. I’m not qualified to stand by their side, so I named myself Moonnight.

‘I’ve loved singing since I was a kid. I’ve sung many songs and even tried composing myself, but I don’t like this era’s music. The songs nowadays lack something… Yes, soul! They sound soulless.

‘Only when listening to songs of the past can I feel the soul within them. After that war, I realised music these days is merely superficial. People pursue techniques in singing, yet they forget the nature of music and what it entails.’

Words flowed out of Moonnight like a broken dam as he talked about his profession, his dreams. Never had he imagined that one day, he’d become a singer that inspired the world, much more than Mayday ever did!

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