Polymath Redux

Chapter 1 - An easy guide on how to demonstrate authority as a king

Polymath Redux - An easy guide on how to demonstrate authority as a king
Chapter I

[Hellgana Online].

An MMORPG that captured the hearts and minds of millions of players all over the world, with an estimated total of 12 million concurrent players at any given time. While its combat system wasn't that different from other games its mechanics and play style were quite revolutionary.

There were no strict [class] systems, a player could choose what kinds of skills and builds they wanted to focus on and train that to customize a unique character. Of course there were several builds that focused on 'efficiency' and 'maximum damage output' but for the most part the builds were very well balanced and thus many players had a variety of different methods to play.

Though that wasn't to say that the game lacked a barrier between 'classes', a 'warrior' could still be differentiated from an 'archer' and vice versa. Each skill had a [class level] of a maximum of 200 and on average it took slightly less than a half a year of casual playing to train every skill in a single class. Once you were finished you could then start training in another class to diversify your build, one that either augmented your first class or gave more avenues of attacks by picking a completely different class.

The various classes were:

[Alchemist]
[Magician]
[Necromancer]
[Archer]
[Templar]
[Cleric]
[Warrior]
[Puppeteer]
[Bard]
[Assassin]
[Demigod]

In total there were eleven classes which would take slightly over 5 years of casual playing to reach the absolute pinnacle of the game. A [Polymath], referring to a player who had mastered every single skill the game had to offer. Of course the game had only been out for just under 4 years meaning that there were hardly, if any, players who reached that title, except there was one.

[Mordred]. The game's first player to be titled as [Polymath], aptly nicknamed the 'king'. The only player who has publicly broadcasted that he had reached level 2200, the absolute ceiling of the game.

The [Demigod] class was a little special in that it required a player to complete all 10 other classes before being able to unlock it, for this reason it was a little bit more powerful than the other classes.

It was then that a message from a certain player was broadcasted to the entire server, this one message caused thousands of players to come rushing in to meet the player who had broadcasted it.

"[HELLGANA], YOUR KING HAS RETURNED!!"

The cash item - 'Megaphone' allowed a single player to broadcast whatever they wanted to the entire server. It was a relatively cheap item so there were many players who just bought these and item en masse and spammed whatever they wanted, to the annoyance of many players.

After only mere minutes of the broadcast the area in which the character known as [Mordred] logged onto was flooded with thousands of players. It was an area covered in volcanoes and magma; they were all here to see their king. Once he had fully loaded into the game the sound of their praises and worship began.

"EVERYONE ATTACK! KILL HIM!"

Yes, yes this was the warm welcome befitting of the strongest player upon his return. From a small glance it was evident that at least 1500 players had gathered around, to which Mordred smirked as he thought, 'are they underestimating me?' His screen was flashing violently from the particle effects from the various attacks the players shot at him.

However Mordred knew that he wouldn't die from something so weak. The corners of his mouth slowly turned up into a devious grin, 'I think I'm getting high off the sheer absurdity of my own strength', he thought as his grin completed.