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(Still, I say that, but things are really not looking great.) – thought Phantasia as he wandered through the streets.

[Current location: Kingdom of Kurjiwi – City: Red Ring]

(Player guilds are swarming this place, recruiting people to their side left and right.) – thought Phantasia as walking, a man suddenly bumped into him.

"Hey! Watch it!" - said pissed off thug looking player.

"?!" – however, the moment the man looked at who had pumped into, he got alarmed.

He saw an oni like mask covering the man’s face while also wearing a Japanese looking equipment.

(Damn! Wierdo, but I can tell that these are some high their stuff! He must be a high-level player!) – thought the annoyed player as he quickly walked away.

(And what is that race? Horns? Is he a demon... Then again... No. Is he an oni?)

"..."

(Well, at least this disguise work.) – thought Phantasia as he looked like some kind of oni from the Japanese folk tale.

(I’ve managed to use my skill to stich myself a new skin, making me look like I’m living person, while also using some horns that I’ve found, which looked oni enough to make this disguise work out.)

(Not only that, the oni race is present in this game.)

(They are not really demons in this world and they often are doing what they want, so me being here shouldn’t cause too much weird attention.)

(Still... The hell do I do here?)

(The Red Ring is one of the best places for the mid and high-ranking players to gather... But I wasn’t really expecting that huge kind influence of them having here.)

(There are several bases that belong to many different kind of guilds.)

(And many of them belong to different factions too.)

(Heck, there are also Blue Diamonds here!)

(Well, it makes sense now that I think about it.) – thought Phantasia as he visited the market, the workshops and even high-class area, which resulted in one thing.

Him finding players everywhere.

(With how much chaos is going on, the guilds not only need powerful bastards, but they also require numbers.)

(Single strong player cannot be in multiple places at the same time.)

(Simple put, they are using this place to build up their army... I wouldn’t be surprised if other peaceful zones are the same.) – thought Phantasia as he stopped at the park and sat down on the bench.

"Yeb... This area seems somewhat desolated and peaceful.... But still..."

*Sigh*

(Yeb. This is bullshit.)

(Any good bastards here will be snatched away by the other guilds.) – thought Phantasia as he opened up his friend list and contacted Thanatos.

"How are things on your end?"

["Pretty bad, if I’m honest."] – replied Thanatos.

["Any people I’ve found were already being snatched away."]

"The guilds?"

["Yeb.... Let me guess, you have same problem?"]

"Unfortunately, yes."

"I wasn’t fucking expecting that kind of trouble to occur... I should had looked bit deeper into it, my fault entirely here."

["Don’t blame yourself... Honestly I don’t think we have much of a chance if all peaceful zones are like this."]

["Still, I don’t think we should give up, not just yet."]

"Well, you are forgetting that they also need to fill the main criterial of being loyal."

"And that is the biggest problem too."

"Honestly, it would had been nice if somebody were to suddenly drop from the skies and-"

As Phantasia was about to start complaining, something suddenly smashed right into the back of his head.

[The connection has ended due the player engaging in combat.]

"..."

"Wut?" – said Phantasia as he looked behind himself completely pissed off, wondering on who would dare to strike him like that in the open.

"Fuckers!" – shouted the human woman player with short brown hair and blue eyes as she stood up while being exactly right next to the same bench that Phantasia was sitting at.

"Tch. You haven’t learned your lesson, you bitch?" – asked the annoyed player in samurai armor as he and several other players in Japanese styles get up began walking towards the short haired woman.

"We gave you chance and chance again, but you are still not fucking listening."

"Join the guild or piss off from our hunting grounds."

"Your hunting grounds?! Those are public hunting grounds, you greedy whores!" – shouted pissed off woman as she flipped off the Japanese equipped players.

"Hey. I’m trying to be merciful here and I’m giving you a choice here." – said the samurai player.

"So, I’m going to say this again."

"Piss off, if you don’t know how to accept mercy."

"..."

(Okay, what the fuck now?) – thought Phantasia as he somehow found himself in the middle of unknown situation.