Chapter 599 - Will You Choose to Become the King of the Undead or Choose to Live in Another World Starting From Zero

Time pa.s.sed by in a flash.

Like last time, Uehara would start a cataclysm event for players every year, which has also become an escape game for players.

Of course…

Every year, Uehara will not let go of the opportunity to invade Nazarick and kill all the NPCs there…

It was just that Uehara ignored the player’s freedom in this game. In the third cataclysm event, the player created a s.p.a.ceship to escape from the world, so a lot survived…

It was really outrageous.

This was also considered the player’s victory.

They called the s.p.a.ceship the new Noah’s Ark.

Even though the players and the game company boss were having a great time fighting, Uehara’s plan to collect world items in the game world was still coming to an end.

Apart from the two irrelevant world items that had yet to appear, the rest of the world items had already been taken by Uehara.

Uehara also began his first step.

In order to arrange everything that happened on this planet, Uehara created a polar night phenomenon in the real world and took the lead in putting the original planet into his black hole universe.

As long as he controlled this planet…

Only then would he be able to arrange everything else.

And this also concerned whether these players would quit the game.

Just as scientists around the world were thinking about where this rare polar night phenomenon came from, the YGGDRASIL players did not notice that their lives were gradually changing…

The work became busier and busier.

Even some rich people who were wantonly squandering in the game gradually had some trouble in their companies and had to return to the real world and spend a large amount of time.

No one could have imagined that…

All of this was because someone wanted the YGGDRASIL player to quit the game as soon as possible so that this game could gradually come to an end…

The number of players online was rapidly decreasing…

This kind of drop was simply a bit strange.

It was because Uehara has begun to gradually arrange their real life according to the ident.i.ty of the players this person has really worked tirelessly.

Uehara sat in the office and couldn’t help but look up at the sky, “I feel that my style is constantly declining…”

In the past…

As the one behind the scenes, he controlled the whole world with one hand and changed the Great Age of Pirates with the other. Now, he was controlling the real world to find a way to make players quit the game…

Why does it feel like his style was falling more and more?

However, this seems to be easier for players to accept than letting the game company directly announce that they were closed.

None of the players in the game world escaped Uehara’s clutches.

Whether it was the top guilds or the solo players, they have all been arranged by Uehara in the society to let them experience the poisonous beating of society again…

No matter what…

At least living in the real world…

It was better than crossing over to another world!

In an office building in Tokyo.

A successful young man sat in his office, depressed. He climbed out of his game pod with a melancholy expression. He had just logged on to the game and announced to his companions in the guild that he would quit this game.

In the past few years, his company had always been booming.

However, during this period of time, the company faced endless small problems. This also forced the young man to quit his hobbies and return to normal life.

In fact, he always wanted to quit the game.

It was just that the game YGGDRASIL was really fun, especially since the game balance was getting better and better, and the players were facing the same hatred against the world boss, which also allowed him to find a long-lost friendship…

However, his foundation was in reality.

There was trouble in the real world,

He was finally forced to leave the game.

In a small mansion.

A middle-aged man was carrying a huge game pod and placed it in the bas.e.m.e.nt warehouse. From then on, he would bid farewell to the game and return to reality.

Because his work was getting heavier and heavier…

If this continued, it was very likely that he would lose his job, and his wife does not like him staying in the game world all the time.

Now, the man had no choice but to let go of his dream of walking around the world with a sword in the game and return to reality.

Such a thing happened in every corner of j.a.pan.

More and more players faced the pressure of reality and had no choice but to quit the game, making YGGDRASIL more and more deserted.

Even the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild was no exception.

Even if they don’t have a lot of people, they still haven’t escaped from the devil’s clutches. More and more members have announced their withdrawal from this game. Now, the number of people online in this guild was also becoming less and less…

Only three to five people had been online for a while…

Because most of the people in this guild were social people. They have been clearly arranged by Uehara, and Momonga has gradually become an empty old man…

The Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Currently, the guild base was spa.r.s.ely populated. The originally lively guild hall only had Momonga and Touch Me at this time.

Touch Me sat on a chair in the guild hall and raised his head to look at Momonga, “I’m sorry, Momonga-san. I also want to quit the game.”

“Touch Me?”

There was a hint of surprise in Momonga’s voice.

“Because work has been more troublesome recently…”

Touch Me sat on the chair and rarely changed his heavy style. Instead, it seemed that he was leaving the game world. He relaxed a little and began to chat, “The daughter of the family has also grown up, and there are more and more things at home…”

“This is also normal…”

Momonga nodded slowly and continued softly, “There is nothing to apologize about… Moreover, many companions want to leave the game, but they are too embarra.s.sed to say it…”

Speaking of this, Momonga suddenly said, “Why don’t we do this? I’ll ask how many of our companions want to leave and organize a farewell party. At least we can still know their news and won’t leave quietly because of embarra.s.sment…”

“…”

Touch Me was silent for a while.

This man, who used to be quite prestigious in the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild, raised his head and looked at Momonga in front of him. He slowly nodded, “Actually, what Ulbert and the others said back then was right… Momonga-san, you are really the most suitable candidate to be the guild master.”

You are clearly the one who was most reluctant to part with these game companions…

However, Momonga still had to consider his companions. He will not try to keep them and even take the initiative to bid farewell to these cherished friends in the game world.

A person who likes to think about his friends…

It was no wonder that Ulbert liked Momonga being the guild master very much. This was because Ulbert was not walking the right path in the real world. People like them liked to get along with people like Momonga the most.

All Ainz Ooal Gown guild members received a message from their guild master, Momonga. It did not accuse them of not continuing the game. Instead, it was an excuse for them. This message only hoped that everyone could make an appointment to bid farewell.

At least…

Don’t leave quietly without a word.

It just so happened that at this time.

Something had disrupted Momonga’s plan.

No, or rather, let Momonga’s plan be more perfect.

The YGGDRASIL game company released a new announcement.

As there were fewer and fewer online players, the game company announced that it would permanently close the game that had been operating for twelve years, regardless of the players’ wishes.

To be honest…

Many players were grateful to the game company.

Because they were getting busier in the real world, they had no time to play games anymore. They were a little embarra.s.sed to face their past friends. Now the game company took the initiative to announce the closing of the game YGGDRASIL, so they did not need to face the guilt in their hearts anymore.

Because this was an uncontrollable factor.

And just the day before the game shut down, the number of online players of YGGDRASIL almost reached its peak, almost more than when the annual cataclysm event came!

This was really out of control again…

The Ainz Ooal Gown Guild was no exception.

Except for a few people who could not leave because of some important matter, most of the members returned to the game and made their final farewell to their friends.

“Really…”

Momonga sat on the chair in the guild hall and looked at the people present. He felt a little uncomfortable.

Momonga clearly just wanted to bid farewell to his friends, but because the game was going to close completely, he was also sent away by the game company…

Now it’s good…

Everyone was truly going to bid farewell.

“Everyone…”

Momonga slowly stood up and looked at his companions complaining about the real world’s troubles. He shouted, “We have to leave now. Why don’t we go for the last guild event…”

“What event?”

“It won’t be too long, right? Before 12 o’clock, you have to go to bed. That way, the chance of getting pregnant will increase…”

“Ah? Is there such a thing?”

“Hey, hey, hey, this method is not scientific at all!”

“At least there is a little hope…”

“In a while, I still have to coax the child to sleep…”

“…”

The Ainz Ooal Gown guild members were noisy as if they had reopened the chatterbox. Everyone began to talk about their lives again.

Momonga reached out and held their guild’s scepter. He slowly lowered his head and whispered, “Then forget it. Let’s bid farewell here. I hope we will meet again one day…”

Momonga was just like the old days…

He had always been a good teacher.

No matter what happened, he would prioritize his friends. In order to maintain their friendship, he regarded them as the most precious friends in his life.

“Wait…”

One of them stood up and looked at Momonga. He spread out his palm and said, “Hey, hey, hey, don’t give up so quickly. Let’s talk about what kind of event it is first…”

“Bring down the World Boss Uehara Naraku.”

Momonga said with some embarra.s.sment, “We have done almost everything in this world. It seems that there is nothing that we can’t do…”

“I see…”

Touch Me nodded. He sized up the people present and continued, “It seems that apart from the cataclysm incident, we haven’t officially fought against Uehara Naraku because of me, right?”

“Mm…”

Momonga looked at his friend and nodded, “In the past, we were worried about Uehara Naraku’s favorability to Touch Me-san. We never fought with our full strength. After 12 years, the game will finally close down, so Uehara Naraku’s favorability won’t be useful to us…”

Because once the players with the Ring of Destiny attacked Uehara Naraku, Uehara Naraku would directly take back the Ring of Destiny, and all the favorability would be completely cleared.

Moreover, they had always been worried that the cost of challenging Uehara Naraku was too great. If the cost were too serious, it would cause the entire guild’s strength to decline…

This was also the reason why they did not challenge Uehara Naraku.

After hearing Momonga’s suggestion, all the Ainz Ooal Gown guild members looked at their companions and whispered a few words to each other. Then, all the members nodded gently…

Such an activity…

It seemed that they would not waste too much time.

Now that the game was about to close, they did not need to worry about their losses. There was no need to fuss over temporary gains and losses. All they needed to do was to indulge for the last time!

In fact.

Challenging Uehara Naraku…

It was not only the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild that thought of this.

Some players from the 12 major guilds also had the Ring of Destiny. They were qualified to challenge Uehara Naraku, so they were also talking about this…

As a result…

Nature was no different from what it used to be.

There were even several guilds united together, calling on all players in the world to start an ultimate carnival feast on the plains of Midgard to bring down Uehara Naraku!

This kind of thing…

It was absolutely impossible to happen normally.

However, today was the moment when the game was about to close so the players rushed to partic.i.p.ate in the party, even if they knew it might be a death party!

On the plains of Midgard.

No matter how big the battlefield was, it would not be easy to spread it out. Hundreds of thousands of players rolled over and over again. Countless precious artifacts fell to the ground, but no one picked them up. Because no one cared about these virtual items that were about to disappear.

Because after midnight…

The game would completely stop.

Hundreds of thousands of players did not care about the equipment and levels they dropped. They just died and quickly revived until they fell to the lowest level limit…

There were even some players who had died hundreds of times, and even their cla.s.s levels had fallen. They only wore white clothes and continued to charge in Uehara’s direction!

Even if they do a little damage…

That was also the victory of these players!

As long as every player could attack and reduce a bit of Uehara Naraku’s HP, they would be able to bring down this world boss. There were hundreds of thousands of players here!

“These people must have gone crazy…”

Uehara raised his hand, and lightning fell from his hand, knocking a group of white-clothed players to the ground. His expression was slightly ugly, “If they don’t quit the game before 12 o’clock, something big will likely happen…”

At that time…

What should it be called?

After 12 o’clock, if these players still want to continue, they will likely enter the foreign world in this state. What should these players be called then?

Life in a Different World from Zero?

“Forget it, let’s wipe them out in the end…”

Uehara closed his palm and summoned a flood that flooded Midgard Plains. A light flashed in his eyes, “Touch Me of the Ainz Ooal Gown Guild invited me to the Great Tomb of Nazarick… I hope they can be more rational!”