Sword Among Us

Panda Novel

While the nurse helped Happy get a new VR Helmet, Happy picked up his own first gen helmet and put it on his head and tried to connect to the main webpage. Fortunately, even though it was a first gen helmet, he can still use it, but there were plenty of information and functions that were restricted, because he had to update his helmet.

He can play the game normally, but he will need the new helmet because he can get the newest pay-to-view battle replays.

Happy tried to enter the game interface.

There were only three functions in there.

One, to create a new character. Two, to check the information of the bank account bound to his game account. Three, the data of the battle replays he paid and saved.

Since there was the function that will allow him to reemerge in World of Martial Arts with his old ID, Happy skipped the first function and went straight to check his bank account information.

More than a year had passed, but even so, he still had some savings in his bank account. It all came from him selling equipment and some martial art manuals. He had about seven hundred thousand in that bank account.

This amount of money was already a very small sum to Happy, who had the ability to earn millions and even tens of millions in the other life.

But in this world, to him, who had nothing right now, this was a valuable sum of money that will serve as his kickstarter.

Of course, it will not be the kickstarter for the game.

Since the information in his bank account was completely preserved, there was no need for him to deliberately search for anything. He kept a lot of resources that he can still use in the bank in the game. Even though in his other life, those were just middle grade items.

The battle replays he bought were all kept from before, and those were all the first person battle replays from many high-end players.

Even though he already watched these multiple times, Happy still wanted to know whether he can access them with his current situation.

He chose the battle replay of One Emperor fighting against Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng’s disciples on the Forbidden City. Then, his vision darkened, and his surroundings changed.

One Emperor’s expression was one of arrogance and indifference while he stood on the desolate and bleak city gate to Forbidden City.

Standing on the roof of the palace across him were the successors for Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng. They drew their swords to fight against him, and the fight was incredibly intense. There were countless players at the area below them. They came over to watch the battle of the best fighters and to determine just who were the best among Ximen Chuixue’s disciple, Ye Gucheng’s disciple, and One Emperor. There were also palace guards all around them, and they surrounded the area so tightly that not a single drop of water can escape.

One Emperor moved without hesitation.

He charged straight into the sword glare that rose from Heavenly Flying Immortal.

Surprised shouts rose. Both disciples cried out One Emperor’s name together before they turned their attention to One Emperor instead of each other.

A bizarre, fierce, and black sword light rose from the dazzling sword glare and snowflakes!

The sword glare shattered, and the snowflakes crumbled.

At the moment their corpses fell from the sky, a faint huff rose, and it was a testimony of this solitary elite’s displeasure and contempt. That sound traveled far and wide among countless cries of surprise.

This scene will never happen in the other world now.

Happy felt a sense of ease in his heart, one that had been resting in his heart for a long time. Then, he felt a presence that made his blood burn and emotions surge.

This was the presence that belonged to his era and world.

This was the real solitary and aloof One Emperor!

Happy was immersed deeply in this feeling when he suddenly felt the hand he held twitch a little before it left his grasp quickly.

Happy moved. He quickly exited the battle replay.

“You’re awake.”

“You’re awake.”

When Happy opened his eyes, he was just in time to see Xu Yao’s slightly panicked gaze.

“I’ll go wash my face.”

Then, she turned around and headed into the washroom.

When she did, she did not come out even half an hour later.

Happy found himself a little speechless.

Even though they were still familiar with each other, a huge ravine that everyone can sense seemed to have appeared between them.

Fortunately, the nurse returned, and she got Xu Yao out of the bathroom.

“This is your helmet, and I got you lunch as well. You haven’t eaten, right?”

“Thanks, Young Yi.”

“It’s nothing. Next time, have your elite help me level up. Who knows? He might actually consider this to be my gift for him to take me in as his apprentice.” The nurse as if she had just gained something great.

“The doctors said that his body still isn’t well yet. He can’t enter the game so carelessly.”

“The doctors said he’s fine. Hmm… speaking of which, this is slightly strange. A normal patient will need a lot of care in various aspects after they wake up from a comatose state. It will be hard for them to make decisions for their own in many aspects, and they will feel a sense of panic and unease from them being out of touch with the world, but Chen Kaixin is different. All of his actions are so natural, and he’s taking so many initiatives in everything. He’s also very lively…

“Yup, he’ll definitely recover very quickly.”

The nurse’s words caused Xu Yao to feel slightly at ease.

But Happy’s words soon made Xu Yao feel uneasy. “Help me up so that I can eat. I need to replenish my stamina so that I can see whether I can recover my data.”

“Happy, you—”

“I’m fine. I’m just logging in to contact some of my former classmates and friends. I’ve been in a coma for one year and a half, and I’m wondering whether they still remember me.”

“…What about Blood Robes?”

“That’s between me and him. But don’t worry, I won’t search for him for now. He’s the eighth ranked player in the Sword Among Us Tournament. It has been more than one year and a half, and his qi realm should have reached Moksha Realm. His Star Sucking Great Skill can forcefully push him to Myth Realm. I’m no longer his opponent in all aspects.”

Happy might sound like he was giving off an impression of weakness when he spoke, but there was a pride and confidence that he could not hide coming from within himself.

The nurse and Xu Yao cast each other sidelong glances, and they appeared surprised.

It was very difficult for them to imagine how a comatose patient who had been lying in bed for one year and a half after that shock will become like this after he woke up.

“Young Yi, you have an area that is specially for recuperation, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Yao, help me swipe my bank card later. I’m going to book that place for three months so that I can recover as soon as possible.”

When he saw the look in Xu Yao’s eyes, which made it clear that she had something to say but was holding herself back, he knew that she had been living a very frugal life over this period of time. He said in a tone that allowed no argument, “My bank card is with you, and you know my password.”

He sounded like the Happy who controlled all of World of Martial Arts, and Xu Yao suddenly felt as if the Happy before her had changed.

Even when they were at their closest, he will always ask for her opinion instead of using this tactful but imperative tone.

However, for some reason, Xu Yao did not find herself averse to it. Instead, she was slightly excited by it. “Got it.”

“Young Yi, I forgot to ask for your name.”

“I’m Yi Xiaozao, but just me Young Yi. Many people say that I don’t look like a person who should be called Xiaozao,” Young Yi said with a smile.

“Alright. Can you lend me a computer for a day? I’d like to search for more information, so I’ll have to trouble you for one.”

“Sure. I have to work, anyway, so I’ll seldom use it. I’ll lend it to you for the time being.” Young Yi agreed to it frankly.

*****

Once he filled his stomach, Happy released a breath of relief.

“Whew…”

Not eating any proper food for over a year was truly too terrifying an experience!

Once Xu Yao put away the kitchen utensils and went to pay for the room, Happy turned on the laptop from Young Yi and quickly began searching for information.

The current World of Martial Arts was very far away from him.

He searched for some of the ranking boards in the current game, and he found that there were plenty of names that he did not know. In fact, his memories of some of the people on it were already beginning to become blurry.

There were few who left an impression in him.

It was just as Young Yi said. Wind Assault Tower was the biggest faction of power in the Chinese server, and the second strongest was Class One Hall.

Chivalry Sect had long since been destroyed, and right now, the Chivalry Alliance Red Dust and Lin Xiao managed were slightly weaker than Class One Hall. Even so, it was a show that they were actually pretty strong.

But when he thought about how Chivalry Sect stood at the top in the other world, Happy could not help but feel a pang in his heart. ‘Our worlds are different now, and I don’t have much contact with Lin Xiao and the rest. It’s a pity…’

But what surprised Happy was that once Blood Robes left Class One Hall, he built an alliance that was pretty large, and it was known as Blood Alliance.

There was no lack of evil and deviant sects in World of Martial Arts.

Due to what happened to Happy, Blood Robes’ reputation was completely ruined, and he decided to cast away the disguise he had so that he can draw people to him without having to hold himself back. He brought more than ten players in the evil sect to him and brought up an evil alliance. He also used the fame of the top eight in the world as well as one of the three kings in the Chinese server to chase after Chivalry Alliance and Class One Hall.

When he saw this, Happy frowned slightly.

What angered him even more was that Wild Wolves, the international mercenary group Silver Wolf mentioned, did indeed control a lot of the major factions of power in the world.

They basically had the strength of a few greatest factions of power in a country.

They relied on threats, forming alliances, assassinations, and other methods to obtain shares of the profit gained by other sects. Those who did not agree to them will have multiple higher ups being assassinated everyday. In fact, their branches will even be crushed.

In the world Happy just returned from, Wild Wolves had just begun taking action, but in this world, Wild Wolves had already controlled eighty countries, which was one percent of the world. They were the kings in the game, and many factions of power in the Chinese server, including Class One Hall, submitted to their tyranny.

Besides, with so many large factions of power giving them offerings, these people’s strength and equipment had already reached an astonishing level. In fact, when it was all accumulated together, it was already the wealth of a small nation.

When he saw this, anger rose in Happy’s chest.

Wild Wolves might be a mercenary group formed by top-class elites, but it should not have reached the level where they can control all of World of Martial Arts.

‘What exactly are these people doing?!’

While he scowled, he quickly entered One Emperor’s name on the search tab.

And yet, the first link that came out of the search results was this.

[When will One Emperor, the emperor who passed away, return?

[After the fight against Wild Wolves, One Emperor experienced his first defeat, and he vanished without a trace from then on.

[Wandering Know-it-all refused to reveal any information about One Emperor.

[The official developers have stated that they are unable to find out the player’s information as well, and even if they did, they cannot reveal any of the player’s information to the world. Hence, One Emperor’s whereabouts are a mystery.]

Boom!

Happy sucked in a sharp breath.

When he saw the first two pieces of information, his expression grew stiff, and even after a long time had passed, he did not recover.

‘One Emperor lost to Wild Wolves?!

‘One Emperor went into seclusion?!

‘What’s going on?!

‘Who’s going to tell me just what happened during the past one year and a half? One Emperor actually lost to Wild Wolves with his strength?’

This was a man he never managed to defeat in two different worlds, and he was defeated by Wild Wolves…

His emotions surged.

Happy quickly clicked a lot of links to check the details, and the results rendered him speechless. The battle showed there was a duel executed in a grand and imposing manner.

Wild Wolves’ boss, Evil Emperor was a man who gathered all ten Sky Demon Books, and he successfully practiced Great Dao Heart Demonic Seed Art. After exchanging one hundred moves, he defeated One Emperor.

This battle replay was uploaded by One Emperor onto the website in the end, and up till now, it was still trending as the most viewed battle replay.

But after One Emperor uploaded this battle replay, he disappeared without a trace.

‘Great Dao Heart Demonic Seed Art is one of the four great books containing amazing martial arts…’

When he saw this, Happy quickly reacted to the situation before he bought the battle replay and saved it. Then, he picked up the brand new VR Helmet by his bed before he quickly put it in on his head.

If Great Dao Heart Demonic Seed Art was truly that amazing, not only will the Chinese server in this world be in grave danger, even the other Chen Kaixin will not have much time to prepare for things anymore.