Quickly, I set it in a nice corner of my inventory as I thought someone may come and take it.
[A legendary item [Merlin's Staff] has appeared in the Stone Henge.]
A server-wide system message that never ceases to ring whenever someone is doing well rang out into the air. Well, this also happened when a legendary tier item was found in the USA server as well. Since it had no direct relation with me I simply disregarded it, but it felt different as I was personally acquiring it.
Ahh, now's not the time to do this.
I hurriedly pulled out a valuable magic scroll from my belongings.
[You cannot use this yet. You can use this after 1 minute and 25 seconds.]
I attempted to immediately teleport back home but I was instead met with a system message along with a failure message.
"Argh… I wasted a scroll."
Although it might sound frugal, it still was a waste of a scroll.
Why am I in such a hurry? The answer is simple. In the past, when a legendary item was found in the USA server, no one was able to completely figure out who the actual owner of that item was. Therefore it was always shrouded in an air of doubt and suspicion. But I'm in a different situation right now as I'm the only user in StoneHenge. I had already advertised to the whole server that it was me, and because of the fact that there were server-wide notifications for 'SSS tier quest' as well as 'Legendary item drop' ringing out consecutively, anyone with a brain would be able to figure out that it was me that must have acquired the item.
Although in the past I always watched the struggle for those legendary tier items from the sideline, I suddenly realized that this must be the same thing they're going through.
It was the first time I was so glad that I had already blocked all whispers and direct mails, on top of not having joined any guild. My friends list was also completely empty as if I had just started playing this game for the first time.
This is a bit concerning.
How come I didn't have a single registered friend? Considering that it had been 5 years since the game had opened, it meant that this lady who I am in possession of had been enjoying only single-player content this whole time. I mean, even though you do get all the spoils and EXP for playing alone, you should've met at least one other user in those wide hunting grounds, right? You would naturally find yourself making friends as you hunt in groups and get to talking with them as you hunt monsters.
"I'm getting too worked up…"
I shook my head and just considered that was the case. There was no need to be worried about such a fact when it was of no help for me at all.
"Let's go back to the Sky Castle before finishing my online session here."
Now only a few seconds were left on the seal to put on teleportation magic. When the timer reaches 0 and it was unsealed, I immediately used another teleportation scroll to teleport back to the Sky Castle.
[Disconnecting from server.]
After arriving at the Sky Castle, I felt an overwhelming rush of exhaustion come over me so I decided to disconnect from the server. After going through all those crazy events just on the very first day I connected to the game, I was so tired that I had practically crawled out of the capsule as I exited.
"I'll have to shower again."
I remarked as I looked at my clothes completely wet with sweat. It looked like I had no choice. In the end, I picked a few clothes from the wardrobe and went to the bathroom for my second shower of the day.
As I dried my hair and looked at the time, it was around 6 in the afternoon. Looking outside the window, I saw that the sun was starting to set.
laid on the sofa of the living room. Even though I was certain it was a living area, the layout of the room was done like a suite, making it nearly identical to any bedroom you'd find. On one side of the wall was a giant TV hanging on it.
It looks to be over 100 inches in size.
Since I still needed to burn some time waiting for my meal to arrive, I picked up the remote on the table and turned on the TV.