The Metaverse World
The Prabu Pandu
In front of the palace door was a guard before, when he saw Heru Cokro he asked, “Do you want to see his majesty again? I'll report.”
Heru Cokro shook his head and smiled, "No, we came today to see Prabu Pandu."
The guard froze for a moment and said, "Of course, please wait a moment."
After the guard left, Maya Estianti looked at Heru Cokro adoringly, "Sir Jendra, you are so amazing, even the palace guards treat you with great respect."
“That's because I came yesterday, so he recognized me.” Heru Cokro said helplessly.
The guard returned quickly and said, "The king will see you now!"
Heru Cokro nodded and once again followed the guards to the palace. On the way, Maya Estianti looked around, and seemed very interested in the ancient palace. Since this was a normal thing, Heru Cokro did not stop him.
This time Prabu Pandu chose to meet Heru Cokro in the main hall which was several times larger and grander than the queen hall. On the floor was an old gray stone and its surface had a floral pattern.
Walking into the main hall, there were four steps, on both sides stood two guards with long spears. In front of the stairs, there is an oval-shaped wooden door similar to a flower motif, which shows the depth of knowledge of the construction of the ancestors.
Across the oval door is the main hall. There were 3 small tables on the very low side, Heru Cokro guessed that one needed to sit cross-legged, it was already in line with the business era.
In front of the two main halls were two steps and on top of it was the throne of Prabu Pandu, behind him was a picture that looked majestic and mysterious and filled with wild energy.
Seeing such a situation, even the energetic Maya Estianti calmed down.
The emperor was seated on a throne, he was wearing a black robe and a tiger skin belt was tied around his waist. On his back hung a black robe and there was a necklace of wolf teeth on his neck, in the middle of which was a black stone. There is no other jewelry.
He had bronze skin, a wide tall face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, his facial lines were very hard, a thick beard, scattered hair, and was full of male masculinity.
“Representative Jendra (Maya Estianti), greet Your Majesty!” Heru Cokro and Maya Estianti bowed, while Mahesa Boma was stopped by guards outside the main hall.
"Greetings!" Prabu Pandu used a voice filled with charisma and said, "Yesterday, my wife told me about you and today you came to see me, do you have anything to report?"
“Baginda, as a representative, I have to inform you about the status of the player's squad. Therefore, I came here to report to Sire.” Heru Cokro said, even he felt his words were full of lies.
Prabu Pandu nodded happily, "Not bad, not every day there is someone so smart."
“The player squad has 8000 people and I can move 2000 at any time. In the final battle, I was able to move 5000 and the remaining 3000 were not under my power. His troops were mostly sword shield warriors, there were also archers and cavalry.” When Heru Cokro reported, he did not forget to leave the bait.
"How's your combat power?"
“I wouldn't dare say to anyone else, but my 2000 people are strong fighters and ready to fight for Your Majesty.” Flaunting like this made Heru Cokro ashamed, even Maya Estianti on the side could not help but laugh.
“I'm willing to risk my life!" Heru Cokro shouted in excitement.
Maya Estianti's mouth was gaping, she did not dare to believe, "This, you got a mission by doing this?"
Heru Cokro did not care about him and checked the system notifications.
“System notice: Congratulations to Jendra player for activating a D rank side mission (sending mail).”
“Mission Background: The main battle is on us, Prabu Pandu has started to gather various support.”
“Mission Requirements: hurry to Prabu Pandu Dewanata camp and tell him to gather his troops in Hastinapura. Mission reward: 200 achievements, 400 war contribution points.”
“System notice: Congratulations to Jendra player for enabling B rank mission search [Investigation] (shareable).”
“Mission background: Prabu Pandu wants to understand the situation in Prabu Temboko camp.”
“Mission Requirements: go to Prabu Temboko fortress and investigate its military situation. Mission reward: 400 achievement points, 1600 war contribution points.”
Before waiting for Heru Cokro to recover, a series of battle notices sounded.
”Battle Notification: Jendra player has activated side quest, officially activated the battle contribution leaderboard, the players please see it.”
“Caller: There are three ways to earn Battle contribution points, first complete side missions, second kill enemies, and third is overall performance.”
“Battle Report: Assassination contribution points in the battlefield will be calculated as follows; Kill normal soldiers from the enemy camp, earn a reward of 10 contribution points. Kill a normal general, get a reward of 100 contribution points. Killing an important General from the enemy camp, earning a reward of 1000 contribution points. Kill the enemy camp leader, get a reward of 20,000 contribution points.”
”Battle Report: The overall contribution calculation is as follows; After the battle, based on their overall performance, contribution and assistance to the camp, calculations will be made and additional contribution points will be tabulated.”
“Battle Report: After battle, contribution points will be converted into achievement points with a ratio of 10 to 1. In addition, based on the leaderboard, rank 1 will be awarded 4000 merit points, rank 2 will be awarded 3000, rank 3 will be awarded 2000, rank 4 to 10 minus 200 for each rank, rank 3 will be awarded 200, from rank 11 to 20 is 500 points, 21 to 30 is 400 points, 31 to 40 is 300 points, 41 to 50 is 200 points, 51 to 100 is 100 points. Lastly, there is no reward for anyone after the 100th position.”
This kind of reward system is typical of a pyramid with those at the top getting better prizes and the difference widens when the position goes down, forcing players to try their best. Under such a system, the huge difference in rewards would further increase the difference in strength between rulers, causing the big winners to be able to increase their rankings faster than others, so that they can bring more soldiers to the battlefield in the next time.
This type of system is a negative cycle for weak players. On the contrary, for strong players it is a positive cycle. It is the law of the jungle, where the strong survive and the weak are disqualified.
After the battle report, Heru Cokro heard more system notifications.
“System notice: Congratulations to Jendra players for activating the battle contribution leaderboard, rewarding 500 contribution points.”
Waw! it was a pleasant surprise. However, 500 contribution points was only 50 points. For his current rank, it was only a small sum.