The Nameless Crown
Chapter 6 - Special Player

From the east came a beam of light that illuminated the entire place where Lesta's house was. Yes, it is the marker that the morning has been greeted by a glowing yellow round. The sound of birds chirping that sounded so carefree in the morning, made Ryan who had been slapped finally woke up.

Although at first he still rolled here and there. Until finally his head hit the wall and then fell from the top of the bed with the position of the head that landed first, while the buttocks and legs raised upwards.

“Ouchh... aww, hoammm~ apparently already morning.”

When he held the head, a stinging feeling made Ryan a little irritated. Because the pain is completely different from the other pain. At that time he immediately rose from his shameful position.

Rubbing his eyes and then occasionally yawn back. Walk towards the main hall where Lesta might be. The handle of the door is turned and then pulled in. After that Ryan immediately stepped out of his temporary room.

And sure enough he found Lesta reading a book. He was sitting facing the outside window. Because he did not realize that Ryan was behind him, with ignorant Ryan gave a typical greeting of Bandung youth.

“Heee sia keur naon?!”

Ryan said with an elevated Sundanese accent like finding someone reading a forbidden book. Books that can only be accessed by [18+]. Lesta was shocked until he spontaneously stood up and hit the top of the open window.

His book fell down, now he was holding his head in pain from the impact. Ryan could only laugh giggling to himself, Lesta immediately looked towards Ryan was. Walking quickly and strangling him like he was going to kill someone, even if he was just joking.

“A-what are you doing, Ryan!”

Lesta wiggled her giggles tightly enough to make Ryan stagger a little. After that he immediately took his book that fell while holding a wound on his head it.. ‘it looks like it will inflate’ that is what he is thinking now.

But Ryan walked around like he was dizzy. He can finally control himself again. Not long after he fell down and felt nauseous, he immediately ran outside the house. Right behind Lesta's house could hear a man who was vomiting from drunkenness.

Moments after that the front door opened again, Ryan emerged from behind that door.

“D-where is the bathroom?” ask her while walking slowly like a Zombie.

Lesta immediately showed the location of the bathroom by pointing it with the right index finger. Then like the wind Ryan immediately ran fast towards where it was.

A few seconds later he came out of the bathroom and went to Lesta. He immediately attached his right hand to the right shoulder of the cake maker after being in front of him.

“A-I didn't expect even such an effect to exist, ihh. So Lesta, aren't you taking me to your friend's house today?”

“Not until you clean yourself up first, Ryan. Look at you.”

Ryan spontaneously looked at his own body. It looked very messy with clothes that were tattered like they were clawed by something. His black shirt was almost half torn, his left white trousers were missing to knee-length.

“Understanding?”

Lesta pushed Ryan back into the bathroom. Ryan couldn't say no, so he complied with his new friend and finally went back into the bathroom.

“Oii... Lesta, I don't bring towels or change of clothes, you better put this up as well

“No... No, Ryan, I'll prepare the rest. Later I will keep a towel right in the closet next to the bathroom while the clothes instead I will put not far from there.”

Obviously Lesta while showing her the location of her room. After that Ryan can only resign and finally follow Lesta's advice. Now that the messy man was in the bathroom, he started taking his clothes off. However, once he tried it could not....

“Ah, I remember.”

He immediately touched the invisible panel screen. As soon as it appeared, Ryan immediately touched the Equipment section then took off everything including his Scraft as well. Now he's completely naked.

“And one more, even something like this can also be.”

Even if he doesn't believe what he's feeling right now. However, the feeling when his body was hit by a shower of cold water and his body immediately shivered in the cold was not a dream.

“Elesis, your additional settings are really awesome .. brrr.”

Time passed and Ryan finally finished cleaning his body. Then open the bathroom door slowly to pick up the towel on the outside left of the bathroom door. He tried to grab it and finally succeeded.Fortunately Lesta did not see it.

The house looked quiet at the time, as soon as Ryan wiped his entire body dry with a towel. He also wrapped it around the lower part of his body. Then go to Lesta's room while looking at the condition of the house at that time.

There he lent clothes and pants. A plain white t-shirt with pale yellow striped blue training pants extends from the waist to the ankles. Ryan was wearing it.

After that use his red scraft again, gloves, and lastly is wrapped around his right hand with a white bandage. The last one is the sports shoes. Before he went to the bathroom earlier, if not wrong Ryan kept it right to the bottom left of the bathroom.

Ryan immediately approached his sports shoes. When he got there, he put it on. Lesta, who looked like she wasn't in the house, seemed to be outside.

Walking out of the house, Ryan immediately saw Lesta who was standing enjoying the cool morning breeze.

His short brown hair was fluttered by the wind so that it resembled a small grass.

“Do you have mem—ah.. It seems you are ready now, Ryan.”.

Now Lesta saw a short black-haired man who was a little long with neat and fresh conditions. He also wears the clothes he has prepared for himself.

“Then let's follow me.”

Ryan nodded slowly then immediately followed Lesta who was now leading there. Walk through the grasslands in the morning. The weather did not seem like too much cloud. But the sea of bright blue sky that stretches along the eye of the beholder.

In addition, right in some parts Ryan saw a robot that had been crawled by moss. Not only robots, vehicles such as a destroyed hot air balloon, as well as the carcass of a giant monster.

So vast he did not have time to think that the game world he now lives in is very broad. Although in the letter marked ‘Taman Kecil’ it seems that the game world is not an ordinary small park.

“Lesta, is there a robot that has been destroyed?”

Lesta looked back, a faint smile on her face.

“Not a robot but an Automaton, Ryan”

“Automaton!?”

Ryan immediately whistled in amazement, an Automaton. Actually the game he now plays into any genre category?

In addition, next to the edge of the meadow that he now passed, a forest with trellis trees that formed an abstract fence spread so long along the right edge of the meadow.

So vast, Ryan did not seem to suspect that Lesta's friend's house was so far away that he had to walk long enough to get to his house.

“My friend's house is quite far from here, so so as not to get too bored. I want to know how you feel about the world, Ryan? Especially you meet NPCs like me who are able to communicate well like other travelers.”

Curiosity began to emerge from within Lesta. He still has doubts about Ryan, does he fall into the category of good or bad?

The answer this time will determine how Ryan is in Lesta's actual view.

“Hmmm ... You want to ask my opinion?”

“As I said”

“Alright, but do not be disappointed..I think this is a mystery that is still tightly closed. Surely how we were brought here, I know you know how many players enter this world.”

Lesta was stunned by Ryan's words. How could he know it and again he was so calm there was no sign of disturbance at all.

“That's because NPCs are usually designed to optimize a game. Especially if the genre of MMORPG like this, then of course there will be a lot of players who enter... then the admin will send the data through the main server to give the NPC all information about the presence of the players who have come”

“Hooo .. great also you can know it”

“Not only that.. You're not actually a pastry maker, are you? Who are you, Lesta? For ordinary NPCs the actions you do are not ordinary but like there is an order or rather there is a curiosity, right?”

Both hands he glued to the back of his head while walking to enjoy the gentle breeze in the meadow. While Lesta seems to have been caught off guard, but he can still control his attitude well.

“What do you mean, Ryan? I am a tau” pastry maker

“Of course I don't doubt it, because your cake is delicious”

“Ah .. thank you—“

“But, what I want to emphasize is ... who you really are Lesta—I mean your main job. That pastry maker is your side job .. I know that,” cut Ryan in a cold tone.

A wide smile that was thin and also looked like a clown.

“Hehhhh... Great also you can find out that far. How do you know all that?”

“Eavesdropping of course, I know you were reporting something last night to someone of high rank. From your tone, your grammar and clear from your attitude. I don't know who that is for sure it's very important to you.”

On the way it was like there was a tension between two enemies wearing disguises with the word ‘Teman’. A slow applause rang out from Lesta's direction, Ryan's guess seemed to be correct.

“One more, what do you mean by Player 00?”

Lesta suddenly fell silent, but Ryan also put on a calm face while continuing to walk. Although usually in such circumstances it stops as well. However, he preferred to continue walking until he preceded Lesta who was still silent.

However, a swift movement emerged from Lesta, as if she had pulled out a magi sword from her transparent belt. A quick attack that cut the tension. The direction of the sword lesion was almost the equivalent of an axe that would execute the accused to death.

Unfortunately Ryan managed to dodge it quickly, he twisted his body to the left side then immediately jumped. Now he was behind Lesta with a dagger pointed towards her neck.

The distance of the dagger was only about 1cm, if Lesta moved a little then it was likely that his neck would be hollowed out and then shattered into pieces of transparent blue data that eventually disappeared.

“Quick tell me who you really are! Or your neck will drift—not more precisely crushed into pieces of unqualified!”

Ryan threatens Lesta who is now in an unfavorable position. Both of Lesta's hands moved slowly, then lifted by releasing the magic sword.

“It seems that you have given up now, your job must be a Magic Swordman?... Then now spit out all the information you know, or not your neck will be the victim.”

Lesta gulped his own saliva, the threat was not a bluff but real. If he is wrong just a little. He is really in a very dangerous situation.

“Reply reply!”

“Alright, alright. I am indeed no ordinary NPC”

“Huhhh. Where might an ordinary NPC be mediocre when his field is destroyed by a group of Monsters, let alone a sign that shows you the distress does not vibrate or does not emit excessive reactions”

“Huh?! What do you mean?”

“Sound well. NPCs in distress usually show exclamation points if they are in trouble or in a state of panic. For example, if he is being attacked by a monster with a very high level, but you even show a red question mark which means curiosity with wrapped in vigilance.”

Lesta fell back into silence in cold sweat, despite the cold wind caressing her body and face. Still, if you have a sense of nervousness and fear, the sweat will always appear.

“Then about Player 00 it?”

“Player is called as Special Player. There are about eight people who have different numbers than you, but they are also special. From Player 00 to Player 07”

“From tens of millions of Players? Which is true..where maybe only eight people who have special status like me”.

“That's a fact.. so can you let me go now?”

“Not before you answer it completely.. Or would you rather die in a place like this than die with honor?”

“ Arhhh.... Well I understand! You want me to answer let alone?”

Ryan smiled cunningly and in fact he had the inverse intention of each question.

“Continue again about you mean ‘special’ it”

“Special I said earlier refers to Special Abillity, but not included in the Job. In your case, Ryan. You are the most unique and the rarest of”

“Huh?”

“More briefly you have two Special Abillity. Let alone fit into the category of Phantasm, someday you will know it yourself.”.

Ryan gave a small peck, then he started crouching closer to Lesta who he could kill at any time.

“Thank you for the information.. guys,” the whisper is smooth.

A devilish smile appeared on Ryan's innocent face. He pulled back the dagger from the back of Lesta's neck. Then he stood back up and continued the journey while ignoring the man he had just threatened.

Lesta rubbed her neck to make sure there were no injuries. The male figure in front of him was more dangerous than what he had imagined before.

“If you think I'm dangerous, then that's a big mistake. Because I am not your enemy but a traveler who shares experiences with high-ranking NPCs like you.”

Lesta made sure there were no cuts to her neck. Then he got up while looking at a player in front of him.

“ Ryan is actually you who—“ is

“Listen this knight failed. Never underestimate anyone. Especially with my job now, even beginners, I will not underestimate my opponent. You should know that better than I do and also not want to be lied to because it's natural. You're easy to guess, especially when you say your job is a pastry maker with raised eyebrows. I was wondering why someone like you could be raised as a knight”

Ryan turned to face Lesta with a face that was difficult to guess

“I'm just a Player who was forced into a goddamn game like this because of my pet mistake that was quite lazy, clamp it!”

“Huhhh!?.. You really are a mysterious Player, Ryan.”

The magi sword was now back inside its transparent sheath now. Lesta now believes that Ryan is not the player who will bring disaster into this world.

“Quick... I don't know where your friend's house is, so can you go back on this trip... Lesta's. Arrhhh... and I can't believe, now I'm hungry.”.

Lesta smiled and then laughed. He stood up and walked back, now he and Ryan are side by side.

“But I'm really surprised, who are you, Ryan?”

“Hmm... only a student of class 2 SMA with semi-Hikikomori nature cheese martabak fans—forget part martabak kejunya”

“Martabak cheese again?.. hahahaha.”

The tension that made the atmosphere become heated now began to cool with a strange joke. At every footstep they set in the meadow it will become a memory someday.

The wind again blew from the south to the north, the rustling of grass was heard along the vast expanse. By being surrounded by the chirping of small birds flying here and there. Ryan and Lesta almost reached their destination until they were both stopped by a Monster with Unkown status.

Lesta was ready to unsheatheat her magic sword while Ryan, he had already entered into Assassin mode.

[O-o-o-our K-king H-he-help U-us.].

The monster was completely black in color, blurry like a bunch of ants. His voice was echoing and shrill and shrill. Then its existence disappeared right before Lesta flashed a swift slash.

“Disappeared?”

Lesta again sheathed her magi sword while Ryan hid his dagger which he had taken out. Ryan approached Lesta.

“Monster?”

“I'm not sure, but certainly like creatures with the ability to talk like the Players and also NPC”

“Are you sure, Lesta? Aren't you an NPC sure to know, ‘kan?”

“That's not what you think, Ryan. It's also the first time I've seen anything like it.”

Ryan was caught and then walked back ahead of Lesta.

“If so don't think too much. Quick, I can't wait to eat if at your friend's house there is food .. hehehe”

“Basic.”

Lesta laughed a little, then he returned to guide the journey that had been stopped by a black creature that could not be explained. Passing through a place that Ryan doesn't know about will help him open an unseen Map.

After they entered the tall bamboo forest like prison iron trellises. Eventually they both arrived at the place. Right next to the small river there is a house with a traditional style that is quite elegant.