Necromancer Dreams of Mechs Chapter 19: Chapter 22

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Chapter 19: Trophies Are All That This Menu Has To Offer "Alright, now I am just confused," Ciara said after watching Allen skip along the same hopscotch pattern for over 75 times. Nathan shrugged. "Achievements have been unlocked, and there isn't really a base line for this game or his class, so Allen is just going through the motions to see what kind of system is in play. So far, he has gotten 15 achievements over the last 6 days. While he might not get any style points for his approach, Allen is clinical with the way he approaches achievements." "But hopscotch?" Ciara asked, but it was Mr. Williams, Nathan's father, who answered. "While something like this may look simple, I am rather impressed. There is an AI that deems what is considered an achievement, and this little game Allen started with is brilliant! He throws those two boulders he got his troll to carve into dice, and then rolls them for the number he needs to hop, while also throwing them father each time. Once he completes the pattern, he will start the whole thing over, but with a new set of patterns. Each step lets him test different parts of his character, while also probing for what is considered an achievement in this world. His test checks repeated actions, mobility, pattern recognition, and many other variables, but if there is one thing I have learned after a year of playing VR, and 43 years in real life, it is that there are always ways to game the system," Mr. Williams explained, and then grinned. "But why did he call it the Achievement Dance of Doom?" Ciara asked, and Nathan put a hand to his face. "Again. Nerd that never gets out. I know he knows we can see him, but he doesn't care. Can't you see that maniacal grin on his face? It gets worse each new achievement path he discovers. I tried to warn you last year. Allen has a bad case of nerd, and it is likely terminal," Nathan chided with mock seriousness, making Ciara roll her eyes, but then she rubbed her arms, looking around. Both their fathers had left to talk to the support team, and how to deal with Allen being outside of the Mage Gaming Center. "Do you think he is really going to be okay?" Ciara asked, her previous bravado gone. Nathan gave her a sideways look, but then shook his head. "You really should have talked to him before this. Those other guys think they have a chance, but if you played with him just once, you would feel silly for even asking," Nathan chuckled, but then sighed while smiling at his friend lying on his back panting with a stupid smile on his face, then looked back at Ciara. "We all should be more worried about us even having a chance to enter. If he finds something to exploit, he will do it, and that has me worried. The world we enter might not be as stable after trying to contain him in a month." "I know," Ciara moaned, and then looked around the room. "I am just worried about him. You heard our parents, Nathan. They don't know what will happen if he dies." Nathan shrugged again. "I am worried too, but mine is that he is going to break the world and only after that, get killed or something. Even then I don't think we really need to worry. Even if he is in what is considered a high level area, that will just cement him in that area even more. Allen knows that the harder the task, the greater the rewards. In real life, putting effort has never gone well for him, but in the games? All he knows is how to put in the effort." --- Allen's View "You know, people like you are the reason looney bins were made up," Harold, my patchwork scrapyard reject cat, offered as I lifted the first 6 foot tall forged steel dice off the ground, and then threw it 30 feet. Since I had started this hopscotch routine "You know, if you don't have something useful to add, I wouldn't pay you less not to talk," I offered, but the screen on the front of the cat's face turned into a frown. "But you don't pay me!" Harold cried indignantly, but it was the worst acting I had ever seen, but I still nodded. "K