I am the Lucky Cat of an MMORPG

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6. The Matter of Paying Back

When a player goes onto the forums while in-game, their avatar will act like they're in a Body Double stall. They'd be stuck staring blankly at their surroundings, not moving a single inch at all.

As HereticKing was on his way to hand in his mission at the Mission Board, he discovered two cats, one large one small, sitting on the ground and staring up at the sky with their heads tilted. (When the tiny lucky cat found its owner ignoring it, it imitated its owner and daydreamed by his side.)

With one look, HereticKing recognised him - this was the boy he saw 2 days ago in the Newbie Village striking a silly pose with his pet.

Most players would never return to the village once they leave. There weren't a lot of items sold there. The monsters were few and weak. Quest rewards were miniscule. There was really nothing that could entice them back.

HereticKing once accepted a hidden chain quest in that Newbie Village. After running around the whole game several times over, he finally completed this luck-based quest. He headed back to the village to hand the quest in to the NPC. Who knew that as soon as he stepped out of the portal, he'd find below a tree not far away a player who looked like a cat and a small black kitten neatly posing together and shouting something about being lucky cats and work hard at earning money.

HereticKing had laughed out loud on the spot. He had never seen a pair of owner and pet who grew so alike and so silly. But he seemed to have frightened that little newbie. When he'd finished laughing, he only saw the other's back stumbling out of the village with ears flushed red from embarrassment.

What a coincidence that he'd meet the other again in this alley where people rarely walk through. Was this what they call fate?

He stopped, knelt before the two lucky cats and waved a hand before Bai XiaoYu's eyes. "Out of it? Ah, so he's looking through the forums."

The big cat is on the forums but the little cat would surely react. Flipping through his bangle, HereticKing rejoiced that the grilled fish skewers cooked by I_Am_A_Poor_Man were still in his inventory since the last time he'd teamed up with the other to defeat a field boss.

He took the skewer out and waved it in front of the tiny lucky cat. With it he saw a kitten that was lifelessly staring at the sky turned into a imperious tiger (cat?) who'd eaten a stimulant. The kitten instantly pounced on the fish skewer and began munching at it.

HereticKing's mouth twitched upwards. What an...interesting little cat. He might've even seen the kitten's eyes turning into fish shapes as it pounced over as though it'd been starved for a few lifetimes. It couldn't be the big cat forgot to feed the little cat, could it? He looked doubtfully at Bai XiaoYu but found the latter still in a daze.

After he'd finished feeding the little cat, HereticKing stood up, patted away some non-existent dust and prepared to head to the Mission Board. Once this mission was completed, his reputation should be enough to upgrade the guild.

Tsk, he really can't stand the nagging of both I_Am_A_Poor_Man and Shooting_Chang'e_From_Below_The_Moon. This was the one issue with being a guild leader. He had one additional stat compared to others - Prestige. It's one of the markers for levelling up a guild.

Rather than Prestige missions, kill 100 of this low-level monster and 300 of that low-level monster, HereticKing preferred the challenging and difficult missions or bosses. However, the guild members' contributions, buildings, finances etc had all reached the requirements for upgrading. It's only the guild leader's Prestige that was lacking. Hence, he could only force through it.