Reincarnated Avatar; I got 2 SSS-Rank Unique Skills
Chapter 146: Stuck in the game

Chapter 146: Stuck in the game

Noah stood up. "That’s it then, we’ve found our headquarters".

"The Labyrinthine Expanse it is".

The decision was made, but its implementation was not going to be immediate. Afterall, the rest of guild Echelon’s core was yet to make the transition to the Heavenly Domain.

Of Echelon’s core, only Noah’s Lord Doom had made it to the Heavenly Domain, the rest of the cohort were still stuck clearing their Heavenly Domain challenge.

Before embarking on their ambitious plan, they needed all of them.

This was why immediately after the conversation, Aria bid her farewell first, logging out of the game to return to her original Avatar in the beginner domain.

Silently, Genevieve and Caleb followed.

When it got to Benjamin’s turn though, he looked at the two people remaining with him, his captain and his boss and whistled. "Boss, don’t you think a bonus is necessary as motivation to clear the Heavenly Domain Challenge?"

Noah glared at him.

"Uhh, I was just saying". He chuckled. "Anyways, nevermind".

With that, Benjamin also logged off, returning to the beginner domain.

Nightingale looked at Noah as soon as all the others left. "What will you be doing in this time?"

"What else? Leveling up of course". He shrugged.

"Are you not scared of being ambushed again?"

Noah smiled. "You see, as a celebrity, there’s this thing called upholding public face". He chuckled. "Jonathan, that bastard only ambushed me because no one else knew where I would arrive in the Heavenly Domain".

"I was isolated, and hence nothing held him back".

He grinned. "But guess what I’m going to do after leaving this inn? I’m going to stroll through this citadel, announce myself to the world".

"Make it known that Lord Doom is in the Obsidian Citadel".

"Wherever I am, I’ll make myself known. That way, those bastards won’t have the justification to attack me brazenly".

"Afterall, they’re not just gamers, they’re celebrity idols too".

"Scarlet Rose fans want their captain to challenge me and defeat me fair and square on the competitive stage, not shamelessly in the game".

Nightingale’s eyes widened. "You mean once the attention of the Heavenly Domain is on you, they won’t dare attack brazenly?"

Noah nodded.

Nightingale frowned. "It’s just like I can’t go to eat in my favorite local restaurants anymore. Afterall, fans expect me, Nightingale to only eat in the best, fanciest, and most expensive restaurants".

"You get it". Noah smiled.

"Their own popularity will be working against them".

Noah nodded. "But of course, they can easily avoid this though. That is if they use alternate accounts to shamelessly come after me".

"But don’t worry, I’ll be prepared for them".

Nightingale nodded. If anyone else said this, he would not have believed, even other pro players but since it was God Noah, he believed him.

Looking at his boss, Noah smiled. "What’s on your mind?"

"Huh?"

"There’s clearly something on your mind".

Hearing that, Nightingale sighed. He looked at him. "You said you’ll tell me the truth about why you can’t come to the club headquarters yet".

"Oh, that?" Noah nodded nonchalantly, and then...

"I’m stuck in the game".

He said it casually, just like that.

"...!"

Silence reigned; then Nightingale’s eyes widened. "What? I don’t understand".

Noah laughed. "It’s simple really, I’m literally stuck in the game. I can’t leave".

"Huh?"

Seeing the look on Nightingale’s face, Noah felt like teasing him some more but then, with a sigh, he told him everything.

Afterall, Nightingale already showed enough sincerity so far.

Whether he liked it or not, they were now tied together through Club Echelon. As employer and employee, Noah felt that Nightingale deserved to know.

When Noah was done explaining, silence reigned.

In the end, Nightingale just said. "Wow..."

He hesitated for a few seconds, then he continued, looking at Lord Doom with a complicated expression. "Wow". He said again. "Honestly, of all the guesses I had, I never expected this".

"You mean you’ve been living in the game for months?"

"How is that even possible?"

Noah shrugged.

Nightingale’s eyes flickered, his hands on his chin as thoughts went through his head. Mumbling under his breath, he rapidly analyzed the situation, then...

"It doesn’t add up". He suddenly said.

"What doesn’t?"

"I mean, if you were really reincarnated or transmigrated into the game like you think," he looked at Noah. "Do you really think you’ll still be here with us?"

"Personally, I think you’d have been in a parallel version of Warstar, possibly a world where you interact with NPCs, not us".

"Everything points to transmigration, but then, the timeline is still the same, everything else is normal, you interact with us as if you’re playing the game normally, just stuck inside the game". Nightingale rubbed his chin.

Noah looked at him. "What are you thinking?"

Nightingale looked at him again. "Doesn’t this remind you of something?"

Noah smiled, he already guessed what was going through Nightingale’s mind. Afterall, even he already had the thought after months of staying like this.

"Neural technology?"

"Yes," Nightingale nodded. "Precisely, VR technology".

"Before Warstar, a lot of people thought the end of normal digital video gaming was over, that VR technology games would take over the scene".

"But then Warstar came, taking the world by storm, dominating and suppressing the once budding VR age".

"What I mean is your current state feels more like playing the game through VR technology rather than actually being transmigrated into the game".

"I thought of that too," Noah finally interjected. "But then, if I’m really playing Warstar through VR technology, then where the hell is my body?"

"How did it leave the café?"

"When Genevieve learned of my condition, she went back to the café where I disappeared and did her investigations, yet she found nothing".

"It is as I think, I just suddenly disappeared".

Nightingale frowned, thinking of something. Before he knew it, one of his fingers started scratching his forehead and that was when his frown suddenly deepened as if he just realized something.

Noah looked at him, paying closer attention.

"What if...?" Nightingale looked at him.

"What if you were kidnapped?"

"..."