Only I know the end of the Journey to the West?
Where have I heard of that introduction before?
I decided to enter and confirm the situation of this chamber first.
['Player 8' -nim has entered the 6731st Fable chamber's waiting area.]
Thankfully, it seemed that their Fable hadn't started yet. But then again, they shouldn't be able to start without the role for Sun Wukong filled up, so there was that, too.
After I entered the chamber, the surroundings changed and a large round desk suddenly materialised.
Square chat windows were floating above the desk's chairs, rather than actual people. They signified the participants playing the other roles.
[Player 1 has currently selected the role of 'Zhu Bajie'.]
[Player 2 has currently selected the role of 'Sha Wujing'.]
[Player 6 has currently selected the role of 'Tang Sanzang's White Horse'.]
The faces of the players were all obscured by question marks. It seemed that this was done in order to protect the personal information of the actual players.
Okay, but never mind that for now…. There were so many players here, yet no one had selected the role of 'Sun Wukong' yet?
– Player 8: Hello, everyone.
Maybe they had all logged off or something, because no one bothered to write a message in the chat room even after I made an appearance. But then….
– Scenario Master: ㅎㅇ?
– Scenario Master: Which role you wanna?
I quickly inputted my reply in the chatroom in the middle.
– Player 8: Is the role for Sun Wukong still vacant?
– Scenario Master: ㅇ vacant.
– Player 8: That's so strange.
– Scenario Master: Had someone we want, but got delayed… Wanna do Sun Wukong?
This guy, he seems to have a habit of not typing proper sentences.
Just as I was getting worried about if it'd be okay to have someone like this guy as the scenario's master, a message popped up with a suspiciously good timing as if its sender had read my mind.
– Scenario Master: me know that genre inside out. No worries 'bout scenario 'qual'.
Yup, it was just so hard to trust anyone with that type of grammar. Still, I decided to test a couple of things out anyway.
– Player 8: I'd like ask you about the chamber's title. That [I've become the retired SSSSS-grade Sun Wukong].
– Scenario Master: ㅇ me responsible.
– Player 8: Why are there five 'S' letters?
– Scenario Master: need that many to attract aggro.
….Hmm, maybe he does know something after all?
It got on my nerves a bit that he didn't bother to use any polite speech, though.
I continued on with my questioning.
– Player 8: Sun Wukong really is the protagonist, yes?
– Scenario Master: ㅇㅇ yup
– Player 8: Wouldn't the audience feel fed up with leaving the original work's MC as is? I thought it was a trend for the side characters or extras to become protagonist lately.
I thought I had accurately picked on his weak spot, but the master's response was surprisingly calm.
– Scenario Master: Oh, looks like you did some market research.
– Player 8: It was a mere simple browse-through.
– Scenario Master: True about nim's words regarding extrturned-hero stories doing good business. But, Sun Wukong has to be MC if we wanna be numero uno. Think from POV of a judge.
– Player 8: Hmm….
– Scenario Master: important bit not who's MC and whatnot, but how much 'unfamiliar character' he is. And too many extrturned-hero stories out there.
….Would you look at this guy?
At a glance, he might seem to be yapping on whatever came up into his mind, but well, what he said just now was not wrong.
More often than not, the ones to take the top spot at times like this would be stories featuring the traditional heroes.
For instance, Fei Hu's [The Real Journey to the West] featured Sun Wukong as its main protagonist.
– Player 8: Is that why you went with 'retired Sun Wukong'?
– Scenario Master: ㅇㅇ
– Player 8: What will the retired Sun Wukong be doing?
– Scenario Master: nothing.
– Player 8:??
Chapter end
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