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Diavel

2,000 player lives have already been claimed since the start of this death game. Why? Because they chose to go it alone.

Diavel

That's how this plan came to me. If we all share information and form cooperative raid parties, we can beat this game one floor at a time!

Short-haired Man

Hold up a sec!

Short-haired Man

My name's Kibaou, got that? Before we take on the boss, I wanna get somethin' off my chest.

Diavel

Oh?

Kibaou

We all know about the 2,000 people who've died so far, yeah? Well, some of you need to apologize to 'em right now!

Diavel

Kibaou, I think I know who you're referring to. You mean the beta testers, right?

Kibaou

Of course I mean them! The day this stupidass game started, the beta guys just up and vanished, right? They ditched all of us beginners!

Kibaou

They snagged all the good hunting spots, and they grabbed all the easy quests, too. They were the only ones gettin' stronger in here. This whole time they've ignored us like we're nothin'!

Kibaou

Hell, I bet there's some of 'em here! Come on out, beta testers!

Kibaou

We should make them apologize to us. And we should make them give up their money and the items they got. They can't expect the party to trust them when they don't trust us! Why should we?

Bald Man

Can I say something?

Bald Man

My name's Agil.

Agil

Kibaou, right? I want to make sure I'm on the same page. You're saying the beta testers should be blamed for the rookie's deaths because they didn't help them?

Agil

And you want them to apologize and give up their winnings. I leave anything out?

Kibaou

No... You didn't.

Agil

The item shops hand these out for free. It's a guidebook. You got one, didn't you?

Kibaou

Sure, I got one! So what about it?

Agil

You know who were handing these out? The beta testers.

Agil

Listen up! Everyone had equal access to this information. Even so, lots of players still died.

Agil

Well I'm here to learn from those players' deaths, to make them count. I wanna find out how we're gonna beat the boss.

Kibaou

Hmph!

Diavel

Well then... Can we get back to the meeting now?

Diavel

Regarding the boss: we've discerned from the guidebook that his name is Illfang the Kobold Lord.

Diavel

He'll also be surrounded by his adds, the Ruin Kobold Sentinels.

Diavel

Like I mentioned before, I think we'll have better odds fighting in groups. That's why I'd like you all to form parties of at least four members.

Diavel

That concludes our council for today. I'll see you all at daybreak tomorrow. Meeting adjourned!