To Live Again, For the First Time!

Chapter 45 - Game Pt V: (I've Got The Skills...)

Theodore's fingers moved across the screen, bending in ways that no one would believe to be possible. They crossed and shifted seamlessly as if it was only natural that they could move in such a way without bumping into each other or messing up his gameplay.

At moments it seemed as if it were saying, 'yeah this finger is somewhat tired so let's change to this one' or 'Ah I see that this attack will need the coordination of all of these together'. And then it was just done, just like that.

A scene truly hard to explain with simple words. Kayden felt like his vocabulary was simply lacking in words to describe such a scene. His dictionary was akin to the tips of Rapunzel's hair, being dragged across the floor as Theodore moved on without a care.

Utilizing all of his fingers, with the exception of his two thumbs which seemed to be stabilizing his screen as his phone rested on his lap, Theodore could maneuver his character in ways others couldn't.

Though it was doubtful that anyone had ever tried.

"Are you playing Mobba or piano? Why does it seem like we aren't playing the same game?" Kayden looked back down at his own two thumbs that he used to maneuver his character.

He felt like his gameplay suddenly seem so boring while Theodore could practically be acting as the main character of some drama with cool filters, and no one would know any better.

"Hm?" Theodore was finishing the remaining beasts with Genie (Gen) so that he could buy some equipment before heading towards the tower to start their attack and attract the players who were going to respawn later.

"Don't hm me. How did you kill those guys?" Kayden suspected that it may very well be due to his wacky technique. He had thought about asking Theodore to teach him, but that was before he saw how crazy his dexterity was.

Meanwhile, Kayden seemed to have completely forgotten that he too, was still playing.

This led his assassin character to crouch in the bushes for an extended period of time.

Even the Gods wouldn't know what business this particular assassin had behind those bushes. What would take so long?

Well, it was a mystery and it seemed like it would remain that way.

"I've just got the skills I guess." Theodore didn't often play with other people around, so he didn't know how exactly he should respond. If they were just playing online, he could ignore such comments, but with Kayden, that was clearly not an option.

He also wanted to tease Kayden a little more, it was enjoyable, to say the least.

"Haha okay, okay. I got it, you're amazing." Kayden resigned to his fate of being teased for the day, but that didn't prevent his sarcasm from leaking out, that was inevitable.

It was Karma.

"Don't worry about Geneva, she's just something else entirely, but I think you guys will get along well," Kayden assured.

He wouldn't sit still being played all day long and so he remembered to make sure he wasn't the only one taking a blow.

Truthfully, Theodore didn't even know what he had to fear about Gen, but just the way she was introduced and the way Kayden and the others reacted, she didn't seem to be a simple figure. At least Theodore knew that these guys were already either whipped or scared of her.

Even if it was subconsciously, they didn't seem to want to oppose Gen.

"I think so too," Gen added. It was easy to forget that the comms were consistently on when everyone spoke as if no one else was there. It seemed like even Theodore was picking up on this habit.

Since he didn't exactly know what he was getting himself into, Theodore didn't comment, pretending to be immersed in the game, and seeing as Kayden had gone silent, Gen took the liberty to start talking about how Theodore had killed the two players in detail.

Theodore found it interesting to hear his own actions from another perspective, feeling completely unfamiliar with what was being recounted.

'Why do I feel like she was there while I wasn't? She's reiterating the events with so much conviction that even I question if I just remembered wrong.' This had Theodore in for a loop as he couldn't help but think back to what had actually happened.

Pondering on the events that had led to him killing those two, all he could say was that the others were truly a weird crew.

Theodore had been quite a distance away from Genie when the handsome trio had arrived. They were about an equal distance away from either one of them, so he moved in slowly when he saw that they were about to attack, but strangely enough only one of the three came. And they weren't aiming for him either.

It was common to see people attack the support first as they had less health, second only to the assassins and they also had healing spells. If they got rid of the support first, the support wouldn't be able to heal or buff their teammates. Yet this team didn't seem to understand this, or perhaps they just didn't care.

Before he had any time to think about this matter, one of the other players who had been simply standing there finally made their way towards Theodore.

Supports had very low attack powers or even skills that did the damage, but they made up for it with some life-saving skills. In addition to that, the damage done by supports couldn't be healed by other supports.

It could be said that Theodore was a pretty poor match against this team in specific since they didn't have any supports to begin with.

He used one of his skills right away to give both Genie and himself a buff and didn't hesitate to start attacking.

As a player who had been playing Mobba since the game was first developed, he knew of a lot of small glitches which he didn't report. These were all things that most people wouldn't be able to notice anyways and so even after all this time, they were still existent.

In the big scheme of things, these small details didn't affect the gameplay, but for Theodore, who knew multiple of them, it could change a lot.

His fingers tapped and slid on the screen like a well-oiled machine.

Even as a support, Theodore was able to use what little moves he had to kill off the swordsman who had come for him. As for the the assassin who was just standing there, he was no less than a fish on a chopping board.

After all, assassins had the least health in this game, which was made up for by their explosive power and speed.

His victory was attributed to both skill and experience.

Some would say it was exploitation or even hacking, but that would only be the people who didn't know of these loopholes as well as how hard it was to take advantage of them. As for Theodore, he didn't feel anything unnatural about his kill method.

Genie who had been watching from afar to see if she would need to go 'help the newbie' was slack jawed.

'Can you even do that?' she thought.

She had never seen a support attack in such a way. Even seeing a swordsman accomplish an 8 hit combo was rare, much less a support. Every consecutive attack in a chain attack would double the damage delt, but that was only because the system acknowledged how hard it was to accomplish such a feat.

Just the skill involved would leave one in anguish, but the longer the chain, the easier it would be for the other player to escape from the attack, especially since there was no paralysis effect.

Most people who live streamed trying to do complex combos would end up with no results except for some serious hand cramps and a group of angry viewers, or no viewers at all. This was also why nearly no one would do so.

Even someone who could accomplish a long chain combo once with both skills and luck could then proceed to try another 100 times and manage to fail every time.

The ones who could achieve good results whenever they willed it, those were the people who ranked at the top of the leader boards.

Genie didn't know if the new guy's combo was due to incredible luck or real skills, but either way, it was impressive.

The game would record all the kills that occurred throughout the game to replay some of the more impressive ones at the end and people could save such videos for future reference. After the game ended, it would be completely wiped out from the data base, after all, even a company as big as Mobba couldn't save so many useless files.

Genie took note to save this video for future reference and directed her focus back to her own ongoing battle.

She was able to finish off her opponent with some time and effort. After all, she was one of the best in her guild.

[Handsomest] being distracted due to his companion's deaths also attributed a little to her successful kill.

Then, she watched as [Doorii] continued to kill the remaining beast as if nothing had happened.