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True Name: Matthias Oxhand
Nickname: Old Matthias
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Speaking of which, Caelan's mother's maiden family seemed to be neighbors with Theron Darkgrain's village—one of several families that used "House [Something]grain" as their surname.
Caelan's mother wasn't very interested in the current games, so Caelan thought for a moment and finally created a simplified version of Mahjong. He cut down on unnecessary graphics and content, making everything specifically for playing the game. Of course, the rules were based on his hometown's Mahjong style from his previous life. Caelan had never seen other regional variations, so his mind palace was naturally blank on those.
After the game was made, Caelan patiently taught his mother how to play. The game included over a dozen AI companions—male and female, with various personalities and skill levels.
Unexpectedly, his mother, who usually showed little interest in anything, was extremely keen on this Mahjong game. She not only learned diligently but also seemed to be genuinely enjoying herself.
National treasure truly is national treasure!
After some thought, Caelan also put this Mahjong game on the game store. Like Chess, it was free. Players could choose to play against the computer or other people. Playing against the computer had no money rules, while playing against people allowed the option of betting or not. If betting, Caelan temporarily set the maximum at 10 gold crowns per round, with a one-tenth commission—waived for amounts less than ten.
He checked and found the tutorial wasn't very good—not simple and easy enough to understand. So he had the stick-figure testers in his mind palace refine it, planning to upload it later that evening.
Looking at his mind palace, he found that Dragonspire New Century had suddenly surpassed Super Street Fighter in popularity. Checking the Forum, the discussion about Dragonspire New Century was currently the highest:
"What exactly does 'Oh my egg' that Jack mutters mean? — Posted by: Crimson Drake Rider Mik"
Uh, this was Caelan's fault. With a mischievous sense of humor, he'd put his childhood mishearing into the game without any explanation. "Oh my egg" was actually the line "Spiral Uppercut" spoken by Jack when performing his ultimate move. However, thanks to Caelan's garbled translation, it would be a miracle if anyone in this world could understand it.
He then checked the First Clear leaderboard. Oh wow—someone had already achieved the first clear of Dragonspire New Century so quickly. That was impressive, considering Caelan had set the clear condition as a one-life clear.
First Clear Hero Leaderboard:
Elemental Contra: Quinn of House Stormcall (Moonwatch Empire)
Super Mario: Quinn of House Stormcall (Moonwatch Empire)
Tank Battle: Korrum Ironhammer (Dwarf Kingdom)
Salamander: Quinn of House Stormcall (Moonwatch Empire)
Chronicle of Fierce Tortoise Warriors: Cassius of House Everflame (Moonwatch Empire)
Crimson Fortress: Ashara of House Cloudpeak (Dragonspire Empire)
Squirrel War: Yolanda Moonwind (Moonwatch Empire)
Total Recall: Zhao Qiao Triplestream (New Moon Kingdom)
MapleStory: Godric Highbridge (Baka Kingdom)
Snow Bros: Robert Icewolf (Frostpeak Empire)
Bomberman: Alaric Sandfox (Golden Dunes Sultanate)
Elemental Contra II: Quinn of House Stormcall (Moonwatch Empire)
Super Street Fighter:
Expert Difficulty: Flame Queen (Nickname) — Phoenix Empire
Nightmare Difficulty: Gideon's Holy Blade — Lion Kingdom
The Seventeenth Character: None
Dragonspire New Century:
Normal Difficulty: Gideon's Holy Blade — Lion Kingdom
Expert Difficulty: None (All enemy health strengthened, attack desire increased)
Nightmare Difficulty: None (Based on Expert, double enemy count, boss soldiers interrupt)
Gideon's Holy Blade? Could this guy be Cassius and Victor's biggest rival in this competition?
He checked his memory and found that it was indeed true.
Gideon's Holy Blade. Nineteen years old. The top student of Radiance Academy's first year, and arguably the top person among his peers—because this guy was the Pope of Light's personal student. His current strength was Peak Fifth Circle, with no losses among his peers. Mainly because his "Holy Light Shield" was virtually unsolvable at Fifth or Sixth Circle strength.
How could this guy be so good at games too?
Caelan remembered a male classmate in high school from his previous life who was also incredibly good at both studying and gaming. Not only was his academic performance consistently in the top five of his grade, but he even reached the King tier in League of Legends. Then Caelan thought about himself—despite being so addicted back then, his best was barely Gold tier.
Comparing oneself to others can sometimes really be infuriating.
As for the first clear of Street Fighter Expert Difficulty, although the opponent concealed her true name, it naturally couldn't hide from Caelan. This Flame Queen was Caroline. He hadn't expected her to be not only powerful in reality but also so talented in fighting games.
Speaking of which, should he organize a Street Fighter competition to liven up the atmosphere?
He continued reading the posts and found an interesting one:
"Decryption: The identity of Mustapha in 'Dragonspire New Century'. — Posted by: Lion Kingdom 139"
Caelan was puzzled. What was there to decrypt? So he clicked in and saw that the poster was talking about Mustapha's ultimate move, "Cyclone Kick." And who were the people currently known to use the Cyclone Kick technique? Only Ryu and Ken!
Thus, after various arguments (nonsense) and research (fabrication), the poster concluded: Mustapha, the most effective character in the game, was a descendant of Ken—a citizen of the Lion Kingdom.
Although it was clear from the poster's language that he was joking, there were still some people below who were indignant.
Dragonfire Strongman: "What a joke. Don't drag everything to your 'Mane-Heads.' The Illusionist said the game's background is our future Dragonspire Empire, so don't try to piggyback."
Lion Kingdom 139: "I was just joking, but what's with your tone?"
I Love Rubber Hands: "I think based on skin tone and appearance, he leans more toward our people from the desert nations, right?"
Staff-Fighting Youth Jinlong: "This slender and graceful figure is clearly a characteristic of our Stickfall Kingdom men, so Mustapha at least has Stickfall blood."
White Phoenix Warrior Ruan: "Your Stickfall Kingdom's specialty is effeminate men. Mustapha only looks thin because he's tall. If you're not blind and look closely, you'll see that Mustapha is actually very robust."
Staff-Fighting Youth Jinlong: "White Phoenix bastard, it's you again. Do I, your father, have a grudge against you?"
Firedrake City Beast Street Butcher: "Friends from Firedrake City, anyone buying meat? Today we have three catties of Crimson Drake meat!"
White Phoenix Warrior Ruan: "If it weren't for the two countries separating us, our White Phoenix Kingdom would have long since annihilated your Stickfall Kingdom."
Blue Rose 2: "A reminder: your White Phoenix Kingdom can also choose to set sail from the sea, bypass the Moonwatch Empire, and directly attack Stickfall's homeland. However, their country has five Archangels. Are you sure you want to do that?"
White Phoenix Warrior Liu: "Without Archangels, their Stickfall Kingdom is a pile of dung."
Caelan scrolled further. After that, the post basically turned into a war of words between people from White Phoenix Kingdom and Stickfall Kingdom, reaching over five hundred replies. Finally, both sides agreed to a match in Super Street Fighter.
Caelan checked the results: White Phoenix Kingdom suffered a crushing 1-9 defeat in ten rounds.
It must be said—the Stickfall people are quite talented at competitive games.