"So, we just need to create a group of charismatic characters who can accompany the Villager players and build deep bonds with them."
Carl gave a solution that sounded simple, but was actually extrely difficult to implent.
When Hasumi, who had been silently standing guard in the eting room, heard the phrase "a group of charismatic characters," she made a strange noise.
"Ahem! Cough, cough, cough! Mmm!"
Hasumi stepped out from the shadows as she spoke.
"It seems my long efforts in accompanying the Saviors can finally shine today! Lord Carl, I am ready!"
Hasumi was still in her usual sparkling state.
It seed she had earned quite a few Sacred Contract Stones recently and used them to strengthen herself.
"It's not ti for your SP form to debut yet. The charismatic character I'm referring to is this."
Carl reached out and grabbed Silly Cat, who had been following Vengeful Blood.
"I, I'm Boss's partner, ow! I don't team up with anyone else, nya!"
Silly Cat was very loyal, firmly stating that it would only follow Vengeful Blood and no one else.
"I'm just using it as an example. I think everyone already knows about the new Pokémon DLC. This DLC is not just about providing combat power in the Trial of Glory. It has its own long-term progression system."
Carl released the struggling Silly Cat.
Although the Abyssal Knights and so refugees from the City of Glory had already been contracted by Netherworld Village players as spirits from the original Oath ga through shapeshifting potions, those spirits were all temporary.
To establish a deeper emotional connection with the players, Carl needed to create pets that truly belonged to the players in every sense of the word.
So, Carl took out a paid Contract Stone.
Feeling that one might not be enough, he increased the number to ten.
It seed Elysium also felt that the official Oath team's soft-ban policy was not exactly fair.
As a master of balance, Elysium bestowed upon Carl the most important ability of a ga designer.
The creation of life.
The Data Volu of ten paid Contract Stones was about one hundred, and Data Volu was the essence of everything in this world. It was the primordial soup of life.
Under Carl's guidance, these ten paid Contract Stones decomposed and lted, gradually forming the skeleton, internal organs, muscles, skin, and fur of a small living creature.
Then, after Carl input the creature's habits, personality, abilities, and several paths for evolution and growth,
One of the most iconic images in video ga history was born.
"Pi..."
The yellow-furred mouse lay in Carl's palms.
Because Carl's palms were too small, it stood up after stretching and opened its pitch-black eyes to observe the world.
"So cute! What is this? What is this? It feels even cuter than Oath's mascot."
Macchiato was the first to crowd around. With Carl's permission, she picked up the fluffy little creature.
"Let's call it Pikachu. Though Pikachu should probably be considered part of a broader electric mouse family," Carl said.
"So, Shopkeeper, are you planning to rely on creating these electric mice to undermine the City of Glory from the inside?"
Ryan also stepped forward, wanting to touch Pikachu's nose, only to be shocked until his whole body trembled.
"No, no. My original intention in designing these spirits was simply to bring you joy."
"After this, I will design hundreds, even thousands, of spirits with different forms. You can catch and train them just like you catch monsters in the original Oath ga. At the sa ti, they can also have various new evolved forms."
As Carl spoke, he shaped the image of a small dinosaur with a fla burning on its tail.
At the sa ti, Carl spent ten Sacred Contract Stones to summon a corresponding Charizard with a Data Volu of about one thousand.
"Then you can use your own spirits for battles, social interaction, obtaining various rewards, and other gaplay modes."
"Is that how it works?"
Vengeful Blood glanced at Ryan, whose face was covered in black soot.
"Just catching the various monsters from the base ga of Oath is already motivating enough. These little creatures also fill the gap where beginners can't catch powerful monsters early on. Tsk. This really is impossible to resist."
At that mont, Kyo, who had been silent on the side, finally spoke up and asked Carl,
"So how exactly do we counterattack? Do we rely on these spirits to fight the base-ga Oath players?"
Kyo was not a warmonger.
He simply thought it would be fun to challenge the official ga of Oath from the disadvantaged position of a Villager.
"No. You don't need to go to war with anyone. To be precise, you only need to battle other Villagers."
Carl revealed the thod that would truly strike at Oath's weak point.
"After this, I'll find a way to release these spirits into the City of Glory, including setting up various battle arenas there."
"Not just in the Trial of Glory, but even in the Open World of the City of Glory itself."
"What you need to do is simply have fun in the high-population Open Worlds."
"Whether it's Netherworld Village's scavenger gaplay, or catching spirits and battling other Villager players in Pokémon."
Carl spoke of what the official Oath team truly feared.
"You only need to show the base-ga players of Oath how fun Descent into Netherworld Village and Pokémon are."
"Attract passing players to watch your Pokémon battles and make them ask, 'Where did you catch that little pet? I want to play too!' That is all you need to do."
Carl's final summary was t with enthusiastic applause, just as expected.
But the applause was interrupted by a sudden question from Mio.
"So, when can we play it?"
"Uh, I'll start working hard from now on to create these spirit species and their ecosystems. I'll do my best to get it online as soon as possible."
Just as Carl started to feel as though Mio was about to lock him in a dev room and force him to work around the clock.
He suddenly received a ssage from Anan.
"The scriptwriter for Oath spoke with today and gave a very compelling script. I'm actually considering entering the Oath gacha pool. Do you have ti? I'm curious about your opinion on this script."
"Of course! Although I'm a bit busy right now, I am indeed curious about what kind of script could actually convince you."
Carl replied instantly without thinking, even though his work on creating spirits had not stopped.
But Carl's main consciousness rushed to the Main World at light speed to see what kind of amazing script the Oath scriptwriter had written to successfully make Anan consider becoming a gacha character.
(To be continued.)
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