He had the urge to clear the ground, to look out and see nothing. Mount Steadfast stood in McEnrie's way, and beyond that, the skybox. It had taken twelve grueling weeks of grinding to make it "safely" this far out of the main hub. Any player that made it beyond the Bandit Boundary was of the highest tier, but to be able to perpetually survive was a level no one else had ever achieved.
McEnrie was tired, and he wanted to see the end. He had made it past the Bandit Boundary a year ago and had been practicing surviving beyond the boundary since then. The grind of the past twelve weeks was for a single purpose: collection one thousand twenty-five premium-grade powder kegs. The rumor was that by igniting the theoretical in-game maximum-capacity amount of powder kegs (in this case one thousand twenty-four), would fill the game's memory. By igniting one more, the game would need to find memory somewhere, so it would glitch out the next largest available memory space (in this case Mount Steadfast). The powder kegs had to be premium grade because they were lighter; any other grade would exceed the carrying capacity at a lower amount.
So finally, after surviving for a year beyond the Bandit Boundary, and grinding all one thousand twenty-five premium-grade powder kegs, McEnrie made it to Mount Steadfast and was ready to ignite them. He checked in with his streamers one last time, ensuring the feed was still live, before proceeding. This was the highest viewed stream in the world right now, and McEnrie felt the pressure.
He took a deep breath, framed the camera with the horizon a third of the screen from the bottom, and tossed all one thousand twenty-five powder kegs at Mount Steadfast, and ignited. A laggy explosion filled the screen, followed by a blackout of smoke. The chat was scrolling on, but the feed was silent. The smoke cleared, and the audience beheld a sky-blue expanse. The skybox.
Applause erupted over the feed, and McEnrie sighed a huge sigh. This could be considered: Game Complete.
Shortly after the event, the chat started rolling swiftly again. Everyone was commenting about something "shiny." McEnrie read through them and darted his head towards the screen. They were right! A shiny item lay beyond Mount Steadfast. He sprinted towards the location and found hovering there: the legendary Mountain's Heart and Mountain's Glance. A shield granting +100 damage block, 10ft recoil, and Stone Feet debuff, and a sword granting +100 damage, 20 freeze damage/second, and Glacial Grip debuff. McEnrie didn't need the extra stats, but the bragging rights alone were worth the grind.
McEnrie was tired, and he wanted to see the end. He had made it past the Bandit Boundary a year ago and had been practicing surviving beyond the boundary since then. The grind of the past twelve weeks was for a single purpose: collection one thousand twenty-five premium-grade powder kegs. The rumor was that by igniting the theoretical in-game maximum-capacity amount of powder kegs (in this case one thousand twenty-four), would fill the game's memory. By igniting one more, the game would need to find memory somewhere, so it would glitch out the next largest available memory space (in this case Mount Steadfast). The powder kegs had to be premium grade because they were lighter; any other grade would exceed the carrying capacity at a lower amount.
So finally, after surviving for a year beyond the Bandit Boundary, and grinding all one thousand twenty-five premium-grade powder kegs, McEnrie made it to Mount Steadfast and was ready to ignite them. He checked in with his streamers one last time, ensuring the feed was still live, before proceeding. This was the highest viewed stream in the world right now, and McEnrie felt the pressure.
He took a deep breath, framed the camera with the horizon a third of the screen from the bottom, and tossed all one thousand twenty-five powder kegs at Mount Steadfast, and ignited. A laggy explosion filled the screen, followed by a blackout of smoke. The chat was scrolling on, but the feed was silent. The smoke cleared, and the audience beheld a sky-blue expanse. The skybox.
Applause erupted over the feed, and McEnrie sighed a huge sigh. This could be considered: Game Complete.
Shortly after the event, the chat started rolling swiftly again. Everyone was commenting about something "shiny." McEnrie read through them and darted his head towards the screen. They were right! A shiny item lay beyond Mount Steadfast. He sprinted towards the location and found hovering there: the legendary Mountain's Heart and Mountain's Glance. A shield granting +100 damage block, 10ft recoil, and Stone Feet debuff, and a sword granting +100 damage, 20 freeze damage/second, and Glacial Grip debuff. McEnrie didn't need the extra stats, but the bragging rights alone were worth the grind.
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