With no other choice, everyone could only wash up and go to bed.

Soon, the sound of snoring filled the room—a familiar scene from student days.

The next day, close to noon, the three of them got up and went to the cafeteria to eat, without waking the still-sleeping Brian Carter. On their way back, the value of true dorm friendship showed itself: the three brought back a hot meal for Brian Carter.

As soon as they opened the dorm door, the three guys were stunned.

They saw Brian Carter sitting in front of the computer, gaming like nothing had happened.

The three roommates exchanged glances, not daring to mention the dorm leader’s heartbreak, and silently gathered behind him to watch.

A few minutes passed, and all three were dumbfounded.

Especially Sammy, who prided himself as a high-level player—he stared at Brian Carter as if he were an alien and blurted out, “No way, are you cheating?”

Chapter 003: Blindingly Sharp

Brian Carter was playing 1v1 in the arena, a perk for players after changing classes. Arena victories accumulate victory points, which can be exchanged for equipment. In this game, where drop rates are infamously low, exchanging victory points for gear had become a relatively reliable method.

There’s a daily limit in the arena: players can only challenge 10 times per day. A win earns 2 victory points, a draw 1 point, and if you lose all matches, you only get a symbolic few points from daily quests. The three brothers in the dorm were all nervous for their leader, because Brian Carter’s gaming skills were far from elite. They still remembered that yesterday at noon, Brian Carter got crushed in 7 matches, drew 1, and only won 2.

Every time they saw Brian Carter play rogue, the three guys in the dorm would always have a question mark in their minds.

Back when they played other Western fantasy games, Brian Carter had played Sammy’s mage and was impressively skilled. But for some reason, Brian Carter insisted on playing rogue or assassin on his own account, boasting that he was “a man born for rogues.”

Time and again, reality proved he just didn’t have the talent for these classes.

On the first day of the game’s open beta, Sammy had earnestly called Brian Carter to persuade him to play a mage, but Brian Carter’s obsession with rogues was as strong as his crush on the class beauty. Once again, he chose rogue, and only succeeded in changing classes after four failed attempts.

Today, this heartbroken Brian Carter didn’t seem himself, and the three brothers figured that if he could win two or three matches like yesterday, it would be a miracle—he might even lose all ten in a row.

But reality was far beyond their expectations. On the computer screen, the shadow-dancing rogue controlled by Brian Carter moved with such flair it was hard to believe, his operations so sharp they were hard to watch, and his game sense so ethereal it blinded countless onlookers.

After two years as classmates, living together day and night, the three had never seen Brian Carter display such beautiful skills.

In just four minutes, Brian Carter racked up five consecutive wins, averaging less than a minute per match. His playstyle was wild and aggressive, exuding an aura of “let’s just do this.” Right from the start, he went for a rush, pulling off several “seamless combo chains” that only existed in theory, so much so that his opponents didn’t even have time to react before they were GG’d.

Among the five opponents KO’d by Brian Carter, one was a knight with the ID 【大姐头】. Sammy was no stranger to this player—he’d faced that female knight in the arena just yesterday and remembered her well. At the time, Sammy was utterly crushed by 【大姐头】; her overall skill level was a notch above his, almost at pro level.

When he saw Brian Carter vs. 大姐头 just now, Sammy was actually gloating. He knew all too well how bad the boss was at playing rogue—he’d bet his own future happiness that Brian Carter would get destroyed by that female knight… But the reality was the exact opposite: in just 40 seconds, the female knight was cut down by Brian Carter.

“No way, are you cheating?”

The shocked Sammy used this sentence to express his feelings.

He couldn’t believe, not even if his life depended on it, that Brian Carter could so effortlessly take down such a high-level female knight.

At that moment, a golden flash appeared, and a shiny window popped up on the game screen: “Congratulations on achieving a 10-win streak! Extra reward: 20 victory points and 10 silver coins…”

Seeing this, The Carter Chief and Dylan were also stunned.

Though these two weren’t as high-level as Sammy, they’d browsed the game forums. The forums were abuzz: anyone who could get a 10-win streak in the arena was a top player. Since all the classes in the game countered each other, getting a win streak was extremely difficult—even high-level players couldn’t guarantee victory when facing a counter class.

No doubt, before the three returned to the dorm, Brian Carter had already won five matches.

Adding the five wins the three witnessed, that made exactly a 10-win streak.

“This can’t be real, this can’t be real, I must be seeing things.” Sammy pinched his chubby face, completely dazed. Even as a top player at the university, his best record was 7 wins out of 10, with a max win streak of 5—and that involved some luck. He just couldn’t imagine how Brian Carter had suddenly become so sharp.

“Boss, did you get drunk last night and awaken some supernatural power inside you?” The Carter Chief was also stunned.