Chapter 696 The master manipulator at work
Chapter 696 The master manipulator at work
Reaching the 6 month mark into his one year plan Rudra understood that with the changing tide of Omega , players had started to become more and more self centred as the aura of fun and casual gaming was completely eradicated.
People would fight for loot and item drops with teammates like their lives depended on it , while kill steals and shameless battle tactics became common.
There was a lot of unrest amongst players and nobody seemed to trust anyome anymore as the atmosphere in Omega became extremely tense and toxic.
While major physicians saw this change as a sad turn of events for humanity and labelled it as the rise of anarchy.
Rudra being the master manipulator that he was saw an opportunity.
He knew that should he plant his seeds right and manipulate the crowd opinion successfully enough , he could use all this unrest to fuel his war against Lucifer.
However such a massive manipulation needed time to grow and needed to be steered carefully towards the planned direction for the goal to be achieved.
Rudra had never used his image and power that he had created in Omega to rip off the general public, however this was going to be the first time he was to do this.
The times were getting desperate, and in desperate times one must take desperate measures.
Rudra had the interviewer dewdiepie flown from a private palne to the upside, where he was silently pressured into giving Rudra the exact interview that he wanted.
Everything from the questions to the responses and the editing was to be controlled by Rudra as dewdiepie was only a mouthpiece.
Nonetheless , the masterfully crafted interview was an event that was advertised globally under Dewdiepie 's name as he labelled it ' The secret to Shakuni's power , a one on one exclusive '.
The promotional video was a compilation of dewdiepie filming some of Rudra's most amazing feats of strength as whoever saw it was hyped to see the interview where Rudra would personally give his tips and tricks.
Although dewdiepie was forced to do the interview as Rudra wanted , he actually flew to upside on his own free will and the mainstream attention he got from doing this interview as well as the money he got offered by the various news channels who wanted to cover this interview was insane.
So in the end he had no complaints as he did his best to play the role he was given honestly, but if he had any thoughts about rebelling they vanished once he sat down face to face with Rudra.
Those deep grey eyes and the intimidating aura his body had all screamed that he was a Sigma male.
Looking into the omnious eyes , dewdiepie felt a chill go down his spine as he immediately became subservient.
The interview started to roll out live worldwide as dewdiepie tried his best to keep his calm and captivate the audience.
" Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, today I'm here with a man who has revolutionized the way Omega Is played , a man who is arguably the most accomplished player in the game as well as a king and a cult figure.
Ofcourse the man needs no introduction but for the few of you who don't know the entirety of his achievements, let me sum it up by giving you a brief summary .... He is the invincible player who has never lost in a one vs one fight or a single war he has participated in.
Ofcourse I'm talking about the charismatic enigma of the light faction. The one and only leader of the True Elites guild, Guildmaster/ King/ Pope Shakuni Of The Elites
Welcome to the show guildmaster".
" Oh please call me Rudra, I'm a guildmaster only inside Omega, here in real life , I'm just another guy ". Rudra said with a smile that made him seem amiable , dewdiepie gulped at the change in image that Rudra was able to portray as he could have sworn a minute ago that this man looked nothing close to amiable before the interview started.
" Alright Rudra, let me ask you first and foremost, are you really invincible? ". Dewdiepie said as he followed the script Rudra had given him to the T.
Although it seemed like a candid interview to the viewers it really was not.
Rudra replied " Haha , yeah it's true , one vs one i have never lost a spar or a fight. I have died twice in the game , through all the years in total , but only when facing unreal odds.
So yes I'm not invincible, but the guild i have made is.
The True Elites .... They have never lost a fight , wether we initiated it or wether someone else brought it to us, victory was always ours".
Rudra's answer made him seem humble and arrogant at the same time , as he took pride in the achievements of the elites while downplaying his own personal achievements.
The idea behind doing this was to make people connect to him more.
If he portrayed himself as an individual player with tremendous achievements , the audience would not be able to connect with him , as most could only ever dream of having such a career as he did. But if he portrayed himself to be a part of an organisation that was invincible then the common people would only yearn to join such organisation and not focus on his role in making it the success that it was.
To hammer the point home dewdiepie asked " Haha so in your opinion is the True Elites guild the number one guild in the world.....? ".
Rudra gave a devilish smile when dewdiepie asked this question , as he paused for a while before saying in a deep affirmative tone .... " yes".
/// Bonus chapter for the supergift by Timothy_Syle_2083 , please thank him in the comments for this one.
With his contribution we are also very close to hitting the GT target, so hopefully we can hit it today and make the day a triple chapter one.
I know we can get it , so let's get it you all ! ///