Axie Online

Chapter 17 - Go To Mount Mauren

"Introducing, this is my older brother, Rudy Alexander."

"N-Nice to meet you."

Rudy couldn't help but smile wryly to find himself pulled into a cafe by the girl who had been chasing him, who was none other than his own biological sister. He felt very awkward because suddenly his younger sister introduced herself to her friends beside hers. On the other hand, the girl laughed a little when she saw her brother in distress.

“Ah, we often hear about Rudy from Mira. Thank you for taking care of him.”

"No, I'm the one who should be thanking you guys for taking care of my troublesome little sister while at school."

The male students smiled at the reply from Rudy who was so polite even though they were his juniors. Then, Mira, Rudy's little sister started to introduce her friends who were here with them.

The man who earlier thanked Rudy was named Hideo Fuzen, a handsome young man with a thick Asian face with Asian black hair and eyes. From Mira's explanation, Hideo was from the Eastern Region who moved here about 5 years ago because of his father's job. He is also often in trouble because of his handsome face. You can already guess what the problem is, right?

Beside Hideo was a young man with short, sunburned blonde brown hair, brown eyes. The man's name was Ti Shian. The man was an exchange student from the Southern Region. They have been in their school for about four months. The man named Ti Shian was also quite handsome, but not as handsome as Hideo who could cause trouble just by showing his face. The man was called Shian by Mira and the others.

Furthermore, a beautiful girl looks like a well-honed diamond, long black hair that shines looks to add to her elegance, her eyes are so beautiful like hidden black pearls, her skin also looks very white and smooth like cotton, and her voice is also melodious like a professional singer. Her name is Amatsuka Kurenai.

Even though she is of the same eastern descent as Hideo, she has lived and was born in the central region. His father is a businessman in the central region, while his mother is from the east.

Rudy was a little stunned to see Kurenai who was so beautiful, but Mira nudged her right in the stomach on the left side so he had to avert his eyes. Mira's friends laughed at Rudy's reaction, who subconsciously said 'beautiful' from his lips. It was for that reason that Mira nudged her older brother.

The last one was a girl who was no less beautiful than Kurenai, but the color of her hair, eyes, and face was very conspicuous in everyone's eyes. Silvery white hair accompanied by bright purple irises made all who saw it chuckle in awe at the beauty. Her name is Sarah Blitzky.

If you ask why they wear school uniforms on holidays, it's because there is an event that requires them to wear uniforms.

Rudy also reintroduced himself without any help from Mira. He introduced the name and the university where he studied after his high school years passed. Mira's four friends are quite surprised because the campus where Rudy is currently teaching is a university that is so famous throughout the Central Region that even those in remote areas will know about it.

Not only that, but Mira also told about Rudy who was always in the top 10 in the courses he took so that the four of them were so dumbfounded. Of course, they did not expect that the young man in front of them who looked ordinary was the top-ranked student at his university.

While they were dumbfounded for a long time, their order had already arrived and was brought by a servant girl. Rudy took a sip of his still hot milk coffee slowly.

Time began to pass, they talked about Mira's school life and of course her friends. Starting from every problem that comes because of Hideo's handsome face, to Mira's experience of falling down the school stairs made them laugh out loud. Luckily the cafe they live in doesn't have too many customers so they don't bother them too much.

Even though they were laughing heartily, Rudy, who had been listening for a long time, just smiled and chuckled, not wanting to overdo it.

"Sis Rudy, do you play Axie Online?"

"Hm? Of course I...."

“There's no way my older brother would play that game! He isn't even interested in spending his money on something unprofitable.”

Mira immediately darted off to interrupt Rudy and Hideo's conversation as if it was the stupidest thing to ask her older brother.

Rudy who wanted to answer suddenly silent feels that his younger sister still thinks that he is a person who is very serious about pursuing academic achievement. When Rudy was about to explain, Hideo lowered his head to the table and apologized.

“Forgive my ignorance!”

Rudy wanted to explain it many times, but Hideo also apologized so many times that he couldn't tell them all that he actually played Axie Online too. More than that, now Rudy even made the game a new side job.

Because of that, Rudy finally relented and accepted Hideo's apology, even though the man had no faults at all.

Mira also shared that she owns Solid Gear and plays Axie Online. He managed to buy the expensive equipment because, in the sports tournament that she participated in, Mira managed to get a gold medal position. Of course, with the prize she received from the sponsor along with the medal, Mira was finally able to get Solid Gear for free from the sponsor of the sports tournament.

Rudy couldn't help but smile wryly after hearing this. This time because her younger sister has won an inter-regional sports tournament, she gets a free prize just like she got from saving the youngest daughter Rachel Axies. Rudy is indeed a smart student, but he is not too focused on following sports.

After talking for a long time, they finally decided to return to their respective homes. Mira and her friends walked away leaving Rudy who saw them from the front of the cafe.

Then pay to the cashier before going to the bank office to take money from the sale of Health Potion I that is in the account.

***

Entering Axie Online, Rudy immediately went to the convenience store to buy a map. Axie Online does not provide free maps directly from the system in general games so players must find a way to safely navigate an unknown area.

Buying maps are of course common. Considering that Axie Online has two continents that are very large in size, many areas have never been explored by players. However, most players underestimate the power of the map.

Many players ignore the map's features and just walk around—despite getting hints from NPCs and quests. But as a result, such players are always killed many times before finally getting used to the new area they come to. Of course, every time they visited a new area they would die at least 4 times first.

Rudy had read on the internet that having a map on Axie Online was also a major need so he decided to buy a map showing the Mauren mountain area. After paying 500 Byl to the NPC, Rudy immediately went to Mount Mauren. There were still a few hours left to play, but he also had to rest enough to absorb all the subjects he would receive tomorrow.

About an hour later, Rudy arrived at a forest near the foot of Mount Mauren as the entrance. Without further ado, several small fruit-shaped monsters immediately greeted him. Of course, Rudy fought them all, but it took a lot of effort because the monster's shape was small.

Actually, Rudy quite hates annoying little monsters like Slimes, Gnomes, bees, and so on. Why? Not only agile but also their small body size makes it difficult to cut.