Axie Online

Chapter 23 - Noisy Siblings

Rudy's meeting with the five party members in the Lafos cave caused a stir. How come? It was because Mirage had suddenly shouted 'Big brother' when he met a silver-haired novice user who had the Swordsman class job.

"Hmm? Have I ever known you?"

"It's me! Mira, Almira Laendra! How come big brother doesn't recognize me!?"

Mirage immediately grabbed Rudy's collar and shook him hard. While Mirage shook Rudy's body, He just stared intently at this female player named Mirage. After ten seconds, Rudy finally realized that Mirage was indeed his younger sister, Almira.

“How would I know you when your appearance changed drastically like that?”

"Why can't you tell the difference between where I am and the other players!? Where's the power of love!? I instantly recognized big brother with just one look!"

“I haven't changed my appearance except for my eyes and hair! What's with that power of love anyway, huh!?"

“Big Brother and Young Sister are supposed to have the strength of the bond of love between families, so they should be able to tell the difference!”

“Just shut up! Your brother is the one talking here!"

"I'm also talking, really only older brothers can talk, huh!?"

Mirage removed Rudy's collar and exposed a thread of electricity between the two brothers' faces. Indeed, Rudy wasn't that upset, but now he's in the game world, so Rudy can do something to deter his younger brother from being disrespectful to his older brother.

While the two of them were arguing, some of the other players couldn't help but smile wryly at the bickering between siblings in the real world. It was rare for them to find brothers and sisters fighting to the point of disturbing their ears like these two.

"Never mind, it doesn't matter. Most importantly, how can you play this game? Does borrowing belong to anyone?"

"That's why if people want to explain something, don't just cut them off the forehead, this is how it is going to be."

Rudy sighed while spitting out words that could offend Mirage. Mirage remembered at a cafe in the real world when she interrupted a big brother conversation when Hideo asked him about Axie Online. She could only look down because couldn't reply to his older brother's words at all.

“Forget it, obviously I have Solid Gear. Now let's get to business."

Rudy shifted the topic to what should have been discussed earlier. Thanks to Mirage, his four friends were also able to find out the secret of Rudy who was able to get a large amount of Health Potion I for sale at the Axie Forum. Then, they started talking to negotiate about the message conversation that appeared earlier.

"Hah!? One hundred thousand Byl per person!? Isn't that outrageous!?"

“Mirage comes to your senses, this is a secret only your older brother knows. Don't cause trouble!"

“But 100,000 Byl per person is too much! Sis, lower the price, I am your little sister! Can't I get a discount!?"

"Can not. This price is non-negotiable and this secret maybe only I know. I asked once do you want it or not?"

Rudy gave the five players a serious look in front of him that made them shudder for a moment. Even Mirage was afraid too. Well, Rudy also wouldn't want to let go of the opportunity to get this much money in one transaction. Although the Health Potion I that will be sold will likely drop in price.

With a heavy heart, Mirage opened the barter panel and gave 100,000 Byl to Rudy. Then followed by Violet and company. After the transaction was completed, Rudy asked them to keep their mouth shut about this and of course, they immediately agreed. Although there is no guarantee they promised, but Rudy has managed to receive money amounting to 5,000,000 earth federation currency.

"Just like that?"

“Yeah, I got it by accident while taking the Quest that collects Herb Leaf. Because I was too focused on collecting Herb Leaf, I ended up picking up more than 3000 Herb Leaf plants.”

Rudy's explanation made Mirage and the company widen their eyes without responding a word. It had never been heard that players were willing to collect 3000 pieces of Herb Leaf non-stop, but they couldn't believe that getting the Alchemist Class Job was this easy.

Well, at that time Rudy was not busy either, so he decided to pick as many Herb Leaf as possible so that he could turn it into money. But Rudy never thought that what he did just to fill his spare time would bring him great luck.

"Um, may I ask a question? What are you guys doing in a low-level cave like this? Aren't you guys around level 80?"

"We received a quest from an NPC to help someone here. Could that person be Rudy's brother?"

"Oh?"

Rudy was quite curious about the quest they were on so he decided to ask about the details. After being explained and hearing that this quest came from an NPC named Nezile, Rudy sighed slightly and stated that the person referred to in this quest was himself.

The five players showed their surprise, especially Mirage. Unexpectedly, the contents of the quest they received helped people they knew.

“S-So, big brother also took the Quest from NPC Nezile, huh?”

"Yes, that is so. That woman asked me to save her child from the hands of the Gnome bandits who live around here.”

Hearing the words of the Gnome bandits, Mirage and his friends explained what exactly these Gnome bandits were from Rudy's mouth.

Gnome bandits are a group that is often found on the Plainfest continent and its form is a Dwarf NPC. They were a group of criminals who had been exiled from the great Dwarf kingdom in the southeast of the Plainfest continent.

In most mythologies or legends, Dwarves are often described as quality craftsmen, Axie Online also takes this basic concept. In the world of Axie Online, almost every Dwarf has Smithing and Crafting skills, so it's no wonder that the great Dwarf kingdom has many great weapons. In the past, most professional players and veteran players were mostly found there in search of great weapons and equipment.

In fact, players often kill NPCs from the Dwarf Race because they want to drop an item in the form of a Job Class Necklace containing a Black Smith Job Class. It was because of this that neither players nor human NPCs could ever set foot into the Dwarf kingdom as a result of this action.

Even though players who killed Dwarf NPCs were not only humans, those who were often caught killing Dwarf NPCs were indeed humans. That's the story of how the gap between the Dwarf race and the human race formed in the Axie Online game.

After hearing the story of the fight between Dwarves and humans in the Axie Online game from Mirage and her friends, Rudy actually looked very excited. His eyes lit up showing his spirit was at its peak.

“B-Big Brother, why are you suddenly getting excited? Big brother hit something on the head huh?"

"It's not like that my stupid brother. If this Gnome Bandit is a Dwarf, there's a chance that we can get the Smithing Skill Emblem."

Mirage nodded slightly agreeing with Rudy's words, but the two brothers in the real world started a war of words once the younger sister realized there was an insertion of 'my stupid brother' in Rudy's words earlier.