Axie Online

Chapter 31 - Prom Night (I)

"G-good night, Rudy."

"Good evening, Kurenai."

Tonight is a 'sacred' weekend for men who don't have girlfriends. Even so, Rudy did not really think about the reason why Sunday night is called a sacred night by most people.

If I'm honest, he always wants to say 'to hell with the sacred night' in front of men who always complain about not having a girlfriend and always bothering other people who are making out, even though they don't try to find one.

After all, once they get a boyfriend they won't want to be bothered, right? Why are they interfering with the rights of others?

That's what often makes Rudy angry with these men. He wanted to stuff their mouths with math exam papers that always made his head hurt when he saw it.

By the way, currently, Amatsuka Kurenai, otherwise known as Violet in the world of Axie Online, was standing at the door of Rudy's apartment. The reason why Kurenai was in front of Rudy's apartment was that she intended to pick up Rudy before leaving for the appointment.

Shouldn't it be upside down? It should be the man who picks up the woman when she wants to attend a party or celebration, but it seems that Rudy is not that type of man. Moreover, Kurenai didn't mind that.

"Um, Sis Rudy are you ready?"

"Ah, as you can see. I didn't know that the promise you meant was today!"

Kurenai turned her gaze towards Rudy's toes and slowly towards the face. After seeing the Prom Night couple who was 3 years older than herself dressed in normal casual clothes, Kurenai couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Sorry, can you wait a minute until I'm ready? I forgot."

"Yes, it is okay."

Rudy let Kurenai into his apartment. The girl sat on the sofa in the living room, while Rudy went to the bathroom to clean himself and get ready. Kurenai sat quietly waiting for Rudy.

While waiting, Kurenai looked around Rudy's apartment. She looks quite amazed by the cleanliness and layout of the furniture that is so efficient and beautiful in this room. Usually, a man is underestimated in terms of cleanliness, but Kurenai did not find that point in this apartment. On the contrary, the cleanliness is very well maintained.

Kurenai could also see several photo frames beside the available mirror nearby. There is a photo of Rudy who is still in high school uniform with his friends, there is Rudy when he was an elementary school student, there is an adult Rudy who is receiving an award from the police for stopping the robbery, and there is a photo of Rudy with his family, Mira, and his two late parents.

Kurenai already knew that Rudy and Mira's parents were victims of a terrorist act at a mall about 8 years ago. Mira had told this to herself and three other friends, so she had known for a long time. That's why Mira felt concerned when she saw the photo of the Laendra family on display there.

"Kurenai, I'm ready."

Less than 20 minutes, Rudy came out of his room with a black suit and his hair neatly combed to the right, making his appearance change drastically. He looks handsome and elegant, even Kurenai was amazed by him. It was visible from her slightly blushing cheeks.

Rudy looked very confused after seeing Kurenai's reaction.

"Kurenai?"

"U-Um, then let's go!"

Kurenai who couldn't contain her embarrassment covered her face and jogged towards the exit. On the other hand, Rudy did not understand what happened to Kurenai at all.

In the taxi, Rudy seemed to focus on some news about Heaven Throne which was planning to hold a full raid, Full Raid on the Five Seasons Dungeon. Led by Legion Leader Sieg and Deputy Legion Crowntail.

The Heaven Throne Legion seemed very confident that they would win.

Full Raid, the term for a full raid that usually consists of more than 30 parties in one attack on a Dungeon. Sometimes Full Raid can be called Big Raid or Great Raid depending on what the players want to call it, but Full Raid is the official name.

In Axie Online there is a system called Raid which means to attack or invade. This system will usually activate automatically when more than 10 parties gather to conquer the Dungeon and provide a special feature that allows party leaders to communicate with party members via invoices without needing to add each other to the Friendlist while in the Dungeon.

The difference between a normal Raid and a Full Raid is the number of players and parties participating in the Raid. As explained, Raid will activate when 10 or more parties gather to attack a Dungeon, however, Full Raid automatically activates when there are 30 or more parties gathered in one place to clear the Dungeon.

Full Raid has a special feature than regular Raid, which is that each Raid member can communicate with each other via voice and can exchange detailed information with each other through visual holograms. Visual holograms may sound strange, so think of it as a kind of video call in the form of a three-dimensional pixel hologram.

If you do Full Raid and activate this special feature, the cooperation and cohesiveness of party members will be much higher and movement will also be more efficient.

However, most players don't know and understand this Raid and Full Raid feature so any party that wants to conquer an unconquered Dungeon can do it with Raid. As a result, Raid has become a common term among Axie Online players.

Not only seeing the news and responses of various top-rank players to the Full Raid plan that Heaven Throne would carry out on the Five Seasons Dungeon, but Rudy also monitored the Items he was selling once again. The profits are quite a lot from the results of selling other beginner items.

While Rudy looked relaxed, Kurenai was the opposite. Her face was red and her expression was also very nervous. It's true that she doesn't like Rudy with words that are close to 'love', but Rudy's current appearance is quite cool and can make women fall in love with him.

Well, that's natural because usually Rudy always looks casual like everyone else, but doesn't really care about appearance. Just like women, men can also be handsome if they intend to improve themselves.

"Ehm... Sis Rudy, what are you looking at?"

Kurenai was actually a little curious about what Rudy was looking at, but she didn't dare to ask because it could be considered rude. After gathering determination, Kurenai finally managed to open a conversation.

"Ah, just checking the sales results on the Axie Forum and the news about the Heaven Throne Full Raid."

"I see. Brother, what do you think the Relic being chased by the Heaven Throne is?"

"Relic, huh?"

Rudy held the tip of his chin slightly contemplating what Relic really was in the Five-Sea Dungeon to the point that many Legions Raid in that place continuously. Even though their avatars' bodies were immortal, the penalty caused by death in the game wasn't trivial.

Although there are Transportal Items such as Teleport Scrolls and the like to avoid death, it doesn't mean that death is inevitable. Items such as Transport Items are very rare in the Axie Online world and the Axie Forum is also very expensive.

Rudy felt very lucky because he was able to get a rare item such as a Town Teleport Scroll which might be priced exorbitantly if it was auctioned.

What caused the large Legions to frequently Raid the Dungeon?

"Hmm, the Relic in the Five Seasons Dungeon is an Item that's worth tens of millions?"

Alright, it's been confirmed that Rudy is indeed a mercenary.

"Sis Rudy can't be helped any more..."

Even Kurenai patted and shook her head lightly resigned to hearing Rudy's answer to that question.

Meanwhile, Rudy couldn't help but laugh inwardly when he saw Kurenai's reaction.