Axie Online

Chapter 16 - Little Sister

After finishing taking Rewards and selling 500 bottles of Health Potion I in Axie Online, Rudy ended his adventure in the Virtual Reality world full dive for today. It's not good for your body's health if you play continuously and forget about the real world. Since it was already 02.00 in the morning, Rudy decided to sleep.

The next day, as usual, Rudy woke up a little later than the time when he entered the class. Today Rudy is still off because today is Sunday. Then Rudy started his activities by cooking cow's eye eggs.

“My money… heh, only three more days to go.”

Rudy couldn't help but smile wryly as he checked the contents of his brown leather wallet. It's true that he still has spare savings in his bank account, but Rudy hopes not to take any more personal savings for this month's life. As much as possible he should save the remaining money.

While waiting for the eggs to cook, he turned on the tv and watched the news about Axie Online. Nothing caught his attention until there was a player with long green hair and long ears with the Elf race and a crimson-haired player with the Human race. Both of them have attractive faces. Especially those two female elf players.

The two players were one of the Hundred Best Players who were ranked 67th and 73rd. The 67th-ranked elf character with green hair was named Indris, while the red-haired human race female player was ranked 73rd named Irisk. The two are real sisters in real life. Although their faces have never been known to the public, they are both quite famous.

The two of them began to describe the interesting events they experienced in Axie Online and various other things-especially the release of the latest weapon from the Axies Corporation, the Excalibur.

The two of them were very enthusiastic when they explained how hard they were looking for this one-handed sword called Excalibur. Excalibur is an unknown item drop and Quest Reward from what mob monsters and what quests they have to do to get the Excalibur sword. The existence of this one-handed sword is still a mystery, so many players have voiced protests against the Axies Corporation for not providing the slightest clue.

Hearing these protests, the Axies Corporation finally relented and gave one insignificant hint on the Axie Forum page. From these clues, Excalibur can be found in a kingdom area and the sword is stuck in a small rock. This makes the players feel quite frustrated because of the lack of clues.

Axie Online is divided into two continents, Plainfest and Darfest. Plainfest was a continent that was home to both novice and professional players, but the Darfest continent had remained shrouded in mystery for several years.

This is because Darfest is full of terrible mobs that are at least level 300. Monster mobs that have level 300 are of course very difficult, even Hundred Best Player can't last more than 1 hour there. It was difficult for high-level players to have such an adventure, let alone middle-level players who weren't among the Hundred Best Players.

Axies Corporation also said that if any player managed to enter level 400 or managed to explore three-quarters of the Darfest continent, then a new continent would be unlocked. This condition makes players bite their fingers. In Darfest continent, the weakest mob monster is only level 300, what if when it reaches level 400 a new continent which is definitely filled with more terrifying mob monsters will be opened?

Back to the main topic.

Rudy had listened to their explanation carefully, but he had no intention of looking for the sword. Why? Because only leveled players above 280 could use the sword. In other words, Rudy's Level Requirement is not sufficient to use the Excalibur sword.

If you ask why there is no Level Requirement on Rudy's Iron Sword +4 and Rare Ironforge Sword. That's because, in Axie Online, weapons level 20 and below don't have a Level Requirement. The Level Requirement will apply only to weapons or equipment over level 20.

Quite surprising, right? Different from other MMORPG systems, Axie Online's system is unique and unpredictable. Even the Axies Corporation staff rarely give instructions so players are expected to think independently and creatively.

But there is one sentence that catches the attention of players that makes Axie Online have the most players among other VRMMORPG games. 'In this world, anything that sounds impossible can happen, was the sentence that invited many players from VRMMORPGs from other games to switch accounts to the world of Axie Online.

"If I get that sword, I'll at least sell it."

With very casually, said Rudy as he took a sip of the small cup of black coffee he made a moment ago.

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Bored because yesterday he only played Axie Online, finally Rudy decided to leave his apartment to get some fresh air. Before that, of course, he checked the sales results on the Axie Forum. All the Health Potions I sold there had been sold out until not a single player left a bottle.

Rudy started to cash out the 25,000 Byl he had just earned from selling Health Potion I into the earth federation's currency and sent it to his bank account. He looked enthusiastic to see that there was an incoming message on his cellphone containing the transaction of the Byl cryptocurrency exchange from Axie Online to the earth federation's currency that had been successful so that he got 250,000 in one sale.

"Great... no wonder so many teens like me turn Axie Online into a gold mine."

While sliding the screen of his smartphone, Rudy smiled happily like a madman on the street. Of course, this caught the attention of many people, so they created Rudy. Rudy even thought that he would continue to produce Health Potion I in large quantities, then sell them all.

However, he started to look back at the players who resold his Health Potions. If they continued to resell the Health Potion I that Rudy sold, then they would also make a huge profit while they suffered a loss.

Rudy had to choose to increase the price or stop selling Health Potion I for a while. For him, the best option right now was of course to increase the price by seeding the prices of those who resell Health Potion I. However, this would be risky so he couldn't make any decisions.

The price of Health Potion I that rose from it would also affect the market price other players bought from it. In addition to novice players not getting a share, buyer time will also be reduced. Then, the exchange rate of Byl against the federation's currency may also decrease.

Rudy couldn't help but sigh knowing that these reselling players actually made up their minds. In the MMORPG game that he played previously on his smartphone, Rudy didn't think that far because he only added in-game money. But now he realized that the seller who was the target of the players for resale was also experiencing this troublesome thing.

"Looks like I'll have to stop selling Health Potion I for the time being."

Rudy smiled wryly, apparently producing a lot of items needed by players would bring trouble like this. He started to shove his cell phone into his trouser pocket and turned his attention back to the road. Since Rudy was currently outside, he was also planning to take the money he had just withdrawn from Byl and buy some of his necessities.

"Oh, brother!"

At this moment, Rudy heard a call from a familiar voice. Curious, Rudy lifted his head slightly and looked ahead.

Even though he pays attention to the road, he doesn't necessarily pay attention to everyone who passes by so he is often the target of thieves from the start. But amazingly, Rudy was so wary of himself that he didn't realize he was being robbed secretly.

His eyes widened when he saw a cute girl with brown hair in two pigtails, emerald green eyes, skin as clean as pearls, and wearing a high school uniform and makeup. The girl was with two other boys and two girls who were also in the same uniform as her.

The girl ran towards Rudy warily like a child with her arms outstretched to the side, whereas she only smiled faintly after seeing the girl. However, when they were ready to approach a distance of five meters, the girls changed their expressions from looking very happy, to angry with a suppressing aura. The girl increased her running speed suddenly.

Suddenly, Rudy immediately ran to the body and mustered his strength to check himself off the brown-haired girl in a ponytail. The two of them engage in a chase on the street, attracting the attention of everyone present. On the other hand, the four people accompanying the girl were simply shocked followed by confusion.