Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 757: Chapter 717: Rio Girl

How could items from “Paradise” be brought to Metropolis?

Camille Victoria’s first thought was, “Could they be imitated by the blacksmith?”

There were a group of professional blacksmiths in Metropolis who had already quit their real jobs and worked full-time in the virtual world, taking orders to forge custom weapons and armor for players.

By doing this, they could not only make several times more money than their regular jobs but also enjoy a high reputation among players.

If these people were inspired by the hunting ship’s grappling hook to make a replica, they could surely create something very similar.

But Camille Victoria soon found something odd.

The grappling hooks made by these talented blacksmiths should only be ordinary ones that might be able to climb a wall but capturing a moving target would basically be impossible.

Yet she had clearly seen earlier how the grappling hook automatically wrapped around the dragon’s claw upon contact.

Such an absurd event could only be the work of magic.

This left Camille Victoria a little puzzled.

Fortunately, there were many viewers in the live broadcast room, and the secrets of the gaming circle could not be hidden from their all-knowing eyes. Soon, an audience member answered her question—

“It’s the [Armament Box]! You can’t use weapons across game worlds in the Armament Box, but Public World isn’t counted.”

“Armament Box?”

Seeing this answer, Camille Victoria was immediately impressed.

Being able to complete 30 hunts on Dinosaur Island, tackle the grappling hook task, and win 30 matches in [Extraordinary Battlefield] at this time was not something skill alone could achieve.

He must have been nurtured by luck and perseverance!

What did ‘Public World isn’t counted’ mean?

The next moment, she saw the answer—.

In front of the green dragon’s flight path, a man jumped down from a towering tree, made an Iaido motion in mid-air, and a large blade with a golden glow appeared at his waist.

Camille Victoria was quite familiar with this scene!

This was the “Posture” of the large blade before performing a special attack!

In other words, the unique weapon made on Dinosaur Island could also be stuffed into the [Armament Box] and brought into the Public World?

And was this big shot boss planning to launch a combo attack in mid-air?

However, the giant dragon was not the mindless, rampaging monster of Dinosaur Island. The green dragon flapped its wings and started spinning like a top in the air.

At the same time, numerous green light spots scattered from its wings, the surrounding plants once again started to grow frantically!

The blade light flashed!

But it didn’t strike the green dragon’s neck, but rather had to come out early to cut off the increasingly thick branches that blocked the way ahead.

Then, this big shot demonstrated impressive agility, continuously leaping horizontally through the ever-thickening and growing branches, dodging sharp branches, running at high speeds, and occasionally using the grappling hook to zip between tree trunks, stubbornly following the giant dragon.

This operation completely dumbfounded Camille Victoria:

“Armament Box, large blade, Iaido, Assassin’s bloodline, Combat Sense, grappling hook…”

In a matter of a few seconds, this big shot had used all the available items and skills, and they were seamlessly integrated.

Despite these actions, the actual damage to the giant dragon was zero, but the display was absolutely engaging.

At that moment, there were many in the audience who asked for the way, wanting to know if this big shot had a live broadcast room.

Let alone the audience, Camille Victoria also wanted to run over and add him as a friend.

Unfortunately, the distance was too far to see anything more than a figure, and she couldn’t possibly catch up with him just by running on her two legs.

She could only sigh: the players nowadays are really outrageous, and then she continued to run, following the main troop.

Anyway, a BOSS like the giant dragon could not be defeated in a short time, so there’s no need to worry about missing the damage.

Her purpose for this trip was to get another “Dragon Pearl” to show Connar tonight, just to see if she knew what it could be used for.

She had forgotten about this matter today as she was too busy watching the little girl sleep.

*

Meanwhile, Giselle stood on the main street, feeling the strong wind as the giant dragon flew by just above the ground, watching people of different skin tones and unique outfits from different countries in the world, shooting at the giant dragon while racing and running all the way, their eyes widening in surprise.

This was her first time logging into the virtual world.

Before logging in, her classmates had told her that the virtual world was an incredibly beautiful place:

Expensive clothes in reality could be easily acquired here.

Exclusive gourmet food from around the world could be savored to your heart’s content.

Luxurious houses and spacious areas could be decorated however you wished.

Movies, bars, shopping malls, stadiums, concert halls, amusement parks, and even casinos, all are wide open, welcoming your visit.

Don’t worry about bad people, don’t be afraid of robbery, and never worry about being harmed again.

By the way, there are also libraries, a huge library with an incredibly rich collection of books and constantly growing richer every day.

You can even find money-making opportunities here, earning from people all over the world!

Without taking any risks, the Cloud Dream points you earn can be easily sold, exchanged for Reais, Euros, US dollars, Daxia dollars, and other strong currencies.

In short, in the description of her classmates, this is an ideal country like a utopia and a land of golden opportunities everywhere.

In order to successfully enter here, Giselle took out all her savings from four years of work-study and pre-ordered a [Mirage 2.0] console – and it was a full pre-order.

This can’t be helped, she doesn’t know many people in Rio.

If it wasn’t for her hard work and luck, getting into college and also receiving a sponsorship from a kind-hearted person, she might still be struggling in the slums now.

It’s even less possible for her to know higher-class classmates and learn about the most advanced technology and opportunities in the world.

The shopkeeper introduced her to the console, one of only three suppliers in Rio with a large supply on hand.

The only requirement the shopkeeper had was that the money had to be paid first and then a long wait of more than a month before the console could be obtained.

Giselle hesitated for only one evening before making up her mind and handing over all the hard-earned money she had saved.

There’s no doubt this is a huge gamble.

She’s about to graduate, but employment opportunities in Rio are limited, especially for women.

Giselle had no choice but to prepare early, trying to find another backup path besides the conventional postgraduate route.

This savings were her gamble.

In order to save as much money as possible, she asked the shopkeeper at the time, “Is there a first-generation console?”

She felt there was no need for her to use the latest model; a second-hand, cheaper first-generation console would suffice.

But, to her surprise, the shopkeeper told her, “In Rio, even in the whole of America, the first-generation Mirage consoles are at least 5 times more expensive than the newer Mirage 2.0.”

“If you have one, I’ll buy it at 6 times the price.”

Hearing this, she could only obediently hand over the money.

After anxiously waiting for a month, Giselle finally got her Mirage console.

Bringing it back to the rented house, she installed it according to the manual, then opened her six-handed computer, found the mysterious software her classmate sent her, and started it.

— Giselle doesn’t understand technology and doesn’t know much about this software, but her classmate said that she must use this software to connect to the virtual world, otherwise, even if she connects, it won’t be stable and could lose the connection easily.

Giselle believed that classmate with a quarter-Daxia blood and followed the procedure step by step.

Finally, she started Mirage, logged into her Cloud Dream account — of course, she had already registered the account. In her class, although only 4 people had a Mirage console, almost everyone had a Cloud Dream account.

However, Giselle didn’t want to spend money, so there was only the game “Assassins’ Alliance” gifted by her classmate in her account, saying she could play together in Metropolis when she had time.

Giselle followed the process and quickly saw the luxurious house described by her classmates.

Naturally, she had higher expectations for the virtual world, and despite not caring about the renovation, she quickly chose to log in.

She had four login options before her:

[Wind Traveler]

[Assassins’ Alliance]

[Metropolis (Peace)]

[Metropolis (Freedom)]

Driven by curiosity, Giselle chose [Metropolis (Freedom)].

Thus, with all the beautiful imaginations of “prosperity,” “beauty,” “luxury,” “freedom,” “hope,” and so on for the virtual world, she logged into Metropolis.

But to her surprise, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a scene like this —

Broken city, ruins everywhere.

Giant beasts hover in the sky, gunshots are everywhere.

Explosions of fire, players stuck in midair by tree branches, roaring motorcycles, crowds running in a disorganized mess toward one direction…n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

What…

What the hell is this place!

It’s completely the opposite of what was described by her classmates!

“Have I been deceived?” Giselle doubted that classmate for the first time.