World Online

Jake was stunned. Stunned speechless. This was something that completely eluded him. There were people out there who happened to come across these blue prints and didn\'t know their value.

Sure, after a few weeks, they would catch on pretty well, but it would still take a few weeks. And Jake had to capitalize on that.

"No wonder The Roman Empire was so dominant back in the day. They knew how to act before it even happened. The blacksmith revolution is bound to happen a few months from now, but Horace jumped on the train so early!" Jake was shocked.

And the thing was, if he wasn\'t here, and if he didn\'t hear what Nolan said, maybe he wouldn\'t have thought of the fact that a few auction houses were going to have a few of these blueprints and each one was going to sell for an undervalued price.

"This is a very good piece of information, chairman. It will help us quite significantly. I wonder how it is that you came to know of this. If I didn\'t know any better, I would think that you were someone from Nova posing as a separate guild." Jake smiled as politely as he could.

"When you come to my position, the only thing that you can do is think. I have nothing else to do. All I do is spend time in these VRMMORPGs, and I think that at this point, even though I am still not an exceptional gamer, I know how they work." Nolan said.

"Experience really is the king of all. I will be in you care, and so will the alliance. With someone like you in the alliance, it will only prosper." Jake said.

"Don\'t suck up to me just yet. All you have seen are empty promises. Now, what you are going to see is the true product." Nolan stopped walking as they reached the end of the corridor.

There was a hall to the left and a hall to the right. Both of these merged at one point. This was just one big hall beneath the entire headquarters.

It was a secretive hall within the secretive hall that was already behind the CEO\'s office. No one would expect that a guild would take so much effort into hiding their secret trump cards.

This giant hall was filled to the brim with players. Players of every single size, shape, and age. Jake could see that some of them were even less than eighteen years old, because of the slight blue mark to the right of their player names.

Horace was trying to look at the long term, nurturing even the young ones at such an early stage of the game. This was none other than a declaration that they were going all in into this game. This was the confidence that they had in the game, and in the fact that the game was going to replace the real world.

Since it had been just a week or two since this information came to light that every country suddenly decided to force everyone into the game, everyone was skeptical.

Maybe the countries took a hasty step because the situation in the world outside the protective bubbles of the rich districts was getting worse and worse.

But Jake knew. Jake knew that there was no doubt countries were absolutely serious about this. And clearly, Nolan did as well.

"Horace is based in Greece, is it not? The one company that has been driving the Greek economy since their collapse a century and half ago. Looks like you are getting a few things in return." Jake tested the waters.

"Getting something in return? Do not joke around. Those are some wild accusations. Now then, why think about al of that when we can talk about the children that we have before us. So many that are stronger than any of your guild members." Nolan raised his hand, looking proudly at the players that Horace had spent maybe a few million dollars nurturing already.

But Jake shook his head.

"You may have spent a lot on your men, but I can guarantee that none of your men can even remotely try and defeat me, my right hand, and my second core member." Jake said.

"You are so confident in your men. Myriad Arrows, I have heard of. But you have a second core member? I wonder who he is." Nolan asked.

"Since you have shown me all of this, trusting me as an ally, I will do the same to you as well. The second core member is a man named Kierch. You may have never heard of him." Jake said.

"Kierch? You mean the mercenary, Kierch? You actually got him to join your guild? Interesting. I never thought that the mercenary would be interested in joining a guild that would tie him down." Nolan raised his eyebrows.

For a second there, Jake had a terrifying thought. For Nolan to have so much information about the game, about World Online, and even about Kierch, it could only mean one thing right? That Nolan had reincarnated, the same as Jake.

But Nolan dispelled Jake\'s concerns, maybe for the moment.

"Ah! He was such a good player in the last few triple A VRMMOPRG titles. I am sure that he will be the same here as well. You are lucky to have him as a part of your guild." Nolan nodded.

"So you know him from another game!" Jake sighed with relief. He would rather not be in a competitive world where there were others who had knowledge of the past.

"Then I am sure that you understand, no matter how well you have nurtured your players here, it will be difficult to go against out core." Jake said, trying to maintain a calm face.

"That is true. But my men are hotblooded. So if they want to try and fight with the one who led a guild to the first raid completion in the game, then please do forgive them for their hastiness." Nolan said.

"Respectfully, you can cut the act, chairman. You want me to battle them don\'t you?"

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