73 The Dark Elves (1/2)

It is like stepping into another world.

Oh wait. It is!

Beyond the magical portal is a completely different universe, operating on a completely different rule and principle than the prime universe, where I have come from.

Ancient trees tower over me, reaching far into the sky and glowing majestically under the twin moons – red and green – above.

I think goblin comes from the green one.

Moonlight streams through the dense tree lines, through their thick branches and vast leaves, bathing the waist-high grasses and foliage on the ground brilliantly.

Eternal night blankets the entire forest day and night, disorientating my perception of time – not really since I do know exactly what time it is.

It is just one of my senses thanks to my power. It helps me navigate the timestream, jumping back and forth in the timeline with pinpoint accuracy.

”It is always night here, Master. Another blessing from the Goddess herself.”

Elune reminds me when I stare unblinkingly at the clear starry sky.

Due to all the light pollutions back on planet Earth, being able to see the natural beauty of the universe with a naked eye is a very rewarding occasion.

I did a few times when I wandered around the Sahara Desert with a team of Hydra, looking for ancient burial tombs.

We did find it after several night of searching. The desert is a very big place after all. I will tell you all about our little treasure hunts around Egypt as well as all over the world later.

”Please follow me, Master. The elders wish to see you.”

Elune beckons and slowly walks towards a massive tree located in the centre of the forest.

There is a very clear path, leading there even if the ground is covered with overgrown foliage.

I take a deep breath, trying to calm my excited heart before following Elune, all under the discerning eyes of the Rangers and Hunters.

Rangers and Hunters are Elvish Classes or Ranks. It is probably classes. Ranks are different from what I can tell. Elune is a Huntress, but her rank is very high thanks to her connection to the Goddess herself.

There are more classes like Druids and Wardens amongst the elves.

This starting to sound a lot like Azeroth.

I think I will name this world Azeroth just for the heck of it. It is called Azula – meh.

As for Warcraft itself, the game hasn't even been conceived yet.

In fact, Blizzard Entertainment hasn't existed as far as I know. It will be around February 1991 if I recall correctly. I am still unsure whether I should start the company myself or let those nerds do it for me and buy them out in the end.

I am leaning more to the latter since there is no need for me to do all the hard works.

Blizzard might not even follow the same growth rate and gain immense popularity like they did in the original timeline. So much have changed in the prime universe.

The PlayStation will basically bulldozer the whole gaming market when it is released.

For its powerful specification and relatively cheap price, there is no way the console will not dominate the market, especially when I already have like hundreds of high-quality games ready to be sold.

Selling just licencing and toolkits will make back the insanely (falsified) expensive manufacturing cost, so it will justify our marketing strategy. I don't want the United States Government looking too deeply into this.

I wonder whether Nintendo or other gaming companies will come knocking on my door, begging for a meeting on the account of me killing their market? They would be a fool not to.

The gaming companies are one of the reasons why I need the power and fame of Chrono Holdings.

Chrono Holdings will also force Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and their respective companies to the table, making them take me seriously amongst other things.

Revealing the powerhouse that Terra Entertainment during the court case does kill a lot of birds.

In any case, I will deal with all of that later. There is no need to hurry when the whole prime universe is completely frozen in time.

The elves are hiding in the treelines, watching me. They are whispering amongst themselves, but I am unable to understand what they are saying.

They are obviously not speaking English. They probably have no idea what English is.

I don't know why I can understand Elune and she can understand me though. Perhaps it is due to the master-servant sort of connection we have. That makes thing easy, I suppose.

”Selene. Linguistic analysis. I want to know their language by heart within the next 5 minutes.”

I order the virtual intelligence in my head.

[Acknowledged, Operator]

Selene will map out the language for me and produce a neutral interface package for me.

Once the package is uploaded and integrated into my brain, I will understand and speak their language fluently.

This is how I get around all the language barrier when I am in a foreign country.

I tend to only speak English when I am outside the United States since I like to see what the foreigners are saying about me, especially when they think I don't know their language.

People speaks their mind when they think no one is listening or understand them.

Over the decades, Shield have gathered a lot of dirt on everyone in the United States through its totally illegal surveillance system.

There are probably enough blackmail materials for me to basically take down the entire United States Government – but not yet.

Some important pieces aren't in place yet.

I think I speak about 60 different languages at the moment, including dead one like Egyptian and Aztec because of reasons.

Although sounds a lot, it is not really that many considering there are more 6500 spoken languages in the world.

Most of those languages are not that useful, so I didn't bother learning them.

Regardless of whether I can understand the elves or not, I think they don't like me very much, probably due to their deep seeded grudge against the humans of their world.

Those humans are encroaching on their forest, cutting countless trees down to power their constant expansion. They have also kidnapped a lot of dark elven children, who are quiet exotic goods due to their longevity and natural beauties.

I don't need to tell you what those humans use those elves for.

This is a medieval age after all.

Democracy is dead. Actually, it isn't even born yet.