Chapter 51 (1/2)

“A few million?” Xiao Yu’s heart thumped after hearing that, as his goal for playing the game in the beginning was to earn a few million dollars. However, such a dream was completely crushed after his Demonic Blaze Overlord character was killed. How was it possible for him not to be moved after hearing what Dakar Rhoder had said?

However, he did not show what he thought on his face, as he was not a person that would just trust what others said.

He purposely pretended to doubt Dakar Rhode and goaded him by saying, “You must be bluffing.”

Dakar Rhode smiled and was not goaded at all. “Of course not. In reality, even if I don’t tell you now, you’ll find out quickly, so it’s fine to tell you. Have you heard about the expansion pack?”

Xiao Yu nodded. Not long ago, the Firmament game company had released news that the next expansion pack would be implemented.

However, the weird thing was that there was no explanation or information regarding the details of the expansion pack. What was the new expansion pack about, who was the villain, and who was the Adventurers going to fight against? Was it the Devils? Undeads? Evil dragons? Or aliens? There was no description at all, but just a very generic sentence: “You shall decide the future”.

Most players thought that such a sentence meant that it would be the players that would vote for the biggest villain. However, there was no relevant advertising or voting options, which made the players puzzled. Now, after listening to what Dakar Rhode had said, it seemed that it was not that simple.

Dakar Rhode said, “Of course, it’s not that simple. Our studio has someone in the Firmament company, so we have heard some news. What it means by letting the players themselves decide… it’s really up to the players’ decision. Naturally, it does not mean the Adventurer players, but the Monster players. Soon, the Firmament company will announce a plan and release an activity in the game. The contents of the activity will be ‘All Monster Mode players have the chance to become the final Boss of the next expansion pack’.

“The deadline of this activity is a year, when the new expansion pack drops. In that period of time, every Monster Mode player can sign up to participate. There are three conditions to be able to join the activity.

“Firstly, one must be a Big Boss Mode character and reach level 60.

“Secondly, one must be in control of a Monster Force. Because if one has to go against the whole world, he cannot be alone, so he has to have a group of underlings.

“Thirdly, have one’s background story and relevant mission plot.

“As long as one meets the three conditions, they can join the selection of the expansion pack Boss. The specific method to decide is through one’s strength, one’s Reputation in the game, and the voting of Adventurer players.

“This activity shall pick three overall Bosses that will be the team dungeon Bosses of the early, middle, and late stage of the expansion pack respectively. They will also be the core enemies of the whole expansion pack plot, and the plot of the expansion pack will basically develop around those three super villains.

“Those three will also obtain the grand prizes. First place will receive $30,000,000, second will receive $20,000,000, and third $10,000,000.

“There are also awards for nominations for 20 people. Each will receive $2,000,000, thus the final prize pool will be as high as $100,000,000.”

“OMG! That much!” Even though Xiao Yu had prepared himself mentally, he was also astonished. The game company was so generous. Although that $100,000,000 prize pool sounded astounding, it really was not much for the game company that earned lots of money every day. Therefore, Xiao Yu did not find it unbelievable but was only slightly shocked at the company’s creativity.

“This is the reason why we are investing. Even just a nomination award is enough for us to earn big bucks. Don’t just see the nomination award as $2,000,000. The profits that could be obtained are well above just that. Just imagine, those Bosses that are nominated will definitely have a place in the game, be it ruling over a land or dungeon, fighting against Adventurers. The area where they rule over will definitely not be small, and if one is able to manage it properly, it’s not impossible to earn up to tens or hundreds of millions.