Martial Destiny

Upon waking up in the real world, Julius felt quite strange and woke up with a terrible sensation.

The best way to describe what he was feeling at that moment was that he had just woken up from a wonderful dream and faced reality.

As if the dream world was better.

But it wasn't like those dreams where someone has a better life in the dream and wakes up to face the unhappy life they live.

The best way to describe it was simple: The dream world was better than the real world.

Literally one world better than the other.

The feeling Julius had upon waking up was that the air in his house was simply filthy!

"Has it really been that long since I last cleaned my house!?" Julius may not have been the most careful person in the world, but he wasn't careless to that extent!

He was literally feeling sick from the bad sensation he was experiencing at that moment.

Even so, with no other options, he got out of bed and went to get ready for work...

After a while, Julius still felt the sense of filth around him, but he wasn't feeling sick like before.

Now he was sitting at the table in the living room, eating his typical breakfast: two scrambled eggs and a cup of black coffee. Julius was reading some famous tabs in the Hall of Fame.

Being the most famous site on the subject, the number of users was massive, as well as the amount of content posted on the Hall of Fame.

Julius was browsing the site and watching some videos of [The Gates].

"So, this is the level of players nowadays?" Julius was surprised to find that it wasn't just him who was significantly ahead of other players. Eleonor and his parents were also much stronger than most players!

Most players were currently complaining on forums about dying to the demons!

And those who managed to survive the first demonic night were struggling to face anything other than rabbits.

Only elite guild groups were managing to hunt wolves, which meant that Julius and the others were considered above elite level at that moment.

GULP

"I can't let this opportunity slip by." As he swallowed another sip of black coffee, Julius thought he needed to start becoming an excavator as soon as possible and take advantage of the moment.

"I'm clearly stronger than a large portion of the players right now. If I can record my fight against the Forest King, I'll get a huge number of subscribers."

The videos of [The Gates] were getting ridiculous views, especially the ones related to combat.

The video Julius was watching at the moment was proof of that: 1 million views on a video where four people were struggling to face a single wolf.

"How many views would I get if I posted a video of me defeating 3 wolves almost by myself!?" He couldn't help but fantasize a bit, imagining hitting 10 million views on the first video he released.

He had already created a profile on Hall of Fame and other social media, as that had been the arrangement with Eleonor.

"She'll take care of the social media. I'll just need to enter the game and let her film me on my adventures."

With that, Julius was feeling quite at ease about the situation.

All the profiles had the same name: Tyrant.oficial.

He thought it was a good idea to use his avatar's nickname instead of his real name, and he had already informed Eleonor about it.

She agreed with the idea as well.

According to her: "Tyrant is a much more memorable name than Julius."

For some reason, hearing that made him feel a bitter taste in his mouth.

"Julius is a good name!"

"Hm?"

As he took another sip of coffee, Julius noticed that a new tab had just been created.

[The Association]

Curious about what it was, Julius clicked the tab and opened a new page.

"

The Union presents its newest project: The Association;

We are extremely happy and grateful for the success of the game [The Gates], and to show our appreciation, we are launching our newest service today.

In an attempt to bring the virtual closer to the real, we will be purchasing resources found within [The Gates]. To be more precise, The Association will be buying players' [Samsara Coins] and [Martial Destiny] for a satisfactory price.

This action aims to further improve the relationship between [The Gates] and you!

Therefore, we will buy Samsara Coins and any of the Martial Destiny branches from anyone willing to sell.

Samsara Coin: 10,000 C

The following prices for [Path] and [Physicals] are based on their grade:

Extraordinary: 1,000 C

Epic: 5,000 C

Legendary: 25,000 C

Firmament: 100,000 C

Note: Any player wishing to sell to us must register with the association.

Sincerely, The UNION Team

"

The UNION is the name given to the merger of the world governments, making it the strongest and most influential organization on the planet.

So, an announcement like that from such an organization made an alarm go off in Julius's mind.

Such an action from them made the things behind the game seem even stranger and more mysterious, which only made Julius's suspicions grow more and more.

But to be honest, those suspicions took a backseat in Julius's mind.

At that moment, he was focused on something much more important.

"10,000 C" That amount of credits for a single [Samsara Coin] was ridiculous!

With a monthly salary of 1,800 C, Julius realized that if he sold the coin he had earned the day before, he could make almost 6 months of salary!

And considering that only a single night had passed in the real world...

"I made 10,000 credits in a single night!?" Such a thing was simply unimaginable for Julius up until that moment.

10,000 credits in one night? He would need almost 180 days to make that amount with his regular job!

"THANK YOU!!!" Even though he wasn't a very religious man, Julius couldn't think of another way to express the happiness he was feeling at that moment.

With no other way to express himself, Julius stopped his breakfast with tears in his eyes and thanked the heavens...

But since he was in the apartment, he was thanking Mrs. Forfora from upstairs...

Anyway, the important thing was the gesture!

And at that moment, Julius felt extremely grateful!

Not only for the 10,000 credits he had made, but for the entire situation.

"Thank you to any God who is listening to me! Even though I've had bad luck my whole life, the luck I had last night made everything worth it!" It seemed exaggerated, but it was becoming increasingly evident how much [The Gates] could change lives!

The Celestial Tyrant physique felt like winning the lottery!

Simply a luck that Julius had never had before!

In fact, Julius had never even won a neighborhood bingo, let alone something like winning the lottery!

It was something utterly unimaginable for him!

The potential he was showing within [The Gates] was becoming increasingly better. It was only a matter of time before he became well known within the player community.

And when that happened... "I'LL BE RICH AS F***!"