章 2: Sell account
No matter how much they look, they would never be able to find a stronger character than Volkner. Even in hunting areas where a group of players fought bitterly to survive, he could decimate all the mobs on his own. After reaching max level, he faced the strongest mobs in the game, including dragons.
But Volkner could no longer find joy in it.
With the recent and rapid development of technology, gaming has reached its peak with the virtual reality system. Among them, the game 'Royal Pokemon Online' was especially impressive. The game perfectly realized a real-world in the realm of virtual reality where millions of players and different races played side by side.
There were thousands of classes and millions of different skills and monsters. The game allowed for unrestricted open-world adventure. You can even enjoy a few days of deep-sea fishing with your friends - as long as the sea is in your favor.
While the freedom and massive scale of the game were surprising, best of all was the amazing new game system. So much so that 'Royal Pokemon Online' was reputed to have achieved the penultimate fun a man could enjoy through a game.
"Regardless of that, everything is a pie in the sky for me."
With a computer taking a long time to load a basic page, how could he dream of anything bigger? Although it became widespread, the VR machine still cost over $100,000. If he had that much money to spend, he would rather spend it on his grandmother's hospital fee, or even his sister's tuition fee.
It was time to delete the game and start working hard and earning a living,
『Are you serious about deleting your account?.』
"Yes No."
Volkner hovered over 'Yes'. With just a click of a button, the character he created with love and passion would be gone forever. Just as he was about to put pressure on his finger, a lost thought floated to the back of his mind. 'Didn't people make money selling your character? Was there no market for these accounts?'
He vaguely remembered something about it, a newspaper article about how often people made money buying and selling their characters. Since he was going to delete his character anyway, Volkner didn't think it wouldn't hurt to sell his character.
Volkner began searching the internet for a character auction site. Just one search turned up several dozen different websites. He clicked on what was supposed to be the biggest and most traded auction site.
"So I just need to upload my character here?" Volkner uploaded his character avatar with several different images and descriptions. Character at max level, ultimate gear drops from dragons, with 30 trillion Marks in in-game currency.
He selected the starting bid at 5,000. He was afraid that if he chose a great starting bid, no one would bid on his character. The auction duration has been set to one day. He didn't think he'd get big bids by waiting too long, and with his job pending, he was desperate for money to get at least a decent set of work clothes.
There was usually a set market price for a character or item. But because the auction description for other sellers was restricted to paying members only, Volkner was not able to access them and set his price to market level.
But he had more important things to worry about, he wanted to get up as early as possible tomorrow and go to the Employment Department. Loading his profile, Volkner went to sleep.
*****
Not an hour has passed since Volkner uploaded his avatar that the Internet's virtual space, the internet, began to heat up.
The first people who read the auction post passed it off as a hoax. They all knew that after the last Continent of Magic patch, the level cap reached a new high. The level cap was fixed at 200. On all servers, they knew that no person had yet to reach the level cap. It was just an unfathomable number that was impossible for any man to reach.
But here it was, with the auction description stating that the seller was auctioning a character at max level.
"Who's the bastard trying to trick us now?"
"I can't believe someone would post something so ridiculous."
"I've been fooled so many times it's not even funny anymore."
Comments were posted this way. Some swearing that no one would be fooled by such an obvious scam, or thanking the poster for the laugh. Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the rampant increase in click baits that has fooled many, people have thought that this was yet another occasion.
"Maybe not, but maybe..."
"There's just no way."
Netizens tried their best to ignore the auction post. But they couldn't get over their curiosity and once or twice tried to click on it. Character images were a mandatory requirement to submit an auction post. They opened all the images that were uploaded in the auction post. The character status visualization was quite impressive. Every stat was boosted to the max, and the equipment was beyond the wildest dream.
"Did these weapons exist?"
"A full set of Red Dragon armor and a shield made from the Red Dragon's spine? What is this...?"
"Was the sword bestowed by the God of War himself?"
People couldn't help but admire him. Although it looked like a fake, it didn't seem to exhibit the usual carelessness associated with it. The images appeared to have been faked down to the smallest detail, showing incredible zeal and effort to create such a fake.
"It must have taken a long time."
"The UI looks like it's from the Continent of Magic, but which game do you think he photoshopped the gear from?"
Of the many commentators, there were graphic designers among them. They used the posted images to look for any flaws.
"No matter how well an image is photoshopped, it always leaves a tiny trail behind. Although it may look perfect to the naked eye, using the latest technology we can detect the flaws in the image."
The designers zoomed in on the image by 10,000, searching for individual pixels, shadows, and even 3D scanning to find any signs of a forgery. But all his efforts were in vain. In the end, they could only recognize the authenticity of the images.
"These images are all authentic."
"I am the lead designer at LK. I can confirm that there are no signs of forgery in any of these images."
Contrary to people's expectations, graphic designers have attested to the validity of the images.
Among the commentators were people who still played the Continent of Magic. When they saw the images, they immediately screamed in surprise. They had not the slightest bit of doubt about the authenticity of the post.
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