The Grotto World, Mechanical Ruins.
A Lan and his teammates leaned over the iron railing outside the control room, gazing down at the mechanical spiders gathered in the hall below.
After spending some time together, A Lan's place in the team had changed.
He was now the team's core, and the only player focused on strengthening his main form.
The captain had originally served as the team's main form.
But knowing his abilities were far inferior to A Lan's, the captain chose to step aside and let A Lan take on the role of the team's "fusion core."
A Lan wasn't surprised. He calmly accepted the captaincy.
From the moment he entered the game, he had had a clear plan for his future.
When the higher-dimensional lifeforms distributed game access, he had been the only member of the Moon Eclipse Clan to receive it.
After entering the game, he had named himself "Receive Sacrificial Power" precisely so he could lay the groundwork in advance for the Monster World.
At the same time, refunds for the Dark Land had begun.
The Dark Land's official website listed his in-game contact information. Any player who wanted a refund could get in touch with him in the Monster World and exchange Sacrificial Power worth the equivalent amount in real-world currency for a refund.
As far as players were concerned, this was a free 1.5-times compensation payout.
But A Lan knew better.
In the future, Sacrificial Power would replace real-world currency and become the truly valuable currency in the eyes of the members of the various Earth Alliance races.
The only things preventing Sacrificial Power from replacing real-world currency were time and the shortage of Sacrificial Power, which restricted the flow of currency and made large-scale transactions impossible.
That was why investing in Sacrificial Power