Cave World, Mechanical Ruins.
A Lan and his teammates leaned over the iron railing outside the control room, surveying the mechanical spiders gathered in the hall below.
Over their time together, A Lan's role in the team had changed.
He was now the core of the team, and its only player pursuing main-body enhancement.
Originally, the captain had served as the main body.
But knowing his abilities fell far short of A Lan's, the captain had stepped aside, letting him become the team's "Fusion Core."
A Lan had not been surprised by this and readily accepted the captaincy.
From the moment he entered the game, he had a clear plan for his future.
When Higher Dimension distributed game access this time, he was the only member of the Eclipse Race who won a spot.
After entering the game, he named himself "Collect Sacrificial Power," precisely to lay the groundwork in Monster World in advance.
At the same time, refunds for Darklands had begun.
His in-game contact information had been posted on the official website for Darklands. Any player seeking a refund could contact him in Monster World and exchange sacrificial power worth the equivalent amount of real-world currency for a refund.
To players, this meant getting compensation worth 1.5 times the amount for free.
But A Lan knew very well.
In the future, sacrificial power would replace real-world currency, becoming the currency of true value to members of all the Earth Alliance's races.
The only obstacles to sacrificial power replacing real-world currency were time and the shortages that restricted its circulation, preventing it from meeting the needs of large-scale transactions.
Thus, securing sacrificial power in advance was a core direction for the Eclipse Race's future development.
Second, positioning their forces within the game was also extremely important.
At present, he