Revival

Richard, hearing the man's statement, already knew his small company was about to enter the big leagues. Deus Corp might be a familiar name to everyone, as it was known for working on virtual reality, but there were many companies like that. Above all, in terms of ranking or revenue, Deus Corp was nowhere near the big leagues.

Now that the Mouse had taken an interest in them, it meant that the big leagues were recognizing their work, which also meant that more companies would try to partner with them, leading to more money.

"Basically, a fantasy world that incorporates every work of the Mouse, right?" Richard asked.

"That is the deal," the man replied.

"I would like to say 'we will do it,' but this is just a demo to show you all what we do. If possible, please wait until after it," Richard said, calming himself down.

He was already rich—well, his mother was rich—but that didn't mean he wouldn't be excited to see his own company maturing. It wasn't about the money; it was more about the accomplishment.

While Richard attended to his various clients and demonstrated his virtual world to them, somewhere in Cairo, a woman wearing a burka could be seen buying some jewelry when suddenly she looked up to see two men walking into a shop.

As soon as the men entered the shop, the man who opened the door for them peered out and surveyed the area as though to check if they were being followed. Seeing the man's behavior, she followed them as she snuck into the shop. After a few minutes of walking in the darkness, she arrived in an open space to see another man with a gun covering up something with a carpet.

(A/N: Conversation is in Arabic)

"No, no, you can't be here," the man said as soon as he spotted her.

"Sorry, I was following my husband. Is he here?" the woman replied, pretending to be lost as she got closer to the man.

"No, there is no..." the man said but was interrupted when she suddenly punched his throat, grabbed his gun, and just as quickly, knocked him out with the weapon.

The woman's moves signified some sort of military training or at least some combat training in the past, as she didn't even break a sweat dealing with a man bigger than her. Expertly removing the weapon's magazine, she proceeded to empty it and disassemble the weapon itself.

"All in a day's work," she said in English as she removed the burka to reveal the clothing beneath and a backpack that was somehow hidden under the burka.

In preparation for things to come, she pulled out a flashlight and a handgun from her backpack, then she pulled off the carpet to reveal a set of stairs leading to an underground space.

"I knew it!" she exclaimed quietly with a smile, then ventured into the underground space with her gun and flashlight in position in front of her.

Several minutes later, she finally made it down the flight of stairs, arriving inside a small cave filled mostly with rubble and huge rocks. Looking around, she noticed a small pyramid-like structure sitting at the center of the space and several men surrounding it, chanting in Arabic.

"What's that?" she asked herself as she got closer.

In order not to get caught, she turned off her flashlight, which drastically reduced visibility in the cave. The only source of light in the cave was the small spot of sunlight that came in through the openings in the rocks. The more she watched, the more she was confused about what exactly was happening until she saw the light slowly moving towards the pyramid.

As soon as the light touched the pyramid, several golden lines started to appear on it as though the sun had suddenly given it energy. Seeing this, the chanting got louder and more hurried, indicating excitement, while the woman came closer to get a better view.

Unknown to them, the golden lines continued to grow on the pyramid as they continued moving down as though trying to converge at a particular spot. As the lines continued, a strange humanoid being was revealed. The being had blue skin and wore a weird set of armor that seemed fit for ancient Earth but not modern times.

The lights converged at a spot right above his forehead, and a tiny beam of light shone down upon him. The instant the beam touched the being's head, it immediately gasped for air as it woke up but couldn't move due to being crushed under the heavy rocks.