Chapter 13- Getting Popular!

Arriving at his building, Cryd could see a lot of people lining up today, which is unusual because ever since the opening, there are only few people who have come to the shop, and most of them were people who just visited out of curiosity so seeing this many people is actually a surprise.

"Why are there so many people today?"

Cryd asked.

"Yes, it seems like today is the release of one your novels, and the free chapters that were posted online has become popular"

His butler immediately replied while looking for information on her tablet.

"Oh, today is the release of The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes"

Cryd remembered that it was his business planning to release a book every month and this month will be the release of their first book which is Sherlock Holmes, of course, the shop has some products but they are mostly from authors they hired but the ones Cryd wrote are considered to be their best of best products which is why it was going to be released very very slowly.

As for the free chapters that were posted online, they are mostly for advertisements, and it only has about 3000 words, which is enough because Sherlock Holmes is a very interesting book.

Cryd then looked at the entrance where he could see the long line of people waiting for their turn to buy the book, even though the book was foreign and the world setting is in Europe, many people who loved books still decided to buy and read the continuation of the one they have read online.

Cryd was satisfied with his business before going inside through the backdoor since it was densely packed and going to his office, he let Konoe take a break first since she really didn't need to come with him at his office.

Once Cryd arrived at his office which is now cleaned up and organized, he then sat inside the VR pod and entered the white space immediately, then two applications popped out in front of him.

[Game Engine]

[Real Steel VR]

Without further ado, Cryd immediately selected the real steel vr, the moment he selected it, his surroundings turned dark.

[Presented To You By Infinite Entertainments(Mugen no entāteimento

)]

Then after those floating words, the logo of the company appeared which is an infinity sign and a man in black suit with his head with no eyes but instead made of stars holding it on its arms.

After that, the infinity sign on its arms started rotating and small ball lights emerged out from the infinity sign, then one of the ball of lights started rotating around Cried, then another logo appeared.

[Partnered with Multiverse Entertainment]

The ball of lights was the logo of Multiverse Entertainment, then the next moment, the ball of light grew big and swallowed Cryd, the next moment, the blinding light disappeared and he found himself standing on what seemed to be a steel door, then a character suddenly appeared in front of him..

[Customize your character]

The character in front of him looked the same as Cryd, he then willed to change the color of hair to white and molded the face to make it a little more handsome, if he made it more handsome, people will cum the moment they see his face.

Cryd didn't change the height neither the age of his character because he knew how realistic the game will be and using a character that was taller than him will give him some difficulties, after Cryd was done, another panel appeared in front of him.

[Name Your Character]

[Creed]

Cryd immediately named his character that he thought would be cool, well, to be honest it just sounded like his name so he liked to use it as his character name.

After he was done naming his character, the projection of the world map appeared in front of him, now, the game is asking him which country does he want to go, without hesitation, Cryd chose japan.

Of course, not many will do what Cryd has done if they are true gamers because choosing a country you will live will also give a different benefits depending of which country you are in, for example, America's benefit if a player chose it will be the quality of the materials they will get will be high and that this country focused on creating strong robots for boxing, meanwhile, Korea is a country with skilled players, and they have the best robot boxing players, while China is the country with the easiest way to acquire materials for building robots.

As for Japan, it has fast technological advancement and they focus on developing high tech robots. Each country has their own benefits . There are also some countries with small benefits but of course, they have their own way of being unique.

The reason Cryd chose japan is that it was his country so why not?

After he was done, Cryd saw the character he created earlier merged with his body, he curiously looked at his body and found that it was no different from a real body, he could even the nerves of his arm when he clenched his fists..

Knowing this Cryd became extremely excited, then his eyes turned towards the huge steel door.

[Do you wish to enter Real Steel?]

Without hesitation, Cryd opened the door and in the next moment, he slipped.

"Ah!"

Cryd fell to the ground and it seems like he was at a high place as he rolled down for about 3 seconds before he stopped with a splat on a puddle of mud.

Cryd remained on the ground while looking at the dark sky, there were no signs of stars but he could see the gray clouds and the heavy pouring rain, he could feel the wetness of the rain and the smell of oil and rust.

He sat up and looked around, he found himself in what seemed to be a Scrap Yard, he couldn't see very far but looking at the dumped robots around him, he knew it was a scrap yard for destroyed robots.

Just then Cryd noticed a blue tab appeared from the corner of his eyes,

[Mission: Collect 30 different Scraps]

[Guide: Swipe your index finger down to access the menu]

Cryd swiped his hand down and the menu which is the same as SAO appeared in front of him, yes, he shamelessly copied the menu of SAO, But what can he do? the menu of SAO is one of the easiest and simplest examples of a VR game menu that he knew, well, doesn't really matter, since SAO doesn't exist in this world.

Cryd then followed the guide which talked him about the mission tab, his first mission is to collect 30 scraps for building a robot, and not just any scraps, he needed to search and collect every a piece of scrap for the body of the robot which means he needed to search for the arms, legs, torso, etc, even its energy core and wirings.

Even as a creator, this will be difficult for Cryd to finish because everything is randomly generated, there is no such thing as scraps spawning at the same place, and this game is running real time which means that it's a first come first serve basis.

To not to go with this hassle of a job since if he did the mission right now, the other players will lose their chance for these items so Cryd used his game developer privilege to bypass the missions and immediately explore the world.

To not destroy anything, Cryd just gave himself the power to bypass missions and also give himself some money, and no, there is no top-up in this game neither there is an in game purchase, the only time players need to use their money is when they buy the game and they buy a VR pod, truthfully, Cryd is losing a lot of money by doing this but whatever, he doesn't lack money.

Cryd explored the world with interest since when he was developing the game, he could only watch and not interact so, this time he did everything he could, such as talking with the NPC's and just as he thought, talking with them is no different from talking to a normal person.

They won't also trigger any quest unless it was an special NPC, Cryd also entered the buildings, first is the malls, market, etc, the ones sold on marker are mostly food, clothes, etc, every general necessities, while malls, mostly stay the same but the most popular ones are the ones selling robots and robot parts.

Robots are after all the mainstream of the game, Cryd just window shopped and didn't buy anything, he also checked the black market where well, you know, all in all, this world is no different from the real world.

"But I feel like something is missing"

Cryd got out of the VR pod and felt like there are something missing but he couldn't quite put his head on it.

"Ah! Yes! I didn't make a music album for the game!"