The Geared Immortal

The first combined server tournament Winners

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A long tongue of flame appears as the green dragon began breathing fire in a random direction. This immediately turned the tide of the battle against all the players. In that one move from the green dragon, almost twenty players immediately died in the battle.

"Shit! Knights put your shields up! Support cast anti-fire protection!" 'Mave' responded by shouting his commands.

He took out a flintlock rifle from his bag and immediately set his target to the dragon's mouth.

Bang!

He didn't hesitate and immediately fired a shot and reloaded as fast as he could.

'Mave' is a U.S. Army ranger veteran sniper. He has been in different regions of the world that's chaotic and filled with war.

As a veteran soldier and a sniper at that, he is really proficient in using rifles. When the virtual world was introduced to the market, 'Mave' logged in from the Middle East server and with his experience became a top player there in the early stages of the game. His shots would almost never miss their targets, plus he has a very sharp eye which is a perk for his natural ability and skill as a sniper in the real world.

The lead directly hit the Dragon's mouth and caused it some pain. Its head subconsciously turns towards the direction of 'Mave' and the Charlie group. When everyone saw this, the Charlie group's members immediately turned stiff in panic.

However, 'Mave' didn't hesitate to take aim and fire a shot once again. This time the lead hits the dragon's eye socket and did critical damage.

Roar!

The dragon became angered in pain as it once again thrashed roundabout sending players flying all over.

"Medusa, Tinker, restrain his movements!" shouted 'Mave' as he took out a large ax from his bag.

Although he is not a close combat player, this is part of his dream as a soldier who likes to play online games.

Yaahhh!!!

'Mave' shouted as he charges towards the head of the dragon. However, what greeted him is the dragon's gaping jaw.

"Oh, shit!" 'Mave' shouted in alarm, but it was too late.

Puchi!!!

But then the dragon's head tilted to the side after it was hit by something, having its blood splattered all over the place.

Crash!

The dragon's body fell to the ground and even crushed a couple of players who were unprepared for the sudden collapse of the giant creature.

Missing his target, 'Mave' landed on the ground and saw the dragon. He immediately shouted.

"Chance! Attack now! All attack now!"

He immediately jumps high up and brandished his large ax towards the dragon's neck. 'Volter' did the same and the two sent their all towards the dragon's neck.

With the dragon laying on its side and the players not giving it another chance to stand up, the green dragon's HP immediately fell on the red.

Suddenly, Shin Jiao appear on top of its head and lifted his 'crossbow' pointing it towards its eye socket.

"The heart! Hit the heart!" Shin Jiao shouted as he pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A large amount of blood immediately flew towards his body.

Meanwhile, 'Volter' pointed her special long sword towards the Dragon's heart and with all her strength stab it piercing the dragon's chest.

"Help!" she shouted as the sword seemed stuck.

'Mave' didn't think twice and suddenly kicked the hilt of the sword and sending it piercing the Green Dragon's heart.

In its last breath, the dragon wailed and immediately became limp.

Shin Jiao on the side, took out his wakizashi, and sliced five large-scaled from the dragon's back and immediately stored it in his bag.

He didn't mind the people looking at him and walks away from the dying dragon.

Some players tried to copy his action but were too late as the huge dragon turned into a super large wisp.

'Congratulations players for killing the dragon!'

'And now we will tally the scores and see the top 20 players who will obtain the carcass of the green dragon.'

20. 'Red Sword'

19. 'May'

18. 'GraySword'

17. 'Fiona'

10. 'White Reaper'

9…

8…

4. 'Xi Mei'

3. 'Mave'

2. 'Shin'

1. 'Volter'

When the players saw the rankings they were all astonished and happy at the same time. But what surprises them is the 2nd rank, a player named 'Shin'.

So they immediately turn their gaze and tried to find the player. When they saw Shin Jiao sitting on top of a tree branch while eating some unknown fruit they were all stunned. Some recognized him as the one who threw the black cloak man towards the dragon's mouth at the start of the fight.

This is the end of the first ranking tournament of the first-ever virtual world game the 'Merging Worlds'. Everyone was happy and still feel excited about joining such an adventure.

In the outside world, many media and news began to show the entire proceedings. The guilds that have players in the top 20 began showing the outstanding feats of their star players and their fight against the dragon.

All over the world, for the first time, a movie like games are being broadcasted worldwide. This is due to the guilds that began to advertise their members and their accomplishments.

…

Two weeks later…

Two weeks have passed, and the news about 'Merging Worlds' didn't die down but instead intensified. This is because not only the entertainment news has been interested in the game world, but also the science community and many pharmaceutical companies.

Meanwhile, Susan Tang and Shi Anne Li have been busy with tons of workload as the company suddenly became in demand.

Inside Susan Tang's office, she and Shi Anne Li are talking to Shin Jiao.

"Shin, we have to think of another way to increase the servers. It is becoming heavier by the day… although there are no lags for the moment, once we reached a certain point then we are going to face a lot of trouble." Susan said with a worried expression while looking at the datasheets.

"Don't worry. I have already prepared a solution for that." Shin Jiao said as he pointed at the screen on his mobile phone.

He showed the two women ten small rooms with many wires connected to three two-meter-sized stone-like objects. The objects are the servers that use rune technology that combines e-signal, mana, and Qi.

"Each of these servers can accommodate a maximum of a million players at one time." Shin Jiao said with a smile.

When the two women heard this they were a bit stunned. Technically this is almost impossible, but they are both somewhat used to Shin Jiao's ways of making things that are nonconventional and somewhat miraculous gadgets, so they are not too surprised.

Now that everything has been done, Susan Tang flips on to another page of the report and told Shin Jiao that some game companies wanted to work with them on some game software they are planning to develop.

She handed Shin Jiao the folder and he scanned it one by one. Suddenly something caught his eye. It was actually a medical school. But they didn't want to cooperate but is asking for the company to create software that would help their students to practice medicine in a safe environment.

When he saw the price the school is offering, Shin Jiao was a bit taken aback. It was actually a request from 5 top medical universities from the U.S.

Shin Jiao knew that the virtual world technology is going to advance a lot of things, and since everyone wanted to use it for something good, he wouldn't hesitate, as long as the price is good.

And so, he accepted that project from those top universities.

Susan Tang immediately went to work and contacted the people in the U.S. for a meeting.

...

In a large conference room, five people are sitting around a table.

These five people are exactly the directors of the top five medical schools in the US.

"I received the call from the NXT Element Company in China. I think the technician agreed with our request and he is going to visit here in the next few days."

"Really! This is good news… I have experienced the so-called 'virtual world' because of my son and I have to agree I am really impressed. The detail of the game and everything, it was like I am living in another world."

"This is the reason why I propose this project. What we have to talk about today is how we can use this to improve the medical abilities of our doctors in the field."

"With this, they can actually operate on patients without any danger of accidentally killing one. This is like a live practice with safety on hand."

"I agree with the director. However, how much will we price our students and doctors when they want to use the program?"

"Let's just go with…"

The directors discussed their plans before Shin Jiao's visit to the country.

…

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao on the other hand is already preparing for his trip to the U.S., but right at this moment, he received a phone call. It was from the old man whom he met in the military base in City H, general Erlang Du.

"General, how are you? You've called?"

"Ah, young Shin… It's nice to hear your voice. Well, I'm not going to talk in circles and say it to you directly. I know that you are the one who created the game world that is abuzz nowadays. My request is actually simple. Is there a way to use that game of yours to train the soldiers in actual combat?"

When Shin Jiao heard this he was a bit surprised at the question. But he is suspecting that the old man wanted him to create something like a training program for the soldiers. If that is the request he would deny it, because it would spell trouble. But of course, everything has a price.

"Yes and no…"

"What do you mean?"

When he heard this question, Shin Jiao smiled.