MMORPG: Birth of the World's Luckiest Player

Chapter 512: Blaze Phoenix Makes His Move

Marcus followed the system’s exchange procedure without hesitation, entering all the required information along with the details of his new Titanium Card. It only took a few moments before the familiar system notification rang out.

Ding!

[According to Dominion’s exchange regulations, your 9 billion gold coins will be converted into 900 million dollars. Do you confirm this exchange?]

"Confirm."

The system chimed again almost instantly.

Ding!

[Congratulations, player Stonehaven. You have successfully exchanged your gold coins for real-world currency. 900 million dollars has been deposited into your designated bank account. Please verify the transaction.]

Following the prompt, Marcus connected to the National Bank’s online portal through the game and opened the account linked to his Titanium Card.

The balance appeared on the screen: 900,000,000 dollars.

A grin slowly spread across his face. Just like that, he was close to becoming a billionaire.

It still felt surreal. All that virtual gold he had spent so long earning had finally become real money he could actually use.

Dominion wasn’t just another online game anymore. Developed jointly by the government and Dragonfly Corp, it had grown into something far bigger than entertainment. Thanks to its explosive popularity and strict government oversight, the game’s economy had become a legitimate industry, with virtual wealth carrying real-world value.

Looking at the balance that he had earned entirely through his own effort, Marcus couldn’t help feeling proud. Even so, he quickly reminded himself not to get carried away. There was no point showing off. The less attention he attracted, the better.

After leaving the bank, he activated Wanderlust and instantly reappeared above Blue Ant Valley. The moment he found himself floating in the open sky, the excitement he had been suppressing finally burst free. Throwing his head back, he laughed loudly without a care in the world. Once he had let it all out, he patted Blackie affectionately before guiding him back down toward the valley to continue gathering Crystal-Tear Berries.

Meanwhile, the moment Marcus completed the exchange, a major change occurred on Dominion’s Wealth Leaderboard. The anonymous player who had occupied first place with 9.2 billion gold coins vanished from the rankings entirely, and the sudden disappearance immediately caught the attention of anyone who had been watching the leaderboard closely.

One of those people was Sakura Knight, one of the Twelve Cherry Blossom Envoys. Acting under Blaze Phoenix’s direct orders, she had been monitoring the Wealth Leaderboard for days.

The instant she noticed the change, she respectfully bowed toward Blaze Phoenix, who was calmly enjoying a cup of flower tea beneath blooming cherry blossoms.

"Master," she reported, "the player at the top of the Wealth Leaderboard has disappeared. They’ve exchanged all of their gold."

Blaze Phoenix’s lips curled into a faint smile. Without the slightest hint of surprise, he leisurely took another sip of tea before opening the Wealth Leaderboard himself.

Just as he had expected, the mysterious player had never joined a guild, never affiliated with any major faction, and had always kept his identity hidden. Someone with that much wealth could easily have become famous overnight simply by revealing his name. Countless players would have rushed to join his side.

Yet he had chosen to remain anonymous from beginning to end, and that alone told Blaze Phoenix everything he needed to know.

This player wasn’t interested in building a guild or competing for influence. He was most likely treating Dominion as a way to make money.

Otherwise, anyone with genuine ambition would be pouring real money into the game to expand their power, not cashing out every last coin they owned.

’Who exactly are you?’ The question had occupied Blaze Phoenix’s thoughts for quite some time, but instead of frustrating him, the exchange only made him more excited.

’Just as I thought,’ he mused to himself. ’You finally cashed out. I’ve been waiting for this.’

Setting down his teacup, Blaze Phoenix looked toward Sakura Knight with complete confidence. "Send people immediately," he ordered. "Trace where that money went. I want the identity of the person behind this transaction. Dig up everything you can about this mysterious player."

His voice carried absolute certainty. With the information network at his disposal, tracking a transfer as large as ninety million dollars should not be difficult. A transaction of that size would leave a trail somewhere, and once they found it, uncovering the player’s real identity would only be a matter of time.

Quietly, almost to himself, Blaze Phoenix smiled. "The number one on the Wealth Leaderboard... the number one on the Level Leaderboard... the first player to reach level fifty... Let’s see how all of you are connected."

In Blaze Phoenix’s eyes, the answer was already obvious. The enormous fortune at the top of the Wealth Leaderboard had clearly come from selling battle recordings through Nightmare Auction House. Judging from the sales volume, that player had been earning nearly one hundred million gold coins every single day.

The money itself didn’t interest Blaze Phoenix; wealth had never been something he lacked. What truly caught his attention was the quality of those recordings.

Anyone with even a little experience could tell that the battles shown in those recordings were extraordinary. Only an incredibly powerful player, someone on the level of the anonymous knight who dominated the Level Leaderboard, could possibly have produced them.

To Blaze Phoenix, the conclusion was obvious. The anonymous player at the top of the Wealth Leaderboard and the anonymous knight who ruled the Level Leaderboard were almost certainly the same person, and if they weren’t, they were at least closely connected.

Either possibility made the player invaluable. That was precisely why Blaze Phoenix had been monitoring the Wealth Leaderboard so closely. Finding this mysterious expert had become one of his highest priorities.

There was another reason as well. Despite possessing overwhelming strength and unimaginable wealth, this player had never revealed his identity or sought fame. To Blaze Phoenix, that suggested someone without powerful backing, perhaps an ordinary person who had stumbled upon incredible opportunities and simply wanted to stay out of the spotlight.

People like that were the easiest to control. Whether through generous rewards, subtle manipulation, pressure, or outright intimidation, Blaze Phoenix was convinced he could make this mysterious expert work for him.

The thought alone filled him with anticipation. ’Imagine it.’ The legendary knight who stood at the very top of the United States server, admired by countless players, becoming one of his subordinates. The revelation would shake the entire server. It would be a spectacular statement of his own power.

A satisfied smile spread across Blaze Phoenix’s face as confidence filled his eyes. No matter what happened, he had to find this player before anyone else did.

And even if, by some chance, the Wealth Leaderboard’s mysterious number one turned out not to be the anonymous knight at all, anyone capable of accumulating that much wealth in Dominion was someone worth recruiting.

Either way, Blaze Phoenix had already made up his mind. He would find him.