Chapter 925

Chapter 925

Various community sites were paralyzed after Joy Co. Ltd. released their new advertisement video. The Old Man and the Young Man ranked first, followed by Ben, Minhyuk, and the Beyond the Heavens Empire, ranked fourth on countless portal sites worldwide. It was a hot issue that everyone was talking about.

[I felt like I watched a short music video.]

[This is wild. I spaced out after the video ended, so I ended up dying from the mob that I was fighting.]

[I remembered something President Kang Taehoon said when they first released Athenae. He wanted to create a world where players and NPCs lived together. After watching this video, we can tell he had already made such a world.]

[Thats right. At least one player in Athenae is very close to an NPC.]

[Spear God Ben is one of the founding fathers of the Beyond the Heavens Empire. Hes also the NPC that everyone is most curious about. After all, he is the first NPC to become a god after the release of Athenae.]

[Hes a vassal, but hes also a god. Everyone must be thinking the same thing, right?]

Everyone turned their attention to one of the comments. What were they thinking?

[How on earth did Ben become the Spear God?]

That was right. Everyone was curious: What blessing was Minhyuk born with, for him to be surrounded by so many strong and unique people?

[This video shows that Player Minhyuk has played a considerable role. They have only gathered and edited Ben and Minhyuks highlights to turn them into advertisements. Ah. Of course, the scene where they were at war with the Luvien Empire and the line, On that day, a legend has begun, appeared was staged and produced separately.]

When one of the players pointed out that most of the scenes that Joy Co. Ltd. used for the video truly happened in real life, the effect of the advertisement grew. The real-time search terms even welcomed two fast-emerging topics.

#1. Athenae capsules price.

#2. How to start in Beyond the Heavens Empire.

Immediately after the playing players watched the video, Joy Co. Ltd. published the advertisement video on ZTube and several broadcasting networks. Of course, the video was cut short and only showed the highlights of the advertisement for TV consumption. But surprisingly enough, those who watched the ad on TV quickly boarded the internet and added views to the video uploaded to ZTube. These were what the players felt when they saw the advertisement video:

[I also want to create a legend and form a strong bond with an NPC in Athenae.]

[My dad also wants to try Athenae now. So, he asked me how to do it.]

[Yep, yep. My mom and dad also want to go on a date in Athenae. When we saw the ad, they asked me, Is that really how it looks?. And when I told them its the same, they immediately bought capsules!]

On the same day, Minhyuk received a call from President Kang Taehoon.

Our Athenae capsule sales have increased fortyfold. You must also feel the effect of the advertisement video, right?

Hearing that question, Minhyuk answered, Yes, very much so.

***

The moment Minhyuk accessed Athenae, these notifications rang in his ears.

[Today, 43,311 new players have created their characters and chose to start in Beyond the Heavens Empire.]

[They will all become precious talents of the Beyond the Heavens Empire!]

Whenever new players created their characters for the first time, they would be asked to choose the empire or kingdom where they wanted to start. Considering the future, these new players would become very important and precious talents to their chosen nation.

These players would often choose to remain in their chosen nation. In this case, they would stay with the Beyond the Heavens Empire. Why? The reason was simple. This was because these players would have built bonds and ties to the Beyond the Heavens NPCs, whom they benefited from through various quests and tasks.

With the newly created characters, the number of players who chose to join the Beyond the Heavens Empire increased by around 87 times. And that was not all.

[Today, the Beyond the Heavens Empire has welcomed more than three million visitors!]

[You can expect to receive abundant taxes from the inns, restaurants, and various attractions visitors frequent!]

If the player belonged to a nation not at war with the Beyond the Heavens Empire, they could visit their empire after quickly checking their identities. The Beyond the Heavens Empire's streets were bustling and lively.

As long as we continue to release the ads, we will experience the same effects, if not more.

Although Joy Co. Ltd. had yet to reveal its plans, Minhyuk knew this advertisement gig was a large-scale plan. Both Jackson and Joy Co. Ltd. would review and follow a step-by-step process before releasing the videos of their NPCs with tremendous stories. Based on what Minhyuk had heard, the final advertisement video would focus on him and the entire Beyond the Heavens Empire.

Minhyuk stood atop the walls and looked out of the castle. A small smile appeared when he looked down at the insulated vacuum bottle he was holding. Then, he checked the title he had received: The One with His Friend.

(The One with His Friend)

[It exerts more power than any other ordinary coffee beans.]

[You have gained 200 Will.]

[The exhaustion and fatigue you experience will decrease by 20%.]

The special stat Will could only be increased after continuous and repetitive labor. The fact that he could gain 200 just by drinking a glass of coffee was a truly remarkable and shocking reward.

Minhyuk looked down at the Beyond the Heavens Empire with a satisfied smile.

[You have received the invitation to the Gods Succession Ceremony!]

Huh? Minhyuk mumbled as he looked at the notification in confusion.

***

Special Players Management Team.

Team Leader Park Minggyu and Lee Minhwa, who recently returned from her vacation, were sitting side by side and looking at the monitor in front of them.

It has finally begun.

This was an episode that Joy Co. Ltd. had prepared for a very long time. The players who have personally met and interacted with the gods could be counted on one hand; to be exact, just three fingers would be needed. Considering at least 1,000 God-class players, that number was far too small.

But even now, God-class players still carried the same name, XXs Descendant. If their names still carried the word descendant, then the god had not yet allowed them to succeed their position. In other words, the god was still alive or had not given up their position.

Its a different case for the Food God.

Thats right.

The Food God was a Continental God and a unique case among gods. Since he was considered a Continental God, his influence and impact were significantly smaller than the other gods. However, being the Food God also had its perks. Unlike the others, he could receive the full power of the Food God through level-ups, quests, or just plain receiving it. But for the ones carrying the name descendant? It was different.

Unless they have fully inherited the position, they will only be considered half-baked gods.

There were quite a few God-class players at Level 600. However, for the successors to show the true power of their God class, they must be at least Level 650.

That is assuming that they could receive the recognition of the gods during the succession ceremony.

The succession ceremony was a banquet where the gods invited and interacted with their successors. The successors, who could only hear their voices during their stay in Athenae, were happy to meet and interact with those gods. However, that was only because they did not know the real meaning of the succession ceremony.

The succession ceremony would determine whether their path would end here or they would continue to move forward.

Team Leader Park and Minhwa looked at each other. But then, someone watching from behind them said, Is Player Minhyuk coming too?

This man was none other than Jackson. Even executives would be required to give explicit approval before they could enter the Special Players Management Team, and this should be the case for Jackson, a contractual employee, too. However, Jacksons contract included the clause, You cannot disclose anything that you have seen or heard inside Joy Co. Ltd. It will be considered a breach of contract if you disclose even the tiniest detail that you have witnessed inside. So, it was not a problem for him to stay here.

As someone who personally met Minhyuk and watched his videos when playing during the editing process, Jackson became a huge fan. That was also the reason why he was here.

Maybe? I think hell come, Team Leader Park said.

Lee Minhwa also added, Yeah. Theres a lot of delicious food served during the succession ceremony.

With interest flashing on his face, Jackson asked, Player Minhyuk had attended the Banquet of the Gods and recently cleared the Argalis Dungeon. Hes also very familiar with many gods. Hell probably come, no? Ah. Since the successors will attend, does that mean Nerva will also attend?

Nerva might be an NPC, but he was still the Battle Gods Sword. His position was somewhat similar to a successor's, and he would have received an invitation, too.

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap

Jacksons finger tapped the desk in front of him rhythmically. He was expecting a lot of exciting things to happen.

There are the high-rankers who are excited to meet the gods for the first time. On the other hand, theres a player who has already met with the gods and received their recognition.

Closing his eyes, he drew a scene in his head. A grin appeared on Jacksons face as he imagined what would happen.

Theres also the Battle Gods Sword and the emperor of the strongest empire, who was not chosen as the successor and was set aside for someone else.

Jackson continued with his eyes still closed, The genre of this succession ceremony is face slapping.

1. A reference to Diget, a whole wheat biscuit produced by Orion