In a luxurious room inside a massive villa, a young man suddenly opened his eyes on the bed.
"Amelia, you vile bitch!"
The moment the words left his mouth, he froze. Confusion replaced his anger as he stared at the unfamiliar ceiling.
"I... am alive?"
He slowly sat up, his breathing becoming heavier as countless memories flooded his mind. Something was wrong. Everything around him felt strangely familiar.
Arthur immediately jumped out of bed and rushed toward the mirror. The moment he saw his reflection, his eyes widened in disbelief.
He was young.
Not just a little younger. He looked nearly ten years younger than the man he remembered becoming.
Arthur touched his own face, staring at his reflection for several seconds before a realization struck him.
"Hahahahaha! I regressed back in time?"
His laughter echoed throughout the luxurious room. The impossible had happened. The mysterious item Amelia had stolen from him had actually sent him back into the past.
His laughter gradually stopped, and the expression on his face became terrifyingly cold.
"I loved you with everything I had, but you betrayed me."
He clenched his fists before slowly relaxing them.
"No. You were never truly mine to begin with."
A chilling smile appeared on his face.
"Just wait, Amelia. You and your precious boyfriend will pay for everything. This time, I will make sure you regret ever crossing me."
Arthur Miller was the heir of the Miller family, one of the wealthiest families in the country of Arvia, with assets worth more than one hundred billion Arvian Dollars.
Amelia was his fiancée and the daughter of the Frost family, another powerful wealthy family with a fortune of roughly ten billion Arvian Dollars.
In his previous life, Arthur had loved Amelia more than anything. Everyone around him considered him almost foolishly devoted to her.
Amelia had played her part perfectly. She had always appeared gentle, obedient, and devoted, rarely making any important decision without consulting him.
Arthur had trusted her completely.
That trust became his greatest weakness.
Everything changed when the Genesis Realm descended upon Aethelgard.
At first, Genesis Realm appeared to be nothing more than another virtual game. But within a short period of time, it became far more than that.
Players could earn enormous amounts of game currency by defeating monsters, completing quests, and exploring dangerous regions. Even more incredibly, certain game attributes and equipment could eventually be brought into reality.
The world plunged into chaos.
Monsters began appearing across the planet, while powerful humans rose rapidly above ordinary people. Governments struggled to maintain control, and countless organizations began fighting for resources and territory.
Arthur, however, managed to rise above them all.
Through countless battles and near-death experiences, he eventually reached Level 99 and became one of humanity’s strongest warriors.
He fought monsters, protected cities, and led human forces against terrifying creatures that threatened civilization itself.
Then, inside a mythical ruin, Arthur discovered something that changed everything.
A God-level item.
Its value was estimated at few trillion Divine Golds.
That amount was so enormous that it could surpass the combined wealth of all the nations of Aethelgard and still won’t be able to produce that much money.
Arthur had been overjoyed when he obtained it.
And, like a fool, he told Amelia.
He never imagined that the woman he trusted most would betray him.
She stabbed him with a dagger the very day.
And his eternal rival and enemy, Michel Ashborn was standing beside her with a nasty grin.
"So how does my woman taste, Arthur? She is good, right? I cannot get enough of her every time I take her to bed," Michel said with a smile and started pressing Amelia’s breasts and kissing her erotically.
Amelia responded with the same erotic passion.
"Hahaha. You thought she was only loyal to you, right? Man, it was so fun seeing how pathetic you could become when you were with her. Anyway, I will take care of this item for you and her."
And right in front of his eyes, Michel took off all her clothes and started banging her violently.
She was screaming nastily. Arthur wanted to go to them and tear them into pieces, but he had been poisoned by a deadly neurotoxin that completely immobilized him.
So he saw the entire thing. Only tears came down from his eyes. After they were done, Amelia kissed Arthur with the cum on her face that Michel had just released.
Then she plunged a dagger into Arthur’s head, killing him completely.
"You nasty little bitch," Michel said as he spanked her ass.
She just gave him a seductive look while throwing away the bloody dagger.
Michel jumped on her once again.
....
Arthur took a deep breath and slowly calmed his raging emotions.
"Sebas."
A few moments later, the door opened.
A middle-aged man entered the room and respectfully bowed.
"Young Master."
This was Sebas, the most loyal butler of the Miller family.
He had served the family for more than thirty years and had remained faithfully by Arthur’s side throughout his previous life.
In fact, Sebas had eventually sacrificed his own life to save Arthur.
Arthur’s father had died two years earlier, leaving Arthur as the sole heir of the Miller family. Sebas had helped him manage the enormous family business ever since.
Arthur looked at the man before him, and his expression softened slightly.
He had been given another chance.
This time, he would protect the people who truly deserved his trust.
"Sebas, sell all my shares and liquidate the assets. I need fifty billion Arvian Dollars before evening."
Sebas’s eyes widened slightly.
But he did not question his young master.
"It shall be done."
He bowed respectfully before turning around and leaving the room.
Arthur then looked toward the enormous gaming pod beside his bed.
A faint smile appeared on his face.
He possessed something nobody else in Aethelgard had.
Knowledge of the future.
The gaming pod was used to play Pandora, one of the most popular virtual reality games in the world.
The current era had countless virtual games, and their players could earn enormous amounts of money. The most famous players were even more popular than celebrities.
Pandora was among the largest of them all.
But Arthur knew that something extraordinary was about to happen.
At exactly eight o’clock tonight, Genesis Realm would descend upon Aethelgard.
Every major virtual game would be absorbed into Genesis Realm, and millions of players would be transported into a single enormous world.
"This time, I will not miss the opportunity."
Arthur’s eyes gleamed with anticipation.
He remembered that Amelia had told him she was traveling with her parents and would be away for seven days.
In his previous life, he had believed her without question.
This time, however, he knew the truth. She was probably spending her nights with Michel right now. His eyes turned cold again the moment he thought of her name.
At evening, Arthur’s phone suddenly vibrated.
He glanced at the screen.
[Honorable Sir, your account has been credited with 50,000,000,000 AD.]
[Current bank balance: 55,000,000,000 AD.]
Arthur calmly put the phone down.
He knew this transaction would cause an enormous stir throughout the financial world, but he did not care.
Ordinary money would soon lose much of its importance.
After Genesis Realm descended, the currency and resources within the new world would become vastly more valuable than ordinary wealth.
At 7:50 PM, Arthur entered the gaming pod.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
The next moment, his consciousness entered Pandora.
He appeared in a vast fantasy world filled with magic, swords, monsters, and demons.
Pandora was remarkably similar to the Genesis Realm in terms of its environment and basic gameplay.
Because of this, Pandora’s players would have a significant advantage during the initial period after Genesis Realm descended.
Arthur, however, did not move.
He simply stood inside the town and waited. He had already prepared everything.
Only ten minutes remained.
Then, without warning, the entire world suddenly turned pure white.
Arthur looked toward the sky.
A familiar pressure descended upon the entire virtual world.
A smile slowly appeared on his face.
"Finally."