Just as the bandit was about to kill Aaron, the video cut to a dim room.
No matter how many times she watched it, Firefly had only one thought: the officials really knew how to edit videos.
Cutting away at such a critical moment—if such an editing master ever appeared before Firefly, she would definitely transform into Sam and give them a Supernova Overload.
Returning to the video, amidst the players’ curses, the camera in the dim room gradually panned down, finally landing on a petite, beautiful girl.
The girl was about 1.4 meters tall, with exquisite features, blonde hair, and red eyes.
Her entire being exuded the aura of a high-born young lady.
As soon as the loli beauty appeared, everyone’s tone instantly shifted, and the bullet chat was filled with comments of people fawning over their ‘new waifu’.
“Eleanor Vina, how many times must I say it?
You are the hope for the Vina Family’s rise!
You must seriously study these ancestral magics and become a world-renowned Archmage…”
“But I don’t want to learn!” The delicate young lady Eleanor widened her red eyes and retorted sharply, “It’s been ten years!
I haven’t left this room once!
Even death row inmates who’ve committed capital crimes get time for fresh air!”
“Did the family raise you just so you could be as idle as those commoners and waste your youth?!” Eleanor’s father scolded.
Eleanor pouted, looking huffy, and crossed her arms, no longer paying them any attention.
Once her nagging father finally left the room, Eleanor gave a cold snort and reached out both hands.
Her hands were fair and slender, with transparent silk threads tied to every finger.
“Puppet Magic—Castling!”
Eleanor cast her magic, swapping places with a puppet drifting outside.
The scene shifted, and her figure appeared in a lush forest.
“Hmph, you can all just cling to past glories and drown in your pedantry.
This young lady isn’t sticking around!
Family responsibility, morality, kinship—I don’t need any of it!”
She gave a light snort and moved forward leisurely, soon witnessing the scene where Aaron was about to be beheaded.
The loli-sized girl’s eyes darted around as if she had thought of something interesting.
She reached out her hands again and cast her Puppet Magic.
The video cut to battle footage of the mage once more.
With Eleanor’s support, Aaron’s burden was instantly lightened.
The two joined forces and quickly repelled many bandits.
However, just when everyone thought it was safe, a figure suddenly emerged beside Eleanor, pulling out a pitch-black dagger to stab the girl!
Then, unsurprisingly, the screen cut away.
Players began to ‘kindly’ greet the officials’ ancestors for eighteen generations.
Their cursing grew even louder when they saw that the next character wasn’t a beautiful girl, but a young man with a bit of a rogue-ish air.
“Oh!
Matthew!
You are the greatest surprise for our Esper Association in recent years!
Your Esper ability ‘Turning Trash into Treasure’ might seem unremarkable, but in truth, it can perform miracles by turning the mundane into the extraordinary!” The President of the Esper Association praised the rogue-ish youth with a beaming face.
“Oh, and?
So can I go join as an adventurer now?” Matthew didn’t care about the President’s praise; he only cared about his own business.
The President shook his head gently.
“Matthew, don’t you understand?
With your ability, staying here in logistics is the optimal choice…”
“Heh, I knew you’d say that.” Matthew sneered and casually pulled out a magic scroll.
The President’s face changed drastically.
“A Spatial Teleportation Scroll!
Matthew!
What are you doing?
If you’re unhappy with the treatment we’re offering, we can talk.
Please, don’t do anything rash…”
“You just want to use my ability to make money.
But I told you from the start: I came to awaken my ability to become an adventurer.
Like the heroes of legend, I want to embark on a path to fame, not stay in a place like this until I rot…”
Matthew activated the Spatial Teleportation Scroll.
A silvery-white light enveloped him as he curled his lips into a smile.
“Goodbye, bald old President.
I won’t miss you.
On the day my name is known throughout the world, maybe I’ll come back to visit!”
As he spoke, his figure was completely swallowed by the light of the Spatial Teleportation Scroll.
Finally, by pure coincidence, he fell from the sky and crushed the Thief who was trying to sneak attack Eleanor.
In Firefly’s memory, this seven or eight-minute short film usually ended here.
After showing Matthew’s Esper combat style and the three of them setting off on their adventure, the apocalypse logo would appear.
But at this moment, lines of colorful text suddenly appeared in the bullet chat:
“High energy ahead!
Headphones recommended!”
“Watching it again!
Sam is just too cool!”
Seeing this, Firefly grew even more curious and began to stare intently at the screen.
At the point where the PV usually ended, after the protagonist group looked out at the town under the setting sun from the edge of the forest, the video gradually faded to black.
This led some players to think the video was over.
But just then, a deep, mechanical male voice came from the black screen:
“I will—”
“Set the seas ablaze!”
Whoosh!
Flames surged.
In the air distorted by intense heat, a tall, silvery-white suit of knightly armor stood in the middle of a ravaged hall, a glowing neon green light flickering beneath its visor.
Neon green wings unfolded behind her as two lightswords materialized in her hands.
The video actually dimmed under the high temperature, leaving only that figure standing out so prominently.
The bullet chat was a screen full of shock:
“Holy crap, there’s a mecha?!”
“666, this mecha is so damn cool!”
“Can we actually play as this thing in the game?!”
Then Sam began to fight a half-corrupted orc.
The scene was completely one-sided; Sam continuously ravaged the orc, while the orc could only barely find a single opportunity to counterattack.
But right after it counterattacked, Sam suddenly retreated and flicked her dual swords.
While the orc was wondering what she was doing, the wounds left by those lightswords on its body suddenly erupted, and scorching neon green flames enveloped it!
“A real man never looks back at the explosion!”
“How can there be such a cool mecha?
What exactly is the deal with this world-building??”
The bullet chat almost filled the screen.
At this moment, the cool Sam Armor was gaining fans like crazy, making Firefly beam with joy.
Although she was riding the coattails of apocalypse and Sam, as a streamer and power-leveler, Firefly had never gained so many followers before.
She had her own account now; should she start a livestream to interact with her fans?
Firefly mused happily.
Then the screen went black again.
Firefly thought it was really over this time and was about to exit the video when she suddenly heard a familiar yet strange voice:
“By the way, you don’t know my name yet, do you?
My name is Firefly.
Like a fleeting light, like a firefly’s glow.
Remember this name, because…”
Light pierced through the dark screen.
At the exit of a prison on the sea, the shimmering ocean served as a backdrop for two stunningly beautiful girls.
One of them was 1.6 meters tall with long, silver-gray hair fluttering in the wind.
She turned her head and gave a gentle smile toward the screen:
“…we’re going to be living together for a very long time in the future.”
The bullet chat completely flooded the screen, and Firefly could no longer see any images.