Big Capitalist

Alicia looked at the machines emitting magical fluctuations curiously, one after another, with doubts in her eyes, and couldn't help asking Merlin: "What are those?"

Merlin smiled and explained, "This is Magic Game. This is the Magic Game City that our Merlin Club just opened not long ago."

"Game City?" Alicia became more and more curious and asked impatiently, "What games are there here and how do you play them?"

Merlin smiled and nodded, then took Alicia to a unique-looking game console.

This game console has a huge screen with exquisite magic runes decorated on both sides of the screen. Below is an operation panel covered with buttons of various colors.

Merlin took out a game coin from his pocket and put it into the machine. With a crisp "ding dong" sound, the screen of the machine lit up and various gorgeous pictures and characters appeared.

Merlin pointed at the screen and began to introduce it to Alicia: "Your Highness, this is what is called an arcade game. This one is called Super Mario. You see, the little man that appears on the screen now is the character controlled by the player."

As he spoke, Merlin manipulated the waist and buttons skillfully, and the little man began to walk and jump in the fantasy world on the screen.

"Through these buttons, you can control the character's actions, such as moving forward, backward, jumping, and so on." Merlin explained in detail while demonstrating.

"There are many different levels in the game, and each level has unique scenes, enemies, and challenges." Merlin said, then turned to look at Alicia with anticipation in his eyes, and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to try it?"

Alicia couldn't wait. It was the first time she saw such a new thing. With excitement flashing in her eyes, she immediately took the joystick and sat on the chair.

What caught her eyes was the red brick ground, and dynamic music suddenly sounded, as if bringing her into a world full of fantasy adventures.

Against the light blue background, white clouds float leisurely, and everything seems so novel and interesting.

At the beginning, she didn't quite understand the rules of the game and seemed a little clumsy.

But Alicia still controlled Mario forward with enthusiasm.

She looked around curiously, and when she saw the bricks above her head, she subconsciously pushed them and was surprised to find that the bricks could actually be moved.

Just then, she saw a strange mushroom-like thing in front of her. Before she had time to think, she walked straight up to it.

As a result, Mario was instantly hit by a strange thing, and the words "Game Over" appeared on the screen.

"No, how could he die?" Alicia was a little dumbfounded, she had never expected this to happen.

Unlike the original Super Mario, Merlin only gives one life for one coin in order to maximize profits.

Merlin smiled and explained, "Your Highness, that thing is called Chestnut, and it is a monster in the game world. To kill it, you have to jump onto its head."

"Chestnut? What does this thing have to do with chestnuts? It's more like a mushroom, okay?" Alicia muttered in confusion.

Merlin didn't explain much, but took out ten game coins and placed them in front of Alicia. He then told the staff of Magic Game City to distribute the game coins to the elves, and said to Alicia and the other elves with a smile, "Have fun, everyone."

After saying that, he left with a "sinister" smile on his face.

As Merlin's carefully selected playmates, Yuna and Stacy naturally had to stay with Alicia.

Alicia was a little unconvinced, so she put in a game coin and continued her Super Mario journey.

This time, she carefully controlled Mario to move forward, but there were still many problems.

Alicia controlled Mario to a place with a trap. She didn't notice the gap on the ground, and Mario stepped on empty air and fell into the trap and died.

"Oops!" Alicia cried out in annoyance and threw in another game coin.

After restarting, she was standing on the pipe thinking about her next step when she was eaten by a sudden appearing carnivorous plant and died again.

"How come he died again!" Alicia frowned, somewhat unwillingly.

When the game started for the third time, Alicia stepped on the turtle's back and kicked it away. She cleverly thought it was safe, but then she found that the spinning turtle shell bounced back and killed Mario again.

Alicia stamped her feet in anger, but she also felt that the game was full of challenges, which further aroused her competitive spirit. She put in another game coin without hesitation and continued her Super Mario adventure, which was full of problems.

"I died again!" Alicia slapped her thigh in annoyance. Just as she was about to put in another coin, her hand suddenly stopped halfway. She realized that there were only a few coins left in front of her, and soon there would be none left.

She frowned, turned around and called the service staff of the game city.

The waiter quickly came to Alysia and asked respectfully, "Dear guest, is there anything I can help you with?"

Alicia pointed at the game console and asked, "How do I get these game coins?"

The service staff smiled and replied: "Game coins need to be purchased, and the price of one game coin is one gold coin."

When Alicia heard this, she said without hesitation: "Give me 10,000 game coins first. She really doesn't care about this little money."

The waiter was slightly stunned. He did not expect the guest to be so generous, but he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, please wait a moment."

In fact, the price of one game coin for one gold coin is already very expensive in the market, but fortunately, you can get a game coin for free when you buy a basic ticket for Merlin Club, and the higher the level of the ticket, the more game coins you will get.

After a while, the service staff hurried over pushing a cart full of game coins.

All that could be heard was the sound of "clattering" of game coins colliding with each other, and Alicia put the game coins into the game machine one after another without any regrets.

At this moment, she was completely immersed in the game. With her unyielding spirit, she didn't care about the consumption of game coins at all.

There is no pure skill, only continuous trial and error under the infinite currency system.

Super Mario, who was originally at level eight, was able to complete the highest level of Sekiro under the challenge of Alicia.

She tossed the coin again and again, and each failure did not undermine her confidence. Instead, it made her fighting spirit even stronger.

As time went by, the game coins she bought were consumed crazily, but she was completely unaware of it. All she could see was Mario on the screen constantly trying to challenge the levels.