Chapter 76 Mantou's StruggleThe central square of Bateau City. Players come and go in an endless stream, making the place extremely lively. "Receive a set of standard iron equipment!" "A warlock dad is here. Let's form a group of 20 people to go to the mountains to fight snowmen. No wild warlocks are needed." "Collect a musical instrument." "I'll buy all kinds of potions at market prices, especially healing potions. I'll take as many as you want." The team nicknamed "The Slave Quartet" by a group of players gathered again. They were still wearing the same novice suits, without any change. After all, all the money they saved from completing missions was used to repay the loan. Singo asked excitedly, "How much have you contributed to the camp? My current contribution is 7985." Xia Ye Qiu Yu said: "I am 6389." The natural warrior rubbed his bald head and said, "7071."
Mantou's expression has changed from hopeless to wooden: "I only have 5789." "Xin Gou, we have been doing hard labor for eighteen days. Now the name of 'Black Slave Four' has become famous in the player forum. When will this end?" Mantou stroked the rough cloth on his body and missed his old leather armor more and more. It might not be handsome, but it could bring him a rare sense of security. Tiansheng Zhan Kuang patted Mantou's shoulder and said earnestly: "So when God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, and his body hungry. The road to becoming a professional gamer is not so easy." Mantou looked at Singo, who was still very excited even after being a slave for eighteen days, and thought to himself that this guy was a complete monster. The cheerful natural war maniac standing beside him should not be underestimated either. Xia Ye Qiu Yu tidied up her hair which had become a little messy due to mining and asked: "Are there any clues about the Tiefling's mission?" Mantou shook his head and said, "I'm so tired these days that I don't have the energy to care about so many things." The natural warrior almost rubbed his bald head until it was covered with patina: "I went to ask those tieflings, but they all kept silent. Some even attacked me directly. Fortunately, I am a barbarian with thick skin and flesh, otherwise I would have lost a lot of blood right away." Singo smiled mysteriously and said, "I have completed the task." "A few days ago, I bribed a poor tiefling and got information out of him. But even that took a lot of effort. They seemed reluctant to talk about the past, but I understood it later." "These tieflings originally came from a city called 'Northern Wind Castle', which was ruled by Duke Brad Rackman of the Rackman family." After Singo finished telling this tragic and bloody history, the words [Mission Accomplished] appeared on everyone's panel, and 500 camp contributions were added to the account. After nearly a month of playing the game, most players have developed a sense of identity and belonging to the city of Batto, and there is even a fan group for Medoraash in the player forum. Xia Ye Qiu Yu sighed: "It's really not easy for Medorash." Tiansheng Zhan Kuang also said indignantly: "Kill these damn vampires." Only Mantou seemed to suddenly remember something and asked with his eyes wide open: "Where did you get the money? Didn't you use all your gold coins to buy the invitation?" Singo remained calm and said, "When I went to apply for a loan, I found that I still had some equipment left, so I only used my own equipment, Qiuyu's, and Zhan Kuang's equipment as collateral. I sold your equipment for the money. I'll put the money in my account and I'll use it to supply you next time." "You beast, Xin Gou, you'd rather sell it than return the equipment to me!" The anger that Mantou had suppressed during 18 days of slave labor finally erupted, and he rushed forward and tried to strip Singo of his novice suit, wanting to make him the second "Holy Light Brother" and completely ruin his reputation.
However, he was easily avoided by Singo who was quite skilled in agility and almost hit the giant dragon stone sculpture in the center of the square. "Calm down. Even if you strip me naked—" "I can't get my equipment back." While dodging, Singo also did not forget to show off his sharp tongue. However, Mantou, who was lying on the ground, suddenly discovered that there was a line of subtle small words written on the base of the statue: [Dedicated to the master of the Burning Embers Nest, the powerful and noble red dragon, the eternal monarch of Batto City - Lord Cassius Claudeu Norikius] "Oh my god, come and look at this, I found important information!" The four men quickly gathered around, and Singo lay on the ground without caring about his image, sticking his butt out and looking through it carefully. "Casius" "This name is somewhat familiar." The natural warrior touched his bald head. After being a slave for eighteen days, even his brain was not very sharp anymore. Xia Ye Qiu Yu couldn't help but hold his forehead and kindly reminded: "Remember that super handsome, isn't it, important NPC? His name above his head is [Mysterious Dragon Vein Warlock - Cassius]." Singo added: "And he has the characteristics of a red dragon, with scales, dragon horns, and golden eyes." Mantou suddenly realized, "Doesn't that mean that the mysterious NPC is the leader of our camp, the human incarnation of the Red Dragon boss that has never appeared?" "I'm afraid so." Singo nodded in agreement. Mantou couldn't help but sigh: "Then we have caught a big fish - No, my favorability with the big boss has dropped by -10, Xin Gou, give me back my favorability!" Singo ignored him and turned to the other two and said, "Have you noticed the recent movements of the big guilds? The leader of King Power, Tyrant, has already sent people to grab the task of building the city wall. He hired that civil engineer, Run Away with the Bucket, with a large sum of money, and the whole area has been contracted by them." "Some people from the Sword Pavilion have even started going down to the mines themselves. Their intentions are a little too obvious." Mantou was surprised and said: "What do you mean?" "They should have discovered the role of camp contributions?" "I'm afraid so." Singo crossed his arms and said confidently, "But the mission information can be made public now. We all have 7,000 faction contributions and have purchased the [Mysterious Invitation] in advance. Even the big guilds can't catch up with our progress." "At this time, we should ask all players to contribute to the faction, snatch their tasks, and delay the progress of those guilds. We can take this opportunity to earn more money and take on the money-making tasks that we couldn't get before." "Mantou, after you finish your hard work today, go ahead and make the video. I'll post the strategy on the forum. Let's start tonight." "okay." Mantou's tone suddenly became more high-spirited: "Humph, things change over time, don't look down on the poor young people! I will let those who mock me as a black slave know what it means to seize the initiative everywhere!" But when he was editing the video tonight, he wiped the back of his head, which was becoming increasingly sparse, and suddenly felt that something was not right.
"Fuck, how come everyone has downloaded the game? I'm still working for Xin Gou——" (End of this chapter)