Chapter 298: Chapter 277: The Revenge of the Phoenix Feather
Since One Sword Eastward joined the team of Invincible Soldier and Invincible Wei, he quickly beca like brothers with them. They even ford a group to tackle a few daily quest instances in the city to build reputation. In short, this was his strategy to infiltrate the enemy ranks and gain their trust.
One Sword Eastward keenly noticed that these two were completely out of place with other Chamber of Comrce mbers. Why was that? Was it a disconnect between upper and lower-tier leaders? If that were the case, these two definitely deserved more attention.
Invincible Soldier, a level 32 Druid, seed to have a talent for Destruction Magic specialization, with no Vice Hero, being talkative with above-average skills. He could be considered a skilled player, though not quite a master.
Invincible Wei, a level 31 Ranger, seed to have a level 2 Earth Hunter specialty, with no Vice Hero, remaining silent and with skills... difficult to look at.
Why did Da Fei choose these two as confidants? What was Da Fei’s criteria for selecting people? This was puzzling for One Sword Eastward. However, one thing was certain, the reason these two kept grinding instances with him was definitely because of his 10 powerful Dark Night Druids.
With the help of his 10 powerful units, instances they couldn’t have possibly cleared were successfully completed. Were these really Da Fei’s most trusted cronies? Was this all they had to offer? It didn’t matter; he might as well go along for now. After all, he wasn’t losing out on experience or reputation.
A clap of thunder roared as the final boar boss in the instance let out a piercing scream and collapsed with a thud!
— System Prompt: Congratulations! You completed the Quartermaster’s bounty mission "Clear the Boar Herds Endangering the Farm," earning 50,000 experience, a 500 Gold Coin reward, 3,000 reputation in Elorin City, 76 Boar Bristles, and 2 Boar Tusks...
"Hell yeah!" Invincible Soldier and Invincible Wei burst into exciting cheers, "We did it!"
One Sword Eastward asked in surprise, "What’s up?"
Da Bing patted One Sword Eastward’s shoulder with satisfaction, "Little Sword, interested in going out to sea for so big trading? We three pool our money and our earnings divided by our contributions!"
You’re the Little Sword! One Sword Eastward frowned, suppressing his annoyance, and forced a smile, "And how much can we earn? I’m too lazy to make a run."
Da Bing laughed heartily, "Too lazy to make a run? Co on, I’ll take you to the shipyard to look at the goods!"
Sure enough, after nearly ten days of grinding reputation day and night, with Little Sword’s powerful help, Da Bing and Da Wei finally completed their run, earning 100,000 reputation in Elorin, and could finally use the dium ship Da Fei left for them. Of course, if they could operate a dium ship, other experts could too, signaling the world entering the age of dium ships, a period that would last for a long, long ti.
As One Sword Eastward followed them to the shipyard, looking at the 500 cargo capacity dium ship before him, he couldn’t help but feel a thundering shock!
cargo capacity! Equivalent to 50 caravan wagons! Equal to 50 of the small boats he used to sail! And the expense of operating the ship was 100 tis lower than a caravan with the sa capacity! This was the advantage of mariti transport! This was the state he’d dreamt of reaching!
Da Bing laughed heartily, "I called Brother Fei earlier, and he said do whatever we want! So, want to join us for a sea run?"
Tch! They’re just afraid of Blood Sea Studio attacking them and want
as a bodyguard! But isn’t it exhilarating to use an enemy’s resources to earn money? One Sword Eastward felt a thrill, "Sure! By the way, where’s Brother Fei?"
Da Bing shook his head and sighed, "Brother Fei has reached countless levels beyond us, even if he tells us where, we wouldn’t know."
Flatterer! One Sword Eastward silently cursed but kept a cheerful smile, "I have 4,600 Gold Coins!"
The usually silent Da Wei finally spoke, "I have 5,100."
Da Bing smiled, "I have 6,200! All in all, this amount is enough for us to make a great start. Go! We’ve saved quite a few credit points from all the reputation tasks we’ve done; let’s load up everything! Oh, and Da Wei, give your money to , then go hire a Vice Hero with Master-level Sailing Skill at the dock’s tavern to sail the ship."
Da Wei gave an ’oh’ in response.
Tch! Afraid the Vice Hero would drag down his leveling, so he asks soone else to take them! One Sword Eastward finally understood why Da Fei would want this Invincible Wei as a crony. Because he was a fool! A confidant not only needed soone smart and clever but also soone docile and unquestioningly obedient—such fools were indispensable. One Sword Eastward gained a rudintary understanding of Da Fei’s approach to personnel, and he had to admit, it was brilliant!
With Da Wei going to the tavern to recruit a hero, Da Bing led Little Sword bouncing along to the Comrce Guild to collect goods, then bounced back to the dock to excitedly watch the porters loading goods onto the ship.
Just as Da Bing was eagerly calculating the profits from a dium and long-range run, a player appeared in front of them wearing an eye-catching fiery red robe, looked indifferently, and asked, "Where’s Da Fei?"
Needless to say, trouble was brewing! Da Bing couldn’t help but frown, "What’s up?"
Little Sword was secretly thrilled, but instead, put on a serious face, exuding arrogance, "Yo? That outfit’s impressive oh?? What’s the brand?"
Phoenix Feather snorted coldly, turned his gaze towards the cargo ship at the dock, and smiled faintly, "This ship, I’ll be taking it! Da Fei won’t have anywhere to hide then!"
Da Bing’s face changed abruptly!
Indeed, this player was Phoenix Feather, and he was here to stir up trouble!
Lately, Phoenix Feather had been quite gloomy. Being knocked out in the preliminaries early was one reason. Another was that a large number of experts erged both dostically and internationally in the preliminaries—experts who could no longer be underestimated. This irked Phoenix Feather, who always felt superior. Then he received an invitation from Star Guild—an imnse honor for ordinary players, but an insult considering the bargaining term for soone as arrogant as Phoenix Feather!
Who does Star Guild think they are? Do they not recognize
under a new na? Back during the public test, I knew you guys well enough, snatched countless bosses from you, and killed enough of your mbers to put you in your place! Don’t even think I’d go for that lousy toilet-cleaning offer; even a professional-level offer would be beneath .
Big guilds are just there to be trampled, to highlight my awesoness!
However, with Da Fei and the UK both having large ships now, along with China’s so-called top God-level Sea Battle Hero Blood Sea Wave making a big splash at the Pool of Radiance, a surge of ocean-thed enthusiasm swept across the community. Professional teams and regular players worldwide flocked to the lucrative ocean scene, making ocean developnt the trend. So Phoenix Feather decided after careful consideration to focus on ocean developnt too.
At sea, his long-range Thunderbolt advantage could be fully utilized. With a fast ship, he could strike his opponent from a distance, preventing retaliation, and easily rob them of their cargo and possibly even their ship. Indeed, Phoenix Feather decided to pursue a pirate robbery route.
Looking across China’s seaports, with its vast array of long-distance specialties, Elorin was clearly the best base. It was also Da Fei’s base and the first God-level Sea Battle Hero’s base of operations; easier to deal with. Once he had stepped over these two, if Blood Sea Wave was smart, he’d let it slide, let him be the lapdog. Just taking down Da Fei first would naturally ensure Blood Sea Wave fell in line.
At this mont, facing Phoenix Feather’s aggressive stance, Little Sword responded with a ten tis more arrogant tone, mocking, "Hey, hey, did your aunt dye this ridiculous outfit for you? Otherwise, why is it so red?" Da Fei had a clever underling, a dumb underling, and was now only missing an arrogant, combative underling—so let
be arrogant to maximum capacity and draw all the hatred!
Self-important Phoenix Feather obviously scoffed at arguing with these cronies, rely smirked silently, "See you at sea then!" and left arrogantly.
Little Sword held up a middle finger, "Idiot!"
Da Bing realized sothing wasn’t right, feeling uneasy, "This idiot seems like an expert, huh? Any fool daring to ss with Brother Fei must have so skills, should we not set sail?"
Little Sword silently chuckled, I’m only here to stir up trouble, what happens next is none of my business. So he said nonchalantly, "Soldier, do what you think best."
Da Bing felt conflicted. Not sailing would make him seem cowardly, and more importantly, it would cause this newcor to look down on him. Brother Fei’s style was always bold. If he learned about this, it would definitely leave an impression, potentially affecting his position as Vice President. In conclusion, losing face was unacceptable!
Da Bing gritted his teeth, "Right! Just an idiot, we should carry on with our plans!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welco to Qidian (qidian) to cast recomndation votes, monthly passes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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