Chapter 47: Sword and Fire rcenary
Translator: Zenobys Editor: TheRealSeal
Zhang Yang and the party guarded the bodies for a while but when they saw the bodies turned translucent and began disappearing, they knew that they chose to revive in the city. “Let’s go. Ti to head back!” Zhang Yang sheathed his sword. Fatty Han nodded in agreent. Although still not satisfied, but killing them with the Red tagged penalty and dropping their level by 4 with an additional 1 after being revived in the city, he was contented.
Zhang Yang and the others aside from Fatty joined back the Lone Desert Smoke and continued the Bangar Crypt Hardcore Mode. Fatty Hand went to find girls from the Massage Parlor to discuss ‘life’.
30 minutes later, Zhang Yang finished the dungeon and ca back to the city and retrieved his mail. His [Earthen Round Shield] was sold but not with 1,000 gold pieces, but 650 gold pieces instead. No one else bid for a higher price, the auction ti was up, and the transaction was compete! Zhang Yang was surprised. He never would have thought that such a valuable shield could have a drop in price! He thought about it, and went to the auction house to search for [Earthen Round Shield], and the result showed soone else selling the sa item but with an initial bidding of 500 but the wanted bid was 700 gold pieces. The seller did not even hide his na; Floating Up.
It was him!?
Bewildered, Zhang Yang imdiately recalled everything he knew about this person. In his previous life, there was an extrely strong rcenary group called ‘Sword and Fire rcenary’. The group had only 10 mbers in it, but their strength was undeniably strong. They alone claid half of China server’s five-man and ten-man Hardcore Mode First Clear Dungeon achievent!
As long as you were willing to pay the price, their rcenaries would get the job done for you. It could be from getting a First Clear dungeon achievent for a client’s guild to even naming the party after the client’s own na. They also accepted other jobs aside from dungeon related requests, like assassinating or providing bodyguards for a certain target. Now, with the strength of the rcenary’s group, it was not known how many players had perished by their hands. Soone did ask them before about establishing a guild, but they responded that making a guild would require 30 mbers but they only had 10.
This “Trash” rcenary lasted for another half year until the starting of A-class and S-class Professional Leagues. The party began having internal conflicts about which sponsor title should they put. In the end, the group disbanded. Six of the greediest n took on the job of carrying the title of Japan’s company “Team Toyota” and participated in the S-class Professional League. Although the remaining four n tried to recruit more, the players lacked quality and skill, causing them to be stuck in the A-class league.
This man, Floating Up, was one of the rcenary that was split and stuck in the A-class league. He was a Guardian and Zhang Yang has dealt with him before. Even he had to admit that the guy had skills that were on par with him!
However, to be able to craft and sell [Earthen Round Shield], they had to be able to clear the Hardcore More and defeat the hidden boss to get the recipe, but in his previous life, the first clear achievent was claid only after a month... and Zhang Yang suddenly understood.
Before, most of the elite parties could not get past through the third boss due to the bug-like boss’ skill! But this ti, he “invented” a terrain bug thod a little too early and since Lost Paradise and Lone Desert Smoke discovered it as well, there was a high possibility that the thod was leaked out! Because of that, the once impossible and invincible boss was now just a piece of trash; anyone could defeat it!
The ga progress changed now because of him and the butterfly effect just kept spiraling down! Zhang Yang sighed and took out another shield and made the starting and ending price 500 and 700 gold pieces respectively. “Co on, man. Work with , not against ! There’s fortune for everyone here. Don’t do sothing that will only cause problems for the both of us!” Zhang Yang said in his heart.
‘Server announcent: The party Fire and Sword rcenary has set a new dungeon ti record for the Bangar Crypt Dungeon Hardcore Mode. Their achievents will be recorded in the Hardcore Ti Attack Achievent Board (China Server). Please celebrate for them!’
‘Server announcent: Player Dominating Blades (Party Leader) successfully broke the Bangar Crypt Hardcore Mode ti record. Obtaining 10 gold pieces, 1x Level 1 Rune, and all race 250 Reputation Points from the system reward!’
‘Server announcent: Player 44 Bandits (Party mber) successfully...’
The server channel was filled with red texts in an instant.
“What the... Where did these people co from? They actually broke the record!”
“Fire and Sword rcenary... I think they were in the ga called ‘Dragon Age’!”
“That’s aweso!”
“...”
The local channel was abuzz.
Zhang Yang was a little surprised with this, but what ca after was a rather humorous feeling. Crimson Fire always wanted to get that speed record, but his dream was now shattered into oblivion! Even though Lost Paradise core mbers could be considered as professional players, but comparing with “Trash rcenary”, Lost Paradise was nothing.
Tch! The upcoming was to get the first clear achievent will be extrely brutal!
Zhang Yang opened Hardcore Mode Speed Record and checked their ti record.
27 minutes and 30 seconds!
That was rather good! Zhang Yang vaguely rembered in his previous life, that the record was replaced several tis but finally ca to a halt at 24 minutes and 17 seconds. There were no faster ti record that replaced it. The record had always been hard to defeat as the dungeon level limit was 15, and with that kind of strength, it was hard to product any decent results!
Take Marzerway’s Lair for example; the entry requirent was Level 20 and the level limit was Level 29. There was a 10 level gap to allow players to have sufficient ti to try the trials and defeat the speed record. After Level 100, the leveling duration could be 10 days to half a month, and it provided enough ti for players.
‘Beep.’ A private ssage arrived.
“Zhan Yu! Argh... I’m so screwed this ti!” Crimson Fire cried with a tone of despair in his voice.
“Cheer up, man. There will be more chances in the future!” Zhang Yang consoled him. In all honesty, Zhang Yang was not really close with Crimson Fire, and he did not like to ddle with soone who was quite emotional. He preferred to mix with people like Phantom Days.
Crimson Fire smiled bitterly. Even with the nurous amount of dungeons in the ga, he knew his own capabilities as well as Lost Paradise’s. They were not consistent enough to claim the first clear achievent of Bangar Crypt alone; and that was with Zhang Yang aiding them!
“Zhan Yu! I want to make a deal with you!”
“Now we’re talking. Is it the shield? 1,000 gold a piece! Thank you for your patronage!”
Crimson Fire hurriedly rectified, “No, no! That’s not it! I want to reserve a dungeon run! I want the first clear achievent for Marzerway’s Lair!”
Having thought about it, Zhang Yang said, “Sorry, but the five-man dungeon run has already been decided!”
Crimson Fire would not give up and tried negotiating, “Aw, co on, Zhan Yu. We’ve been doing this since back in the days! Give a chance! At least one slot for ! I’ll pay you 10,000 gold for it, how about that?”
Zhang Yang’s current goal was to create a concrete and stable team, not just to raid dungeons but to compete in future tournants! He already had the right amount of gold and no longer needed to work for others now!
Zhang Yang laughed as he said, “I can’t do it! I’ve already made a deal! Plus, we’re doing the nest tomorrow! Do you have anyone on your side that’s Level 20 already?” Crimson Fire bit his tongue. To get the speed record, each of the guild’s elite were not willing to get their level any higher than 15. They were all at the sa level. How could he manage to get a Level 20 mber in just one night?!
“Zhan Yu, don’t go rushing into things! Look at the board, there aren’t many Level 20 players now! For your dungeon run, let it slide for a few days. I’ll even chip in another 10,000 gold! How’s that?” Crimson Fire beca agitated. But Zhang Yang was firm on his decision to decline.
“Sorry, Guild Master Crimson Fire. I’ve made my word.”
Crimson Fire was silent for a mont. “Alright then. If that’s the case, we’ll double our efforts and level up. Perhaps we’ll call you up for the Level 30 dungeons.”
Zhang Yang laughed, “Haha, that’s a deal in the future. Until then!”
After his conversation, Zhang Yang went to the auction house and swept up all the [Brassica Weed] and [Gingko Flower] again. Ever since Zhang Yang began clearing them, players increased the selling price for the two herbs, and thrown many Alchemy users into disarray. Not everyone could be as rich as Zhang Yang.
After using all the ingredients in hand to craft, Zhang Yang accumulated as many as 300 stacks of [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion], taking up about 60% of his bank storage. If he did this for another day or two, his storage would definitely be full. Once he was done, it was 11pm and Zhang Yang logged off and called it a day.
The next day, Zhang Yang woke up at 6 in the morning and conducted his daily routine. He put on his jersey and went jogging after a round of boxing. He ran from his prefecture, all the way past the garden, across the market area, and arrived at an alley entrance. There, he stopped. He stopped not because he needed a breather, but what he saw at the entrance of the alley, was a 50-year old man, laid on the floor. His hands were on his head, covering it as if he was badly injured. There was a large crowd surrounding him but nobody took action.
Just as Zhang Yang wanted to walk up front, he was held back by another man, who was about 60-years old. “Hey kid, mind your own business! That man right there is a huge scamr. Anyone going to help him will only get themselves in trouble. Who knows how many hundreds or thousands of dollars he scamd away.”
It was no longer a mystery as to why youngsters these days were called cold-hearted, disrespectful and lacked morality! It was all over the internet; the news of people trying to earnestly help others but was only cruelly and cunningly scamd. Because of them, those who really needed help were casted aside and left to die on their own. Once the perpetrator successfully latched on, they would go in for the kill and scam their way for money. If they had failed in their attempt, they could easily get away with just a few words like “Sorry, wrong guy!” or “Sorry, I’ve recognized the wrong person.”
Zhang Yang rely shook his head and went ahead.
The old man grabbed Zhang Yang’s arm again, “Hey kid, Didn’t I tell you to mind your own business?”
“It’s not like I have a choice, old man. I have to take this road to go back ho!” said Zhang Yang, with a smile on his face.
“If that’s the case, you’d better be careful there. That old swindler is rotten to his core!”
“I understand, Thank you very much, mister!”
However, sothing inevitable happened. Zhang Yang walked around the old man lying down there and before he could even get a step past, he felt like his calf was being grabbed on tightly. He turned around. Who else could have held his legs, if not for the old scamr?
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