Chapter 140 - Monetary Assault
Royal God Call had the habit of freezing up whenever he saw a lady, especially a top-notch beauty like Xi Xiaotian. At this mont in ti, his two legs turned jelly as he fell upon the stool behind him with a pull.
“Aren’t you doing your quest?” Gu Fei asked him.
“There’s no hurry. None at all,” Royal God Call calmly answered, adding, “There are only a few left, and I still have two more days.”
“What quest is it?” the ladies asked curiously.
“‘Bounty Mission’. Consecutively completing it for one hundred tis will award you with a pair of pretty good boots. Miles, take yours off and let them have a look,” Royal God Call ordered.
Gu Fei was enraged! Royal God Call acted snappishly whenever there was a lady present. He was salivating non-stop when he saw his Windchaser’s Boots, yet it was reduced to nothing more than ‘pretty good’ right now. He even commanded Gu Fei to take off his boots.
Gu Fei knew that Royal God Call considered it a fate worse than death to lose face in front of ladies, so he swallowed his anger and took off his boots to show them to everyone.
“Are you selling them?” was Svelte Dancer’s question when she saw the Windchaser’s Boots.
Gu Fei stared at her as he slowly wore the boots once more, using his action to signify his answer to her question.
“Hmph!” Svelte Dancer pettily turned her head away, saying, “They are just a bit better than what I have, anyway.” With that, she took off her boots and showed them to everyone.
Boots of the Nimble Cloud: movent 58, increase movent speed by 35%.
“He he! Nuh-uh! It’s worse than mine by 2 movent!” Gu Fei remarked in an aggravating tone. Despite knowing that ‘ 2 movent’ was largely insignificant by all counts, the bickering nature of the two parties involved made this ‘ 2 movent’ seem so perfectly oppressive.
Svelte Dancer could of course not swallow this bitter pill. Nudging her Boots of the Nimble Cloud closer to Gu Fei, she said, “Why don’t you sell the boots to at market price; I will even gift you this pair once our transaction is completed.” No market price existed for equipnt as rare and as precious as the Windchaser’s Boots, which naturally ant that Gu Fei could quote a high price for them. Svelte Dancer even promised to gift Gu Fei the Boots of Nimble Cloud in return. This was as good as spending an exorbitant amount in exchange for ‘ 2 movent’, clearly proving her moniker as the Mightiest Pay-to-Win Warrior. She had money to spend, after all.
The transaction was as good as a windfall from heavens even to soone like Gu Fei who had low desire with regard money, so he was montarily moved by the offer. However, it was as good as him losing to Svelte Dancer’s monetary assault if he agreed to it. I can’t give her this chance to beat , even if it is sothing this superficial, Gu Fei thought to himself as he imdiately rejected her offer.
Svelte Dancer was visibly disappointed by his answer, yet she did not pester him further. Gu Fei more or less had an understanding of her personality. She was not exactly flushed with cash to the point of spending it arbitrarily on a pair of boots better than hers by a asly ‘ 2 movent’. Only, her desire to win against Gu Fei was stronger than his desire to win against her, so she felt indignant that her boots were not as good as Gu Fei’s, causing her to clobber up a foolhardy plan of buying them from him outright. Sadly, that plan failed.
Sigh. Bickering with her over such a small matter... How immature of . Gu Fei was thinking this and was just about to agree to her proposition when Royal God Call, who was beside him, quipped, “I’m about to get this pair of boots from my quest, too. I’ll sell them to you.”
Svelte Dancer was elated, “I’m holding you to your word!”
“Of course!” Royal God Call nodded his head vigorously. Since Gu Fei did not want to pick up this sudden windfall from the heavens, Royal God Call would naturally swoop in to get it instead. He reckoned today would be so exciting that he would not be able to fall asleep later.
Gu Fei heaved a long sigh. A monetary assault was truly a frightening thing; even an innocent youngster like Royal God Call was easily corrupted by it.
To prevent the matter from getting dragged further, Royal God Call actually abandoned these ladies before him and got up, “I shall hurry and finish my quest, then.”
“Don’t you dare ask for my help!” Seeing Royal God Call’s elated expression over the turn of events, Gu Fei felt obliged to sober him up a little.
Royal God Call imdiately exclaid, “Big bro, don’t do that to !”
That’s more like it! As Gu Fei was feeling pleased with himself, Svelte Dancer suddenly jumped in, “I’ll help you with what he’s supposed to do.”
Royal God Call was beside himself. Which god was it that was shining favorably upon him today? Not only did he make such a profitable deal, he also managed to get a beauty like Svelte Dancer to help him in his quest; it was truly a dream co true. What more could a man want if there were beauty and money? Thus, Royal God Call dismissively waved at Gu Fei, “Alright. I’ll leave you to your business, then!” With that, he left together with Svelte Dancer. Before leaving, Svelte Dancer threw a provocative glance at Gu Fei.
“What’s happening?” Xi Xiaotian was at a loss.
“That brat is bickering with Miles,” Luo Luo chuckled.
“Why’s that?” Xi Xiaotian asked, curious.
“Miles pushed her down,” Luo Luo said without elaborating any further.
Xi Xiaotian was slightly shocked, “That’s too much!”
“Nah,” Gu Fei explained, “She tried to ambush , so I pushed her over.”
“Sure! You pinned her down to the ground and did not let her get up,” Luo Luo added, snickering.
“That’s legit defense,” Gu Fei protested.
“Ha ha! I’m not so sure about that,” Luo Luo gazed appreciatively at Gu Fei’s embarrassnt. Xi Xiaotian’s eyes were already wide like saucers.
“Co to think of it... Why did she ambush ?” Gu Fei suddenly asked.
“I’ve got sothing on, so I’ll take my leave first! Have fun chatting!” Luo Luo quickly got up and started to head out the door.
“Stay right there! Did you sic her into doing that?!” Gu Fei was hot on Luo Luo’s heels and the two headed out the door just like that.
Xi Xiaotian was left all alone in her seat. She was now more clueless of everything that that had unfolded before her, “Just what is going on? Why did she even ask to et her here?”
The weekend passed by very quickly, and the PvP tournant officially began on Monday at 7 P.M. Because many players joined a rcenary group as well as a guild, the rcenary PvP tournant and the guild versus guild tournant would be conducted alternately. On Monday, the first event would be the rcenary PvP tournant. The six mbers of Young Master’s Elite rcenary group were currently gathered at Ray’s Bar, engaging in their final round of strategy eting.
“The rules for the tournant have been announced,” Brother Assist said, elaborating, “There’s one point to note: Based on the total number of participants in this contest, a suitable map will be chosen from a selection of twelve maps available. This ans that the maps are all fixed. Studying these maps should improve our odds of victory.”
“Furthermore,” Brother Assist continued, saying, “The limitations for a Thief’s Stealth skill are announced: There is a ti limit of thirty seconds and a cool-down period of three minutes for the skill, so it is impossible to play a ga of hide and seek.”
“Let others worry about this matter! Our goal is total victory,” Young Master Han declared.
“Keep a low profile. We are just a rcenary group of six n against a group of one hundred n, how do you think what you said makes sense?” Brother Assist asked.
“With my battle strategies, this sort of problem isn’t a big deal. HA HA HA HA HA!” Young Master Han laughed uproariously, looking at the ti once he was done. “There’s still half an hour left; is everyone good and ready?”
Before anyone could answer, the room’s curtain was shoved to the side by soone rushing inside like a gale of wind. A right leg suddenly crashed upon the table as a person pointed at it, “Look what I’ve got!”
“Ray, what’s going on?” Young Master Han gazed at Ray, who was still picking at the curtain by the room entrance.
Ray shrugged his shoulders, “Can’t help it. The price she paid to leak your position is better than your hush money.”
“Who are you looking for?” Young Master Han wrinkled his brows and asked.
Svelte Dancer’s leg was right in front of Gu Fei, yet his lowered head did not elicit any reaction. She gave him a shove, “Oi! Are you playing dead?”
Gu Fei suddenly started, his whole body perking up, “Is the eting over?”
Young Master Han was enraged, “You’re asleep again! You’re always sleeping in our etings lately!”
Gu Fei showed a bitter expression on his face, “I’m so tired at hearing you all talk about rules and whatnots.”
“Ah! That’s right. It’s so unbearable!” Svelte Dancer expressed her agreent.
It was only now that Gu Fei realized that soone had her foot on the table in front of him, “You! What are you doing here?!”
“Look. My boots!” Svelte Dancer answered by pointing her boots to Gu Fei.
“I know. Royal God Call already told ,” Gu Fei answered monotonously.
All their gazes turned to Royal God Call. Young Master Han’s face had already darkened to a shade beyond black.
Brother Assist nudged Royal God Call, “Royal, wake up.”
“Ah? Are we done with the eting?” Royal God Call perked up as he straightened his body. His reaction was just like Gu Fei’s.
“Are you all pieces of sh*t sleeping?!” Young Master Han bellowed this question.
“Sleep. Who’s asleep? Not !” War Without Wounds quickly answered. His eyes suddenly lingered at one spot as he abruptly got up, “Beautiful woman, how may I address you?” For him to just register Svelte Dancer’s presence now, who would believe him in his claim of not sleeping?
Brother Assist swept his gaze around and counted the people in this room, “Wait a minute. Where’s Sword Demon?” There were only six players in the room including Svelte Dancer.
“He ca! I rember that he ca!” Brother Assist insisted.
“Mhm-mhm. He was beside just now. When did he leave?” Royal God Call said as he patted the empty seat next to him. “OH!” Royal God Call exclaid in shock the next instant.
With that, a figure slowly appeared from the seat as Sword Demon calmly said, “I’m here.”
“Sleeping while on Stealth! That’s too cunning!” The three other n berated Sword Demon as Young Master Han sent a death stare their way.
Actually, they could not prove that Sword Demon had been sleeping while on Stealth. But given Sword Demon’s honest personality, he did not make an excuse for himself and just asked, “Is the eting over?”
Young Master Han’s glass of alcohol had already been drained, while Brother Assist’s face was helplessly affixed with a wry smile.
“Is this your rcenary group?” Svelte Dancer asked Gu Fei.
Gu Fei nodded his head.
“They are all over the place; you should just join our guild’s rcenary group, instead!” Although she was discontented with and harbored resentnt toward Gu Fei, she evidently still considered him as a talented individual. As for the other mbers of Young Master’s Elite, she treated them as a bunch of rabbles.
The reactions of these five experts were worth relishing.
Brother Assist simply smiled without uttering a word. Royal God Call would usually go up and boast about his prowess in such monts, yet he opted to act mysterious instead since the person who had said this was a female. War Without Wounds adopted a congenial expression similar to Royal God Call’s. Sword Demon rely stared at Svelte Dancer, not saying a word. As for Young Master Han, he actually stilled his expression of rage monts before and smiled amiably, “How should I address you, miss beautiful? Which rcenary group are you from?”
“Svelte Dancer; Athyst rcenary group,” Svelte Dancer answered.
“Oh. I guess we’ll et in the tournant, then!” Young Master Han said cheerfully.
“Oh...” Svelte Dancer suddenly felt that the atmosphere was very odd. She originally wanted to persuade Gu Fei so more, but she decided to keep her mouth shut and reply to Young Master Han with just one word before taking her leave.
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