Chapter 683 - The Conspiracy Surrounding Hades (1/2)
For the next few days, Qin Ruo and company remained in the vicinity of the Ancient Ghostvine's respawn point. They continued to harvest roots and select loot from the monster. The newly-formed Party was joined by two new volunteers (Level 52 Summoners) who were recruited from the League.
Killing the Divine Tier Ancient Ghostvine each time granted the players more than 30,000 Experience Points. The rate at which they were leveling up was not much different from when they did routine farming. But this was way more exhaustive as it required the members to stay vigilant at all times. They could not afford to have even a minor slip up.
Therefore, they needed the extra help. The two Summoners would transport them directly back to the Winter Demesne once every few hours so that they could recharge in town while they handed the roots over to Yaeger.
The two Summoners who took turns to follow the three Veteran Elementalists into the Dark Region had a fruitful harvest too. Besides honing their personal battle skills and gaining physical rewards, they were also given the rare opportunity to fight a Divine monster first hand.
If not for the fact that they had promised to keep the matter a secret, they would have been a pair of ”lottery winners” admired by many of their comrades in the Fallen Angels now.
***
Winter Demesne, Winter Bar.
The designer a.k.a. owner of the bar, Qin Ruo had renovated the establishment into a modern-style bistro. There were players sitting in front of the bar counter carrying various in-game equipment—either a knife on their backs or a staff in hand, and they gave the place a unique vibe of antiquity.
This place near the Warp Portal was specially reserved by Xiaoxiao when they were constructing the city. Centered on Qin Ruo's design concept, it had become the one and only modern underground bar in H&G. The grand hall within the building could house a thousand customers at one time.
However, it was not open to everyone. It was only accessible to members of the Fallen Angels with at least 1,000 Honor Points.
To Qin Ruo's surprise, the restriction that was initially placed to limit the flow of customers had stirred a frenzy among the League members to collect Honor Points. A lot of lower class citizens had secretly vowed to enter the bar one day.
Today, as usual, the three of them went straight to the Winter Bar after they left Yaeger's shop.
”Commander! You've come to have a drink too?”
”Clan Leader!”
”Commander Black! Hey Commander Homme, as cool as always!”
Those players chilling and chit-chatting at the Winter Bar immediately turned to them. They greeted them eagerly, and Qin Ruo as well as Black Rock greeted them back with wide smiles on their faces. After that, the three Elementalists found their favorite spot inside the grand hall and sat down.
”Hey, my respectable Fatale, is it really that hard for you to put on a smile?” Black Rock sat down and took a jab at the cold-looking Homme Fatale.
The latter ignored him and talked to the NPC waiter who swiftly appeared beside them, ”One Gorgeous Blueflame.”
At the bar counter, Gold Digger Babe, who often dropped by to try out different cocktails during her free time, fixed her gaze on Qin Ruo's table after she noticed the sudden commotion in the establishment.
She had witnessed the same scenario way too many times during the past few days. Other than the Winter Bar's uniqueness and rich supply of alcohol, one of the main reasons the Fallen Angels were attracted to it was probably the chance to meet Qin Ruo in person.
Many of the Fallen Angels still regarded their League Commander as a mysterious and distant existence. After all, not everyone got the chance to become Qin Ruo's close acquaintance.
Who would have thought that the man who had dominated the game was only a white-collar employee in a normal company? 'An ordinary guy who couldn't even handle a little girl like me!
'Then again, I think he still qualifies as a handsome man…'
She stopped her random thoughts and pulled her gaze back to the liquids in front of her. She was eager to carry out her next cocktail experiment.
***
Qin Ruo's eyes stopped on Gold Digger Babe's face for two seconds after he followed Homme Fatale's line of vision to the bar counter.
”A little girl still in university being so immersed in mixing alcohol... Kids nowadays sure are weird.”
”Little girl?”
”Kids?” Black Rock held down the Lonely Night he had just taken a sip of and looked at the pretty lady sitting in front of the counter. He clicked his tongue and looked back at the lamenting Qin Ruo, ”Let me get this straight, Gold Digger Babe's a grown up, right, Fatale?”
”This is none of my business.” Homme Fatale moved his head away and wiped the wacky grins off their faces. He was clearly disinterested in continuing the topic.
”All right, let's drop it.” Qin Ruo shook his head as he smiled and changed the topic. ”Sister Violet, Dino, and the others have attained Tier 6. Now, more than a hundred Fallen Angels have reached this milestone.