Chapter 392 - Scheme of the Developers (2/2)

After that, the plaintiff and the defendant argued again about the new points.

Though the judge wasn’t familiar with games, he was more inclined toward consumers. So, he ruled in the end that, because of the poor quality of the game, the game company would pay for this trial and buy back those players’ cabins for twice the original price.

When he made the ruling, the judge put on a sophisticated smile.

The plaintiff’s lawyer was dumbfounded, and the defendant’s lawyer gravely announced that they would accept the ruling, but the delight on his face suggested that he wasn’t really disappointed.

Roland turned off the channel and returned to the forum. He found that everybody was talking merrily.

Everybody said that the members of Silver Wings and Jalan Temple had won. They made a 100% profit after a year and a half’s investment. That was even better than investing in real estate.

In the following half-month, more and more black leaf players quit the game and sold their cabins.

They didn’t have a choice, because they would be hunted whenever they were in the presence of a reverend of the Church of Light or the Church of Life.

Most players of the two guilds had been reduced to level zero. It was impossible to recreate a character, so they could only sell their cabins.

The cabins they sold did not go to the market at all but fell into the hands of certain people.

Then, certain players with arrogant tones emerged on the forum.

They were all talking about collecting gold coins and equipment and establis.h.i.+ng connections.

They sounded polite, but there was undisguised condescension in their words.

Roland’s ID was pinged most. The rookies who recently acquired the game cabins offered to buy his gold coins, his equipment, and even his ID. After all, Roland’s character in the game was already a mature Mage, who was also in the company of the most beautiful woman in Hollevin.

Their offers were very high, but Roland wasn’t interested at all. He simply put his account on “No Disturbance” mode.

He continued his studies in the magic tower, though he was slightly worried about Andonara.

But now and then, the players posted videos of their encounters with Queen Andonara on the forum, offering updates on Andonara to Roland.

He was much more rea.s.sured to know that she was fine.

About a month after the tragedy in Winterwind, Roland estimated that Andonara would be back soon. But two unannounced guests came to him earlier.

They were Hawk and Link.

Neither of them had a black leaf on their face, and they were still level five.

“It’s great that you were not involved in the mess at Winterwind.” Roland asked Vivian to serve fruit wine to them and said, “I thought that you…”

Hawk shook his head and said, “We had been ostracized from the management of Silver Wings before that. We didn’t even know about the gold mine.”

“Now that Silver Wings is gone, what will you do next?” asked Roland.

“We’ll visit other countries.” Hawk grabbed Link’s hand and said, “Hollevin is the base of the players. A lot of people know us. Though we did not partic.i.p.ate in the incident in Winterwind, we might be affected. That’s why we’re here to say goodbye to you. Also, there’s something that you might be interested in.”

“What is it?”

“We found something interesting in Bluewater Harbor,” Link explained. “There’s a strange seal on the island ten kilometers away from the harbor. Inside the seal is a longsword that emits the same blue flames that your woman does!”