Chapter 40: Clearwater (1/2)

Chapter 40 – Clearwater

Translated by: s.h.i.+royukineko

Edited By: s.h.i.+royukineko

TLC By: s.h.i.+royukineko

Quickly equipping the Beast Face Wind Cloud Helmet, a black-coloured iron helmet immediately appeared on my head, making me looking extremely tyrannical and murderous all of a sudden. Furthermore, this helmet had covered my entire face. As a skeleton, I still need to take note of my appearance. Hence I was extremely thankful as I could finally stop using my eyes that were black empty sockets to look at others.

Looking at my status, I saw that my defense had increased to 128 and my attack to 258. So powerful!

I raised my brows as I looked at the beautiful girl sitting on the rock. I asked with a laugh, “Beauty Lin, what about you? What equipment did you get?”

Lin Yi Xin pursed her lips and said, “Don’t rub salt on my wound&h.e.l.lip;”

“What exactly did you get?” I pursued.

Lin Yi Xin glared at me, feeling a little wronged as she replied, “It’s a level 32 iron-tier leather wristguard and a level 28 black-tier wand&h.e.l.lip;”

“Hahahah&h.e.l.lip;”

“Are you seeking death? The way you laugh really deserve a beating!”

Lin Yi Xin brandished her sharp swords and charged at me. I immediately turned and dodged it. The two of us then ran across the mountain as we continued to find other profit-making methods.

On the other end of the valley, Descent of the Dragon wield his long spear as he shouted furiously, “f.u.c.k Fallen Hero&h.e.l.lip; f.u.c.k Wind Fantasy&h.e.l.lip; I will never forgive you guys!”

“Have the Mad Dragon people gone away?” I looked at the clear blue sky as I asked inadvertently.

In the thicket not far from me, a blue coloured flower that looked like a small star swayed in the wind. A sweet, beautiful voice resounded from there, “Who knows, you can go there and check&h.e.l.lip;”

“I don’t think I should. It’s not good to PK.”

“Tsk!”

Lin Yi Xin walked out, holding a small blue coloured gra.s.s on her hands as she quietly laughed, “I didn’t expect there would be Dream Gra.s.s here. What a nice surprise&h.e.l.lip;”

I shot her a glance and said, “Little Cheater&h.e.l.lip;”

“You are the Little Cheater. You cheat me of my 15 gold, my living expenses&h.e.l.lip;” Lin Yi Xin retorted spiritedly.

I didn’t retort back. Actually, that 15 gold was a little too much. I had gotten a rune-tier equipment while she only gotten a iron-tier, yet she still have to pay me a 15 gold commission fee. The only who could do such a thing would only be me. Furthermore, it was towards such a beauty like Lin Yi Xin.

&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;

“How many Dream Gra.s.s have you picked? How many do you need?” I asked.

“The more the better, but I only managed to pick 40 sets&h.e.l.lip;” Lin Yi Xin wiped the sweat on her forehead as she looked elsewhere. Seems like her Herb Picking Skill had also increased by a lot.

“It’s already over four hours&h.e.l.lip;” I reminded her. “As full-fledged Crimson Mercenary filled with honor, I don’t really like working overtime&h.e.l.lip;”

Lin Yi Xin threw me a glance and said, “I’ll pay you 3 gold for each hour you worked overtime, will that be okay?”

“Ok, boss, you are such a nice person~”

“You really deserve a beating&h.e.l.lip;”

Lin Yi Xin pursed her lips as she said, “When I was picking herbs just now, I found that there is Green Pepper in this valley. Didn’t you learn the Hunting Skill?”

My eyes lighted up, “Really?”

“Why would I lie to you!”

Hence, I immediately advanced into the forest. However, what greeted me turned out to be a Wild Bear that was baring its teeth against me! d.a.m.n it, I was tricked by this beautiful girl again&h.e.l.lip;

Quickly dealing with the Wild Bear, I walked towards its corpse and looked around. Suddenly I found a lush, green plant. There was really&h.e.l.lip;really Green Peppers growing here?!

Didn’t the official website say that Green Pepper only grew at the Frostwind Canyon?

I don’t care anymore, I should just pick them up first!

A few minutes later, I had a few dozens of sets of Green Peppers in my inventory. However, when I walked out of the forest, Lin Yi Xin had already disappeared. She had wielded her sharp sword and seeked for herbs across the whole mountain. This girl was really agile.

The Green Pepper in Bluestone Valley was not as bountiful as the Frostwind Canyon. However, having someone to pay me while I train my Hunting Skill here was a rare occurrence, so I happily travelled the whole place easily. I was already level 32 anyway, I didn’t wish to level up that fast. Skills were the most important, yet levelling up would not increase the skill’s experience at all. The current me cared more about my earning capabilities, and the faster I level my Cooking Skill to level 4, the faster I would be able to create level 4 Magical Food Items. That was my real, true capability!

As I cruised the valley, suddenly Ghost Valley sent me a message, “Boss Broken Spear, someone asked for our service. It’s a mission to kill a level 32 Quest Monster with a commission of 1 gold. Would you like to accept it?

I replied, “Can you kill the level 32 Quest Monster? If you can then accept it, I can’t return now.”

A few seconds later, Ghost Valley replied, “No problem, Brother B and I would definitely be able to kill it with both of our efforts combined. Although Quest Monsters are normally stronger than ordinary monsters, I am still a strong level 27 player after all!

“Yeah, go. Work hard, it’s for our Crimson Mercenary’s honor!”

I motivated him a little, and at the same time, felt pleasantly surprised in secret. This Ghost Valley must be a genius in levelling. He managed to reach level 27 in such a short time, that was really too powerful!

If Crimson Mercenaries could have such an expert player like him, why would we worry about not getting famous in the future?

&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;

In a blink of an eye, three hours had pa.s.sed. Lin Yi Xin finally came out leisurely, as her skirt blew in the wind. She laughed towards me, giving off an extremely attractive aura. She was barely 21 years old. I bet in a few years, when she had more charm than she had today, she would definitely be a G.o.ddess that would bring countries down with her.

“Done with your work?” I asked.

“Yeah, I picked until my inventory is full. How about you?”

“I only managed to get a few dozens of Green Pepper. I planned to cook Stir-fried Potato Strips when I get back later. Do you want to try it?”

“Sure, let’s go back to Floating Ice City!”

Lin Yi Xin took out a return scroll. This was a luxury good that only a person with money could afford. Seems like she was not as poor as she said she was.

I took out a return scroll too, and immediately teleported to Floating Ice City with a bright pillar of light. There were only Lin Yi Xin and I in the large teleportation gate. Sigh, seems like everyone was really quite poor. Return scroll cost 1 gold each, it was simply too expensive in this early stage of the game.

“My&h.e.l.lip; commission fee?” I reached out my hands and said, “7 hours, the total would be 20 gold.”