504 Chapter 504 - Porter (1/2)
Sword Demon had no clue that his words had triggered Gu Fei's melancholia. With the camo face paint on, the two men could barely make out each other's expression. Sword Demon decided not to say anything further once he perceived Gu Fei's reticence. As for the latter, he only sighed heavily again as the loneliness he felt toward kung fu was once more evoked by all this.
”Hey, you two, get ready to leave!” The two men hurriedly got up at Coco's beckoning.
”Take off your outfits first and cover your faces. Neither of you intends to walk down the street in broad daylight looking like that, right?” She raised a brow at them.
Sword Demon and Gu Fei fitted their outfits into their respective dimensional pockets and proceeded to cover their faces as instructed. They even put hats on their heads; it was not particularly rare to find people wearing hats in game.
”But everyone in this room has already seen everything,” Gu Fei reasoned.
”It's none of their business. Who's gonna be that nosy?!” Coco was clearly unfazed by Gu Fei's claim as she pointed to the two large sacks on the floor. ”Take one each; carry it and follow me.”
A player's dimensional pocket was affected by the number of slots available and the weight of the items put in it; Players would not be able to contain anything that exceeded this limit. Such a large purchase of outfits by Coco meant that they had to carry the items on person. Gu Fei had done such a thing before, having traveled around with a burlap sack slung across his back. At that time, he had carried all the monster drops he had acquired while grinding monsters that could not fit into his dimensional pocket. It was only after he had played the game for a while and learned more about it did he stop collecting all that garbage from monsters. It had been a while since he had last resorted to doing this sort of manual labor.
Without another word, Sword Demon stepped forward, picked up a sack, and followed. Gu Fei went forth and did the same with the other sack. It took plenty of effort on his part to just lift the sack. Finally getting it off the floor, he staggered after Sword Demon.
”Ohhh... The little Strength your Mage has isn't actually that minute, huh!” Coco mused.
Gu Fei grinded his teeth as he shot Coco a glare. It seemed that this lady wanted him to make a fool of himself again, which just showed how deep-seated her resentment for him. However, continuing endlessly like this was not good, either! Gu Fei pondered on this accordingly. If this woman attempts to prank me again, I'll find some way to get back at her. It was at this point that he suddenly felt his load lighten. He turned to look, only to see Coco lifting the other end of the sack to help him. ”I'll help you carry it for a bit, but you'll have to carry this on your own once we enter the jungle. Otherwise, others would think that I'm an idiot. That wouldn't help your plan in any way, shape, or form either.”
”Okay…” Gu Fei answered. He immediately caught on to what Coco meant. She had helpers to avoid doing such manual labor, but if she ended up finding someone who could barely carry this on his own, what else could she be but an idiot? This act of idiocy would very easily attract unnecessary attention to them, which was the opposite of what Gu Fei and Sword Demon had in mind.
”Oh, yeah. We don't have any guild emblems. What are we going to do about that?” Sword Demon suddenly asked.
”Don't worry about that. I'll get two for you guys when I head back,” Coco said.
”How will you get that?” Sword Demon was confused. There was no way either of them could really join their guild, since their names would be instantly exposed from doing so, but the guild emblem was considered to be a restricted item that could not be traded between players; there was simply no way for Coco to take others' and pass them to the two.
”You should have faith in the counterfeiting business…” Coco replied.
”They can do something like that, too?” Sword Demon was shocked.
”Most people don't know. For this sort of thing, the composition and design are very complex, and the system won't provide any aid in the creation process, so the average crafting professionals won't be able to do it. However, the more difficult it is for people to make, the more business opportunity can spring forth, right?” Coco said.
”Can Remarkable Flair do it?” Sword Demon quickly caught on.
”Nope, but Sincerity can,” Coco replied.
”Oh…” Sword Demon hummed. He was no stranger to this name. Sincerity was another famous MMO workshop with it being a macro business with plenty of standardized online shopfronts. They boasted of good service, a positive attitude, and responsiveness to clients.
”I already contacted them before, but because these things are completely handcrafted, they will require actual time to make, which means it won't be available anytime soon,” Coco said.
”This… isn't cheap, is it?” Sword Demon already carried a buttload of debts on his person. The tone of his voice involuntarily dropped to a third when money was brought up.
”Don't fret so much about that. Consider it as a guild expense,” she assured.
”That's no good!” Sword Demon showed a serious expression.
”You're not in charge of my guild.” Coco chuckled.
Sword Demon was speechless facing this rebuttal…
”Do you guys have any questions? You'd better ask me quickly, as we're about to reach our destination.” Coco looked ahead and reckoned that this area was where they had cordoned off for their drills. They were about to enter it right now.
”I have one,” Gu Fei said.
”Spit it out, then,” Coco said.
”What's the name of your guild?” Gu Fei asked.
Silence. Extremely disquieting silence. The man before her eyes had time and again foiled their guild's quest, yet he was unaware their guild's name. What sort of tragedy was this?