Chapter 18 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Yao carefully wandered through the Mogor Mountains. It was already noon time in the game.

After Li Yao had carried AdorkableTong and HundredFaceWitch to Level 5, he bid them farewell and continued his task to find a mine. Before he reached the mine entrance, he received a voice message from AdorkableTong.

“Wow, Big Bro, you have gone viral. Our boss fight clip is currently top one on the weekly hit list.” Tong said excitedly.

“Little kiddo, it’s already midnight. Why aren’t you asleep yet?”

“Why are you not excited at all, we’re talking about being number one on the weekly hit list! Our views have surpassed Ozawa’s video by three hundred million views. Many pro players thanked you for your strategy and many major guilds have invited you to join their guild. Do you have any idea how famous you are?” Tong muttered indignantly.

“Okay, okay, now I understand. Go to bed now, I still have some task to do, that’s all.” Li Yao hung up his communicator.

He knew that this would happen once he had uploaded the video. This outcome was exactly what he wanted.

In fact, some top gaming studios had already begun doing things that Li Yao wanted.

Their job was to carry other players to get medals. For capable studios, they did not farm gold the easy way, instead they relied on their skills.

The main mission of these studios, also called Gold Group, was to carry other players to grind stages.

Li Yao found out that things had been changing for the past two days. If a client were to hire three pro players to clear out a normal difficulty stage, it would cost 1,000 CPs to get a Black-iron Medal.

It cost 3,000 CPs to get a Silver Medal. The amount might seem over the top as it was equal to the monthly income of an average person.

This amount of money meant nothing to the rich or middle-class people. They had no skills, but they wanted their attributes upgraded from the medal or to show off to girls. The most convenient way to do so was by finding a Gold Group.

Before the virtual bill that was passed by the law in the early years, Li Yao estimated that these services would charge at least 10,000 CPs for a Black-iron Medal and about 30,000 to 40,000 CPs for a Silver Medal. This virtual bill helped the game to run more systematically by having a set of currency conversion basis for the pricing.

Li Yao thought of getting his first source of income by carrying other players to get medals. After some consultation, he set 5,000 CPs as the price for his service.

Besides, he was carrying three players alone, not three carrying one player. Moreover, he could carry five times per day. He could make more CPs in a day than his yearly income.

Li Yao was not in a hurry. He had a Platinum Medal and was already well known amongst players. Once it was night time in the game, he could simply make a post or use the regional channel to announce his service and have countless players lining up for it.

Li Yao hung up his voice message. Whilst scanning his surroundings, something flashy caught his eyes.

“If even I can find a treasure chest this way, looks like there is still a future for bandits.” With the use of Stealth, Bandits could walk freely amongst monsters.

“Opening treasure chest…” the system beeped.

Click.

A bright silver light flashed from the treasure chest. Li Yao had finally opened his first Silver Chest. Li Yao could not wait to see the items inside.

“You have acquired Military Heavy Crossbow.”

“You have acquired a skill book, Arrow Rain.”

“You have acquired one silver coin.”

After examining the item’s stats, Li Yao was overjoyed once again. This was the benefit of playing in areas with fewer players. Or else, he would have minimal to no chance in finding a chest here, a Silver Chest at that.

Military Heavy Crossbow

Grade: Blue (Rare)

Features: Two-handed, slow, heavy crossbow

Attack: 20-25

Strength: 14

Agility: 12

Requirement: Level 5

Weapon Class: Hunters, Warrior, Knight

Li Yao fiddled with the crossbow and put it in his backpack. The crossbow had a high damage output with crazy Stats, but the one setback was that it was too heavy. If he were equipped with the crossbow, his attack and movement speed would be significantly slower. Besides, the firing rate of the crossbow was too slow. Even to Li Yao who was a skilled, trained hunter, it would still require at least four seconds for the crossbow to fire off an arrow.

Understandably, this crossbow was meant for sniper players. It was used to lure monsters or attack in a fixed position.

Arrow Rain was the Hunters’ only AoE skill in the early stages of the game. Li Yao did not hesitate to learn the skill. Li Yao was thinking that if the skill were paired with the heavy crossbow while grinding mobs, it would be a terrific scene.

Li Yao was in a good mood when he had found the NPC. He was only given a transferral certificate. He was also told once he had recovered a mining contract that the mine would become his private property.

Li Yao bid the NPC goodbye. Just as he was about to enter via the mine entrance, he received a call from his sister. From yesterday’s call, he could sense that her sister was super happy to receive a set of high-grade equipment. She started playing the game with a bunch of her classmates.

“Brother, we got stuck. My friend and I died once.”

The expression on Li Yao’s face changed. “What’s going on there?”

“I was completing a mission with my classmates. Then, a group of players wanted to form a team with us and we refused. They started attacking us and we were killed before we even got the chance to run,” replied Li Jia drearily.

“What’s the current situation now?” Li Yao did not bother to kill any mobs and used the hearthstone to return to the city.

“We were revived once, but they are still chasing after us.” Li Jia was so distressed that she was almost having a meltdown. How could she be hunted down for minding her own business in the game?

Li Yao rushed toward the tallest building of the Sun Tower. “Which Sun Tower are you at. And tell me your exact coordinates.”