Chapter 31 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Yao returned to the city with an overwhelming sense of joy. This time, his plans went unexpectedly smoothly. He had received all of the Boss’s Exp, and his Exp bar skyrocketed by 38%. Even if he were to kill a few hundred Elite mobs, he still would not gain this much Exp.

Beep beep beep beep…

Li Yao was about to find a place to take a good look at the loot when the messages kept coming.

Li Yao took a peek, it was from AdorkableTong.

“Bad guy! You’re a bad guy Big Bro!”

Tong was displeased and began barking at Li Yao as soon as the call got through.

Li Yao was puzzled. “Who is it that made you upset this time?”

“Hmph, I’m talking about you! You’re a big bad guy, I will never talk to you again!” Tong was clearly angry since she was just a child.

Li Yao was even more confused. “Ahem, what did I do this time that made you so angry?”

“You’re such a betrayer. You’ve forgotten the promise you made to me,” said Tong unhappily. “Yesterday, you promised to bring me along to future Boss fights, now you’ve forgotten the promise in less than a day! I’m going to expose you in the forum now, you heartless man! I’ll let everyone know that you’re StarFire and that you’re tricking them!” Tong exclaimed without even giving Li Yao the chance to talk.

Li Yao could not stop laughing. What in the world.

“You’re a Gnome, even if I came to you, would you be able to enter Elven area?” Li Yao asked. Novice villages were divided based on different races. Other than special tasks, it would be difficult to cross to others’ areas.

“Excuses. I told you that the old man that teaches me skills could have sent me there. You even forgot about that.”

“Next time, next time I will definitely bring you along.” Li Yao smiled. This little girl was too quirky and eccentric, was this really the Shaman that had successfully apotheosized ten years in the future? Li Yao began to question.

“Don’t bother next time, I’m already in your novice village. From now on, I’ll just follow you around. Let’s see what you will do now.” She then continued, “Besides, I brought along a pretty lady. If you don’t come and look for us, I’m going to kidnap her and you will never see her again.”

Li Yao tried to connect the dots in his mind. His guess was that the lady could be HundredFaceWitch. “In that case, come to the hotel. We will meet there.”

World of Ancient Gods had become too influential and its player base was too large. Li Yao did not intend to be a solo player forever. He planned to search for past solo players or experts that had not joined any forces as it was part of his goals.

Tong would become the strongest Shaman player in the future. Hence, Li Yao would not want to push her away. If he wanted to grind mobs, it would be very troublesome if there were no strong players in his team.

Even if he wanted to deal with a big force, it would be very difficult for him to do it alone.

Li Yao and AdorkableTong agreed to go directly to the hotel. It was now daytime in the game, and the hotel was sparkling clean. Other than two women, there was no one else inside. The boss lady was slouching on her own seat lazily, she did not greet Li Yao when he entered.

“Big Bro, over here!” AdorkableTong waved at Li Yao.

Li Yao and HundredFaceWitch gave each other a nod, and he sat opposite them.

“That’s too good to be true, you just took down another Boss! What’s up with Getaway Studios?” HundredFaceWitch asked.

Li Yao did not hide the news from them either. “What’s there to say, when the Boss was low on Health, they came out of nowhere to steal my kill. But they were super unlucky as there was another Boss inside of the Puppet Boss. They were completely obliterated, so I took matters into my own hands and killed the Boss.”

“That’s it?” Witch frowned. She knew things were not as simple as Li Yao had explained. Although she knew about Li Yao’s real-life identity, she was still in distress. She did not know how to handle the relationship between them.

If she told Li Yao directly who she really was, the outcome would be unpredictable. But covering up her identity was not the right way either. If one day they managed to make things right, this cover-up would bring in new troubles.

“Yeah, that’s it.”

Players’ appearances would change upon entering the game. If the player were a beauty with 90% appearance rating, her in-game character’s appearance would also have a 90% rating.

In front of Li Yao, HundredFaceWitch was a beautiful lady, and there was a special vibe about her.

Only that Li Yao was no longer that same young man he was before. He would not think of wanting something special to happen between the both of them just because she was a beautiful woman.

Besides, they did not know each other that well yet. In his previous life, he had no memory of this person. It was natural for him to not say much.

“Members from Getaway Studios are so obnoxious! Do they think it is okay to bully solo players? Hmph! They deserved their deaths.” AdorkableTong raised her tiny fists. Then she turned to Li Yao, “Oh by the way, let’s not talk about other things for now. What loot did the Boss drop? Hurry, hurry, I wanna see it.”

Li Yao shrugged, “I was in a hurry and did not get the chance to check, let’s take a look now.”

Li Yao opened up his backpack. The first thing he saw was a sheepskin scroll and he could not wait to take it out. He caressed the scroll. He knew what it was without even looking inside.

“What is this, a skill book?” Tong asked. “But skill books don’t look like this.”