Chapter 33 (1/2)

FreeMilk saw Jiang Qiao’s message, and her first reaction was, ‘Dungeon crawling? Fine, but you have to pay extra.’

‘How much?’ Jiang Qiao was already accustomed to how hung up she was on money, and even though she was cheap and a penny-pincher, she was extremely good at her job.

She was the first place player on the Sacred Souls Leaderboard, a Level 32 Bishop.

Bishop was the next step in class advancement of Priest, and not a class change, so it only further increased the healing abilities the Priest had, as well as letting them be able to cast several handy buffs.

‘Which dungeon are you going to challenge? I can’t let you pass all of the money for your party for yourself, I’m going to get money from them one by one.’ FreeMilk knew that Jiang Qiao had five members in his party, and from the looks of it he was going to pay on their behalf, too.

‘So principled?

‘Of course, we’re friends!’

‘Then why ask a friend for money to join their party?’ Jiang Qiao thought this healer always treated him as an outsider.

‘Of course! But I’ll give you a discount, just for you!’ FreeMilk replied, sending Jiang Qiao a sticker with a seal waving its flipper happily.

‘.’

Jiang Qiao didn’t know how to reply, so he only sent a full-stop to her in response.

FreeMilk was quite efficient, and so twenty seconds after Jiang Qiao messaged her she appeared at the entrance of the Tower of Trials.

Jiang Qiao quickly pulled this healer into their party.

“Dungeon crawling is twenty silver coins per person, guaranteed clear!”

The others had barely even had a chance to greet FreeMilk before she asked everyone in the party for money.

Zhao Mingwei and Lin Xi looked at each other resignedly, before handing twenty silver coins to FreeMilk.

Jiang Qiao had two other members in his party, the two being ModaoSwordsman who was currently livestreaming and InkFlashback from Jumping Nucleons Guild.

ModaoSwordsman was still talking with his viewers, but when he heard that FreeMilk wanted money, he took a while to react.

“What kind of person asks for money to join a party? Who do you think you…” Modao was about to continue before he saw that the person was a healer in plate armor, and so he pulled out twenty silver coins and handed it to her respectfully. “Oh if it isn’t Sis FreeMilk! Why so cheap?”

“You’re lucky that the party leader is my friend, so I’m giving you guys a discount!” FreeMilk kept the twenty silver coins that ModaoSwordsman gave her, and then she stared pointedly at InkFlashback.

InkFlashback knew the first place healer on the leaderboard, but he had never been in a team with her before.

The Jumping Nucleons Guild had healer characters like Priests and Clerics of course, but none of them were as high-leveled as she was. He saw how the other party members forked over the money, and did the same without much hassle.

“Alright, now let’s get done with this dungeon!” FreeMilk finished counting the money, and left the way towards the entrance of the dungeon like she was the party leader.

Jiang Qiao followed her with a sigh, and Lin Xi moved closer to ModaoSwordsman to gossip.

“Bro, it seems that you’ve been scammed by that healer too?” Lin Xi asked ModaoSwordsman quietly.

“What do you mean scammed? It looks like you’ve never been to Gloomy Swamp huh? If you get to ask for Sis FreeMilk at the entrance, you would be able to get through the hard level there without even having to do much. The last time I asked her for help she asked me for money too!” He replied, but he sounded like he thought it was extremely worth it.

The Gloomy Swamp was the first dungeon of Hawktalon city, and Jiang Qiao had already passed the dungeon multiple times. A lot of his equipment were farmed from this dungeon, too.

“…” Lin Xi knew FreeMilk back when they were around Level 10, so he thought that she was just a regular healer, but she has now become a renowned player.

“We’re starting.” Zhao Mingwei said, making everyone focus on the task at hand.