Chapter 59 – The Crafty City Lord (2/2)
Fatty took out the 1000 miner badges. The old skeleton immediately trembled, and caressed them as if he was crying. “My poor companions. You can finally rest in peace.”
After a long while, the old skeleton finally calmed down. “Young traveler, thank you for your aid. Who knows when the mine could be reclaimed without your aid. And without you, my poor companions would still be unable to rest. Please accept these, they are rewards that you should get.”
Ding.
System Notification: Congratulations. You have completed the mission “Reclaim the Mine”. +500000 EXP. +1000 Reputation. Mining Mastery Level +1.
Ding.
System Notification: Congratulations. You have reached Level 23.
Ding.
System Notification: Congratulations. You have completed the mission “Eliminate the Zombie Miners”. +150000 EXP, +300 Reputation. You have received “Miner’s Whip”.
Fatty was truly please when he saw the three system notifications. Ignoring all the other rewards, his Mining skill rank being increased by 1 was already enough for him to spend so much time on the mission. Although there are some players who focused on their secondary profession do have an advance rank in Mining, but there was definitely nobody with as high a level as Fatty with such a high mastery level in Mining.
Fatty nearly laughed his butt off when he saw the only item reward he got.
Miner’s Whip
Bronze
Whip
Level Requirement: 30
Attack: 1
Passive: Whipped players will gain +1 rank in Mining for 3 hours. Cooldown: 600 seconds.
It was another item that increased Mining mastery level by 1. All skills grew harder and harder to rank up as the game goes on. If a player finds a good mining spot that they could mine freely, then it would take less than a day for them to rank up their Mining skill from Novice to Intermediate. However, it would take around a week for Intermediate to Advance. If Fatty estimated it correctly, it would take around six months to level it to Master, while it was impossible to rank it up from the Master rank to Grandmaster rank in a timely manner.
When the mastery level of Mining increased, not only did the necessary experience to rank up increased, there will be higher requirements for the required ores. For the novice rank, a simple piece of common metal ore could give 1 point of experience, but for the Intermediate rank, a common metal ore can only give 0.5 point of experience at most.
That’s why an item that can help increase skill Mastery Level would definitely be able to sell for a high price in the end game.
Fatty put the whip away with a smug look, then thought about it before deciding to go over to the City Lord’s manor to receive his reward. After all, Lin Xi had promised him a reward in person.
Meanwhile, the whole Bat Cave was already in a huge mess. The five major guilds took over the best mining pits, while the guilds that entered later were able to take over a slightly worse mining pit if they were lucky, while the unlucky ones won’t able to get anything. They all knew that taking over a mining pit would help their guild’s development greatly, so the various guilds called over all their players. And that was why, a huge chaotic battle ensued in the cave.
“Keep fighting. Lord Fatty’s level will only seem super high once you guys all die,” Fatty muttered to himself and returned to town using a Recall Scroll, before he went straight to the City Lord’s manner.
Fortunately, he didn’t need to pay this time because Drucker was already waiting outside for him.
“The City Lord just gave out the notice that Viscount Linkin of the Grande family was killed by the monsters inside the Bat Cave after accidentally entering. It was very fortunate that Money Grubber and other fighters were there, so Viscount Linkin could be avenged,” Drucker said as they walked into the manor.
Fatty shuddered and nearly fell down.
What an amazing City Lord.
“My Lord, allow this civilian to pay his regards,” Fatty immediately said a lot more courteously when he saw Lin Xi again. F*cking hell, this guy is way too crafty. That Linkin geezer didn’t even know how he died. Man, I should be more polite in this situation.
“Welcome, our hero,” Lin Xi nodded. “We feel a deep loss for Viscount Linkin’s death. It was fortunate that you and your friends were there to take revenge for him. Otherwise, Viscount Linkin would definitely be unable to rest in peace.”
I doubt he can rest in peace if he finds out you are responsible for all this. Fatty muttered in his mind. However, he still replied, “It was all thanks to City Lord Lin Xi’s teachings.”
Lin Xi smiled, “Young hero, may I ask you for a favor?”
Here it is. Fatty thought to himself. I knew he would do something with this dirt. He doesn’t look like an idiot at all.
“My Lord, please order me about as you please.”
“You know that there is a crack leading to the Demon Realm within the mine. Although there are no negative influences right now, this peace will not last long. It will bring dangers sooner or later. When that happens, miasma will spew forth. Not only will monsters be demonized, even us humans cannot escape that ill fate. So, please help us to seal the crack,” said Lin Xi.
“I am happy to help,” Fatty stood up straight.