79 Mysterious Black Flame (2/2)
He paid such a huge price all to control the initiative in the game played by the various Guilds. Now, every Guild within the area of White River City could not help but get caught up in this spiral; otherwise, they would be eliminated by the other Guilds. His unpredictable actions even caused her to feel admiration.
He was unlike a certain someone who was clearly just a lucky bastard, yet, still pretended to be an expert. Just thinking about that person made Zhao Yueru’s blood boil in anger. Compared to the Black Flame Forger, the difference between them was thousands of miles apart.
“I just contacted him. However, he does not want to add us as friends. He only said he wants to meet at the Level 8 map, Physis Canyon, in four hours. Physis Canyon isn’t that far away from our current location. I’ll buy the Forging Design first; then we’ll quickly clear up these Elite Grassland Lions. If we hurry over, we should be able to make it.” Even Gentle Snow was clearly excited right now. There were so many first-rate Guilds in Star-Moon Kingdom, yet, she didn’t imagine that the Black Flame Forger would actually be willing to cooperate with them. She couldn’t help but admit that they were extremely lucky or maybe that Black Flame had some other plans. In any case, she wouldn’t be able to see through the thoughts of this Black Flame.
“Great! Then let’s hurry! If we make him wait too long, it would be terrible if he didn’t want to meet us anymore,” Zhao Yueru abruptly stood up, excitedly saying so.
“Look at you in such a hurry… We still have time.” Gentle Snow rolled her eyes at Zhao Yueru. She did not imagine that Zhao Yueru would be so interested in Black Flame. Normally, she would not be as enthusiastic towards other people she met.
Meanwhile, Shi Feng, the target of Gentle Snow and Zhao Yueru’s conversation, had already departed from Red Leaf Town. He was running towards the White Sand Ruins.
The White Sand Ruins was a Level 10 monster area. It was also one of the must-come leveling areas for players of Red Leaf Town and several other nearby Towns. That was because the Quests available here were very numerous. Amongst them, there was no lack of Guild Quests and Reputation Quests. There were even two Unique Quests here. The rewards for these two Unique Quests were extremely bountiful, and they would bring plenty of benefits to Shi Feng when he officially entered White River City in the future. Hence why Shi Feng was running to the White Sand Ruins.
Just as Shi Feng arrived at a sea of white sand, a message from Gentle Snow arrived. The message stated that they had to delay the meeting time by an hour suddenly, and as a compensation, aside from buying the Forging Design at price of 24,000 Credits, they would give him an additional 20,000 Credits. Their wealth was practically overbearing.
Shi Feng did not really mind the delay in time. In any case, he also needed quite some time to complete the Quests here.
Meanwhile, 20,000 Credits was two month’s worth of salary of a gold collar worker[1]. Gentle Snow used it as compensation for being late……
Moreover, this was only the start of the business between them; yet, he had already earned more than 40,000 Credits. He could not help but admit that there were many benefits for working with a person like Gentle Snow, especially when the person herself was not lacking money. Even the rich from other virtual reality games could not compete with her.
Following which, based on his memories, Shi Feng searched for a secret path in the White Sand Ruins. After walking this path for nearly half an hour, he caught sight of a bunker buried in the white sand. Two Level 10 Elite Blacksteel Dwarves guarded the bunker’s entrance.
One of the two Unique Quests, “Steel Fortress Barrutia,” could be found inside this bunker.
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TL Notes:
[1]gold collar worker: Highly skilled professionals who may be in high demand, such as chartered accountants, surgeons, anesthesiologists, engineers, and lawyers.