Chapter 284 Bribery (1/2)
Lin Jie had already researched on the detailed information on the Tower of Plague before he had decided to make a move. It was split into two levels, the lower level was the huge Plague Cauldron. It simmered unrotten corpses to be converted to bared, exposed bones, which could be used to create Undead Warriors or forge equipment. Sometimes it may even mutate and produce even higher leveled Undead Elites, and so on.
The upper level, on the other hand, was where Deathbringer lived.
Due to the cooking by the huge Plague Cauldron, the fog within the Tower of Plague was even denser than that of the outside. The effects of Fog Concealment were unleashed to the maximum, and Lin Jie's movement became even more covert, harder for others to discover him.
”Big Brother, how long more before it finishes?”
Lin Jie's pupils constricted, there actually were people around! He hurriedly held his breath to reduce his movement as much as possible and strained his ears to listen to what they were saying.
”There is another half an hour before this batch of Undead is created. After this last batch of Undead is successfully created, we can also get paid and then have a good meal. Nevertheless, this boss is a little stingy…”
”Shhh! Don't speak carelessly! Although we joined Brotherhood, we aren't even counted as the lowest grade mercenary, so it's already not bad to be able to accept employment missions. The boss gave two Silver items for the last batch of Undead we created. Although the attributes were quite bad, that batch can be sold for tens of silver coins at the Sky Provisions Shop.”
”Yes, yes, it's all thanks to the Provisions shop that is extremely generous and also takes special care for us new players. Only the Sky Provisions Shop would buy such trashy equipment, right? Or else, these Silver items wouldn't even be exchanged for a few silver coins. Anyway, that Sky Provisions Shop is really a big shop… It would be great if we could also open such a shop.”
”Open a Provisions shop? Wait until we expand! Then we will snatch the City of Light Central Auction House!”
”What Big Brother says is right.”
After listening to that conversation, Lin Jie could not help but laugh as it looked like there were quite numerous people that were envious, jealous of him, and hated him. However, from their conversation, Lin Jie could easily distinguish that the level of their equipment was not high, or else they would not have been deluded by just some ”silver equipment which could be sold for tens of silver coins”. Their so-called employer must be quite stingy too, and from what Lin Jie heard from their conversation, they seemed to not be very satisfied with their employer. Thus, there was a chance for Lin Jie to hoodwink those two guys, right?
Lin Jie pulled his body back and looked around. He waited until he confirmed that there was no one else within the Tower of Plague before he could withdraw his concealment without worries. He shouted, ”Is there anybody here?”
For a while, it was silent without any sound! Only the ”gurgling” sounds from the Plague Cauldron could be heard…
Lin Jie sneered and then walked towards the upper level, step by step, and instantly discovered the three players, who had curled up into a ball. Lin Jie tapped the table and shouted, ”Hey, I can see the three of you.”
The three players took a look at each other before standing up successively. Without hesitation, they stripped!
The drop-rate of equipment within backpacks was over 30% lower than when being worn! Now, some shrewd players, or one, would say they had self-awareness. Usually, they would have been trained to be proficient in taking off all their equipment.
Lin Jie's jaws dropped as he looked at the three players. They even took off their helmets and placed them into their backpacks before removing their wrist guards to put them into their backpacks too… In the end, they were left with only shirts and pants on them. Then, they fearlessly looked at Lin Jie in the eyes—it looked like they did not fear death and were prepared to die anytime.
One of them that looked like the leader walked up and asked, ”Brother, what is the matter?”
Lin Jie directly asked, ”Where is Deathbringer?”
”What Deathbringer?” The man called ”Big Brother” looked at Lin Jie with a blank face, and the two underlings behind him also hurriedly shook their heads to show that they did not know of Deathbringer.
Lin Jie curved up his lips and threw a Fire Gun on the ground. That Fire Gun was the equipment obtained from killing the pirates when out in the sea. As a level 35 Silver equipment, it would become mainstream in the future since not every person would be able to obtain Gold equipment suitable for one's level. Hence, quite a number were still wearing level 30 or even level 25 equipment when they were already at level 40.
One of the underlings' eyes lit up. He timidly stretched out his hand and grabbed it into his hand. Then, he ran back as fast as his legs could take him and hid behind Big Brother, estimating it was the safest place to hide. Thus, he checked the attributes. After that, the underling stretched his hand out to Big Brother and said in an excited tone, ”Big Brother, Big Brother! Silver grade! Level 35! Weapon!”
”Zip it!” Big Brother glared at his underling and instantly grabbed the Fire Gun. ”Level 35 Silver equipment! This person is too generous!” he exclaimed happily.
”Brother, thank you for your generosity, the three of us are members of Brotherhood. Although our levels are low and equipment is bad, we still follow the rules of the mercenary rules. We will not sell out any of our employer's information.”
Lin Jie raised his chin and then threw another Silver item on the ground; it was still another level 35 item!
”I- I really cannot betray my employer,” said Big Brother as he gritted his teeth. His body trembled, and he shut his eyes tightly.
Lin Jie smiled before walking beside him slowly and patting his shoulders.
”You- you stop tempting me! We the mercenaries of Brotherhood are determined to abide by the mercenary rules…” Big Brother slowly opened his tightly shut eyes. Suddenly, a gold ray of light surrounded him, nearly blinding his eyes! The pair of big hands in front of him was actually grabbing onto a gold coin pouch, which had around 20 to 30 coins! Golden light shone brightly, and light rays radiated. He grabbed the gold coins instantly and said, while stuffing them into his pocket, ”I don't know what a Deathbringer is, but I know that our employer is a player and the weapon in his hand is called Seven Style Spear. Originally, we planned to steal his weapon, but we were caught and forced to do labor. Our mission is to guard the Tower of Plague, and every time we create a batch of Undead, we will be rewarded with a few Silver items.”
Lin Jie's eyes gleamed. 'Seven Style Spear! Eighteen Massacres! You stole my first clear, and you have a piece of my Broken Blade in your hands. I have been wanting to find you for a long time! Who would have thought that you were actually here!'
Lin Jie stretched out his hand. ”Let me take a look at the equipment he gave you.”
Big Brother timidly took out a Mage robe.
[The Tenacious' Cloth Armor] (Silver)
Requires: Level 10
Defense: 10 - 16
Endurance: +4