921 The Temptation of the Golden Side Mission (2/2)
”30 achievement points are very important to me. Although it's the lowest difficulty Golden Side Mission, the unique reward from a Golden Side Mission will definitely fetch a good price.”
Sheyan smiled and simply said:
”Yup, I know, because I've already completed a C-level Golden Side Mission - albeit with the lowest degree of completion. But I understand what you're saying.”
”...You're insane. Fine. State your terms.”
Aziz was intrigued. Think of how insanely difficult it was for Sheyan to trigger the Golden Side Mission back in the Avatar world. Most of the people did not even meet the prerequisite requirement to trigger the Golden Side Mission before they returned to the realm, or died. The difficulty of obtaining such missions was apparent.
This time, the Golden Side Mission was issued to just two people, which lowered its difficulty. More people didn't necessarily mean an easier time. When there were more people participating, there would be a higher chance of something going wrong. Just ask any World of Warcraft player whether a 5-player dungeon or a 40-player dungeon was easier.....
Secondly, Aziz also realised that this is a low-difficulty F-level Golden Side Mission - probably the lowest difficulty among Golden Side Missions. This was a great chance that was akin to winning the lottery, although this lottery could kill.
Therefore, Aziz very reluctantly spoke first even though he understood that the one who spoke first would not hold the advantage in the negotiation.
Sheyan contemplated for a moment before proclaiming very seriously:
”Mr. Aziz, the lowest difficulty Golden Side Mission is still a Golden Side Mission, just like how the weakest tiger is still a tiger! You must understand that realm return items can't be used in this world which greatly increases the risk of death. We must first establish mutual trust if we are to accept this mission. If we keep being suspicious of each other, we will die for sure!”
”I know,” Aziz said with a gloomy face. ”So what do you suggest?”
Sheyan smiled and said:
”Trust cannot be built with just words, but must be built step by step. If we accept this mission, we must pay attention to this. Fortunately, the punishment for failure is not too severe, so we can afford to spend some time to get familiar with each other. If we really can't do it then we can only give up.”
Aziz snorted. Sheyan took that as an affirmative. It is wise to take some time to observe the performance of the other party first. The two finally accepted this mission. Driven by massive interests, two people who would stop at nothing to kill each other 2 worlds ago were now comrade-in-arms. Fate is such a wonderful thing!
At that moment, K walked back to them with a happy expression and said:
”Good news! The Arquillians agreed to our request. They unanimously agreed to give us another 48 hours to resolve the problem and promised to pay full attention to any alien spaceship that flew from Earth. ”
”But they also gave us a reminder. Jones the Bug King is a very dangerous creature. If he wants to, he can expand his strength several times over in a short amount of time by creating a large number of Bugmen puppets. Therefore, we must eradicate it as soon as possible before things get worse, regardless of whether he has the Galaxy.”
*Ahem* Sheyan coughed to draw attention to himself and slowly said: ”Mr. K, our agreement was to find the Galaxy. I'm not obligated to help you kill such a dangerous creature.”
Aziz simply said:
”I'm willing to help for Nobo's sake.”
The attitudes displayed by the two were in stark contrast of one another.
K's gaze towards Aziz turned friendlier while his gaze towards Sheyan turned even sharper. There's nothing Sheyan could do about it. His Charm value was low so he could only be as stingy as possible to maximise his profit. He could not contend with Aziz who had decent Charm and had laid a good relationship foundation.
After some bargaining, the two sides finally reached an agreement. K said coldly:
”The MIB have obtained the highest level of authorisation to conduct a nationwide search for Jones for the next twenty-four hours. Once he is found, we will be the one handling him. The Galaxy is most probably on him so we must handle this seriously. Your job is to come when you're summoned and fight for glory, money and women. Of course, you may die!”
When the two of them were enjoying their 5th cup of free coffee in the MIB, K rushed in and shouted:
”Boys, we have a situation. I want to see you two in the Cadillac with your seatbelts on in two minutes! We're less than twenty kilometers away from the crime scene, so we must hurry!”