Chapter 95: Mamate (1/2)
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“N-nothing…” Yamete gave me a smile as he worked. “I’m just very glad that I’m joining Bloody Mercenaries. I think I won’t regret this decision for as long as I live.”
I smiled back. “Of course. No one in Bloody Mercenaries will regret this!”
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Yamete was sweating like a pig. It took a lot of time and effort to forge a Silver-grade item, but it was also the proof of its value.
I sent Beiming Xue a message. “Lil Beiming, are you free?”
“Yes!”
“Come to the smithy at the eastern gates then!”
“Oh, okay!”
A few minutes later, the beautiful dark archer appeared at the eastern square and walked straight toward me. She waved at me from a distance. “Boss, I’m here~”
I nodded at her.
Beiming Xue looked at Yamete and cocked her head curiously. She smiled. “Boss, what is this uncle doing?”
I shook my head.
Yamete looked up with tears streaking down his cheeks. “Pretty, I’m only 25 years old. How am I an uncle?”
Beiming Xue blinked. “But you really do look like one…”
I nodded in agreement. Yamete might only be 25 years old, but he had a thick beard, a round figure and a kindly expression that only a grandmother would have. Even a blind person would’ve agreed that his potential to become an uncle was massive.
A few minutes later, Du Thirteen and Gui Guzi also showed up after hearing that a new member had joined our workshop. Du Thirteen’s arrival marked the beginning of Yamete’s tragedy.
Du Thirteen grabbed Yamete’s shoulders and said affectionately, “Brother, welcome to Bloody Mercenaries! From this day onward, we live and die together!”
As he looked over Yamete once, he asked, “Ah, you’re a wet nurse. So… how would you like us to address you?”
Yamete said, “Just call me Brother Te!”
But Du Thirteen, Gui Guzi, me, and even Beiming Xue shook our heads in unison.
Du Thirteen then said, “Your nickname should be Mamate!”
Everyone clapped and cheered loudly when they heard this, imprinting the glorious nickname into Yamete’s soul once and for all.
Du Thirteen had come up with countless nicknames in the past, but this was the only one that I was truly satisfied with. It was because it was a perfect fit for Mamate!
Tears pouring down his cheeks harder than ever before, Mamate went back to work until the system finally let out a melodious beep.
Ding~!
System Notice: Player “Yamete” has created “Bloody Wolfking Chest Armor”!
……
The black leather chest armor in Mamate’s hands looked like it was tinged with blood. He waved his hand and its stat window appeared before our eyes.
Bloody Wolfking Chest Armor (Silver-grade)
Defense: 55
Agility: +21
Stamina: +15
Passive: Increases user’s fire resistance by 1%
……
Tsk tsk, what an amazing chest armor!
Overjoyed, Beiming Xue accepted the chest armor and smiled brightly. “Thank you, Mamate!”
Mamate’s tears continued to fall with no end in sight.
Gui Guzi smiled. “This is great. With Yamete’s addition, Bloody Mercenaries finally have three melee fighters, one long-range DPS and one healer. Our formation is finally starting to look a bit meta!”
I nodded. “Yamete is coming to Suzhou the day after tomorrow. Lil Beiming, if you don’t mind, why don’t you come the day after tomorrow as well?”
Beiming Xue was wearing her new chest armor and beaming with joy, so she nodded without hesitation. “Sure, no problem. I was already packing my stuff this morning anyway.”
Du Thirteen lowered his voice and asked, “What’s the sudden hurry?”
I replied to him in an equally low voice, “If they come together, we don’t need to treat them separately! It’ll save us money!”
“Damn…”
……
After that, we went to Ghost Valley together and grinded until evening. When it was dinnertime, we went our separate ways and logged out.
As usual, Gui Guzi, Du Thirteen and I sat at the usual food stall and talked about everything. We looked like young, ambitious scholars of eld.
And thus we spent our evening eating until it was past 8 pm and the sky was turning completely dark. Gui Guzi and Du Thirteen had already gone back upstairs, but not me. As the leader of the workshop, one of my many glorious duties was to buy mosquito-repellent tablets for the group.
“Beep beep…”
My phone suddenly rang while I was on my way to a shop. It was a call from Murong Mingyue!
“Hey there, sis. What’s wrong, is there something new you want to talk about?” I asked.
Murong Mingyue didn’t sound too good. “It’s not me, it’s Eve.”