Chapter 190: Ten Times The Fee (1/2)
Seeing the message, I felt an unspeakable anger. I quickly responded: ”Fuck! What do you mean ‘selling yourself’?”
Lin Yixin sent over a smiley face. ”What? Bloody Mercenaries have always accepted commissions. Isn't that selling yourself?”
I was speechless. I opened the voice system and said, ”Speak, what is it?”
Lin Yixin laughed and said, ”What kind of attitude is this? Don't worry, I won't have you rob people, and I don’t have any malicious intent toward you. Any more problems?”
I nodded and said, ”Our workshop has three don'ts. One, no business with Mad Dragon and Gods and Destruction. Two, no bullying of the old and sick. Three, no exploiting or cheating. Beauty Lin, please respect our professionalism. Don't say that we are selling ourselves, okay?”
Lin Yixin laughed softly. ”Alright, definitely not breaking any don’ts here. Why would I need you to bully the old and sick anyway? I can do that myself, right?”
”Damn. So what’s up?”
”Well, Qingqing and the others have received a quest to clear out a cave. It’s a hard quest, and there’s a final boss there that they couldn’t kill. They called me for help, but my Defense and HP are not enough, so I called you instead. What’s your Defense right now?”
”Over 700.”
”WTF. Come here!”
”Let's first discuss the price...”
”Kill that boss for us and I’ll give you 1 gold!”
”Deal!”
”...”
Lin Yixin was slightly surprised. Subconsciously, I had a feeling I owed her. I just didn’t know what I owed her for. In any case, I’d help her kill this boss and make up for it.
Soon, Lin Yixin sent a party invitation. With a beep, I entered the party. There were eight people: Clear Perfume, Shadow Chanel, and other higher-ups of Snowy Cathaya. However, warriors like Purple Marquis and Zi Chuanyu were not present. Only Lin Yixin, a light wanderer, was an armored class. No wonder she had to call another warrior for help.
When I entered the team, Clear Perfume said with a laugh, ”Brother Broken Halberd is here. Everyone, welcome him~~”
The other players flooded me with their respects. Only Shadow Chanel snorted. Clearly, she still remembered the “misunderstandings” between me and the Shadow Clan. Women always held grudges.
I looked at the map. Their dots were in the middle of Frost Forest so I went straight through and met up with them in the forest.
It was morning in the game, and the mist spread through the green forest. A thin cloudy layer hung in the air, dressing the forest in a white gauze dress.
My war boots stepped on the wet grass as I raced along the way, startling many birds.
Whoosh...
“Mmmm mmmm…”
The beauty struggled but could not break free of the vines. She looked adorable. In the next moment, she swung her sword and cut all the vines in her anger.
I gaped at the sight. ”Yiyi, what are you doing?”
Lin Yixin glanced up at me, and blushed. She said, ”Nothing, why did you also come this way?”
”Isn’t it because I saw you here?”
”I’m only gathering herbs, the quest location is in the east...”
”Fuck...”
Lin Yixin looked at me with an amused gaze. ”Alright, then follow me. We’ll go after I finish collecting these herbs.”
”Alright.”
Lin Yixin couldn't help but look at me a few times. She made a sound of surprise. ”Lu Chen, you changed your helmet and chest armor?”
”Yes, how observant of you!”
”What grade?”
”Dark Steel, trash, let's go~~”
Lin Yixin tilted her head and couldn't help laugh. ”The light from these items doesn’t look like Dark Steel grade. You think I’m so easily fooled?”
”Alright, Dark Gold...”
”?”
Lin Yixin”s mouth dropped. ”Wait, both of them are Dark Gold–grade? With your Flame Dragon Gauntlets from the tournament, wouldn’t that mean you have three Dark Gold–grade armor pieces?”
I nodded. ”Right, what about it? Consider joining Bloody Mercenaries. You will be well fed. I can make a position of leader’s wife for you...”
Lin Yixin looked amusedly at me and said, ”But the present leader of Bloody Mercenaries is some Amazing Expert. Are you willing to give me up to him?”
My heart throbbed. Of course I wasn’t. Fuck. As expected, I wasn’t a match for Lin Yixin in a verbal spar. I originally planned to tease her, but I was teased in response and my heart surged. I had been utterly defeated.
Du Thirteen was my brother. However, giving this beauty to him... this... definitely not, over my dead body!
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