Chapter 431: Hegemon (2/2)

Finally, I unloaded 5k Dragon Soup at Air Force One and set the price to 15 gold per dish. It would be stupid not to greed a little when I still had a monopoly over the market, right? Especially since the Dragon Soup was a high-rank Magic Consumable that restored 2500 MP in one go. Maybe the average mage didn’t need it, but for those who already picked up skills like Dragon’s Roar, it was impossible for them to go all out most of the time without Rank 10 Magic Consumables. After all, a single cast of Dragon’s Roar cost over 200 MP already, and that was just one spell.

I walked to the inn after everything was done. I was in no hurry to level up anyway!

But just as I approached the entrance, a system announcement suddenly dinged across the city—

System Announcement: Player ”Warsky (Sky City)” has successfully defeated the Dark Gold Rank Boss, Wild Rogue, and reached Level 110. They have also met the criteria to become a Famous General and become the tenth Famous General of China! They have gained Tactics +1 and the exclusive Famous General Skill, ”Hegemon”!

Hegemon: Beseech the earth-shaking power of the hegemon and increase all party members’ critical rate by 15%, to a maximum of 40%.

……

Hegemon?!

I was surprised. Considering the amount of Tactics Warsky had right now, he could probably boost his allies for 30% critical rate. That was seriously OP. 30% critical rate meant that any player could crit once every three hits, and anyone who played a game before should understand just how terrifying that was. Shit, October Rain already learned Heartpiercer last time, and now Warsky picked up a Famous General Skill for himself too. Warsky Alliance was most certainly going to make a comeback.

Beep!

He Yi sent me a message: “Warsky just learned a Famous General Skill. It looks really powerful.”

“Yes, it is. It’s useful in both PvE and PvP. Sigh, what a headache. Considering that the territory system could come any day now, this is the worst possible timing for Warsky Alliance to grow stronger…”

He Yi smiled. “Relax, it’s not as serious as you think. Did you forget that we have three Famous General Skills ourselves? Martial God, Royal Road, and Bow God are all ridiculously powerful offensive General Skills. If this is a headache, then Warsky Alliance’s headache is at least three times worse than ours…”

“Haha, that’s true. Anyway, let’s head to bed soon. We still have to work come tomorrow.”

“Mn.”

……

I logged out of the game and took a cold bath. I felt so comfortable that I fell asleep the second my head hit the pillow.

When I woke up again, it was early morning already. A bird was perched on a branch outside my window and chirping to the autumn dawn. It made me feel like shooting it with a slingshot.

After I washed myself and ate breakfast, He Yi, Murong Mingyue and I prepared to head out. Until we came back, Beiming Xue would be the only one left inside the workshop. Xu Yang said that he could travel in his own car, so we weren’t going to fetch him this time. Before we left, Beiming Xue caught up to me and grabbed my wrist. She complained, “Big bro, you work in HR right? Please find me a job too after you familiarize yourself with your department. It’s so lonely grinding by myself in the morning…”

I smiled. “Alright, alright, I got it. I promise I’ll find you a job in half a month at most.”

“Mn mn!”

I gave her a helpless smile before heading out for work!

……

After we arrived at GGS, He Yi left to attend a meeting at the office, while I followed Lin Yujia on a tour around the department. Half the floor belonged to us, and there were a lot of foreigners mixed in between as well. Lin Yujia pointed at a dark-skinned guy who was only 155 cm tall and said, “This is Tariq. He’s one of the employees President He Yi brought back from India. His name comes from Sanskrit ‘Tarak’, तारक, , which can be interpreted as ‘star’. From now on, he’s your assistant...”

I stared at him for a moment before asking, “Yujia, you sure he’s an Indian? Anyway, I like his name. Someone who ain’t a star doesn't deserve to work for me…”

The star was confused, and Lin Yujia was both confused and exasperated.

……

After we returned to the office, Lin Yujia explained a couple more things to me before excusing herself. Apparently, there was a VIP she needed to receive. While I was working, Tariq walked over to me and passed me a cup of coffee. He was a friendly guy for sure. Then, he spoke to me in a broken accent, “Sir, I just came to China. Can you teach me the, er, coolest or most classic phrase a Chinese might say?”

I took his question seriously and thought for a long time. There were a ton of such phrases, but there was one that stood out to me above all else. So I answered him, “Fuck your mom!”

I was glad to hear that Tariq was a fast learner.

It wasn’t long before noon arrived, so we met up at the restaurant downstairs and got ready to return home. Tariq was with me, by the way. I was surprised to find Xu Yang leading an Indian assistant himself, and the two Indians seemed to be very familiar with each other. Tariq probably thought that he was cool after he learned a cool phrase from me, so he greeted his Indian friend and said, “Fuck your mom.”

Here comes the classic. The other Indian replied naturally, “Your mom fucks well too.”

Murong Mingyue and He Yi could barely stand straight after hearing the exchange. Dammit, it must be Xu Yang who taught him that retort! God, he’s such a terrible influence to his subordinates!

……

My phone rang all of a sudden. It was Beiming Xue.

“What’s wrong, Beiming?”

“Come back soon, big bro! Something big just happened!”

“And what is it exactly?”

“Territory! A new territory just appeared!”

“WTF!”