Chapter 466: Sword Boomerang (1/2)

“What were you and Moonkiss talking about, big bro?” Beiming Xue asked cautiously while pressing her lips together. “She seemed a lot closer with you than before…”

“Nothing much…” I smiled. “We just talked about some stuff that happened while the two of you were still in high school, that’s all. I can’t believe you hid your friendship with Moonkiss from me, Beiming. I’m so sad!”

Beiming Xue giggled. “You can’t blame me for that, it’s Moonkiss who wanted to keep this a secret. That being said, I didn’t expect her to be good enough to become a CGL Hall of Famer in less than two years…”

“Moonkiss does have amazing Assassin skills.”

I nodded in agreement, “During the latter stage of Spirit of Grief, a lot of top experts had retired from the game out of fatigue, so you might say that Moonkiss joined the game and proved herself at just the right time. While she was definitely weaker compared to Paralyzing Wind and Sorrow at the beginning, that may no longer be the case today. After all, a talent can only become a true expert through constant practice, and she has practiced for more than a year’s time.”

Beiming Xue pursed her lips but said nothing.

I continued. “It would be nice if Moonkiss could join Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. She’s an assassin who’s also a CGL Hall of Famer, and we desperately need a walking banner like her right now. Although you, Li Chengfeng, and Gui Guzi are incredible players, you can’t join the CGL Hall of Fame yet, and I can’t float our boat all by myself.”

Beiming Xue smiled. “Unfortunately, Moonkiss is extremely loyal to Beauty Luo, so it’ll be next to impossible to recruit her into our guild. I agree that it’d be great, however. If we somehow managed to recruit her to our guild, we would gain an assassin who could go toe-to-toe with Farewell Song…”

I smiled awkwardly. In the end, it was just empty talk. At the very least, it was impossible for us to change her mind right now.

……

It was past midnight by the time we returned to the workshop. Thankfully, He Yi hadn’t driven into the city and searched for us everywhere as she said she would. When I opened the door to her bedroom, I saw that she was clutching her blanket and deep in sleep. She must be exhausted after having spent the last couple of days grinding all day and night. I checked on Murong Mingyue next. The sleeping woman looked calm and gentle and nothing like her usual invincible and arrogant self. She was also draped in a blanket and wearing a satisfied smile on her face. One of her long, well-proportioned legs was sticking out by the window sill and glowing a little under the pouring moonlight.

I smiled and closed the door behind me. I went to bed after washing myself.

……

The next morning, I ate an early breakfast and went back online. Yesterday was over, but there were still plenty of things to do today!

Swhoosh!

The first thing I did after appearing in the inn was to turn in the Earth Lizard Dragon’s head in the adventurer tavern. It was a high-rank quest, and I would be a fool not to collect its rewards!

By the time I reached the adventurer tavern, it was already overcrowded with people, and the stench of alcohol filled the air. There was a brawny and murderous-looking mountain barbarian sitting by the window sill. He was holding a mug of ale with his left hand and the thin waist of a seductive elf woman with his right. At another table, a couple of wandering swordsmen—they were all human—were chatting loudly with each other. There was also an old man with his head covered in a black hood gripping his stuff and looking unusually grim for some reason.

Well, I couldn’t afford to offend any of them. All kinds of people were holed up in the adventurer tavern as over half of the continent’s wanted criminals, hooligans, gangsters, berserkers, mad martial artists and so on were gathered at this place. I was nothing compared to them.

I strode to the front desk and rapped the wood with my knuckle, waking the clerk from his slumber. He looked at me with dazed eyes before asking, “Is there anything you need, guest?”

“I’m here to turn in a quest, a bounty quest to be exact!”

“Oh?” His eyes lit up as he hurriedly flipped open his record book. “Is it a C Rank quest or a D Rank quest? I’ll find it for you right away.”

I shook my head.

“No? Is it a B Rank quest then? Maybe even an A Rank quest?” The clerk was starting to grow astonished.

I grinned. “I’ve brought the quest item with me. If I’m not mistaken, it’s probably an S+ Rank quest at least.”

While saying this, I took out the Earth Lizard Dragon’s gigantic head and slammed it against the desk without warning, causing the documents to scatter everywhere. The creature looked like it had died with terrible regrets because its eyes were wide open, and a bit of blood was trickling down the corner of its mouth.

“Heavens…” The clerk nearly fainted from shock. He stuttered as he stared at the dragon’s head, “Is… is that the head of the legendary monster who resides in Dragonbone Mountain Range, the Earth Lizard Dragon?”

I nodded. “Exactly!”

“You, you actually killed the Earth Lizard Dragon…” The clerk couldn’t pick up his jaw from the floor.

The NPC adventurers were stunned as well. The wandering swordsman at the table rose to their feet and exclaimed in shock, “Good lord, it’s a dragon slayer! A warrior who single-handedly killed the Earth Lizard Dragon! Just how powerful is he…”

I was filled with satisfaction in that moment. This was exactly the effect I was looking for!

I then rapped the desk with my knuckle again before reminding the dazed clerk. “Hey, do you think you can give me the bounty reward already? I’m a busy man, you know. Every second of my time is worth a couple hundred thousand gold, you know.”

“Okay, okay!”

The clerk nodded repeatedly before he finally accepted the Earth Lizard Dragon’s head. At the same time, a system notice dinged beside my ears—

Ding~!