400 Sunset Swamp (1/2)
”Boss Li, I don't think we have enough gold to do that.” Financial Manager Xiao Chen reminded.
Li Xiao Bing's meaning of ”You die or I live!” would definitely mean that he intended to fight to his death with the Quan Zhen Sect. However, their entire fluid funds for this month was all invested in the ingredients market. If they chose to continue investing more money, their other business would be affected.
A studio, even one which monopolised the industry, would have a limit to the amount of wealth. Tens of millions of fluid funds were almost if not all of Li Xiao Bing's years of hard work.
”You don't have to worry about the gold. I'm sure there are other studios interested in this medicinal industry. We can just share some with them.”
”But our opponent knows how to concoct high grade medicine ah.” Old Five replied.
Li Xiao Bing responded, ”It's okay! We can just destroy anything that we are unable to obtain.”
Old Five's eyes lit up as he asked again, ”Are you saying that we kill their Pharmacist until her level drops below 10?”
”Indeed!” Li Xiao Bing smiled as he nodded his head.
Old Five suddenly felt extremely relieved and pleased, ”Boss is definitely the smartest one here!”
Secondary jobs could only be learnt after level 10. When gamers die, they will not only lose experience points. If their level dropped, the experience points for their secondary job will drop too.
If she was killed to below level 10, she could forget about her secondary job as an Alchemist and the need to give up on her skill to concoct high grade medicine.
Li Xiao Bing was indeed ruthless to think that he would come up with such an extreme and drastic measure. Of course, if he dared to do something like that, he must be confident that he had the means to do so.
While the number of men at the Daybreak Studio couldn't be compared to large guilds, they still had at least four to five hundred people. Other than the few who helped to operate the business, the rest of them were making a living by searching and fighting for treasures. They were all of decent strength and well equipped by the Daybreak Studio. Even a fully dressed newbie could go up against an ordinary expert with the equipment provided by the Daybreak Studio.
As for the Quan Zhen Sect, Li Xiao Bing had his fair share of data on them. A full squad of 15 people still dared to fight against a larger guild like his. If playing dirty didn't work, he planned on fighting them with force directly. If the Quan Zhen Sect still dared to fight back, Li Xiao Bing really didn't mind wiping their existence of this game.
With the high grade medicine as their trump card and a large amount of gold as their backing, the Quan Zhen Sect was indeed fighting back well. At the fastest possible speed, Frost Blade was able to help Mu Zi Xian regain control of the market for ingredients. He was able to ensure the constant and stable supply of ingredients for Li Xue.
Wang Yu and the rest had no clue regarding these business tactics and had no intention to intervene. Regardless, they would have a share of the profits at the end of the day.
Two or three days earlier, Wang Yu and the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members entered level 30.
After stepping into level 30, they would be entering the Risk Taker Phase. There would no longer be clues from the advisor and gamers had to depend on themselves for everything. They had to search for clues and dungeon quests by themselves.
The system shirked responsibility and even gave it a glorified name: ”High Degree of Freedom”.
Gamers could only display their helplessness when facing the system's despicable behaviour.
After level 30, the guild headquarters started a compulsory guild mission system. As long as you're a level 30 gamer, you have to complete at least one guild mission every day. Otherwise, the system would deduct the guild's main city contribution points. Once the main city's contribution points decreased to a certain level, the guild will decrease in level.
The Quan Zhen Sect was never concerned about the decrease in guild level. However, they were just worried that once their level couldn't be decreased any further, the guild might be forcefully disbanded so they had no choice.
Wang Yu's today mission was to wipe out the Sunset Swamp's Poison Arrow Frogs.
Sunset Swamp was located at the common boundary between Twilight City and Thorn City. The terrain of the swamp was one of the most hated terrains of many gamers. This was because there were swamp pits everywhere throughout the swamp. Once gamers fell into the pit, their speed will decrease by 60%.
Poison Arrow Frog was a level 30 monster at the periphery of the Sunset Swamp. Even though they only have 2000 HP, they specialised in long-range attacks. They could even stealth within swamps to hide from attacks. As for close combat, they were a nightmare existence.
Those who specialised in close combat usually have short reach. Therefore, they had to go near to fight the Poison Arrow Frog. However, going near would increase their odds of falling into the pits. After falling into the pits and had their speed reduced, it would be devastating once the Poison Arrow Frogs attacked.