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Bab 30: Bountiful Reward

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“I’ve previously tried to work part in time in games. It’s easy to earn money.” Azure Sea Breeze still hadn’t graduated yet and didn’t know how difficult it was to find a job, so he didn’t accept the offer too easily.

“I sold a skill book yesterday and made 25,000 in real money,” Lu Li said casually.

Azure Sea Breeze immediately responded: “You sold a book for 25,000?”

“I still have some equipment in my backpack and if I sold them, I could probably make several thousands more. Even if I was really unlucky and sold them all at their minimum price, it would still be 20,000 in real money.” Lu Li was fanning the flames of Azure Sea Breeze’s interest.

Azure Sea Breeze’s breaths were short and the sword that he was gripping was shaking. His blood surged as Lu Li showed him a whole new world.

Currently in society, everyone was becoming ‘smarter’, which resulted in needing less manpower. A marketing student like Azure Sea Breeze could only earn 10,000 per month at most, by working from early morning until late at night. He would also need to accept the various difficulties with leadership, making the whole experience stressful.

Moreover, Azure Sea Breeze was not part of a rich family. While he didn’t live in a slum, his parents were just ordinary workers who rented.

“I’m planning for a group of around 10 people…”

“Count me in!” Lu Li hadn’t finished speaking but Azure Sea Breeze had already called out.

“I told you all this so you would join me. Now focus on the boss - you don’t know when it’s going to go berserk. When it does, protecting your HP is the top priority,” Lu Li reminded him.

These two had been in a fight with Kleig for over an hour now. It was almost night, but they still hadn’t killed it yet. Maybe it didn’t want to waste any more time, as it had reached 5% HP and was still not in berserk mode. It even transformed into a weaker state. A straightforward announcement was then made by the System.

System Announcement: Lu Li and Azure Sea Breeze have successfully achieved the first clear of a wild boss - Kleig!

This announcement had not yet been made to the World Announcements or the Faction Announcement, but once it was made in the Local Announcements, many people immediately came out from the bushes.

Elegant Village Sister: “What kind of things does a Wild boss drop, let me see…”

Grinning Laugh: “It shouldn’t be that much weaker than an Instance Dungeon boss, but the fact that these two people could kill it is pretty impressive.”

Festive Sacrifice: “The people who completed the first clear of an Instance Dungeon also included these two experts. I’ve heard of Azure Sea Breeze who is an expert in the game ‘Shadow Realm’, but I have no idea who this Lu Li is.”

Lu Li and Azure Sea Breeze didn’t have any time at all to bother with these players’ comments. They were too busy staring at the loot!

A wild boss dropping items was especially magnificent, with a bloom of equipment and materials flying everywhere.

They hastily picked up all of the items, afraid that a stranger would appear and steal them.

“You pick things up really quickly!” Azure Sea Breeze exclaimed.

“I have a lot of bonus Agility,” Lu Li responded. In his previous life, he had stolen many things by picking them up quickly, which led him to offend many unions.

“Well, I don’t know how to respond to that.” Azure Sea Breeze was speechless.

“Let’s see how good the items are. After all, this is the first Wild Boss,” Lu Li said with anticipation.

He really needed more money; it was 60,000 for the penalty fee, in addition to finding a new house, changing schools for little sisters, food and clothes…

4 Equipment:

Bloodseeker’s Axe (Steel): Damage 18-36, Strength +5. Special Effect: Attacks with this weapon have 10% armor penetration. This effect cannot be stacked. Equipment Requirement Lv 5, Durability 30/30.

Snake Skin Bag (Bronze): 10 Spaces, reduce weight by 5%.

Jungle Herdsmen Helmet (Bronze): Armor 6, Intelligence +2, Equipment Requirement Lv 5, Durability 30/30. (One piece of the Jungle Herdsmen suit, exclusive to Druids)

Jungle Herdsmen Leg Guard (Bronze): Armor 10, Intelligence +2, Equipment Requirement Lv 5, Durability 30/30. (One piece of the Jungle Herdsmen suit, exclusive to Druids)

1 Skill Book:

Shield Wall: Instant Cast, 60 second cooldown. All damage received is reduced by 60%, lasting for 5 seconds. Need to have a shield equipped. Proficiency 0/1000.

There was also 1 piece of material:

Horn of Kleig: Forging Material, provides 5% additional armor piercing for weapons. Requires high level forging.

There was also a significant amount of money that was dropped. Between the two of them, they received 13 silver coins and several potions. However, the Boss was only level 3, so the potions weren’t of a very high level.

The axe was clearly the best item and by far the most valuable.

The Snake Skin Bag was currently not very valuable, as two 6 space bags didn’t sell for more than 1 Gold. Lu Li planned to hold on to the Snake Skin Bag, as he regularly opened treasure chests which required him to have a large storage space.

As for the two bronze equips, it was hard to say.

Even though they were bronze equipment, their attributes were good. In addition to this, when both were equipped, there would be an additional effect: Recover skill duration increased by 6 seconds.

Recover: Instant Cast, consumes 30 mana to restore 15 HP on a target, subsequently restores 5 HP every 3 seconds for 9 seconds.

Recover was one of Healer Druid’s most used spells. This suit extended the skill duration, which was valuable in a combat situation.

“Are you interested in the Axe? It’s pretty useful while training.” Lu Li passed the axe to Azure Sea Breeze.

Azure Sea Breeze brandished the axe and returned it to Lu Li: “This is more useful for a warrior playstyle and not at all for me. Go sell it for money, I’d like the skill book.”

This axe was suited to a Berserk Warrior, but Azure Sea Breeze had taken the defensive route. However, the skill book was clearly useful for him.

After using Shieldstrike to draw aggro, a Defense Warrior could then use Shield Wall to guarantee the safety of the whole party. Azure Sea Breeze didn’t hold his interests back.

Lu Li had no qualms with giving it up; the skill book’s value wasn’t even close to that of the Steel Axe.

“You can take this 6 space bag. I have a 10 space one already.” Lu Li took out the bag and threw it at him. “I’ll sell the rest and split the money with you later.”

“Don’t do that.” Azure Sea Breeze waved his hand. “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have even found the boss. All I did was spend some of my time. Taking this skill book is already more than enough.”

“We fought it together, we have to split it evenly,” Lu Li responded.

“What I’m saying, Big brother, is that since you formed the party, you are the leader. You can’t lead by just splitting everything evenly - you have to look at the members’ contribution and what they want.” Azure Sea Breeze started to sweat profusely, “Friendships have unspoken rules, and the party will need to be the same.”

Hearing how serious he was, Lu Li kept the rest of the items.

Azure Sea Breeze was more passionate about the group that he was, and didn’t stop talking about it, asking: “What now? Do we need to recruit more people?”

“We can slowly recruit people. Tomorrow, our first order of business is to help someone break an Instance Dungeon record. Aren’t you in touch with a few large unions? Ask them how much they are willing to pay to improve the record by 5 minutes.”

Lu Li had many ways to make money in mind, but unable to carry many of them out. As of now, the market of helping other people grind was still in its fledgling stages. Most unions were just trying to survive.

“Let’s go back. We don’t have much time left.” When the game went into night, the wild was significantly more dangerous. They both took out their Hearthstones and activated them.


Bab 31: Setting Up a Stand For Auctions

Editor: Halcyon Translation

The Dark Ravine was very lively at night. The elves who preferred the quiet couldn’t stop players from entertaining themselves and having a good time.

A bonfire had been lit in the open area, and cheap wines that were sold in the grocery were the most popular item amongst the players. Everyone’s dramatic fantasies were all satisfied here; there were even some young girls dancing and singing.

There were also many people who set up stalls. The Elven Bodyguards acted as if nothing was happening, not caring about the influence that these foreigners had on the city’s image.

Returning to the Dark Ravine, Azure Sea Breeze went about looking for Unions to talk to while Lu Li went around looking at the stalls. He checked if there was anything he could use and scoped out the market prices.

After some investigation, Lu Li discovered that the equipment being sold here was more expensive than what he expected.

A bronze equip that added 1 bonus attribute sold for at least 20 silver coins. An equip that added 2 bonus attributes was worth around 35 silver coins. As for Steel Equipment, there wasn’t a single one to be found.

After giving it some thought, he realized that this was normal, as the Elite difficulty Spider Lair was the only place where Steel Equipment could be dropped. Those that could beat this Instance Dungeon would most certainly use the equipment for themselves. Those who couldn’t use it had a long queue of people in their Union waiting to trade with them. There was no way any Steel equips would end up in a stall.

After a leisurely stroll, he had only found a Ring that added 1 point of Agility being sold for 1 Gold. What a rip off!

Lu Li didn’t think about it much longer and immediately set up a stall of his own.

The last time he set up a stall he was attacked by other people, so this time he was smarter about it. He cut a while cloth with his offhand dagger, making a makeshift mask and covering his face with it.

There were 7 bronze equips, including two pieces that made one Druid set. In addition, there was a brace, a Steel Axe and a Hunter skill book: Trueshot Aura.

Anything that added 1 bonus attribute he priced at 25 silver, while anything that added 2 bonus attributes was set at 40 silver. The Magic Staff that added 3 Intelligence was priced at 80 silver, while the brace was priced at 1 gold. With some hesitation, Lu Li marked the two Druid set pieces to be 2 Gold each. Of course, no one would buy it at this price, but Lu Li planned to wait until someone asked about it to discuss a price. As for the Steel equip, he set an exorbitant price of 10 gold.

The skill book didn’t actually have much innate value, but as no one currently had one, Lu Li marked it to be at 2 gold.

After setting up the Booth, Lu Li squatted behind it and read through the forum. Some posts contained techniques, some analyzed different parts of the game and others introduced the large Unions.

The video of him PVPing sat in the highest position, with over 100,000 comments on it. It was simply unsurpassable.

Like the day before, it wasn’t long before Lu Li heard someone call out in alarm because of the equipment and skill book.

Yesterday they called out in alarm because of the Bronze equipment, but today it was because of the Steel equipment!

“Oh my, it really is a Steel equip. This is the first time I’ve even seen one, how lucky.” People who saw it were shocked, drawing attention to the stall and causing more people to see it. Eventually, more people were called over to look at it.

Soon enough, even those who couldn’t afford anything began crowding around Lu Li’s stall.

“Can you give me a discount for this Magic Staff?”

“How can this Steel equip be so expensive!”

“How much would you sell the 2 pieces of the Druid set for in real world currency? I want them!”

“25 silver for a Bronze, how are they selling these for so cheap? I’m already prepared to buy them!”

The clamoring was a sea of voices; it was difficult to clearly hear what was being said.

Two of the ordinary Bronze equips were bought first. Bronze equips were already worth quite a few silver, so they were a profitable purchase at this price, regardless of whether they were for personal use or for selling. Those who had money on hand immediately bought the equips, leaving those who were too slow frustrated and angry.

Seeing that the sales had begun, the better Bronze equips quickly disappeared from Lu Li’s stall. He didn’t even know who bought the Brace, but the items that were left behind seemed to be of interest to no one. Despite this, the number of people crowding his store kept growing.

On the local channel, some people had announced that the Moon Shadow Valley had a Steel equip on sale!

There was a masked man who had set up a stall in Moon Shadow Valley plaza with a pile of high quality equips for sale!

Who could keep their cool after hearing this news? People who were doing Instance Dungeons, or out in suicide squads all made a return trip to see this.

Some even went offline to make some phone calls with their rich acquaintances.

Dawn had done well: their large player-base meant that there were also many tycoons. Many people were trying to trade for more gold to scrounge together more money. However, Steel Equips weren’t something you could purchase even if you were rich.

“Step aside, step aside, those who aren’t buying anything please step aside.” There was a Mage who was being escorted. By the looks of it, he was definitely rich.

“Can you make this Magic Staff a little cheaper?”

“Nope.”

“It’s not even a Steel equip and you’re selling it for 80 silver. That’s a bit of a rip off.”

“Steel equips are at least 5 gold each. I sold a skill book yesterday for 20 gold.”

“Oh, so it was you who sold the skill book. Brother, add me as a friend. If you ever find good Mage items, you can message me directly.” It appeared that this Mage called Holy Thunder was truly rich, as he bought the Magic Staff at its original price.

Lu Li couldn’t reject a tycoon like this, immediately adding him as a friend.

His approach to the friend’s list was to reject anyone that added him, however, he allowed himself to add other people.

In such a short period, he had managed to make 3 gold. If you included the items that he received from the treasure chests and the Boss, his total profit would be 4 gold.

Lu Li opened the Trade Window and was stunned.

1:1000!

It wasn’t 1500 for each gold coin anymore! Lu Li shook his head and bitterly laughed. No wonder the equip prices had increased by so much. The tycoons must have realized that yesterday’s gold conversion rate was just too much.

In reality, even 1000 for 1 gold was crazy. However, the gold exchange rate would continue at this level as long as the big unions kept accepting it.

When the prices settled down after the 3rd soft reset, 1 gold would not even be worth 100 real money.

“Can I trade the pieces of the Druid set for real money? No one is going to pay 4 gold for it. Brother Thief, if you don’t need gold, how much real money are you willing to sell it for?” A leather clad Druid pushed in, his heart set on the two pieces of the Druid set.

“We also would like to buy the 2 pieces of the Druid set for real money, so go ahead and make a bid.” Others had also taken a special interest in the Druid equips. Once they saw that Lu Li was about to yield, they also started yelling.

Lu Li never thought that the interest for these two 2 Bronze equips would be greater than the Steel equipment. It appeared that he had underestimated the demand for healing equipment among parties.

The Steel equip would increase one’s DPS and overall attack strength, but the healing equip could increase healing for the whole party. It looked like they were all aware of this, as most of them were Druids, but were trying to buy it for their own party.

“The 2 pieces of the Bronze Druid set were dropped by the Wild Boss. The suit’s special effect increases the duration of Recover by 6 seconds. I will begin the auction for it now, but I want to be paid before I give you the goods.” Lu Li thought of his previous life, and suddenly had the bright idea of starting an auction.

Upon hearing what Lu Li said, the surrounding crowd quietened down.


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