Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
In Liu Ming’s opinion, the Knight Mentor’s words were just meant to comfort him and that they were actually set by the system.
However, due to the fact that God Domain’s NPCs were too intelligent, Liu Ming nonetheless bade goodbye to the Knight Mentor politely before heading to the village chief’s home.
The village chief’s home was quite a distance away from where the various mentors were at.
Besides, Liu Ming happened to run into ‘someone familiar’ as he was heading to the village chief’s home. That person was Qingfeng Changge, who previously fought with World Battle Fanatic.
After seeing Liu Ming, Qingfeng Changge immediately walked towards him smilingly and said, “Brother Floating Cloud, you’re indeed impressive. You surpassed us players in guilds in such a short amount of time.”
Hearing that, Liu Ming chuckled and said, “Not at all. I was just lucky enough to have drawn a talent that is more suitable for dealing with Boss-level creatures. To be honest with you, I got this pair of virtual glasses from a lucky draw on the street.” Liu Ming didn’t dare reveal everything about himself in front of Qingfeng Changge—who did not reveal his emotions clearly.
Besides, Liu Ming wasn’t lying. He was indeed very lucky today.
It was none of Liu Ming’s business how Qingfeng Changge interpreted his words and imagined the situation.
After hearing Liu Ming’s words, Qingfeng Changge smiled first. After which, he seemed to have remembered something and asked, “By the way, Brother Floating Cloud, is that equipment set of yours for sale now?”
Liu Ming immediately answered, “Yeah, why not? Are you planning to buy them from me using ten Gold Coins, like what World Battle Fanatic offered? Or do you plan to offer me more?”
Qingfeng Changge was stunned at first. He then smiled and said, “Brother Floating Cloud, that’s not how you should price your items. Although your set of equipment is not bad, it won’t fetch a high price during normal circumstances.”
“Previously, World Battle Fanatic offered ten Gold Coins because the game has just started; hence, that which is rare is dear. It’s definitely not worth ten Gold Coins now.” He continued, “At most, I will offer you five Gold Coins. If you’re asking for a higher price, you’d better sell it to someone else.”
After hearing Qingfeng Changge’s words, Liu Ming was clearly not surprised. However, Liu Ming was not clueless about games even though he was not entirely clear about the market for equipment in God Domain.
Only a short period of time had passed, yet the price he offered had plunged so drastically. Qingfeng Changge was really ruthless when bargaining!
Liu Ming merely calmly said, “I still have two sets of Level 3 Berserking Hound equipment and a few loose pieces of Berserking Hound equipment. I’ll sell them all to you for 25 Gold Coins.”
At this moment, Qingfeng Changge revealed a helpless look and said, “Alright, I’ll suffer a loss today. However, if you have any good items in the future, please sell them to Qingfeng Pavilion first, Brother Floating Cloud.”
Liu Ming did not respond to Qingfeng Changge’s words immediately. After all, they were both willing parties, and none of them owed the other party anything. Liu Ming did not have to make any promises to the other party.
Seeing that, Qingfeng Changge did not get angry either. Instead, he said smilingly, “Brother Floating Cloud, once you leave the novice area, you’d better be careful of the World Guild. World Battle Fanatic is extremely petty. Since you’ve embarrassed him today, he will definitely find trouble with you in the future. Of course, Brother Floating Cloud, if you are willing to join us in Qingfeng Pavilion, we will help you solve the matter regarding World Battle Fanatic.”
Liu Ming obviously understood that Qingfeng Changge was not really trying to warn him against World Battle Fanatic and actually just wanted to recruit him. Hence, Liu Ming simply thanked him and stopped discussing that topic.
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After the transaction, Liu Ming arrived at the village chief’s doorstep smoothly.
As soon as Liu Ming entered the front yard of the village head’s home, he happened to see the village chief coming out of his home.
Upon seeing Liu Ming, the village chief beamed with joy and walked towards Liu Ming. “Are you the adventurer, Floating Cloud!?! Hurry, please come in! Come in, and we can talk.” The village chief then pulled Liu Ming to his home.
After entering, the village chief turned around to look at the door. Once he confirmed that there was no one outside, he closed the door shut.
At this moment, the village chief said, “Brave adventurer, I initially planned to go look for you, but I didn’t expect you to come over on your own accord. Adventurer, since you’ve killed the Berserking Hound King, you must have obtained its heart. Could you take it out and hand it to me? I’d like to try and see if I can figure out the reason for the animals’ berserk behavior from its heart.”
Liu Ming looked for the village chief because he planned to give the Berserking Hound King’s heart to him in order to activate missions. Now that the village chief had taken the initiative to mention that matter, there was no reason for Liu Ming to hesitate.
Liu Ming nodded and retrieved the Berseking Hound King’s heart from his system backpack and handed it to the village chief.
After getting hold of it, the village chief said to Liu Ming, “Adventurer, please wait for me for five minutes. I still have an errand that I need you to run later.”
After he finished speaking, the village chief hurriedly scurried towards the room on the right with the Berserking Hound King’s heart.
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Five minutes passed rather quickly, and the village chief walked out of the room smilingly.
The village chief said, “Adventurer, sorry to make you wait for so long. The mission that I’m going to assign you next concerns the life and death of the entire village. I hope that you can complete it perfectly. Just now, I finally confirmed that the source of the animals’ berserk behavior is inside the East Region’s abandoned mine.”
“Due to the fact that there might be a mastermind in the village, I can’t deploy the village’s police. I have no choice but to ask adventurers like you to enter the mine and look for the mastermind’s trace. Of course, I will give you a reasonable amount of money as long as you find clues as to who the mastermind is.”
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, Liu Ming saw a message—sent by the system—on the screen. “Congratulations, Adventurer, you have activated the hidden quest—The Terror Hidden in the Darkness (Round One): Investigate the East Region’s mine.
Mission description: After repeated verifications done by Village Chief Carlos, we have finally confirmed that the source of the animals’ berserk behavior is the village’s mine in the East Region, which had been abandoned in the early years.
In order to avoid alerting the mastermind, Village Chief Carlos has assigned the mission of finding clues to you.
Hopefully, you—a smart adventurer—can complete the task given to you by Village Chief Carlos outstandingly.
Mission Reward: Depends on the extent of the mission completion.
Additional: You can only activate the second round of the quest if the first mission’s completion rate exceeds 80%.
It turned out to be a chain mission! After reading the information about the mission, Liu Ming was filled with shock.
God Domain’s quest system was rather complicated, but there was one-well known fact. Although the gains from preliminary quests would not be high, the total rewards would far exceed the combined gains of four quests as long as one could make it through the fourth round and beyond.
Having had consecutive, lucky encounters today, Liu Ming immediately felt a little smug, but he soon calmed down.
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After accepting the mission given to him by the village chief, Liu Ming immediately hurried to the abandoned mine east of the village.
The entire abandoned mine was shabby and ruined. The interior was pitch black, and it looked like the perfect setting for terrifying stories.