Chapter 334: Manhunt Mission
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The Dwarf Commander grasped the still-hot longsword on the iron felt and examined its attributes. Soon, a smile spread across his face.
“A top-grade weapon! It’s really a top-grade blue equipment! Haha, with these attributes, it’s definitelyparable to a silver equipment of the same level. This is fantastic!” The Dwarf Commander held up the longsword, which emitted a rich blue glow, andughed heartily.
At this point, the Dwarf Commander’s actions had attracted the attention of many yers. Seeing a crowd gathering, he directly disyed the attributes of the longsword.
“de of Breaking, these attributes are top-notch!”
“That’s amazing! With this longsword, my strength would increase by at least one-third. Its attack power is insane, and it has Armor Break and double damage. One sh with this thing could instantly kill a yer with less than 100 Vitality Points. It’s ludicrous!”
“My silver-quality one-handed sword actually does two points less damage than this one. It’s simply outrageous…”
yers started discussing among themselves, with some even eagerly asking about the price.
“Boss, how much for this longsword?”
“Oh mighty Dwarf cksmith, I offer 3,000 Doomsday Coins for this weapon. Would you be willing to sell it to me?”
“3,000 Doomsday Coins for a weapon with such top-notch attributes? You must be dreaming! Boss, 1 offer 5,000 Doomsday Coins!”
“I’ll give you 6,000, sell it to me!”
The people who had discovered this top-grade longsword were still few, and the yers wanted to buy it before a crowd gathered. They knew that once wealthy and powerful alliances got wind of it, they stood no chance as lone yers.
Within a short time, the price of the longsword had risen to 8,000 Doomsday Coins. But that’s as high as it got. With 8,000 Doomsday Coins already touching the baseline for silver-quality equipment, any higher would not be cost-effective. One might as well buy a silver-quality weapon directly.
“This is a weapon; if it were any other piece of equipment, it definitely wouldn’t fetch such a high price. But weapons are a different story, especially a level 15 weapon like this one. It’s so rare.” A yer whispered, looking enviously at the big shots bidding for the weapon.
A top-grade weapon like this was nothing short of a pipe dream for yers who had just crossed the level 10 profession threshold. They could only gather around to watch the excitement.
“8,300! Any higher, and I may as well buy a silver-quality weapon!” one yer gritted his teeth.
“Hmph, you think you can buy a level 15 silver-quality weapon with 8,300 Doomsday Coins? Maybe you could buy a single piece of silver equipment, but a weapon? Forget it. Without 10,000 Doomsday Coins, it’s impossible. And right now, level 15 silver-quality equipment is incredibly scarce. Whenever it appears in the auction house, it’s immediately bought at the asking price!” someone sneered.
“I’ve seen a silver-quality one-handed sword sell for 30,000 Doomsday Coins. It’s insane. It was snapped up not even five minutes after appearing in the auction house. Many people didn’t even get a chance to see it!” Another yer’s eyes were filled with envy.
As more and more yers gathered around, a smile appeared on the Dwarf Commander’s face. He held up the longsword, nced around, and shouted, “I don’t intend to sell this de of Breaking. Instead, I’ll offer it as a task reward. If any of you can kill the Song Jian, a God’s Chosen One, I’ll reward you with 10,000 Doomsday Coins and this de of Breaking!”
Suddenly, the onlookers erupted into amotion. The reward was too tempting: the de of Breaking was an exceptional blue weapon, and someone would surely be willing to pay 10,000 Doomsday Coins for it. With the previous 10,000 Doomsday Coins on top, the reward was equivalent to 20,000 Doomsday Coins, which made many yers green with envy.
“Just how did this Song Jian offend an NPC so much that so many people are putting out a bounty on him? If I could kill him, wouldn’t it be a huge payday? This could be a quest worth over 100,000 Doomsday Coins!” a yer whispered.
Killing Song Jian would allow them to im the bounties offered by over a dozen NPCs, worth abined total of over 100,000 Doomsday Coins. This was an irresistible temptation for any yer.
To put it into perspective, 100,000 in-game Doomsday Coins were more valuable than 5 million in real-world currency. When the game first started, the exchange rate between Doomsday Coins and RMB reached 1:300. However, with the increase in yer levels and strength, obtaining Doomsday Coins had be easier, and the exchange rate had dropped significantly, settling at around 1:50.
Even at this rate, only a small number of yers were willing to sell. Most yers would rather hold onto their Doomsday Coins and buy treasures in the game. After all, enhancements made in the game could also be brought back to the real world.
“Boss, who is this Song Jian you mentioned? And where is he right now?” a yer shouted.
“He’s just a level 15 yer like you guys. What is there to be afraid of? No matter how powerful he is, can hepare to a level 15 elite boss? From what I know, not just level 15 elite bosses, even the lord-ss bosses have been defeated by someone!” The Dwarf Commander said casually, “If you ept the bounty task from me, you can get the target’s location every half hour. You just need to kill him and the 10,000 Doomsday Coins along with this top-grade blue weapon will be yours.”
The Dwarf Commander continued to tempt yers to ept the task. Due to system restrictions, he couldn’t deceive them, but that didn’t stop him from downying Song Jian’s strength. When the Dwarf Commander encountered Song Jian, his level was indeed only 15 as well. He had no idea that in such a short time, Song Jian had already leveled up.
After reaching level 10, yers needed a lot of battle experience to level up again. The battle experience required to go from level 10 to level 11 was equal to the total needed to go from level 1 to level 10. Not to mention leveling up from 15 to 16. Even if the Dwarf Commander knew about the yers leveling up quickly, he wouldn’t believe that Song Jian could level up within such a short period of one or two days.
“Fine, boss. I’ll ept this bounty task!” A yer finally couldn’t resist the temptation and epted the task from the Dwarf Commander.
“I’ll ept it too. If I’m lucky enough to kill that guy, I’ll be rich!”
“I… I’ll think about it. I’ve been tricked by NPCs before, and I always feel like they’re not telling the whole truth. Be cautious with what they say…”
In a short period of time, seven or eight yers had epted the bounty task.
“Huh? The mission prompt… Why does it say this guy’s coordinates are nearby?” A yer who epted the bounty task eximed in surprise.
“Let me see… It’s true! The wanted guy is nearby! Damn, he’s really bold!”
“Hey everyone, let’s search for him. He’s close by! If we kill him, we’ll split the rewards!”
Suddenly, the yers around the cksmith shop got excited and started looking around. The Dwarf Commander’s eyes revealed a hint of doubt. Hearing that Song Jian was nearby, his heart skipped a beat, and a bad feeling washed over him.