Chapter 228 - 216: Little Li Enters the Game
Chapter 228 -216: Little Li Enters the Game
In the central city of the Lionheart Empire, Stream County, a trading hub in the midst of fertile plains, it is the empire’s most crucial grain-producing base and also the key grain export base for the Bright Alliance.
A flash of white light in the bustling town square, and another newcomer has joined the game. Newbie ID: Harem Beauty. Specialty: Logistics Skill. Initial skill: Basic Logistics Skill.
—- Basic Logistics Skill: Boosts the player and their troop’s marching speed by 10%.
—- Logistics Skill Specialty: Every two levels gained by the player enhances the effect of Logistics Skill by 1%.
Logistics sub-skills: Pathfinding Skill, Rapid March, Transport Cart, Mountain Transport, Home Advantage, War Road, Death March, and so forth.
This ponytailed female player dressed in newbie’s cloth armor and armed with a long spear is none other than Little Li. Upon her appearance, a female knight player clad in silver armor immediately greets her: “Haha! It’s me, let’s be friends!”
—- System Prompt: Player Fleeting Blossom has sent you a friend request, accept?
Little Li grumpily asks, “Can’t I change the name?”
Little Fang smiles triumphantly, “Since you’re just here to make a quick buck and leave, what do you care about the name? Be a good wife to this queen, hahaha!”
Little Li looks around in amazement: “It’s unbelievable how advanced games are now; it feels like stepping into a fantasy world from the movies, so realistic, so immersive!”
Little Fang laughs, “Isn’t it more exciting than reading books? Come on, let’s go level up in an instance.”
“What’s an instance?”
“Well, that’s a long story, you’ll understand when we get there. Anyway, it’s the fastest way for a newbie to level up. Once you reach level 10, you’ll change classes, then I’ll take you to the trade center to get a trade permit, and after leaving the city, I’ll take you to my manor, then you’ll be able to earn money by running transport…”
“Hey hey, slow down, I don’t know anything!”
“Well, you’ll learn in time, now you just need to follow me.”
Little Li shakes her head and sighs, “I really can’t handle you.”
Little Fang laughs proudly, “Not happy about it? So many would kill for the chance to run an instance with me.”
Little Li sarcastically agrees, “Sure sure!”
Just then, a passing carriage suddenly stops beside them, and a male player in impressive silver armor gets off.
This player, named “Shenzhi,” warmly greets, “Fangfang, I see you again.”
Little Fang responds unenthusiastically, “Yeah.”
Fangfang? Gives me goosebumps! Little Li teases, “Is he the husband you found online?”
Little Fang jumps up annoyed, “Nonsense! How could that be!”
Little Li enjoys teasing her, “Looks like it to me!”
Little Fang snaps, “Really? Then I’ll give him to you!”
Little Li hastily refuses, “No thanks!”
The male player laughs along awkwardly, “Fangfang brought a friend to play?”
Little Fang casually mentions, “Yeah, my wife!” Then with exaggerated emphasis to Little Li, “Let me introduce him. This handsome guy here is a senior executive from the famous Chinese guild ‘Ninth Heaven,’ Shenzhi, a big shot who manages hundreds of people.”
Shenzhi modestly laughs, “Hardly, just a transportation leader. Nice to meet you, miss.”
Little Li, of course, doesn’t know what Ninth Heaven is, presumably not a guild important enough for Little Fang to care about, which explains her lukewarm attitude. So, without teasing further, Little Li responds courteously, “Hello.”
Little Fang gets an idea and chuckles, “Hey, Big Brother Shenzhi, you’re always boasting about your guild. My wife and I are about to level up, why don’t you let us see what your guild is made of?”
Yeah, let Lili see the grandeur of her Queen wife, show her how many men bend the knee for me, hahaha. Of course, the main point is, if Little Li is going to make big money, it’s necessary to strengthen relations with the Human Race’s top guild. It won’t do being cold and high-and-mighty all the time.
As expected, Shenzhi is roused, “Leveling up new people? No problem, I’ll get it arranged right away!” He then immediately instructs another player in the carriage, “You all go ahead!”
“Sure thing, big brother.”
Shenzhi, a senior executive in Ninth Heaven, is mainly responsible for backend operations. And Fleeting Blossom, the first player from the China Region to recruit an Epic Hero and also the first to obtain Kingdom territory, naturally becomes a key target for Ninth Heaven, which focuses on the Human Race, to recruit. And this task undoubtedly falls on Shenzhi, a “fellow townsman” from Stream County.
But unfortunately, Fleeting Blossom is too proud and aloof, utterly unmoved, causing Shenzhi much discouragement. Now that Fleeting Blossom is initiating a request, how could he miss this chance? He must handle it well!
Shenzhi immediately reports to the guild leader, Divine Emperor, “Boss, Fleeting Blossom needs someone to help her and her friend level up; she says she wants to witness the style of our guild!”
The president of Ninth Heaven, Divine Emperor, was busy recruiting and buying horses, determined to compete with the high-profile Star. The moment Fleeting Blossom made her stance known, it immediately caught the high attention of Divine Emperor!
Divine Emperor didn’t hesitate and said, “Teleport to Grey Stone Town, take them to join the guild’s fourth Pioneering Team, and lead them in running the Elemental Mine instance!”
Shenzhi was taken aback, “Boss, this is a Pioneering Team! Fleeting Blossom is a Lord Player with weak combat power, and her friend is even a level 1 newbie!”
Divine Emperor chuckled, “Two extra burdens won’t make a difference. Isn’t she wanting to witness our guild’s capabilities? Then let her see for herself. It’s no big deal leading newbies to level up, but it’s awesome to take them on pioneer runs!”
“Got it!”
Now, Shenzhi cheerfully said to Fleeting Blossom, “All set, the guild specifically has an instance team for newbies, and they’re about to start running it, let’s go, teleport to Grey Stone Town. Oh, and I’ll cover the teleportation fee.”
Little Fang exclaimed, “The Grey Stone Town in the northern mountains? The Grey Stone Town that’s often attacked by Earth Elementals?”
Shenzhi laughed, “Exactly, it’s a leveling spot for level 30 players, perfect for taking newbies to gain levels!”
This joke seemed a bit too much; that place was where level 30 players would get beaten to a pulp, how could it be a place to take newbies? Little Fang felt immediately uneasy and quickly shook her head, “No, no, no, let’s not bother, it’s too much trouble.”
Shenzhi hurriedly said, “No trouble, our president has arranged everything, our leading team is full of experts, it’s not a problem at all.”
Refusing now would just make her seem petty. Fleeting Blossom didn’t refuse any further and chuckled, “Alright then, we’ll impose on you guys!”
“Not at all, having Miss Fang join us is an honor for our guild.”
Little Fang was delighted and whispered to Little Li in her dorm, “Did you hear that? I’m gracing their guild.”
Little Li replied indifferently, “Yes, yes, Queen, first conquer the Ninth Guild, then one by one conquer the top eight guilds!”
Little Fang laughed out loud, “Oh, you really think they’re ranked ninth? Ah, well, I guess they do barely make it into the world’s top nine…”
Amidst laughter and chatter, the three arrived at the Teleportation Array, and with a white flash, they were in Grey Stone Town, a town in the Lionheart Empire that produced stone mines. However, this town was plagued and threatened by Earth Elemental creatures, and the mines had been occupied by them. The players’ task was to clear the mine instance every once in a while.
A large number of players had already gathered at the broad stone material yard outside the mine entrance.
A player named Divine Flame stepped forward with a smile, “Welcome, welcome!”
Fleeting Blossom smiled, “Sorry for the inconvenience.”
Shenzhi laughed, “It’s all on you now!”
Divine Flame smiled, “No problem.”
Little Li looked at the crowd and exclaimed in surprise, “There are so many female players!”
Divine Flame laughed, “Yeah, all friends!”
When Shenzhi recognized who those female players were, he was suddenly startled!
At the same time, Little Fang in the dorm couldn’t help but curse, “It’s hot!”
Little Li asked, “What happened?”
Little Fang sneered, “The so-called number one Beauty Studio in China, just ignore them. We’ll just mix in for the experience, that’ll piss them off!”
Little Li asked in surprise, “You have a grudge against them?”
Little Fang scoffed, “They’re just jealous of me, the Queen! Pfft!”
Meanwhile, Shenzhi urgently contacted the president, “Boss, is this a mix-up? Why did you put her and Bloodrose in the same group? They’ve had fights on the forums!”
Divine Emperor replied with a cold laugh, “It’s not a mix-up, I deliberately arranged this to get them to meet. If they can reconcile, that’s even better. If not, we can take this opportunity to knock down Bloodrose’s pride by promoting Fleeting Blossom! So these women don’t think they’re all that, acting as if the world would have no women without them!”
“Understood.”
…
—- Team Channel: Fleeting Blossom has joined the team.
—- Team Channel: Harem Beauty has joined the team.
The entire Bloodrose Studio erupted into commotion!
“Who the hell is this?!” (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to novelbuddy.com to vote, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.novelbuddy.com to read.)