Chapter 305 - 284: Return in Triumph
March 1, 2020, 5 a.m., the Elf Kingdom’s Farolan Port looms in the distance! The entire fleet’s sailors erupt in thunderous cheers. And Da Fei, even more excited, is moved to tears and more!
This maritime journey started from Elorin, encountered a demigod in the Frostwind Strait gaining worldwide fame, then passed through the Floating Ice Sea, took a detour to Fire Dragon Island, then an Arctic adventure, on the return journey got trapped in Frostwind Strait and defeated the demigod again, then diverted through Nether Sea, passed by Fatalon Ghost Dragon Cliff in the Netherworld city, and finally made a detour to Miracle Island. The total real-time duration was 12 days, with Da Fei’s offline sleep time less than 30 hours, finally returning victoriously!
High-rise buildings stand in the distance of the city, white sails near the shore buzz busily, departing horns rise and fall, a coastal breeze feels refreshing, and flocks of seagulls emit cheerful cries circling around the fleet’s masts!
When Da Fei’s fleet docked, the Elorin area channel exploded! All merchant players at sea uncontrollably followed Da Fei’s fleet for screenshots and to find out more!
Under Da Bing’s organization, the guild channel also shouted unanimously: "Welcome back Brother Fei! Brother Fei, you’ve worked hard!"
Besides knowing that Da Fei killed a demigod, no one knew where Da Fei had traveled this time, what he had gained from this journey. So when Da Fei docked and came ashore, almost half the city’s players rushed to the dock, creating a sea of people and empty streets, the massive crowd instantly overwhelmed the welcoming team painstakingly organized by Da Bing. All present players wanted to know what Da Fei had gained this trip.
And this question clearly troubled Da Fei. Da Fei himself wanted to know what he had gained! Yet, Da Fei wanted to know more why players had such a huge reaction? Even if Liu Dehua arrived at the port it wouldn’t cause such a stir, right?
Da Fei, of course, didn’t know that last night Da Bing had spread countless unfounded rumors throughout the city, almost every player in the city knew Da Fei was coming back, that Da Fei was bringing back loads of awesome stuff.
Da Fei waved to the sea of people and walked down the escalator, and as soon as Da Fei stepped on the quarry stone of the dock, a sense of solidity surged through his body, the feeling of being back on land, truly wonderful!
——City Channel [Da Fei]: At this moment, all I want to say is seven words — Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
The entire city exploded again!
In the crowd, Da Bing, Da Wei, and the new, yet-to-be-enrolled guild member One Sword Eastward squeezed to the front of Da Fei, and deeply bowed in full view of thousands: "Welcome back Brother Fei!"
Da Fei laughed heartily: "Thanks for the hard work! Don’t be so polite!"
The three of them remained bowing: "Brother Fei, you’ve worked hard! No need for politeness!"
Suddenly, the whole crowd booed!
Right, the game is just a game after all, many things that could never be brazenly done in real life can be unabashedly done in the game! Did Da Bing create such a great scene just to flatter the big brother?
Don’t underestimate today’s college students! Da Bing’s goal was to take this opportunity, in front of ten thousand people present, tens of thousands on forums, and millions in the China Region, to openly pledge allegiance to the big brother, to let the entire China Region know he is Da Fei’s little brother, would Da Fei ever mistreat his little brother afterward? If one is in a bad state, how would others think of Da Fei? Where would Da Fei put his face? So, through this ceremony, even if he is useless mud, Da Fei must prop him up the wall! Unless Da Fei truly becomes as shameless as the legend!
While college students have deep schemes, Da Fei was in high spirits and didn’t think much about it, what Da Fei was considering now was, how much could he sell his goods for? Of course, the key was, how much experience could he sell it for?
Da Fei set out with goods worth over 50,000, then sold ores worth more than 900,000 Gold Coins totaling over 400 units, meaning, this trip’s profit was 18 times! This 18 times profit resulted from a combination of factors: international long-distance, risk factors, and local urgent needs.
Will the return also see an 18 times increase? Not necessarily, especially since the ore might not be "urgently needed locally", so the return profit might be around 9 to 10 times. On the return trip, Da Fei brought back 2400 units of ores, if converted into purchase price that would be approximately 5.4 million Gold Coins, which was Da Fei’s reward from helping the Dwarf General salvage Dragon Bones—5.4 million! 5.4 million Gold Coins with a 9 to 10 times increase is 54 million!
million! Wert times ten! Could it be? Could it be?! If viewed from a real-world perspective, it doesn’t seem possible, but in the game, everything is possible! In fact, historically, spices produced in Southeast Asia that were transported thousands of miles to Europe were valued at more than a hundredfold!
Apart from 2400 units of ores, there were also 300 units of deep-sea specialties picked up from the mouth of the Vortex Sea Demon, legendary to be a hundred times more valuable than gold, 1 unit of gold being 10,000 Gold Coins. Brother here doesn’t ask for a hundredfold, tenfold would do, tenfold is 30 million! At least 30 million! Could it be? Could it be?!
That is to say, Brother’s trip is close to 100 million! Could it be? Could it be?! Ha ha! Wah ha ha ha!
Da Fei patted the shoulders of the three who remained bowing, his face beamingly said: "Brothers, don’t be too courteous, I just came back empty-handed, but I’ll have a meeting gift for you as we walk to the trading hall, wah ha ha ha ha!"
Da Bing immediately straightened up and flattered: "Brother Fei coming back safely is the biggest meeting gift for us!"
One Sword Eastward also straightened up, his eyes gleaming: "Brother Fei, I understand you are busy with important matters, do you still remember me?"
Da Fei laughed heartily: "Da Bing has mentioned you to me before, you are One Sword Eastward, we met in the preliminaries!"
One Sword Eastward was thrilled: "Being remembered by Brother Fei is my greatest honor, that battle made me admire Brother Fei immensely, so I wanted to come and serve Brother Fei, I have a small meeting gift, Brother Fei must accept it!"
——System Prompt: One Sword Eastward sends you a trade request, do you agree?
Da Fei jokingly laughed at the trade window: "As the boss, I haven’t had the chance to give a meeting gift to my brothers, how can I accept your meeting gift, keep it for yourself!"
One Sword Eastward shook his head: "This is a pair of assembled divine artifact necklace and ring that I looted from someone. I don’t need them, Brother Fei must take them. If Brother Fei doesn’t accept, that means Brother Fei won’t cover for me, and I won’t feel secure even when eating or sleeping!"
Oh? Could it be the treasures Da Bing mentioned that were looted from Blood Sea Wave? Hahaha! If that’s the case, I really have to accept them, otherwise I’ll feel uncomfortable all over!
Da Fei’s face brightened with joy: "Alright! Then I won’t be polite!"
—System Prompt: You have completed the transaction with One Sword Eastward, you have received "Mana Ring" "Mana Necklace"!
—Mana Ring: B-rank strategic treasure, +50 Mana, Mana recovery speed increased by 10%. Can be combined with Mana Necklace, Mana Bracelet, and another Mana Ring to create the low-level Divine Artifact "Mana Source"!
—Mana Necklace: B-rank strategic treasure, +70 Mana, Mana recovery speed increased by 13%. Can be combined with Mana Ring, Mana Bracelet, and another Mana Ring to create the low-level Divine Artifact "Mana Source"!
—Mana Source: At the start of each new day, hero’s total Mana doubles. (The combined artifact has all the attributes of its component items.)
Da Fei’s eyes widened! Da Fei’s hands couldn’t help but tremble slightly! These are the supreme artifacts for a Mage, components of the Mana Source! What does Mana mean for a Mage? Without mentioning others, could I have escaped from Desolate Sea if I didn’t have the Sea Soul Staff and thousands of Mana?
Endless Mana means endless combat power! Any of these components alone could sell for at least hundreds of thousands online! And he just gave them away as a gift? This gift is scorchingly hot in Brother Fei’s hands; Brother really is riding a wave of good fortune, to receive such a loyal and farsighted follower!
Da Fei took a deep breath, patted One Sword Eastward on the shoulder, and said with deep emotion: "I know how much these treasures are worth! Your gift is too valuable! But rest assured, following Brother Fei, you will earn back ten times, a hundred times the money! I won’t let you down!"
Da Bing immediately chimed in: "Brother Fei is righteous! Thanks, Brother Fei!"
Da Fei laughed heartily: "No need to thank me when you’re with Brother!"
Just then, a player named "Hero News 064" with a gold name squeezed through the crowd to Da Fei: "Mr. Da Fei, hello, I am a front-line reporter for Hero News, number 064. May I take a bit of your time to ask you some questions that many players are interested in?"
Oh? I’m being interviewed too! A gold name signifies that it’s certified by the game company, equivalent to special accounts like GMs in traditional games, so he must definitely be a reporter!
Da Fei was in a great mood: "Ask away!"
Reporter: "Mr. Da Fei, where did you adventure this time you went out to sea?"
Da Fei laughed: "State secret!"
Reporter laughed: "That’s right, Mr. Da Fei, as a world-renowned player closely watched internationally, Mr. Da Fei’s personal secrets are undoubtedly secrets of the China Region too."
Da Bing immediately gave a thumbs up: "Well said, thumbs up!"
Reporter smiled and asked: "Then, Mr. Da Fei, the world knows about your slaying a Demigod; could you reveal what type of Demigod and the loot involved?"
Da Fei laughed heartily: "Undoubtedly, the Demigod was a Sea Monster. You can take pictures of my big ship and compare how it looks now to how it looked when it set sail. As for the Demigod’s loot, there had to be a Divine Artifact! Hahaha!"
Reporter exclaimed: "Indeed, there’s a big difference, is this figurehead the achievement of this journey? Could you tell us about the function of this figurehead?"
"Ahh, state secret!"
"And Mr. Da Fei, what is your relationship with this NPC ship? Is this your new ship?"
"Ahh, another state secret!"
"Then Mr. Da Fei..."
"Hahaha, state secrets! Can’t you stop probing into state secrets? Brother is really troubled!"
Reporter smiled: "Well then, the more state secrets Mr. Da Fei has, the greater our chances in the China Region will be; so what does Mr. Da Fei anticipate for the international competition starting this afternoon?"
Acting like a younger brother reporter, in front of tens of thousands of spectators, Da Fei boldly and unthinkingly said: "Of course, aiming for the world champion!"
On March 1st, the eyes of the whole world were focused on the upcoming international competition, which was sure to experience waves of turbulence due to the appearance of this "giant crocodile" Da Fei!(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote and donate monthly, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)