Online Game Era: Hundred Times Reward
Chapter 18 - Pack Them All, 10,000 Gold Coins!

Chapter 18: Pack Them All, 10,000 Gold Coins!

Waterfall Cliff, Cave Cluster.

“Heavens…”

The president of the Red Veil Guild, Hongsha Liusu, had arrived early due to being stationed in the northern forest. As she approached the landmark location, she immediately saw a vast expanse of glittering treasure ahead—it was practically like a galaxy.

Among it all stood an archer, with an ID above his head glowing red to the point of black: [Lone Ranger].

This guy really did kill a thousand players from the Chaoge Guild!!!

At first, Hongsha Liusu had doubted the rumor. But now, with everything in plain sight, she had no choice but to believe it.

Without slaughtering that many people, there wouldn’t be this much gear. And his ID wouldn’t be so dark red if he hadn’t.

This guy is insane!

Hongsha Liusu’s beautiful eyes trembled slightly, and her breathing quickened. She subconsciously began walking toward Jiang Chen, but in the next second, her body froze with a jolt—because a silver-white arrow was already aimed at her.

“Don’t shoot!”

“I’m Hongsha Liusu, president of the Red Veil Guild—I’m here to buy equipment!” she quickly revealed her ID.

Hongsha Liusu?

Didn’t she hit level 9 five hours ago? Why is she still in the novice village?

Seeing the ID above her head, Jiang Chen lowered his longbow.

“All this equipment on the ground—take it all. Name your price.”

“Oh… okay.”

Hongsha Liusu hadn’t expected to be so startled by a mere level 7 player. Yet her gaze toward Jiang Chen was still filled with deep caution.

This guy was definitely playing a hidden class—possibly even a legendary or divine-tier one. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for him to still be only level 7.

She herself was playing a hidden class—an epic-tier one—where the experience requirements were four times that of a normal player. That was precisely why she still hadn’t broken past level 10 and left the novice village.

If a legendary or divine-class player could be recruited into the guild, the Red Veil Guild’s top-end combat power would reach an entirely new level.

Hongsha Liusu was quite excited, but such things had to be based on mutual willingness.

Just from his ID [Lone Ranger], you could tell recruiting him would be very difficult. And even if you could recruit him, how was another issue entirely.

Money? Impossible. Someone this strong had no shortage of money.

Power? In this era, strength is power—and his strength was more than sufficient.

Beauty? Maybe.

She did have an exceptional appearance. But trading away her own happiness to recruit someone? That went against her principles.

Absolutely not.

The more she thought about it, the more she realized she had no bargaining chips to pull him in.

…

“Are you done yet? Keep stalling, and all this gear will respawn,” Jiang Chen said.

“Almost done…”

Snapping out of her thoughts, Hongsha Liusu turned her gaze to the gear on the ground.

Most of the items were white-tier, with the occasional bronze-tier mixed in. Individually, they weren’t worth much, but given the volume, the total value wasn’t insignificant.

After a rough estimation, she figured the value ranged from 4,000 to 6,000 gold. She decided to average it out at 5,000.

Due to Hope World’s low drop rates, many players were still stuck with their novice gear. So high-level white equipment still held decent value. As for bronze gear—it went without saying.

Most guilds only had a few members equipped with bronze.

High-level white gear sold for about 50 silver a piece. Bronze gear, on the other hand, ranged from 50 to 200 gold depending on quality. Judging by the gleam of the gear, there were about 30 bronze items here.

The white gear total came to roughly 2,500 gold. The bronze ranged between 1,500 and 6,000 gold. So the total estimate landed somewhere between 4,000 and 8,500 gold.

In other words, Chaoge Guild’s direct loss this time was at least in the millions.

Hongsha Liusu valued this gear highly. Many players in the Red Veil Guild were still in poor gear, so this batch could help them leave the novice village sooner.

“I’ll take the whole batch—how about 5,000 gold?”

Her ample chest rose and fell with her breathing. She had never made such a large purchase all at once before, nor did she understand how [Lone Ranger] had killed so many people or triggered such a high drop rate.

5,000 gold was equivalent to 2.5 million Chinese Yuan. It was a reasonable price—not too high, not too low.

Hmm.

With this money plus the gear in his backpack, Jiang Chen might be able to leave for the protected zone after today. Excellent!

But just as the deal was about to go through, another voice called out.

“Bro, I’ll pay 500 gold more. Sell the gear to me—[Nine Heavens Galaxy Guild]*!” A warrior with the ID [Galactic Leader] walked over with a smile.

[*Changed Jiutian Galaxy Guild to Nine Heavens Galaxy Guild]

It was the president of the Nine Heavens Galaxy Guild, Galactic Leader. He too had set out early, but coming from the southern forest, he arrived a little later. Still, he showed up just in time.

Matching the Red Veil Guild’s price and adding 500 gold was a no-brainer.

“Uh…”

Jiang Chen was secretly overjoyed. Nothing was better than a bidding war—let them drive each other up. The seller always wins in that scenario. He might make a small fortune off this.

“Since both of you want it, start bidding. Highest bidder wins—fair and square.” Jiang Chen restrained his excitement and maintained a calm expression.

Hongsha Liusu frowned slightly. Although she had named a price earlier, she hadn’t sealed the deal. So [Lone Ranger] was well within reason. She could only blame herself for zoning out.

“6,000 gold!” she bit her lip and said.

“I’ll add 500!” [Galactic Leader] said without hesitation.

“7,000 gold!”

“Add 500!”

“8,000 gold!”

“Plus 500!”

…

Neither of the two major guild leaders backed down.

The price soon reached 10,000 gold—equivalent to 5 million Chinese Yuan. For these two massive guilds, this was just pocket change. Their investments into Hope World were in the realm of the unimaginable.

But still—spending money had to make sense. At 10,000 gold, this purchase was a loss, possibly by half. After all, not every piece was high-grade. Many of the items didn’t justify the price tag.

Hongsha Liusu’s frown deepened. In the end, she stopped bidding.

“Much appreciated, Red Veil Guild, for stepping aside. In that case, [Lone Ranger] brother, let’s add each other as friends and complete the transaction.” [Galactic Leader] smiled warmly.

Jiang Chen added him as a friend, and promptly received a transfer—5 million Chinese Yuan.

“Ding, player [Hongsha Liusu] requests to add you as a friend. Accept?”

At the same time, he got a request from Hongsha Liusu. She was another big spender, and her pricing had been fair. It was always good to have options when selling gear.

Yes, definitely.

“Accept.”

A smile appeared on Hongsha Liusu’s face. “Thanks. I hope we can work together in the future. If you have gear to sell, please notify me. I may not offer the highest price, but I’ll always offer the fairest one.”

“Mm, all right.”