Chapter 143: The Referrer
In addition to these, there were some bug fixes, but they had nothing to do with Zane.
“Oh right, there’s something else I need to give you.” Brother Shiu added.
“What is it?”
“Just come to the usual place and you’ll find out.”
What’s going on? So mysterious.
Three minutes later, Zane returned to the city in his original form and met up in the alley.
When Brother Shiu took out the shimmering shoulder armor, he couldn’t remain calm.
“What is this…?”
“Shadow Demon Shoulder Armor, the equipment we dropped from the boss yesterday. After thinking it over, we decided to give it to you.”
When Zane reached out to touch it, the attributes appeared.
Shadow Demon Shoulder Armor:
Rarity: Gold Tier
Required Level: 30
Health: 1000
Physical Defense: 90
Magical Defense: 90
Agility: 85
Spirit: 85
Stamina: 90
Trait: Curse, when attacked, there is a 20% chance to put the enemy in a cursed state, significantly reducing visibility for enemies in that state.
Trait: As Shadow, increases evasion rate by 15%.
Description: The close-fitting shoulder armor of the Shadow Demon, tainted with the aura of curses and darkness.
Shoulder armor!?
It’s important to note that Zane’s current slot in this position is empty! If he equips this item, his survival ability would greatly improve.
However… is it really good for a Wishcaster to wear so many evil-themed items?
Forget it, practicality comes first!
Zane unceremoniously took it, since it was their decision, there’s no need to decline.
“Wait, don’t go yet, I have something for you too.”
“What is it?”
Zane took out a silver-tier staff for level 30 and a brilliant golden cloth hat.
“These two were dropped from the boss yesterday. I have a better weapon now, so keep this staff for level 30, and as for this hat, it provides healing effects—give it to Wencheng.”
Brother Shiu opened his mouth wide as he took the staff, caressing it lovingly, as if it were his child.
“…” Zane was speechless. “Can we have a little ambition here? It’s just a silver-tier item, right?”
“Do you know the pain of using a plain white staff for ten levels!? You wouldn’t understand!” Brother Shiu lamented.
Zane couldn’t be bothered with him and continued, “And here are these two skill books—Charge and Disguise.”
Charge doesn’t need much explanation; Zimei can learn it, and Disguise is the ace skill for Assassins. Used in combination with Stealth, it can even fool higher-level players and monsters.
Considering the Traveler’s frequent deaths, this Disguise skill would make exploration much safer.
Brother Shiu nodded, “Got it, are you practicing with us today?”
“Let’s see how it goes; I need to visit the guild hall.”
This was also a newly released building today.
Players with a Guild Creation Order can come here to create a guild, and the establishment of adventure groups also takes place here.
“Are you going to create an adventure group?”
“Yeah.”
“Oh right, I remembered! Didn’t someone release a Guild Creation Order yesterday?”
“Yeah, what about it?”
Brother Shiu sighed, “That thing has been driven up to a sky-high price; its symbolic value is greater than its practical value.”
“Sky-high price? How much?” Zane asked curiously.
“50 million.”
Zane widened his eyes in disbelief and said, “Really…!”
“Why would I lie to you? And that’s not even the final price; it’s still skyrocketing. There’s no way—who wouldn’t want the first guild in the country as a gimmick?”
…
Aside from marveling at how foolish and rich people are, there was only envy left.
Five minutes later, Zane followed the marker on the map to a prominent building, its solemn white stone walls embedded with interwoven blue and gold gates.
Above it was engraved four square characters—Guild Hall.
Next to it were a few smaller characters: Yunshui City Branch.
He walked straight in, where players were coming and going, and there were noisy sounds everywhere. Many curious players were present.
“Excuse me, sir, you do not meet the criteria for creating an adventure group. Please strive to meet the standards before trying again.” A bright and composed female voice was particularly noticeable amid the noise.
“Criteria? What criteria?” the player asked in confusion, voicing the thoughts of others as well.
“The requirements to create an adventure group are reputation points greater than or equal to 100, level greater than or equal to 30, and also, you need a referrer’s stamp.” The receptionist replied politely yet elegantly.
This statement caused quite a stir; some people had never even heard of reputation points, and how many could reach level 30? Let alone having a referrer’s stamp, that’s definitely not something easily obtained!
In an instant, many in the crowd dispersed, but there were still newcomers wanting to see the excitement.
In the hall, there was also a huge task board. Upon glancing, there were plenty of A-class and S-class tasks, but they all required a high-level adventure group to accept.
A referrer’s stamp, huh…
I wonder who is qualified for that.
Looks like I need to figure this out first.
Just as Zane was about to step out the door, a soft voice called him, “Brother Zane!”
He paused for a moment, turned around, and was surprised to see Alna sitting right next to the counter.
Several players were talking to her, “Little sister, can you turn into a wolf for your brother to ride?”
“Get lost, you creep! Ahem, little sister, how about me? I’m a knight who can tank and deal damage!”
“…”
Alna clearly wasn’t very good at dealing with this situation, plus she couldn’t turn into a wolf at all!
Zane pushed through the crowd to get to her.
“What are you doing here?”
“Because… I guessed you would come here… if I wasn’t here waiting, who knows when you would come to find me!” Alna pouted, expressing her dissatisfaction.
“Wow, bro, you’re amazing! How did you manage that?”
“Are you an idiot? He’s Fengchen Yanhua, that weirdo on the level leaderboard who hasn’t even changed classes!”
“Wow, it really is him!”
Ignoring the noisy players, Zane had an idea; since she was here, some things might not need to be so troublesome.
He looked over at the receptionist and checked her information.
Guild Receptionist · Shamin
Rarity: Silver Grade
Level: 30
Description: ???
In this day and age, can’t even see a description for a guild receptionist?
Or does she have some hidden identity?
“Miss Shamin, I want to establish an adventure group. Is that possible?” Zane got straight to the point.
She raised her head, looking him over, and then decisively said, “A promising newcomer. Now, have you prepared the referrer’s stamp?”
“Um… I haven’t prepared the stamp, but I have a referrer; is that okay?”
“Of course—” Shamin suddenly felt something was off, looking at Zane with a face of disbelief. “Sir, please don’t make such a boring joke.”
Alna, go! Zane gave her a look.
Alna, quick-witted and clever, immediately understood Zane’s meaning, and wrapped her arms around Shamin’s arm, saying, “I’m Zane’s referrer~ Sister Shamin, is that okay?” Her emerald green eyes blinked adorably.
