VIP Chapter 207: “Can I Get Double Pay?” (3k)
“Alright, now we should go to the capital as Shuna said,” Will said, walking down the street with his hood up.
Since “Moonlit Ice Extreme” had been cleared, the adventurers here were gradually withdrawing.
However…
Very few people were heading to the capital.
The only dungeon near the capital was likely “Tenth Demon City,” and the capital itself was a place that didn’t welcome adventurers much—even the Guild was built so poorly.
Well, if there weren’t many people taking the carriage, he wouldn’t be recognized.
So then…
While waiting for the carriage, let’s go over my plan!
A self-disciplined, self-improving, and conscious Will should seize fragmented time and organize his thoughts properly.
Step one, reach the capital!
Step two, rush to the royal palace and find Treya!
Step three, successfully convert her so she isn’t a yandere who becomes suspicious!
Okay, perfect!
These three points immediately appeared in Will’s blank mind.
…
“This isn’t a plan at all; it sounds no different from ‘how to fit an elephant into a refrigerator’!”
Unable to contain himself, he clutched his head and knocked it hard!
Will could already imagine himself rushing to the palace empty-handed, unable to utter a single word of persuasion, being recognized by Treya at a glance, and then thrown into the cold palace—do Western-style palaces even have cold palaces?
If Plan A doesn’t work, let’s revise it.
Step one, take a carriage and reach the capital as quickly as possible.
Step two, rush to the palace, bring beautiful roses, and present them to Treya.
Step three, make a heartfelt confession, explaining that he truly loves her fiancé.
Will’s blank mind re-marked the above three points with a new plan in red pen.
…
—”Wake up, you know the Treya you taught! Is she the kind of woman who can be appeased with roses?!”
Unable to contain himself, he clutched his head and hammered it twice!
“Think again, think again, don’t rush…”
Will stepped out of the short queue to the capital and began pacing with his head down nearby.
“Plan C… replace the roses with jasmine? No, no, that would seem even less romantic! Besides, the Entak Royal Family uses roses.”
“Plan D… give her a cold shoulder, ‘Hmph, I didn’t want to come back anyway, it’s only because you’re looking for me’… seems a bit out of character.”
…
“Plan AZ… forget it, drop it.”
Will realized something.
He was too confident.
He did understand Treya.
But…
It was precisely because he understood her that he had dismissed so many plans.
He knew very well that Treya was not easily fooled.
As a princess, she lacked nothing in terms of material needs; just look at the various expensive dolls in her room.
Her tastes were also very narrow; perhaps as a half-elf, the elven bloodline carried a certain aloofness detached from the mundane world.
The blackened her would surely be adept at seeing through Will’s little schemes.
Will understood why a customer service guy who could charm clients into bliss by pretending to be a maid at his company would come to him for advice on how to appease his angry wife.
The angrier someone who usually doesn’t cause trouble gets, the harder they are to appease.
Because she also understands you, she’ll definitely see through any half-hearted attempt.
…So difficult!
If it were Liya, you see, maybe giving her a staff properly would make her blush and pat you, saying, “Oh, you really…”
…
Staff?
This reminded Will.
The staff he held was the unique obsidian staff that Liya had given him.
Where did the staff he prepared for Liya go then?
Oh, she picked it up.
Right!
Shuna had mentioned that when she was fighting, she noticed Liya hesitate a little when she picked up the staff.
He had also been planning this for a while.
Then, a gift that Treya would like appeared—
A “Shadow Nightmare Sword – Advanced.”
Imagine her, arms crossed, outwardly saying nothing, but inwardly a little angry, standing in the palace, with black mist starting to emit from behind her.
He would kneel and present her with a carefully crafted sword—perhaps also emitting black smoke like her.
She would definitely remember how hard Will worked to get it for her and her original intention of practicing swordplay day after day on the training grounds, thus being moved and stopping her blackening.
What a great idea.
However… Where would the sword come from?
At this point, Will thought of a place.
Tenth Demon City.
The place he was originally headed, a place that seemed to have an intricate connection with “demons.”
It was also where he initially wanted to find materials for Treya.
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“Sir, wake up. We’re almost at Tsimat Town, you can prepare to get off.”
“Okay, no need to wake me; I’ve been awake.”
“Haha, I just saw you wearing a hat the whole time, so I wasn’t sure if you were sleeping.”
Will sat up slightly and looked towards the front of the carriage.
After about two days of travel,
Although this carriage was heading to Tsimat Town, it passed through several towns intermittently and took many days.
Will decided to charter it.
This town looked very desolate.
Not to mention its population, it was located at the foot of Mount Fokra, Entak’s highest mountain. The lush mountain forest and the shadows covering it already made it seem like a remote village.
Secondly…
There were few houses here, and no temporary commercial markets were set up.
It looked like an ordinary agricultural town that subsisted on fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other crops that didn’t require large-scale farming.
It was strange; a town with a “dungeon” would rarely be so deserted, right?
With the current publicity capabilities of the Adventurer’s Guild, once a place had a dungeon, wouldn’t adventurers flock there, eager to dig it dry?
After all…
For this world, dungeons were like “factories” that surpassed existing production levels.
“Tsimat Town is rarely visited lately, with perhaps only a handful of adventurers here. Sir, are you really okay being alone?”
“No problem.”
Will gazed forward.
Tenth Demon City.
He was determined to obtain it!
Then…
He lost his composure at the entrance of the Adventurer’s Guild.
It was only 4 PM.
The Guild Master of the association, as he was leaving the Guild, yawned, turned his head, and slowly flipped the “Open” sign to reveal the “Closed” side.
“Wait—wait a moment!”
Will quickly stopped him and grabbed his hand.
“Hm? What is it?”
“That… that is, I’m an adventurer here to clear the Tenth Demon City, may I ask…”
“The Tenth Demon City is that way,” Will said.
Before Will could finish, the Guild Master, as if eager to get off work, pointed to the end of the village.
Although the village was small, it might have had a geographical advantage and was quite green. At the end of the forest, Will could vaguely see the sign for the dungeon and a not-so-large door.
Turning back, the Guild Master was about to hang the sign again.
[Closed.
For urgent matters, please contact ▇▇▇▇]
The address below the sign was also scribbled out with a black pen, indicating he had no intention of working overtime.
“Wait, you can’t leave!”
“Why can’t I leave?”
“It’s not quitting time yet! The Guild’s closing time is 6 PM!”
“Ah?”
“Leaving before the scheduled time should result in deductions for attendance and salary!”
“…Why are you acting like someone from the Hysterm Family? Are you paying my salary? Why are you in such a hurry?”
… Ehehe, you guessed it, it seems.
For some reason, looking at this person, Will felt like a 996 employee from an urban game company who had returned to his hometown and met an old classmate who had gotten a job as a civil servant in their hometown.
The other party’s actions were reasonable, but it made him feel uncomfortable.
“Uh, never mind. Actually, it’s like this, I… I actually wanted to go in and get some information, and maybe post something on the commission board… it’ll only take a few minutes, could you…”
“Then I won’t close it for now. There’s nothing important. When you’re done, you can help me hang the ‘Closed’ sign. I’m off work.”
Will watched the “Guild Master” leave.
This…
What was going on in this town?
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Apart from the Adventurer’s Guild in the capital, this was the first time Will had seen such a dilapidated Adventurer’s Guild.
Half of the desks and chairs inside the Guild were broken, and many chairs had only two legs, requiring them to be leaned against the wall to be sat on.
Normally, the Guild would also provide some alcoholic beverages, but the shelves here were empty.
A thick layer of dust had accumulated on the tables; it should not have been cleaned for at least three months.
So strange…
Will looked through the documents.
Tenth Demon City was a dungeon that had existed for about six months. According to the information here, its initial rating was C-rank, which was not high.
Generally, areas near such dungeons should be crowded with people, with many eager to clear them.
C-rank, although it didn’t add much, was easy to clear.
Now it was approximately 30 floors deep, and its development speed was very slow.
Could this be the dungeon with “hidden answers” that Liya’s mother mentioned?
Indeed, in a desolate and deserted town, a dungeon that few people cared about seemed like a place where “secrets” were hidden.
With a sigh, Will approached the “commission board.”
Unsurprisingly, the commission board was also very deserted. There were two or three commissions posted, and when Will looked through them, they were from two years ago and hadn’t been cleared yet.
“So outrageous and strange a place…”
He scratched his head, took out his newly purchased notebook, tore off a page, picked up five pens from the side, tested them, and found that the third one actually had ink, but halfway through, it ran dry, so he had to switch to the fourth pen.
Then, he seriously wrote a commission to clear the dungeon on it.
—See, he remembered Shuna’s words about spending money to hire help and posted a commission request.
“Seeking adventurers of B-rank or above, salary negotiable… Good.”
Will posted this commission.
He was satisfied with what he wrote, but he felt… Hiring a B-rank here might be overestimating the place. He probably wouldn’t find anyone.
At this moment, he heard the sound of boots landing from outside the door.
Thump, thump, thump.
“Hm?”
Just as he was about to turn around, Will saw a fair hand reach over his shoulder and then take down the paper he had just posted.
“A commission from the Young Master? Am I, an S-rank, enough?”
She stood behind Will. Without the indoor lights on, illuminated by the dust motes in the sunlight from the window, Shuna, wearing the “Shining Star” team uniform, stood behind him.
Unexpectedly and not surprisingly…
Shuna appeared here.
She met him again after only two days…
“B-rank? Wow, how lucky, I can take on this commission. You probably haven’t had time to kick me out of the team yet, right? Can I get double pay? Little Will~?”
Holding the paper, Shuna smiled.
