Chapter 76 – An Invitation from Vanguard
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TL: Only BTTH left! Sorry about the double first chaps and the missing chap yesterday!
Looking at Fierce Tiger’s stunned expression, I sheathed my sword and say lightly, “I am the man who is going to take away 100 gold coins from you!”
Stretching out my hand, I stare at him, “You said it yourself, the man who defeats you would get 100 gold coins as reward from you. Don’t tell me that you intend to go back on your words, hurry up and give me the money…”
Fierce Tiger’s face went dark. He probably never expected that the person who was able to defeat him would fuss so much over the 100 gold coins.
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Around 5 seconds later, Fierce Tiger stretches his hands into his inventory and takes out 100 gold coins, and throws them in my direction.
Cling!
Once I felt the heavy weight of the money reaching my hands, I was satisfied and turned around to leave.
Yet, at this moment, a man carrying a long sword stepped forth from the crowd and stretches his arms to block my way. With a smile on his face, he says, “Xiao Yao Zi Zai, I have something I would like to discuss with you!”
I look at him. It wasn’t anyone else, but the leader of [Vanguard] — Jian Feng Han. Fushen Moren was beside him. Looks like after he lost, he went to find his leader so that they could regain back Vanguard’s reputation, yet unexpectedly, I beat him to it and defeated Fierce Tiger.
Licking my lips which were dry due to the intense heat from the [Burning Axe], I laugh, “For Guild Leader Jian Feng Han to find me, what do you want to discuss with me?”
Jian Feng Han, crossing his arm in front of his chest, says, “This isn’t a place for us to talk, come along with me…”
“Okay!”
In the Ba Huang City, there is not a single place which I dare not enter. Following Jian Feng Han, a crowd of stunned and speechless Ba Huang City gamers were left behind standing there. The fight they had just seen was exceedingly exciting, with the victor being decided in a split second!
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Five minutes later, 3 kilometers away from Ba Huang City, we arrived at the Pear Blossom Forest. It was a peaceful area filled with the chirping of the birds and the fragrance of the flowers. Its main resources are herbs and Killer Bees. Currently, as the Killer Bees are the lowest level yet highest damaging pet, most players gather here waiting for Killer Bees to respawn. Once a level 1 Killer Bee appears, it means that a fortune was about to be struck. A Killer Bee with an Excellence rating above 50% was worth at least 10 gold coins.
With pears all over the ground, I follow behind Jian Feng Han. Moving forward, quite a few players appeared in the Pear Blossom Forest, most of them have the title “Vanguard” in front of their names, making it evident that they were players under the [Vanguard] guild. Jian Feng Han, carrying his long sword, while laughing walks into the crowd and calls out loudly, “Brothers, I have brought the guy here!”
Looking around, there were at least 200 players in the [Vanguard] guild, were they planning to surround me and get rid of me? Surely not, actually, Jian Feng Han and Fushen Moren were already sufficient to get rid of me…
Lifting my hand, pah, I grab onto the hilt of my sword, keng, I unsheathe my Jade City Sword and [Turmoil Sword] activates. A green ripple appears beneath my feet. I ask, “What is this…?”
Jian Feng Han turns to face me, couldn’t help but laugh, “Brother Xiao Yao, calm down. We mean you no harm… This is only a temporary meeting place for us members of [Vanguard].”
I nod and sheath my blade. Looking around the map, I laugh, “Quite a few days ago, this Pear Blossom Forest was one of the hotspots of Ba Huang City and PKs often occurred while people competing for level 1 Killer Bees. Looking at the current situation, this map has already come under the control of [Vanguard], hasn’t it?”
Jian Feng Han awkwardly smiles, “Killer Bees are currently one of the best pet resources, and thus I took control of this area. Of course, I rarely expel others players from this map using force, we only use persuasion.”
“I don’t intend to poke in your business, let’s get back to the main topic. What did you want to ask me here?”
Jian Feng Han nods, “Actually, I want to conduct business with you!”
“Oh, what kind of business?” I was a little surprised.
Hehe, Jian Feng Han laughed, spreading his hands out, said, “Actually, it is nothing much. We only would like to invite you to temporarily join our guild and help us create the first Guild!”
“Hm?”
I couldn’t help but burst into laughter. I leaned against one of the pear trees, crossing my arms and say, “Surely not? [Vanguard] is one of the top ten guilds of China. For something like killing bosses, I don’t think that you would require an insignificant Swordsman such as myself?”
From behind Jian Feng Han, a beautiful mage walks towards us. She had fiery figure with two large mountains, as though threatening to burst out of her robes. She carries a gold-tier staff and on her head floated a line of words–