Chapter 20 – Hidden Quest

"If that's the case, we're done here. Goodbye, Dark Moon Ring." Su Mo smiled as he stood up and started to walk out.

Dark Moon Ring looked at Su Mo's back and did not say anything. He felt that Su Mo was definitely testing him, and whoever gave in first would lose. What he did not expect was that Su Mo continued to walk, without stopping at all, and he soon walked out of the tavern and disappointed from his vision.

"Get him back." Dark Moon Ring rubbed his forehead and swept his fringe to the side.

Su Mo soon came back with a smile, looking like a victorious general.

"$4,000 for one," Dark Moon Ring said.

Su Mo shook his head.

"$5,000!"

Su Mo continued to shake his head.

"You win, brother. Iron Steed was it? You win." Dark Moon Ring gave a bitter smile and relaxed as he sat into his chair.

After the exchange was complete, Su Mo received another $10,000 in his account.

"If you have any similar requests, you can come to find me." Su Mo sent over his card.

"..." Looking at the smile on Su Mo's face, Dark Moon Ring wanted to throw this card away, but he knew that he could not do this. Anyone who wanted to do great things could not act impulsively.

As he was about to leave, Dark Moon Ring asked as he looked at Su Mo, who raised his cup, "Can I ask you where you obtained these?"

"Then can I ask you what you're going to do with the Frost Horn?"

"Err… apologies."

"No worries. How about $10,000 for the location where they drop?"

"You're such a…" It took great self-control from Dark Moon Ring not to complete his sentence. He did his best to calm himself down before turning and saying, "Fine, $10,000, but you can't tell this secret to anyone else."

"Eh?" Su Mo felt quite surprised.

From his observation of Dark Moon Ring, he naturally knew just how frustrated Dark Moon Ring was, so he had randomly given the price of $10,000 and had never thought that Dark Moon Ring would agree.

What did this signify?

This meant that the Frost Horn was definitely connected to a big secret, and it was not something needed just once. Just then, Dark Moon Ring had most likely been acting, and he was actually quite pleased to be able to obtain three Frost Horns.

A hidden quest!

That was what Su Mo guessed it was. Even though materials could be used to make equipment, spending more than $3,000 to make a piece of equipment seemed a bit too extravagant.

Dark Moon Ring quickly sent the $10,000 to Su Mo's account.

Su Mo honestly told them where the cave was, how to get there, and even his guesses about the terrifying Boss in the depths of the cave.

"There's nothing else to be said, brother, you're a good man. Let's work together in the future if we have the opportunity," Dark Moon Ring said as he gave a thumbs up. At first, he had thought that Su Mo might be a scammer, but he realized that Su Mo was actually very honest. If he had bad intentions, he could trick him into exploring the depths of the cave.

The death penalty in New World could be quite severe, and no one wanted to die for no reason.

Now that he had earned another $20,000, adding on what he had earned before and the $30,000 from Tian Dazhuang, Su Mo's account had roughly $60,000 in it.

Back then, when the loan sharks had come demanding payment, Su Mo had become infuriated when they had threatened to take Su Xiaojiu and sell her.

By taking them on one against six, he had convinced the loan sharks that they would pay back the debt month by month, $100,000 each time.

There was still about half a month until the end of the month.

As such, Su Mo decided to invest some money in the game. If it wasn't for the existence of the Boss monster chat group, he definitely would not dare to take a risk like this.

He sent a few messages in the World Chat, offering to buy a pet slot with real money.

Soon, he received a message.

There was an ID called Unidentified Neighbor who was willing to sell him one for $20,000 in real life.

$20,000 was actually not much for a pet slot; after all, one gold coin was worth $60, so it came out to around 300 or so gold coins. It was a reasonable market rate, but Su Mo was suspicious about the other person's request to send the money first and they would send the pet slot after.

The game developers were not very happy with offline transactions. Even though they did not care if players traded offline, if anything happened, they would not take any responsibility.

As such, there were many professional scammers. After getting the money, they would immediately disappear and continue to use the item to scam others.

"Brother, you don't trust me, but I don't trust you either. What do you suggest?" Unidentified Neighbour also felt quite frustrated.

"How about we find a middle person? Do you know any reputable brokers?" Su Mo finally thought of a method. Rather than blindly trusting this Unidentified Neighbor, who he knew nothing about, he was more willing to trust those sneaky businesspeople.

"This is not a bad idea. I have a few brokers I know; see if there are any you can accept," Unidentified Neighbour said as he sent over a few IDs.

There was actually one name Su Mo was familiar with.

I Love Luo!

"How about I Love Luo? I know him."

"Sure, many of the things I drew from the gacha were sold through him, and I bought gold coins from him twice. I'll ask him to come over, but you need to pay the intermediary fee."

Normally, the middle person would take an intermediary fee of 5%.

An exchange of $20,000 would have an intermediary fee of a few hundred dollars, which was not a big deal. It was much better than being tricked and losing $20,000.

I Love Luo quickly came over.

In actuality, the fees he earned from this trip were not even enough to cover the costs of transportation, but businesspeople like him would never refuse such a request. After all, to be accepted as an intermediary meant that he had gained great trust.

Moreover, players who engaged in big transactions were like a resource to them.

"Eh, both are familiar faces. What are you guys exchanging?"

"A pet slot for $20,000. I drew it from the gacha last time but didn't have time to sell it." Unidentified Neighbor sent the pet slot over to I Love Luo.

"Brother, you struck gold; you actually drew a pet slot."

"No way, I spent at least $100,000 and that was the only thing worth money. It was a big loss. I'm not going to spend on gacha for the next while; I'll think about it after I level up some more."

"Do you need me to help you find a few people to power level you? I can promise it's extremely efficient. They're all Assassins and Magicians." Unidentified Neighbor was one of I Love Luo's big clients, and he would play with hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars. That was why I Love Luo was so enthusiastic. Moreover, introducing someone to level him up was a profitable transaction, as he could earn money from both sides.

"Having someone power level me is too slow. Do you know of any hidden quests?" Unidentified Neighbour asked.

"There aren't that many hidden quests, brother, you're too greedy. You tasted the sweetness of a hidden quest once, and now all you think about is hidden quests." I Love Luo bitterly smiled.

"Leveling up normally is too boring. Last time, the five of us shared a hidden quest, yet I received 10% of my EXP in one go and a piece of exquisite Blue grade equipment. Can you help me list a request for hidden quests? I'll pay according to the level."

I Love Luo shook his head; he was just a businessperson—how could he find hidden quests?

Su Mo was listening closely, and after transferring the money to I Love Luo, he raised his hand and said, "Err, I know of a hidden quest."