Deal
"I think we should open the chest to see what's inside. If the item is very rare, we can make a big fortune out of it."
"But the quest rewards are also quite valuable."
"Leader, I think we should open the chest to get the item and report that inside the room it was empty. The quest gave two options, so either one will do."
…
The group was split after seeing the change in the quest.
The quest was to find the chest and take it back to the realm, but if it wasn't there, they would be sent to another location to continue looking.
If the item inside is very rare, they could sell it and get rich.
If it's something casual, they could just close the chest and take it back to the kingdom to complete the quest.
"Let's have a vote to decide"
"That's fairer"
…
It wasn't even necessary to wait for the result, more than seventy percent chose to open the chest to see what items were inside.
When it has been opened, a dagger appears.
But what caught the eye was not the shape of the dagger, but the purple glow. It was as strong as an intense flame attracting moths.
Ancient God's Ritual Dagger
That was the name of the item, but no one paid attention because the purple glow was more important.
The light represented the height of the rarity of items. Anything with that luster would be worth at least millions of gold coins.
Something like that was incalculable.
Upon tapping the weapon, the stats were revealed.
The weapon was for level 500 players, it had over twenty crazy effects, and high hybrid damage. Refinement was also at the maximum level.
"..." Everyone swallowed hard at the sight of that dagger.
None of them could use it, but that doesn't mean that soon, they couldn't.
Without hesitation, everyone tries to grab the dagger at the same time.
"IT'S MINE!!!!"
"THE DAGGER IS MINE!!!!"
"THIS WEAPON IS MINE!!!!!"
"WE HAVE TO SELL THIS GUN AND GET THE MONEY!!!!"
"WE ARE RICH!!!! RICHER THAN ANY OTHER RICH!!!!!"
…
A big fight broke out between the group. Before, they were friends and comrades who traveled long distances to find the temple, but the sudden appearance of the extremely rare and powerful weapon shattered that friendship.
So they started attacking each other so that there would be fewer players left to fight for the weapon.
The blood was splattered on all sides until only one of them remained.
"IT'S MINE!!!! THIS WEAPON IS MINE!!!!" The last one standing was an assassin who stood in the darkness waiting for everyone to kill each other. He hid in the shadows and waited.
The dagger was the assassins' main weapon, so it was normal for him to be ecstatic.
But contrary to expectations, something else happened when the dagger was taken from the chest.
tremble… tremble…
A great tremor hit the hall and the chest glowed brightly with a dark light.
BOOOOM!!!! BOOOOM!!!!
Many explosions took place on the ground and the entire area around the ruins was destroyed until something new appeared.
"URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!"
"A new region has been opened."
"Forsaken Ruins became Ancient God's Tomb Ruins"
"Poison begins to spread everywhere until it covers more than a thousand kilometers away."
"New creatures will appear to live in this new habitat"
"Players Brent, Akemon, My Name, Shuut, …, have opened a new region. Their names will be remembered in the Secondary Hall"
The system was announced to all Infinite World players on four continents.
Before long, a large swarm of players appears near the region to see the new location.
But when they entered into the toxic miasma, they were poisoned and paralyzed.
Quickly, poison potions and detox skills became the hottest items on the Southern Continent.
Because many wanted to explore this new region and guarantee the best items.
Thus, the prices of potions and ingredients for making anti-poison potions at NPCs and auction houses have increased dramatically, reaching up to ten times the previous value.
The only person happy with this situation was Wang Cai. He had already anticipated this.
The tens of thousands of potions in his warehouse would soon be released.
…
Wang Cai heard the notification after returning to the game. He didn't go directly to the warehouse but wandered around town until dark.
This was the best time for a thief to act.
The mansion he chose was at the southern end of the city.
But unlike the other places, this one wasn't so fortified, but there were a lot of guards walking around.
The size could be considered small, but enough to live a good life.
The large gardens with trees and ponds were nice for some small animals to live on site.
Using the Cloaking skill, Wang Cai hid in the darkness to jump over the mansion's walls without anyone noticing.
The light, soundless footsteps were heard by no one.
Walking through the gardens, some animals felt that something was wrong, but as they didn't see anyone, they continued sleeping.
Until…
A group of bats soars through the skies above the garden.
Wang Cai lies down on the floor and crawls like a cockroach towards the mansion.
Bats could detect hidden targets without needing to see them. The instant this happens, it will be detected and the mission will fail.
Walking around the mansion, he saw some windows partially open, but the hallways were dark.
To climb it was necessary to use only his hands since he could not use ropes.
Looking at the dark corridors, Wang Cai followed the memories until he reached the noble's room.
Only one noblewoman lived in the house.
Arriving in the room, the light was on, he sat in the chair and deactivated the Cloaking skill.
In a few moments, a beautiful young woman, approximately twenty-five years old, entered the room, she was in the bathroom that was inside the room.
Her slightly reddened white skin was covered in a thin towel. She was wet from the shower a few moments ago.
When she saw Wang Cai, she almost screamed in fright, but quickly, shame and irritation appeared on her face.
"Who are you?" She took the sword and pointed it at him.
"Good evening, Miss Winny, aka the Mad Widow" Wang Cai had a good reason to go to this woman.
The quest wasn't canceled because of a reason, he wasn't seen stealing or accused of stealing.
That was the important part.
"You know about me, but I don't know anything about you" She spoke coldly before sitting down in her chair.
Not caring about the vision she was showing to Wang Cai.
The two beautiful long, slender legs were spread wide and revealed the forbidden scenery.
"Looks like you really are, as the rumors say, a crazy bitch."
"Hmph… What do you want with me? A person of your skill could come all this way to do anything, but why did you show up in front of me?" She didn't deny the rude words and just snorted.
"I would like to make a deal with you"
"What kind of deal?"