Deal Successful, Combat Prowess Increased!

[ I want them all. ]

Xu Ruoxuan had just finished putting up her company's new batch of products when Su Chen sent her the message.

As a core member of the [ Dragon Slayer ] studio, her biggest responsibility to the company was to sell all the equipment that her colleagues had managed to obtained whilst playing [ Ark ]. She was responsible for making profits for the company.

Aside from that, she was also tasked with purchasing the necessary equipment for her fellow studio members.

Usually, large-scale studios like Dragon Slayer would hire shrewd middle-aged accounts to handle and manage their income and expenditure.

However, Xu Ruoxuan was only 20 years old. She had a dignified and beautiful appearance. She stood at 1.7 meters tall and her legs were long and slender.

At this moment, she was sitting in the first floor of a shop that the studio had spent a hefty sum purchasing, and she was thinking of a reply to the anonymous seller.

[ Okay, but as a Mage, I'm sure you're well aware of this necklace's value. ]

[ This necklace costs 12,000 Gold Coins. If you are still willing to accept this price, look up my ID and add me as a friend. Then, we'll make the trade via the friend menu. ]

[ If you think the price is too high, feel free to close this chat window once you're done with the trade. ]

As a professional, Xu Ruoxuan's EQ was very high, and thus, she had offered a proposition that would avoid embarrassing the other party if they could not afford it.

One second later.

She received a new message. [ Deal, I'll add you as a friend later. ]

Xu Ruoxuan's lips curled into a smile.

The most important items in their studio at this point in time were the green rank equipment. Despite having a high turnover rate, the white rank equipment did not produce much profits, and on the other hand, the orange rank equipment were hard to farm. They would thank their lucky stars if they could even obtain a single piece of orange rank equipment within a week.

[ Transaction successful. obtained 'Charging Bracelet'. ]

A system notification appeared in front of Xu Ruoxuan.

A moment later, she received a friend request.

Upon checking who the sender was, the person's familiar ID instantly caused her beautiful eyes to light up.

She immediately accepted and sent a message.

...

Fengwu Town.

As his horse continued to gallop forward, Su Chen was only one stretch away from reaching the meeting point he had agreed upon with Wu Lie.

Upon successfully conducting the trade, Su Chen immediately put on his [ Light Spirit Boots ] to increase his personal attributes.

At this moment, he received a notification that his friend request had been accepted.

Following this, he received two strings of messages.

[ Su Chen? Seeing as you're only level 11, you must be the newbie player that the system announced not long ago. ]

[ Su Chen, I would like to invite you to join our 'Dragon Slayer' studio. If you agree, I'll see you this necklace at a 30% discount. ]

Su Chen pondered for a moment on how he should reply.

[ I am indeed that individual. However, I'm not currently interested in joining any studio or company at the moment. , but I do not consider joining any studio or company at the moment. Let's proceed with the transaction for now. ]

Su Chen received his reply around 10 seconds after he had sent his message.

[ Okay, we will not force you to join us. However, we hope to maintain a good relationship with you. You are welcome to join our studio anytime in the future. ]

[ Our studio also takes part in purchasing equipment, and we also offer mercenary work. Perhaps we'll be able to cooperate in the future. ]

[ Your friend 'Xu Ruoxuan' has offered to trade her Jade Spirit Necklace for 10,000 Gold Coins. Do you accept this trade? ]

10,000 Gold Coins?

Su Chen looked at the prompt in surprise.

It was clear that the 2,000 Gold Coin reduction in price was a gesture of goodwill from Ruoxuan. Better still, the only strings that were attached to this offer was to maintain a friendly relationship. It seemed very sincere.

Su Chen was not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. He immediately agreed to the trade and obtained the green rank necklace. He also kept Xu Ruoxuan as his in-game friend.

Upon equipping the boots and necklace that he had obtained via trading. Su Chen's Elemental Power and MP had risen to 730 and 738 respectively.

The importance of having good equipment was made clear at this very moment.

Now that he was made known of this, Su Chen planned to equip himself with a full set of green rank equipment once he was done with the hidden quest. He was certain that it would be highly beneficial for his combat strength,

Making use of the last stretch of the journey, Su Chen decided to distribute the 5 stat points he had obtained via the Spirit Enhancing Pill as well as the 3 skill points that he had received via leveling up.

Su Chen did not distribute his stats equally. Rather, he had put in all 5 stat points into his Agility stat. Although he was well aware of the usual Mage playstyle of attacking from the backlines, as a solo player, he had much preferred to abuse high Agility stats to kite his opponents instead.

At the same time, his [ Fireball ] had also been upgraded to level 18. There were only 2 levels left before he would receive his next batch of rewards.

Not long after, with the sunset as his backdrop, Su Chen had finally arrived at the outskirts of Fengwu Town and had spotted the level 15 [ Decurion ], Wu Lie.

...

Late at night.

In the military camp outside of Fengwu Town.

Su Chen and the NPC, Wu Lie, sat opposite each other.

"Little one, the two individuals there are the remaining two [ Decurions ] in charge of Fengwu Town. It will be midnight soon, and it won't be long before they start switching shifts. We'll use that opportunity and head out together once that happens."

Wu Lie had already changed into a new set of battle armor and was explaining the follow-up actions to Su Chen.

Wu Lie had been planning to take action for a long time before this, but due to the constant supervision of the other two Decurions, he did not have the chance to do so.

Back when he was a Centurion, in an attempt to rescue his sister who had been kidnapped by the bandits, he had gathered his men in an attempt to raid the bandits' den. However, unbeknownst to him, he had been reported by a green-eyed subordinate who wished to be promoted. As a result, Wu Lie had been demoted.

However, after his chance meeting with Su Chen, he had decided to finally step up and to take advantage of the shift-swap to sneak away from the camp.

Based on Wu Lie's investigation over the past month, there were many bandits around. Even if all the guards in the town went, they would not be able to wipe them out. Luckily, they did not go.

After he was demoted, Wu Lie decided to investigated the Mountain Bandits' activities, and it was from there that he learned that the whole mountain was crawling with bandits. Had he actually succeeded in launching his assault previously, his crew would likely have been wiped out. It was a fortunate stroke of luck that he had been held back.

Aside from that, he had also discovered that the organization behind the kidnapping of Fengwu Town's women were a force that were 500-man strong.

Although Su Chen and the other players had managed to cut down this massive number by a 100 men, the fact remained that there were still 400 of them.

"Okay, we'll wait for a while."

Su Chen nodded slightly. "Have you already gathered enough troops?"

"Yes, including you and me, there are a total of 102 people who will take part in this undertaking."

"With your help, I'm certain that our assault will be a success."

Wu Lie smiled and replied.

In the afternoon, after listening to Su Chen's suggestions, Wu Lie decided to contact his old subordinates In the end, he managed to persuade 40 level 12 guards to join him, and he had also managed to recruit 60 level 10 mercenaries from Fengwu Town at a high cost. They were all ready to launch the assault at a moment's notice!

In truth, had it been anyone else, Wu Lie would most likely not proceed with the operation. After all, the adventurers who had assisted him in the past were never as strong as himself.

Back then, the most that the adventurers could manage was to repel the Mountain Bandits.

However, everything had changed that afternoon. All 100 Mountain Bandits had been executed, and Su Chen had even managed to take down their Second-in-command. It was truly a commendable feat.

The sheer talent and strength that Su Chen had displayed had made Wu Lie to decide to put his trust in him.

Very soon, midnight arrived.

The two Decurions swapped shift, and there was a momentary lapse in their attention.

"Let's go."

Seizing this opportunity, Su Chen and Wu Lie then snuck out and gathered with their troops that were waiting some distance away.

The two of them led their 100-strong company forward, taking care to avoid main roads along the way.

At long last, they arrived at the foot of the Bianshan <ountain outside of Fengwu Town.< p>

The leader, Su Chen, looked at Wu Lie as well as the hundred NPCs behind him. Under the cover of the night, he then ordered...

"Follow the plan! The operation starts now!"