Chapter 51 – So Angry

"If you all crowd Mr. Harry like this, how is he going to take materials? Are you all going to take responsibility for delaying Lord Magister's research?" one of the city management soldiers said.

The people who had one gold coin deducted from them were afraid that they would lose more money and could only disperse. However, they were not willing to just leave, so they continued to stand around at a safe distance.

As such, only Su Mo was left near Harry, looking like a firefly in the dark night. His mix of Blue and Green grade equipment was especially obvious.

"Let's kill this party pooper if we have the opportunity to for making us lose money."

"That idiot's not leaving either; he'll most likely be fined soon. One gold coin is probably a lot to him. This game is quite tolerant; people with physical problems can play, and so can those with mental problems."

"I'm here to hand in a quest," Su Mo said as he walked over to Harry.

Mage Apprentice Harry sized up Su Mo, as if he did not feel very hopeful that Su Mo could take out an Orange Tree Heart. However, he still nodded and said the things he needed to say.

Su Mo gave each of the materials to Harry, and the system notified him that he had completed Harry's Daily Quest (1/5).

The others could not see the notification, nor did they see what Su Mo had given Harry. However, they could see that the Mage Apprentice's cold face suddenly looked delighted.

"Did that person have something that Harry wanted? Harry is only taking Orange Tree Hearts, right? How is that possible? There's definitely something wrong here."

It was as if only that could explain their confusion.

Completing the quest just once caused Su Mo to gain a bit more than 12% of his EXP bar; it was an incredibly abundant EXP quest.

According to the data that people had shared on the forums, on average, if one farmed for six hours without stopping per day, it would take 3.6 days to level up from Level 26 to Level 27.

No one could continuously farm monsters; one had to rest, consume potions, repair equipment, space out, etc.

"He probably had good luck and got an Orange Tree Heart after killing a few Dryads. Doesn't he know Orange Tree Hearts can be sold for $2,000 each? With $2,000, he can upgrade all of his equipment to Blue grade," another spectator said bitterly.

At school, if someone did well, others would say they copied someone else's answers; at work, if someone got a promotion, others would say that they got the promotion through flattery; and even if someone found money on the ground, others would say that they just had undeserved good luck. All in all, they did not accept people doing better than themselves.

Su Mo ignored these people and decided to continue while they were still here and had not left.

It was good to keep a low-profile sometimes, but there was no fun in keeping a low-profile all the time. Su Mo had a comfortable upbringing and now that he had grown up and developed so many skills, there was no point in keeping such a low profile all the time.

"Another bundle!" Harry was very happy.

Normally, if he could obtain two or three bundles of materials per day, that would already be quite good. The droprate of Orange Tree Hearts from the Dryads at the Kers Mountain Range was most likely more than ten times lower than from the Dark Dryads at Pawo Marsh, and there was the Dryad Legion hunting down and killing players.

"..." The players who had originally been crowding Harry all felt so envious that they could not say anything.

They had all kinds of materials and pleaded and begged the damn Mage Apprentice if he wanted them, but he always had a cold expression and ignored them.

Now, he was smiling at Su Mo so happily; this trash NPC had such bad taste.

If it wasn't for the fact that they could not attack in the city, they might have chosen to kill Su Mo and this Mage Apprentice.

Su Mo originally had 17% of his Level 26 EXP bar. After handing in the quest twice, he was at 40%. It was a pity that he would not be able to level up today.

If the group of people knew what Su Mo was thinking, they would have died from envy.

Fortunately, those two 'ifs' were not reality.

"Come, let's continue." Su Mo continued to take out materials from his bag. Pets could not share in this EXP, or else the panda baby would have been able to show its face.

"Praise the gods, you still have more?" Harry was about to go crazy from happiness.

"I thought I could only give the bundles to you one at a time. I still have two bundles, here they are." 

Su Mo gave him all of the materials before saying, "It was so difficult to get all these materials, but it's a pity that there's only EXP and nothing else. I won't bother next time."

The Mage Apprentice was a bit embarrassed, and after accepting the materials, he awkwardly took out two scrolls and said, "Sir, if you don't mind, these are my own creations."

"Pft!" 

Someone coughed up blood and was forcefully logged off by the system.

"Haha, he's evidently an expert, so why does he insist on wearing crappy equipment like that to try to look cool? What's wrong with him?"

It was like how some people evidently had a Lamborghini, but rode on bicycles. Only when you looked down on him would he open the Lamborghini's door.

Su Mo's Level 26 EXP bar was now 77% full. If he handed in the quest twice tomorrow, he would be able to level up.

Su Mo took the low-quality-looking magic scrolls, but he found that they were actually quite good.

Second Class Frost Scroll: Three second activation time, casts Frost Magic on the area 20 units ahead, freezing all targets for seven seconds. Any damage will end the magic's effects.

Weakening Scroll: After using, lowers a Boss' Defense by 20% for 20 seconds.

No wonder there were so many people crowding around Harry; this little Mage Apprentice had most likely unintentionally shown great generosity like this before. After all, he was the apprentice of a Magister, and anything he casually took out could make a player at this stage of the game go crazy.

What did Su Mo do after handing in the quests? Proudly leave?

No way. He walked to one side, set up a stall, and started to put items on display. He took out the equipment that he had not had time to dispose of and put prices on them.

The equipment was not much, but the most eye-catching was the Orange Tree Heart.

It was listed as 60 gold coins, roughly $3,000; people nearly had a heart attack.

"Have a look, have a gander, the extra Orange Tree Hearts will now be sold. You're all welcome to tell your friends."

"This person must be the devil!"

He not only had handed in the quest five times but he also still had Orange Tree Hearts remaining. Great Dryad King Alfred, are you just going to overlook this?

Those who wanted to buy definitely would not tell others, but those who could not afford it called their friends to watch in on the fun.

$2,000 for one was already not worth it, but Su Mo listed his for $3,000. The rarer something was, the greater its value; since no one else had it, he could naturally raise the price.

How could those who were willing to spend $2,000 to gain EXP care about getting rid of some more money?

"What kind of scam price is this? Only an idiot would buy it!"

The more they looked at Su Mo, the more they disliked him. First, his crappy equipment tricked them into thinking that he was a poor fellow. Then, he took out materials that they could only dream of, and not just one, but five.

Was five the end?

No, he had even more that he could take out to sell!