Chapter 115 (System Announcement)
When I got back into the game again after having lunch, it was already two in the afternoon. Looking at the system time, today was Friday and tomorrow would be Saturday already. Saturday would be the time when the Marketplace conducting a public auction. Today, I needed to decide whether to put the Guild Creation Certificate on auction or to sell it directly to Murong Shan Shan.
I opened the friend list, and Murong Shan Shan’s name was lit up, so I sent her the image of the Guild Creation Certificate.
The reply came immediately, and it was a direct call. Murong Shan Shan’s tone was very serious, “Lin Fan, what level of BOSS did drop this item?”
“A level 50 gold BOSS that later evolved into a level 60 one. What’s wrong?”
“Just asking. Yesterday, I took some people to kill a level 60 one, but it didn’t drop any. I was so mad.”
“Fool. A level 80 BOSS’s drop rate is only at 10%. A level 60’s drop rate would be at 3% at most. It’s not that easy to get.”
Murong Shan Shan laughed, “True. However, I don’t want to buy this Guild Creation Certificate…”
I was a little bit surprised, “Why? Didn’t you want to be the first person to establish a guild?”
“Of course, I do, very much indeed. However, the value of the first Guild Creation Certificate would be too high, and I don’t want you wasting it for me. It’s better if you auction it tomorrow, it certainly would sell for a sky-high price. From what I know, this is the first dropped Guild Creation Certificate in the whole [Moon Monochrome]. Besides, I’m not planning on establishing the world’s largest guild. It won’t matter much if it’s just the second or third largest one.”
Her words were very reasonable. The first one to establish a guild must also bear the most pressure, like the saying the shoot will hit the bird that pokes its head out, the storm will blast the sturdy tree. The first guild would always be the target of other guild’s envy, and malicious attack would follow whether from inside or outside.
Thereupon, I just smiled and said, “Never mind then, maybe it’s better this way. Shan Shan, if I can get a second Guild Creation Certificate, I will give you the priority and sell it cheap to you.”
Murong Shan Shan chuckled, “Okay. Oh, right, during these couple of days, I will take some people to kill BOSS monsters. If I can get the certificate, I will establish my guild. At that time, you must join my guild. Also, how did you rise so fast? You moved up two levels overnight.”
“That’s confidential~”
“Humph.”
After turning off the communicator, now, I need to consider the reserve price for the Guild Creation Certificate at the coming auction.
I opened the ranking list. Currently, I was on the first position in Silvermoon City. That Knight “Release That Girl” with level 41 was on the second position, Lu Xue Han level 39 on the third position, Murong Shan Shan level 38 on the fourth, and after that, the level gap between each rank were getting smaller and smaller. There were even more than one million level 30 players in this city. In total, there were more than five million players in the entire Silvermoon City at the moment. They were all players of the higher rank and could be considered elite players. If someone were to establish a guild early, the earlier members could all be regarded as elites.
I looked inside my inventory; a level 42 purple ax, an excellent level 36 blue halberd, a purple shield, and also that most valuable item, Guild Creation Certificate. Besides, there were also around 30 pieces of level 30 to level 35 blue equipment and more than 250 pieces of green equipment. All of these items should be hot items at the moment.
It took me more than an hour to set a suitable price for all these equipment, and now, only a few pieces of high-level equipment were left. There were two types of transaction in the Marketplace, one was with gold coins, and the other was using RMB. Since I had no shortage of gold coins at the moment, I set all the sale in RMB. I set the selling price for the level 36 halberd at 20,000 RMB. It had a slowing effect, absolutely worth the price. I put the level 42 ax on sale for 200,000 RMB. Although, at the moment, no one had reached this level yet, but there would be a lot of people who wanted this ultra-high quality ax, so I wouldn’t be worry that no one would buy it. I also set the selling price of the level 42 purple Ice Shield at 200,000 RMB. Whether or not anyone would buy it, I should stick with the principle of a profiteer to the end.
Beyond my expectation, after I put the three pieces of equipment and the Guild Creation Certificate on consignment, three system-wide announcements rang in my ears. (TL Note: I just follow the original text, which said three announcements, although it was actually four.)
“Ding~.”
System Announcement: Player XXX has put the purple equipment “Blade of Frenzy Darkness” for sale on the Marketplace. It has been included as one of the items to be auctioned by the system in tomorrow’s auction. We invite all players to join the bid.
System Announcement: Player XXX has put the blue equipment “Snow Ice Halberd” for sale on the Marketplace. It has been included as one of the items to be auctioned by the system in tomorrow’s auction. We invite all players to join the bid.
System Announcement: Player XXX has put the purple equipment “Ice Shield” for sale on the Marketplace. It has been included as one of the items to be auctioned by the system in tomorrow’s auction. We invite all players to join the bid.
System Announcement: Player XXX has put the special item “Guild Creation Certificate” for sale on the Marketplace. It has been included as one of the items to be auctioned by the system in tomorrow’s auction. We invite all players to join the bid.
…
How could this be? The system helped me to advertise it for free? All the four items unexpectedly were put on the auction list.
After the three continuous system announcement, the situation in the city was like an exploding pot. There was even a player, “Romantic Master”, who immediately made a system announcement, which cost 5,000 RMB, “Motherf***er. Listen carefully, all players in Silvermoon City. I want this Guild Creation Certificate. Tomorrow during the auction, if someone were to compete with me, I promise that he won’t have an easy life in Silvermoon City.”
…
Harsh, really damn harsh.
I gasped. There was actually such a person in this game. It was really a world full of characteristic. All the ugly side of someone’s personality would be magnified in this virtual world.
No need to think about this rich dude. I needed to complete my missions first, so I checked my equipment.
Okay.
I took a look and inside my inventory, I still had the 100 undead ribs and the Yeti King’s heart remaining.
Crap, so stupid. Yesterday when I continued the mission with Lu Xue Han, I forgot to complete that Yeti King mission.
No other choice, I had to make another run. Considering the difficulty in killing the Yeti King, the mission reward should be a purple equipment, or at least, a blue equipment.
After fully repairing all equipment, I embarked again on the long journey for the mission.
The Silverpine Forest had already become bustling now. A lot of players had formed a team on the forest’s perimeter to kill the level 35 undead skeletons. These monsters’ Defense were low, but their Attack were abnormally high. A low-level Magician without a good equipment would likely to get insta-killed.
The players inside of the perimeter were very different compared to these low-level players. A large number of players had actually showed up in the depth of the forest, and not of low levels. The highest in the group was level 38 and the lowest of them was level 32. There were about 500 people in the group, quite majestic. Even the high-level Blazing Direwolves could be killed in a flash.
Hmm, the name of the Mage, who was the leader of the group, seemed to be familiar…
“Romantic Master”.
Wasn’t it that idiot who had paid 5,000 RMB for yelling on the system announcement?