Chapter Sixteen: Encounter with the Half-Beastmen

  The woman's observation was very sensitive, and she found that my situation was a bit unusual. Luolan became calm instead, tore the tissue in half and handed it to me, "Brother, did you recall your sad past?"

  I smiled slightly, "Luolan, let's go home. Even if our parents are wrong again, as their children, we can't be too willful."

  Luolan shook her head again, "Brother, you don't understand the situation in my family. If one day we can get close, I'll tell you."

  "Let's go, I'm waiting for that day, hoping we can both make it to the list of those five great people, Luolan."

  "Just call me Luo Luo, all my friends call me that."

  "Okay."

  Luolan is a big eater, the two of us had a stormy meal, and not one of these eight buns was left over. In the end, I simply ordered three more taels, which finally filled both of our stomachs.

  As she walked out of the baozi shop, Luolan couldn't help but smack her lips. "It's really delicious, this is the legendary 'Dog Doesn't Care'?"

  I shook my head, "Another one fooled by Dog Not Understand."

  "What's wrong?"

  "Tell your friends later that when they come to Tianjin, don't eat Gou Bu Li, because it's not authentic at all, the ancestral craftsmanship has been completely lost."

  "Oh, I see. But this little store is really good, can consider coming often in the future."

  I have some regrets, but it's still affordable. This bun may not be expensive, but it's not cheap either. One kilogram costs 25 yuan, which is enough for a ordinary family of three in Tianjin to spend on food for one day.

  However, judging from Luolan's dressing, her family background should be quite good. Moreover, years of business experience have trained me to have a pair of eyes that can see through things, and this girl is the kind of very simple and easy-to-deceive girl.

  So, I was a bit too enthusiastic about the old way. When we were almost back at the entrance of the building, I asked her to wait for a moment and went to the ATM of the nearby Construction Bank by myself. After withdrawing 2,000 yuan, I handed it directly to her: "Take this money to open a hotel room and stay for a few days, use the remaining money to eat. Also, think clearly as soon as possible and go home quickly, don't keep struggling outside, did you hear me?"

  Luolan stuck out her tongue, "Your tone of speaking is a bit like my dad's?"

  "Geez, am I that old? I'm only 23 this year, okay?"

  "Hmm, now you're three years older than me, I should call you uncle."

  "Suit yourself." I was speechless.

  She smiled and accepted the money, putting it in her pocket. "Brother, I'll never forget this lifesaving favor. I'll repay you tenfold someday."

  "Just return the principal and forget about the interest."

  "Honestly, my family is actually quite wealthy."

  "Whether your family has money or not is their business, and it actually doesn't have much to do with you. If you're capable enough, you should be able to earn money yourself and even give some back to me, that's what I call being impressive, don't you think?"

  "Hmph, of course I can make money! I earned a lot of gold coins yesterday!"

  "How much? How many?"

  "Nine pieces! Are you scared now?" She said with a triumphant smile.

  I'm a bit surprised, nine coins is not a small amount at all, and the ability to make money is also a testament to a player's level. A girl can earn nine gold coins in more than six hours, which means her level is not low either. I really couldn't tell, this little girl is quite perceptive when it comes to virtual games!

  ……

  After eating a full meal, I felt better and so did she; more than half of the fatigue on her face was gone.

  "In the elevator, she asked, "Brother, I forgot to ask you, what career did you choose?""

  "Thief."

  "It's all over. I was thinking that if you had chosen a different profession, I could have extorted some equipment from you. Now it's no use, our equipment conflicts."

  "It doesn't matter anyway, equipping this thing, as long as you have the heart, you can get it. Oh, I forgot to ask you, are you a crossbowman or an archer?"

  "Of course it's a crossbowman, the Dark Elf's figure is much more beautiful than that of an archer, and it matches perfectly with her slender figure."

  When she said that, Luolan's face didn't turn red. But honestly, it's rare to see a girl who can eat so much and still have such a great figure.

  "Alright bro, call me after you get online, I'll find someone to power level with you."

  "Don't be polite, I'm still practicing quite quickly."

  "Oh, I see. Well, let's have a competition then. Let's not disturb each other for this week and see who can level up the highest after a week?"

  "Just as I thought."

  Back in the extraordinary studio, there were not many people left in the hall at this moment. The 16th MM was also offline. At this moment, she was holding a bowl of KFC's egg congee and drinking it.

  As soon as she saw us coming over, she politely nodded at us.

  Luolan this little beauty is familiar with me, across from me and started chatting with her, "Hey, sister, are you going to continue practicing later?"

  "Continue practicing, did you guys go eat breakfast earlier?" Although No. 16 looks a bit masculine, her voice is very pleasant to listen to, soft and gentle, yet with a hint of magnetism. To be honest, if she had long hair, she should look even more beautiful.

  "Yeah, eating baozi, Tianjin's baozi is really delicious."

  "It's really great, your boyfriend is really good to you."

  I was sweating all over, "Excuse me, miss, I need to correct you. She's not my girlfriend, we're just friends."

  "Excuse me, I'm only 22 years old this year, how can I be called a big sister?"

  "Uh, sorry, I misspoke."

  She smiled faintly and continued drinking her porridge.

  Luolan smiled and asked, "By the way, what's your occupation, sister?"

  "I? Knight."

  "Haha, from now on our team will have MT! " Luolan was very excited. "Sister, you must hurry up and level up, let's strive to become teammates."

  "Haha, thanks for the auspicious words! But leveling up as a knight is pretty slow, I'm only at level 13 now."

  I couldn't help but be shocked, "A knight being able to train to level 13 at this time is already quite difficult."

  We chatted for a bit, and No. 16 also introduced herself. She calls herself Xiao Jing. In her own words, she's a wandering gamer who has been working as a professional gamer for six years, drifting from studio to studio all over the country. Since coming to Tianjin at the end of last year, she fell in love with this city and decided to develop her career here for a few years.

  However, for some reason, she didn't tell us her ID.

  Since it's a trial period, Nifan Studio doesn't have too many requirements for everyone's attendance.

  I've decided that after I finish this task, I'll go home and take a good nap, then come back tonight. This is also my nature, I'm the kind of person who likes lively places and doing things in crowded areas gives me a great feeling. Leveling up is even more so. Especially now, being surrounded by two beautiful women while leveling up has a pretty motivating effect on myself.

  Put on the light-sensitive glasses and immediately clicked the startup program of Holy War.

  With a flash of silver light, my form coalesced outside the Brugg's stronghold.

  In front of us were two sentry posts, about fifteen meters apart. On each post stood a fully grown Brug, wearing tattered leather armor and holding a crossbow that looked like a child's toy. A pair of alert little eyes scanned the surroundings.

  I quickly read off their attributes——

  Bruges Scout

  Rank: Common Monster

  Level: 16

  Blood Volume: 3000

  Physical Attack: 150~220

  Physical Defense: 180

  Magic Defense: 130

  Skills: Blast Shot, Triple Fire, Whispering Shout

  ……

  It's really laughable, this attribute is too weak, no wonder it's a normal monster at level 16. I immediately hid and slowly walked to the left side of the sentry post, then slowly climbed up along the rough little ladder on the sentry post.

  This poor little thing didn't notice me at all. I took advantage of the situation and drew out my dagger, striking it down at its neck with force!

  The sharp blade cut off its head like cutting tofu!

  "3590!" Undoubtedly a fatal blow at the weak point!

  What's even more ridiculous is that despite being only 15 meters apart, the Bruges player on the opposite side of the referee didn't notice the situation at all.

  I kicked its corpse aside and picked up a silver coin that had fallen to the ground, putting it into my backpack. This ordinary monster was really stingy.

  I immediately went down to the sentry post, waited for a while until the hidden one was just right, and then I went to the opposite sentry post. After going up, I killed this Brugge man with the same method.

  This way, I can naturally enter the stronghold of the people of Bruges.

  In fact, saying that this is a stronghold is not as good as saying it's a quarry. Those black hills are shining with bright lights, and the Brugge miners are working hard to separate those shiny stones from the hills. Similarly, these Brugge miners are ordinary monsters, only level 17, their blood isn't enough for me to chop, their attack can't cause massive damage to me, and they're even passive monsters.

  Under the hills were patches of poor fields, in which a group of ordinary monsters called Brugger cultivators were digging, their faces painful, occasionally looking back with their eyes, whether to stop and rest for a while.

  But just as one of them couldn't help but lie down on the ground to rest, a low growl came from not far away, "Damn slave, dare to be lazy, are you tired of living!"

  This voice is rough and thick, with a hoarse tone that feels unlike any human sound.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, not long after, a creature about two heads taller than me, wearing thick and tattered plate armor, charged into my line of sight with a loud roar.

  I took a closer look, and this guy's skin was a deep green color, extremely rough. On his face, which was about the size of a seven-inch iron pot, he had an extremely ferocious appearance, with two rows of sharp beastly teeth protruding from his mouth...

  There is no doubt that this creature is a half-beast, an evil creature who betrayed the beastman tribe in the war between gods and demons and defected to the demonic forces!

  Before his eyes, a bloody scene appeared in an instant. The half-beast rushed towards the lazy Brugger cultivator, and with a thick hand as big as a palm-leaf fan, it grasped its neck and twisted it off with a "crack"!