Chapter 241: Launching a Suicide Charge at the Greatsword Guards! (2/3)

By this time, Fang Qi could no longer be bothered to watch these absolute novices face off against one another, so he simply sauntered back to his own computer and launched Legend.

Ruan Ning followed closely behind him. "Boss, is this new game of yours really that incredible? Can it actually raise one's cultivation?"

She had stood behind them watching for a good while, and it certainly wasn't the thrill of killing and looting that caught her eye, but rather overhearing Huang Shan mention the cultivation boost.

To her, combat was merely a byproduct.

"Yeah," Fang Qi replied offhandedly. "Didn't you hear them talking about it?"

"Of course I did!" Ruan Ning said, her hands planted firmly on her hips. "And I heard the increase is quite substantial, too!"

"Even if I don't know what on earth this thing is, how dare you open a shop and let everyone use something so extraordinary?!" Ruan Ning scolded. "Are you completely foolish?! Have you never heard the saying that one should never flaunt their wealth?! How could you just bring something like this out so casually?!"

"I understand all the reasoning!" Fang Qi said. "So, Miss Ruan, would you like to activate a copy of Legend and try it out?"

"..." Ruan Ning felt like she was about to explode; talking to this man was truly like playing a lute to a cow!

"No way, I'm not playing!" Ruan Ning snorted coldly. "When someone robs your shop later on, don't look at me to help you!"

"Though..." a thought crossed her mind, "since this brat managed to kill those Black Demon people, he shouldn't be completely incompetent..."

"Forget it, it's none of my business anyway!" She walked out to check on her own shop.

Suddenly, she spotted a shifty, suspicious figure inside her store. "Hey~! How dare you come into my shop to steal?! See if I don't beat you to death! Freeze right there!"

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The system's version of Legend lacked global or regional chat channels; instead, the world channel was provided by—Penguin Communication!

Indeed, within Penguin Communication was a dedicated Legend chat tab that offered shout functions for various channels, rather than being built directly into Legend itself, which somehow made the entire game world feel far more authentic.

At that moment, Fang Qi opened Penguin Communication and noticed Jiang Xiaoyue's avatar was still lit up online.

"Xiaoyue, how about the boss takes you along to play a fun game?"

"(Funny Face) (Funny Face)..." All Fang Qi saw was a row of the Funny Face emojis, a sensation that was altogether indescribable.

"What the heck?!"

"Giggle, giggle..." On the other side of the computer screen, Jiang Xiaoyue was clutching her stomach, laughing so hard she couldn't straighten up. "Boss, don't you think this expression is incredibly amusing? It just makes me want to laugh whenever I look at it!"

"Behold my Funny Face ball! (Funny Face)" Fang Qi casually shot a Funny Face emoji back at her. "Are you coming or what?"

"What kind of fun game is it?" Jiang Xiaoyue asked. "Is it that new game called Legend? It looks pretty much the same as the other games."

"Well, I guess I'll give it a try!" After all, these were instructions from her superior.

"Good girl, Xiaoyue. I'll give you a bonus at the end of the month." Fang Qi had successfully led a little girl astray just like that, which made him feel exceedingly pleased.

"Really?!" Jiang Xiaoyue was so happy she nearly leapt out of her seat.

Unlike Diablo, where a single player could solo Hell, Legend was a game where many areas were completely inaccessible to a lone player by the later stages.

Therefore, it was highly necessary for Fang Qi to find teammates and establish a guild.

Fang Qi figured he might as well play along; after all, how many internet cafe owners didn't play their own games?

Upon entering the game and weighing his options carefully, Fang Qi ultimately chose a Warrior. It was hard to say how the early stage would go, but Warriors were quite formidable in late-game Player-versus-Player combat.

Of course, Fang Qi had no idea how much this system version had been modified, so he could only make his choices based on his own memories.

"What would be a good ID to choose?" At this time, most players only knew to use the default ID of their own names, or simply used an alias, whereas someone like Fang Qi...

If You're Not Ruthless You Can't Stand Firm

This was exceptionally clever.

"Boss, what class should I choose?" Fang Qi had only just finished creating his character when Jiang Xiaoyue sent him a message.

"Go with Taoist."

"Mm! I think Taoists look pretty too!" Over on Jiang Xiaoyue's screen was a beautiful little girl dressed in a white Taoist skirt with a butterfly bow tied in her hair.

"I'll just pick this one!"

Soon enough, Fang Qi encountered a little Taoist girl dressed in a coarse greyish-white cloth skirt within the starting village.

Fang Qi: "..."

By now, players were slowly starting to trickle into the game, and Fang Qi thought he caught sight of the two enforcers, Daoist Iron Stone and Zhagu, running outside.

"Brother Huang, where on earth are you?"

"I don't know either!" Right after dying, he had arrived in an unfamiliar small city, and upon stepping outside, his eyes were met with nothing but yellow sands and barren wilderness.

He naturally did not know that resurrecting after dying with murder charges would land him in the Red Name Village!

And this nameless small city before his eyes was the system's upgraded version of the Red Name Village.

"Hurry up and get over here! We're about to hit level seven!" shouted Daoist Iron Stone and Zhagu, who were still lingering around the novice village.

"I get it! Oh, it's no good, let me ask for directions first!" Huang Shan was already hopelessly turned around.

"Can you make it over or not?" Zhagu was growing somewhat impatient from waiting. "The sword on this guard at the gate looks pretty good, care to lend it to me for a spin?"

The guard completely ignored him.

"Hey! I give you face and you don't even want it!" Daoist Iron Stone also crowded forward. "Name your price."

It would happen to come in handy for killing people later.

The guard still completely ignored him; although the guards in this game were no different from real people, they truly had no interest in paying any mind to these two novices.

"Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!" Zhagu barked in a clumsy accent, swinging a wooden sword right at him.

"Argh—!"

(Who knows how many people had done this exact same thing back in the day)

Fang Qi had only just led Jiang Xiaoyue to the village entrance at this precise moment.

Instantly, a piercing, wretched shriek rang out!

Looking ahead, the movement of the Great Sword Guard was so blisteringly fast that it was a mere blur, and he was already sheathing his blade.

A corpse, clean severed into two halves, lay sprawled upon the ground.

"Damn it! I got slashed by someone too!" Zhagu bellowed.

"You court death!" Daoist Iron Stone lunged forward with a thrust of his wooden sword!

"Argh—!"

A second wretched shriek tore through the air!

With dark, sullen faces, the two of them crawled up from the resurrection point together and charged once more toward the Great Sword Guard!

"Argh—!"

"Argh—!"

"Boss, someone was killed over there... should we go help?" Jiang Xiaoyue pointed at the two men who were frantically throwing themselves at the Great Sword Guard.

"Ignore them, just two idiots." Fang Qi was already entirely speechless.

"We both got slashed by someone! That brat is incredibly fierce! The two of us can't beat him at all!" Inside the internet cafe, Daoist Iron Stone and Zhagu were roaring at the top of their lungs.

"Call people over! Get more people!" Huang Shan shouted loudly. "Just wait until I get out of this place, see if I don't tear those little brats who killed me limb from limb!"

"Send word and call over all the Huang family youths in the lodge!"

"Exactly! With over a dozen of us, there's no way we can't best them!"

"By the way, venerable elders, where are you right now? Haven't you come to my side?" Huang Shan looked bewildered. He had clearly arrived in this strange place right after he died, so why did the other two resurrect in the village after their deaths?!

"The cultivation given by the monsters here is incredibly high!" Huang Shan managed with great difficulty to slay a beast.

"It's several times higher than even the Rake Cats!" Huang Shan immediately looked as if he had discovered a mountain of treasure, his eyes gleaming with envy and his face flushed with boundless excitement. "Everyone come to my location quickly! I've discovered a secret realm!"

"How do we get to where you are?!"

"I don't know either... I just ended up here after I died." Huang Shan suddenly rejoiced. "Could it be a heaven-sent opportunity?!"

"No rush! You two elders lead the Huang family youths to find those fools first. I shall secludedly cultivate in this secret realm for a time. When the day of my emergence comes, we shall see who still dares to stand against us!"

"Very well!"

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