Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 29: Repaying Debts

The commotion caused by the Skeleton Archer had subsided, and the survivors were hiding in the water grass, waiting for new instructions. The crocodiles gradually calmed down and dispersed, and the crocodile king showed his authority, occupying a large area, floating lazily on the water, occasionally turning his body, as if he was resting. The other crocodiles rarely dared to approach, and they all stayed away from the swimming and frolicking.
Yue Linglong was lurking about seven or eight meters away from the crocodile king, which was already a relatively close distance. If she moved any further, it would be inconvenient to adjust her position and the crocodile notice her. She found a clump of dense water plants to cover her head that was exposed above the water. There was also a thick layer of duckweed nearby. As long as she remained still, unless the crocodile bumped into her head, it would be difficult to notice her even if she stayed nearby. With her treading water skills, maintaining this state only consumed a small amount of physical strength, ensuring that she could fight the crocodile king for a long time until it shed tears.
The river section has been surrounded by 700 skeleton archers, who are scattered around to guard against any other players who might accidentally break in and disturb the crocodile king who might cry, causing trouble.
I hid in the grass on the shore, monitoring the movements of the crocodiles. Although I was safe, I couldn't help but worry about Yue Linglong. The environment she was in was too dangerous. Even I, a bystander, felt distressed. Look, another crocodile swam close to her position, and the water waves swept away the duckweed that protected it. It also opened its bloody mouth and bared its teeth at her, almost biting the water grass. This happened several times and lingered for a long time. My heart kept beating faster and faster, and it was about to jump out. Death in battle is not terrible, but facing the threat of death at all times like this, you have to stay calm and can't do anything. This kind of psychological pressure is not something every player can bear. Even I don't think I can stick to it to the end, let alone a little girl like her.
Especially when the crocodile king moved, Yue Linglong had to change her position to maintain the best observation angle, which was a difficult challenge. Surrounded by crocodiles, if she made a little noise while moving carelessly, they might notice and attack her, causing her to fail. The crocodile king couldn't stand being disturbed while crying, otherwise she couldn't expect him to show her "false mercy". Therefore, she couldn't let the undead brothers make some noise to cover her movements, and she had to be careful on her own.
Fortunately, Yue Linglong's water skills and psychological quality are indeed extraordinary. She acted at the right time, was brave and careful, and passed one difficulty after another without any danger. She always lurked quietly in front of the crocodile king, facing its big eyes, which made my heart fall again and again.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the long wait was the most boring. The crocodile king passed the initial restlessness and became more and more peaceful, rarely moving. Yue Linglong, who had nothing to do, was too bored, so she sent me a message to chat silently to kill time. Considering that she was doing things for me, and it was so hard for people to stay in the water without moving, I naturally tried my best to cooperate with such a small request. As long as the problem did not touch on privacy, I basically told her everything I knew and tried my best to satisfy her.
"I have just told you the reason why I entered the game. As the saying goes, courtesy is reciprocity. You should also tell me the reason why you play the game."
"I'm an unemployed vagrant, a poor man. My purpose is not as 'noble' as yours. I entered the game to see if I can earn some living expenses." This was indeed one of my original intentions. The pursuit of wealth is the dream of many poor people. I don't think it is so vulgar. There is no need to hide it and find other excuses to beautify myself.
"So you want to become a professional gamer?"
"I am just a newbie in the industry. Everything has just begun. Success or failure is hard to predict. I can only move forward step by step. For me now, becoming a professional gamer is still an unattainable dream. I haven't thought about it too much for now."
"You and Afeng are also very good friends in real life, right?"
"We were college classmates and now we are 'close friends' living in the same room."
"Do you have a girlfriend?" I remember hearing Afeng say that in the virtual game world, just as boys like to ask the beautiful girls they just met "Do you have a boyfriend?", girls are actually also very curious about similar questions.
"No."
"Did you once have it but lost it, or did you never make the acquaintance?"
"I'm sorry, since this question involves personal privacy, I refuse to answer." I can't tell her that I have never had a formal relationship in my life and I still have my first kiss. That would be too embarrassing.
Of course, I can't keep asking her questions like this. I will also ask some questions at the right time and fight back with some topics involving her privacy to ease my embarrassment.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" I asked this most "popular" question in the same way I asked him.
"I haven't officially signed up yet, but I do have a lot of suitors." This is normal. It would be strange if a rich and beautiful girl like this didn't have a lot of suitors .
"Among so many candidates, not one can be 'promoted'? Is it because your standards are too high or they are all educated youths who lack the means to please you?" Sometimes when the atmosphere is harmonious and inspiration strikes, I will also "talk" out some classic lines.
"I'm sorry, this is also a matter of personal privacy. I reserve the right to reply."
When I was in school, I often chatted with classmates and friends about everything under the sun. However, after graduation, I came to Shenzhen and my life has not been satisfactory. Except for Afeng, I haven’t been in the mood to chat with others in such a relaxed manner for a long time. In addition, the object of my conversation is a beautiful person of the opposite sex, so this feeling is really good.
Time flew by as we chatted. Yue Linglong showed amazing endurance and stayed there hiding near the crocodiles without moving. After an arduous wait, good news finally came. After much anticipation, the Crocodile King finally showed mercy and shed a precious tear. He lived up to my high hopes and gloriously completed the sacred mission entrusted to him.
Although the tears have fallen, it is difficult to dive silently to the bottom of the water and fish it out from under the crocodiles' noses with a group of crocodiles guarding there. Even if Yue Linglong has the courage to take risks, I can't afford the consequences of failure - if she gets into an accident, the water level here is quite deep, and with my inferior diving skills, I am not sure whether I can touch the bottom of the water. The long march is only the last step away, and we must be extra careful and can't make any mistakes. It's better to wait until the area is cleared before making plans.
Yue Linglong confirmed the location where the tears fell one last time and sent a message. I commanded the other twenty or so skeleton archers lurking in the water to suddenly attack and launch a feint attack on the group of crocodiles, attracting their attention and covering her safe withdrawal.
We quickly pulled her ashore and asked her to rest aside. We would have to trouble her to fish out tears from the bottom of the river later. It was really hard for her this time.
I summoned another 800 skeleton archers, evenly distributed on both sides, and with the 700 previously arranged to guard the surroundings, it was more than enough to deal with more than 80 crocodiles. There was no need to go into the water at all. The two sides shot arrows at the middle together, which was enough to cover all the waters. However, the crocodiles were quite ferocious. I originally just wanted to drive them away as soon as possible, but I didn't know that in the face of the strong attack, they actually rushed up fearlessly under the leadership of the crocodile king. After a melee, although they were completely wiped out, relying on their strong skin and thick flesh to move slightly faster, I paid the price of more than 100 skeleton archers. Especially the crocodile king, rushing into the group of skeleton archers was simply sweeping in all directions. I had to ride Taotao to contain it, and Yue Linglong also summoned the little white dragon to let it help, and concentrated firepower to kill the crocodile king.
He thoroughly filtered the battlefield again and confirmed that there was no danger. Then he invited Yue Linglong over. He put on the diving goggles sold in the NPC store and went into the water to retrieve the tears of the Crocodile King. Seeing her figure sinking into the water, his heart was in turmoil, with a hint of worry in his anticipation. Everything was ready except the last step. He failed to retrieve the tears that fell into the water. There had been precedents like this before.
With a splash, Yue Linglong emerged from the water, and my heart was immediately clenched. Unfortunately, she did not show any reaction. She took a few deep breaths and dived back down. After several attempts, I was unable to find the tears. I was extremely anxious, but I had to remain calm on the surface so as not to affect Yue Linglong's mood. After all, diving to the bottom of the water to find a pea-sized object that only emitted a faint light, and the water was relatively turbid, the difficulty of this could be imagined.
"I found it." Yue Linglong stuck her head out again, raised her right hand and shouted loudly to me on the shore. A faint light shone through her fingers. I was so overjoyed that I couldn't help but jump into the water, and swam back to the shore with her. But in the excitement, I forgot that my swimming skill was a little bit poor, and in the end, she had to slow down to accommodate me, which made me blush with embarrassment. It was so embarrassing.
The mission was accomplished, but I couldn't just burn my bridges. Without even bothering to advance in the Thieves Guild, I first invited Miss Yue to the Xijing Restaurant for a banquet to reward this greatest contributor and express my gratitude.
"Don't be so polite. Actually, I'm helping you to pay off a debt. This is not free volunteer labor." After hearing my words of thanks and compliments, Yue Linglong quickly waved her hands and spoke to me seriously.
"Pay back the debt? Whose debt do you want to pay back?" I didn't understand what she meant and was stunned for a moment.
"I owe you a debt. You haven't forgotten it, have you? When you transferred Little White Dragon to me, you promised to pay me in installments, but I haven't been able to honor it yet. This time, I helped you complete the promotion mission, so it should be able to offset some of it."
Oh, so it was that incident. Actually, I was so poor that I agreed to her request to buy Little White Dragon in installments. I regretted it afterwards and felt that I was too petty. Even Afeng criticized me for not being attentive to girls and lamented that I didn't know when I could get a girlfriend if I continued like this. Later, I made my first pot of gold and earned 3,000 gold coins from Long Xing Tian Xia. My financial situation improved greatly, so I put this incident behind me and forgot about it completely. I didn't expect that I, the creditor, didn't mention it, but she, the debtor, remembered it so clearly.
I smiled awkwardly. "Actually, I just said it casually at the time. The Little White Dragon was obtained by both of us. You had a share of it originally, and we are all teammates in the same alliance, so it is only natural for me to give it to you. It's all a joke, don't take it seriously."
"How can that be possible? It's all your credit that we saved Little White Dragon. I didn't actually help at all. As the saying goes, no reward without merit. How can I take advantage of you for nothing?" Yue Linglong's expression was very serious, and she didn't seem to be being falsely polite.
"Well, you helped me a lot this time. You completed this promotion mission with a super reward. The reward and debt will be offset. No one owes anyone anything."
"This is unfair. Little White Dragon is worth thousands of gold coins. It's just a small favor for me to help you. How can it offset all the losses?" The little girl refused to accept my favor.
"You can't say that..."
After a lot of effort, I analyzed and listed one by one the benefits her help brought me. I almost owed her hundreds of gold coins again. I finally convinced her to agree to my proposal. I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and felt a little amused. Both of us were missing out on taking advantage of the situation. I didn't know whether she was stupid or I was dumb.
I rushed to the Thieves Guild and submitted the "Crocodile King's Tears" to complete the promotion task. I can finally be promoted to the third-level professional intermediate thief.
"Please choose the reward you want to accept. Do you want to get a super valuable attribute increase or learn a super-level professional skill?"
Fish is good, and bear's paw is also good, but the feeling of not being able to have both is really painful. I finally chose to learn a super-level thief skill, which was also the purpose of choosing thief as my second profession. The increase in super-valued attribute values ​​should generally be more focused on agility, which is not of much benefit to me as a necromancer, but if I can be lucky enough to learn a suitable skill like "Leaving the Dust Away", I will definitely benefit a lot.
After the promotion ceremony, I officially became a mid-level thief. The attribute values ​​​​also changed. The mental power did not change much and remained medium green. The strength value increased slightly and became heavy red. The health and stamina values ​​​​were close to medium orange. The increase in agility was more obvious, reaching heavy orange.
Super-level skills are learned randomly, and no one knows in advance which one they will learn. Generally speaking, they should be thief skills of level five to seven. In order to be fair, they are selected by the players themselves. I don’t ask for a high level, but I just want to learn a skill that is useful to me.
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