Volume 8 Guild Chapter 3: Crazy Warehouse
"...Level 25 Spiritual Helmet, 20 Wisdom and 50 Life, a newbie's best quality item, on sale at a discount price, half sold and half given away for one gold coin..."
"…specializes in bone-rotting water, slow-moving potions, and various powerful toxins. They are inexpensive and of high quality, suitable for people of all ages. They are absolutely a must-have medicine for your home, travel, and murder…"
"...Don't miss it if you pass by. Level up, clear out the stock and buy a set of equipment for personal use. Wholesale and retail. Accept knives. Don't bother unless you want to buy..."
"...Professional leveling, 200 yuan, 40 levels in 3 weeks, plus 100 magic equipment sets, payment first then account, honest operation, chain service, if interested, please contact..."
"...Team up to rob the Construction Bank downstairs from our house. We have a strong tank and a strong ice mage. As long as we heal, as long as we heal..."
…
The half-orc shadow thief Chang Sanjiao and I stood blankly in the central square of Reed City, watching the vendors shouting at the top of their lungs. Most of them spread a piece of cloth on the ground, put the goods they wanted to sell on it, and then shouted loudly and eloquently, skillfully using the unique language of merchants to enthusiastically promote their goods to passers-by. Some people shouted very scary slogans, calling themselves: "Blood and tears, big price cuts", "Once-in-a-lifetime special sale", "Once you have a super-excellent product, you will have nothing else to ask for", which makes it hard not to be moved. In fact, as long as you observe and compare carefully, you will find that their goods are not really as good as they boast, and the prices are not really very low.
"What...should we do?" I asked Chang Sanjiao hesitantly.
“How should I know?” Chang Sanjiao rolled his eyes at me. “I haven’t set up a stall in almost ten years since I sold used books at school before I graduated from college.”
What is university?
…
In order to gather the twenty people needed for the Innovation Guild as soon as possible, Feiyin issued a death mission, ordering each of us to develop at least one "downline member" within two days, no matter what method we use, or we will be fined. Every time you develop a downline, the contribution value will increase by a corresponding amount. The more downlines you develop, the higher the contribution value; and if the downline continues to develop downlines, the upline can also get a corresponding contribution value commission - well, what a complicated algorithm.
After passing this series of resolutions, we lined up in a row with high morale and, under the leadership of Feiyin, shouted inspiring slogans such as "We are the best", "Our guild will definitely succeed", "Nothing is impossible, only unexpected", and then began to take active action, dispersing to various cities to recruit potential members.
Before leaving, Xiange Yayi looked pale and asked Chang Sanjiao timidly: Is Feiyin planning to engage in pyramid selling here?
Chang Sanjiao shook his head speechlessly, with a helpless expression as if “it’s easy to get on a pirate ship, but difficult to get off.”
…
Now, we look at the endless stream of people, frowning, not knowing where to start.
After a long pause, Chang Sanjiao gritted his teeth and whispered something in my ear. When he finished, I was dumbfounded and my jaw dropped in surprise. Now I was completely convinced that the sense of shame of orcs was fundamentally different from that of humans.
Standing on the bustling streets of Reed City again, we have changed into a set of clothes that are not of high level but very colorful. A red headband is tied on the forehead of Chang Sanjiao - this is originally a basic head protection that only level one novices wear - and I also have a small drum and a drumstick in my hand - this is also one of the basic equipment of the bard.
"Will this really work...?" I asked uncertainly.
"That's how it was done in old movies, it should be effective." I really couldn't sense any confidence in Chang Sanjiao's tone.
"No matter what, we should give it a try. We will now..."
"...Go ahead!" he said in a very tragic and heroic voice.
"Dongdongdongdongdong..." At Chang Sanjiao's command, I began to beat the small drum in my hand with all my strength. Although I am not a bard who gets power from the art of melody and cannot make the drum sound effective, this does not stop me from beating it hard and loud enough to attract the attention of many people around us.
Seeing that I had successfully attracted the attention of the passers-by, Chang Sanjiao cleared his throat and began to shout vigorously:
"... brothers, sisters, brothers, sisters, old and young men..."
"Boom!" I struck the small drum at the right moment to emphasize the tone of the Orc Shadow Thief.
"...As the saying goes...", "Dong!", "...At home, rely on your parents...", "Dong!", "...Out, rely on your friends...", "Dong!"
At first, Chang Sanjiao was not used to shouting in front of so many onlookers, and his face was always red and he was short of breath when he spoke. But slowly, he gradually adapted to this street hawking job, until he completely entered the role, completely relaxed his mind, and began to speak nonsense in an incomprehensible street language with unusual fluency:
"…It is said that it is good to stay at home for a thousand days, but it is difficult to go out for a moment. Even if you are rich, you will inevitably suffer from inconvenience. As an ancient poem says, a mother worries about her son when he travels a thousand miles away, and travelers on the road are heartbroken. A lone sail disappears into the blue sky, and there are no friends west of Yangguan…"
"Boom!" I really don't know where this rude and fat orc learned so many weird rhymes. Their meanings do sound related, but when they are combined together like this, I feel that they are completely inconsistent with normal language logic and are impossible to understand.
As Chang Sanjiao shouted hard, more and more people gathered around, standing in several layers inside and outside. Some people on the periphery couldn't see what was going on inside, so they could only ask the people around them out of curiosity. These people also only had a vague understanding and could only give some strange answers half-guessed:
"I heard someone has learned a new skill and will soon be able to perform a rock-breaking chest trick..."
"Maybe they sell giant potions, right? They're the same thing as power pills..."
"These two idiots had their accounts hacked and are begging for food naked..."
…
Regardless of how our behavior may have deviated in the eyes of others, Chang Sanjiao finally finished his long-winded opening remarks and entered the substantive topic:
"...We want to form a guild. We hope that those who have money can support us financially, and those who have people can support us personally. Please help us and take care of us. If you are interested in signing up, please leave your contact information..."
Before Chang Sanjiao could finish his words, the crowd began to disperse noisily:
"What? It turns out the guild is recruiting..."
"I don't know where this small guild came from. It can't even gather enough people. It has no future..."
"Where are the Viagra pills? Are they sold out?"
"We want to see the chest break the stone!"
…
Just when we were feeling frustrated about the failure of our recruitment plan, a huge commotion was heard not far away in the square:
I don't know when it started, but I suddenly felt a chill in the air. Some small "hissing" sounds came from the air. Looking in the direction of the sound, we saw that a space in the air had changed. The clouds in the sky passed by, and they were distorted into funny shapes. Then, this space gradually showed a cold blue, and then pieces of ice crystals with a faint blue glow fell from this distorted space, covering an empty space in the square. The ice crystals kept touching the ground, making clear sounds.
A dark cloud covered the ice crystals at some point, and then dazzling lightning fell from the dark cloud. The flashing lightning penetrated the ice crystals falling from the sky, emitting a strange luster brighter than sapphires. At the same time, a green whirlwind rose out of thin air, adding a breath of life to the strange scene of ice and lightning. This wonderful scene immediately attracted a large number of people.
Such a short and gorgeous man-made landscape is actually composed of three large-scale attack magics. The first is a level 40 magic "Blizzard", the second is a level 35 lightning magic "Thunder and Lightning", and the last one is the spell "Green Wind" cast by Dru, who has mastered the destructive power of nature and has changed his job to "Guardian".
The levels of these three spells were not high, and any magician or druid who had changed jobs could learn them from a trainer. They were not rare spells. However, combining them like this to produce a wonderful visual effect that had nothing to do with combat required the three casters to have good control over both the timing and the location of the casting, and to work closely together to succeed.
When this exquisite and gorgeous magic performance ended, an elven priestess named Rui Xue Piao Xiang, wearing a cute pink and white outfit, stood up. She looked around, smiled and greeted the crowd, then walked to the center of the open space and said to everyone in a clear voice:
"Hello everyone, I'm Xiangxiang from the Human Resources Management Department of the ' Knights '. These three are my assistants..." As she spoke, she pointed to the two magicians and a guardian standing next to her - they must be the ones who cast the spell just now.
The Knights of the Hammer of Punishment? Isn't that our old acquaintance, the first adventure guild of the Continental Alliance founded by the Paladin "A Lifetime of Devotion to Dreams"?
"...We are here today to announce a good news to everyone..." the elven priestess Ruixue Piaoxiang continued, "...We, the Knights of the Hammer of Punishment, are about to recruit ten new members. Their main task will be to explore the Reef Fortress dungeon in the Skull and Crossbones Islands..."
"…New members must be above level 45 and have successfully changed their jobs. They must be able to guarantee at least two hours of online time every night. The requirements for strong defense and healing professions can be appropriately relaxed. We will give priority to recruiting them…"
"...New members who join the club will be given a high-defense, high-life armor of the corresponding profession, and will have the opportunity to exchange for powerful weapons unconditionally..."
"...You can choose the items you get when exploring the dungeon first, and all the money you get in the first three dungeons will belong to the new member personally..."
"...Guild members can enjoy 20% off medicine, 30% off equipment repairs, and 10% off various means of production for daily life at the Guild Exchange..."
"...The first ten applicants, regardless of whether they are accepted or not, will receive a free opportunity to upgrade their weapons provided by our guild..."
"...The number of places is limited and the opportunity is rare. Friends who wish to join our 'Knights of the Hammer of Punishment' please act as soon as possible. Just send me your race, occupation, level and other relevant information, and you will have the opportunity to join the most powerful alliance guild..."
After Ruixue Piaoxiang finished speaking, the three spellcasters joined forces again to create a gorgeous magical scene. Many people took out their magic notebooks on the spot and began to write registration emails to Ruixue Piaoxiang. Many people surrounded Ruixue Piaoxiang and asked her questions, most of which were about joining the guild. Of course, there were also some very interesting questions such as "How many female players are there in the guild?" and "Are there many beauties like you?"
Watching the lively scene of the Hammer of Punishment Knights recruiting members, and then looking at the pitiful appearance of our sparsely populated side, I couldn't help but look at the small drum in my hand, then turned my head to look at the fat orc face of the Yangtze River Delta, and whispered :
"Triangle, your method... doesn't seem to work..."
The bloated half-orc shadow thief was stunned for a moment, and suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around and took out his magic diary, and wrote quickly on it. I tiptoed to take a look and found that he was also writing a letter to Ruixue Piaoxiang to sign up for the club.
"Are you crazy? Are you really planning to join the Knights of the Hammer of Punishment? What should we do then?" I was shocked.
In fact, it doesn't matter to me which guild Yangtze River Delta joins. What really worries me is the attitude of the powerful "currency collector" Miss Feiyin: You know, if you can't find new members, you will be fined. If I tell her that not only have I failed to find new members, but I have lost money to Yangtze River Delta, I don't know if she will skin me and boil my oil to exchange for money.
If that's the case, should I also consider joining this guild to escape from Feiyin's clutches? I thought so.
"Who said that!" Chang Sanjiao knocked my head hard. "If you don't want to join, you can't sign up? Didn't you hear what she said just now? The first ten people who sign up can upgrade their weapons for free. It's a good deal not to be missed..."
"...Yes, I should try my luck!" Following the wise reminder from the fat half-orc, I quickly opened my magic notebook...
Just when I finished my application letter and was about to send it out...
"Hey, Jeffreys? Yangtze River Delta? You're here? Great!" I tried to raise my head in surprise, but stopped halfway. At the height of my trousers, a dwarf woman with a simple mace and a strange name called "Warehouse Crazy" was looking at me with strange enthusiasm, which made me get goose bumps. I subconsciously took a step back, and in a panic, the quill pen in my hand accidentally hit the "delete" button of the magic notebook, and the registration letter that I had finally completed was scrapped.
...Damn it, my weapon upgrade opportunity! I looked around at the people busy signing up for the guild, and it seemed that I had no chance of being one of the first ten applicants...
"Who are you? How do you know us?" Naturally, I would not have a good tone to speak to this dwarf woman who had shattered my great ideal of taking advantage of others.
"I am..." She lowered her voice and looked around carefully until she was sure there were no acquaintances nearby. Then she spoke stealthily like a thief:
"...I am the Nocturne in B flat minor..."
Seeing a dwarf lady who was a priest telling us that she was the well-known dwarf bard Nocturne in B-flat minor, I could only describe my feeling as shock. My mind was in a mess. In an instant, "reincarnation", "sex reassignment surgery", "split personality"... countless familiar and unfamiliar words gushed out of my mind, making me speak without thinking. In a trance, I said something that I would definitely not think of if it happened again, and even I felt weird:
"Hey, you seem to have grown taller!" I said, measuring the top of the dwarf lady's head.
