Shen Chi stood behind Chu Fu, looking down at her back. Though he couldn't see her expression, he suddenly felt how incredibly strong her conviction was!
If she hadn't had that accident, she could absolutely have become an actress.
After all, lying was still quite difficult for Shen Chi, who had always been a model student.
At that moment, Xie Lin also stepped forward.
"That's right! Captain, we fought our way out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. When Wangxi Village fell into crisis, we stepped up and gunned down the cultists of the evil god.
We cleared the Abyssal Difficulty of the Beast God Temple, and we're still carrying the Beast God's gaze upon us. We stand in irreconcilable opposition to the evil god.
Don't worry, from now on, any missions to hunt down the evil god's minions are ours!"
The two of them stood tall and proud, chests puffed out.
Shen Chi glanced at both of them, noticing something red seeming to flutter near their chests.
Then Xie Lin nudged Shen Chi with the scabbard of the King's Sword.
Shen Chi immediately snapped to attention, but kept his head down and stammered, "Th-That's right!"
The guard captain smiled warmly.
"I believe you. You two look like good kids. Well then, given how difficult this mission was — even though it's your first time here — I'll reward you with this badge after all!"
[System Notice: You have completed the quest: Defeat the Believers of the Evil God.]
[System Notice: You have received the reward: Guard Badge (Plain).]
[Guard Badge (Plain): Defense +10.]
What a shabby badge.
But still, every extra badge added a bit more strength, and these badges could be worn indefinitely.
Whoever had more badges had more stats to show for it.
Chu Fu didn't mind either. She could just come back to the guard post for more quests later.
After finishing the quest, Chu Fu suddenly gasped, "Oh! My rice is all ripe! I'm going to go harvest it first."
"Go ahead. Come on, wheelchair, let's head back and take stock of our loot."
Chu Fu quickly added, "Then I'll hold off on the rice! I want to take stock of the loot first!"
"Hahahahaha!" Xie Lin burst out laughing.
Afterwards, the three of them returned to their base.
It was noon, and there were still plenty of players around. Most of the players who had joined the Thornwreath Guild were basically playing the game full-time now.
Truth be told, the income here was way more than any regular job could offer.
The other guild members still didn't know that Chu Fu and the others had just raided Gugu Pass Town. When they saw the trio coming over, they waved and greeted them.
The three found an open spot, pulled out the vacuum collector, and activated its discharge feature.
"Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft!"
In an instant, the vacuum collector spewed everything out!
Equipment scattered like fireworks, piling up everywhere, with gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins raining down like a sky full of flowers.
The mountain of equipment left every guild member passing by completely dumbfounded.
"Ahhh! Bosses, where did you go defend another village or town? Why didn't you tell us? We could've helped too!"
"Oh my god, that's way too much! How are there even golden equipment pieces in there?!"
"This isn't just village defense — the forums have blown up! The Vice Leader, the Mechanic Elder, and the Sword Saint Elder are all trending on the forums."
The guild was buzzing with heated discussion.
Just then, Zhimengzhe and the others, who had been leveling up, also returned to the guild base.
They came to help.
"Zhimeng, come over here! Help us sort the equipment!" Chu Fu waved eagerly.
Zhimengzhe kept her head down, cheeks flushed red, and hurried over to Chu Fu's side.
"I... I'm on it!"
She flicked her wrist, and countless threads spread out, tossing pieces of equipment left and right.
Plain, iron, bronze, silver, and gold equipment were quickly separated into piles.
But there was just too much of it — they couldn't pick it all up. They simply couldn't.
"Quick, everyone pitch in!"
At Chu Fu's call, the guild members all rushed over to help.
Jiaojiao Bu Jiao, who had been buying rice in town, saw the message and sprinted back as fast as she could.
"Oh my god, you guys went on a robbery!"
The three exchanged glances and couldn't help but snicker.
"Spot on — we really did go on a robbery!"
"We cleaned out Wan Huanyu's guild warehouse."
"Come on, your inventory's huge. Help us divide up the gear."
The guild members quickly got to work sorting everything.
Because they had raided the warehouse of the Huanyu Guild and also taken down a bunch of players — especially the lifestyle players, who were all loaded to the gills — the total gold coins, including those dropped by Wan Huanyu, came to 564 gold.
That meant 188 gold for each of them.
Xie Lin was very satisfied with the number.
"188... same as my height!"
"Hey, Sword Saint, you're way too young to be putting out this kind of cheesy vibe," Suture Saint teased.
Shen Chi said matter-of-factly, "Good thing I'm 190. I don't have to go around telling everyone I'm 188."
"Who asked you?!" Jiaojiao Bu Jiao shot him a glare.
Chu Fu clutched her stomach. "Stop it, you guys! Keep this up and I'm going to laugh myself into getting eight-pack abs!"
Everyone wore bright smiles.
Next came the division of the spoils.
Among them were two resurrection scrolls of great value, so Shen Chi and Xie Lin each took one.
There were 37 golden equipment pieces. Since the two had already taken the scrolls, they took fewer gear pieces each — six apiece — while Chu Fu took the remaining 25 pieces for herself.
Because Wan Huanyu and Holy Healing Angel were both magic-based classes, most of the equipment was geared toward mages.
Chu Fu immediately swapped out all her silver equipment for a full set of golden gear.
Sure, Wan Huanyu was a stinky guy, but the golden equipment was shiny, and Chu Fu had no complaints.
Apart from her purple mushroom skirt and purple mushroom hat, which she kept, she replaced six other pieces: boots, leg guards, belt, bracers, gloves, and a bracelet.
And even though their game progress had been moved up by 11 days, no golden ring had dropped yet, so Chu Fu kept her own.
There were still 19 pieces of equipment left, enough to nearly put together a full set of golden healer/magic gear.
These could be sold to Suture Saint and the others.
No need to fight over them — there were plenty for everyone.
As for silver equipment, Chu Fu and her team had plenty already.
After some discussion, Chu Fu and the others decided to sell the equipment to the guild at half price.
The reason for doing this was simple: if everyone's gear improved, then more people could clear Nightmare difficulty dungeons.
The more people clearing Nightmare dungeons meant more golden equipment drops overall.
Also, the guild assigned dungeons daily, and players had to hand over 20% of the profits.
The guild provided benefits, and players needed to provide value in return.
Once a steady stream of golden equipment started flowing in, everyone would get stronger, and at the top of the pyramid, Chu Fu and her crew would only make more and more money.
With that in mind, Chu Fu posted a message in the guild channel: "Even though we went out looting, we didn't forget the guild. From now on, any player who lacks accessory-type equipment can claim one plain-level accessory for free.
Secondly, we're donating 20% of all bronze and silver tier equipment to the guild as a free contribution — players can redeem them directly with their contribution points!
The remaining equipment will be sold at 50% of the original price!!!
Of course, flipping is strictly forbidden! Anything we can't sell will be broken down into raw materials by the Mechanic Elder and disposed of."
"Long live the Plant Master!"
Thunderous cheers erupted across the guild.
