Online Game: The Strongest Landlord - Chapter 24
Chapter 24: Entering the Main City
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The next day, when he went online, Lao Yao received a message from Bed 1 saying that they were going to Rongjue City, a main city, first. He said that if Lao Yao went too, he would message them.
Lao Yao smiled and shook his head. There were also many main cities in the game. After all, there were too many players. It was not realistic to place them in one city. Therefore, the game created several main cities. After players left the novice village, they could freely choose their destination.
Meanwhile, Lao Yao had already discussed with the girls from Silver Maple Leaf Studio. When the time came, they would go to the main city: Van Tarost. Although this was a westernized city name, it did not prevent players from gathering spontaneously. Yang Yongle said that many players in S City had chosen this city. That was why they planned to move the studio over so that it would be easier for them to do business. Therefore, for the time being, Lao Yao and Bed 1 would not be able to meet.
Lao Yao had spent all 10 hours online today to bring people to clear the dungeon. Basically, he could earn 20 silver coins every 10 minutes. And 6 rounds per hour was almost one and a half gold coins. This was simply like stealing money. After the 10 hours online ended, Lao Yao’s pocket had actually reached a huge sum of 18 gold coins!
At this stage, 18 gold coins was already an incredible amount of wealth. It wasn’t that Lao Yao didn’t want to level up, but he wanted to take advantage of this stage to earn some money first. After all, leveling up wasn’t something that could be left much behind even in a day. However, once he left the village, he wouldn’t be able to make money so quickly anymore…
During lunch, Yang Yongle also said that almost all the girls in their studio had reached Level 10 and had gone to the main city. Now, they were just waiting for Lao Yao.
Hence, before Lao Yao went offline, he submitted the mission and successfully reached Level 10.
After handing in the mission, the village chief said to Lao Yao, “Honorable Lao Yao, you have successfully passed the test and can enter the wider world for training. Please remember my words carefully because this will affect your future development.”
After hearing the village chief’s words, Lao Yao perked up and listened. After all, there were still some details that needed to be paid attention to in the mission.
“When you reach the city, the first thing you have to do is to find your professional mentor. At his place, you can upgrade your original skills and learn new skills. Moreover, you can also activate the Talent System. This will be very helpful to you in the future.”
“In addition, you need to find your race’s envoy. You can receive the main storyline mission from him. After completing the main storyline mission, there will be a large number of rewards waiting for you…”
After listening to the village chief’s ramblings, Lao Yao finally teleported out of the novice village and entered the agreed-upon main city, Van Tarost!
When Lao Yao saw this main city, he could not help but be stunned for a moment. Although there were already people on the forum who claimed that the main cities of “Era of the Gods” were designed perfectly, if he did not see it with his own eyes, he would not understand the adjectives in the post.
According to the official introduction, Van Tarost was a main city built by the Dark Elves. The first thing Lao Yao saw was a huge statue of the Dark Goddess. Under the feet of the Dark Goddess was a huge black dragon. The size of this statue was unbelievably large, reaching more than 40 meters tall. Even if you were outside the city, you could see her from afar. Below the statue was a huge cone-shaped crystal that emitted a strange light. This was the Elemental Altar of the Dark Elves.
The style of the surrounding buildings also inherited the style of the Dark Elves in Western culture. Most of the buildings were framed with strange patterns, and the streets were also paved with a kind of stone that emitted a faint black glow. In the official history introduction, this stone was called obsidian. It was said that the Dark Elves used this stone as a gemstone and successfully lured the Dark Dragons into the Dark Elves’ encampment to settle down.
Groups of Cold-Blooded Cavalrymen patrolled the streets. They were formed by the Dark Elves, and their faces were covered with blood-red masks. They rode ferocious giant lizards and killed all foreign hostile forces as well as those who violated the Dark Goddess’ Code. They were the city’s law enforcers.
As for Lao Yao, he also gave these cavalries his own understanding in his heart: Western S City Supervisors…
This city revealed a very strange charm. The only regret was that among these Westernized faces, there were a large number of eastern faces…
It couldn’t be helped. The people who entered this city were all Chinese. You couldn’t help but admire their adaptability. They had an unyielding tenacity in their bones. No matter how the environment changed, they could find a suitable way to survive. Someone had once concluded that if the end of the world came, perhaps the Chinese would be the ones who could survive the most.
Just like now, even in such a western environment, the gamers still used their own methods to present a unique oriental taste. The most obvious one was the stall-like market…
“Come quickly! It’s a newly-made green Assassin weapon. It only costs 50 Silver!”
“Best discount! Level 10 White equipment is all 20 Silver! There aren’t many of them. If you want to buy them, hurry up…”
In the large plaza where Lao Yao was, countless players had set up stalls to sell their items. A lively market had already formed here, and the city channel was filled with the shouts of players. They were either seeking to form teams or collecting items. It was a prosperous scene.
Of course, there were also people who cursed after being PKed. However, one had to patiently repeat such curses over and over again. Otherwise, they would quickly be drowned out by the voices of others…
In short, everything here made Lao Yao, who did not know much about online games, feel extremely curious. This was completely different from a novice village.
Most of the players in the Novice Village were focused on leveling up. Even if they chatted, there were not as many people as in the main city. Here, there were thousands of players who wanted to express their opinions at every moment.
Although Lao Yao was a little shut-in now, he still liked crowds deep down. He even regretted not coming to the main city earlier.
He found Yang Yongle’s ID in his friend list. Lao Yao sent her an email and told her that he had entered the main city.
Soon, Yang Yongle wrote back and told him to wait at the Elemental Altar in the square. They would be back soon.
Not long after, Yang Yongle brought a group of girls over. At that time, because they were far away from the novice village, Lao Yao only added Yang Yongle as a friend. As for the other girls, Lao Yao did not add them for the time being. This time, Yang Yongle asked everyone to come back just to add Lao Yao as a friend.
The 12 girls were neither too many nor too few. No matter what, when such a group of pure female players walked together, they would attract the attention of others. When other people saw that Lao Yao, a man, actually went forward to chat with these girls familiarly, Lao Yao’s sharp senses told him that he had been targeted by the jealous gazes of dozens of people.
Tsk! Bite me! Lao Yao was filled with disdain…
The girls in Silver Maple Leaf Studio all used their own nicknames as game names. They just needed to add the name of the studio in front. For example, Yang Yongle was called Maple Leaf Lele, Meng Di was called Maple Leaf Didi, and Ning Jing was called Maple Leaf Little Jing.
In Lao Yao’s opinion, the names given by the girls were very simple and suited their personalities very well.
“Aiyo, my great expert! You’re finally here!” When Ning Jing saw Lao Yao, she pouted and complained. “I’m already Level 12, but you’ve only just left the novice village!?”
Yang Yongle also asked Lao Yao curiously, “Couldn’t you already come out long ago? Why did you drag it out until now?”
Ning Jing chose Human Warrior, while Yang Yongle chose Human Mage. Due to the skill proficiency bonus, the human race practiced their skills faster. However, what Lao Yao paid attention to was not their profession, but the professional equipment they wore.
Ning Jing’s figure was as hot as her personality. Although she was only wearing a plain Warrior’s armor, she looked valiant and extraordinary. Yang Yongle’s magic robe revealed a solemn and generous feeling.
The rest of the girls were the same. They were basically all wearing a full set of plain clothes. There were elegant ones, graceful ones, and charming ones! To be honest, the girls in the studio were not the kind of super beauties who could overturn cities with a smile. No matter how much they smiled, they could even be said to be a little ordinary. However, this did not stop them from showing themselves. Just like what Yang Yongle had said back then, they had gathered together with the ideal of creating a new career. And with ideals, no matter how ordinary-looking they were, they could not hide their dazzling brilliance.
Seeing that the girls in the game had different charms due to their different attires, Lao Yao couldn’t help but praise them in his heart. After hearing Yang Yongle’s question, Lao Yao didn’t say anything and smiled as he made a trade request to Yang Yongle.
“What?” Yang Yongle asked curiously and agreed.
Then, she looked at the huge sum of 12 gold coins that Lao Yao had transferred over!
“You… Where did you get so much money?!” Yang Yongle was shocked and couldn’t help but exclaim…
