Retrograde Gaming - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: The Pinnacle of Robbery

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

At the main city’s northern entrance, two people stood face-to-face against each other, maintaining a motionless position. Li Huailin’s sword pierced through Wind Also Flows’ chest, while Wind Also Flows’ dual swords were just on top of Li Huailin’s shoulders, only a tiny bit away from piercing in.

“What’s happening?” Li Huailin was a little puzzled. After his sword pierced through Wind Also Flows, Wind Also Flows stopped reacting. Li Huailin clearly checked his battle records to see whether there was a new record of him killing anyone. He didn’t use any immobility skills against him either, so why did the opposing side stop moving? This made it seem wrong if he did something right now.

Just when he was feeling confused, Wind Also Flows suddenly took two steps back and sheathed his dual swords, he lowered his head and said in a light voice, “I’ve lost.”

“What?” Li Huailin was startled.

“Yay! Brother-in-law won!” Red Face Drinks Water suddenly cheered.

“Wait… wait a moment…” Li Huailin’s voice even quavered—even such a perfect plan failed! What the heck? “Noble warrior, I don’t think I’ve won yet.”

“Say no more, I, Wind Also Flows, am not a sore loser. I can tell when I’m defeated. If you fought seriously, I would’ve already been dead.” With this said, Wind Also Flows fished out 14 gleaming Gold Coins. “In accordance with our agreement, these are 14 Gold Coins, take them.”

I really don’t want your money… Before Li Huailin could say these words, Red Face Drinks Water, who was behind him, had an excited look all over her face as she accepted the 14 Gold Coins.

“Wow… brother-in-law, you’re so awesome! We’re rich!” Red Face Drinks Water cheered with the Gold Coins in her hands, “Robbing people is really so much fun!”

“…” Li Huailin looked on lifelessly at Red Face Drinks Water, the latter was still cheering.

“The current me is indeed no match for you, I admit this.” Wind Also Flows started to talk all by himself, “Although I don’t know what skills you have even up till now, but just you wait, I’ll soon come back to challenge you.”

“How long is ‘soon’?” Li Huailin’s eyes lit up when he heard these words, it would be best if Wind Also Flows would kill him as early as possible.

“Give me ten days, after ten days, I’ll come back to find you,” Wind Also Flows said confidently.

“Ten days?” Li Huailin’s eyes darkened when he heard these words.

“Farewell,” when WInd Also Flows said his goodbyes, he turned around and left.

“Huh? I…” Li Huailin watched as Wind Also Flows turn around and leave. He didn’t know what to say at all—he could only stare blankly as the really big fish swam away.

“Why is it so hard to seek death nowadays?” For the first time, Li Huailin lamented the difficulty of seeking death.

After sighing deeply, Li Huailin, while feeling a little desolated, sat down on the ground, gazing pensively into the distance.

“Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! Since we’ve caught the big fish, now what?” Red Face Drinks Water ran over excitedly and asked him.

“I’m tired, you can go rob people for a while, I’ll see how much you’ve learned, if you encounter any troubles, just declare my name,” Li Huailin said this with little to no enthusiasm.

“Hurray! Hurray!” Red Face Drinks Water nodded excitedly. She thought that since this was her first time robbing alone, she had to do it well—she definitely wanted her brother-in-law to view her in a new light.

“Okay, go now.” Li Huailin waved his hand casually to dismiss Red Face Drinks Water.

And just like this, Red Face Drinks Water continued to lie in the brush, looking for people to rob. While Li Huailin sat casually not too far away, he propped up his head with his hands, he was planning on how he should (seek) level (death) up in the future.

Shortly after, another player appeared. This was a Hunter-type player. The player carried a Bronze-grade bow on his back, with five to six pieces of Bronze-grade equipment—the player appeared to be a little wealthy.

As soon as the Hunter player walked out of the northern gates, he looked left and right as if he were searching for someone.

“I’m in charge of this road, uh… leave your money as a toll!” Red Face Drinks Water immediately jumped out of the brush and shouted at the Hunter player—of course, she didn’t remember her lines well.

“Whoa!” The hunter player was obviously surprised, he quickly composed himself and looked at Red Face Drinks Water, who had just jumped out. “What are you doing?”

“It’s a robbery! Hand over your money!” After Red Face Drinks Water said this, she seemed to remember something. She hastily cracked her fists left and right, however, no sound came out at all.

“A robbery?” The Hunter player asked as he felt a little strange seeing her alone, “Just you?”

“Yes, this…” Red Face Drinks Water was getting a little impatient now. Why wasn’t this guy kneeling down for forgiveness and handing over his money? After thinking about it, her eyes suddenly lit up. She moved aside and pointed at Li Huailin, who was sitting behind her in contemplation, she assumed a vicious look on her face. “You… do you see? That’s my brother-in-law! The overlord of the robbery industry, hurry up and hand over the money, or else I’ll tell my brother-in-law to beat you!”

The Hunter player looked towards where Red Face Drinks Water pointed, his eyes lit up when he saw Li Huailin, who was still contemplating something, his expression immediately turned brighter.

“Your brother-in-law sent you to rob people?” The Hunter player asked.

“Yes… yes, you’re scared now! Aren’t you?” Red Face Drinks Water said fiercely.

“Oh, I see.” The hunter player nodded, he then took out 10 Silver Coins from his inventory, “Here, this is my money, take it.”

“Ah, really? This is awesome!” Red Face Drinks Water accepted the Silver Coins happily. However, she immediately thought that what she was doing was wrong, it was because she remembered that she was still in the middle of a robbery! How could she be so carelessly happy? Thus, she tried hard to keep a straight face. “Yes, it seems you know what’s good for you! You can leave now.”

“Oh, okay.” The Hunter player was quite straightforward, he simply turned around and left after handing over the money.

“Yay! Yay!” After watching the Hunter player leave, Red Face Drinks Water jumped up happily, she then rushed towards Li Huailin. “Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! Quick! Take a look, I succeeded in a solo robbery for my first time, you see, I robbed 10 Silver Coins!”

“What?” Li Huailin, who was originally contemplating things, was shocked. “Is robbing that easy nowadays? Even this gal can rob someone of their money?”

“How’d you do it?” Li Huailin absolutely couldn’t believe his eyes, he asked out of confusion.

“I just terrorized him a little and then mimicked brother-in-law’s way of fist cracking, the other side quickly handed me his money. Brother-in-law, what you taught me is actually really useful,” Red Face Drinks Water said giddily.

‘I was just babbling nonsense, this actually fu*king worked?” Li Huailin was truly dumbstruck.

Just when he was feeling bewildered, another player walked over and just happened to see Li Huailin and Red Face Drinks Water together, his eyes lit up as he said, “Hey, you two over there, are you robbers?”

“What?” Li Huailin turned his head around in shock—what the f*ck was going on? Who the hell asks this at first sight?

“Yes! Yes, we’re robbers,” Red Face Drinks Water waved her hands as she responded.

“Oh, here, this is my money.” Without any further words, the player took out 20 Silver Coins and handed it to Red Face Drinks Water.

“…” Li Huailin was already staring in awe.

“Don’t mind me, I’m going to leave now.” After handing over the money, the player left in a hurry.

“Yay! Brother-in-law, we’ve succeeded in another robbery!” Red Face Drinks Water shouted cheerfully.

“Hey, hey, just how careless is that brain of yours? Don’t you think that something is wrong?” Li Huailin couldn’t help but say this.

“What? What’s wrong?” Red Face Drinks Water asked.

“You should ask what’s even right—everything is wrong…”

“What? Really?” Red Face Drinks Water stroked her head with an expression of doubt.

“I…”

While he was speaking, another player walked over towards them. This time, it was a female player.

“Excuse me, is there anyone here that’s committing robbery?” The female player asked somewhat embarrassedly.

“…” Expressionless, Li Huailin turned to look at the female player.

“Here.” The female player suddenly reached out and handed Li Huailin 15 Silver Coins, and then, she turned around and ran off.

“Brother-in-law, you’re so awesome—without any words, you can successfully rob someone with just the expression in your eyes. Is this the pinnacle of robbery?” Red Face Drinks Water looked at Li Huailin with an expression full of worship.

“Sh*t, this is completely illogical, what the f*ck is going on?” Li Huailin shouted as he looked at the 15 Silver Coins in his hands.

Just at the heels of these words, another two players walked over. “Is there anyone committing robbery here?”

“Yeah, if you want to give, then go ahead.” Li Huailin could only put his hand on his forehead to express his speechlessness.

“Oh, here…”

While Li Huailin was completely in the dark about what was going on, wave after wave of people started to run towards the both of them, and then, they requested to be robbed. At first, only a few people came separately, however, later on, they started to come in groups.

…

“Is there someone robbing here?” A player asked.

“Yeah, it’s here, just line up there to hand over the money,” Li Huailin said this almost numbingly.

…

“Huailin!” As Li Huailin was receiving the people who came over from all sorts of places to be robbed, a familiar voice suddenly called out to him.

“Night Flyer? What a coincidence!” Li Huailin turned his head and looked a little curiously at Spiritual World Night Flyer. This indeed was quite a coincidence—’Heart of Glory’ was so large that it was surprising that the two of them could actually bump into each other.

“It’s not a coincidence at all, I came here especially to find you.” Night Flyer patted Li Huailin on the shoulders in a display of friendliness.

“You came here to find me? How did you know that I was here?” Li Huailin asked, feeling quite puzzled.

“Everyone knows you’re here.” Night Flyer laughed, “Today, I saw someone post a thread right when I went on the forums. It said that Kickass Brother was in urgent need of money—extremely so, this was why you’ve now been forced to the main city’s northern gates to rob people as a living. After calling on Jianhu for this emergency rescue, the players who are rather well-off are all here to help you out. I’m telling you Huailin, you’re in the wrong this time, if you’re lacking money, why didn’t you come find me? Even if you don’t want to borrow from a guild, I’m personally willing to help you out. I’ve brought 10 gold for you, I hope it’s not too little.”

“A thread on the forums?”

“Yeah, it’s a pinned one.”

“…”

“…”

‘What the f*ck? Don’t let me know which son of a b*tch actually dared to set me up like this, or else I’ll definitely slap you into an idiot!’