My Player 2

Chapter 433 Mercenary Group Commission

Akamia, the core city of the trade world.

Fully armed, the Golden Lion King walked down the city center streets, scanning passersby and searching for the Abyss monsters hiding among them.

An S-grade ring will be auctioned off at the auction six days from now.

This isn't a weapon based on affinity; it's a ring that everyone can use.

The A-class and S-class stars in the surrounding star sectors were all drawn to this auction.

Even though this is a trading city with an SS-level expert in charge, the defensive pressure has been showing signs of becoming overwhelming these past few days.

During her patrol that day alone, she encountered no fewer than 20 individuals whose levels she couldn't detect. These people were at least Lv150, and some might even be SS-level experts. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to take them seriously.

It truly lives up to the saying, "A-grade items are everywhere, while S-grade items are as rare as dogs."

To alleviate security pressure, the city lord had no choice but to hire a large number of mercenaries.

The leader of "Holy Grail Light," Pandoragon, took the initiative to persuade the players to accept the security work on the perimeter, relying on their clean backgrounds and the ability to scan for monsters in the Abyss.

Since this wasn't a commission listed on the task board, the reward this time was only 5000 energy coins.

The guild sent 500 veteran players, all of whom are level 120 or above. They will patrol here for 7 days, and each of them will receive an average of 10 experience points, which is not even enough to upgrade a skill.

However, as compensation, the mercenary group [Round Table Conference] formed by the guild will receive 10 group points, and each player participating in the patrol will also receive 500 personal points per day.

The chairman is very concerned about this commission.

He said that by increasing the mercenary group's score, newcomers could skip the tedious score-grinding phase and directly accept high-star commissions from within the group.

This is very attractive for guild recruitment.

Pandoragon has no objection to this.

However, she was unhappy that after the president made the plan, he dumped all the actual work on her.

That guy, along with several high-ranking members of the guild, sailed off somewhere to have some fun.

"All you do is waste money," the Golden Lion King muttered in a low voice.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the World Tree is only 8 light-years in diameter and contains hundreds of thousands of worlds.

However, the distance between each world is at least 400 million astronomical units, so trying to trigger an event by sailing a ship is like finding a needle in a haystack.

The forest isn't a world full of monsters where you can freely kill them.

……

"Welcome to my hometown."

【Irabeza】Standed in a sticky forest of tentacles, her hands clasped in front of her abdomen, she greeted the group who had just disembarked from the spaceship.

Crystal Flame paused for a moment, then immediately stopped Magic Heavy Fist Lu Zhishen from transforming, and said to the others in the voice chat:

“These things, once swept away, are not from the abyss, but from the common people of this world.”

But these words only temporarily stopped the crowd. A group of grown men looked grim and were on high alert, ready to breathe on the tentacles at any moment.

Should we send a group of magical girls to a world filled with tentacle monsters?
Hakii, you bastard!

Irabeza, oblivious to her surroundings, smiled and reached out her hand, causing tentacles to surge up and lick her palm like puppies.

"Really." The girl pouted and whine at the tentacles, then turned to the stunned players after they had retreated.
"Forgive me for not being able to greet you in my true form. My race has no organs to speak, so I can only mimic your appearance."

"Lu Zhishen, the Magic Fist Master," swallowed hard. He thought this was an easy job, but now he realized that money was hard to earn and life was tough.

"Where is your fiancé?" asked the top courtesan of the Mandarin Duck Pavilion. He wanted to finish his mission and leave quickly.

But as soon as he took half a step forward, tentacles surged up from all around him, as if to give him a warm welcome.

Thankfully, I didn't transform...

"Could you tell your people that we hate physical contact? Being touched is considered impolite." The top courtesan of the Mandarin Duck Pavilion frowned.

【Irabeza】tilted her head, looking puzzled and confused, and pointed to the half-elf behind the 'Top Courtesan of the Mandarin Duck Pavilion':

“But he touched me a lot on the way here!” [Irabsa] lifted the two largest pieces of flesh on her body. “He kept rubbing these places, saying that this is how you people in your world express friendliness.”

Everyone turned to look at "Magical Girl Lu Junyi" who remained silent.

The handsome male half-elf took a half step back, his face ashen. He was about to speak when he saw Crystal Flame's disdainful gaze and was immediately rendered speechless.

“He’s right, but that’s something only married couples can do. After you’ve dealt with your fiancé, maybe you can keep him with you.”

The word "stay" was emphasized in the name "Crystal Flame".

The crowd forced smiles and cast pitying glances at the half-elf.

As one of the guild's veterans, Crystal Flame has become the team leader after revealing her gender. The men who used to call her brother are now somewhat intimidated by her.

There's no way around it; a group of old friends who've known each other since they were fresh out of college to middle age, in the game group, besides talking about games, they also complain about conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, grumble about their work frustrations, and even the "Guan Sheng" who quit the game once livestreamed catching his wife cheating in the group.

But after his divorce, that guy never logged into the game again.

I don't know if he came out or not.

In any case, this woman knew all the secrets between these men, so it could be said that she had the men's weaknesses under her control.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Irabeza realized she had been tricked.

However, she wasn't angry. After all, it was just a body created using tentacles, and these people were quite powerful. She would need them to deal with her fiancé later.

She waved her hand, and the numerous tentacles surrounding the landing point descended to the ground.

Since these people don't like to be around, then let the people step back.

"Gentlemen, please follow me." She led the group of young mercenaries forward.

Only after the tentacles retreated did the men dare to step out of the landing ship's cabin.

The world was very humid, with a layer of water half a meter high covering the ground. Crystal Flame resonated with the swamp beneath its feet and discovered that the entire area within a radius of at least 1000 kilometers was a humid swamp.

If she hadn't re-sculpted her face and continued using the water element, she should have been able to sense things from even further away.

However, after she changed her race to elf in pursuit of beauty, her perception of water element deteriorated to one-tenth of what it used to be.

"Is the whole world a swamp?" Crystal Flame asked directly, voicing her doubts.

Irabeza frowned slightly, seemingly trying to understand the meaning of the word "swamp".

“On this long journey, I have seen many things I have never seen before, but I still cannot understand their meaning, I’m sorry.” The girl lowered her head. “However, if you consider this place to be our home, then you must be mistaken.”

As soon as the girl finished speaking, a castle covered in seaweed rose from the swamp and opened its gates to everyone.

"Please come in, everyone."

"We live beneath the mud."

(End of this chapter)