Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 120 Contract with the Stars (Part 2)

After leaving the prayer room.

Lin Hanchuan and his group walked slowly, even looking around and silently observing the situation inside the Crescent Church.

Only after leaving the church did Long Xiaochen speak, "From the outside, you really can't see a trace of evil in this church. Every clergyman looks very kind and approachable."

"Do you think the demons dispatched here were just randomly pulled from the abyss?" Lin Hanchuan said seriously. "Each one is a demon with outstanding potential from various demon races!"

"Including those demons in the starting village!"

The demons in the starting village, although their racial level is a bit low, all possess traits that their normal counterparts do not have.

Either they have intelligence, or they've mutated...

As the secret stronghold built by the Abyss Demons on the Tianqi Continent, Wangyue City is home to some of the most outstanding demons.

Even with the Demon God not intervening, Maurice, a powerful Berserker Archmage, was relentlessly pursued and killed.

It's easy to imagine just how powerful the demons in Wangyue City are.

Anyway, Lin Hanchuan has no interest in killing the clergy in the church right now.

“Now that you mention it…” Cao Renjie turned to look at the Crescent Moon Church standing behind him, pursing his lips as he gazed at this perilous demon stronghold. “Then I’m even more excited!”

Honestly, anyone who plays games should know this.

Players aren't afraid of strong monsters, they're afraid of weak monsters.

The stronger the better!

The stronger you are, the more hope you have.

"Let me pull you guys into my hidden quest." Lin Hanchuan also glanced back at the church. To take over this church, you'd need at least an S-rank hidden quest. But for now, he should focus on improving his combat power and completing the C-rank hidden quest.

Open the panel and activate the C-level hidden quest – [Explore Wangyue City]. Invite Cao Renjie and his team members.

"Ding! Please note that you have received an invitation from player 'Arakawa White Owl' to complete the C-rank hidden quest 'Explore Moonlit City'. After joining, you will automatically receive an E-rank hidden quest 'Assist in Exploring Moonlit City'. Do you wish to accept the invitation?"

Cao Renjie and his team received the information and immediately confirmed it.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully joined the C-level hidden quest—[Exploring Wangyue City], and obtained the E-level hidden quest—[Assisting in the Exploration of Wangyue City]!"

[Assist in exploring Moongazing City]

Difficulty: Rank E Hidden Mission

During a certain operation, player "Arakawa White Owl" accidentally discovered traces of a demon, and this demon may be hiding in Mochizuki City. As participants, you need to assist "Arakawa White Owl" in uncovering the truth and finding the demon.

Note: The final completion rate for 【Assisting in Exploring Wangyue City】 is the same as that for 【Exploring Wangyue City】.

Special Reward: 1 reputation point for each time you assist player "Arakawa White Owl" in killing a demon.

Completion Rewards: Rewards are determined based on the final task completion rate.

Current task progress: 2/8
【Exploring Wangyue City】is a hidden mission led by Lin Hanchuan. Upon completion, all rewards will belong to Lin Hanchuan personally.

Only the rewards for completing the quest "Assist in Exploring Wangyue City" will belong to the players who participated in this quest.

Fortunately, there was one for each person.

It's alright.

When Cao Renjie and his team received the system notification.

Lin Hanchuan also received a notification that they had joined.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully invited 'Bloody Hand Demon Slayer' to join the C-level hidden quest—[Exploring Moon Gazing City]!"

"Ding! Congratulations, invitation successful..."

"Ding……"

After three consecutive system notifications, Lin Hanchuan looked at the [Explore Wangyue City] mission panel. The maximum number of members was five, and there was still one spot available. "We'll see if Lao Mo wants it!"

Once you join, you'll receive a hidden E-level quest.

This is a perk provided by the system.

Don't want it for nothing.

Lao Mo would be a good fit.

If nothing unexpected happens, after Lao Mo enters the city, he will spend most of his time in Wangyue City. Given his character and way of dealing with people, he might be able to get along well with some NPCs and thus obtain more information about demons.

"I should be able to get the rare item this time!" After obtaining the E-level hidden quest, Long Xiaochen couldn't stop thinking about how he had failed to complete the F-level hidden quest in the newbie village, which had caused him to miss out on the rare item.

“Absolutely!” Cao Renjie, one of the participants, immediately nodded.

Based on the completion rate of the mission, if Long Xiaochen ultimately obtains the rare item, then he will also get it.

Although Long Xiaoyue didn't speak, her eyes were full of anticipation.

During the event, no player doesn't want rare items.

Even a one-star, non-unique, and non-upgradeable rare item can drive countless players crazy.

Most people don't necessarily need rare items to have any practical use; they just want their "rarity" so they can show off.

……

……

I stood in Resurrection Square and waited for a while.

Underworld has sent a message.

Legend of the Night: "Brother Huang, we've arrived at Resurrection Square, where are you?"

There are more people in Easter Square now.

They went in and formed a team, which added over a thousand more people.

Lin Hanchuan looked around and, not seeing Black Night Legend, sent his location directly.

Lin Hanchuan: "Come straight here!"

Underworld: "Coming soon!"

Not two minutes.

Lin Hanchuan saw the Legend of the Night in his field of vision.

Stars followed him.

On either side of the star were little wooden figures and heavily armored beings.

As soon as Xingchen saw Lin Hanchuan, she immediately ran over with small steps.

Lin Hanchuan immediately squatted down, facing the stars, and stretched out his hands.

flutter!
Xingchen threw herself heavily into Lin Hanchuan's arms, without saying a word, just holding tightly to his neck.

Lin Hanchuan patted Xingchen on the back and looked at the approaching Night Legend, saying, "Thank you for taking care of Xingchen!"

"Don't mention it!" Dark Legend quickly shook his head and said, "Star is very obedient. If it weren't for Star giving me a wish at a crucial moment, I wouldn't have been able to complete the job change quest so quickly!"

Lin Hanchuan smiled, then turned to look at Heavy Armor and Little Wooden Man, and asked, "How are your job change quests going?"

"Mine is done too!" Little Wooden Man replied. "I made it on the way with Brother Night. The heavy armor one isn't done yet, but it's simple and will be done soon!"

Holding Xingchen, Lin Hanchuan stood up and took out some weapons, equipment, and potions from his spatial ring, handing them over. "One weapon and equipment for each of you, and you can divide the potions among yourselves!"

Seeing Lin Hanchuan pull out three pieces of silver weaponry and a bunch of potions at once, Black Night Legend quickly waved his hand and said, "Taking care of Xingchen is what we should do, Brother Huang, you..."

"This has nothing to do with whether you take care of Xingchen or not!" Lin Hanchuan interrupted him directly. "Even if you don't take care of him, I will still give you these. Hurry up and take them to improve your level and combat power, otherwise there will be no one to support us after my guild is established!"

Lin Hanchuan had already said all that, so how could Dark Legend possibly be pretentious anymore? The Wilderness Squad had already been established, so the establishment of a guild was naturally not far off.

Before that, it is indeed necessary to seize every opportunity to level up.

Otherwise, I really wouldn't have the face to join Brother Huang's guild.

"Thank you, Brother Huang!" Dark Legend said gratefully, taking a piece of clothing suitable for his profession from Lin Hanchuan's hand.

Little Wooden Man and Heavy Armor, both primarily associated with the Legend of the Night, took the lead, and after taking a deep breath, they too took the weapons and equipment. Holding the weapons and equipment given by Lin Hanchuan, they felt a little guilty, but also a strange sense of satisfaction—was this what it felt like to have a big shot leading the way?
After everything was settled, Xingchen suddenly spoke, her voice soft but unusually firm, "Brother Huang, I want to go out and grind monsters with you!"

"Okay, okay!!" Lin Hanchuan smiled and patted Xingchen's head.

The reason I didn't bring Xingchen before, besides not having a contract scroll, was also because the team's configuration wasn't up to par, and we couldn't protect Xingchen in battle.

But things are different now. After clearing the two dungeons for the first time, Cao Renjie and his team have significantly improved their combat strength and are fully capable of protecting Xingchen.

They also greatly need the power of the stars to grant wishes.

"Come on, Xingchen, let's make an equal contract!" Lin Hanchuan put Xingchen on the ground, squatted down, and took out the equal contract scroll.

As soon as the scroll was opened, the system voice rang in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

"Ding! Do you wish to use the [Equality Contract Scroll]?"

Lin Hanchuan: "Yes!"

System: "Please select a contract partner!"

Lin Hanchuan designated a star.

Immediately, two pale golden lights flew out from the scroll, one landing on Lin Hanchuan and the other on Xingchen.

System: "Contract in progress..."

Less than two seconds.

System: "Congratulations! You have successfully formed an equal contract with the NPC resident, Star!"

As the system notification sounded.

When Lin Hanchuan opened the panel again.

The contract item appeared above.

[Contract]: Stars (Equal Contract)
Click on the stars again to see detailed information that was previously unavailable through the system.

【Stars】

Race: Starborn

Talent: Prayer (SS)

Level: 10

Rank: General

Blood volume: 2000
A young Starborn creature has an extremely strong dependence on humans, and this emotion will become the main factor driving her growth.

Bloodline Skills: Barrier, Teleportation

"If we encounter danger in the future, you have to be the first to run, understand?" Lin Hanchuan patted Xingchen's head and earnestly instructed him.

Xingchen leveled up for the first time when she was killing the priest in the starting village. She didn't take her with her. After falling into a deep sleep, she leveled up.

The second time, I went to run a dungeon outside the city, but I didn't take her with me.

If we list these two instances separately, we can explain the reasons for the various upgrades of the Starry Sky.

But if you put it all together, there's only one reason: she didn't become stronger just because she wanted to, but rather it was her own emotional dependence on herself that unleashed her potential and allowed her to level up.

The deeper the dependency, the faster the upgrade!
There are advantages and disadvantages.

Lin Hanchuan was afraid that Xingchen wouldn't abandon him and run away alone in a particularly dangerous situation.

Seeing that the stars did not answer.

Lin Hanchuan's face immediately turned serious. "If you don't agree, I won't take you!"

"Okay!" Xingchen obediently agreed.

"That's good!" Lin Hanchuan breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he felt like an old father who was worried sick about his child.

Thankfully, Xingchen hasn't reached her rebellious phase yet!

When girls rebel, it can be much more serious than when boys rebel.

If a boy is rebellious, a couple of beatings will fix him.

The girl is rebellious... Lin Hanchuan only hopes that when Xingchen levels up in the future, she can skip the rebellious phase and always be obedient.

Looking up at the Night Legends who were still waiting, Lin Hanchuan said, "You guys go ahead and get busy, I'll wait for someone here!"

"Okay, then Brother Huang, we'll head over first!" Night Legend nodded immediately. The job change quest was complete, and it was time to turn it in.

After completing the task, you also need to help the Heavy Armored Warrior complete the job change quest.

It's really busy.

After watching Dark Legend enter the church, Lin Hanchuan opened his friends list, confirmed that Faceless Passerby was about to arrive, and casually sent his current location.

five minutes later.

A middle-aged man dressed in bronze armor walked towards them. Upon seeing Lin Hanchuan, he greeted him warmly, "Brother Xiao! It's been a long time!"

"Long time no see!" Lin Hanchuan replied with a smile.

Sometimes, he also admired the character of business people. No matter how young they were, they would call him "brother" when they met, without any airs.

This faceless passerby is comparable to Old Mo.

As soon as the faceless passerby arrived, Lin Hanchuan took out the Black Wizard Job Change Scroll and handed it to him, saying, "This is your Black Wizard Job Change Scroll. Use the system to check the information."

The faceless passerby took the scroll without even glancing at it, then tossed it into his backpack, saying nonchalantly, "No need to look. I don't trust other people's character, but do you think I don't trust yours, Brother Xiao?"

After the initial excitement subsided, the faceless passerby lowered his voice and asked.

"So, Brother Xiao, are you planning to pull off a big heist in District 9 this time?"

The voices conveyed both curiosity and excitement.

He had paid special attention to the rumors circulating before that Arakawa White Owl was Night Owl, and he had read all the analytical posts on the forum.

When he was about 50-60% sure, Arakawa Haku suddenly contacted him, wanting to sell him a Black Wizard job change scroll.

As a second-level merchant of the Tianhai Chamber of Commerce, Wumian Guoke was in charge of the future commerce of Wangyue City. At that time, he only had 50,000 gold coins as start-up capital, and he immediately invested 30,000 gold coins in Huangchuan Baixiao.

He knew exactly how much a Dark Wizard class change scroll cost.

The extra amount is purely for investment.

Even if Arakawa White Owl isn't Night Owl, the various commotions he's caused in the short span of just over a day since the server opened are enough to prove his abilities.

Whether he will make a fortune in the future is unclear to Faceless Passerby, but he certainly won't lose money.

But what if it's a night owl?

We haven't had time to find more evidence to prove it yet.

On QQ, the Faceless Passerby received a private message from the president of the Tianhai Chamber of Commerce: "Arakawa White Owl is Night Owl. As the person in charge of our Chamber of Commerce in Wangyue City, you will be responsible for representing our Chamber of Commerce and building a good relationship with him!"

The Tianhai Chamber of Commerce has an intelligence network that covers all major regions.

The president said so.

That's a done deal.

Lin Hanchuan looked at the excited faceless passerby. After confirming that the other party already knew his identity, he didn't bother with any more pleasantries and said directly, "I want to pull off a heist, but I'm currently short of manpower and funds!"

"I can't provide the people in the short term, but funding is no problem!" the Faceless Passerby quickly replied.

After the president sent me a private message.

He immediately arranged to upgrade his status from Level 2 Merchant in the guild to Level 1 Merchant. Merchants of the Tianhai Chamber of Commerce in major cities of the Ninth District all obeyed his orders.

Gathering five or six hundred thousand gold coins in a short time shouldn't be a big problem!

"The funds aren't urgent!" Lin Hanchuan still had six days to raise the money, and wasn't in a hurry to borrow from the Faceless Passerby. "I just lack talent like you!"

Faceless Passerby: "Me???"

(End of this chapter)