The beads were the purpose of the Tiger King's move: "Transferring the Jewel", a 30-level transfer item. In "Infinite World", the profession is like this: when creating a character, you can choose one combat profession and two life professions. At 30-level transfer, you will receive a formal profession badge, and can go to the corresponding profession guild to accept tasks. Moreover, the future reward points can be freely allocated. After reaching 60-level transfer, you can take up a position in the local lord and accept the lord's tasks, and after accumulating enough achievements, the lord will recommend you to the king and grant you the corresponding position, title and territory, etc.
It can be said that the 30-level transfer is very crucial because being able to allocate points yourself is very important. Getting it one level earlier gives you a huge advantage over others. Since I didn't find the transfer beads, most people didn't dare to upgrade beyond 30-level. No wonder Fire Spirit King would strike. A transfer bead is now priced at 10 gold coins (10,000 silver coins) on the market! However, this time he lost big. The silver-level ring he dropped is worth 1 gold coin, not to mention that leveling up to 31-level randomly added points already broke his heart. The "Special Ventilation" definitely needed to follow him as the new boss. Although I said I had horses that could run faster, they still couldn't ride horse-riding skills and had to sadly give up (players can only teach others when their horse-riding skills reach the expert level). I told them the coordinates of the Lost Village and added friends with them, then said goodbye with reluctance.
The reason I didn't go with them was because I urgently wanted to build a magic teleportation array, but after returning to the village, I was so angry at the village chief because he told me I was dead wrong. Although there were many magic crystals, they had to be submitted to the city lord in charge of the village to be reported, and then a specialized architect would come to build the teleportation array. At the same time, someone had to go to the target village to report to the local village chief to establish the connection between the two villages.
There was no choice but to take the letter from the village chief and act as a temporary messenger.
Sunset City is in the east, a journey of over ten days. So I had to go to the nearest village to use the teleportation array. The nearest village after the cave is the Jade Mining Village where Fire Spirit King and his group are, a journey of three days. To avoid running into them and getting into trouble, we gave up this route. The Tiger King's Sunset Village is behind the Jade Mining Village, even farther. Finally, I chose to go southeast, a four-day journey to the "Barking Village".
Before leaving, I checked the wild animals around the village and found a safe grassland for my several horses to graze freely. By accident, I upgraded again. Before encountering the Tiger King, I was already at level 23 and a half. After killing the bats and the Blue Demon, although it was in a group and I gained less experience, I still soared to level 24 and three quarters. Fighting the minor monsters, I reached level 25. Unfortunately, the points gained for these two levels were not high because killing the Blue Demon was in a group and I didn't contribute much. In total, I only gained 17 points, which is the average growth level of the players.
With the magical horse "Flying" by my side, a four-day journey became a piece of cake. Although avoiding monsters on the way was troublesome, I still arrived at "Barking Village" in just sixteen hours. Thinking that players in each village can use teleportation arrays, while I had to travel on the road, it was truly unfair. However, after thinking about it, even as a plant person, I don't need to sleep, so for other players, isn't this also unfair? The game world is like the real world, and it's impossible to achieve absolute fairness.
"Barking Village" is not a big village. It has a population of over 100, of which 60 are players. The store is complete, but the variety of goods is not many. I was planning to buy the equipment in the City of Sunset, so I just wandered around this village.
I found the NPC blacksmith and asked about the price. It made me so angry. The purchase price of the leather goods I killed was three times higher than that of the peddlers! The peddlers were too shady. When he returns to the village, I will teach him a good lesson. However, since there are all kinds of stores in this place, there were no dishonest peddlers.
The price of buying meat from the butchers and the price of buying deer antlers from the medicine merchants were also three times higher than that of the peddlers. But I didn't sell, I'll check the market situation in the city later.
Chatting with the NPCs and telling the village chief about opening the teleportation array, the village chief agreed. As long as our village's teleportation array is built, they will open it. As for other players, most of them are not in the village and are out adventuring, mining, gathering herbs, and logging. The few players I saw in the village were chatting MM and those who were planning to date them. These MM were generally below level 20. It seems that girls don't like to level up when playing games. However, compared to the 90% male bachelors in the games I used to play, this game is already quite good. At least these few MM were considered beautiful.
Watching these young boys and girls chatting happily, some even being intimate and leaning on each other, I couldn't help but feel something. I was angry. It was because the game was too realistic, affecting my emotions. I couldn't help but sigh that after playing the game for so many years, I still haven't found a girlfriend.
I never thought of meeting a girlfriend online before. I thought it was boring. Although there was no 'human-demon' problem at that time, there were still many false things behind the network. Among my friends, there were many who were deceived and hurt. As for a girlfriend in real life, I have met two, but they didn't like my obsession with the game. Although there were sweet times, it was more the pain left after they left. So, I decided not to have a girlfriend anymore.
But the loneliness over the years has indeed changed my mood. Now, I really long for a companion to share thoughts with. Unfortunately, it seems that I am no longer qualified for it. My heart was pulled tight, and the loneliness that had been suppressed for many days almost burst out. I quickly shook it off and rushed towards the teleportation array.
Recalled Flying to the pet space, for the first time stepping on the teleportation array, I felt especially excited. It was like a rural person taking the elevator for the first time. Choosing the destination "Sunset City", the system prompt: "The cost of teleportation to Sunset City is 100 silver coins. Do you want to teleport?" I almost fainted. So expensive! Stealing people!
Not only did I think it was expensive, in fact, for players who mainly focus on leveling up, usually their property is no more than 10 gold coins, and most of their equipment is not good. The 30-level experts still have half of their things being of iron-level. The players with a life career are better. Currently, the highest person on the wealth ranking has over 200 gold coins. It seems that using teleportation is not a good idea. The village elder won't give me the travel expenses either. I gritted my teeth and paid the fee. Then, a flash of white light appeared before my eyes, and a minute later, I arrived in the small city of Sunset City in the northwest.
Sunset City is among the top 400,000 cities in the entire continent. It's small, but it's still a city. There are towering city walls, wide streets, smooth pavements, various sculptures and buildings, and a bustling crowd. As soon as I opened my eyes, I was stunned: "So prosperous!"
Sunset City is more than a hundred times larger than the "Barking Village" I just visited. In ordinary villages, each type of store is limited to one. But here, there are "Iron Smelting Street", "Clothing Street", "Pet Street"... Thousands of players were strolling on the streets, along with several thousand NPCs. Everyone was adorned with jewels and silks, making me dizzy.
I walked for a few steps in a state of overwhelming shock. Amid the strange gazes of the crowd, I felt that my tattered DIY leather coat was truly embarrassing. I had to remind myself with my past glory in the game: "Twenty years ago, I was a famous professional player. This time, it's just a bad background. Soon, I will make you look at me with new eyes!"
However, I really didn't dare to linger too much. I originally wanted to buy a nice dress to wear, but the remaining 100 silver coins were only enough for the travel expenses back to "Barking Village". I quickly went to the city lord's mansion to hand in the letter.
The city lord's mansion is in the city center, with an area that is dozens of times larger than ordinary houses. It is truly magnificent. Four guards stood at the entrance, one with sharp eyes, looking at us players as if guarding against thieves. I thought to myself, looking at these guards, they all have equipment above the gold level. Perhaps some desperate thief players have used the theft skill on them. I have to be careful not to be misunderstood by them.
I quickly took out the letter in my pocket and carefully handed it over. Fortunately, these guards looked fierce and had not set up a "snobbish eye", so after I handed in the letter from the village elder, I called for a servant to lead me in.
After passing several gates, I experienced the luxury of an official residence. Finally, I arrived in the main hall and saw the stern-looking mayor of Sunset City.
The mayor of Sunset City is about forty years old. He has a legendary square face, with a dark complexion and no beard. He is wearing a golden suit, with a robe covering it, emitting a kind of magical light. It is probably something above a divine artifact. But his equipment is far less than the shock he gave me because, this NPC's eyes tell me that his intelligence is definitely very high. It feels like when I saw the demon Shaker, but the difference is that he doesn't have the evil feeling of Shaker.
I was staring blankly when the city lord's deputy came over to take the letter from my hand.
After the city lord read the letter, he gave a murmur and his gaze shot at me. It made my heart jump. This gaze really had an official authority. Fortunately, I'm an old hand and have seen many big bosses. I can handle this situation.
The city lord nodded in satisfaction: "Good. Competing with the heavens, you are a very hardworking young man. No wonder the village elder recommended you to me."
Huh, why did the village elder mention me again? Could it be that I will be appointed as a subordinate of the city lord? Then, will I directly enjoy the treatment available at level 60 and be able to take on the city lord's tasks? Will my salary also increase?
While I was thinking wildly, the city lord said slowly: "Based on the performance of players competing with the heavens and the great contribution to the 'Lost Village', with the recommendation of the original village elder, I have decided to appoint you as the new village elder of the 'Lost Village'."