Chapter 18 : Chapter 18
Chapter 18 : Hmm? Hmm
Chenxi sorted through the loot. Three pieces of green-quality equipment.
Not bad. Not bad.
He scratched his head. No matter what, he was currently grinding on the fourth floor, not the second.
The drop rate for green equipment had increased quite a bit.
He glanced down at the ground. Using a term from before he transmigrated to describe Hongxu’s current posture—spread out like a starfish.
…
Hongxu followed behind Chenxi listlessly.
“Do I really have to buy clothes? I feel like wearing your clothes is pretty good, Boss.”
Troublesome things were the worst.
Chenxi glanced at her. You may think there is nothing wrong with it, but I am about to lose my mind over here!
“No.”
“Fine.”
Since her boss had already said so, she could only obey.
“We are here. Go inside and pick something. Just buy whatever clothes you like.”
“So troublesome…”
“Go!”
Hongxu dragged her feet as she slowly entered the clothing shop.
At that moment, the shop owner—a middle-aged woman—greeted them with a bright smile. “Welcome, sir. Are you here to buy clothes?”
Mm. She was very happy right now.
She would not be happy much longer.
…
Chenxi’s mouth twitched.
“What exactly did you buy?”
Hongxu crossed her arms over her chest. Her already prominent figure became even more pronounced in that posture.
“Clothes!”
Three plain white tank tops. Three plain black tank tops.
For pants, she had directly bought three pairs of loose linen trousers and three pairs of elastic tight pants that allowed easy movement.
Hongxu was still chattering endlessly. “Things here are really expensive. Such a small amount of stuff already costs nearly one silver coin!”
Chenxi took a deep breath. “Move aside. I will buy the rest for you.”
“Eh? You are not going to return these, right?
Do not!
These are really convenient for fighting!”
“I am not returning them. Keep them.”
Here it comes. Here it comes!
His blood pressure was rising!
…
Hongxu held the large bundle of items with a puzzled expression.
Were they not all just clothes?
Why were there so many differences? As for this thing called underwear, it clearly had no reason to exist!
Something about preventing chafing, preventing sagging… How could skin possibly be such an inconvenient thing?!
She continued muttering nonstop.
Chenxi sighed.
Why had he never realized before that Hongxu was such a chatterbox?
“So, what are we doing next?”
Hongxu lowered her head slightly and looked at Chenxi.
There was definitely a difference in height between them, but it was not very obvious.
“We are going to the Adventurers’ Guild.”
Chenxi led Hongxu straight toward the Adventurers’ Guild. “Since we are going to the Dungeon anyway, if there are any suitable commissions we can accept them. Completing them along the way will earn us some extra money.”
“Earn money?”
Hongxu’s eyes lit up instantly.
She could fight and earn money at the same time!
There was such a good thing?!
“So it works like that! Boss, you are really smart!”
She grinned, revealing a pair of sharp tiger fangs.
Chenxi glanced at her fangs. Fang wounds… ahem. Nothing.
…
At the guild’s front desk, Old John was humming a little tune leisurely.
His hair was gray, and a pair of glasses rested on the bridge of his nose. At the moment, he was slowly organizing a stack of parchment.
In such a small place, there was not much work to do.
At his age, why was he still working here?
The reason was simple. He believed that watching these energetic young adventurers might allow him to live a few more years himself.
Mm… why did that sound like the setting of a certain old man?
As Chenxi walked into the guild hall, he frowned.
He truly hated the smell of low-quality tobacco.
There was also the stench of sweat.
“Keep your eyes to yourselves.”
The moment he said that, many of the brazen gazes around them immediately diminished.
He was not extremely strong, but in this place that could not even be considered a third-rate town, his strength was already top-tier.
Hongxu’s hand had already reached the handle of her axe.
She was not the kind of person who would endure humiliation. Yet when she saw Chenxi standing up for her, a strange emotion rose in her heart.
The two of them walked to the commission board.
Chenxi’s gaze swept quickly across the ordinary tasks—searching for herbs, clearing low-level monsters, escorting merchant caravans.
The rewards were mostly a few silver coins to one or two gold coins.
He needed something more valuable, a task worthy of both his and Hongxu’s strength.
One should take commissions according to one’s strength. They could not possibly accept a task to clear Slimes, could they?
A single team could accept at most three tasks at a time, so the choices had to be made carefully.
“Chenxi?”
Old John at the front desk also noticed Chenxi and walked over with a friendly smile. His gaze flicked briefly toward Hongxu.
“Uncle John.”
Chenxi nodded slightly in greeting.
Old John jerked his chin, signaling Chenxi to come closer.
Leaning forward, he lowered his voice. “I have noticed that you have been going to the Dungeon quite frequently lately. Now you have even brought along such a powerful foreign race companion.”
He glanced around before continuing.
“Are you interested in taking on a bigger job?
The difficulty is not low, but the reward… will definitely satisfy you.”
Hongxu’s ears immediately perked up.
The beginning—mutter mutter—she could not understand!
The middle—mutter mutter—still could not understand!
A generous reward—now that she understood!
She secretly tugged at the back of Chenxi’s clothes. What kind of task is it? Will there be fun fighting?
Chenxi felt the tug but ignored Hongxu’s small movement and looked at Old John.
“What exactly is the commission?”
Old John rubbed his fingers together and lowered his voice even further.
“On the seventh floor, at the edge of the ‘Rotting Marsh Woodland,’ a new nest of Bone-Eroding Venom Spiders has been discovered.
An informant named ‘Gray Rat’ saw it with his own eyes. The scale is not small, and it was built not long ago.”
The moment Chenxi heard that name, his vigilance instantly rose to its highest level.
“What is the objective?”
Chenxi asked directly.
“Spider eggs. The more, the better.”
Old John smiled. “The employer… requires at least ten intact eggs to be brought back.
Alive would be better. Dead is acceptable as well, but they must remain intact.”
Ten intact Bone-Eroding Venom Spider eggs?
Scenes from yesterday flashed rapidly through Chenxi’s mind. The eggs inside that bundle had definitely numbered more than ten.
Yet his expression remained calm.
“What is the reward?”
Chenxi asked. If he did not ask about the reward, it would seem suspicious.
Old John raised five fingers.
“Fifty gold coins.
Ten gold coins as a deposit. The rest will be paid after the job is completed.
The employer will separately cover the intelligence fee and my brokerage fee.”
Hongxu said nothing. She merely narrowed her eyes slightly.
She might be a bit slow, but she was not truly stupid. Very quickly, she connected this commission with what had happened yesterday.
Should they accept it?
The reward was unbelievably generous, but the danger was equally obvious.
Although they now possessed two pieces of purple equipment.
“How accurate is the intelligence? Where exactly is the nest located?”
Chenxi continued asking for details.
He needed more information before making a decision.
“Gray Rat’s reputation is decent. That is how he makes a living.
As for the location… here is a simple map.”
Old John pulled out a wrinkled piece of parchment from beneath the counter. Rough lines and a marked point were drawn on it with charcoal.
“It is on the eastern rock wall of the ‘Rotting Marsh Woodland,’ inside a recess. The entrance is concealed. He said he saw traces of movement and newly spun webs.”
After thinking for several seconds, Chenxi decided to give it up.
He could grow stronger gradually. There was no need to take such a risk.
【Limited-Time Mission: A Petty Man’s Revenge Should Not Wait Overnight. Do You Think I Will Endure It?】
Mission Description: A petty man’s revenge should not wait overnight. Do you think I will endure it?
Strike back fiercely and slaughter your way back. Avoid their edge? Never!
Reward: Random Golden Equipment
“I will take it.”