TEN
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Leon, using his sword, starts dissecting the monsters' corpse, carefully removing their gastric glands.
Monsters ate things that were very difficult to digest so the acid they produce is extra corrosives. It's not to the point that it can melt Leon's hand but it would surely hurt if he accidentally punctured it, and some of it managed to stick to his skin.
"This is about enough," Leon said, cleaning the monster’s blood all over his face.
"It's not really applicable to use a sword in things like this." Putting the monsters’ carcass in his inventory, he immediately returns back to the village. He couldn't afford another fight in his current condition.
……
On the outskirts of the Village of Ganiyu, groups of players have gathered.
"Boss Monty, that newbie actually did not lie to us." Said by one of the players to a fat man carrying a big piece of meat in his hand.
The fat man is currently enjoying a Didu bird, one of the most delicious currently known chickens in Genesys. Just its legs cost approximately 100 gold or if converted to the real-world currency will amount to 1,000 USD.
"Yeah, we strike gold this time. Did you contact my father?" The fat man said as he munched over his food, covering his face with grease.
"Yes boss, your father said that they will arrive by sunset and order us to tell you to prepare for a feast as the whole clan wouldn’t miss such a joyous occasion."
"Wonderful! With great ancestor here, the village is good as ours." Monty is extremely delighted with this achievement of his. It's not far-fetched to say that he has the clan successor position in the bag. He was not one bit worried that the whole operation might fail. His clan upper echelon already achieved level 100 and his clan great ancestor is already level 150 with such a force no one can stop them.
"All hail boss Monty, All hail his handsomeness."
"Boss Monty!" ” Boss Monty!” ” Boss Monty! “ The whole group of players cheered. They know that after all of this is over there is a big paycheck waiting for them.
“Bring out our best wine and foods, and hire the best chef in the area. Spare no expense, tonight we party!”
"Boss Monty!" "Boss Monty!" "Boss Monty!" With Monty's declaration, the whole group of players once again cheered.
…..
It was already dark when Leon arrived at Ganiyu Village. Despite the impending war, the village plaza is still extremely lively. There is a long line of players lining up to meet the village chief, all wanting to receive a quest.
“Hehehe, What do you think the reward will be?”
“Do you think it will be like the wars we saw on tv?”
“My cousin participated in the war between the Nilad kingdom and the Maraya Empire. He said that the reward is extremely amazing.”
“Really? I can’t wait for the war to start.”
“I can’t believe I will be able to participate in a war despite being a newbie, hehehe.”
“Do you think the war will be shown on tv?”
“That will be pretty cool.”
A bunch of Newbie players is discussing the system announcement, everyone is pretty excited about the upcoming war. Seeing all this Leon smirk ‘A bunch of noobs'
Ignoring the long line of players, Leon once again tours around the entire village. As a large population of players is concentrated in the village plaza, the rest of the village looks deserted. Leon manages to walk to every house in the village without being noticed.
‘Almost set, the only thing left to do now is dig.’ Holding the shovel he just stole, Leon walked toward the back of the village.
…..
In the backside of Ganiyu Village where people would not expect to look, Leon is digging.
“Damn, physical labor!
“Damn! Hell’s Lending extorting all of my money!”
“Damn! Merlin cursing my character!”
“Damn! Genesys deleting my character”
“Damn! Prince Eric having everything I always wanted!”
“Damn! Genesys for making my life difficult!”
“Damn! Village Chief for not giving me any quest!”
“Damn! Ganiyu Village for treating me like a criminal”
After an hour of cursing, Leon finally finished digging. “Damn! It’s really difficult to make a living.” Leon falls to the ground exhausted.
Stabilizing his breathing, Leon forces himself to stand up. “There's still stuff to do. Time to rile up the buffoons.”
……
Arriving in the outskirts of the Ganiyu Village, Leon easily spotted a large group of players having a party.
Leon faced twitch. ‘Is that Buffon entire clan stupid? I get it you love food but come on, you haven’t won yet.’
Fixing the expression on his face, Leon approached the group of players. As most of the people are already drunk, they didn’t notice Leon's existence even though the latter spent minutes looking around. If he was an assassin everyone of these people would mostly be dead by now.
It was not easy to find Monty as everyone looked exactly like giant meatballs, if not for the latter excessive boasting he would not be able to spot him.
“Hehehe, Watch me eat this entire Didu bird leg in one bite.
“Boss Monty is so awesome!”
“Boss Monty is so handsome!”
Leon watched how an ugly fat man ate an entire leg of a Didu bird with a size of man thigh in just a single bite. The whole process caught him so amazed that he can’t help but shout “Boss Monty is so awesome!”
Composing himself in what he just witnessed, Leon approach Monty. "Boss Monty! Boss Monty! That's amazing, I want to join your group."
“Of course boss Monty is amazing, who are you to appear in his presence?”
“Yeah, Who are you?”
“Spy!”
“Kill the spy!”
“It's JBond!”
“Double seven!”
“Give as your autograph!”
“I love you in Earthfall!”
The group of players is already drunk as f*ck and started spotting a bunch of random bullsh*t.
‘How can these people suppose to conquer a village? They can hardly stand up, this is unbelievable.’ Witnessing how hopeless this group of players is, Leon is tempted to just pack his bags and move on.
It was at this moment that a muscular man in a heavy suit of armor stepped forward. “Shut the f*ck up all of you!” The man has a big scar on his face and long white hair who seems to defy the law of physics as it points in the air.
He looked fiercely at Leon. “Who the f*ck are you supposed to be?” The man unsheathed his greatsword and placed it at Leon's neck.
[You are afflicted by enemies Intimidating presence Lv.25]
You are cowering in fear in the presence of the enemy.
Effect: Your stats lower by 29%
[Due to your strong will the effect of Intimidating presence is mitigated.]
Effect: Your stats lower by 20%
[Due to the Enemy of the World title the effect of Intimidating presence is negated.]
With the appearance of the man, Leon breathed a sigh of relief. ‘Thank goodness they are not all worthless.’
Leon looked intentionally subservient at the man even adding the effect of shaking his whole body. “I’m Leon sir, I met Boss Monty this morning. I’m the one who told him about the quest.
“Hahahaha, Looked at the coward shake.”
“Hahahaha, Don’t s**t your pants.”
“Ewww, you're not JBond.”
Seeing Leon's unsightly appearance, the group of drunkards once again gets riled up.
The man looked at the drunkards, releasing his pressure, turning the whole area silent. He then looks at Monty who is scared sh*tless ever since the man arrived.
"Is that true?"
“Yes, ancestor” Monty said with his head facing the ground.
Hearing Monty’s answer, the man expressions soften.“He is your acquaintance, you deal with it. You and your friend can party all you want just make sure you don’t hinder the operation.” The man then unsheathes his blade and walks away.
“Thanks, ancestor.” With a big smile on his face, Monty said, “Let’s the party continue.”
‘They are much smarter than I thought.’ Leon quickly understands what is happening.
‘That man is confident in conquering a village, he just doesn't know the way to get the quest.’
'He knows about the village chief. Monty and his crew are just for show, to give a false image so that others might think that they are just stupid, this intern deters the high-level players from interfering. Brilliant!' Leon is amazed.
He looks at the man’s back. [LZT ancestor Lv.???]
‘Interesting he's not a veteran player but his level is already more than 100.’ He smiled.
Although Guild LZT turned out to be not a group of buffoons as he was expecting. It didn’t bring any harm to his plan, on the contrary, it was even better.
Now all he has to do is watch and let the farmers plan the crops while he readies for harvest.
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