Chapter 49: Vivian, Something Is Seriously Wrong with You! |
Vivian was extremely panicked right now.
So far, the Evil God had already sold this piece of intelligence to no fewer than ten Enforcement Officers.
He had made nearly two hundred gold coins in profit.
Although some gold had been spent earlier, with these earnings added, Vivian’s total wealth had reached 1064 gold coins.
“Mm, not bad. Now I’ve easily gathered enough gold to fully benefit from Gold Blessing.”
Easily my foot!
Hearing what the Evil God said, Vivian felt her future turning bleak.
This is over—I’m definitely going to be targeted by the Enforcement Officers, and not just one, but a whole group of them.
Waaah… Lord Evil God, what have you done?!
“No, Vivian, aren’t you afraid those Enforcement Officers will come after you once they find out the truth?”
“Not afraid!” Vivian’s reply was straightforward.
What a joke—why would he be afraid of mere NPCs?
Jiang Chen didn’t care in the slightest.
“Let me see how the quest is going now.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen opened the quest panel.
【NPC Quest: Collect Intelligence】
【Information Obtained: The mastermind behind the black-robed individuals (unverified), Reward Paid -310 gold coins 90 silver coins】
【Current Evaluation: D+】
“The evaluation jumped straight to D+. At this rate, it might even reach SSS soon.”
Jiang Chen was very satisfied.
Next, he only needed to wait for more intelligence from the goblin.
Stretching lazily, he checked the time—it was already 6 PM.
“Time flies.”
As if remembering something—
“Let me check the combat power leaderboard.”
【Eternal Era Combat Power Leaderboard:】
【Rank 1: Human, Combat Power 6300】
【Rank 2: Dragon Race, 5100】
【Rank 3: Dark Elf, 4200】
……
“Nice, still in first place.”
“And more importantly, players from the Dragon Race and other races aren’t increasing their combat power as rapidly anymore.”
Jiang Chen wasn’t surprised by this.
The early stage was the easiest time to increase strength. The further one progressed, the slower the growth became.
This game followed a similar pattern.
However, Jiang Chen estimated that his advantage wouldn’t last long.
Clearly, judging from the trend of other players’ combat power, they hadn’t leveled up yet.
Once they did, there would be another major surge.
At that point, the gap would quickly shrink—or even be overtaken.
“But that Dragon Race player is really something.”
“Didn’t they say they were going to sleep? With that kind of growth, there’s no way they actually slept.”
Jiang Chen was curious how long that player could keep grinding.
This was on another level entirely.
If Jiang Chen remembered correctly, that Dragon Race player hadn’t slept for nearly two days.
“Aren’t they afraid of dropping dead?”
At this point, all Jiang Chen could say was that he was impressed.
Closing the leaderboard interface—
“Whatever, whatever. Everyone’s got it tough. That’s enough for today.”
“And it’s about time to cook.”
Just as Jiang Chen was about to log out, he paused.
“Ah, almost forgot something important.”
He opened his inventory and found the MP potions.
Then he checked Vivian’s current stats.
【MP: 360/750】
“That’s barely recovered anything.”
Jiang Chen took out two MP potions and used them.
A few minutes passed.
The MP bar finally filled up.
“This MP recovery speed is ridiculously slow.” Seeing that restoring 400 MP had taken several minutes even with potions, Jiang Chen clicked his tongue.
This recovery speed was absurdly slow.
Skill activated.
In the next moment, under Lilith’s gaze, a special magic circle suddenly appeared beside Vivian.
“What is Vivian doing?” Lilith was puzzled.
But then she saw something.
A pink, cartoon-like bear about one meter tall appeared before her.
Seeing the adorable bear, Lilith was immediately captivated.
“Vivian, is this a familiar you summoned?”
“I guess… you could say that…” Vivian replied uncertainly.
At that moment, after the bear was summoned, Vivian suddenly felt her body lighten—it was obvious that the Evil God had left.
So early today?
Lord Evil God isn’t that capable after all…
That was Vivian’s first thought.
Soon, she shook her head.
“Vivian, what are you thinking? Do you actually want the Evil God to control you all the time?”
Pushing aside her messy thoughts, Vivian’s gaze, like Lilith’s, fell on the Candy Bear.
“What a cute little bear!”
Vivian thought.
Then she saw the bear trot up to her.
“Guo guo…” The bear made an adorably soft sound.
This made Vivian like it even more.
“Guo guo… guo guo…”
“You’re saying your name is Candy, and… please take care of me?” Vivian said uncertainly.
Then the bear nodded.
“I can actually understand what the bear is saying!” Vivian was surprised.
But this earned her an eye roll from Lilith.
“Vivian, don’t tell me you didn’t know that?”
“Know what?” Vivian was confused.
“It’s completely normal to understand the speech of a summoned familiar. And if you couldn’t understand it, how would you form a contract with it?”
“Through a special summoning magic circle, you connect to the space where familiars live.”
“Then your consciousness enters that space, you find a familiar, gain its recognition, and form a contract.”
Hearing this, Vivian immediately came to a realization.
“So that’s how it is!”
“So that’s how it is?” Lilith looked at Vivian suspiciously. “What do you mean ‘so that’s how it is’?”
“Don’t tell me you didn’t know? Then how did you summon your familiar?”
Faced with Lilith’s question, Vivian had no idea how to answer.
She couldn’t possibly say that this was probably related to the Evil God.
Clearly, the skill she obtained at Two-Ring was something like summoning a familiar, which normally required her to find one herself—but the Evil God had handled it for her.
How could she explain that?
And besides, was that even something she could say?
“Haha, Lilith, of course I knew. I just went to that… place, that space, and formed a contract with Candy.” Vivian laughed awkwardly.
“Really?” Lilith remained suspicious. “Then tell me—what is the place where this bear lives called?”
“Guo guo… guo guo…”
“It says it’s called Fairy Tale Town!”
Lilith held her forehead.
“As expected, you don’t know anything!”
“But that makes no sense! Then how were you able to summon a familiar? What’s the principle behind this?”
Lilith simply couldn’t figure it out.
In the end, she let out a sigh.
“Forget it. This isn’t important anymore. Strange things happening to you isn’t anything new.”
But then, Lilith seemed to notice something again.
“Wait! Vivian, something is seriously wrong with you!”