When Han Yuze arranged for the Green Fanatic to inquire, in fact, there were undercurrents within various professional guilds.
After all, after competing with each other for so long, these guilds knew each other inside out, and there were undercover agents in each of them.
These matters were well understood by all, and there was no way to thoroughly investigate them, so they basically turned a blind eye to it.
In this competitive and secretive environment, occasionally, when there was a need, they would share some information with each other, sort of like coordinating their efforts.
For example, this time’s competition for the first kill of the BOSS.
Guild management was secretly transmitting messages through their undercover agents, testing each other, and pushing their limits.
A total of eight new BOSSes were released, with more than a dozen professional guilds and some private guilds participating in the competition. If they all accidentally crowded into the same map, not only would it be challenging for themselves, but it would also mean giving away other BOSSes.
No one wanted to let other guilds take advantage of the situation.
In a way, it was a kind of tacit understanding. Quietly, the main objectives of the guilds’ competition were evenly distributed across different maps.
Of course, these matters had nothing to do with Jiang Shi.
In any case, with a total of eight new BOSSes released, the final result was one out of eight. As for who their opponents would be at that time, it had no impact on them, as they were completely indifferent.
Originally, they were just playing for fun, so they should have a playful attitude.
In short, if they could grab the first kill, it would be great, but if they couldn’t, aside from the possibility of losing some equipment and items, there didn’t seem to be any additional losses.
They were players from a casual retirement guild, and not getting the first kill was the norm; there was no face to lose.
So Jiang Shi directly gave the map selection rights to the vice presidents of the Island Forest and What Pen Carries Fragrance guilds. After his birthday banquet, he wandered around a bit and then logged off.
When he logged into the virtual cabin again, the first thing he did was to check the leveling progress of the Gentleman Fan, and then he headed to the main city of the third zone, Shaelshale.
The shop of the Island Forest guild was located here.
Compared to the next day’s BOSS competition, this leisure and entertainment project was more important to Jiang Shi now. He was more concerned about the sales of the new intermediate runestones.
As the main city of the third zone, Shaelshale’s city area was bustling with people.
Opposite the market, there were tall flags with the silver snake totem coiled around black vials, which was the emblem of the Rattlesnake guild, the governing guild of the third zone.
Jiang Shi followed the house number given to him by the Island Forest guild and finally found the [Forest Small Shop]
The Island Forest guild hadn’t come online today, but because he had already greeted the NPC service staff inside the shop in advance, when Jiang Shi explained his purpose, the staff was very enthusiastic and began to introduce the situation.
“Ah, it’s like this, because this type of runestone isn’t very common, it was a bit troublesome when we initially started selling it. It wasn’t until last night that we sold the first one.”
The service staff NPC named Bulwo continued to smile as he spoke, making Jiang Shi feel as if he was dealing with the guild leader himself. “But after that piece was sold, the customer came back this morning and bought all the remaining runestones with the same attribute.”
“So, it was bought by the same person?” Jiang Shi took the sales details handed to him and checked the buyer’s guild. After a moment of thought, he didn’t say anything more and took out a batch of new runestones from his backpack. “These are the intermediate runestones I developed, and their effects vary. You can see the detailed description after reading them. Please help me put five of each purple and ten of each blue on sale. I’ll come back in a few days.”
“Of course, dear, you are a friend of the boss, we will certainly do our best to serve you.” Bulwo still had a smile on his face.
Jiang Shi submitted the runestones and received the first batch of sales profits. Listening to the conversation, he couldn’t help but look at the NPC’s face and chuckled. “Your accent, did you learn it from our guild leader?”
Bulwo replied, “Yes, dear, the boss said that customers are like gods.”
Jiang Shi thought for a moment and could only give this evaluation, “It’s pretty good.”
Coming out of the Forest Small Shop, Jiang Shi looked at the bustling market around him, considered the new silver coins he had just received, and then headed towards the direction of the auction house.
Previously, he had only listed runestones of purple or lower quality for sale at the Island Forest, wanting to see if runestones with healing effects had a market. Now, even though they were all bought up by a player, it was enough to indicate that the performance of these runestones had been recognized.
Ordinary players didn’t need to buy so many runestones with the same effect all at once, but considering the player’s guild, everything made much more sense.
The Rattlesnake guild.
A guild with the highest number of top-tier experts in status types on the entire Genesis Continent. The “Three Demon Systems” composed of [Snake Scorpion Curse], [No One], and the [Twilight] of the Woodland Tribe were a headache for many top-tier experts.
In the recently concluded Century Cup tournament, the Rattlesnake guild had just won its second consecutive championship, a testament to its rapid development in recent years. However, at the same time, the lack of top-tier healing players within the guild remained a significant issue.
In fact, many guilds were facing such a predicament.
It was widely known that due to the Healing Hands of the Blood Rose and the Tears of the Poet from the Black Tower guild, top-tier priests and healers almost exclusively chose these two guilds as their first choice, especially in the upper-mid-tier area, where the disparity was quite severe.
Normally, Jiang Shi wouldn’t think too much about this, but once he considered the upcoming first kill battle tomorrow, everything became clear.
The shortage of healers could be compensated with runestones, and as long as there was demand, it meant there was a market.
So, Jiang Shi decided with great confidence to hand the first gold-quality runestone he obtained after returning to the auction house, believing it could fetch a very good price.
However, at the same time Jiang Shi entered the auction house, he didn’t know that the purple runestones that had been bought in bulk had already ended up in the hands of an unexpected person.
The Rattlesnake guild’s guild territory.
As soon as Snake Scorpion Curse entered the resting room, he immediately spotted two people who were slacking off inside to avoid a meeting, as well as the guild secretary who had come for some reason.
The secretary had been saying something to Chuan Shijie, but when she saw the Snake Scorpion Curse enter, she instinctively fell silent, and her back stiffened.
This obvious change made the other two people in the room burst into laughter.
Lone Tomb patted Chuan Shijie on the shoulder with a playful smile and comforted him, “I mean, although the Old Poison’s name does sound quite poisonous, and his reputation outside is indeed not very good, at the very least, he’s a member of the guild. It’s not like he can really eat you alive. Relax, Shijie!”
Chuang Shijie quietly wiped non-existent sweat: “Yes, yes…”
Snake Scorpion Curse’s modeling itself had a chilling effect, and after he scanned the area expressionlessly, the atmospheric pressure around them visibly dropped. “Why aren’t you attending tomorrow’s first kill meeting and hiding here? I think it’s best to give me a suitable excuse for slacking off.”
Lone Tomb and the Twilight, seated on the sofa, exchanged a glance and handed over the item that Chuang Shijie had brought back. “Take a look at this runestone.”
Snake Scorpion Curse took it and furrowed his brows slightly when he saw it was purple quality. He only showed a slight change in expression after he saw the specific field effect. “Where did this come from?”
“World found it on the market,” Lone Tomb said, observingSnake Scorpion Curse’s reaction. “It’s a bit of a shame. If we could purchase a large quantity, our chances of winning the first kill tomorrow would be much higher.”
Snake Scorpion Curse asked, “So, how many did you get?”
When asked the specific question, even though he was nervous, Chuang Shijie still answered, “Five purple and… ten blue.”
His voice was low and lacked confidence. It was clear that he knew that this quantity was insufficient for the guild.
Snake Scorpion Curse didn’t say anything more and extended his hand.
Chuang Shijie obediently handed over all these runestones from his backpack.
Snake Scorpion Curse said, “You can request reimbursement from the finance department later.”
Chuang Shijie said, “Thank you.”
Snake Scorpion Curse looked at the creator’s ID on the runestone and asked, “Have you contacted the other party? If there’s inventory, we can also purchase white quality runestones.”
Even top-tier players, let alone slightly above-average players, wouldn’t pay much attention to white quality items. It was evident that the demand for these healing runestones in the Rattlesnake guild was quite significant.
The way Snake Scorpion Curse put it had a somewhat desperate tone.
“I’ve tried to contact them, but it didn’t work out. I tried to add them as a friend, but it seems like they have set their account to not accept friend requests.” Under the chilling gaze of Snake Scorpion Curse, Chuang Shijie couldn’t help but feel the need to wipe his non-existent sweat again. He spoke rapidly, “I also asked the service staff at the shop where it was consigned, and they said it’s a friend of the owner. I don’t know how to contact them specifically. But I inquired a bit, and it seems like the other party doesn’t have much inventory, just a casual player who made a few to try and sell.”
Casual player, just made a few?
If it were really that simple, their technical department wouldn’t have had a breakthrough yet.
Snake Scorpion Curse heard this overly casual explanation and resisted the urge to sneer. After a moment of thought, he said, “When you have the time, go visit them again. If they have similar runestones to sell in the future, contact us directly.”
Chuang Shijie said, “Understood.”
Lone Tomb, who had been listening to their conversation, finally spoke up, “So, this shouldn’t be considered as intentionally skipping out on everything, right? The effect of this runestone is simply amazing, it’s tailor-made for our guild!”
“Since it’s tailor-made, why haven’t the people in the technical department been able to develop it?” Snake Scorpion Curse’s cold words directly silenced the Lone Tomb.
If it were someone else, they would have probably been scared silent by this chilling atmosphere, but only the Lone Tomb could continue the conversation with ease, “Well, maybe it’s because it’s too difficult, it requires some kind of fortuitous opportunity to develop. Otherwise, why have we been watching the market for so long and only now seen runestones with this kind of effect? Five purple and ten blue, tsk, the probability of purple quality is clearly a bit lower, so it would be even more difficult to carve out gold quality attributes, don’t you think, Twilight?”
Twilight, who had almost fallen asleep on the sofa, opened his eyes slightly, “Huh? Uh… yeah.”
Snake Scorpion Curse ignored the banter between the two.
He held the runestone in his hand and looked at the game ID of the carver thoughtfully.
[Material Main Account.]
It sounded like the name of an alt account.
It was a pity that only purple quality had been produced. If they could create a gold quality runestone, he would be willing to invite this player to join the Rattlesnake guild’s technical team at any cost.
However, in reality, the quality of the runestones was not the main point. They should try to contact the player at some point. If possible, they could ask this player to sell them the technique for carving runestones. Although they hadn’t attempted such an operation before, it was still a direction worth considering.
In the auction house, Jiang Shi had just filled out the registration form at the counter and sneezed. He rubbed his nose in confusion and handed it over to the counter attendant, asking, “Is this all I need to do?”
“Yes, that’s correct. Thank you for your cooperation,” the attendant said politely. “According to the process, your gold-quality runestone will be auctioned next Wednesday evening. After the auction, a service representative will contact you. Please ensure your email is accessible.”
Jiang Shi said, “Alright, no problem.”
As he left the auction house, he glanced at the stacks of runestones in his backpack, all newly crafted items.
It was perfect to try them out in tomorrow’s first kill competition.
Just as he was thinking about this, What Pen Carries Fragrance sent him a friend message.
[What Pen Carries Fragrance: After discussing, we’re planning to go after Death Hunter Bruce. If you don’t have any issues with that, we’re going to set it in stone, alright?]
[Material Main Account: OK, I’m good with it~^_^~]