Chapter 257 Happy Sharing of Task Rewards
We will have to wait a week for the follow-up news. There is no point in being anxious. I hope Chris is safe and doesn't get himself killed.
At exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, Team Light gathered in the Adventurer's Association Hall.
Shu Li took out the Starbucks that everyone had gathered from his storage bag and placed them on the task hand-in counter. He said to the staff cheerfully, "Hello, I'm here to hand in a task. Five hundred Starbucks plants. Please check them."
The staff looked at the large bag of herbs on the counter in surprise. The nearby adventurers all looked over at Shu Li when they heard what she said.
“Is it really Xingba grass?”
"How did a magic apprentice like him get the star grass?"
"I heard that two high-level adventuring teams died in the Woba Canyon yesterday. How come these magic apprentices returned safely?"
"Isn't this a fraud to get the reward?"
"If they still want to continue being adventurers, they shouldn't cut off their own careers."
"Anyway, I don't believe a magic apprentice can escape unscathed after entering the Grand Canyon."
"What if they get lucky?"
"That's right! Put away your jealousy!"
"The reward is five thousand gold coins... Alas, the price of Xingba grass is going to go up."
"Their survival means the Grand Canyon is safe. We will immediately set off for our adventure."
"No, it's best to wait for the Magic Association to issue a notice and ensure it's safe before taking any action."
"The Magic Association has been investigating this for three years, but they still haven't solved the problem. How many adventurers have been killed in vain?"
"Okay, if you have time to complain, you might as well focus on improving your own strength."
The little goblin had sharp hearing and heard most of the discussions around him.
Dixie folded his arms, raised his chin, and muttered in dissatisfaction, "These guys have such ugly faces."
He couldn't complete the task himself, yet he suspected others of cheating. He has a really dirty heart.
Angel said, "They can't eat the grapes, so of course they're sour! Ignore them."
The other members of Team Light held their heads high and accepted the envious and hateful looks from all around them calmly.
Not only did they escape unscathed, they also exceeded their targets.
In addition to the 500 stalks of Xingba grass delivered by Shu Li, more than 200 more stalks were picked and can be sold at a higher price.
Seleu has already found a boss to buy herbs from. He is a reliable person, offers reasonable prices, and never cheats anyone.
After the staff counted the cinnamon grass and confirmed it was not adulterated, they happily accepted the bag of herbs. They took out a form, filled it out, and asked Shu Li, the group leader, to sign it.
Shu Li held the feather pen and wrote a line of beautiful elven words in the lower right corner of the paper.
"Hey, this is..." The staff was stunned when they saw the elf text.
Shu Li looked down, stuck out his tongue, and quickly signed his name again in the common language of the mainland.
"Sorry, I've been cramming Elvish lately to learn magic spells, haha."
He had studied Elvish for eighteen years, and it had long become his first language in the other world. He habitually used Elvish characters when writing.
Watching the staff stamp the Adventurer's Association's seal on the signature area of the form, Shu Li secretly reminded himself that details determine success or failure. In order to prevent his fairy identity from being exposed again, he must be extremely careful with his words and actions.
"Please show us your adventure team badge." The staff member said to Shu Li politely.
Shu Li immediately took out eleven badges and handed them to the staff. The staff took the badges and placed them in a delicate magic device.
The magic device emitted a light that shone on the badge. After a moment, the white crystal on the badge turned green.
All eleven adventure badges were upgraded. The staff smiled and said to Shu Li, "Congratulations on your advancement from level zero to level one adventure team. Please continue to work hard and reach level nine soon."
"Thank you!" Shu Li took back the adventure team badge and returned it to other teammates one by one.
After receiving the upgraded badge, the members of Team Light couldn't let it go.
"This is your reward." The staff member took out a small storage bag from the storage drawer behind him, which contained five thousand gold coins.
Shu Li took it with both hands, very excited.
This was the highest remuneration they had ever earned. Each person could get 450 gold coins, and the extra 50 gold coins would be confiscated as the team's common fund for emergencies.
"Let's go and find a place to divide the money!" Shu Li waved to his teammates with a beaming face.
"Follow me." Seleu said calmly.
Five thousand gold coins is not a small amount. Except for him who is a senior magician, the others in the Light Team are all magic apprentices on the surface. In the eyes of some people with ulterior motives, they are no different from fat sheep.
Although the security in the courtyard is good, it cannot prevent insidious villains.
I'm afraid that as soon as they step out of the Adventurer's Association, they will be followed by thugs.
The others had no objection and followed Seleu away quickly.
Seleu led them to an inconspicuous carriage on the side of the road and invited everyone in.
After everyone got on the car, Harris, who was caught by Seleu to act as a temporary coachman, flicked the reins and the two horses ran away, quickly turning into the alley, twisting and turning, and soon shook off some of their "tails".
Shu Li covered the storage bag hanging at his waist and sighed. "So collecting the reward is so dangerous?"
Seleu said seriously: "Never underestimate the ugliness of human nature."
Having lived in the courtyard for eighteen years, he knew the nature of adventurers clearly. They relied on their own strength to take advantage of opportunities and often robbed weaker adventure teams to replenish their coffers.
If it is a purely human adventure team, it would be fine as they know how to restrain themselves. However, if it is a multi-racial adventure team, their qualities are uneven and they all have their own ulterior motives, especially the dark elves, goblins, orcs and the like, who have no moral bottom line.
Ace agreed and said, "Seriu is right. Often, good and evil are just a matter of thought."
Hector clicked his tongue. "Can't they be punished?"
Seryu shook his head: "There is no evidence."
Those who dare to do evil in the courtyard are often smart people, shrewd and cunning, and will never leave any evidence of their evil deeds.
The adventure team whose reward was robbed had no choice but to consider themselves unlucky.
The Light Team successfully received 5,000 gold coins on their first mission, and had long been targeted.
Shu Li sighed: "You are really thoughtful."
He and his teammates had simple thoughts and were only concerned about having fun, not realizing that the huge reward they had worked so hard to earn was almost robbed.
However, if he were to be robbed, he wouldn't be afraid. Anyone who dared to snatch something from a high-level wizard should first consider their own strength.
The carriage drove for twenty minutes and stopped in front of a castle full of traces of time.
After getting off the carriage, the members of Team Light lined up in front of the castle gate, looking up in amazement.
"What is this place?" asked Siti.
"Drabe Castle has the best restaurant in the courtyard. It's an entertainment venue that combines entertainment, leisure, and shopping. It has strictly sealed private rooms that can block magical and sensory detection." Seryu said, "We want a private room. After dividing the reward, we will go to the top floor to sell the remaining star grass."
Shu Li said, "No problem."
The remaining star grass is sold according to the amount collected by individuals. The more you collect, the more you earn, and the less you collect, the less you earn.
Most importantly, the selling price is 20 gold coins per plant, which is twice the mission reward.
"Great!" Budno licked the corner of his mouth. "I hope the food here won't disappoint me."
Amanda rubbed her hands. "I want to eat seafood."
He hasn't eaten seafood for almost half a month, and there is not much left in the storage ring. He has been eating animal meat recently and is a bit tired of it.
"Seafood? Is there any seafood?" Farmu jumped out of Shuli's Seal of the God of Fire, drooling with greed.
Shu Li looked at the three foodies with greedy expressions on their faces, and sighed with his hand on his forehead.
Led by Seleu, the group entered the castle and asked the staff for a large private room that could accommodate more than ten people.
The interior of the box is elegantly designed and beautifully decorated. High-level magic circles are painted around the walls, perfectly isolating it from outside detection.
Eleven people sat around a long table. Shu Li, as the captain of Team Light, sat at the head, while humans represented by Ace sat on the left, and fairies and dragons represented by Kumandi sat on the right.
Shu Li took out the storage bag containing the reward, opened it, and poured it onto the table.
“Clatter—”
The glittering gold coins fell on the table continuously, and soon they piled up into a golden hill.
"Wow--"
When Amanda saw the gold coins, the dragon's love of money took over and her eyes involuntarily turned into vertical pupils.
Seeing this, Angel quickly reached out and covered his eyes. "Calm down, calm down."
Amanda swallowed and suppressed the desire in her heart.
There is no way, gold coins are the favorite of dragons. Turning into a dragon and sleeping on a mountain of gold coins is so happy.
In Amanda's cave on Dragon Island, there is a small mountain of gold coins that can be used as a bed.
Since entering the human world, he hasn't had close contact with gold coins for a long time.
Shu Li clapped his hands and said, "450 gold coins per person, everyone count them yourselves~"
"No problem! I love counting gold coins the most!" Discio agreed with both hands.
"Let's see who can count faster," Budno suggested.
Desio rolled up his sleeves, full of energy. "Let's compete!"
Soon, the only sound in the box was the clattering of gold coins.
As the Light Team happily distributed their rewards, Ilio sat elegantly on the sofa with a cup of tea in his hand, drinking it slowly.
"...Thanks to Sperian and his teammates, the crisis in the Wobba Canyon has been basically resolved."
After listening to his retelling, the magic god Danlov, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, fell into deep thought.
The hidden dangers of the Wobba Canyon were discovered as early as three years ago. He sent many great wizards to investigate, but suffered heavy casualties.
At that time, I was still a Dharma Saint and was about to reach the end of my life. I really didn't have the energy to solve the problem of the Grand Canyon.
So, he went to the Elf Kingdom to find his teacher, the Elf King, and asked him for help and advice. It would be even better if he could invite two magic god-level elves to explore the canyon together.
However, the Elf King did not agree to his request, but asked him to wait, saying that the crisis in the Wobba Canyon would be resolved soon.
Today, someone from Ilio came to the Magic Tower and told him that Sperien's Light Team went to the canyon to do a gathering mission yesterday and killed a demon lord from hell. He was shocked.
The teacher had actually foreseen the current outcome three years ago?
The one who killed the Demon Lord was not the Elf King disguised as a human, but the little elf Sperian holding the sword of Viona!
Before, Danlov didn’t understand why the Elf King allowed underage goblins to go to the mainland for training, but now he vaguely understood.
Sperian may be a little elf favored by the god of fate. He will definitely do something in the future and bring light to the world.
Elio finished his last sip of tea, set the cup down, stood up, and stretched. "Although the Demon Lord is dead, there must still be many minions in the canyon. Send the magicians to clean them up as soon as possible."
Danlov came back to his senses and said, "Don't worry, I will."
Countless natural treasures are buried deep in the Grand Canyon. It is a favorite place for adventure teams and mercenary groups to explore, and it must not be invaded by monsters.
Elio waved his hand. "Then I won't disturb you from working."
The documents on my desk are piling up like a mountain. If I don't deal with them now, they will pile up again.
It seems that being the Lord of the Atrium is not easy. There is endless work every day. In the half hour they talked alone, five magicians came in to deliver documents.
After he left, Danlov's expression became serious and he summoned all the mages to prepare for a seminar on cleaning up the Wobba Canyon.
After Team Light divided the money, they sold the extra Starbucks grass, and their pockets became fatter.
The cost of the teleportation array was finally earned back.
With a huge sum of money in hand, I feel calm.
"Let's go shopping!" Shu Li said excitedly.
There is a shopping street on the top floor of the castle, selling a wide variety of goods. If you take a look around, you might be able to buy something you like.
Hector was really impressed by the goblins.
Active in making money and spending money, just like being casual.
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