After accepting the trade, a trade window appeared in front of him. Jiang Hao opened his backpack and found that almost all of the equipment was obtained from the Nightmare Mode of the [Shadow of Wailing] dungeon he had cleared last time.
Jiang Hao placed his first piece of equipment, a bronze-grade [Viscount Longsword].
"180,000."
The Snow Queen simply gave a price.
Jiang Hao felt that although it wasn't high, it wasn't low either; even if it were put on an auction house, it would probably fetch around this price. So he added a second piece of equipment.
Bronze-tier equipment: [Wald's Knight's Armor]
140,000.
Jiang Hao thought it was acceptable, so he added a third piece of equipment, [Wald's Gauntlets]. Although this piece had a similar name to the previous one, it wasn't part of a set, which is why Jiang Hao placed it separately.
140,000.
The Ice Queen's price was straightforward, not caring about even the slightest stat difference, and was directly priced according to level and equipment slot. Jiang Hao quite liked this kind of customer, so he added a fourth piece of equipment: the top-tier silver-level equipment dropped by the silver-level boss Dus, the [Commander's Blade].
The Ice Queen's eyes widened suddenly, and her breathing became deeper; Jiang Hao could even smell the fragrance of her breath.
"What do you think of this one, priced at 680,000?"
This time, instead of giving a direct offer, she first asked for Jiang Hao's opinion. It seems she really wanted it.
"good."
Jiang Hao's straightforward answer made the Ice Queen burst into laughter. Jiang Hao didn't dare look any longer and quickly placed the fifth piece of equipment. It was the first of two pieces of equipment dropped by the final Silver-rank boss of the Howling Shadows: the [Dark Shoulderpads].
"I'll give you 380,000."
Jiang Hao hadn't looked at the equipment's stats, so he didn't care whether it was good or bad. He then placed the second piece of equipment dropped by Vorgen, the Bloodthirsty Axe.
The Ice Queen's breathing suddenly became rapid, and a blush rose to her face. Looking at the Ice Queen's charming expression, Jiang Hao's heart fluttered.
"I'll give you 1.08 million for this piece of equipment, is that acceptable?"
Jiang Hao instantly snapped out of his daze, feeling that buying silver-grade equipment at this price was a bit too much. But then he remembered it was a weapon, and he felt relieved. So he nodded and placed the ordinary piece of equipment he had taken off, the [Deerhide Boots], and a bronze-grade treasure chest on the shelf.
"These two are free, they're a gift."
"ah?"
"Hey, what's wrong with the top of your head? Are you okay?"
Tens of thousands of sows had been standing nearby, and upon hearing the Ice Queen's words, they immediately began to scrutinize her. The Ice Queen, oblivious, simply looked at Jiang Hao with deep concern in her eyes.
Does she think I'm not planning to play the game anymore and am starting to clear out my equipment?
Jiang Hao took another sip of the healing potion and wiped away non-existent water stains from his lips.
"It's okay, I have healing potions to tide me over. It's just that these potions are quite expensive, so I need to go and earn some money right now."
"oh oh."
The Ice Queen quickly entered the total amount of the equipment in the trade box: 3 million.
"Hurry up and confirm, this should be enough to buy the medicine, right?"
"Um, you've got it wrong, it should be 2.6 million."
"Didn't you want to buy this potion? Hurry up and confirm, or you'll die again."
Jiang Hao wanted to say that it really wasn't necessary, but then he stopped himself. He realized that the Ice Queen had misunderstood; she thought the potion had to be bought with money. But for some reason, Jiang Hao was actually willing for her to misunderstand, so he didn't say anything. He thought to himself that he could sell it to her cheaper later when he had more equipment.
"Alright, thank you in advance."
Jiang Hao clicked "confirm," and seeing that the Ice Queen was still looking at him, he spoke.
"Um, I'll be going now."
"Oh, okay, okay."
"Let's run dungeons together when we have the chance in the future."
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Hao finally spoke. The Ice Queen finally smiled and nodded.
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Jiang Hao smiled slightly and set off with tens of thousands of sows.
The two walked away into the distance, and the Ice Queen sighed softly before rejoining the group.
The vast grassland stretched endlessly, with only a few mountain peaks visible on the indistinct horizon. Jiang Hao walked quietly, savoring the tranquility of the moment.
"You like her?"
"roll!"
She likes you!
"roll!"
"Um?"
Jiang Hao looked at the tens of thousands of sows with a puzzled expression. He gave Jiang Hao a meaningful look.
"The bystander sees most of the game."
"cut!"
"I have a question for you."
"explain."
What happened then?
"What? What happened?"
Tens of thousands of sows stopped in their tracks and solemnly declared.
What happened inside the ravine after you entered it?
"You're a game administrator, and you don't know?"
Jiang Hao asked, somewhat surprised. Tens of thousands of sows shrugged helplessly.
"Game administrators aren't omnipotent."
"That makes sense," Jiang Hao said, after thinking about it.
"There is a cave in the ravine, and they dug a very large, deep well inside the cave."
"I entered the cave just as Proud unearthed the Seed of the Immortal Heart. Oh, Proud is a mage, quite skilled in formations. When I went in, he was using a formation to guide the Seed of the Immortal Heart. After I snatched the Seed of the Immortal Heart, suddenly the phantom of another mage appeared in the air..."
"Is it an old gnoll wearing a tall mage's hat and a black mage's robe?"
"Didn't you already know?"
Jiang Hao's gaze as he looked at the tens of thousands of sows was full of scrutiny.
"I don't know what happened inside, but I do know Archmage Oron. And then, what happened next?"
"Then the phantom pointed at me, and I saw my body slowly turn into ashes, and in the end I couldn't find anything."
"The Blood Curse?!"
Jiang Hao looked at the tens of thousands of sows with a puzzled expression. They clearly wanted an explanation from him.
"It's confirmed without a doubt. Only the Archmage Oron in the Gnoll Empire knows the Blood Curse."
Tens of thousands of sows looked at Jiang Hao with some relief.
"Luckily, I had a flash of inspiration and only transferred your soul, otherwise..."
Jiang Hao then understood the bizarre scene that had just unfolded. He was clearly holding a staff, yet it looked like a gnoll wielding a knife. And when the gnoll's body began to turn to ash, he hadn't felt much pain. So, in a way, the gnoll had saved his life. But Jiang Hao was completely ungrateful, pointing to the top of his head and questioning him again.
"What is this God-Slaying Curse? And why is it on me?"
Tens of thousands of sows avoided Jiang Hao's direct gaze.
"In the last two seconds before you were teleported, Archmage Oron cast a Godslayer Curse from the Gnoll Empire, traversing tens of thousands of realms, and directly struck your soul with the spell."
Jiang Hao looked at the tens of thousands of sows with the same gaze he would give a fool, his expression saying it all: He didn't believe it!
Putting aside skills that can strike the soul, Jiang Hao simply didn't believe in the ability to traverse tens of thousands of realms in two seconds. According to the previous explanation from the tens of thousands of sows, the energy required for inter-realm teleportation increases with the distance between realms. Moreover, from the Gnoll Empire to the uncivilized realm, one would have to pass through a realm black hole that could violently disrupt spatial coordinates, and then precisely strike the skill on his soul?
All of this has to be done in two seconds?
Are you a Dongfeng-47?
Besides, the Dongfeng-47 doesn't have that kind of speed!
"Don't disbelieve me, although Oron is not yet a god, he can indeed do this."
"Hey? What's with that look? I'm telling the truth. You have to believe me, you have to believe me!"
"cut!"
Jiang Hao rolled his eyes. A bug is a bug, so why deny it? What's the point of making up so many excuses? Let's leave this topic at that. Anyway, it's a fact that he has a God-Slaying Curse on him. As for how he got it, since he's unwilling to explain, then so be it.
Right now, the most important thing is to stay alive!
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