Chapter 111 Chapter 110, We Can Continue to Collaborate—1

They had exhausted all their wit and resources to seek refuge here, yet it was entirely different from what they had imagined.

There was no official rescue team as they had hoped for. What ruled this place was a bunch of bandits.

Vehicles and food were seized as soon as they arrived.

People were thrown into prison.

Here, they saw other survivors–pale, thin, and lifeless. They didn’t seem any better than they were during their escape.

A man stumbled forward, looking at the map in front of him tremblingly.

He pointed at the approximate location, “Here.”

Chen Jinlong watched him and narrowed his eyes. With a boom, he punched the man in the stomach.

The man curled up like a prawn, groaning in pain.

“You’re lying to me, aren’t you? Did the garage send you to deceive me?” Chen Jinlong stared at him coldly.

The man writhed in pain and gritted his teeth, “No. I don’t even know those people from the garage, how could I deceive you?”

“Huh, you could come this far? What, zombies are your relatives and they’re not attacking you?” Chen Jinlong continued.

“I’m not lying. There were no zombies along the way at all, you can send someone to check.” The man continued.

Chen Jinlong stared at him, feeling that he didn’t appear to be lying.

There wasn’ t any need for him to lie.

A hand grabbed him, lifting him.

With a renewed smile on his face, he said, “Brother, misunderstanding. Now, tell me about the situation near the garage, can our people go there?”

The man’s face was filled with pain, but with a bunch of burly prisoners surrounding him, he didn’t dare to object.

He could only continue, “I only know that there are hardly any zombies near the garage, but there is another type of skeleton monster. We fled here fearing the skeletons might spread and attack us.”

Some of the people nearby recalled the information.

A while ago, indeed there were rumors of skeletons battling zombies.

At that time, they had even asked the people in the garage if they saw anything.

So it was these people.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinlong believed him a bit more and asked, “Are you saying there weren’t many zombies on the way here?”

“No, barely any.”

Chen Jinlong nodded, “Fourth Brother!”

“Big Brother,” a man stepped forward.

“Take him and check the route, don’t go too far. If he’s lying, throw him to the zombies; if not, bring him back.”

“Understood, Big Brother!”

The Fourth Brother took the man, who was clutching his abdomen, and left the room.

The next day.

Wu Heng got up early and bought some Beastman’s pancakes on the side of the road, eating while walking into the Association.

Entering the resting room, he saw Duke sitting there.

“Good morning, Team Leader,” Duke said.

Wu Heng looked at him, “Do you come this early every day?”

“It’s not particularly early,” Duke smiled, “Team Leader, do we have any tasks for today?”

“No.”

“Oh, then Team Leader, what are we planning to do today?” Duke continued to ask.

Wu Heng was somewhat speechless.

It felt like going to work.

“I plan to go to the training room. When there’s no task, you don’t have to come to the association.”

“I’ll go to the training room too.”

On the way to the training room, Duke continued to say, “Team Leader, Glask asked me to ask you….”

“Who?”

“The boss who sold us the armor yesterday.”

“Oh, what about him?”

Wu Heng really could not remember the names of the people in this world, especially the ones with four or five characters.

He could remember familiar people.

But with some names, he only heard once or twice, it was hard to remember them.

“He wanted me to ask if you still need that kind of leather armor. If you need it, he’ll arrange for people to make it,” Duke said.

“Price, did he say he could give a discount?”

“Yes, he said he would charge you 35 silver coins per set.”

Normally, a set costs 43 silver coins, a substantial discount indeed.

“Okay, then let him continue making it. When the quantity reaches too sets, I’ll go pick it up,” said Wu Heng.

Since his own team member introduced him, the price does seem reasonable, he can continue to cooperate.

“Alright, Glask also promised to make a new set of plate armor for me.”

“Just because you brought me there yesterday?”

“He said it’s a gift for me joining the association, but I think it’s because you bought his goods yesterday,” Duke scratched his head.

“That’s good, this boss sure knows how to do business.”

The two of them chatted as they entered the training room.

Wu Heng drew his iron sword and began practicing.

He was able to maintain daily practice for some time, but he had been slacking lately.

Since there’s nothing to do at the association, and there’s a training field, he could have a good training session.

Seeing Wu Heng start to train, Duke also picked up his battle axe and began to hack at the wooden stake in front of him.

The entire training field echoed with the boom boom sounds of chopping.

After about an hour of training.

Wu Heng wiped his sweat and glanced over at Duke who was still swinging his axe in the distance.

Young beastman is indeed tough.

To be able to train for such a long time with that kind of battle axe.

If it were a human warrior, they would probably be exhausted by now.

“Duke,… Duke!”

“Captain, what’s the issue?” Duke asked, walking over with his battle-axe.

Wu Heng replied, “There doesn’t seem to be anything urgent at the guild. You should head home. If there are any tasks, I’ll have someone notify you.”

“Ah? Are you sure that’s a good idea?”

“No worries. If anyone asks, just tell them I said so. You’re free to do as you wish if there are no tasks. Just come back to the guild when there is one.” “So, I can go home now?”

“Go ahead, if there’s anything, come find me at my place.”

“Understood, Captain.”

Duke, with his battle-axe over his shoulder, left the training room and headed straight home.

Wu Heng returned to the resting room for a drink of water before heading out with Basen and Bawudong.

There were twelve squads in Lundham City. Their team shouldn’t be short- staffed by two people.

They left the guild.

Wu Heng went straight to the ‘Snake Badge Consortium’ across the street.

The building of the Snake Badge Consortium was entirely different from the black market of Black Stone Town.

The construction was tall and lavishly decorated.

The entirety of it was a castle grey, with the walls made of engraved panelling, adorned with bronze lamps and hanging paintings.

The building also housed many people.

Unlike in the black market of Black Stone Town, where people wore cloaks and masked faces, everyone here stood openly, looking at the notice board or conducting some business.

Wu Heng stood in front of the notice board for a quick glance.

It was full of commissions to collect precious materials and rewards for assassinations.

One of the postings was for the collection of a Ghost Hag’s eyeballs.

Wu Heng remembered there was a Ghost Hag’s corpse left at the temple that he had buried. He wondered if the eyeballs were still intact.

Upon reaching the counter.

The teller smiled, “Sir, how may I assist you?”

Wu Heng showed his Snake Badge Consortium insignia to the teller.

She immediately understood, gestured with her hand and said, “This way, sir.”

She led him into a room on the first floor and asked, “Sir, are you here to post a commission?”

Wu Heng glanced at Basen beside him.

Basen placed a leather pouch on the table.

Wu Heng said, “We want to exchange these for silver coins.”

The teller knelt down, opened the pouch, revealing a pile of gleaming gold pieces—bracelets, necklaces, earrings, even golden teeth.

It took the teller quite a while to regain composure, “Please wait a moment, sir. I will call the store manager.”

“Sure.”

The teller quickly left the room.

Wu Heng sat on the couch waiting.

This gold wasn’t obtained from a gold shop, but looted from the corpses of defeated zombies. He had been saving it for quite some time now and had quite a significant amount.

Before long, the door to the room opened up again, and a voluptuous woman walked in.

Her eyes glanced at Wu Heng and the two skeleton men before revealing a smile, “Good afternoon, sir.”

“Good afternoon, let’s not waste time. I want to exchange these for silver coins.”

“Certainly, sir.” The woman nodded, starting to inspect the gold.

She set the gold and silver apart.

There were two gold necklaces and a ring, which she placed separately.

“Sir, all together we have 275 grams of gold and 15 grams of silver.”

More than two hundred grams?

It was less than what Wu Heng had estimated.

Yet, she did all the counting right in front of him, so there was no chance for scamming.

“I plan to exchange all of it for silver coins.”

“Considering the amount, would you not consider converting part of it into gold coins and the rest into silver coins?”

“No, I want all of them in silver coins.”

If it had not been for his Space Ring, he may have opted for gold coins due to their convenience. Now with the Space Ring, he doesn’t have to worry about it being burdensome.

Under normal circumstances, silver coins were more convenient than gold coins in the market.

“Alright. Some pieces are in better condition, so we’ll buy those back at the rate of jewelry. The rest will be bought at standard gold rates, totalling 9366 silver coins.”

Wu Heng quickly calculated in his mind. The numbers seemed to tally up.

“Sounds good.”

“Please wait, sir. We need some time to prepare the coins.”

“Sure.”

The woman gave a command outside, and someone immediately went to prepare the coins.

Meanwhile, a maid brought in an assortment of dried fruit pastries and set them on the table.

Instead of leaving, the woman took a seat opposite him, her skirt spread out, revealing her bare fair thighs.

She asked softly, “Sir, have you just arrived in Lundham City?”

She was familiar with all the dignitaries in town.

The young man before her was definitely not one of them.

Exchanging such a large amount of silver coins, he must be here to do business.

“Yes,” Wu Heng nodded.

“Business?”

Wu Heng gave her a glance and gave a noncommittal smile without answering her question.

“You’re certainly a young man with promise.”

The woman gave a compliment, leaning forward in her chair, her loose collar hanging low.