At the moment when the "Shield Collection Celebration" is causing a craze, no matter players or NPCs, all businessmen are smelling the attractive smell of money.

They rushed towards the elven territory from all directions, each trying to carve up this rich cake according to their own abilities.

NPC players are one of the main players. Players' trading rights with the elves have been hyped up to a very high price. But even so, the supply is still in short supply.

In the business empire section of the game, many gamers posted comments complaining about why they did not choose the NPC profession native to the elves.

Restricted to the NPC responsibilities and tasks in a fixed area, it is very difficult for them to leave their sphere of influence.

Especially for players who have infrastructure that needs to be managed, they are reluctant to give up their foundation. In the end, they have to stare blankly and envy those free businessmen who can do business.

For most players, the NPC entry method is just a changed lifestyle occupation.

Its innate advantages in life skills, facilities and locations, and favorable relationships can be said to be highly suitable for businessmen or production occupations.

As the royal city of the elves, Dawn City has a lot of players coming and going, but almost all of the people who can do business in the royal city are aborigines.

It seems that because of the celebration, the royal family has increased restrictions and supervision on foreign merchants.

At this time, Wang He was walking around in the royal city. After the elders' meeting, he was allowed to roam around the city freely.

The Elf King even kindly arranged for his "acquaintance", the third prince Siples, to be their guide to take them on a tour of this exotic city-state.

Before departure, Melikai and the Unicorn rejected Wang He's invitation and chose to stay in the royal residence to rest, as if they had some special plan.

Wang He pondered for a while, then took Sa Shan and walked directly towards the business district of the city. Seeing this, the third prince had no choice but to follow.

"Your Highness Siples, we want to purchase some valuable equipment. Money is not an issue. What shops do you recommend?" Wang He and His Highness the Third Prince behind him asked.

His information could save Wang He a lot of useless time, and Wang He was sure that he would not disobey the king's order.

"The agent of God still needs the protection of equipment? Aren't your oaths and commandments the best means of self-defense?" Siples choked Wang He with the teachings of the divine religion.

The third prince, who was forced to serve as a guide, felt more and more aggrieved along the way. However, out of compliance with his father's orders, he had to reply to Wang He's questions.

Just to balance his psychology, he would stumble upon Wang He from time to time.

"The soul is naturally protected by oaths, but the body must rely on physical objects to defend itself. Only by protecting yourself can you convey the teachings of the gods to more believers, right?" Wang He made a gesture of invitation, indicating to the third prince to lead the way.

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"This is just your sophistry!" Sipleus said sternly in anger.

But because of this, his mind calmed down, and he soon recalled what the Elf King had summoned him to give after the meeting, and silently said to Wang He: "Come with me."

Wang He and Sa Shan are now veritable nouveau riche.

Before signing up for the event, they were difficult people who took the initiative to avoid high-end stores whenever they saw them.

But now, he has become a high-quality customer who must visit every store and buy anything he likes.

Their behavior attracted the attention of some special people.

At a corner of a certain street, Wang He managed to dodge an NPC who was trying to use a clever angle to create a collision with him.

However, the opponent missed the target and was pulled by inertia, falling to the ground.

Wang He stretched out his hand and tried to pull him up, but the man ignored his move, patted his clothes and stood up.

As he stood up, Wang He discovered that this elf man with strange behavior was wearing a brown windbreaker that was completely inconsistent with the regional characteristics of the elf race.

He was unusually tall and wore a pair of scholar-style glasses. His eyes hidden behind the thick lenses glanced at Wang He's side bag from time to time.

James - NPC, unbeliever, faith value 0.

After analyzing the information for a while, Wang He took back his hand and asked with great concern: "Are you not injured?"

"It's okay. But, Father Abel, I know you." The other party was silent for a while before saying this.

"I once met you in Senyuan Town. You are a very generous person even to children. So, I would like to ask you a favor..." He showed what he thought was a kind smile.

But the man's appearance was extremely fierce. If he saw it at night, he would probably scare a child to tears.

Especially the friendly attitude that is contrary to his appearance always makes people feel a bit scary, with a cold feeling behind him.

System prompt:

You have received a task request, please confirm whether to accept it.

Task name: Raise funds

Mission description: Master James's magic research has recently encountered a bottleneck. If this research is successful enough, it will change the history of the entire continent.

However, some precious materials are urgently needed to break through the bottleneck. He is currently short of funds. Are you willing to become one of his investors?

Task type: Exchange. You pay James 100 gold coins, and the other party promises to transfer the results to you free of charge after the research results are obtained.

Wang He simply shook his head and refused: "Sorry. I don't have 100 large gold coins on me."

"Father, you are lying." James' tone suddenly rose.

He pushed up his glasses and said: "These 100 gold coins are nothing to you who have huge wealth. Haven't you even learned a little bit of mercy from God? If you miss my research results, you

You will definitely regret it!”

The third prince Sipleus frowned. He had never seen the clothes worn by the man who suddenly appeared, and his race was difficult to determine.

The only thing that is certain is that the man is not an elf.

Wang He said "Oh" after hearing this, and then stopped taking steps and said in a deep voice: "Those who try to deny my faith, I can give you a chance."

"If you can guess how much property I have in this bag, I will choose to believe that you do have wisdom and luck, and I will naturally consider investing."

"But, if you can't answer..." Wang He pointed to his side bag and did not continue.

"Oh, don't regret it."

"You have a full 30 coins in your bag. Of course they are not cheap gold coins, but platinum coins! Look at the total amount! As a priest who is supposed to be honest, why are you so rich?" James seemed to have caught something.

key.

He asked Wang He: "But this has nothing to do with me. I only need a platinum coin, so that we can become friendly partners. By then, we will complete the research and share the perfect magic results. What else needs to be considered?"

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Wang He smiled and said nothing. He put his hand into his robe and took out a small bag that had been hidden before on the left side of his waist.

He did have 30 platinum coins all over his body. But out of caution, he divided these platinum coins into two and placed them in different places.

He deliberately set a trap in his words, emphasizing the total wealth "in this bag".

But the other party jumped in stupidly and directly told the total number of 30 coins.

This just confirmed his judgment: the other party has a skill that can query the total wealth carried by an individual.

This skill is more suitable for thieves, robbers and other professions.

Considering his previous actions of deliberately bumping into him, the probability that James is a thief is close to 10%.

There are many discussion posts in the gaming community about the hidden profession of thief.

Many people choose to gain a sense of excitement and accomplishment by challenging this career of being on the edge of a knife and escaping from a crisis.

However, most of the thieves players are directly targeted for crusade by NPCs, players, adventurer guilds and even kingdoms in this game.

In a lawful society, if any existence that violates the order dares to appear openly in society, it will inevitably be punished by the general trend.

Just like the darkness trying to survive in the sun, even if you avoid it, disguise yourself, and keep tempering, how long can you survive?

Even with the unlimited resurrection system, adventurers and brave players will still be punished by death.

And they who are wanted for life will never be able to walk in the sun again.

Therefore, even if the stealing skill has a huge benefit ratio in the game, in Wang He's opinion, it is just inferior after all.

For example, now, when James encounters an opponent who cannot use his own strengths, what else can he do?

Wang He could have made James, a thief with a likely criminal record, wanted by the whole city with just one word, but he did not do so.

James is an NPC player, and Wang He could easily tell this from his first few sentences.

Because he called Wang He "a person who is generous to children." The only reason for this title was when Wang He was waiting for Sasha in front of the bank in Senyuan Town. He gave a large silver coin to a certain NPC child.

But James didn't know that. Because of the long waiting time, Wang He had the opportunity to confirm the names and beliefs of all players and NPCs present at the time.

If there is a guy with the name James and such an outstanding appearance, it is impossible for Wang He not to remember it.

The only explanation is that the incident that day was recorded and posted online, and James happened to have watched the video.

James used this information to try to trick him.

Wang He sighed in his heart:

When peers meet, whoever reveals his secret first will die first.

As an NPC player, the fact that James uses property judgment skills that have never appeared in the gaming community for theft is just a pity in Wang He's opinion.

As for Abel, the NPC character at the center of the theft and fraud activities who came to try his luck for just a few dozen platinum coins, Wang He could only lament James' stupidity.

Wang He thought: "Based on this skill alone, if you just want money, there is obviously a lower-risk method."

He chose to keep James just to acquire this skill.

It has been made clear in the introduction at the beginning of the game that every skill can be learned as long as it meets the conditions.
To be continued...