Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 117 - 115: The Rewards Players Need (3rd Update! Please Subscribe! Please Vote Monthly!)

Chapter 117: Chapter 115: The Rewards Players Need (3rd Update! Please Subscribe! Please Vote Monthly!)

“You?”

Lyla mistook Jiang Qiao’s ‘us’ as referring to the Lion Heart Knight and Queen Mei standing before her.

“There are hundreds of fugitives hiding on this island. It’s impossible for just the three of you to search such a vast area, and I sense that your powers are not simple,” she said.

Lyla always held up her hand to signal the soldiers behind her not to be anxious. The Lion Heart Knight’s ability to control the situation was simply too strong; just standing there, Lyla felt a sense of crisis.

This was a pressure she had never felt even from her father, and the thunder flowing over the Lion Heart Knight’s weapon was no mere trick; if released, it could kill!

“But the Magic Thieves are more dangerous than you imagine. They are a group of godless monsters, possessing unimaginable powers; this island will make them even stronger,” Lyla still tried to persuade Jiang Qiao and his party to leave.

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“Come on, don’t exaggerate the strength of these Magic Thieves. Look, this carriage here is actually a commission dispatch station; do you really want to post a commission or not?”

Jiang Qiao pointed to the carriage shop behind him; there were already six task commissions posted on the commission board of the carriage shop, all issued by Jiang Qiao under the name ‘Alu.’

“Commissions, are you folks from the Explorer Association?”

Lyla had always been guessing the origins of Jiang Qiao and his party; judging from Queen Mei’s dress, which included a tri-colored cat hood, she looked somewhat like a highland herdsman. But this outfit, combined with a tri-colored cat hood, left Lyla completely clueless about their background.

Jiang Qiao’s proposal to post and accept commissions was similar to an organization in their world called the ‘Explorer Association’, which was essentially a mercenary association, though they all regarded themselves as explorers.

“Explorers? We are, well… let’s just call it the Holy Spirit Guild for now. We are from the Holy Spirit Guild. If you’re interested, you might as well try posting a commission first,” he suggested.

Jiang Qiao pulled out a piece of paper and a pen and stepped forward to hand it to her. The moment Jiang Qiao approached, the soldiers behind her had already drawn their sword blades halfway.

The pressure from this island was too great for them…

“…” Lyla took the paper and pen from Jiang Qiao’s hand; she had also suspected that Jiang Qiao and his companions might be one of the fugitives.

However, Magic Thieves possessed a distinctive magical aura, which she did not sense on Jiang Qiao and his group.

“You should know that the four great empires have already jointly blockaded Biland Island. Your act of entering the island privately is illegal; I should arrest you,” Lyla said.

“But you haven’t made a move, have you? If you’re going to act, do it quickly. If not, I suggest you leave soon, or finish writing the commission and then leave.”

Jiang Qiao had already begun to rush them, which was really for their own good… because in half an hour, the server would open, and players would go online en masse.

The CG of “A Home of Our Own” had already kindled players’ fury to the MAX; who knew if they would awaken the moment they came online at Biland Island.

Jiang Qiao’s most likely scenario was… a bunch of players would go online and upon meeting someone, would ask, ‘Young man, you look like you belong to the guild, don’t you?’ That was probably the situation.

“Interesting.” Lyla was amused by Jiang Qiao’s words; the smile on her face was more a mocking one. “Then let me see what your so-called adventurers are capable of.”

She quickly grabbed the pen handed to her by Jiang Qiao and scribbled down the content of her commission, even pulling out a seal to stamp on the commission.

“This commission is permanently valid.” Lyla handed the completed commission back to Jiang Qiao; she didn’t wait for Jiang Qiao’s response and immediately led the hundred soldiers behind her toward the depths of the forest.

Jiang Qiao glanced at Lyla’s commission; the content was simply ‘Capture the Magic Thieves lurking in the forest.’

The commission was signed by the eldest daughter of the Ferixi family, and the reward offered was five thousand brilins.

Brilin must be the currency of the Dark Flame Country. Jiang Qiao did not know the purchasing power of brilin, but…

“Hey! Wait a minute!”

“What are you planning to do now?”

The moment Lyla turned around, her hand was already on her sword. Her nerves were on high alert while communicating with Jiang Qiao, allowing him and the other three ‘lawbreakers’ to remain on the island due to the Lion Heart knights being apparently quite formidable.

Lyla did not wish to deplete her forces unnecessarily.

“I suggest you change the reward for this commission,” Jiang Qiao pointed towards the five thousand brilins mentioned below.

“Not enough? You won’t find such a high-value reward even at the Explorer Association!” Lyla’s expression grew more and more solemn, “Endless greed will only bury you.”

“Greed my foot, I mean that the adventurers don’t want money, ugh… it’s not exactly no money, it’s just that they don’t want your money. Your currency, ‘brilin’, doesn’t circulate among us,” Jiang Qiao said.

Jiang Qiao had indeed considered using this approach to earn money from another world, which he could then use in operations involving the Hornet Knight.

However, this commission was to be taken by players, and players recognized only three types of currency: copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins.

Jiang Qiao did not plan to add another currency system, let alone allow the circulation of another world’s currency among players.

This time, during the instance exploration, the players’ activity area was limited to Biland Island. If any player wanted to sail somewhere else, the system would automatically teleport them back to Biland Island, and there were even air walls around the island specifically for players.

Therefore, the currencies of the four great empires served little purpose to players… perhaps only to be thrown into a furnace for smelting.

“Our Gold Sun Country’s currency could even circulate in the other three great empires, and the exchange rate isn’t low! Don’t you have any common sense?”

Upon hearing this, Lyla’s initial sarcasm and anger swiftly turned into confusion. She felt Jiang Qiao was like someone from the countryside, who wouldn’t even recognize gold if a piece were thrown in front of him.

“We don’t want the currency of the other three great empires either,” said Jiang Qiao, uttering another statement that almost made Lyla choke.

“So, what do you want?” Lyla began to wonder if Jiang Qiao was attempting a robbery, coveting some magic item they carried, hence his roundabout way of demanding compensation.

“Hmm… do you have any celebratory items?” After some thought, Jiang Qiao guessed the most attractive compensation they could offer players at this stage was… various toys.

“Celebratory items? Do you mean some kind of ritual items?” Lyla guessed as she pondered which item Jiang Qiao aimed to rob.

“Not ritual items, like fireworks or something. Do you have them?” Jiang Qiao asked.

“Fireworks…”

Lyla was familiar with fireworks, as her country also had such things, but now her mind felt a bit fuzzy.

These guys were turning down a huge sum of five thousand brilins and instead wanted some magic celebratory fireworks?

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To Lyla’s despair, they indeed had them!