Online Games: From Professional Gold Farmer to Night King

"I'm not afraid to tell you, this is just the initial stage. Once we reach the main city, Dragon Soul will officially introduce even stricter selection rules. Only the strong can join Dragon Soul; others can only join affiliated guilds. As for the weak, they don't even qualify to become affiliated members!"

"Don't think I'm being heartless. You should know what's most important in the military? It's competence! As long as you have competence, you'll earn the respect of your soldiers!"

"Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Looking at Long Yunfei's serious expression, Wang Xing seemed to only now truly feel Long Yunfei's imposing presence and ruthless methods as a special forces battalion commander.

"I see!"

Long Yunfei didn't say anything more, but simply nodded.

"Alright, the transaction is complete. Do you have anything else? If not, I'll head back now. You know we're very busy right now. I haven't logged off for days. I'm afraid I'll die from exhaustion if I keep going like this..." Long Yunfei said to Wang Xing half-jokingly, and the atmosphere relaxed.

Wang Xing smiled, then composed himself and spoke seriously. "I do have something I'd like Brother Long to help me with."

"Oh? What is it? Has someone threatened you again?"

"Um... sort of, but not in real life, it was in a game." Wang Xing then recounted the assassination attempt.

Upon hearing Wang Xing's words, Long Yunfei's brows furrowed slightly.

"Three assassination attempts in a row, and the third one almost succeeded, which shows that these two thieves are definitely not weak! Since it was done by the same person, it must be some kind of assassin organization."

"In the Spirit Realm, there are only two well-known top assassin guilds: one is the Killing God Guild founded by Blood Butcher, and the other is the Ghost Realm founded by Soul Devourer. Since we know that one of them is called Shadow Radiance, it shouldn't be too difficult to investigate. However... finding out the employer might be a bit challenging."

"You should understand that the most important things for an assassin organization are ability and reputation, and betraying one's employer is the biggest taboo in an assassin organization. Once that happens, the organization is not far from disbanding. So... you understand."

Wang Xing nodded. "I know that. I just want to know which guild this Shadow Radiance assassin belongs to. After that... I might need Brother Long's help. Don't worry, I'm not asking you to fight against this assassin guild, just to help me track down some people."

Long Yunfei looked at Wang Xing thoughtfully, seemingly guessing what he wanted to do, but he wasn't sure.

"Let me warn you! These two assassin guilds are top-tier. Their assassins would be top-ranked members in any other guild! While their team combat capabilities are weak, you should understand the consequences of offending them!"

"Hahaha... Don't worry, Brother Long, I wouldn't do something so stupid if I wasn't absolutely sure."

Seeing this, Long Yunfei didn't say anything more, but instead opened his friends list and started chatting with someone.

He quickly closed his friends list and looked at Wang Xing again. "Alright, just wait a moment, the investigation results should be delivered in less than 5 minutes."

"Five minutes? That fast?"

Long Yunfei glanced at Wang Xing. "Are you questioning the military's intelligence department?"

"Oh...no, no..."

Wang Xing almost forgot that the other party was a representative of the military, and also the battalion commander who led the special forces.

In terms of intelligence capabilities, who in the entire Dragon Kingdom can compare to the military?

The two sat facing each other, quietly drinking tea without saying another word.

About three or four minutes later, Long Yunfei suddenly paused while drinking tea.

"A message has arrived."

"Which guild is it?" Wang Xing asked eagerly.

"According to the investigation, this person named Yingyao is from Qingfeng City. He is quite well-known in Qingfeng City, frequently engaging in ambushes and assassinations. According to the information reported by our intelligence personnel, although he often travels to other cities to kill monsters or complete quests, there is one city he frequents, and he visits it extremely often!"

"What city?"

"Xuanhe City".

"Xuanhe City? The location of Blood Butcher! So, this Shadow Radiance is affiliated with Blood Butcher's Killing God Guild? Damn it! That bastard Blood Butcher! I had some good stuff and I was thinking of him, but he actually accepted a job to assassinate me!" Wang Xing's tone was unfriendly, clearly showing some anger.

He had previously done business with Blood Butcher, and later even sold him the equipment dropped by Shadow, along with the Poison Cat Demon King pet egg.

Even if there isn't much affection between the two, they can at least be considered friends, right?

To my utter surprise, he actually accepted the mission to assassinate him.

Seemingly sensing Wang Xing's anger, Long Yunfei continued, "What do you plan to do? If you're thinking of taking your team to Xuanhe City to cause trouble, I advise you to give up now. Xuanhe City is the headquarters of the Killing God Guild, and nobody knows how many assassins he has under his command. You won't get away with it."

Wang Xing took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

"This isn't urgent. I want Brother Long to help me investigate Blood Butcher's movements. Ideally, he could tell me the coordinates while he's fighting the boss. Leave the rest to me!"

"Are you sure? Do you know the consequences?"

"I'm sure! Whatever the consequences, I'll bear them all alone!"

"Good! You're a real man! I didn't misjudge you! I'll send someone to keep an eye on Blood Butcher right away. But you should understand that as the president of the Killing God Guild and one of the top assassins in the Spirit Realm, his movements are not so easy to track. It may take a few days."

"It's alright, I can wait."

Long Yunfei nodded slightly and continued, "Is there anything else? Investigating Blood Slaughter is child's play; it won't waste much manpower. If there's anything else you need help with, please let me know. I'm going offline to rest soon and might not log back on until tomorrow, so as not to be too late."

Without hesitation, Wang Xing stated his thoughts directly: "I need your help to find out the locations of the demons in each city!"

Upon hearing the word "demon race," Long Yunfei's expression suddenly tightened. "Demon race? You're going to kill demons?! These things are not to be trifled with! Demons appeared in Longyuan City recently, and after I learned of it, I led men to wipe them out. Do you know the results?"

Seeing Long Yunfei's gloomy face, Wang Xing naturally guessed that the result was not good, but he still shook his head.

"I led a thousand elite warriors, all around level 30, on a hunt, and over 500 of them perished! The demons, however, numbered only 11. The demon leader was extremely powerful, almost comparable to a lord-level boss. The other demons were roughly equivalent to mini-bosses; they are definitely not to be trifled with! Are you sure you want to seek out the demons?"

"I'm sure!"

Seeing Wang Xing's serious expression, Long Yunfei didn't say anything more.

"Alright, since you've made your decision, I'll send people to investigate the information in each city. Once they find it, someone will send it to you."

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