Online Games: From Professional Gold Farmer to Night King

"What did you say?! Not a pet egg? That's impossible! This was definitely left behind by a Lord-level BOSS, how could it not be a pet egg!" Wang Xing's face was full of disbelief, clearly unable to accept this fact.

His perfectly good red-level pet was gone just like that; how could he not be anxious?

Currently, there are only three red-level pets in the entire Dragon Kingdom region: Er Mao, the Heavenly Emperor's Giant Scorpion King, and the Ironclad Giant Rhinoceros of Past Events.

As time goes by and players level up, lord-level bosses are no longer insurmountable barriers.

As long as you are strong enough, have enough elite players, and enough numbers, overwhelming a lord is no longer a dream.

Currently, there are four guilds established in the entire Dragon Kingdom region: Dragon Soul, Heavenly Court, Blazing Fire Guild, and Wind Pavilion established by Past Events.

If Black Mountain Divine Arrow were to establish another guild, it would become the fifth guild to be established in the Dragon Kingdom region.

This ranking alone is enough to elevate the Black Mountain Guild's strength to the level of a first-class guild.

Of course, it may still be at the bottom among top-tier guilds, but it is still truly top-tier, incomparable to second- or third-tier guilds.

"I don't know if it was dropped by a lord boss, but I can confirm that this egg has no soul fluctuations or blood energy fluctuations whatsoever; it is undoubtedly a dead egg. If you really don't believe me, you can show it to the city lord; perhaps he has a different opinion."

After speaking, the pet trainer sat down in a chair, his expression somewhat indifferent, no longer showing the enthusiasm he had just displayed.

Wang Xing found the trainer's words hard to accept, but since he said he could find the city lord, Wang Xing decided to go to the city lord's mansion to take a look.

Anyway, he was going to hand in his mission anyway, so it was just a side trip.

Thank you.

After carefully storing the pet egg, Wang Xing sprinted towards the city lord's mansion.

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A dozen minutes later, inside the city lord's mansion.

Wang Xing led his team to the city lord's mansion, and then, guided by a guard, headed towards the city lord's main hall.

"Lord Qi, the adventurers who have completed the epic public quest have arrived." The guard stood outside the gate and bowed towards the hall.

After a long while, a languid voice came. "Come in."

"yes!"

"Come in, come in." The guard gestured for the team to enter.

Without hesitation, Wang Xing stepped into the city lord's hall first.

Upon entering, I realized that this place seemed to be not much different from the Red Leaf City Lord's Mansion, except for slight differences in decoration. Everything else was pretty much the same.

Looking up, they saw a beautiful woman sitting on the city lord's chair, looking at them with a serious expression.

The woman was around 30 years old, with a stunningly beautiful face. She wore a sexy red dress, her breasts partially exposed, and her snow-white thighs were mostly bare because she was crossing her legs. Combined with her almond-shaped eyes and oval face, she exuded an imposing aura.

"Greetings, City Lord."

"Greetings, City Lord!" Everyone bowed in greeting.

[The Lord of Xuanyue City—Ji Yue]

grade:???

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Wang Xing glanced at the city lord, but all he could see were question marks; he couldn't see anything except the name.

"You've done a great job! The monsters in this dungeon are extremely difficult to deal with. The longer it drags on, the greater the threat to our Xuan Yue City will be. Due to special circumstances, I cannot leave the city, so I can only rely on you adventurers."

"This is what we, as people of Xuan Yue City, should do," Wang Xing replied immediately.

"Yes, well said! This is your reward."

Ji Yue smiled and waved to everyone.

[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the epic public quest "Exploring the Cavern". Quest rewards: 300 million experience points, 10 gold coins, 20 free attribute points, 5 skill points, 1000 reputation points, 1 random silver equipment of the same level, and 1 rare skill of your class.]

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[Congratulations on reaching level 44! Health +50, Mana +30, Strength +2, Constitution +1, Agility +1, Intelligence +2, Spirit +2, Skill Points +1.]

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"Wow! I've reached level 41! That's awesome!"

"I've also reached 41."

"..."

The massive amount of experience points propelled Wang Xing to level 44, while the members of the Star Moon Squad also reached level 41.

Liu Min is the lowest level, but she is already level 35. She will soon reach level 40 and gain another Multi-Shot.

"Huh? You seem to have the aura of the City Lord's Token on you. Could it be that you are the one who obtained the Xuan Yue City Lord's Token?" Ji Yue's previously calm expression finally changed slightly, and she stared intently at Wang Xing.

"Um...it's with me." Wang Xing obediently took out the token.

Looking at the token in Wang Xing's hand, Ji Yue flashed a captivating smile and nodded gently. "Good, not bad. Remember to come find me when you reach level 50; I have something I need you to do!"

Wang Xing looked at the token in his hand, then at the city lord's expression. After hesitating for a moment, he finally asked the question that had been bothering him. "May I ask, Your Excellency, what kind of mission is this?"

Ji Yue glanced at Wang Xing, seemingly not intending to hide anything. "Activate the teleportation array to the main city!"

"A teleportation array quest? Does that mean only those with the token can accept the teleportation array activation quest?"

"Exactly!"

"But... what if the person with the token levels up too slowly, falling behind others by 50 levels, or even not leveling up at all? Wouldn't that mean they'll never be able to activate the teleportation array?"

Hearing Wang Xing's question, Ji Yue's expression slowly turned serious. "You're right! Only those with the City Lord's Token can accept the mission; others are not qualified. As for the situation you described, it's not impossible. If that's the case, then the only option is to travel to another city via a teleportation array, and then use that city's teleportation array to reach the main city. However, the teleportation fee will be ten times that of this city!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xing finally understood.

To put it bluntly, whoever possesses the City Lord's Token controls the lifeline of the players in this small city.

If you offend him, he might just leave the game running or refuse to complete the mission, and the teleportation array in the city will never be activated.

Rich people naturally don't care; they can spend more money to teleport to other cities, which is only a matter of two or three hundred thousand RMB.

But what about the regular players? What about the guild members? What will happen to them?

Especially for guild members, you can't expect the guild to pay for teleportation, right? That would be a huge expense! It would cost at least tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

Let alone ordinary guilds, even the top ten guilds might not be able to come up with this amount of money, which shows how important the token holder is.

"Understood! Don't worry, Lord City Lord, I'll level up to 50 as soon as possible and then come back to accept the teleportation array quest!"

Seeing Wang Xing's response, Ji Yue smiled again, walked up to him, and gently tapped his cheek with her finger. "Okay, I'll be waiting for you~" she said, waving to the crowd. "Alright, go ahead if you have nothing else to do."