The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

"Jiang...Jiang Chen...you're joking, right..." Lilith's lips trembled slightly after hearing Jiang Chen's story.

"Why would I lie to you? Let me tell you, you have no idea what that guy was saying back then. He just kept repeating 'I want you to die, I want you to die,' without any real threat."

"Then I just kept hurling insults at her, never repeating myself."

Hearing the ignorant Pada in front of her, still smugly recounting its actions, Lilith felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.

Is it too late to cut ties with him now?

Suddenly, this idea popped into Lilith's head.

You know, some people might be burned at the stake by believers just for being disrespectful to a goddess, but Jiang Chen just went and started cursing right in her face.

Lilith could already foresee just how furious Rose would be.

Rose is a vengeful goddess.

"Jiang Chen...do you know what the consequences of your actions will be?"

"Whatever the consequences, do you think I'd let her bully me?"

"I don't care who she is. If she dares to scheme against me, I'll make her pay." Jiang Chen said nonchalantly.

"Jiang Chen, do you realize that you will become an enemy of the Rose followers!"

"Perhaps those believers have already received your portrait and are searching for you all over the world!" Lilith said, taking a deep breath.

"Jiang Chen, you'd better stay in the dungeon with your Pata men and never leave."

"Otherwise, if you are discovered by Rose's followers, you will probably be hunted down to the ends of the earth."

Jiang Chen didn't care at all.

"Once I get up there, it won't be them chasing me anymore; it will be me chasing them."

Just kidding, I really did lead the players all the way up, and I don't even know how many levels we've reached.

Even if those people come after me, it's uncertain whether they can defeat me.

Having experienced the Vitok incident, Jiang Chen had gained a certain understanding of the external forces at play.

People like Vitok belong to the elite level of combat power, or are already approaching the level of boss-level combat power.

How many bosses can there be in this world?

Most of them are just small fry, easy to deal with. As long as there's a way to target the boss, what does Jiang Chen have to be afraid of?

As for how to deal with the boss, he's currently arranging it.

"Alright, I have a general understanding of the situation. I'll handle it. Your top priority right now is to get this economic system sorted out for me."

"I'll give you 10,000 gold coins first, and then it's up to you how you operate it. If you can make money, that would be the best, but it doesn't matter if you can't. Just maintain the stability of the economic system."

Jiang Chen was relatively at ease leaving this matter to Lilith, after all, she was the eldest daughter of a succubus family and knew a thing or two.

However, after Jiang Chen finished making the arrangements, he noticed that Lilith had not left for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled.

"Reward!" Lilith stretched out her little hand.

"Payment?" Jiang Chen chuckled upon hearing this. "No, Lilith, you're eating, drinking, and living here in my house, and you're asking me for payment? What are you thinking?"

"I don't care, you have to get paid for your work."

"Lilith, you're too materialistic. You're trying to talk to me about money when we're in a relationship. Let me tell you, this isn't right." But clearly, Lilith wasn't going to fall for it.

Ultimately, Jiang Chen had no choice but to reluctantly pay her a monthly salary of 100 gold coins.

That's just how people are sometimes.

Putting everything else aside, among the few people under his command, aside from the players, Lilith is the only one who understands economics.

After sending Lilith away, Jiang Chen briefly planned out some follow-up matters and then began to gather the players.

So far, players have cleared out several waves of roaming monsters in the area, which has barely managed to replenish their summoning attempts.

Jiang Chen could take advantage of this opportunity to distribute rewards and casually announce the opening of trade between several races.

.........

Meanwhile, on the players' side...

Upon receiving the message, the players immediately rushed towards Jiang Chen's location.

"Holy crap, I'm so touched, the developers finally fixed the server."

"This company is really unreliable. They're making servers like they're squeezing toothpaste. A few players can log in one minute, and a few more can log in the next."

"Honestly, you know what, in this situation? I'm really scared."

"What are you afraid of?"

"What else could it be? I'm worried the server will crash while I'm playing."

"Alright, alright, let's stop discussing this for now. The most important thing right now is the mission rewards. I wonder how much the rewards will be this time."

Upon hearing what this player said, everyone started discussing it.

The players started discussing it, and Lilith happened to pass by them and overheard their conversation.

Lilith, who was originally going to teach the Demon Wolf Clan and the Bloodthirsty Lizard Clan how to use gold coins, suddenly stopped.

"I wonder how much kickback Jiang Chen, that heartless bastard, takes."

Lilith knows Jiang Chen too well.

According to her estimate, Jiang Chen, that scoundrel, would at least embezzle a large portion of the military pay.

Out of curiosity, Lilith decided to go and take a look first, and then teach the Bloodthirsty Lizard Clan.

And so, Lilith followed behind the main group of players.

"Huh, why is this NPC following us?"

"I don't know."

Seeing Lilith suddenly follow, the players were all a little curious.

They were also puzzled as to why Lilith, who usually liked to cause all sorts of trouble, had followed them.

"Does she also want the reward?"

"What are you thinking? She's just an NPC. Let her accept the offer. Besides, even if she does, she's drowning in debt. Can she ever pay it all off?"

Listening to what these players were saying, Lilith didn't know what an NPC was, but she could roughly guess that it must be some kind of bad term.

Lilith rolled her eyes at this.

"Those damned Pata!"

"These ungrateful bastards deserve to be tricked by Jiang Chen."

After mentally ranting about all sorts of things to the players, Lilith ignored their complaints and continued following behind.

Before long, Lilith arrived at the tree hole.

It has to be said that Jiang Chen's setup was quite fast. He created a counter in the tree hole, which was filled with various magical items.

The players' eyes lit up when they saw these items.

They immediately began to discuss it in hushed tones.

From the chatter of these people, Lilith could hear their longing for these things.

"These stupid Pataas, they'll never guess that this is the cursed magical artifact that their leader, the most wicked Pataa, was talking about."

Similarly, Lilith gained a new understanding of the rampant nature of this ruthless Pata.