"Hello, Miss Shasha."
Looking at the woman approaching him, Fang Zheng greeted her. She was one of the few adult women in the Darkmoon Blade guild. Shasha had joined Darkmoon Blade for a simple reason: she had initially wanted to join the raiding group, but unfortunately, she was not strong enough to take part in frontline raids, so she became a crafting player instead.
Later, Shasha happened to see a child wandering the streets with no one to rely on. She had majored in education at university, and although she had not yet graduated, her sense of responsibility as a teacher led her to take that child in.
After Fang Zheng learned of this, he put Shasha in charge of sheltering child players in the game who had lost their guardians. Most of them were elementary or middle school students. With no parents or relatives by their side, being thrown alone into the game was naturally a crushing blow to their mental well-being.
Thus, Fang Zheng specifically set aside an area for them to live in. However, he had no intention of sending these kids out to fight. Their main duty was to grow crops in the fields, while Shasha was responsible for teaching them. Darkmoon Blade would provide for their food, clothing, and lodging. So far, the little ones were living fairly well.
"It's rare to see you. No raiding missions lately?"
"We need to keep pace with everyone else. We can't defeat all the bosses on our own; we have to work with the others."
Fang Zheng certainly was not going to admit the embarrassing truth that his people had refused to raid because they were afraid of bugs, so he casually came up with an excuse to brush the matter aside.
"How have things been lately? No