Beast Assault on the City

"Huh, these are the Elf Race specialty products Ellie mentioned—F*ck! One gold coin each?"

"So expensive! One gold coin apiece? What a rip-off!"

"Didn't Ellie say there were restrictions on who could sell rare fruits? How can an ordinary player like you sell them?"

Before long, a crowd of players had gathered around Su Jiang, all talking at once.

At first, they were curious about what this player wanted to sell. Then they saw it was rare fruit that could temporarily boost attributes—and that it cost one gold coin each—and immediately started swearing. One gold coin converted into pounds could buy seven or eight boxes of fruit in real life!

Su Jiang ignored their insults. Buy it if you wanted to; it wasn't like he was begging anyone to.

Most players were unwilling to spend one gold coin on a consumable item like this, but a small number were still willing to pay, especially those who needed to challenge high-difficulty magical beasts.

"An ordinary player is actually selling rare fruits?" Ellie looked astonished when she heard the news.

The sources of rare fruits were tightly controlled by the noble elves. Even as a candidate saintess, she had no way of getting involved.

She had no idea how that player had obtained those rare fruits.

A curious look appeared on Ellie's face.

"Should I go ask him where he got our race's premium fruits?" the aide beside her asked.

"Let's watch for now. If he has a stable source, then investigate him," Ellie said after a moment of thought.

Growing premium fruits required the assistance of Elemental Sprites. If that player had a stable supply, it meant he might have abducted some little fairies. If she could resolve this matter unexpectedly, it would surely improve her evaluation.

That was Ellie's consideration.

She then contacted the guild's vice president through private chat and told him to buy all of the fruits.

Sword Disciple, Vice President of the Sacred Sword Guild: "Understood, Saintess Ellie. But I have a question. Can't you obtain these rare fruits whenever you want, Guild Master? Why go through all this trouble?"

Elf Race Candidate Saintess Ellie: "It's different. As the Elf Saintess, I can only use the things the elf race gives me myself. Otherwise, it could easily lower their favorability."

Using the elf race's resources to subsidize humans was plainly courting death.

Ellie understood her position very clearly.

After living among the elves for several days, she had a feeling that these premium fruits would become widely useful among players in the future, perhaps even necessities for clearing dungeons. It was good to buy and stockpile more while she had the chance.

After setting up his stall for two hours, Su Jiang had sold 158 rare fruits and earned 158 gold coins.

There were still 1,642 left in his backpack.

A while later.

A player bearing the title of Vice President of the Sacred Sword Guild walked over and bought all the remaining rare fruits in one go.

Sacred Sword Guild...

After the transaction was complete, Su Jiang narrowed his eyes. It took him a while to remember that this was Saintess Ellie's guild from his previous life.

However, he had heard little about the Sacred Sword Guild in his previous life. There were only rumors that an extremely serious internal conflict had occurred within the guild, knocking Ellie, who had once overshadowed all other players, off her pedestal.

Yet even a centipede did not stop wriggling after death.

Ellie had remained the Elf Saintess, though her prestige had fallen greatly.

The Sacred Sword Guild, on the other hand, had faded from the stage of history, becoming an old wave crushed to death on the beach by the new wave.

That internal conflict seemed to have happened not long after the game descended into reality...

Su Jiang rubbed his chin as he thought.

Then he smiled dismissively. What the hell did someone else's affairs have to do with him?

Seeing the two thousand gold coins in his backpack, Su Jiang finally felt a little more secure.

He couldn't sell these gold coins. As long as he had enough real-world money, that was fine. He needed to save these coins. The Epic Ore excavated by the Adventurer's Guild had cost over a thousand gold coins per piece when he saw it in his previous life. The server had just opened now, so he didn't know the price. Better to keep more on hand just in case.

At that moment, a regional system announcement rang out.

"Ding!"

"Regional Announcement: A large number of magical beasts are heading toward Falas Port. The Demonized Giant Tree hidden underground has broken through the earth and is preparing to lead its clan and the magical beasts in an assault on Falas, seeking revenge against the elves!"

"Ding! The Demonized Giant Tree has long been despised, driven away, and destroyed by the elf race. Over time, it has become filled with hatred toward the elves. Today is the day it takes its revenge!"

"System Announcement: Players located at Falas Port will automatically accept the Guard Falas Port quest. Quest Level: Legendary. If the quest fails, reputation with the Dawn Elf Empire will decrease by 1,000 points, favorability with the elf race will decrease by 20 points, and you will be expelled from the Elf Empire."

"System Prompt: Two hours remain until the magical beast horde reaches Falas Port. Countdown: 1:59:59."

In an instant, the players of Falas Port erupted into an uproar. The NPCs stared dumbfoundedly as the players suddenly grew tense, ran around, jumped from side to side, and even drew their weapons and swung them wildly like lunatics...

"Legendary? Damn it, how can a city defense quest be Legendary-tier?!"

"Hard to say. If the magical beasts attacking the city are level forty or fifty, then making this quest Legendary makes perfect sense, because there's no way we can beat them, haha."

"If we fail to defend the city, won't Ellie's saintess quest fail too? Ellie's been too popular lately. We could deliberately refuse to defend it and teach her a lesson."

"If Ellie's quest fails, we'll be driven out of the Elven Empire too! Without this leveling spot, where are we supposed to level up?"

The players argued noisily. Some had already organized people to make simple tools and prepare to resist, while others merely watched the show.

Ellie saw the announcement as well.

A monster siege—its timing could not have been worse.

If the reconstruction work had not yet begun, Ellie would never have concerned herself with this matter. But now that reconstruction had been underway for several days and the materials had already been delivered, giving up on defending the city would mean certain failure for her saintess quest.

No!

The system's reward was unclear, so those players might not put their full effort into the quest. But she could spend money. Where there was money, there would be brave men!

Ellie gritted her teeth, thought it over, and summoned her aide.

A short while later.

At the temporarily constructed Adventurer's Guild in Falas Port, a city defense quest issued by Ellie appeared.

Candidate Saintess Ellie's Reward Quest (Excellent)

Quest Description: If the city is successfully defended, players who accept this quest will receive one hundred gold coins, monitored by the system. Those who are not proactive during the defense will be ineligible for the reward. If the city defense fails, they will receive nothing.

Ellie had to pay for all of these gold coins out of her own pocket. The Elf race would not help her, since any problems arising during the reconstruction process were part of the trial. The Elf race could not break the established rules to assist her.

A reward of one hundred gold coins for successfully defending the city...

It seemed this Ellie was quite a rich woman too. One hundred gold coins was equivalent to ten thousand yuan.

There were at least three hundred players present now. That would cost three million yuan, and that did not even account for whether other level-thirty players would arrive within the next two hours.

Seeing this, Su Jiang sighed inwardly.

There were so many rich people.