Happy Stick emerged from Blood Vulture Corridor with a pained expression. Mo Ni Qiong, who looked just as miserable, followed beside him.
The two men had been "squeezed dry" by that new vampire NPC—in the literal sense. They had not only handed over all the gold the "Crimson Hammer and Sickle Corps" had accumulated over the past while, but had even been forced to write an IOU to that flat-chested vampire mechanic in exchange for the legendary "Great Secret Vault of Xico City"!
Damn!
When had he ever been treated this way in a game? An NPC had actually forced him to write an IOU. This was just humiliating!
"Look on the bright side, Stick."
Mo Ni Qiong, carrying a large weapon case on his back, saw the gloomy, uncertain look on Happy Stick's face. Worried that his buddy might do something he couldn't take back, he quietly tried to console him:
"You did get the structural plans for the underground vault in Xico City. That girl wasn't lying to us. We can just go check whether there's anything there, can't we?
That was once the capital of the Bosia Confederacy!
Its banks handled the finances of the entire country. Even if we only manage to dig up a hidden vault, we definitely won't come away empty-handed."
"But she charged us 150,000 just for 'information fees'! Damn, we still owe her 110,000."
Stick rubbed his face hard and complained:
"That means we have to make over 150,000 gold from treasure hunting in the ruins of Xico City just to turn a profit!
"And Countess Sharon said there's still residual psionic plague in Xico City. The whole city is full of corpses. Even though the Pioneer Legion cleared the place while they were looting it, there could still be ghouls or