Ni Ying Shou pondered for a moment, then made up his mind.
"Without our leader's orders, we can't accept your commission on our own."
"So, I'm sorry!"
After firmly rejecting the Dark Star Merchant Guild's request, Ni Ying Shou immediately cut off the call.
Five thousand units of white origin crystals was no small sum.
The Dark Star Merchant Guild's ten-percent discount was even more tempting.
But all of that depended on being alive to earn the money and spend it.
The attackers hadn't shown any real power so far. Apart from their sheer numbers, they seemed fairly ordinary.
But they must have had some confidence in their abilities to dare attack the Boundless Market.
There was no reason for him to risk his life against a hidden force whose strength he couldn't begin to assess, all for a reward.
The Dark Star Merchant Guild's payment wasn't worth betting his life on!
"Accelerate. Enter the Dark Universe at maximum speed!"
He gave the order to the ship's intelligent operating system.
The ship continued to accelerate, soon reaching the speed of light and successfully entering the Dark Universe.
Only then did Ni Ying Shou finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He'd been worried the whole time that attackers might be lying in ambush in the space surrounding the Boundless Market.
Fortunately, his fears had been unfounded.
"Looks like a major storm is about to hit the Death Ring."
Gazing out at the pitch-black Dark Universe, Ni Ying Shou murmured to himself.
His only hope was that the storm wouldn't reach their Shadow Demon City.
The battle at the Boundless Market was still raging.
As the Dark Star Merchant Guild threw all its strength into repelling the players, it sent out requests for hire to every merchant fleet.
Some refused, but others