Chapter 48: A Discount from the Regiment Commander
In this kind of four-sided resource struggle, losing was actually normal, but Kaiser had participated in this resource war. Given that guy's personal abilities, as long as it wasn't a complete rout, he would stubbornly resist having his Arbiter status stripped away and interfere with the battle through various means.
Just as Su Xiao was puzzled, two emails arrived—one blood-red and one white.
Opening the blood-red email, a notification appeared.
[Notification: Your side has lost the Flame Spirit Star Resource War. The Hunter cannot obtain some resource rewards.]
Seeing this notification, Su Xiao knew the easy money was gone, but he wanted to know which side had won. He opened the second white email, which was from Kaiser, with the following content:
'My dear friend, I regret to inform you that this time we lost. Yes, just as you think, Death Paradise is an old rival. As for Holy Light Paradise... too many healers, six flying healers. To be honest, after the battle started, I was stunned, but the girls from Holy Light were quite pleasing to the eye.'
'As for Apocalypse Paradise... there was a tough guy there, claiming to be the strongest at Seventh Rank. Three hours into the battle, he was killed by our side's madmen.'
'We fought Death Paradise for three days and successfully took them down. Then we dealt with about a third of Holy Light Paradise. In the end, Apocalypse Paradise won.'
'My dear friend, by the time you see this email, Kaiser is already inside a world of Apocalypse Paradise. Wait for my good news, hehehe. Your friend, Kaiser.'
...
Closing Kaiser's email, Su Xiao could basically imagine the situation. His side had taken down Death Paradise, but when dealing with Holy Light Paradise, they started to run out of steam, and ultimately Apocalypse Paradise won.
His side and Death Paradise were hostile. Once they met, one side had to be eliminated first. This was the attitude both sides had shown after countless World Wars and Resource Wars.
This time was the same, and the result benefited the miners. Resource Wars were different from World Wars, far less brutal. Basically, once things reached a certain point, both sides would withdraw.
Although he hadn't gained any benefits from this resource war, Kaiser didn't disappoint Su Xiao. That scoundrel had somehow infiltrated a world of Apocalypse Paradise. From the sound of it, he clearly intended to make a profit and then split it with Su Xiao after returning.
Kaiser wouldn't have news for a while, and Su Xiao didn't hold much hope for those resources anyway. His gains from the Source World this time were enough to greatly enhance his strength.
36 True Attribute Points, 3 Golden Skill Points, 3 Holy Spirit Chests, 1 Set Chest, 1 World Chest, Secret Technique: Heavenly Flow, and 6014 Soul Coins.
Any one of these would be quite tempting, and Su Xiao had obtained all of them.
Suppressing the urge to open the chests, Su Xiao walked out of his Exclusive Room. Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini followed suit. They were going for potential activation.
As soon as Su Xiao left his Exclusive Room, he received a temporary text communication. Seeing the sender's name, Su Xiao frowned. It was Gulu from the Traveling Group.
Gulu: "Return my Demon Hunter Ring."
Seeing this message, Su Xiao ended the communication. Gulu was surprisingly vindictive. That was a long time ago, and she still remembered it.
Before he could take a few steps, Gulu's message came again.
Gulu: "Don't hang up! In five days, prepare to attend a banquet. I don't know what kind of banquet it is. Anyway, I've told you the news. Also, I only contacted you because I was paid Soul Coins."
Gulu ended the communication. Seeing her message, Su Xiao immediately thought that the banquet she mentioned was the Empty Seat Banquet.
Gulu seemed unaware of the Empty Seat Banquet's existence, or only had a vague understanding. Someone had asked her to deliver the message.
Thinking about this, Su Xiao felt that he should be able to meet the famous Regiment Commander soon.
Putting these thoughts aside for now, after more than ten minutes, Su Xiao arrived at the Attribute Enhancement Hall and chose a high-grade Enhancement Pod.
[Welcome to High-Grade Enhancement Pod No. 128. You have been identified as a Seventh-Rank Hunter and can use high-grade enhancement for free.]
[True Attribute Points available for distribution: 36.]
Standing inside the Enhancement Pod, Su Xiao deliberated for a moment and decided to lean more towards Intelligence this time. He had a scroll that required 180 True Intelligence to use, namely [Supernatural Item Sensing].
The distribution method was: Strength +9, Agility +9, Stamina +8, Intelligence +10, Charm ignored, waiting for it to hit zero.
The Attribute Enhancement Pod began operating. Due to the significant increase, Su Xiao's sensations were more intense. This feeling of rapid physical strengthening was intoxicating.
An hour later, the Attribute Enhancement Pod stopped. Su Xiao, with white steam rising from his body, opened his eyes. Wiping the sweat from his chin, he opened his personal data to check his bare stats.
Strength: 173
Agility: 173
Stamina: 172
Intelligence: 173
Charm: 0.2
Soul Strength: 260
Luck: 14
...
Seeing the Charm stat, even Su Xiao was stunned for a moment. From the time he entered Reincarnation Paradise until now, he had never seen a body attribute displayed with decimal points.
Looking at the blood-red, highly conspicuous Charm stat, Su Xiao was somewhat worried it might drop to 0.01. Up to now, he had determined that the decline in Charm must have a debuff effect, but for his Blood Qi ability, the decline in Charm might bring a buff.
The Blood Qi ability had yet to awaken, likely blocked by the Charm stat. Su Xiao had a feeling that when the Charm stat completely bottomed out, his Blood Qi would recover.
After leaving the Attribute Enhancement Hall, Su Xiao didn't return to his Exclusive Room but headed towards the Trade Street. Carrying a fortune of 6014 Soul Coins, he naturally wanted to browse the Trade Street to see if there were any suitable combat-type passive abilities or equipment.
Passing through the thin mist at the entrance of the Trade Street, stalls on both sides came into view. Su Xiao began searching within the Trade Street.
After stopping and starting for about ten minutes, he stopped in front of a stall. He had met an old acquaintance, and he had just been communicating with her.
"Oh? You're Seventh Rank now?"
Gulu, wearing a Gothic red dress, sat behind a stall filled with various items. However, many items couldn't be inspected, showing only ??? when viewed.
"Hunters rank up fast. Damn it, I'm almost Seventh Rank. Surprised? Even though I'm not Seventh Rank yet, I can still come here."
"..."
"As expected of you. You can kill a conversation just by not talking. I don't hate you anymore. Don't think I'm being generous. It's mainly because I can't beat you."
"..."
"Heh, as expected of you. Still not talking."
"Are you... a chatterbox?"
"I, you..."
Gulu almost pounced directly. After a moment, she snorted coldly and started playing a handheld game console. But after a few seconds, she trembled with anger, muttering about how she had to kill Fatty Pi or something.
Su Xiao examined the items on the stall. The average price was over 5000 Soul Coins. This was likely something the Regiment Commander had asked Gulu to sell on commission. The Regiment Commander was also short on Soul Coins right now.
After looking around, Su Xiao was attracted by an item. It was a combat-type passive ability, priced as high as 3600 Soul Coins.
"Hurry up and buy it. This is what our Regiment Commander instructed. If you buy it, 3600. If someone else buys it, 6300."
Gulu smiled, revealing a small canine tooth. The next moment, she changed the skill scroll's price to 6300 Soul Coins.
"Oh, my hand slipped."
Gulu changed the price again, back to 3600 Soul Coins, feeling immensely satisfied. She had clearly forgotten the last time she was beaten up by Su Xiao.