I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 413 - 232: This King’s Bullying is Too Much!_2

Chapter 413: Chapter 232: This King’s Bullying is Too Much!_2

"Didn’t your parents come with you today?" Gu Shanhai asked tentatively.

Hualou Chun and Taohua smiled awkwardly, and through techniques such as thought detection, Gu Shanhai finally figured it out.

They were indeed Second Generation Players.

Considering the timeline, the emergence of Second Generation Players made sense, as the first generation had largely achieved their goals, making the birth of the second generation quite normal.

On a regular day, parents would use invitation letters to bring them along or directly take them to the higher-tier worlds. Therefore, many things, including leveling and quests, were arranged by their parents. They would tag along for the experience points, which resulted in their levels, equipment, and even skills being up to par, but their experiences in various aspects were not.

That’s why both of their classes were the same. Gu Shanhai even surmised that their parents had specifically chosen this class for this little couple, calling it a ’cure-all’ and likely skewed toward survival, with most Knight-type classes tending towards physical and strength attributes. Plus, the addition of ’Light’ as a prefix assured that the magic abilities they attained would primarily be shields, blessings, healing, etc.

"Let me guess again, you two had a disagreement with your family, and then you sneaked out using an invitation letter, right?" Gu Shanhai continued.

Their expressions became even worse, and even without an answer, Gu Shanhai had confirmed it through thought detection.

Gu Shanhai also understood why these two had been so easily conned.

But to call them overgrown babies was not quite right; they had a sense of awareness and didn’t start off by making demands. Instead, they were quite independent.

They definitely had some combat experience; what they lacked was worldliness, as likely both quests and other activities were initiated by their parents and shared with them.

"Alright, I’ve got it. How are your combat capabilities? As long as you don’t hold me back, I’ll ensure you both scrape an S-rank assessment," Gu Shanhai said.

The young couple, initially wanting to stubbornly explain themselves, brightened up at these words, "No problem with fighting, we’ll follow your lead, boss."

Their parents had only achieved S-rank ratings with them a few times, which was normal given they were dragging their two kids along.

"That’s good, from now on, let’s start by scouting out the Royal Capital, you two will be my bodyguards first, no rush to hunt monsters," Gu Shanhai said.

Having come all this way, was he really going to take one thousand gold coins and a set of level 10 equipment and confront the Demon King head-on?

It was like an NPC had offered a quest with a reward of ten gold coins, but the task was to give the NPC one million gold coins and an army capable of ruling the entire world. It was purely a thankless job.

So, since the other party was reluctant to provide, Gu Shanhai decided to take matters into his own hands.

"What are you planning to do, boss?" Hualou Chun asked, puzzled.

"Extract a little more value. That old thing definitely has some good stuff, and he dares to fob us off with such trifles as if we were beggars," Gu Shanhai said with a hint of bitterness.

"If they want us to work, they have to offer decent benefits. I’ll mix in a follower for each of you later. In this world, there are non-human races like giant dragons and elves," Gu Shanhai started making grand promises.

The young couple, naive to the world, got excited at the prospect, even though they didn’t understand how it related to Gu Shanhai’s investigation.

Gu Shanhai, however, seriously doubted the level of education they had received.

Because the "First Epoch" had devoured the player cities, the entire world of the player cities was impacted, and many Second Generation Players actually... had never been to school.

The reason was simple: everyone had entered the "First Epoch" to become stronger. Only the major powers were left running things in the player cities. Ordinary players returning could only be exploited.

```

Better to be in one’s own player space and mix in other worlds when the time comes, not only to escape exploitation but also to play one’s own game. Even if they monopolize the high-end worlds, can they really monopolize the mid-tier regions?

Thus, a significant reason why many players focus on the mid-tier regions is precisely this situation.

This has led to Second-Generation Players being born with the player’s qualification and then following their parents into instances, bestowed with abilities from "The First Epoch," without having to worry about not being able to read or understand speech.

Of course, not all players would pair up with other players; some even choose their servants as spouses, which makes things even easier.

As for how Second-Generation Players choose their IDs, it’s quite simple. Player parents have the right to help select IDs, but after the Second-Generation Players come of age, "The First Epoch" also grants them one opportunity to change their ID, which is really considerate.

The three of them quickly got moving, with two of them flanking Gu Shanhai like guardian deities, one on the left and one on the right. It has to be said that donning full armor is quite intimidating.

Gu Shanhai didn’t care in the least. It was pretty good, at a minimum, he didn’t have to worry about some short-sighted people coming over.

He had figured it out. The vicinity of the Royal Palace belonged to the first ring, inhabited by various nobles, occupying half of the Royal Capital.

Another quarter housed the middle class, such as merchants and City Guards, and the last eighth included the most populous slum. The remaining eighth was where the nobles kept their slaves.

The ratio of slaves to commoners was about three to seven, with commoners occasionally becoming slaves for various reasons. Whether or not the methods were legal didn’t matter; what mattered was that the nobles and merchants acquired slaves.

Gu Shanhai also tentatively estimated the productivity level, which was even worse than in the medieval times. It was considered exceptionally good if the lower-class commoners didn’t starve to death.

This scene had the young couple clicking their tongues. They rarely delved into the backgrounds of instances, acting like typical players who generally were all about where to go and whom to kill. Puzzle-solving players were always a minority.

After all, the threshold for puzzle solvers was very high. Although "The First Epoch" provided some help with puzzles, it was only supportive, not completely helpful. Besides, puzzle-solving wasn’t as simple as clicking a mouse in computer games or playing a few puzzle games. They were about truly solving puzzles.

"Big Shot, what’s the use of investigating all this? Do you know the background of the instance?" Hualou Chun asked.

"Yeah, more or less," Gu Shanhai nodded and then narrowed his eyes, looking at a person sneaking not far away, "See that kid over there, dressed differently and deceitfully hiding?"

Hualou Chun and Peach Blossom turned their heads and saw him. His attire was clearly much higher-grade than that of the commoners in the slum, apparently a noble.

"Should we grab him?" Both weren’t fools and immediately guessed that it might be someone sent by the King.

"No, kill him. It seems that the old codger King doesn’t trust us, daring to send someone to spy on us. Fools," Gu Shanhai sneered.

"Isn’t it bad, though? Killing him would offend them," Peach Blossom hesitated.

"You’re not getting the point of your position; we are heroes, here to save the world. No matter how outrageous we are, they have to endure. Do you think we are the same as those spineless heroes of the past? They’re the ones seeking us, not the other way around."

"The more assertive we act, the more they cower."

How could Gu Shanhai be unaware of the thoughts of these nobles? He had seen their kind before. The nobility of the Kalome Kingdom, before Atilis rose to power, and the nobility of the Holy Kingdom on Hero Continent, could be understood just by looking at how they treated their commoners.

A bunch of decaying, greedy, arrogant, and self-important so-and-sos, presuming themselves to be emissaries of the Goddess, believing they were born superior. And because of the previous heroes, they came to think of heroes as slaves for them, not as saviors.

Otherwise, would the King behave like that?

Gu Shanhai understood how to treat someone who came to offer help. At the very least, the right attitude was due, even if you were too impoverished to provide material support, offering moral backing at that moment was a sign of sincerity. But from what he saw of the Holy Kingdom, they offered neither.

```

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.