The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 518 - 419 Newbie = Slave

Chapter 518: Chapter 419 Newbie = Slave

The afternoon sun hung low in the sky, hiding beneath the shadows of the towering spires.

"Damn!"

A figure clad only in white underwear appeared out of thin air, taking in a deep breath, "I can actually smell the freshness of the air—this is real!"

The game had been heating up recently, acclaimed to be the true "Metaverse," where one could embark on a second life within the game.

He was initially skeptical, but still couldn’t resist trying the game—just putting on a headset, falling asleep, and then being able to play. If that were real, wouldn’t that essentially extend one’s life?

His friends kept recommending it, which eventually convinced him that the game was real and not just some hoax.

Heart-stealing Daji turned to look at the occasional flickering lights around him and the figures emerging from them, realizing they were all newcomers like him.

He had experienced VR glasses before—visual deception was indeed well done, and his first encounter with 6DOF movement was interesting. But his body remained in reality; it was too easy to bump into others while moving, let alone feeling immersed as he could now.

After a while, that kind of VR headset grew boring to use, pressing against his forehead and cheeks. Indeed, playing a game while asleep was better.

"Does it really feel like you’ve traveled to another reality?" a voice came from nearby.

Heart-stealing Daji nodded in response, "Yeah, if no one had told me this is a game, I’d truly feel like I stepped into a new world where I can touch everything."

He suddenly realized, turning to look at the figure standing beside him—a female character model in Mystic Rune Golden Armor that glowed softly, sporting a white high ponytail tied at the back of her head, falling to her waist.

The upper body was covered with streamlined armor, while the lower body paired stockings with knee guards.

She looked like a Valkyrie, but her "light weaponry" gave her that powerful aura only big shots possess.

Cool weapon.

However, her next sentence gave him the same feeling as encountering the aggressive promoters at the bus station, "Would you like to join our guild?"

"Ah?" Heart-stealing Daji asked subconsciously, "Are there any perks?"

"We’ll give you a set of equipment and take you to grind missions for a speedy level-up."

"What should I do in return?"

"We’re all just playing the game together, no strict demands, though you must ensure you’re online regularly. Plus, in two days, we’re going down to the Great Rift dungeon in Black Marsh Kingdom. It’s just about having company in the game, and you can gather materials while leveling up to contribute directly to the guild."

"That sounds pretty good," he nodded.

Being aided with resources by others indeed seemed much easier than leveling up on his own. Besides, a group of experts wouldn’t likely deceive people with materials any newbie could easily gather.

The ponytailed player continued, "Many newcomers nowadays prefer to go solo. It’s fine in other regions, but in Rand Kingdom, it’s best to join a guild, no matter what."

"Why?" Heart-stealing Daji inquired.

"Because the Calamity Shadow Region has already been divided among the big guilds. Everyone goes to NPCs to purchase the usage rights to the Calamity Shadow Region, effectively taking control of leveling spots. Newcomers find there’s nowhere to level up, cutting off their path to advancement."

"Ha, you can play it like that?" Heart-stealing Daji was amazed. NPCs were even selling monster spawn areas—had the game become this free?

His friend wasn’t from Rand Kingdom, not even from Xilu Continent. Every time they chatted, his friend would talk about how tough it was with a monster every three steps and a boss every five, horribly suffering.

The ponytail seemed to read his thoughts, stating, "It’s only like this here. A saying is always circulating online: Rand Kingdom is a private server! Come on, I’ll take you to get your equipment."

"Thanks, boss!"

Skipping Newbie Village, Heart-stealing Daji followed the ponytailed player onto a horse carriage, only to find it already packed with people.

"Just wait a bit more; I’m bringing one more person. Once we’re full, we’ll go," said the guild recruiter with the ponytail.

The sensation of being accosted at the bus station intensified!

On the carriage, a bunch of newcomers huddled together like slaves, packed tight, idly chatting.

"What shall I call you?"

"I’ll go by Heart-stealing Daji, just call me Daji."

"..."

The Undead... oh, the Undead once again regained their quiet atmosphere.

"My name’s Heehee Dalailei."

The mood finally perked up a bit.

After introducing themselves, the newbies realized they were all from the lower realms and instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since that was the case, there was no need to pretend to be upright gentlemen.

Speak freely!

Finally, with their numbers complete, the ponytailed Undead led the group, and after a long journey, they arrived at the guild in the Undead residential area outside Griffin Fortress.

"Over there, they open a portal for free every so often, which can take you to the main cities," the ponytailed Undead explained. "Don’t judge it by its looks; its full name is the Crystal Defense Tower. If you’re lucky and an enemy siege event occurs, it will unleash thunder, and you can pick off kills in the chaos."

"How powerful is it?" someone asked.

"Probably... a level 30 elite monster would die upon contact."

"Holy shit, that’s awesome, no wonder it’s the main city!"

The people inside the horse carriage marveled.

They were astounded by every blade of grass and weather system, shocked that they could hear the creaking of the horse carriage, and everything was filled with a sense of novelty.

Once they arrived at their destination, the ponytailed Undead took them to register and then said, "The Calamity hasn’t refreshed yet, the second wave won’t be until around 2:00 a.m. tonight. If you need a late-night snack, go offline and eat, don’t stay up late, get some sleep and log on to farm monsters."

For some reason, this advice sounded odd as if the game was encouraging people to go to bed early.

"Oh, and don’t forget to do some planting while monster farming, and you might want to check the guild’s bulletin board to see what’s offering high contribution points."

Looking at the newbies armed with hoes, longswords, and scythes, the ponytailed nodded in satisfaction.

Every guild was constantly looking to recruit new blood.

High-level Undead preferred to dive into the Abyss to farm monsters, and if there was nothing else to do, they’d rather go to Snake Catcher Fortress to grind ladder rankings than toil in the fields for mere Fragments of the Heart of Calamity.

A complete Heart of Calamity wasn’t worth much anymore.

But recently, Miss Tao Lexi had introduced a new currency and points policy, and the guild needed contributions.

Contributions were tied to various materials, food, and more.

If you wanted to farm contribution points, you had to farm the land. Farming took too long and was too boring, just mindless physical labor that could quickly quell one’s enthusiasm.

So they came up with a great idea – recruit newbies.

The newbies could level up by farming monsters, and the guild would benefit from their contributions, the Rand Kingdom would gain various foodstuffs, a win-win for everyone’s future.

At night, watching the Calamity Shadows that had just emerged get hacked to death by a few people rushing in with swords, and learning that it would take another day for a new Heart-stealing Daji to refresh, he followed the advice of veteran players and began harvesting crops.

Harvesting, sorting into bags, planting new seeds.

He felt he wasn’t quite like someone playing a game; he felt more like a cyber-serf.

No, that must be a misconception. If he wasn’t a cyber-serf, he wouldn’t even stand a chance at claiming a spot to fight monsters; that would be even worse.

Busy with planting, Heart-stealing Daji became completely numb.

Others entered the game to explore, but he was whisked away from the spawn point by a horse carriage and then buried his head in farming. Thankfully, after the farming was done, there was some free time to move around, or else he really would have thought he had entered an assembly line of death.

He leveled up and got stronger, but it was through farming.

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