With the return scroll in his hand, the green snake climbed onto James Williams' shoulder. Then, he hugged Little Orange, and a gentle white light shone around them. Following that, the scene changed, and James Williams and his two pets returned to the jungle and came before the NPC.
The NPC said, "Brave adventurer, what do you need?"
[I need to level up.]
[No, I'm going the wrong way. Let me think.]
[I need to obtain some weapons and resources.]
[I've completed the quest.]
James Williams chose "I've completed the quest".
[Ding! You have completed the quest, Eliminate the Giant Spiders. Please choose the spider eyes that you want to exchange.]
James Williams saw that his backpack actually had about 200 spider eyes. One spider eye could be exchanged for 40 experience points and 12 gold coins, so these 200 spider eyes could at least be exchanged for 8,000 experience points and 2,400 gold coins.
However, his level was already high enough. 8,000 experience points were only a few levels and the gold coins were not a large amount. However, James Williams, who studied finance, was not an ordinary person. At such a time, his business mind came into play.
"I'll exchange 100 spider eyes."
[Ding!]
[Congratulations! You have exchanged 100 spider eyes and obtained 4,000 experience points and 1,200 gold coins!]
A beam of light rose from James Williams' body. He had reached level 12.
James Williams wanted to sell the unused potions so he came to the side of the pharmacist. However, he was surprised to find that the selling price was only 70% of the original price! '...This won't do. I am already short of money.' With that thought in mind, James Williams decided not to sell it.
He began to look at the rewards from the quest.
[Low-level silver archer skill book, Volley.]
[Low-level silver archer skill book, Recoil Cannon.]
[High-level bronze warrior skill book, Sword Aura of the Ten Directions.]
[Middle-level silver warrior skill book, Charge Slash.]
[Low-level silver wizard skill book, Voodoo Doll.]
[Low-level silver tank skill book, Light Fist.]
[A pair of broken low-level silver boots, a broken high-level bronze iron sword, and a pair of complete high-level bronze boots!]
Seeing so many rewards, James Williams knew that it was time to go to the Novice Village to sell these items.
He came to the side of the teleportation portal.
[Novice Village.]
Xiu! A halo began to distort before his eyes, and the scene changed. James Williams looked at the familiar Novice Village, and people were still entering the 001 Server one after another.
He simply repaired the boots and the iron sword. Now, James Williams hoped that these items could be sold at a good price. Only then would his time spent outside fighting be worthy.
Arriving at the familiar place, James Williams once again placed the items on the ground. After the incident last time, no one dared to harass him for the time being.
People slowly surrounded him. Some of them were still messaging their friends. [Hurry up and come online. Hades, the one who pressured the Wolf Union last time, has appeared and is selling items here again.]
James Williams looked at the items on the ground confidently. These were all items he earned through fighting.
"Move aside, move aside. Don't you know who we are?" A high-pitched female voice entered James Williams' ears.
"What are you pushing for? Who behaves like you?"
"Oh, they are the newly formed Rose Union. I heard they are all very rich."
"That's right, that's right. Those of us who have not joined a union should stop fighting."
"So what if you are rich?" However, the man merely muttered to himself and still made way for them as he was the only one who could hear his own muttering.
James Williams saw the crowd disperse, and a player with a silver name walked over. The name above her head was Rose Union, Tina.
Standing beside Tina was the person who had been shouting for the surrounding people to make way, Rose Union, Laura. Coming in front of James Williams, Tina looked athim who was squatting on the ground.
She squatted down and looked at James Williams' skill books and weapons. Obviously, she did not like any of these, but giving these items to her union would definitely greatly increase the union's strength.
Since their union only accepted women, they were somewhat well-known in the server. Moreover, the union leader seemed to be a very rich person in real life.
Tina looked at James Williams. "I want all these items, but I have one condition. We want to clear the dungeon, Dark Swamp. I heard that you've previously suppressed the entire Wolf Union by yourself. You seem to be rather capable.
"Therefore, I'd like to invite you to clear the dungeon with me. How about it?"
James Williams remembered that in his previous life, Dark Swamp was very popular in the Novice Village. Moreover, very few people succeeded in completing the dungeon before advancing from the Novice Village.
He had originally wanted to take this opportunity to sell all the items he had obtained and then clear the dungeon to earn some money. Now that he only had 70,000 or so, it was simply not enough.
James Williams nodded. "You mean to form a team, right? We can form a team, but the items in the dungeon must all belong to me. I know that you are not short of money and you're only clearing this dungeon to increase the popularity of your union.
"But it's different for me. I did not join any union, so all the items in the dungeon belong to me. How about it?"
Hearing these words, Laura, who was standing beside Tina, could not stand it any longer and said, "Hmph, do you have the right to negotiate with our union? We came looking for you because we think highly of you. Aren't you thinking too highly of yourself now? I'm not even sure if you'll end up being a burden to the team."
James Williams did not get angry after hearing these words. He continued, "Alright, I don't want to clear the dungeon with you guys anyway. If that's the case, why did you come to me if you're capable? Can't you just clear it yourself?"
Seeing that they could not reach an agreement, Tina shook her head helplessly. "If that's the case, then forget it." She got up and prepared to leave.
Laura said again, "Do you really think you're an expert? You players won't be able to compete with our union even if you were given a few more years. Tch."
Hearing Laura's words, many players around clenched their fists. If it were not for the fact that Laura was a member of the Rose Union, they would have gone up to gang up on her. These words were a blatant insult to them.
After saying that, Laura revealed a disdainful expression and was ready to leave. However, James Williams opened his mouth and coldly spat out a word, "Stop."
Tina and Laura turned around. In fact, Tina did not stop Laura because she wanted to see just what kind of ability this man had to suppress the Wolf Union alone. Therefore, she tacitly agreed with Laura's words.