"I don't know when you'll open a shop in Hilderlock. I hope we'll be friends, not enemies, by then."

Love Killer secretly noted the name Nie Yan, preparing to have his friends in Carol City investigate and find out which faction Nie Yan belonged to. If Nie Yan was an enemy, then he wouldn't be polite. He would make sure Nie Yan couldn't gain a foothold in Hilderlock. Nie Yan selling the land was one thing, but if he wanted to open a shop, he would guarantee it wouldn't have any business. Even if Nie Yan was a strong dragon crossing the river, he wasn't afraid.

Nie Yan understood that every city had its local boss. If he didn't have enough strength in the future, he wouldn't be able to survive here. If Love Killer saw him as an enemy, it would be difficult to do business here in the future. However, since he was just buying a piece of land, even if he didn't open a shop, he wouldn't lose money if he sold it when its value increased in the future.

"Me too, I hope we aren't enemies." Nie Yan smiled faintly. There was no conflict of interest between him and Love Killer, so they shouldn't become enemies. But who could predict the future?

"I still have to lead a group to a dungeon. If we meet again next time, let's chat again. I hope we can chat so peacefully next time too." Love Killer didn't want to deepen their relationship. If they became friends, it would be difficult to speak if they became enemies in the future.

"Okay, goodbye."

Nie Yan watched Love Killer leave. He thought for a moment that he should probably go to the Equipment Master Korsi to see if there was any good equipment, and then he should go level up. He had wasted two days in Heims, and those elite players were leveling up quickly in the Soth Valley, and their levels had also increased.

Nie Yan pondered. Some people were already wearing Metal Storm. It seemed he was too slow. In fact, Metal Storm was not a single piece of equipment, but a synonym for a series of warrior sets, namely Metal Storm (Iron), Metal Storm (Black Iron), Metal Storm (Gold), Metal Storm (Black Gold), Metal Storm (Obsidian), and Metal Storm (Dark Obsidian), six levels in total. They required a certain amount of strength to wear. The set that Love Killer was wearing should be Metal Storm (Iron), probably obtained from the mines outside Hilderlock. To wear Metal Storm (Iron), you needed at least one hundred and twenty strength.

The Berserker's talent gave a strength bonus, and they could gain an additional 2 points of strength every five levels. The Muscle Strengthening specialization could greatly increase strength, so the Berserker's strength was much higher than other classes. With skill bonuses, reaching eighty strength would be pretty good. One hundred and twenty strength was really terrifying. Wearing a set of Metal Storm (Iron) would make their stats terrifyingly high.

The reason Nie Yan had 130 strength was because he had learned five strength-enhancing skills, the bonus from the Chapter of Freedom, and the bonus from the Strength Gem.

Love Killer's 120 strength was reached in a naked state. After wearing Metal Storm (Iron), the set attributes also provided an additional 30% strength bonus, which was a bit terrifying.

This guy was the best-equipped person Nie Yan had seen so far. How many such monsters were there on the pro player rankings?

It seemed he had to speed up the collection of equipment and the leveling speed. Nie Yan stopped wasting time, said goodbye to Governor Cullen, and walked towards the northern part of Hilderlock City. It would cost a gold coin to teleport back to Carol City, so since he had come here, he might as well go to Equipment Master Korsi's place to take a look. Today happened to be Wednesday!

All the buildings here were magnificent and spectacular. Walking on the streets paved with emerald stones, Nie Yan looked around. Emerald City hadn't changed at all, and was exactly the same as his memories from his previous life. Streams of magical elements formed halos that flowed through the sky, adding a touch of magic to Emerald City Hilderlock.

After wandering around Hilderlock for nearly ten minutes, he came to a fork in the road. Nie Yan looked at the coordinates provided by Governor Cullen and walked to the left. He turned left and right at the intersections, and the road became narrower and narrower. He almost thought he had reached a dead end.

He didn't know where this was. Anyway, he had reached the northern edge of Hilderlock. If Governor Cullen hadn't given him these coordinates, he wouldn't have been able to reach here at all.

Passing through the narrow alleyways between the towering mage towers, where only one person could pass through at a time, and walking forward for about two or three minutes, he emerged from the alley, and a bright and spacious scene appeared before him. In front of him was a delicate garden, with various unknown small wildflowers blooming in competition. This garden was surrounded by many buildings, and sunlight filtered through the gaps between the buildings. Not only did it not destroy the beauty of the place, but it added a touch of mysterious artistic conception.

A narrow, winding path led to a low but uniquely flavored small house in the distance.

These were the correct coordinates. This place was hidden deep enough. Nie Yan followed the winding path towards the inside.

Walking along the narrow path, an intoxicating fragrance wafted over him, and a figure walked towards him from the opposite direction.

Nie Yan glanced at the person coming towards him. It was a female NPC, dressed in grand attire, with her hair neatly arranged and tied high on top of her head. She walked with elegance and grace, radiating a noble aura. This NPC should be a noble.

Was this Equipment Master Korsi? She didn't look like it.

Governor Cullen hadn't said whether Equipment Master Korsi was male or female. Nie Yan looked at the information of the female NPC opposite him.

Tylina: Countess of Hilderlock.

She was a countess of Hilderlock. Nie Yan quickly moved to the side. Nobles in a city enjoyed very high privileges. If he offended a noble, he basically wouldn't be able to survive in this city.

This was a strict hierarchical system. Unless players could obtain a large amount of city honor and respect points and meet the requirements, they could be promoted to nobles and enjoy the privileges of nobles. Otherwise, offending nobles in the city was an act of seeking death, and the guards wouldn't hesitate to use their butcher knives.

The countess walked past Nie Yan, glanced at him, and then left.

After a while, two more nobles from Hilderlock came out from there, brushing past Nie Yan.

It seemed like this place was very lively. Nie Yan stepped into the small house. It was not a large house, with a round table in the middle, displaying dozens of identical pieces of equipment.

Inside the house were more than a dozen nobles, old and young, all dressed very meticulously. An old man in a gray robe was standing in front of the table, tall and thin, with a long white beard, looking somewhat like an old mage. However, the lewdness that occasionally flowed from his eyebrows couldn't help but evoke rich associations. Could this guy be a swindler?

Nie Yan became vigilant. There were also swindlers among the NPCs. Not all tasks could be rewarded. If players didn't think carefully and didn't grasp the main thread, but instead entered the traps set by the system, they could only blame themselves for being unlucky. Not only would they lose everything, but they would also get themselves into trouble.

"Respected ladies and gentlemen, as in the past, the first batch of items for sale here totals 20 pieces, all of which are unidentified equipment, each sold at a price of 60 silver coins. But only one is real, and the others are fakes made by me. If the genuine product in the first batch is bought, we will replace it with another batch. There are a total of twenty batches, and now there are only three batches left. The best equipment is about to be born, including fragments of legendary items. Each person is limited to three pieces. Are you ready, ladies and gentlemen?" After the old man named Korsi finished speaking, his triangular eyes narrowed and he tapped the table with his fingers.

The nobles became excited, each looking eager to try.

Korsi exchanged glances with three middle-aged men in the crowd of nobles, and then said, "It begins. Ladies and gentlemen, will any of you be able to gain the favor of the goddess of fortune?"

Nie Yan sneered in his heart. Such low-level scams could actually flourish here. He glanced at the nobles around him, each with a face full of fat and stupidity. This might be a hidden task set by the main brain. If players foolishly took out sixty silver coins to participate in this gamble, they would be extremely foolish and would definitely lose everything.

A noble took out a gray cloth bag from his pocket, which contained a whole bag of silver coins, and handed it to Equipment Master Korsi, saying, "I want it, it, and it!" His expression was frantic, and a trace of sweat seeped out of his forehead.

The nobles generously took out bags of silver coins and bought the equipment.

The nobles began to appraise the equipment in their hands. Nie Yan stared at the three middle-aged men in the crowd. Under the cover of two of them, one of the middle-aged men threw a piece of equipment into his pocket, then took out another piece of equipment with the same shape, and glanced around the room furtively. No one noticed him. Nie Yan smiled. This guy should be a shill.

"Alas, it's fake."

"This one is also fake."

The nobles sighed one after another.

After a while, the middle-aged man who had swapped the equipment let out a cry of surprise: "My god, the goddess of fortune is favoring me! I actually got it. Karls' Golden Necklace, this world is so wonderful!"

The nobles showed envious expressions, each rubbing their hands in preparation for continuing to buy in the next round.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, let's continue with the remaining two batches. The most precious item will be born, the Shining Gem of Akas. Are you ready?"

Knowing that this was a scam, Nie Yan was thinking about what to do next. Should he quietly leave, or should he expose their scam?

This was a choice. There were so many nobles here. If he failed to expose them and made things worse, it would be equivalent to offending all of them.

If he successfully exposed the scam of the so-called Equipment Master Korsi, what would be the result? What was the reward for this hidden task?

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