Mantou and Singo were chatting as they walked towards the Imperial Office. Mantou was holding the head of the Frost Giant and was ready to claim the reward.

However, the road ahead was crowded with players, who were pressing together and almost blocking the road, causing many sheriffs to come and maintain order.

"Don't push, I was here first!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Aaaaah! I saved up money for three months just for this day!"

The clear but somewhat helpless voice of the snake woman came from the loudspeaker: "Dear citizens, please line up in an orderly manner and purchase in turn!

Our store is directly operated by the Empire State, and we have sufficient reserves, so please don't worry."

"Oooo!"

"Snake lady, I love you! Let me ship!"

However, her shouting had no effect. Instead, the players became excited and howled.

The scene became even more chaotic, like a large-scale fan meeting, blocking many pedestrians.

"Citizens, please obey the imperial rules and regulations!"

"Ah! Help! The sheriff is beating people!"

"We're targeting lawbreakers like you!"

It was not until the sheriffs picked up their batons and came forward to "educate" them personally that these players restrained themselves and lined up obediently.

But at this point the scene was in chaos, the players were wailing and noisy, and the onlookers were talking about it with disgust on their faces.

"Damn it, it's this bunch of useless people again."

"Hurry up and ask them to get out of the way. I'm in a hurry to check and accept the order."

"What use are they to the advancement of the empire? Greedy creatures!"

"Yes, they are not worthy of your presence in this sacred city shrouded in the glory of the great red dragon. They are the shame of Istalia!"

The discussions of the people of the empire were merciless and sounded particularly harsh.

This group of "useless people" have a very bad reputation in Istalia. They are all fallen stars and do not need a place to live. They just lie down anywhere, which greatly affects the appearance of the city.

Whenever there is news of recruitment or missions, this group of Starfallers will flock in and always snatch the jobs of the natives of Istalia with extremely low salaries.

What's more, this group of starfallers are almost never tired, never have time to rest, and their numbers are extremely large, which greatly affects the lives of the citizens of Istalia.

As a result, banners reading "Drive out the useless people" and "Clean up Istalia" were pulled out by angry citizens, and large-scale demonstrations were held many times.

They even sent representatives to present a proposal to "expel the New Starfallers" at the Citizens' Assembly, but after heated discussions, the matter was finally hastily concluded.

The "Starfall Problem" has not been properly resolved and has become increasingly serious.

Listening to the increasingly heated words of the people, Mantou, who was pretending to be a native, felt a little uncomfortable. He quietly asked, "What are they doing? Why are there so many new players?"

Singo pointed to a doorplate with a burning ember emblem in the distance and said, "Look, this is the second Empire-owned store in the city, and it still sells the [Secret Treasure of Cassius]."

Hearing the words "Cassius's secret treasure", Mantou suddenly remembered some unpleasant memories, and his expression became somewhat sad.

“I’ll go.
Is there anyone who still buys this rubbish?"

Singo smiled gloatingly: "Not only are there people buying it, but the store is also sold out. This box can now reveal rare equipment. If you get one, you will be rich.

It is said that many new players work day and night to earn money, and once they have enough money they come here to gamble for boxes, but most of them lose everything. "

Mantou looked at the enthusiastic crowd and couldn't help shaking his head: "Tsk tsk, poor newbie, he hasn't received the beating from the dog planner yet."

"It's about to start!"

"This is Brother Otter's seventh box, he's really rich!"

There were noisy sounds of players coming from the front, and even Mantou was a little curious.

He climbed onto Noodles’ back and saw the famous blogger “Big Otter” surrounded by a crowd.

But at this moment, he was breathing heavily, his face flushed, his eyes fixed on the box in front of him, and an expression on his face that was somewhat familiar to Mantou.

Otter placed his hand on the last box and slowly closed his eyes like a death row prisoner about to be executed.

"It's time to witness the miracle!"

"Hahaha, the otter must be a dead man!"

The onlookers became agitated again, cheering and shouting.

The otter used all his strength to suddenly lift the lid of the metal box and shouted at the same time: "Damn dog planner, deliver the goods to me!!"

"Wow--"

A dazzling white light flashed, and a pair of leather pants emitting a fishy smell lay quietly in the box.

The giant otter was kneeling on the ground, his eyes dull, and he seemed to be muttering something in a low voice.

"I have been saving gold coins for three months."

[The dog-headed man's stinky skin library]

"What? It's the legendary non-African suit?"

"As expected of my brother Otter, I was able to win this kind of artifact with great collection value!"

"Yeah, now that I can still draw white equipment, I am considered a god to some extent!"

Another rookie player lost his dream.

Seeing this familiar scene, Mantou, who was watching on the back of the flying dragon, couldn't help laughing. Then he sighed with some pity and said in a deep voice:

"If future generations mourn for it but do not learn from it, they will also make future generations mourn for future generations! Alas, this is another sad story——"

However, he thought to himself: Here’s another new piece of material!
Singo said impatiently, "Come on, stop watching the fun and collect your bounty quickly. We still have important tasks to do."

Looking at the lonely otter, Mantou got off the dragon's back with some regret and continued walking towards the office.

When we arrived at the Empire Office, there were still crowds of people outside, and everywhere were players wearing novice suits and doing nothing.

"There are so many people."

Mantou couldn't help but sigh.

He came to the counter for submitting tasks and handed the sack containing the frost giant's head to the tiefling woman in charge of reception.

"Here, the head of the frost giant slave that started the riot."

The tiefling woman opened the package and frowned, “I’m sorry, Lord Viscount.

According to the rules and regulations of the Empire, the body of a frost giant who has awakened the power of eternal frost should be left intact and handed over to the Imperial Ministry of Magic for disposal.

Your actions have destroyed the integrity of the corpse. According to convention, I can only give you half of the reward."

At this point, the tiefling woman smiled apologetically and said, "In fact, you only need to take a magical image of the frost giant, and then you can submit the task to me."

"What the hell"

Mantou took the five gold coins with tears in his eyes and couldn't help but slap himself. Why did he have such an irritation at that time that he had to cut off the head of the frost giant!
Watching the tiefling take back half of the bounty, Mantou gritted his teeth, turned around, and made up his mind, holding the somewhat shriveled purse.

"Damn it! I need to take on more missions this time to make up for all the gold I lost!"

At this moment, Singo's slightly sarcastic voice came from beside Mantou.

"Haha, do you have any other tasks to take?"

"how come?"

Mantou raised his head and looked at the task board in the hall, but was surprised to find that there were only a few tasks on it.

Occasionally, a new task would be refreshed and would be instantly snatched up by the players crowding in front of the counter, while there would be more players queuing up behind.

Fortunately, some tasks have level restrictions, giving Mantou a chance to grab tasks under the watchful eyes of hundreds of new players who are eager to see them.

Singo patted Mantou's shoulder and said, "Mantou, don't you realize that there are too many players in the empire?"

"really."

Mantou looked around at the new players crowded together and nodded with deep understanding.

Singo added: "According to official data, as of yesterday, there were 11 million active players of Elezeghe.

Three million of these players all chose the Anzeta Wasteland, which is the Burning Empire, as their birthplace. You should know that the entire empire has a population of only more than eight million.

Moreover, a large number of these new players chose Istalia, the capital of the empire full of money and opportunities."

Mantou looked at the players scrambling for missions like locusts, and couldn't help asking, "If this continues, Istalia's resources will not be enough, right?
My goodness, three million players, that's almost more than the local NPCs."

Singo pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, “Currently, the conflict between the natives of the empire and the new players has almost reached the threshold.

According to reliable insider information, the Imperial Government will soon launch a series of measures to restrict the entry of these "useless people."

Mantou smiled happily and clapped his hands in approval: "Okay, okay, we must severely restrict these newcomers. Istalia still needs high-quality talents like me."

Singo shook his finger and sneered, "Don't be happy too soon.

As more and more players enter Erezega, the cake in the Burning Empire will be divided less and less. "

Mantou suddenly panicked: "What should I do?"

Singo smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know in a moment. Follow me."

Mantou left the noodles at the dragon-stopping field of the Chilin Garrison, and then followed Singo to a new place.

Colorful glass floor-to-ceiling windows, medieval-style buildings, flickering magic circles and spiritual light - this is the headquarters of the [Magic Coin] Guild, the magic office.

After entering the office, Mantou and Singo finally took off their disguises and returned to their original appearance.

The flying witch sitting next to them was particularly surprised when she saw them: "You are finally here. The president has been waiting for you for a long time."

Singo and his companion greeted the receptionist at the front desk, and then, led by the flying witch, went to the elevator in the lobby.

"Om-"

On the stone slabs beneath the feet of the three people, a complex magic circle flickered with a light blue.

Mantou looked down at his feet and couldn't help but sigh: "Damn, constant gravity magic!
You guys at Magic Coin are really rich. You can use this stuff to build an elevator."

The flying witch scratched her head and said, “It’s okay. We tried to persuade the president to use the stairs, but he didn’t listen.

He told us that as a wizard, the most important thing is two words: pomp and circumstance. "

Even Singo agreed: "Your president is worthy of being the number one victim of Erezegei. He deserves the title."

In just a moment, under the effect of the constant gravity reversal spell, the stone slabs under the feet of the three people rose seven floors and reached the top of the magic office.

After passing through a corridor lined with oil paintings, they finally arrived at the door of the conference room.

The stone statue on the gate seemed to notice the arrival of the three people. It slowly opened its eyes like a living creature, opened its mouth, and made a low and calm sound.

"guest."

"Hello"

"Please come in."

Mantou looked at the animated stone statue curiously: "This gate of the magic coin is also quite interesting."

"Come in, ugly human."

Mantou suddenly became a little angry and asked the stone statue angrily: "Tasteless stone, who are you talking about?"

"boom--"

Before the statue finished speaking, the door slowly opened, and Charlotte, wearing a gorgeous robe and holding a mithril scepter, came up with a smile.

"Hahaha, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you two."

"so many people?"

Mantou looked carefully and found that there were already hundreds of players in the conference room, all of them familiar faces - Tiansheng Zhan Kuang and Xia Ye Qiu Yu were among them.

Singo then said confidently: "Do you know why I asked you to come here? Those who can come here are all top-level players."

Mantou put his hands on his hips complacently: "I told you I'm a professional player."

"."

Although he didn't get a positive answer, Mantou still waved forward enthusiastically: "Brother Zhan Kuang, long time no see."

The natural warrior who was not far away touched his bald head and said hello to Mantou: "You are doing well. You have become a viscount."

Mantou continued to ask: "Why did Charlotte call so many people here?"

Xia Ye Qiu Yu also turned around and said with a smile: "Of course it's their old business."

"What's your profession?"

"Twenty-five boys."

Under everyone's gaze, Charlotte mysteriously opened a scroll and said to everyone in the conference room: "Everyone -

Check out the latest big event in the Empire, the Thracian Stealth Mission! Released!
Want wealth? Want magic scrolls? Want faction contributions and experience? Then come with us to the south and become a glorious imperial lurker! "

"Good guy"

Looking at Charlotte's beaming face, Mantou was stunned.

Is this the way a wizard performs his duties?
It's really too high! He can even say that he is a traitor so openly.

Before Charlotte finished her words, a translucent task panel slowly unfolded in front of Mantou.

【Hidden Hero】

Publisher: Burning Empire
Mission requirements: Any occupation level reaches 8
Mission Description: The former Holy Fadlan Empire is no longer glorious, and in the vast continent of Feanso, three kings are fighting brutally for power. The former Fadlan people are now displaced and devastated by war.

The great and merciful Majesty Cassius could not bear to see the people of Fadland suffer, so he decided to intervene and end this disaster.

And you, the warriors of the Empire, will become the vanguard of the Burning Empire, sneak into the Thracian Kingdom, and become secret heroes. (End of this chapter)