Chapter 73 Red Scale Conqueror!
The four of them hurriedly walked forward along the path of flames.

A flattering smile appeared on Mantou's face. He wanted to use his own ability to get back the favorability that was lost by Singo.

"Sir, is there anything you want us to do? As long as you ask, I will definitely do my best to serve you, even if it means climbing mountains of swords or diving into seas of fire!"

[Favorability -5.]
[[Mysterious Dragon Vein Warlock - Cassius]'s favorability towards you is -10 (mild disgust).]
Mantou's smile suddenly froze on his face.

"Why is it falling instead of rising?"

"No, why does this mysterious NPC cause so many troubles?" he cursed madly in his heart.

There was a barely perceptible hint of mockery on Cassius's face, and he thought to himself, "Don't you think I don't know what you are like? You must be cursing me in your hearts now."

But he still said calmly: "Starfallers from an unknown land, I didn't invite you here to listen to your nonsense."

[You issue tasks to players [I'm going to eat steamed buns] [Singo] [Summer Night Autumn Rain] [Born Fighter].]
Singo said simply, "Please go ahead."

The half-dragon warlock looked down at everyone, emitting a powerful aura, with light flashing in his golden pupils:

"Since you were born in Batto, it was naturally arranged by the God of Destiny. Then go and learn about the short history of this place, or the longer stories about Tieflings and the Burning Embers Nest. You will discover something new."

The tasks were refreshed on everyone’s panel.

[Investigating the Tiefling’s Story]

Mission description: This group of tieflings, known as "Devil's Sons", did not belong here. They were driven away and slaughtered, but they migrated here with amazing willpower and built their own city in this monster-ridden Storm Heights in just five years. What happened to them five years ago? And what made them migrate here and join the Burning Embers Nest?
Mission Reward: +500 [Ember Nest] Faction Contribution

"The reward turns out to be contribution to the camp."

Singo's voice sounded a little lost. Considering that the other party was an important NPC, he forced the last sentence "I don't even want a dog" to be inserted.

Even Tiansheng Zhan Kuang and Xia Ye Qiu Yu were somewhat disappointed. They had all read Singo's guide and found that faction contributions had been of no use so far. Although it was not ruled out that they would be of great use in the future, they were just a blank check in the early stages.

"Wait. Look at this!"

"Quick, check out the store interface!"

Mantou's voice was trembling with excitement.

"Fuck, you're crazy."

Singo was startled by Mantou's sudden surprise. He cursed and opened the interface subconsciously.

[[The mysterious dragon vein sorcerer - Cassius] opens his personal shop to you.]
Different from the trading panel of ordinary merchant NPCs, the trading panel of this high-end [Mysterious Dragon Vein Warlock - Cassius] is divided into three modules, namely [Energy Shop], [Mithril Shop] and [Ordinary Shop].

The items sold in [Ordinary Stores] are no different from those sold by ordinary merchants. They are just a variety of iron swords, leather armor, potions, raw materials, and food. Although the quantities are large, there doesn't seem to be anything special about them.

"What's the big deal? I can get more."

But after watching it, Singo was also stunned, and it took a long time for him to utter two words -

"I rely on."

It turned out that starting from the Mithril Shop, the product interface had undergone earth-shaking changes - there appeared [rare] quality equipment that had never been seen since the internal test, such as [Whispering Greatsword], [Emerald Dragon Scale Sword], [Carved Wood Staff], [Hunter Longbow]. And these equipments were dazzling, adding up to more than a hundred pieces! The magic power aura that reflected each other was dazzling to everyone.

Singo browsed through the equipment introductions with an excited look on his face, muttering to himself, "Whispering Greatsword, Whispering Tree Roots extend from the hilt, silencing the target after hitting, a highly versatile early-stage artifact. Dragon Scale Shield, with a built-in anti-dragon aura, a core equipment specifically for dragon bosses. Hunter Longbow, can attach the Hunter's Mark to the opponent with one aim, an early-stage graduation equipment for my bow warrior."

Just taking another look at the price below, his heart sank.

The prices of these equipments were mostly dozens of gold coins, and even those early rare god equipments were priced at hundreds of gold coins. Even a professional player like him would find it difficult to save up so much. Perhaps only those large guilds with strong financial resources could afford one or two pieces.

In fact, these high-premium equipment were not originally prepared for individual players like Singo, but were specially released by Cassius to concentrate on reaping the benefits of the guild.

But Singo also noticed the description on the store.

[[Mithril Shop]: Unlocked after the contribution of the [Burning Embers Nest] camp reaches 3000.]
Singo gasped: "It seems that I was wrong. It turns out that camp contribution is so important!"

Cassius narrowed his golden eyes slightly, and sneered in his heart: "I let you belittle my camp's contribution, so that no one is willing to take the brick-moving mission, and I have to allocate funds specifically for it. Now you know how powerful I am!"

Cassius' status has risen from a hard worker in his previous life to the leader of the camp now, and as his status rises, his mentality will naturally change.

As the boss now, the only thing he wants to do is to exploit the players. He first uses invitation letters to exploit gold coins, and then uses faction contribution restrictions to exploit labor.

As for buying equipment?
The player said that he could get a few more gold coins, and if everyone pooled their money together, they could always save enough money.

What, you said you can’t save enough?
At most, you can pay in installments, with only a little interest, and you just need to pay it back every day. After all, he, Casius, is not a devil, but just an ordinary red dragon, and he is willing to satisfy every player's dream of pursuing a set of divine equipment.

"Xin Gou, take another look at the adamantium shop."

Mantou reminded, his tone already a little numb.

Singo didn't bother with the name of steamed buns and just called up the panel.

[【Adamantium Shop】: It can be unlocked only after the contribution of 【Burning Embers Nest】 camp reaches 10000.]
It still starts with the familiar camp contribution.

However, there is not a wide variety of goods in the [Platinum Shop]. There are only a few items displayed on the interface, and they are all priced according to the faction contribution!

Singo stared at the descriptions of the products.

"Dragon Blood Secret Elixir, unlocks the Warlock sub-class [Dragon Vein Warlock] quest, price 4500 faction contribution."

"This is the Crimson Scale. It unlocks the warrior advanced class [Crimson Scale Conqueror] quest. The price is 9800 faction contribution."

[Redscale Conqueror]

Requirements: Large dragon mount, dragon blood, warrior base level 3, +4 riding proficiency

Job Description: When the roar of a dragon is heard from afar, the Red Scale Conquerors will ride on huge and brutal dragon vein creatures and attack from the sky, bringing endless flames and complete death to the enemy.

Mantou gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and his eyes showed an unprecedented determination: "No one can stop me, I want to be a dragon knight!"

(End of this chapter)