Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Haha! Feng, you ran away too fast! You should have seen his face!”

“When they saw the monster falling down, all of them were cheered up, but when they heard that they weren’t the one who defeated it, especially that young master Lin… Haha…”

Mu Zi, who was laughing, told Feng Luo about the scene he had missed out on while walking. His KS had undoubtedly released some of his pent-up resentment from all this time.

He had been following Mu Wu most of the time. Therefore, he would have acquired more information than the Nightless Club’s members. As a matter of fact, the contradiction of opinions was not the only reason why Nightless City was rejected from merging with the head office.

Mu Wu was only a manager. Even if the Nightless club had tons of crucial clients, he would not have the rights to reject the proposal of the acting chairman, Dark Night Stars, to merge both groups.

The reason they had failed to merge was because Mu Wu’s suggestion had already gained the agreement of the Boss. The Boss had agreed, but the Young Master had rejected it!

This situation involved some intricate matters, but Mu Wu had ordered him sternly to not speak of this with Feng Luo. He could only resist the urge to tell him.

“39th place,” said Feng Luo. “I’m ranked second place in the Sniper rankings at the same time.”

Feng Luo was actually satisfied with his kill-steal this time when he saw his score on the leaderboard.

This ranking system’s scoring mechanism would grant a great bonus score for players who had obtained the “Commander Finishing Blow.” It would fully increase his ranking by 12 places, putting him just behind only one Sniper. Both of them had activated the skill Quick Sneak. Now that they had traveled far away from the Level 40 area, soon they would be returning to the camp that Mu Wu had set up during the night.

What Feng Luo didn’t know was that he had unintentionally attracted the attention of some people with shady intentions when his ranking went into the top 50 on the leaderboard.

Now that his ranking had gone up to 39th place, the player in 40th place he had overtaken was a familiar ID: “Invincible Roaring Dragon.”

Yes. It was indeed the leader of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

This time, although the Roaring Dragon Corp had already recruited mercenaries twice, there were only 1,000 players. However, each and every one of them was an Elite. Even better, they were the troops he himself, Invincible Roaring Dragon, personally oversaw. As the leader of the group and the signature character of Silvermoon City, he had already reached a whopping level of 49.

Previously, he had been trying to fully focus on training to achieve Level 50, hoping to become the top player on the entire server. However, he knew that there was an obstacle prepared for players who were trying to level-up from Level 49 to Level 50. Therefore, he decided to stop leveling. To raise a player’s level to 50, they not only had to kill numerous monsters, but they would also have to fulfill certain criteria.

Furthermore, he was told that there would be someone who was going to reach Level 50 very soon. Therefore, the title for the first Level 50 player in War could possibly be dropped into the hands of another player.

Moreover, during this period of time, the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had too many tasks on hand that needed to be done, from the Evolution Virus mission to accepting the Lu Conglomerate’s city-building mission. Hence, the Invincible Roaring Dragon had to handle the group’s matters personally.

At the same time, the founder and the leader of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group was at the Level 30 east ruins area’s commander room. With the help of the communication device’s hologram function, they were able to have their discussion with another person through the hologram.

The man in a tuxedo was holding a wine glass in his hand in the lounge of the trading house. His behavior was hinting at indolence, but his eyes emitted radiance. His fake identity was a logistics supervisor. However, he was actually the second most well- known player, Light Wind Roaring Dragon.

“Lightwind. It looks like your judgment toward people was sharp, as usual. This Feng Luo is indeed not an ordinary player.”

“Even though he didn’t even reach Level 40 and his equipment is not even well funded, he managed to enter the top 50 on the leaderboard as a Sniper—with only the help of a bunch of Level-45 Gunners and Manipulators. It would not be possible for a normal player to do that.”

Surprisingly, Light Wind Roaring Dragon did not get irritated by Feng Luo for overtaking himself in the leaderboard. Instead, he was smiling.

As a matter of fact, he did not even try to use full force to defeat the monsters. Instead, he was fighting the monsters while commanding his troops. Otherwise, with his equipment and level, even if a Wind Energy Manipulator’s nuking ability was weaker than the power of a Fire Energy Manipulator, it would still have been possible to break the top ten on the leaderboard.

“I have done some research on his background through my source,” he said. “He used to be a Life Profession player. After entering the game for over a month, he stopped leveling and started to put all his efforts into running a shop. That is the reason his level was so far behind. However, in the past six months, he has regained his pace of leveling by doing Red-Name Wanted Missions.”

While swirling the wine glass in his hand, in a calm manner, Light Wind Roaring Dragon continued, “Hence, that is why you ordered Seven to mess with his gun shop, forcing him to comply?”

Light Wind Roaring Dragon’s face went dull. “Unfortunately, he screwed up. Who would’ve thought that there would be a handicapped NPC there interrupting my plan.”

“No, it was not necessarily a bad thing that the plan didn’t work,” said the Invincible Roaring Dragon all of a sudden while shaking his head.

“Huh?”

“I’ve received the information saying that although he is a casual player, in reality, he has some connections with the underboss of the Lu Conglomerate,” said the Invincible Roaring Dragon after contemplating for a while, looking at Light Wind Roaring Dragon’s overcast face. “You do know that the Lu Conglomerate might be one of our most important partners in the future. If we could team up with them to fight against the Veteran’s Tribe together, our arrangements for Silvermoon City would be completed very soon. So, what I’m thinking is that we should leave him alone and remove the bounty on him. After all, this whole mess was provoked by Ruinous Star himself.”

“How benevolent of you!” Light Wind Roaring Dragon finally spoke out after being silent for a long while. However, he did not express his agreement. “But your information is incomplete. According to my source, Feng Luo is the assistant manager of a nightclub that belongs to the Lu Conglomerate. He has received the recognition from the Lu Group’s boss in the past. However, the relationship of the nightclub and the Lu Conglomerate is in dispute, and he had already been isolated by the Lu Group. Moreover, the controller of the group is now the boss’s son.

“It is the group’s head office that is important to us. To further explain in a more accurate way, it is the heir of the Lu Conglomerate, ‘Dark Night Stars,’ who is important to us. Even if the underboss were to give him the recognition, obviously, he would not get closer to Feng Luo than his own son. Hence… let the bounty stay on his head, because that is the correct move in this game of chess.”

Light Wind Roaring Dragon squinted his eyes slightly. He finished up the wine in the glass and lifted his head to look at Invincible Roaring Dragon.

“Besides, the board of directors have already noticed this matter. They hope that our mercenary group can set up an image of a headstrong and mighty group. If we were to retract the bounty on Feng Luo’s head after hunting him for so many days but eventually fail to kill him, I am afraid that our prestige ratings will decline, leaving an opportunity to the Veterans Tribe to exploit.”

“They actually said that?!”

Invincible Roaring Dragon grimaced. He stayed silent for a short while and then said, “Very well… do as you see fit!”

After turning off the communication device, the grimace on Invincible Roaring Dragon’s face disappeared entirely. He raised his head and looked from the building at the once glorious city ruins.

“That bunch of people who only pay attention to financial reports—how could they ever notice such a small detail? Feng! I hope that he won’t be affected by your emotions. Besides that, don’t do things so out of line… Power is a good thing to have…”

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Other than the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, another person who had been paying attention to Feng Luo’s ranking was the current holder of 13th place on the leaderboard. He was the one holding first place on the Sniper leaderboard who had also managed to reach 15th place in the overall profession ranking.

Bang!

A thundering sound came out of nowhere. A 12.7mm shield-breaking bullet with a blue light trail was fired, shattering a Level-39 Elite Bladed Beetle.

Inside the depths of the Northern Level 39 area, the Sniper who was in a party with a squad loaded with well-funded equipment was sniping down mobs. His expression was determined and conceit. In an amused tone, he said, “Feng Luo! You are only Level 40! The Nightless City, huh? Interesting!”

The sniper rifle in his hand was a dark gray color. Its total length was approximately a meter and a half long, and its muzzle utilized a conspicuous V-shaped double-roomed muzzle brake, making the barrel appeared to be much larger than it really was.

The 12.7mm muzzle was like a python, preparing to strike at any time, giving people the impression that this weapon would definitely be an ultimate weapon of destruction. If Feng Luo had been there, he surely would have recognized this gun at a glance. Just by looking at the design, he would have recognized the well-known gun from the other world: the Barrett M82A1.

However, in War, this gun was called the “Python of Death,” and it was the rarest Level-45 Sniper weapon with the highest attack stats of all in War.