Chapter 96: Awe-struck Again

Ileena and Sun Fei signed an [Employment Contract], while the other female Rogues signed a more equal [Friendship Contract] with Sun Fei.

As for the Nun Acarra, she forced Sun Fei to sign an [Apprenticeship Contract] with her.

This meant Sun Fei had to set aside time every day to learn from Acarra about mysterious potions, making Magic Scrolls, and other complicated and deep subjects. For some reason, the Nun Acarra had high hopes for Sun Fei, always wishing this brave adventurer could inherit her strange knowledge.

After seeing everyone off, Sun Fei turned back to the stone hall.

Sitting on the stone chair, he rubbed the smooth tabletop with his palm.

Sun Fei thought about his future plans—being able to bring NPCs like Acarra and Charsi, who had amazing potion-making and forging skills, into the real world would definitely have a big impact on the future development of Shampoo City. He decided to select a group of children with the right talents from the [Chambord City Civil and Military School], have them learn from Acarra and Charsi, and hopefully master these incredible skills.

As the great saying goes, education should start young.

The series of events so far proved Sun Fei’s guess and solved the key to all problems—after signing various magical contracts, he could indeed summon others from the [Rogue Encampment] at will, supported by his own magic power.

However, this time, the mercenary leader Kashya and the sly old man Kane did not come to the real world because some people had to stay and protect the [Rogue Encampment]. Although the demon leader Andariel of the Rogue Continent had been killed by Sun Fei, the demons roaming the wilderness were not completely gone. Their power was weakened, but they could still threaten the safety of the [Rogue Encampment].

After organizing his thoughts, Sun Fei opened a portal and returned to the World of Diablo. But this time, he did not choose the Barbarian Character. Instead, he stood in front of the 3D holographic screen and chose a profession that had not been unlocked yet—the Druid.

According to his plan, over the next few days, Sun Fei decided to make full use of the four hours he could enter the Diablo World each day. He would have characters from other professions, besides the Barbarian, also clear the first small map, [Rogue Encampment]. He wanted to see if he could get some mysterious reward from the cold, mysterious voice after completing all seven professions.

……

While Sun Fei entered the Diablo World to crazily improve his strength, Shampoo City was getting more and more lively because of the King’s coronation ceremony.

Guests from other countries could be seen everywhere on the streets.

Some keen small vendors also spotted business opportunities, bringing their families to form small, messy merchant groups. They crowded into the city noisily, filling the streets of Shampoo City with loud cries selling goods. It was extremely bustling, with the flow of people more than doubling. Even the wide [Golden Road] after entering the main gate became crowded.

At this time, a group of uniformly young and pretty girls caught many people’s attention.

Apart from one person completely covered in a purple robe with an unclear face, the others wore simple armor that revealed large areas of fair skin. Their outfits were plain, but each had outstanding looks. They hopped through the crowd like little Elves, asking about this and that as if they had never seen anything before. They found everything curious, their young faces showing no signs of guard, appearing innocent and cute—clearly a group of naive, inexperienced girls.

However, with many people coming and going on the street, though some had bad intentions, none actually dared to approach them.

The reason was simple.

Though these girls seemed silly, the aura they gave off was not weak at all. Especially the one with fiery red hair like burning flames, about twenty years old, with peerless beauty and jade-like skin, she looked like a goddess from the heavens. On her back, a uniquely shaped golden Longbow emitted faint traces of terrifying magic. Even more frightening was the powerful aura she didn’t hide—it felt extremely dangerous, like a drawn scimitar, beautiful yet sharp, capable of cutting through armies effortlessly.

Moreover, besides that, one of King Alexander’s ‘favorites’, the Prison Warden Oleg, followed these girls around like a servant, attending to them.

This revealed a lot. These beautiful girls were likely friends of King Alexander, important figures from outside Shampoo City who came to congratulate His Majesty on his coronation.

The Rogues happily shopped, enjoying a relaxing moment.

On the Rogue Continent, they never experienced such ease and liveliness. Every day, their nerves were tense, facing demons and monsters, under the shadow of darkness, always threatened by death. They had seen close sisters die tragically before their eyes many times… But at this moment, the girls finally let go of the pressure in their hearts, fully enjoying this novel scene they had never experienced, like birds released from a cage, flying carefree.

As they walked, loud selling cries came from ahead.

Many people crowded there, pushing to see something, with bursts of laughter from time to time—the scene was very lively. The girls’ curiosity sparked, and they gladly went over to join.

But in their joy, they didn’t notice that a few pairs of eyes had quietly locked onto them not far behind.

“Your Highness, they went over. What should we do?”

“Follow them for now. Don’t provoke them lightly; let’s find out their background first.”

……

Underground Grotto Labyrinth.

Stone Hall.

A deep blue Portal tore through space and suddenly appeared. Sun Fei stepped out from it.

Today’s four-hour time limit had been reached, so he had to exit the Diablo World.

In the past two hours or so, because he had gained a lot of experience and skills from handling other characters before, he leveled up quickly. Incredibly, Sun Fei managed to train the Druid character to level 10 in a short time. He completed the tasks of clearing the Den of Evil, eliminating the traitor Blood Raven, and rescuing the sly old man Kane one after another. Only finding the Magic Hammer in the Barracks, killing The Countess in the Forgotten Tower, and defeating the final boss Andariel were left to clear the first small map.

“If I manage my time well, maybe I can finish these three tasks tomorrow.”

Sun Fei felt very confident about quickly leveling up.

He was still in [Druid Mode]. Feeling excited, he waved his hand casually, and a wave of the Druid’s unique chaotic elemental power flashed by. A large white wolf suddenly appeared out of nowhere and came to Sun Fei’s side, gently nuzzling his leg like it saw its companion.

The white wolf gave off a strong sense of danger.

Druid skill [Summoning Spirit Wolf].

This skill had been upgraded to level 3 by Sun Fei. Now he could summon three white wolves with teleportation ability to fight for him. It was worth mentioning that each white wolf had the overall combat power of a One-Star Warrior—not to be underestimated. Summoning giant beasts was a major specialty of the Druid profession.

Besides that, Sun Fei also gained the ability to directly transform into a [Werewolf] and a [Bear]. After transformation, he could have a wolf’s agility, attack power, speed, and a bear’s strength and defense.

Currently, he chose the Druid’s summoning skills and transformation skills. He hadn’t put points into the elemental skills yet, mainly because these skills were magical abilities, somewhat overlapping with [Mage Mode].

After experiencing the characteristics of the Druid’s power, Sun Fei resisted the urge to transform into a Werewolf and run around naked. He switched to [Barbarian Mode], took out a few high-level gems he had synthesized earlier in the [Rogue Encampment] using the [Horadric Cube] from his Belt Space, and directly left the Underground Grotto Labyrinth, arriving at the Holy Church’s stronghold in Shampoo City—

The Church.

“Sir, we didn’t expect you to come personally. This truly honors us.”

Divine Master Ma and Church Knight leader Luciano were surprised and felt flattered by Sun Fei’s visit. Recently, they had gone to great lengths, spending much wealth and effort, for Sun Fei’s coronation ceremony in three days, just to please him. Now it seemed their efforts had some effect.

“Hmm, you two… have worked hard lately.”

Seeing their servile expressions, Sun Fei felt amused inside but showed no expression on his face. He acted importantly, took the host’s role, turned and sat in the only chair in the room. Looking at them, he said lightly.

“Not hard at all, not at all. Serving you is our honor!” The bearded Luciano finally acted smartly and spoke up first.

“Hmm, I will remember your service.”

Sun Fei’s gaze swept over their faces. A vast, pure Holy Power faintly emerged from him on purpose, making him appear even more noble and unapproachable, like a holy saint descending. Then he slowly said, “I came to you today because I have another matter. I need you two to complete it for me.”

“Sir, please give your orders. We are willing to serve you even at the cost of our lives.”

Hearing this, both were overjoyed. What they feared most was that Sun Fei wouldn’t need them at all. Since he was now asking for help, that was the best outcome. It meant this sir was slowly accepting them.

“Hmm, good, then I won’t stand on ceremony,” Sun Fei said, flipping his palm. Four high-quality gems appeared in his hand, shining with mesmerizing brilliance. “Help me exchange these high-quality Magic Stones for the lowest-grade low-quality Magic Stones as quickly as possible through the Church’s channels.”

“These are medium-quality Magic Stones?” Luciano exclaimed.

“Oh my! There’s even a high-quality Magic Stone… Lord, and that one surging with Fire Element, could it be a rare top-quality Magic Stone? Sir, this…” Even the usually cunning Mazzola couldn’t help but cry out in surprise. He felt his lips go dry and his eyes stare straight.

No wonder they were astonished; the Magic Stones Sun Fei held were incredibly valuable.

One medium-quality Magic Stone could be exchanged for at least 100 low-quality Magic Stones. Just those two medium-quality Magic Stones were worth as much as the whole box of low-quality Magic Stones they had offered to Sun Fei a few days ago. Not to mention the other high-quality Magic Stone and the top-quality Magic Stone. If converted, the value was unbelievable—almost reaching millions of low-quality Magic Stones. For two people who would feel heartache over just over a hundred low-quality Magic Stones, this was absolutely an unimaginable fortune.

“What? Can’t you exchange them?” Seeing their stunned expressions, Sun Fei frowned and asked.

“Ah… no, no, no! We can exchange them, we can! It’s just that the time needed… might be a little longer.” Mazzola snapped out of his daze and quickly replied.

His heart was still beating wildly. For him, this was absolutely a rare opportunity. High-quality, especially top-quality Magic Stones were very scarce. If he could exchange them through the Church’s channels, it would be a great achievement. He could leave a good impression with His Holiness the Pope Sergiyeli.