Chapter 218: Chapter 172: I’m Wanted by the Circus?! (Three-in-one for votes!)_3
With a strong attraction of his own, he leveraged official measures for intimidation, and then intensified the extraction of their value.
Such punishment was more in line with his interests than simply kicking them out.
As long as players still desired something from him, from the Circus, no matter how much he “exploited” them, they would see such outcomes as a just punishment, and they would gladly accept it.
They might even feel fortunate for being able to stay in the Circus.
The crowd discussed in the chatroom whether they should each contact some reliable experts and invite them to Amber City to assemble a ten-person raid team.
But because the journey was so far, it might take a long time to arrange, severely hindering their progress.
It was at this moment that Jack spoke up:
“You are the first group of foreigners accepted by the Circus, so I choose to give Doghead Gold and Forget No Taboo a chance, and this will be the only act of Mercy…”
He lowered the brim of his hat.
“Of course, there is a price to pay. They will be demoted to ‘associate members,’ their earnings will decrease, and the cost of purchasing organizational services will be higher.
As for Gan Ziwen and Honey Fool, they will be placed on the ‘Circus Assassination Order’!”
Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed once again.
Chenxi’s pupils shrank.
She immediately sent out a message, telling Honey Fool to leave Amber City immediately.
Honey Fool was baffled upon receiving the message, and then she saw the Guild Master announce the Assassination Order.
“— I’m being hunted by the Circus?! (crying emoji)”
Honey Fool felt like crying but had no tears left.
She sighed deeply, but in the end, she heeded Chenxi, the Guild Master’s warning, and hurried to the train station.
“If only I had not taken the commission from God’s Love Guild!”
She clenched her teeth, full of regret.
As for Gan Ziwen, he still had no idea that he had made the Circus’s Assassination Order list.
“Mr. Jack, I need ten bombs, five red and five blue… I don’t have enough Contribution Degree for now, so I choose to pay with Gold Pounds instead.”
Vice Chairman Dongyang said.
Both the red and blue ink bombs were priced the same, costing 30 Gold Pounds each, plus 10 points of Contribution Degree.
Their cost, currently under Connie’s control, had been reduced to about 4 Gold Pounds each.
“Additionally, I need a hundred Firearms with matching bullets, twenty Mechanical Gloves, ten vials of each three-colored potion, and a hundred packets of Antiepidemic Sugar Cubes…”
Chen Lun nodded with a smile.
Yet he was wondering to himself, the Hall of Valor, being one of the Three Major Guilds, had managed to gather so much money in such a short period.
The items Dongyang ordered cost over 500 Gold Pounds in total.
Next, Chenxi, the president of the Chuxi Guild, also began her large-scale purchasing.
Her needs were similar to Dongyang’s, but Chenxi bought even more Mechanical Gloves and corresponding fuel blocks, and only six bombs, three red and three blue.
She also spent over 500 Gold Pounds.
Adding the Gold Pounds they both d to join the Circus, Chen Lun alone had earned over 1500 Gold Pounds from them.
‘Consortium money is indeed easy to earn… All the efforts these days have finally paid off,’ Chen Lun thought to himself.
Dongyang and Chenxi also sighed in private, as the guild had expended a tremendous amount of resources and labor to collect these funds in such a short time.
Because the amount was so large, and with the early stage of public testing, the cost of map running was not insignificant, the exchange ratio for reality-injected funds seriously distorted. They often needed much more money to exchange for the original amount of Gold Pounds.
Even so, the money they had at hand was not enough to purchase Supernatural Knowledge.
Therefore, they had no choice but to buy some of the Circus’s special products for their guild first, in order to increase the guild’s strength. Meanwhile, they reported back to the Consortium, urging the collection of Gold Pounds to purchase Supernatural Knowledge.
Jack had ten pieces of Sequence entry-level knowledge, which they also submitted. They believed that the consortium behind them would increase investment, supporting all their activities in the Circus.
“The items you purchased will be kept temporarily in the manor’s warehouse managed by Butler Connie…”
Since they bought so many items, Chen Lun was willing to offer this slight convenience to such “VIP customers,” allowing them to transport the goods away in several shipments.
“Thank you for your care, Mr. Jack.”
Dongyang and Chenxi offered their thanks with a formal gesture.
One took off his hat and placed a hand on his chest, the other curtseyed with a hand on her skirt.
Such etiquette was well documented by the guilds, enabling them to better integrate into the game world.
Chen Lun responded with a smile.
It was obvious that both of them were purchasing these items on behalf of their guilds, which explained their generous spending. After all, the number of known mysterious merchants to players was extremely limited, and none could compare to the Circus.
Whether in terms of quality or quantity, these weapons, bombs, and potions were the only ones available!
And Jack’s hidden shop was truly one of a kind.
At this stage, other than here, there was no second place where one could directly exchange money for Supernatural Knowledge. Once they passed this village, there would be no such shop.
An exclusive Scorpio daddy.
The Horseman chose not to exchange; he seemed to have arranged with Vice Chairman Dongyang to draw from the items that were just purchased.
This was his privilege as an internal test cadre.
While Wei Yin, the wealthy Lolita, simply looked over the shop page’s items and ordered a few of everything, even buying a set for Su Keying.
The depth of sisterhood was evident.
Wei Yin spent roughly 200 Gold Pounds.
As for Polaris, he only bought some ammo and fuel blocks, and then two packets of Antiepidemic Sugar Cubes.