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Quest Completed: Escape Jade City Quest Ti Remaining Reward 3 seconds3,000,000 gold coins
Yaeger blinked, montarily stunned by the announcent. She had risked everything to escape, yet all she got was a asly three million? Was this so kind of joke?!
In the past, she would’ve been thrilled with 30,000—let alone 300,000. But now? She was filthy rich. More importantly, the effort she put in and the reward she got were ridiculously disproportionate!
She had just escaped a Legendary powerhouse! Any other player would’ve been caught a thousand tis over.
"Sister System, sothing’s wrong with this reward!" Yaeger protested. She didn’t actually expect Sister System to justify it—she just needed to vent. But, to her surprise, the system actually responded.
This quest had a ti limit of 7,200 seconds. The reward was 1,000,000 gold per second. The total possible reward—7.2 billion.
Ordinarily, Yaeger would’ve been overjoyed that her beloved, ever-busy Sister System actually took the ti to explain. But the mont she heard 7.2 billion, she nearly spat out blood. She never expected the reward to be this insane.
"This can’t be real. I just lost over seven billion?!?!" Regret hit her like a sledgehamr. If she had known the reward was that massive, she would’ve never hesitated. Who cared about the filth in the sewers? She would’ve sprinted straight to the exit!
‘Sob, sob, sob—I regret everything!!!' Every wasted second had cost her a million. It felt like soone had carved her heart to pieces and then rubbed salt into the wounds.
Just then, a faint tremor pulsed through the water. An instant later, a terrifying aura erupted, washing over all of Jade City. Even the depths of the moat trembled under its force.
"Hah—mad, are we?" Sensing the source of the aura, Yaeger smirked. Knowing that Richard was losing his mind in rage brought her a strange sense of satisfaction.
anwhile, in Jade City, both players and natives alike were gripped by terror. They could feel it—that their insignificant lives now dangled at the rcy of an unseen force. One wrong move, and they’d be obliterated.
Of course, that was just an illusion. Richard wasn’t that omnipotent.
"You filthy w̲h̲o̲r̲e̲!" Standing atop a towering rooftop, Richard seethed with an anger unlike anything he’d ever known.
Even as he acted personally, he still failed. It was an absolute humiliation. She was nothing more than a weak and insignificant ant, yet she had managed to infuriate and humiliate him beyond reason.
"Don't think you can just run away. As long as you're within the Jade Empire, you won't escape my grasp!" Behind the mask, his once-handso face twisted with rage as his voice turned cold and ominous. The air around him grew noticeably frigid.
At the river inlet… Yaeger’s smile faded, replaced by a solemn expression. She had managed to escape from Jade City, but a new problem had already erged.
‘Not much oxygen left…’ As she gazed into the pitch-black water ahead, Yaeger frowned. By her estimation, it would take nearly ten minutes to reach the main river. But with only her breath and the remaining oxygen in the sphere, she wouldn’t last more than four minutes.
Turning back and surfacing in the moat was a death sentence. There was no guarantee she would even make it to shore alive. If Richard continued his search, she would be caught the mont she surfaced.
‘What should I do? Am I really going to be the first player to drown in this server?'
Dying such an absurd death was the last thing Yaeger wanted. Besides, even if she died, she would just respawn in the sa place. That wouldn’t solve anything.
‘I’ll just drown again the mont I respawn. This is a nightmare!' She shook her head, then suddenly, inspiration struck. "Wait! I think I picked up sothing water-related after killing those sewer rmaids!"
She hadn’t had ti to check back then due to the urgency, but she vaguely recalled its na: [Aqua Dodge Bead]!
She quickly opened her inventory—and there it was. With a quick tap, the item’s description appeared.
Aqua Dodge Bead Rarity Uses Remaining Description Note Rare99A mystical bead from the rmaid Empire, allowing the user to glide effortlessly through water, just like a rmaid.Each use lasts for 30 minutes.
Excitent surged through Yaeger as she read the description. She hadn’t expected to have such a useful tool in her possession. The very thing she desperately needed had been right under her nose all along.
Without hesitation, she activated it. A pale blue film of light shimred into existence, instantly surrounding her. At once, Yaeger felt fresh air rushing in from the outside.
‘This is amazing!’ Her fists clenched with excitent. "Now that I think about it, I really didn’t expect things to unfold like this. I was definitely a bit careless."
Staring into the pitch-black void ahead, Yaeger murmured to herself. She had anticipated Richard’s retaliation from the beginning. However, she hadn’t expected the Emperor to go to such extres—sealing off the entire city just to trap her.
Just when escape seed impossible, salvation arrived in the form of Rosalina, as if by fate. Looking back, Yaeger was relieved she had been ruthless with Rosalina back then. Had she ignored Rosalina, she wouldn’t have gained enough Favorability.
Without that Favorability, Rosalina would never have stepped in to help. And without that, she never would have made it to the sewers. If that were the case, death would have been her only option. After all, survival ant enduring a fate far worse than death.
Moreover, even suicide was nearly impossible. The only way she could die was by being overwheld by other players. Only now did Yaeger fully grasp the futility of suicide.
The passive effect of the [Green Emperor’s Longevity Manual] would trigger. Instead of a quick death, she would be trapped in endless agony—writhing in pain until delirium took hold.
A tornt far worse than being flayed alive. If she allowed herself to be killed, her equipnt would definitely drop. Worst of all, she had no idea how many pieces she might lose.
"In the end, I only have one choice."
With oxygen no longer an issue, Yaeger relaxed slightly. There was no need to rush. She needed ti to think.
"Rosalina’s intervention was pure chance, just like the sewer rmaid’s trial. Those two lucky breaks were the only reason I escaped Jade City. It feels too coincidental… But with my Luck stat at 666, I suppose stumbling into fortune is only natural."
Yaeger chuckled, shaking her head. Then, like a graceful rmaid, she swam away with ease.
anwhile, Richard had returned to the palace. Now adorned in opulent robes and a regal crown, Richard’s appearance was a stark contrast to his forr cri-lord-like attire.
In the grand hall, the partially recovered Blei knelt before him, his head bowed low.
"Blei, spread my decree. Launch a full-scale empire-wide manhunt for the outsider—[Princess]!" Richard commanded grimly from his throne.
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