Chapter 98: Rock-Paper-Scissors and Rewards

Because of this mission, Wendy’s team, already a well-known one, had once again been thrust into the center of attention.

Compared with before, though, Wendy and the others could now handle it with calm composure.

Perhaps that was what growth meant.

“Blue gear! Not blue-quality equipment!”

Just as Luo Yong stepped out of his room, he heard someone shouting at the top of their lungs, with no concern for disturbing anyone.

In truth, if not for the protection of the magic arrays, the houses in this world had terrible sound insulation; even the slightest noise could be heard.

“I don’t care whether it’s blue gear or blue-quality equipment. What I care about is how we split it up!”

“Why not chop it into pieces and give everyone one?”

A cold, emotionless voice rang out, bringing the argument to an abrupt end.

Luo Yong’s figure appeared before them.

“Oh, Captain, you’re awake? Feeling better now?” Alya asked with narrowed eyes, her words carrying a pointed implication.

“...”

Luo Yong’s old face flushed red. For some reason, the atmosphere felt strangely awkward. The beautiful women on his team were looking at him with something odd in their eyes, something he could not quite make out.

“An unparalleled skill is all about instant burst power, temporary invincibility, and then weakness afterward...”

As Luo Yong spoke, he felt their gazes becoming even more suspicious.

They had definitely misunderstood!

This unruly group of teammates!

“No. This can’t go on!”

Suddenly remembering something, Luo Yong went straight to Dodo and gave her her orders.

First, forge higher-grade alchemical tools.

Then improve alchemy itself. At the very least, raise it by one tier.

Finally, refine even better healing potions, or powerful elixirs that greatly enhanced physical strength and mental power!

He could not afford to become weak every time he used an ultimate move!

That whole aching, sore, as if he had been thoroughly ravaged by someone, feeling—Luo Yong never wanted to experience it again!

So while Dodo began her all-around upgrades, Luo Yong stayed nearby to provide materials, mobilize resources, and supply everything she needed to consume.

Come to think of it, that was the true meaning of a whale-funded mage.

While Dodo was busy, Luo Yong took out the alchemical notes, written by some unknown hand, and began flipping through them rustlingly.

“Luo Yong, are you all right?”

A group of people gathered around. At their prompting, Wendy stepped forward and asked him directly.

“I’m fine. I just feel like I wasted some time, so now I need to make up for everything I should have done,” Luo Yong said without even looking up.

“Um...”

Standing behind Wendy, Alya poked her head out and looked at Luo Yong. “Captain, we’ve already turned in the quest, and the reward has been issued. Do you want to take a look?”

“No need. You completed the quest yourselves, so just divide the reward among yourselves.”

“You don’t want to check it?” asked the storm sorcerer.

“What, is it worth looking at?” Luo Yong asked.

“Well... actually, we ran into a problem and couldn’t agree on how to divide it, so we wanted your opinion,” Lillian said.

Rustle...

“What is it? Let me see.”

Luo Yong stopped flipping through the book and looked at his beautiful teammates.

Wendy handed him a special magic scroll, already opened.

Within the flickering magic circle, a three-dimensional image floated.

“Huh. This thing is pretty advanced.”

Luo Yong praised it, then looked closely but could not see anything unusual.

The three-dimensional image showed an unfinished weapon. One moment it was a longsword, the next it became a spear, then it turned into a shield. In any case, it looked quite impressive.

“This thing can turn into so many weapons?” Luo Yong asked, somewhat puzzled.

Then he looked at Wendy’s face and saw the words ignorant and illiterate written all over it.

“Fine. I’m not well read, and I can’t be bothered to guess. Please explain,” Luo Yong said with a sigh, somewhat helplessly.

“I’ll do it!” Alya stepped forward eagerly, taking the scroll from Wendy. “This is a blue-set summoning scroll!”

“In other words, it can summon blue equipment above level twenty!”

“And no matter who uses the summon, they can obtain a set suited to their class!”

“Which means, for example—”

“It’s an epic equipment summoning scroll, right?” Luo Yong cut in before Alya could finish, only to realize immediately that something was off.

Everything he had spent his money on was top-tier gear without quality or level.

But this summoning scroll, which fixed the quality in advance, seemed rather ordinary in comparison...

Tsk.

“So this reward is only average.”

After saying that, Luo Yong glanced strangely at the team members. Come to think of it, they should all already have a set or two, at the very least one piece, at most two or three... quite a few pieces, in fact.

And, most importantly, when they received the goods from the magic shop, there should have been plenty of top-tier gear summoning scrolls to begin with. They were not exactly short of one more!

“Captain, look more closely. This one is different!” Alya reminded him.

“Hm?”

Luo Yong examined it carefully, and only then did he notice that besides the three-dimensional image, the scroll also had a special mark.

“Radi... Radi...”

“Radiant Blade!” the storm sorcerer said before him.

“Does it have some special meaning?” Luo Yong asked without emotion, clearly displeased with the special mark.

Who the hell designed this insignia? When you carve magical imprints, could you at least write properly?!

“It has a growth property. It becomes stronger as its owner grows stronger. It not only gives attribute bonuses, it also looks especially beautiful!” Alya said proudly, as if offering a treasure.

“Hmm?” Luo Yong still looked at his teammates in confusion. “Whoever wants it can take it. Why are you giving it to me?”

“But there’s only one of them. We can’t split it,” said the barbarian priest.

“...”

Luo Yong let his gaze sweep across each of their faces in turn, then shook his head.

“So all of you want it, and no one is willing to give it up, which is why you’ve been stuck like this, right?”

“Hehe...” the wilderness hunter laughed awkwardly.

“Truly, worthy of the captain!” Alya flattered him on the spot.

“Still, we discussed it. If the captain wants it, we all agree. It’s just that... we’d want some other things in return...” Lillian said.

“...”

Luo Yong was speechless again.

“What do you take the captain for, a puppet? Does the captain’s word count or not?!”

None of the teammates said anything, but no one was willing to give way. It seemed they were determined to squeeze some benefits out of Luo Yong, and if they did not get them, they would not rest.

“You really are impossible.”

As he spoke, Luo Yong glanced at Celi, who had just come over to watch the commotion.

Then he took the scroll and said, “Even if this summons blue gear, it should still be able to match with top-tier gear summoning scrolls...”

“That is to say, whoever gets this scroll will have a full set of the Radiant Blade Gear.”

But with so many people in the team, how could a single set be enough?

“Why don’t you settle it by rock, paper, scissors? Whoever wins gets it.”

After thinking for a long time, Luo Yong could not come up with a better solution. Two peaches could make three warriors turn on each other.

One excellent piece of gear could also tear apart a team in short order.

Before obtaining it, these people were all good sisters. After obtaining it, they might well become enemies!

And rock, paper, scissors could solve most problems in the world.

“What is rock, paper, scissors?” Wendy asked.

“Some kind of powerful skill?” the wilderness hunter asked.

“...”

From this, it was obvious that either no other transmigrators had ever appeared in this other world, or this place was simply too remote and many things had never spread here...

“Rock, paper, scissors is a game that can quickly determine a winner and a loser,” Luo Yong said, squinting as he explained the rules.

Then the group started competing against one another.

“No, this is too hasty!”

Shortly afterward, the few who lost began to cheat and renege.

“Then solve it yourselves. As for me, as your captain, I have to say this: this is only one mission, and in the future we’ll encounter many, many more. The things we obtain will surely keep getting better. Everyone should look farther ahead...”

Luo Yong launched into a sermon like a monk, but halfway through, the others all ran off.

After reading a while longer, Luo Yong began sorting through the spoils from this mission.

Mostly, he was searching among the pile of gem scrolls and gold coins for something distinctive, like the mental enhancement scroll he had obtained after killing the little green spider.

Snap!

Very soon, Luo Yong fished out a tiny dragonfly figurine.

It looked rather ordinary: about as long as a finger, with six transparent wings. Its body could change color, and its compound eyes could flash with strange brilliance.

“Another item.”

Without hesitation, Luo Yong activated it directly, bound it, and with a wave of his hand released the Death Dragonfly.

Whoosh!

It left a streak of light in Luo Yong’s vision and vanished instantly. Its speed was astonishing, and it could turn invisible.

Boom!

Outside the camp, the ground suddenly exploded, leaving behind a huge crater.

The five skeleton monsters wandering there were instantly crushed into dust...

“Come to think of it, what would happen if I took this Death Dragonfly to the Land of the Gods’ Lament and used it against those Death Dragonflies?”

Another one of those “I don’t even need to lift a finger” situations.

A free win.

Luo Yong finished sorting through his equipment and items, then went straight to the camp guards to ask about the mission.

Although Wendy and the others had already turned in the quest and received their rewards, the mission could be repeated over and over again within a limited time.

Some alchemical materials were consumed in quantities so vast they were almost astronomical. In order to achieve certain goals, the one who issued the mission had been generous enough to prepare a large number of reward items.

To Wendy and the others, those items were precious finds at this stage. But to the person who issued the mission, they were nothing more than junk...

That was simply how it was. For example, tactical scrolls that many teams regarded as priceless were in the Gale Squad nothing more than things to be tossed away casually.