The moment Shi Feng said this, Schneidt's eyes lit up, clearly tempted.
Star Trail Trading Company had only offered him a thousand gold to wipe out the Black Scorpion Corps. The Corps commander was a Tier 3 class expert—not easy to defeat at all, not to mention the large number of subordinates. But snatching a contract from the Star Trail Trading Company president's hands would be a cakewalk, and the reward was six times what they were offering.
"Looks like there's room to maneuver on this quest after all."
Seeing the tempted look in Schneidt's eyes, Shi Feng knew he had him.
As part of an epic-grade quest, how could the final reward possibly be nothing more than a ticket to the next stage?
Besides, any Tier 3 NPC was a regional power in their own city—there was no way one would randomly appear at a backwater like Star Trail Trading Company without reason.
At this point, President Henry could no longer maintain his composure and hastily said, "Your Highness Ye Feng, you jest. Since Your Highness Ye Feng is so sincere, I'm sure Anna will have a better path of development with you."
Once President Henry agreed, he immediately produced Anna's contract.
Shi Feng handed over thirty-six thousand gold without hesitation—it was practically all the assets he had.
If he hadn't earned a decent sum over the past few days through the Candlelight Trading Company and the guild stronghold, he never would have been able to scrape together that many gold coins. Now he was practically broke again.
But Shi Feng didn't mind.
Gold coins were meant to be spent. If he held onto them, they would only depreciate as players' levels kept climbing. Besides, picking up Anna—who might well be a Gold-grade guard—for only six thousand gold was a steal.
In his previous life, even an Iron Rank physical-class guard would sell for over a thousand gold, rivaling the price of a passable epic-grade item. If it was a Mythril Rank guard, the price shot up tenfold—to tens of thousands of gold. And a Mythril Rank magic-class guard? Nearly ten times that again—over a hundred thousand gold. Even at that price, Mythril Rank guards were available in name only; whoever found one kept it, let alone a Gold-grade guard.
The moment Shi Feng took Anna's contract, a system notification chimed in his ear.
System: You have gained 30 favorability with Anna.
"Your Highness Ye Feng, this is the Tier 4 magic scroll the president promised." Anna then produced a tattered scroll shimmering with a purple glow.
Though the scroll looked quite aged, the magical power contained within was enough to make even the Tier 3 War King Schneidt feel a chill down his spine—let alone Shi Feng, who was only Tier 1.
A Tier 4 magic scroll. The power sealed inside could unleash the full-force strike of a Tier 4 class, easily wounding a Tier 4 expert and even dealing damage to a Tier 5. Against Tier 3 classes it was devastating, and against Tier 1 classes—mere ants—it was overkill.
"Ancient remnant magic scrolls really are something else. This practically rivals an epic-grade item."
After receiving the scroll, Shi Feng examined it closely and immediately grasped just how terrifying it was.
He had seen plenty of Tier 3 magic scrolls and used more than a few, but this was his first time laying eyes on a Tier 4 magic scroll.
Generally, magic scrolls were consumables—use them once and they were spent. But this ancient scroll passed down through the ages could actually be used multiple times.
It did have a maximum number of uses and activation conditions, however.
Spatial Movement Scroll — Tier 4 magic scroll. Allows the user to teleport to any desired location (some special spaces are immune to teleportation). Maximum ten uses. After each use, five magic crystals are required to restore magical energy. Cooldown: three days. (Current uses: 0/10.)
Ten uses. That was equivalent to having ten Tier 4 Spatial Movement Scrolls. This was far more valuable than an ordinary epic-grade item.