The inch-headed man and others in Mirage City had a dispute with the city lord. The inch-headed man couldn’t get the commission for recruiting talents. He recruited more than 30 people from Xuantian City, and they were all professional players.
“I’ve inquired about it. When the 30 people came, they went to the lodging hall and reported the name of my team. Why aren’t you giving me a commission!”
He didn’t expect the city lord to renege on the debt directly. Before that, he asked other teammates in his team to pay attention to those people.
The city lord’s face was very bad, and he said strangely: “They came, but they only stayed for a few days and then ran away. I can’t give a commission like this.”
If this was the case, he won’t pay even if he dies. What he needs was people who will move and settle down in the phantom city.
“It was agreed before that if you bring people to the hostel to report to our team, you will give a commission based per person. You didn’t mention other conditions at all. We spend so much time outside to attract these people, but you are saying we don’t have a commission?”
The inch-headed man scolds his mother in his heart. He brought people, it was none of his business if the city lord can’t keep them!
“Anyway, you don’t have commissions. If you want to get money, you need those people to settle down.”
The inch-headed man cursed in his heart that he should be a fart!
“Okay, you are the lord of the city, and you can do whatever you want, I will not accompany you.”
He doesn’t want to stay in this ruined city anyway, whoever wants to stay will stay.
The city lord watched the inch-haired man leave, feeling a little regretful, maybe he should have given something.
But after thinking about it, he was the lord of the city, the owner of the city. He built this shelter, and the people living in it should thank him.
Thinking of this made him feel much more comfortable, and he suppressed the uneasiness deep in his heart.
The inch-cut man went back to the lodging hall full of anger, and the other teammates were all waiting to share the commission.
Seeing their captain coming back, a thin man stood up to greet him, “How about it, Brother Wen, you got the money? Let’s go out and have a good meal.”
The inch-headed man held back his anger, and said in a low voice, “There is no money. The city lord directly repudiated the debt, saying that those people ran away after several days so we have no commission to take.”
The team members were stunned when they heard this: “What? No money?!”
They stayed outside for so many days, and their mouth was worn out all day long before they persuaded more than 30 people to come to the Phantom City, but the bamboo basket was empty.
Who can bear this?
But looking at the blue veins on the forehead of their captain in anger, and his shortness of breath, it doesn’t look like a fake.
“Why, have we only been jumping like monkeys these days?”
“The city lord is too much. It’s none of our business if others don’t stay. Isn’t it because he has no ability?”
The inch-headed man listened to them angrily scolding the city lord for being unkind, and he took a long time to say: “I have decided to leave the phantom city. If you want to stay, you can choose another captain.”
This was another shocking event. They have just lived a little more stable life, and the captain was leaving?
But no one says anything to persuade him to stay. Because the city lord went too far this time and didn’t even give them a penny.
“Captain, do you want to go to Xuantian City?” A female team member asked.
“Well, you have also seen it. Phantom City can’t compare with Xuantian City, and the city lord over there seems to be low-key and good-natured. Just look at the pricing.”
Seeing the changes in Xuantian City these days, his heart has long been shaken.
Originally, he wanted to go back to Phantom City and earn pennies by taking a commission. Then, he would go shopping in Xuantian City at a fixed time in the future.
But the expectation was different from reality, the city lord directly refused to give money, which chilled his heart.
Living in one place was not just to have a home to stay but also to make a living, then it was better to find a place with a better environment to stay.
Thinking of this, Brother Wen already wanted to ask his mother to pack up and go with him. Fortunately, he only paid the rent for two months because he had extra money on hand.
The female team member who asked Brother Wen lowered her eyes and thought for a while, “Brother Wen, if you want to go, let’s go together. I want to go there too. Phantom City…it’s not easy.”
Other team members looked at her, and the female team member pursed her lips: “It happens that my rent is about to expire, and Xuantian City is indeed better…”
She has never had a high sense of presence on the team. She looks ordinary and was a shield guard, but she only found one skill that can simply add a certain amount of vitality to her.
In Xuantian City, she felt a different atmosphere of life, freer than in Phantom City. The survival of their team was not so ideal.
The wild monsters near the city-state were all occupied by the team organized by the city lord, and they have to go farther to clear the wild. Not to mention, the HP Potion here was not cheap.
Brother Wen looked at the silent but firm look of the female team member: “Okay, I will set off tomorrow, and we will leave early in the morning. You go back to pack your things.”
One more person means more strength, and they might encounter wild monsters on the way.
Other team members saw that the captain had discussed the departure time with a team member face-to-face. Some were already thinking about whether they should go together, while some were thinking about how to take over as the captain.
That night, Brother Wen took out all the team resources that they had obtained before, and he was chosen as the captain because he was not only strong but also kind.
As for who the new captain will be, he will let the remaining teammates choose for themselves. He will only take away the equipment that belongs to him.
Brother Wen was in his early thirties and unmarried. He only has an old mother at home. Every day at home, she has to prepare food and wait for his son to come back.
The stall fee in Phantom City was not low. For those who only have life skills, it was too risky to set up a stall.
In the mission hall, there were also some supplies the city lord required to purchase, but the prices were too low.
This caused the residents to collect in the wild, but the location of Phantom City was not as unique as Xuantian City, the materials that can be collected were limited, and some of them were surrounded by the city lord’s men.
Brother Wen understood that this city-state was in a vicious cycle, and the actions of the city-lord have made him completely determined.
When Mother Wen heard the sound of the door, she knew her son was back, so she hurried out, “You’re back, are you hungry?”
Looking at his mother’s old face, Brother Wen felt very uncomfortable. In just over two months, his mother looked older than ten years.
“I’m hungry, mom, what did you cook today?”
Hearing what her son said, Mother Wen smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes piled up: “I cooked your favorite crispy rice and braised pork.”
Her son sent a mail saying that he would come back today, so she specially made his dishes.
At the dining table, Mother Wen kept picking up vegetables for her son: “Eat more, you’ve been away for nearly half a month, and you need to make up for it.”
Listening to what his mother said, Brother Wen wanted to cry a little. His father died young, and his strong mother pulled him up to grow up. At this age, he didn’t let her old mother live a good life.
“Mom, pack up our things today, and tomorrow we’ll go live next door to Xuantian City.”
Mother Wen froze for a moment, then nodded.
“Mom, Phantom City is not easy to deal with. This time we went out for nearly half a month and came back without a single reward. We happened to go to Xuantian City. I saw that there is very good development there. Anyone with craftsmanship can set up a stall. The cost is very cheap, and the living environment is good, instead of staying here, it’s better to go to a good place.”
“You can go wherever you want. Mom can’t help you now she’s old. It’s better to go to a better place and I can set up a stall to make some money for the family.”
Since she came to Phantom City, she has been idle. Now that she was old, she can’t help but worry and think of many things when she was idle. It was good to go to other places to get busy.
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