I’m An Interdimensional Login Interface - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Loot

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Sheridan, Sheridan, we should go!”

Meanwhile, on a roof some distance away from the camp, a middle-aged man who was over 40 years old, Gussa, was gently nudging the teen beside him who was in a state of shock.

Sheridan’s expression was filled with shock and confusion, and he seemed to be stuck in a daze until he heard shouts and cheers he could not quite understand coming from the crowd. Then, he slowly turned his head and asked the middle-aged man beside him, “Uncle Gussa, who are those people?”

“I don’t know who they are either, Sheridan. They seemed like ordinary people, but…”

Gussa glanced at the ruckus at the camp’s entrance, his gaze turning solemn as he shook his head. After pausing for a moment, he said, “But their fighting spirit is insane. They do not fear death at all…”

Gussa recalled what he had seen and heard just now and suddenly felt a chill run up his spine.

The gnoll’s strength exceeded far beyond his expectations, especially for the gnoll leader. It had already broken through the boundaries of an ordinary creature and had stepped into a realm of transcendence. Even so, in the endless sea of people, it met its fate.

The female archer played a part in this as well. She must have awakened seeds of extraordinariness or inherited it. There was also that middle-aged woman with healing abilities. Those two had entered the realm of extraordinariness too. Having said that, in a chaotic battle like this, there was no doubt that even with their prowess, these two would not truly pose a threat to the gnoll leader.

With the gnoll leader’s capabilities in addition to its formidable gnoll tribe, they had more than enough firepower slaughter the humans the camp right before the two of them. 

However, a huge group of strange people had suddenly appeared at this camp. Gussa could see that in the beginning, many of these people had been terrified of the gnolls, and some of them were even crying and wiping snot off their faces. When faced with the gnolls, it could be said that could not put even the slightest bit of resistance.

However, after they died, another group had quickly appeared, and they seemed even more frenzied than the ones from before. Under the endless stream of madmen, they were able to completely exhaust the gnoll leader who had entered the realm of extraordinariness.

“Where did all these people come from?”

A thought flashed through Gussa’s mind. Then he seemed to recall something. He glanced at the battlefield in the distance again, and this time, he noticed that these strange people did not leave behind any corpses after they died.

“Could it be that they…?”

The confusion in Gussa’s gaze grew. As someone who had also awakened the Extraordinary Seeds, and was a powerhouse was with an extraordinary rank, he knew that this world had all sorts of strange abilities. However, as he watched the strange incident that had occurred before him, he still struggled to believe what he was seeing.

“What should we do now, Uncle Gussa?”

As Gussa was deep in thought, Sheridan, the teen beside him whose expression held a hint of excitement, asked, “Should we try to contact their camp?”

“We could try…” Gussa snapped out of his thoughts and was just about to reply when his voice got caught in his throat. His hand shot out suddenly and pushed the teen beside him down as he whispered, “Hold your breath.”

Sheridan was a bit perplexed by Gussa’s actions, but after teetering on the edge of life and death all year round and witnessing various emergencies, he quickly lowered his head and held his breath.

Hu-

A night breeze swept past.

Somewhere not far from the two, a huge figure had suddenly leaped out.

They could see very clearly that it was a sturdy and terrifying saw-toothed tiger, and it was advancing toward the empty street in front of the camp.

It was obvious that it had been attracted by the smell of blood that came after the fierce battle.

…

“Hey, hey, let’s see if the boss dropped any loot.”

“Right, right, right. Is there any equipment?”

“Get lost you dirt black coal, I’m the god of luck!” (TN: Blackness or dark objects like coal is often used to refer to someone who has bad luck in games in terms of the items they obtain.)

…

After the crowd bantered for a while, a few players started to clamor around.

It was not an easy feat to defeat the boss, and many of them were feeling extremely excited, thinking that the gnoll leader should have at least dropped some equipment or skills.

Even though no one knew what system “Journey to the Other World” used, it was obvious that there were magical abilities. Everyone had also taken note of the combat powers Phoenix had displayed in her fight with the gnoll leader just now. 

Moreover, there was someone who possessed healing abilities and was capable of eliminating negative effects. Even though that NPC did not have a strong presence, and the players did not notice her in the beginning, the many players who noticed her now were starting to wonder if Phoenix and Hera were professional trainers.

The previous task’s reward was a goddess’s favor. Initially, most of the players had disregarded this bit of information, but now, their interest was piqued.

As Meng Yang and Hera walked down from the wall, they could hear the players’ shouts ramping up.

His expression tightened involuntarily. The gnoll leader was defeated, but now the players were starting to raid the corpse. This…this could be troublesome.

From Meng Yang’s perspective, if no loot was dropped, he was afraid that affinity and prestige would not be enough to satisfy so many people.

Moreover, even though Phoenix and Hera had promised to teach some players, there were dozens of players here. This was not a real game either, where you could just immediately master a skill after paying for it.

Meng Yang quickly issued a notification for the completion of the mission, hoping that it would distract some of the players, but its uselessness was apparent. Most of the players were not paying too much attention to the completion of the mission, as they all had their eyes on the gnoll leader’s corpse.

Very soon, a player took the lead and pounced onto the gnoll leader’s corpse, desperately fumbling with it. He was soon followed by a second player, then a third one…

“There’s nothing!”

“There’s just a broken ax!”

“But the skin on his body is rather thick!”

“What the f*ck, don’t tell me all this game is giving us is some affinity and prestige!”

“Are we checking the corpses wrongly?”

“It can’t be, is there truly nothing?!”

…

One by one, the players ran forward to search the gnoll leader’s corpse. Then, they all stood up empty-handed, some of them confused, and some of them causing a ruckus out of frustration.

In the end, most of the players turned their attention to the approaching Meng Yang, their gazes falling upon him.

The reason why Meng Yang walked down from the wall was to get a closer look at the fallen gnoll. He had zero idea of what an Extraordinary Creature was, and he wanted to observe it from a closer distance. In addition to that, Phoenix had been hurt. As her direct superior, he could not treat her the same as he did the other players.

Xu Zhe observed the players’ emotional state as he wiped the blood and grime from his face. Then, he leaned over toward Sun Shuai and chuckled softly, “I guess there’s no loot from this boss, we didn’t obtain anything from killing that pig-headed monster either.”

“This game is way too stingy!”

Sun Shuai nodded slightly. He did not care too much about whether the boss would drop equipment or not. What he enjoyed was the immersive thrill of the kill, but the other players did not seem to share the same sentiment. Some of the players had been revived seven or eight times by now, and the whole reason why they had fought so desperately was just so they could see what kind of items the boss would drop.

The revived Liu Chuanfeng had somehow retrieved the bone cleaver from before and once again propped it against his shoulder. When he heard the two’s conversation, he commented cheekily, “Ever since that incident at the cave, I’ve wanted to pop this NPC. He’s the protagonist too. I dislike these kinds of protagonists the most. Why don’t we kill him this time? After all, the mission has already been completed …”

‘F*ck!’

When Meng Yang heard these players’ discussion and their gleaming gazes, he felt a chill run up his spine. He felt that if he did not take any extra measures, several players might just attack him at the very next second.

‘Bastards, if you dare to make a move, consider your account gone. I…or should I just kick them out of the game?’

The thought flashed across Meng Yang’s mind, but after a brief moment of contemplation, he decided against it. The first time he did that, there were only five players when he announced the system maintenance, so that was still tolerable. However, this time, there were fifty or sixty players. If he did it again, he would surely get scolded terribly. These players, who he had worked so hard to gather, might not even show up next time.

As Meng Yang was preoccupied with this issued, a green light flashed behind him. Hera, who had walked down with him, was using her healing powers to help Phoenix recover from the damage tp her shoulder.

From the gnoll’s attack, Meng Yang finally understood that the old, weak women and children that had gathered at this camp had only been able to survive in this monster-infested City of Despair due to the extraordinary abilities that Phoenix and Hera possessed.

“What are they looking for?” Phoenix walked up to Meng Yang and asked, maintaining her cool composure even under the gaze of the players.

Meng Yang felt slightly awkward, but he still explained, “In the world where these people are from, if you defeat a powerful monster or an Extraordinary Creature, you would usually obtain loot, so…”

“It’s an Extraordinary Creature, of course there will be loot.”

The corners of Phoenix’s lips lifted slightly into a rare smile, apparently amused by the players’ antics.

With that, under the wishful looks of the players, Phoenix retrieved a 10-cm-long knife from the leather pouch around her waist and walked toward the gnoll leader.

“Do we have to skin it?”

“Or are the items that the boss drops inside its body?”

“Why didn’t we think of that just now?”

As they watched Phoenix’s movements, the players around her started to understand what they had to do.

Soon, there was the sound of leather being cut. The gnoll leader’s skin was unusually thick, but the small knife in Phoenix’s hand was no ordinary item either. After some effort, Meng Yang and the crowd of players gradually saw a glowing red light.

A fist-sized orb was soon retrieved from the gnoll’s chest, still thumping and beating. It seemed to be glowing with a faint, eerie red light.

“What is that?”

“That seems to be the boss’s heart!”

“So, there is loot!”

The players started whispering in an instant.

Meng Yang was staring at it in shock too. He had only been in this other world for two days, and after Gustav died, he was left in the dark too. Therefore, he did not know any more about this other world than the players did.