My Chaotic City - Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Offering Loans

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

‘It seems like the Chaotic Stone Slab is a regular reward after successfully resisting the monster attacks on the city. If the city is perfectly defended, another piece of Chaotic Stone Slab and a small purse is rewarded.’ Li Hanqiang became aware of this fact as he silently calculated his gains.

After opening the second wave of monster invasions, he obtained 250 pieces of silver coins from the tickets and 416 silver coins from the Mysterious Shop. Together, it made a total of 666 1silver coins. What an auspicious number!

When he opened the small purse, there were 15 gold coins.

Although this amount was incomparable to what he had gotten during the first wave of monster attacks, it could still be considered a decent amount as it was still impossible for adventurer players to achieve this number during solo play.

“Chaotic City Lord Li Hanqiang, open another wave. I want to upgrade to Level 10 and unlock the free skill bar!” Fanning Knight shouted at Li Hanqiang. He had benefited the most from this particular monster attack.

Li Hanqiang smiled and asked him a rhetorical question, “Do you still have money to buy a teleport ticket?” 

“Eh, that is a problem.” Fanning Knight scratched his head. “Well, didn’t you say that you could return the ticket money to me?”

“Unfortunately, your performance has not reached the extent of me being able to refund your ticket money. Please continue with your efforts. However, I can lend you some gold coins if you wish to pawn your skill book here. If you manage to redeem the book on the same day, I will not charge you any interest. How does that sound?” Li Hanqiang asked.

“In other words, if it is not redeemed on the same day, I will be charged with interest?” Fanning Knight shook his head again and again. He was not familiar with Li Hanqiang so he did not dare to leave the skill book here. If the book was swallowed by him, his loss would be huge.

“Time is money, so of course interest would be charged. However, how much interest could be up for discussion. You should consider yourself if you would like to take up this loan and make a decision before you are transported away.”

Li Hanqiang finished speaking, turned away, and left.

Those like Fanning Knight who had no gold coins to buy teleport tickets were very worried but Li Hanqiang was also worried about this as a Chaotic City Lord.

If the players had no money to buy the entrance tickets, who would come to defend the city? Comparing the first and second waves, the monster attacks were getting stronger with each wave. Without the help of players and only relying on one defensive tower, Li Hanqiang was sure that he would not be able to stop the third wave of monsters.

There were also other risks. 

Fanning Knight and the others wanted to continue killing monsters and leveling up and Li Hanqiang himself wanted them to continue helping him to defend the city. He had already planned to provide them with loans from the bottom of his heart as what he wanted was to make a profit and not suffer any losses.

At the same time, First-Class Star and Zhen Dejun had already been sent away. They had run away right after getting their experience, already considering it as having gotten their ticket’s worth.

Dark Redemption and Fiery Blade Sage were still there and chit-chatting, arguing about Fanning Knight’s good luck.

Li Hanqiang approached both of them and told them that if they pawned their belongings here, he would lend them gold coins. The more precious the object they pawned, the more gold coins they would get.

Dark Redemption was greatly moved by the idea. However, he was extremely poor at the moment. Apart from his higher levels, he had nothing of value on him.

Li Hanqiang glanced at him once and understood his situation. He said, “No problem. Your attack output is not bad and I trust your character. You don’t need to pawn anything to me as I will lend you one gold coin. You can pay me back when you have a gold coin.”

Dark Redemption was overjoyed and said, “Really? Haha, brother, you are such a generous person. Rest assured, my character is guaranteed. I will return your gold coin as soon as possible. But… Can I ask you to lend me two more gold coins? I’m at Level 10 and can learn my second job skill. However, this requires more gold coins, and I would need more to activate the free skill bar.”

Li Hanqiang thought about it for a moment and said, “Sure.”

He very generously traded 3 gold coins over as he spoke.

“Brother, you are indeed generous. I will surely be your friend.” Dark Redemption was full of joy even if he understood that the gold coins would have to be returned sooner or later. He could only worry about himself if there was no one else who would lend him anything, right? 

Fiery Blade Sage was very excited when he heard that Li Hanqiang could provide gold coins as a loan. He shouted at Li Hanqiang, “How many gold coins can I get if I pawn my blue grade weapon to you?”

After saying that, he showed the attributes of the long sword in his hand enthusiastically.

Similar to other online games, the equipment in the Endless World was also divided according to quality. The lowest equipment quality was white grade equipment, followed by the blue grade equipment, red grade equipment, golden grade equipment…and so on.

The higher the quality of an equipment, the stronger its attribute and the rarer it was to obtain.

The blue grade sword of Fiery Blade Sage had good attributes and was considered to be a good quality item. Li Hanqiang thought about it and said, “I can lend you 2 gold coins.”

“Sure, lend it to me first.” Fiery Blade Sage threw his long sword at Li Hanqiang. However, after he got the 2 gold coins handed over by Li Hanqiang, he frowned.

“This is not quite right. Let me think about it. I borrowed 2 gold coins from you, where one will be used to pay for the teleport ticket back here and the other that I planned to use to buy potions and repair my equipment. There’s an 80% chance that it will be used here too. In the end, I will still have to pay back the 2 gold coins to you. This… Why doesn’t it feel right? Will I be heavily in debt?”

Li Hanqiang smiled slightly. “You know too much. By the way, there are two additional Chaotic Stone Slabs. The next time you come, you can stand in the front and attack monsters like Fanning Knight.”

Fiery Blade Sage nodded. “Really? Then Chaotic City Lord, you should quickly open up the third wave. I will be waiting for your next mission at the Chaos Temple.”

At that moment, Fanning Knight had also made his decision and shouted it to Li Hanqiang. He decided to borrow a few gold coins as working capital but he did not borrow too much, just 2 gold coins.

After the three of them left, Li Hanqiang checked and confirmed that he had more than 138 gold coins. This was not a small amount but it was still not enough to upgrade the Chaos’ Core.

Li Hanqiang pondered silently. ‘If Fanning Knight, Fiery Blade Sage, and Dark Redemption are all present, we might be able to take on the third wave of monster attacks on the city.’ 

Through his understanding, he understood that professions that required slow development like the Lord of the Chaotic City needed to develop stability in the early stages of the game. To start the third wave of monster attacks at that moment would be too unstable and possibly cause setbacks. After all, the Chaos’ Core only had a hundred points of Chaotic Energy. Any monsters that slipped through would result in the loss of energy.

However, risks and opportunities went hand in hand. People who did not suddenly get wealthy in the world would not be rich, and people who refused to take risks would never be productive. Therefore, Li Hanqiang did not need to be careful, he only needed to enjoy himself!

Li Hanqiang had made his decision. ‘Open! I can’t just hang around and wait for the adventurer players to level up before deciding to open the next wave, right?’

In his mind, Fanning Knight, Fiery Blade Sage, and Dark Redemption were very good players. One of them had a hidden profession and the powerful skill ‘The Dark Arrows’, while the other two had blue grade weapons and were not weak either. They were now the characters who would walk in the forefront of adventurer players and were something to now look forward to.

‘If the city defense rewards are better, it would be easier to stabilize.’ Li Hanqiang inched closer to the Chaos’ Core and reached out to open the ‘Drawing Chest’…