Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 304 - 289: The Gambler’s Mindset is Undesirable

Elf Forest, Chosen City.

"Oh come on, another apprentice gear again!"

In the central square, Dema looked at the pair of plain shoes in his hand and wanted to cry without tears.

"You’re too unlucky, just save up those contribution points and buy a purple epic instead."

On the other side, Li Mu shook his head and then looked at the golden legendary magic wand he’d drawn, giggling foolishly.

"*Feels like...ever since returning from the Fengye City mission, the drop rate has noticeably increased, plus... who would’ve thought that at the mission settlement, the system would give a 5000 contribution BUG compensation and an extra lottery ticket!*"

Li Mu said with delight.

At his feet lay several purple epic items he’d already drawn.

And Dema could only look at him jealously.

"*Sigh... We barely finished this task, and only got a few draws... All those contribution points I just got are gone again.*"

Dema sighed in frustration.

After the summer event ended, lucky draws could also be exchanged for tickets using contribution points, 1000 points for one draw.

Dema used all the contribution points he got for draws.

Unfortunately, apart from once getting 50 resurrection coins, everything else was a flop.

"Gambler mentality is bad."

Li Mu shook his head knowingly.

Dema: ...

"Luck King, just shut up."

He grumbled in frustration.

"Hahahahaha..."

Li Mu burst into laughter.

"Dema! Dema!"

As Dema was sighing, a clear voice called out in the distance.

It was Little Xian Miao. freeweɓnovel.cøm

"Boss Miao, why are you here? Weren’t you going to follow the NPC for the storyline?"

Seeing Little Xian Miao who just called him, Dema asked curiously.

"Not anymore, not anymore, I’ve already seen the NPC return so many times, I’m tired of it. Compared to that, I’m more interested in... your haul!"

Little Xian Miao waved her hand, then her eyes smiled into crescent moons:

"Dema, I heard you traded a Lion Heart Sword for a Space Ring from that place in Fengye City?"

Dema’s expression grew serious:

"How could that be considered a scam? It was clearly a trade."

"Alright, alright, I got it, hand it over!"

Little Xian Miao held out her hand with a big smile.

"Hand... Hand what over?"

Dema played dumb.

"The seven-three split! As we agreed, the stuff traded for the Lion Heart Sword, you get three, I get seven!"

Dema: ...

"How do you split a ring? Besides, didn’t you already get the only Space Ring in the entire server?"

Dema said.

"That’s what I mean! A ring isn’t easy to split, so I propose to swap my ring with the one you got!"

With that, Little Xian Miao took out the Space Ring she got from Yves, the Nightwalker, and showed it to Dema.

"Swap?"

Dema was slightly stunned.

"Exactly!"

Little Xian Miao nodded:

"The space in this ring is quite small, less than three cubic meters, not enough for my everyday stuff."

"I asked the NPC, and the price of my ring is about a quarter of yours, but I might add some contribution points to cover the difference. What do you think?"

Hearing her, Dema’s heart stirred:

"How much is the difference?"

Little Xian Miao beamed and held up two fingers:

"200,000 contribution points, how about it?"

"Whoa! Boss! Deal! I sure need those contribution points!"

Dema said excitedly.

Little Xian Miao didn’t hesitate, and they immediately started the transaction with Dema.

They swapped rings, Dema returned the Lion Heart Sword to Little Xian Miao, and she generously transferred 200,000 contribution points to Dema.

Both were very satisfied.

"By the way, Dema."

After the trade, Little Xian Miao called out to him again.

"Hmm? Boss Miao, anything else?"

Dema, giggling foolishly as he exchanged the points for lottery tickets, asked as he saw the extra 200,000 contribution points in his account.

"Not much, really. Just that when I was coming over, I saw several of your guild members seemed to be looking all over for you, um... those who went to Fengye City with us... but their expressions didn’t look too good. Did you do something again?"

Little Xian Miao asked teasingly.

Dema’s smile froze on his face.

He coughed twice and, feeling guilty, muttered:

"Well... I’ve got something to do, I’m going now..."

Saying this, he dashed off without looking back.

"This guy!"

Little Xian Miao said, both amused and exasperated.

"What the heck did he do?"

She looked at Li Mu and asked.

Li Mu shook his head:

"I guess those he sold out in Fengye City have come back to settle things with him, um... he did sort of pull a stunt there."

"Besides... didn’t the failing of the binding equipment’s bug happen? Everything he promised went down the drain, so..."

Li Mu helplessly spread his hands.

Little Xian Miao: ...

"I’m honestly surprised he hasn’t been hunted down yet."

She sighed.

"That’s because he really knows how to surrender... as reckless as he can be at times, he can be just as humble when admitting mistakes. I’m guessing he’s off to apologize now."

Li Mu said helplessly.

Little Xian Miao: ...

"Why do something if you have to regret it later?"

She shook her head.

Li Mu shrugged:

"It’s an old habit of his, won’t change unless he really suffers a big loss."

He then looked curiously at Little Xian Miao:

"By the way, Little Xian Miao, how’s Mairrel?"

Upon hearing Li Mu’s inquiry, Little Xian Miao also frowned slightly.

She sighed and said:

"With Alice, Zero, and those returning NPCs, they’re all in the temple on the World Tree. Ever since that battle with the Despair Scale Monster, it’s been acting strange. I asked, but it wouldn’t tell me."

"But... Sister Ling said she’d handle it."

Little Xian Miao stated.

Afterward, she shook her fist and exclaimed indignantly:

"It’s a pity that human mercenary who double-crossed Mairrel got away, otherwise, I’d make him pay!"

Li Mu: ...

"That person’s a silver rank, mind you, and not an ordinary one either. You better wait until you max out your level first."

He shook his head.

After hearing Li Mu’s words, Little Xian Miao smiled slightly:

"Haha, speaking of max level, I’m already level 35 now!"

She let a hint of her aura shine.

"Wow... how so fast? If I remember right, you were just level 31 when we went to Fengye City, right?"

Li Mu looked both surprised and envious.

"Hey! I soloed a Silver Thief and leveled up three times at once!"

Little Xian Miao said with great pleasure.

Li Mu: ...

"Was that really a solo kill? It was more like Mairrel served it on a platter for you, already beaten to a sliver of life."

He rolled his eyes and said in good-natured frustration.

In response, Little Xian Miao burst into giggles:

"Hehehe! Mairrel’s strength is my strength! We’re that tight!"

Yet as she spoke, Little Xian Miao rubbed her chin thoughtfully:

"*Now that I think about it... this battle made silver rank seem not so strong! Even with Mairrel’s help, a single Fireball Technique took out a thief, and a blade swipe by Box Lunch also insta-killed a mage...*"

"The situation was unique, I guess."

Li Mu shook his head:

"I’ve asked Alice about the issues of rank strength disparities before."

"Turns out that upon reaching gold rank, there’s a qualitative leap in the physical prowess of humanoid creatures. Before reaching gold, a humanoid’s strength mainly varies in terms of magic power, skill application, or destruction capability. While there is a difference in physical qualities, it isn’t that significant, especially for mages..."

"So... getting careless resulting in failure is possible."

"I see."

Little Xian Miao looked enlightened.

She nodded slightly, then turned to face the World Tree and murmured to herself:

"*I wonder how Mairrel is doing now.*"

...

On the World Tree, within the grand Natural Temple...

Natural Saintess Alice, Divine Favored Zero, Selena of the Hands of Oak, and hundreds of elves and half-elves were praying devoutly before the statue of the Goddess in the center of the temple.

Meanwhile, Black Dragon Mairrel lay to the side, hanging its head listlessly, lost in thought.