Number One Dungeon Supplier-Chapter 1912 Going for the Auction -Part 1
When the Grey bears reported back to Jin that they had finally done their job, their commander had his head deep into the sports instance that he was not replying back. The System also advised to not disturb him even though he looked as if he was staring into space. It was only at a closer inspection did the Grey Bears saw that Jin's eyes were moving rapidly despite having them wide open. They were shaking left to right, up and down and there was no sign of stopping at all. To a normal regular person looking at such a scene, they would have imagined that Jin was possessed or something but right in front of Jin was a table.
The table had been populated with holographic items and they could see that those holographic items were being shifted around, creating a background of some sort and simulations were being played back as if to check whether the items fitted altogether would work. "The System would remind him that you all had finished the assigned work. For now, you could either rest or return to the Zombie World to see if there was anything else you could do." The System stated and the Grey Bears proceeded with the latter, returning to check the penthouse as well as the surroundings of the town.
Meanwhile, Jin was finishing bits of the marathon path that was for the sports instance. He had ensured that there was sufficient elevation, curves, turns and water pit stops to be included in the marathon challenge. That was when he finally decided to stop for the day since the System did remind him that the bidding for the underground basement would commence in a few hours from now. As much as he wanted to reach on the dot, there was a need for registration and some other paperwork to be done before he could enter the halls. "A total waste of time," Jin said as he still had quite a fair bit of the sports instance which he had not completed. "The System had created a module where the User could connect to the dungeon maker remotely to continue his work but it would take absolute concentration to keep moving the items using my mind without being detected." The System reported and Jin shook his head. "It's fine, we can cope and finish this once we return from the bid," Jin said as he once again wore the very same suit that Bai Xin had made for him but this time around, the System had applied some magic of its own to change the colour of the fabric, allowing it to be of a different shade of blue so that his image would remain fresh.
Kraft also came into the Dungeon Maker and saw that Jin was all ready to move out. "Wow, I initially thought I had to come here to jolt you out of your seat. Looks like you were time conscious this time around." "Lol, I did ask the System to put a timer at the corner so that I would have some awareness of this issue." "In any case, let's get going. My Night Fox had already gone ahead of us and filled up the forms so we would not need to waste time doing that stuff." Kraft said as he teleported a black car into the dungeon maker. "Too many cameras, it would be easier for us to emerge the car from a random car park slope and we drive a little to the destination. Besides, a little bit of a car ride would do good to the souls and initiate some conversation. Tinda will be the driver for the day." Kraft said as a Night Fox emerged out from a portal, and bowed towards Kraft and Jin before entering the vehicle to start it up.
The moment they entered, Tinda had already started to move the car a little so that when the System teleports the vehicle, it would have enough inertia to be going up the slope of a car park. And that was what had happened the moment the System determined the ramp was clear and no cameras were in the vicinity before allowing the car to go through the portal. It did not take long for Tinda to hit the main streets, enabling Jin and Kraft to relax a bit.
"So? How's your progress in searching for the High Elves?" Jin asked as he laid back a little and took a bottle of water from his storage watch to quench his thirst while peeping out of the window to enjoy the Shanghai city's scenery.
"Meh, apparently they would not be reaching the New Adventurer Town so soon." "How come? What's the matter?"
"A few of the Orcs and Goblins adventurers had encountered an Earth Golem, a rather old and powerful one to boot. They did not know that the Earth Golem was there sleeping and the Goblins took the rock as their urinal."
"Wait... urinal?" "Yes, they peed at his head. And it was so stinky and most of the goblins attest to it. Do you know that it was so bad that toilet cleaners of the New Adventurer Town are now considered a respected job? They were paid a decent wage to make sure that the toilets were clean of filth that some goblins and Orcs wanted to stay in New Adventurer Town because of their toilets and sanitary rules?" "Wow, I did not know that at all." "Yes, it was to the point that Frost Echo and the Goblin King might want to add such rules into their kingdom so as not to let too many talent transfer to move into the New Adventurer's Town. Well, now they had to enforce it since both of those kingdoms were already building temporary buildings to accommodate the refugees when the High Elves arrived." "Wait, so what does that have to do with the High Elves? The Earth Golem destroy the path or something?"
"Yes, there is a cavern that provides quick access from the Northern portions of the Goblin World to the Southern portions. The High Elves were supposed to use that entry but the Earth Golem chased those goblins and orcs into that cavern. It sealed the cavern with its powers and later left."
"Then how did you know of such a report?" "Because one of my newer Night Foxes was doing some training in that cavern as well. That was where they heard the story from the adventurers." "So, without the cavern passage, how long does High Elves need to reach New Adventurer's Town?" "Not sure but this is definitely one of the roads that they had to use if they want to reach the town fast. Otherwise, it's walking over the mountains or moving to the nearest sea port and taking a ship, forcing it to go one big round to the Human's city. From then, they had to go through about another 4-5 days depending on their expedition size."
"But I am sure you doing all you can to waste their time even further, right?" Jin asked and Kraft smiled. It was then he was unsure whether the Earth Golem and the adventurer story was real in the first place or was a scheme and Kraft used a cover story.
"What? Why would I bother lying to you? The most is that I might have omitted a few facts here and there." Kraft grinned which made Jin sigh and shake his head.
"Alright, forget about the Earth Golem. So, how?" "How? Well, the town they had to go through would not tell them a single piece of information even if it cost their lives." "Because you threatened them?"
"On the contrary, no. They loved me and hated the High Elves. Some of the elders used to tell how their childhood had been plagued by their presence. So, when I came into the picture and told them about such a threat, they felt that this was the only time they could join in to mess with the High Elves."
"What did you make them do?" "Nothing much. Just asking them to put the price of the information to be exorbitantly high. They did not need to be worried about being killed or anything. Most of them had signed a temporary time sensitive contract with the System." "System, you can do that?"
"Affirmative. These humans are not of use to the System and having them would not bring any profit. However, a time sensitive or limited contract allowed them to survive the anger of the High Elves until they were out of the picture or out of their village."
"Oh, not to mention, we also sabotage the ship at multiple points. It will look like a magnificent vessel but it's full of fake materials that could create problems once they are in the middle of the sea." Kraft smiled and Jin could see that Kraft really did his homework.
"But don't those high Elves use magic? They could just climb up the cavern... unless," "Unless? There's no unless. They would not use magic due to the size of the expedition team because its inefficient. Explosives had been placed around the mountain and only with the magic energy signature from the High Elves, they would explode right in their face." Kraft exclaimed before returning back to serious mode. "Oh yea, if you are thinking how would we know the magic energy signature and get it programmed."
"Your scouts…" Jin said and once again, he felt safe that Kraft was around to settle all this trickery be it blatant or cunning, it would provide the New Adventurer Town a way out before the day of destruction to their town comes.
