Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 809 - 731: Banana, You Banana

Upon arriving at the fishing platform, Su Ran found that there were quite a few NPCs around, all busy fishing. It must have been the village chief placing the carcass of the magic seahorse king on display at his stall that spread the news. With the fish returning to the sea, the villagers who got the message all hurried over, hoping to catch an extra fish or two and sell them for a nice price!

"This place is even livelier than I imagined!"

After observing for a moment, Su Ran began to shout, "Buying bait, buying fishing rods. If anyone’s selling, let me know~!"

"I’ve got some!"

The skinny tall NPC closest to Su Ran hastily called out, afraid of losing business to someone else. He quickly took out buckets of bait and over a dozen fishing rods, laying them on the ground. "My hero, these fishing rods are made from top-quality softwood, their flexibility is unmatched, and they’re only one gold coin each. As for a bucket of bait, fifty silver coins!"

Hmm?

Although Su Ran wasn’t sure about the market price for fishing rods and bait, compared to the fisherman uncle’s asking price, this was definitely a bargain! He never expected the fisherman uncle to have been such a rip-off from the start!

That old fishing rod from the fisherman, which was hardly different in quality from these, was priced at 100 gold coins by him. He’d seen greedy merchants, but never one so exorbitantly priced!

At this thought, Su Ran somewhat regretted not having ’borrowed’ the fishing boat on the spot; probably only this would serve as a profound lesson to the fisherman uncle!

"Hmm, just pick out a decent rod for me. Don’t blame me if it’s not good quality! And give me two buckets of bait."

Su Ran didn’t haggle. He knew that villagers who relied on fishing for a living weren’t well-off, which was evident from this man’s emaciated appearance.

"Thank you, hero, for your patronage! I’ll find you a newly made rod, as these have relatively higher durability. And don’t worry about the bait—I just made it, it’s not the old dried-up kind!"

The villager beamend with a smile, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, as soon as he saw Su Ran wanted to buy. He quickly handed over a slightly thicker fishing rod along with two large buckets of bait.

Having paid two gold coins, Su Ran collected the fishing gear and said to the earnest villager, "One more thing, I’m buying an unlimited amount of Tripartite Blood Fish and magic seahorses. You can help me purchase them as well—I’m payingf 15 silver coins per fish."

Su Ran remembered that the farmer’s wife had complained that 10 silver coins per fish was too expensive. His price would definitely tempt this villager.

As expected.

"Hero, leave it to me with complete peace of mind—I can handle this little task for you! That spot over there in the corner is where I set up. You can wait there, hero. It’ll also make it easier for us to communicate."

The villager proved to be quite shrewd, attending to Su Ran diligently after realizing he was a big spender, even offering his own fishing spot.

Guided by the villager, Su Ran settled down in the corner and began a new round of fishing.

However, before Su Ran could get into the fishing groove, he was interrupted by a voice nearby.

"Dude, you’re a player, right?"

Huh?

To meet another player on this fishing island?

Quite a rarity!

Taken aback, Su Ran instinctively looked over, surprised to find that the approaching player was dressed rather strangely, wearing gear made entirely of leaves. The green leaves made the player look lively, with a baby-faced appearance, seemingly quite young.

"What’s up?"

Su Ran asked, his voice laced with suspicion.

"Oh man, finally ran into another player, haha, dude, been stuck on this island for so long, I finally have hope of leaving this damn place!"

The green-leafed player exclaimed in ecstasy, eyes glistening with excitement, "If it weren’t for a fish-collecting NPC being a bit odd, I might never have found you!"

"Trapped on the island? Don’t you have a city-return scroll?"

"Ah, don’t mention it. If I had a return scroll, wouldn’t I have gone back ages ago? Why would I hang around here and waste time?"

The more the green-leafed player talked, the more aggrieved he became, his face nearly spelling out his depression, "Even if I jump into the sea and commit suicide, I can’t leave this damned place. It’s too cursed!"

Su Ran was at a loss for words, encountering someone who played a game with such frustration was truly rare.

"Oh, right, let’s formally introduce ourselves. My name is Banana, English name banana, profession: Elf Archer. What’s your name?"

"Elf Archer? A hidden profession?!"

Su Ran was extremely surprised, looking at Banana with a different light in his eyes. Hidden profession players in this game were exceedingly rare, and in his long time playing, he had not encountered more than five!

"Hey, surprised, huh?"

Banana, the player called Banana, chuckled with a sense of accomplishment on seeing Su Ran’s astonished expression. However, after a while, he deflated, "But what’s the use of a hidden profession? Can you believe I’ve nearly been playing for a year and haven’t set foot on the God-Demon Continent?"

"What happened?"

"Boy, it’s a sad tale. I started off in Elf Forest and finally escaped, only to end up in some forsaken place like this. You think playing this game is easy?" fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

Finally managing to find a player, Banana got to vent his frustrations. His volume was somewhat loud, drawing frequent glances from the surrounding villagers.

"You were born in Elf Forest?"

Su Ran’s eyes lit up as he jumped to his feet, asking eagerly, "Do you know how to get back? I need to go to Elf Forest for a quest!"

Elf Forest, which had eluded him until now, was unexpectedly mentioned by a player, how could Su Ran not be thrilled!

"Who knows? If I knew the way back, I wouldn’t have stayed in this dump! Logging on has been nothing but fishing for me, to the point of nausea!"

It wasn’t hard to see, Banana’s gaming experiences were far more miserable than his own, he poured out his sorrow without needing to draft it, "Right, you haven’t told me your name. Let’s add each other as friends, so we can contact each other later."

"Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained."

Su Ran sent a friend request, adding Banana to his friends’ list.

"Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained? Why does that sound so familiar?"

Banana repeated it several times, then suddenly slapped his palm and looked at Su Ran excitedly, "Dude, are you the hugely famous Overturning Water from the forums? My god, the first player I met is a celebrity, this is unbelievable!"

"..."

Seeing Banana’s overjoyed attitude made Su Ran speechless. Was all this exaggeration necessary? It was like an over-the-top fan-behavior!

"Overturning Water chief, I’ve decided, I’ll follow you from now on! Do you know that on the God-Demon forum, netizens have ranked your strength in the second place?"

Banana’s face was flushed with excitement, as if the honor was his own.

"Second?"

Su Ran didn’t expect that he had ascended to such a height in the players’ minds, it was indeed a surprise.