Chapter 74 The Prototype of Shadow
In the blink of an eye, the night passed.
Ma Yingjie quickly washed himself and put on the virtual helmet. After a flash of white light, he entered the game.
"Drip."
System prompt: Please check your message.
When he opened the communicator, he saw a text message lying quietly inside. Looking at the withered bauhinia signed, Ma Yingjie clicked on the text message without commenting. Could it be that it was to pay for himself?
"Come to Ziyunxuan online, we have something to discuss." Looking at the introduction text that was very consistent with the style of the withered bauhinia, Ma Hao couldn't help but want to curse.
"Drip."
Just as Ma Yingjie was about to turn off the communicator, he looked at a head image that suddenly flashed and chose to accept the call.
"Hello, Brother Shadow, I'm Tiger." A simple and rough voice came from the other end of the communicator. Ma Yingjie clearly remembered that this was the eldest brother of the four beast brothers.
"It's Brother Tiger, what can I do for you?" Ma Hao felt very surprised that Tiger suddenly came to him. The two of them just met by chance and they were just acquaintances.
"It's like this. Big Bear, White Ape and I are planning to set up a mercenary group, but we are a little short of manpower, so we would like to invite you to join us." The generous tiger said a little awkwardly. After all, he didn't have the confidence to invite others to join his small mercenary group so rashly.
"Well, I can only say sorry, I already have a mercenary group." Lu Hao said truthfully.
"There is a mercenary group? Is it the Shadow Mercenary Group?" There was no sound from the communicator for a long time. After a while, Lao Hu's voice came from the communicator. He had just looked at the mercenary group rankings. Now there is only one mercenary group, the Shadow Mercenary Group, and there are only two people in the Shadow Mercenary Group. There is only one other member besides the Withered Bauhinia.
"Yeah, have you forgotten how we met? We were doing this mission."
"Congratulations, brother. In that case, I won't bother you any more." Tiger was about to hang up the communicator when Ma Yingjie interrupted him.
"Brother Tiger, I don't think it would be very useful for you to set up a new mercenary group now. After all, an E-level mercenary group still needs to complete tasks step by step. Can't you four just come to Shadow directly? I believe that the Fallen Bauhinia will definitely welcome you four masters."
"Haha, we are not experts at all. We just spend more time than ordinary players and are more skilled in operation. We are very happy to be able to join the Shadow Mercenary Group. In this way, we don't have to do those elementary tasks anymore and can directly take the advanced ones."
"Then it's settled. Brothers, gather at Ziyunxuan at xxxx, xxxxx in Xishi. The Withered Bauhinia and I will be waiting for you there."
After talking to Tiger, Lu Hao walked towards Ziyunxuan. When he arrived at Ziyunxuan, he found not only the withered Bauhinia flowers, but also his godsister Yueyue, whom he was forced to acknowledge, his old acquaintance Wild Rose, the lovely girl he met that day, and many girls he didn't know.
"Brother Yingzi, you're back. Yueyue missed you." Yueyue rushed over to Lu Hao as soon as she saw him. Lu Hao felt the warmth and softness in his arms, glanced at the pairs of big and small eyes staring at him, and suddenly he had the idea of protecting Yueyue.
These people were obviously jealous of him, especially Ye Qiangwei. She had been with Yue Yue for such a long time, but Yue Yue did not let her touch her. Therefore, the look in Ye Qiangwei's eyes when she looked at Ma Yingjie seemed to tear him apart.
Um, who is that person next to Wild Rose? Why do I feel like I've seen him somewhere before?
Oh, now I remember, she looks very similar to Yueyue in my arms, as if they were carved from the same mold. If he wasn't holding Yueyue in his arms, Ma Hao would have felt that it was Yueyue.
"You molested my sister in public, you pervert." The girl who looked like Yueyue's sister suddenly stood up, slammed the table, and cried out in pain.
"Sister, you are not allowed to insult Brother Shadow's character. He saved my life. He is just hugging me now. I can tolerate it."
Yueyue MM's words caused Ma Yingjie to suffer internal injuries. Damn, it was me who hugged you, not you who flew over to hug me. My hand was a natural reaction.
"He looks like a gigolo, little sister, don't let him fool you." The other person continued to pester.
"Alright, stop arguing. Let me introduce to you all. This is the shadow who helped me complete the task. His profession is a necromancer." The withered bauhinia tried to smooth things over and began to introduce.
"Wait, you hired me, when will you pay me?" Ma Hao was immediately unhappy when he heard it. His one million yuan could only last him a long time on instant noodles.
"Stingy guy, you can't miss it. Come to me later to get it." The withered redbud looked at Ma Yingjie unhappily and introduced him to Tiger, "Let me introduce you to my sisters."
"Don't tell me about this. You knew it earlier than I did." The withered redbud pointed at the wild rose.
Ma Yingjie didn't say anything, but nodded. Wild Rose said forcefully, "I'll recognize him even if he turns into ashes." Damn, do we have such a big hatred? Ma Yingjie was depressed again.
"This is Yueyue's twin sister, Yuese Qingkuang. She is a Berserker and level 37." The withered Bauhinia pointed at the girl.
A girl chooses the Berserker profession, which shows how tough she is. I wonder which unlucky guy will marry her and then live a miserable life with her.
"Oh, Yueyue's sister, that's my sister." Yuese Qingwu and Yuese Qingkuang, the names are very similar, but why do they give people the feeling that one is dissolute and the other is pure? I wonder to what extent Yuese Qingkuang will be frivolous.
"Tsk." Amid the contemptuous gazes of the women, Ma Yingjie continued to get to know the girls under the introduction of the withered Bauhinia.
"This is Lan Ruoshi, her profession is a priest. She is level 35." The withered Bauhinia pointed at an innocent girl in a priest robe and said, a priest has little combat power, and his level depends entirely on the team. He is an indispensable nurse for upgrading and hunting treasures.
"Lan Ruo Temple? The people there are beautiful, and the name is so good. It reminds me of a movie I found during an archaeological excavation, The Legend of White Snake."
"The New Legend of White Snake?" Lan Ruoshi looked at Lu Hao in surprise.
"Now it's the legend of Old White Lady."
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"This is Shui Yue'er, a water mage, level 39." The withered Bauhinia pointed at a girl in a water blue magic robe and introduced her.
"Nice to meet you. I'll buy you a coffee sometime."
"This is Blue Rose, Wild Rose's good sister, a warrior, level 40." The withered Bauhinia pointed at a female warrior wearing exquisite armor and introduced her to Ma Hao.
"As expected, women are as good as men, and they have a sense of masculinity. Brothers, let's have a meal together when we have time." Ma Yingjie stepped forward and patted Blue Rose's shoulder. When he wanted to pat Blue Rose's chest, he suddenly remembered that this person was not a real brother, and quickly retracted his outstretched hand: "Ahem, the muscles are quite well developed, hehe."
Blue Rose MM's face was grim. She pulled out the dagger from her waist with a "swish" and was ready to pounce.
"Don't get excited. There are guards in the city. It's not worth it to buy lollipops for such a small matter and get caught by them." Ma Yingjie stepped forward and pressed the knife in Blue Rose's hand, dissuading her. ...
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"This is Huacha, an assassin. Level 38." The withered redbud flower pointed at a girl wearing tight leather armor. The girl was tall and thin, but full of muscles. Assassins are always the natural enemies of mages.
"Let's go have a feast together when we have time." Lu Hao was about to pat her on the shoulder, but when he saw the dagger suddenly appear in her hand, he had to give up the idea and continue waiting for the withered Bauhinia to introduce the next one.
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There were more than a dozen girls on the huge second floor. After Lu Hao and the other withered redbuds had introduced them one by one, they were already sweating profusely. It turned out that socializing was so exhausting.
"Next, let's discuss the recruitment of members for the Shadow Mercenary Group." When the withered Bauhinia said the word Shadow, she glared at Lu Hao fiercely. Lu Hao pretended not to see it and picked up the teacup to take a sip of the scented tea.
Ahem, this is real floral tea, jasmine tea.
Just as the withered redbud was about to continue speaking, she heard a lookout outside yell, "We've reserved this place, you can't go in."
"Sister, please move aside. We are here to look for Brother Shadow." Ma Ying-jeou immediately recognized the voice as that of the assassin Jackal.
"Hehe, let them in. I invited them to join the Shadow." Ma Yingjie said with a dry laugh as he saw everyone looking at him.
"We don't welcome men in our mercenary group." Yue Se Qing Kuang was the first to stand up and object. She just didn't like anything about Ma Yingjie.
"Yeah, yeah, we don't welcome men."
"What do you mean? What's wrong with being a man? I am a man." Ma Yingjie got angry, slapped the table and stood up, looking at the girls who were eager to try.
After Ma Yingjie's shout, the indignant girls fell silent.
"That's not what we meant. Of course Brother Shadow welcomes you." Pastor Lan Ruoshi said softly.
"Let them in." The withered Bauhinia shouted to the outside of the door, and soon the four beasts appeared in the private room.
"Brother Shadow, what kind of character do these people have? They won't even let us in." The jackal yelled without even raising his head.
Noticing the silence around him, the jackal looked up and saw everyone staring at him. He stammered, "I mean, why didn't the sun come out today?"
"Tsk." The girls looked down on the jackal.
"Let me introduce them to you. These four are the tiger, the giant bear, the white ape, and the jackal." As the only middleman, Ma Hao had to explain.
"The four beasts are you?" There was a fiery glow in the eyes of the withered Bauhinia.
"Exactly," said the Jackal, earning glares from the other three.