Pride Online

Chapter 592: The Secret Shop Part II

“You can talk about the work with Mek. He should have a lot in his hands for you.”

Manoch pointed at Mek, who was still suffering from the hit but also tried his best to continue his work with the technicians. Sarunya turned to Mek and made a disappointed facial expression.

“What about you?” She asked.

“I’ll have to find a way to get the materials.” Manoch scratched his cheek. “I’m sorry. I don’t have time to talk right now. Mek knows a lot about this ship, too. You can ask him. You can also order the technicians around as you wish.”

He raised his hand as if he was excusing himself.

“You’re not interested in discussing raw materials with me?”

The man halted and glanced back at the girl again. She smiled cheerfully at him and tilted her head as if to ask if he was still going to walk away from her now.

“Raw materials? What do you mean? We don’t have it here.” Manoch asked.

“Not in this base.” Sarunya shrugged. “But elsewhere. I know a place that sells everything to players like us. Believe me, they have literally everything there.”

“The black market?”

The girl laughed cheerfully and tilted her head.

“The black market is way too basic, Ae. Where I just discovered with my subordinate can help us with anything if we have the money for it. The thing is, the direction there is a little complicated.”

“The secret shop.”

The man muttered. The short-haired girl smiled sweetly at him.

“Correct. As expected of the head of the item crafters of the Nemesis.”

She flattered. Manoch did not care about that. He grabbed her shoulders immediately. The eyes behind those glasses glowed with excitement.

“Are you saying there’s a secret shop around here?”

“Yes.” Sarunya smiled sweetly as if she was not bothered by the hands on her shoulders.

“It’d be great if it’s true!” Manoch beamed at her. “Can you lead me there? You don’t have to worry about money. We have enough to build another ship!”

The girl laughed at his words. She stared at the man with her round amber eyes. She had such beautiful eyes and very attractive eyelashes.

“I can, but with conditions,” Sarunya said mischievously.

“Conditions?” Manoch raised his eyebrows.

“Yes. As you know, I’m a merchant, too. I don’t do things for free.”

The boy whistled. He did not expect the woman to be this tricky.

“How much do you want?”

“I don’t want your money.” The lady tilted his head. The man frowned at her. “And what I want is something that I guarantee that you’d agree to it.”

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“Mmm... With this speed, maybe we can reach level fifty within two days.”

A smooth voice said with a satisfying smile. The small girl with a mask was standing there with her arms crossed, looking at the boys who were lying on the ground.

Wisana was so dirty he looked like a puppy in a sewer. He could barely move his arms and legs. His whole body was screaming that he thought he needed a physiotherapist!

Beside him, Shindanai, a quiet man, now could not even speak a word because of the training that he had been through. Even though he thought that he was getting used to the monsters here, the deeper he went, the stronger the monsters were. Moreover, Mama Baron also had this weird skill that strengthened the monsters, be it thickening the shield and lowering the attack or adding accuracy and lowering the defense. They knew that she did it for the sake of the training, but please calm down! She could not do everything all at once like this. They could not take it!

It was true that now they had reached the fortieth floor as Baron expected them to.

But their body did not seem to be able to take the fatigue anymore, both physically and mentally. The brain had been so active all this time it was about to go mad!

“Then, may I heal them?”

Stella asked with her worried face since every healing needed permission from Baron first. She had not healed anyone since this morning. She respected them so much that they could still breathe!

“Father, are you okay?”

Mona Lisa asked with a worried face. She touched her father’s arm, making the boy scream in pain.

“Mo, Mo, Mo, don’t touch that, baby. Make sure you don’t touch me anywhere now, please.”

The electrical virtual pain system caused goosebumps all over his body.

“Is this going to work, Mistress Baron?” Samie looked at the oldest woman in the group. “As I can see, you only push him to the verge of death every day.”

Baron scratched her neck.

‘How cute. Like they said, once you got yourself a wife, the mom became nothing!’

“You can see it yourself, dragon girl.” Baron glanced at the boys. “Hey, you little brats. Pass your information screen here.”

The screens popped up, even though the boys did not move an inch. Baron only had to flick her finger and both screens floated towards her. Sarquros and Mona Lisa walked to her with interest.

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Character Window

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Name: Wisana (Vincent)

Level: 150

EXP to the next level

490,885,123

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Character Window

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Name: Shindanai

Level: 170

EXP to the next level

1,250,855,100

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What they saw made the dragons’ eyes glow with surprise. The numbers that showed how much they had grown left them speechless. Especially Wisana.

The more they looked at them, the more they got confused.

If they were this good, why were they like this all the time?

“If you only stand still, you won’t improve. The stronger the enemies, the more improvement you make. However, you’ll have to trade it with physical pain. It’s worth it, right?”

Baron explained it to Sarquros as if she knew what the dragon girl was thinking. She tilted her head and smiled.

“Are you still doubting my training?” Baron asked.

“Not anymore,” Sarquros replied with a low voice.

Okay, she would admit it! It was brutal, but it worked!

The lady with a mask glanced at the boys who were being healed by Stella. She could not help but think that maybe the hardest job of this training went to the nurse.

“You’ve done... well... within the last three days.”

Baron praised them. She was thinking if she should use the word ‘great’, but ‘well’ should suffice.

“According to your level right now, you both should be ready for the fiftieth floor.”

“I know, right?!”

The boy yelled out happily. Once he was treated, Wisana sat up and smiled mischievously.

“Nothing’s impossible for me. The fiftieth floor is just a piece of cake.”

“If you want to boast about it, keep it until the end, boy.” Then, she smacked him with her shin so lovingly that the boy screamed in pain. “I’d be able to reach that level within an hour, unlike you guys.”

“Of course, you’re a ruthless one.” The boy complained.

Pow!

“What did you say?!”

“Ouchh! Don’t kick. It hurts!”

It was like when you got cramps on your leg. Just a poke at it and it hurt to the bone. The kicking was out of the question!

“If you can’t endure this, you’ll die in my final training for sure.”

Baron smiled. The boys looked at each other.

“What do you mean by the final training?” Shin asked.

“It is what it is.” Baron shrugged. “From now on, it’ll be the real training and you’ll have to pass. I’ll say it again that if you don’t, I won’t let the Nemesis into the war.”

Wisana pouted and reached his arm out for Stella to heal.

“Always the threat.” He complained.

“I’m not threatening. I’m serious.” Baron smiled sweetly. “I’ll tell you that my final training is hell. If you want to quit, this is the time.”

She asked, even though she knew what they would say. The boys looked each other in the eye and smiled. Their smile had changed into a confident one, which was the complete opposite of the first day.

“Are you kidding me?”