My Chaotic City

Chapter 009 Lending

"It seems that the Chaos Stone Tablet is a regular reward for successfully repelling the monster siege, and if you can perfectly defend the city, you can also get another Chaos Stone Tablet and a small money bag." Li Hanqiang realized this and silently calculated his gains.

Since the start of the second wave of monster invasion, I've earned 250 silver coins from the ticket and 416 silver coins from the Mysterious Shop, totaling 666 silver coins – a pretty auspicious number!

Opening the small purse revealed another 15 gold coins.

While this profit can't compare to the first wave of monster sieges, it's still pretty good. At least, it's impossible for a solo adventurer to make money this quickly.

"City Lord Li Hanqiang, let's launch another wave! I want to level up 10 and unlock the free skill slot!" Fan Knight shouted to Li Hanqiang, who was the biggest beneficiary of this monster siege.

"Do you still have money to buy a teleportation ticket?" Li Hanqiang asked with a smile.

"Uh, that is a problem." Fan Knight scratched his head. "Hey, didn't you say you could refund the ticket price?"

"It's a pity your performance isn't enough to recoup the ticket price. Keep up the good work! But I can lend you money. You can leave your skill book here as collateral, and I'll lend you gold coins. If you redeem it on the same day, I won't charge you interest. How about that?" Li Hanqiang said.

"So, you mean if I don't redeem it on the same day, I'll have to pay interest?" Fan Knight shook his head repeatedly. He wasn't familiar with Li Hanqiang and didn't dare to easily pledge his skill book here. If Li Hanqiang embezzled it, his losses would be huge.

"Time is money, so of course we'll charge interest. But how much interest we'll charge is not so difficult to discuss. You should consider whether you want to take out a loan and make a decision before you're teleported away."

After Li Hanqiang finished speaking, he turned and left.

Fan Knights and others were troubled because they didn't have enough gold coins to buy teleportation tickets, and Li Hanqiang, as the Lord of Chaos City, was no exception.

If the players don't have money to buy tickets, who can come to defend the city? The attacking monsters are getting stronger and stronger. You can see this from the comparison between the second wave and the first wave. Without the help of the players, Li Hanqiang is sure that he would not be able to stop the third wave of monsters attacking the city with just one defensive tower.

There is even a risk if the players who come are not strong enough.

The Fan Knights wanted to continue grinding monsters and leveling up, while Li Hanqiang wanted them to help him continue defending the city. He already had a plan to borrow money, aiming for a sure-fire profit.

By this time, the A-list celebrities and Zhen Dejun had already teleported away, collected their experience points, and left, so their ticket money wasn't wasted.

Dark Night Redemption and Ignite Sword Saint were still there, chatting and cursing Fan Knight for getting lucky.

Li Hanqiang approached Dark Night Redemption and Ignition Sword Saint, telling them that he could lend them gold coins, as long as they left collateral. The more valuable the collateral, the more gold coins he could lend.

Dark Night Redemption was very interested, but unfortunately he was penniless at the moment. Apart from being a higher level, he had nothing of value on him.

Li Hanqiang immediately understood his situation and said, "It's okay. Your output ability is good. I trust your character. You don't need to pledge any items. I'll lend you a gold coin first. You can pay me back when you have more gold coins."

Dark Night Redemption was overjoyed and said, "Really? Haha, you're a true brother! Don't worry, my character is guaranteed. I'll definitely pay you back the gold coins as soon as possible. But... could you lend me two more gold coins? I'm level ten now and can learn my second job skill, which requires gold coins. Also, opening the free skill slot requires gold coins."

Li Hanqiang thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

After saying that, he very generously traded the three gold coins.

"Brother, you're truly generous. I'll consider you a friend." Dark Night Redemption was overjoyed. Although he knew that the borrowed gold coins would have to be returned sooner or later, if someone didn't lend them to you, you could only worry helplessly, right?

Upon hearing that Li Hanqiang offered to lend gold coins, the Ignition Sword Saint was quite excited and shouted at Li Hanqiang, "How many gold coins can I borrow at most if I pawn this blue weapon to you?"

Having said that, he generously revealed the attributes of the longsword in his hand.

Similar to other online games, equipment in Endless World is also divided into quality levels, with the lowest quality being white equipment, followed by blue equipment, red equipment, gold equipment, and so on.

The higher the quality of the equipment, the stronger its attributes, and naturally, the rarer and more valuable it is.

In this situation, a blue-quality item should be in high demand.

The blue longsword of the Ignition Sword Saint has good attributes; it can be considered a minor top-tier item. Li Hanqiang thought for a moment and said, "I can lend you two gold coins."

"Alright, lend it to me first." The Fire Sword Saint generously tossed his longsword to Li Hanqiang, but frowned after receiving the two gold coins from Li Hanqiang.

"Wait a minute, let me think. I borrowed two gold coins from you. I'm using one to buy a teleportation ticket to come here, and I plan to use the other one to buy potions and repair my equipment, which will probably also be spent here. Then I have to pay you back two gold coins... This doesn't feel right. Am I going to end up in debt?"

Li Hanqiang smiled slightly: "You know too much. By the way, there are two more Chaos Stone Tablets. Next time you come, you can stand at the front and kill monsters just like the Fan Knight."

The Ignition Sword Saint nodded: "Is that so? Then City Lord, you should hurry up and launch the third wave. We'll stay in the Chaos Temple and wait to receive your mission."

At this point, Fan Knight also made a decision. He called out to Li Hanqiang, who finally decided to borrow some gold coins to tide him over. However, he didn't dare to borrow too many and only borrowed two gold coins.

After the three left, Li Hanqiang checked his account and found that he now had more than 138 gold coins. This was not a small amount of money, but it was still far from enough to upgrade the Heart of Chaos.

"If Fan Knight, Ignition Sword Saint, and Dark Night Redemption were all here, we should be able to challenge the third wave of monsters attacking the city," Li Hanqiang pondered silently.

In his understanding, a profession like the Chaos City Lord, which requires slow development, should prioritize stability in the early stages of the game. Launching the third wave of monster sieges now is obviously risky and could lead to failure. After all, the Chaos Heart only has 100 energy points, and if even a few monsters slip through, the energy will be completely stolen.

However, risk and opportunity go hand in hand. No one gets rich without windfall gains, and no one is productive without taking risks. Li Hanqiang doesn't need the idea of ​​being cautious; he just wants to have fun!

"Open it! I can't just leave it running and wait for the adventurer players to reach a higher level before opening it, can I?" Li Hanqiang made his decision.

In his opinion, Fan Knight, Ignition Sword Saint, and Dark Night Redemption were all quite good. One of them was a hidden class with a powerful skill like Dark Arrow, while the other two had blue equipment and were at a high level. They should be among the top adventurer players right now, and their collaboration was something to look forward to.

"If the rewards for defending the city were more generous, it would be even more secure." Li Hanqiang approached the Heart of Chaos and reached out to open the "Lottery Chest"...