After get off work, I started speedrunning through the other world

Riverbank.

Under the sparkling water, several live fish swam happily, accompanied by the sound of rushing water.

"I almost thought I was going to die!" Jed's expression was still frightened. He sat on the stone by the river, soaking his feet in the water and stirring gently.

It was the first time in her life that she saw such exaggerated destructive power. A casual knife could destroy a city, and a light slash could cut through mountains.

If it weren't for the lava giant, who didn't care about the three of them at all, I'm afraid they would have died long ago, and there would be no possibility of survival.

"Speaking of which, Sister Leticia seems to know that giant very well." She turned her head and asked Leticia, who was also sitting by the river and soaking her feet.

"Why is there such a strong giant?"

"It's not the giant that's strong, it's the sword." Leticia explained to Zed, "Even if you hold that sword, you can still have almost the same power."

"It's really enviable." Zed looked up at the blue sky and gently kicked the cool river water, "I wish I could have a weapon like that."

"Even if you pick up a weapon like that, you can't use it." Leticia chuckled and looked at Zed's puzzled eyes.

"If you want to use a weapon like that, you need the owner of the weapon to recognize it, or use it by force with your own power."

"That giant is a saint who believes in Surtur, and he holds a trial work of the Sword of Light made by the fire giant Surtur."

"Ordinary people can't have these conditions."

Zed nodded. Although he was a little disappointed, he didn't care too much. She would never have the chance to pick up a weapon of that level in her life, so there was no need to care about the conditions for use.

After all, she couldn't even meet the conditions for possession.

"Sister Leticia, you know so much." She sighed, and saw Leticia, who had been smiling, turned her head away unnaturally.

"Sister Leticia, you are too easy to be praised. It is not easy to attract the boss's attention like this."

"It's not that reason." Leticia shook her head gently, raised her hand to gently gather her golden hair by her ears, and lowered her emerald eyes.

She did have a good impression of Akhtar, and she could admit it frankly, but this time it was really not because Akhtar was unnatural.

It was because she knew so much about the trial product of the Sword of Light and the Saint, mainly because there was a real Sword of Light hidden at home.

She had touched the Sword of Light with her own hands before.

"Yeah, I understand." Zed nodded gently, looking at the even more unnatural Leticia, and did not continue to tease the princess.

She is so… immature in love. It is probably impossible to win the boss’ heart in a short time. After all, if you want to win the boss’ heart, you have to use passion like fire to pry open the boss’ heart.

Although she has never practiced it, she has rich theoretical knowledge.

“Speaking of which, does the boss take so long to take a bath?” She took the initiative to change the subject and looked down the river.

In response, Leticia smiled and explained: “He is stained with too much blood, so it will probably take more time.”

Akhtar, who escaped from the Crucible City, was drenched in the blood of the giants, which was equivalent to jumping into the blood pool and swimming a circle.

So, it is understandable that he takes a little longer to take a bath.

Zed nodded in agreement, looking at Akhtar who was walking downstream, and deliberately raised his voice, "You are really considerate to the boss. I wonder if the boss knows Sister Leticia's intentions."

"..." Leticia was slightly stunned when she heard this, and followed Zed's line of sight. She saw Akhtar wearing a pair of shorts and carrying three fat fish.

"I'm done. Do you want to take a shower?" Ximu asked the two of them, "I can wait for you here and grill a fish for lunch."

"Okay." Leticia nodded in agreement, holding Zed's wrist and heading upstream of the river. They really wanted to take a shower.

And she could also see that Akhtar was intentionally or unintentionally changing the subject, and she didn't want Akhtar to be difficult.

So she followed Akhtar's words and left.

"..." Ximu glanced at the two people who left, and skillfully prepared to grill the fish. I don't know what the official thinks of this game. Not only are there restrictions on the magic bar and energy bar, but there are also restrictions on hunger value. You can't just keep hacking and killing.

Unless the level is raised to level 60 or above, the demand for food can be greatly reduced. If you don't eat in the early stage and just want to kill people, the high hunger value will cause the attributes to temporarily decrease, and the recovery speed of magic and energy will slow down.

Therefore, it is still necessary to replenish food.

[Host, what a good opportunity to capture just now! ] The system's voice suddenly sounded, chattering in Ximu's mind.

[Give a little reaction and you can take down Leticia! ]

"I don't plan to capture her, why should I agree?" Ximu asked the system back, and then added.

"And if becoming a couple will hinder me from brushing the favorability of other female characters and affect my strength improvement?"

[It seems to make sense. ] The system is a little unconfident, and the voice is gradually getting smaller. If you become a couple with Leticia now, it will be inconvenient to capture other characters.

Then the host's avoidance is the right choice now.

Could it be that the host... is a genius in capturing beautiful girls.

"You are too good." Ximu responded lightly, causing the system to become completely silent. As a plug-in for the host, he was actually ridiculed for being too bad.

What's even more cruel is that he seems to have no reason to refute.

[...] The system was silent for a long time, observing the host skillfully grilling fish, and said something faintly.

[Host, I'm going to repair the lower panel. 】

"Yeah." Ximu's perfunctory response made the system even more upset. He seemed to be ignored by the host, which was different from what he imagined.

Even if he is ignored, he is not even willing to comfort Him.

[I really want to repair the panel. I haven’t spoken for a long time? ] The system emphasized another sentence deliberately.

But this time, Ximu finally reacted. He seemed to be aware of the system's mood and replied to the system:

"You've worked hard overtime, remember to take a good rest."

【……OK. ] He replied dully, and the system stopped talking. At least the host showed some concern for him.

And when the host realizes that this world is not virtual, his attitude towards himself will definitely change dramatically.

…

…

Soon after.

Leticia and Geed came back and saw that Ximu had already grilled the fish. He waved to them and sat down to have a meal of grilled fish together.

Once you take a bite, it's indescribably delicious...it's weird, it's hard to swallow. There's no seasoning, it's just roasted.

Wanting delicious food is impossible.

"It tastes bad." Geed said what was in his heart, biting into the fish with a grimace, while Leticia comforted him.

"In order to replenish your strength, just endure it." She frowned slightly and ate the fish cooked by Ximu.

The current conditions are not good, so it would be nice to have something to eat.

"By the way, Geede, what are you going to do next?" Ximu suddenly spoke and asked the grimacing Geede:

"Your adventure group has been destroyed. What are your next plans?"

"Send you, boss, to the Sky City and get your employment salary." Geed expressed his idea, "Then we will use our savings to subsidize our families."

She lowered her head and ate the fish, her voice surprisingly calm.

"In the future, I will probably create an adventure group to help everyone's wives and children maintain a normal life as much as possible."

As an adventurer, it is normal to be killed unexpectedly. Everyone is mentally prepared and has reserved funds for this in advance.

Therefore, now that the group is really wiped out and she is the only one left alive, she can also act according to the prepared plan.

Not at a loss.

"Do you want to come with us?" Ximufa explained to Jade while eating fish, "I can help you introduce a reliable job. If everything goes well, you can also bring your family members to live in the Sky City."

"Boss, I need to make a lot of money." Jade shook his head and wanted to refuse Ximu's invitation until he saw Ximu raise three fingers.

"Three hundred gold coins are not enough." She shook her head and saw Ximu smile and said seriously.

"Not three hundred, but three thousand?"

"Huh?" Jade was stunned, as if he was wondering if he was hallucinating. Even though three thousand gold coins were very small, they could be spent in a day in a place like Lionheart City.

But in a small place or small city, it is a huge sum of money.

"Boss, I'm not worth three thousand gold coins." She quickly shook her head, very self-aware, "Even if I sell myself to you, I'm not worth that much money."

Having said this, she turned to Leticia and asked.

"Sister Leticia, your knight captain... doesn't have three thousand gold coins a month, right?"

Leticia: "..."

Why did he suddenly turn the topic to her, even though her knight captain did not have a monthly salary of three thousand gold coins.

However, the treatment is considered generous.

"Yes, if you are my guard." Ximu explained, "I will become Siegfried's apprentice. As my guard, it is normal for you to get a high salary."

"Boss, are you serious?" Jade asked seriously, forgetting to eat the fish that was hard to swallow in his mouth.

In response, Ximu nodded: "You are reliable and straightforward in doing things, so you have this value."

"Understood." Jade immediately corrected his attitude and asked Ximu, "Then should I call you boss or master now?"

Ximu didn't care and said casually: "As you like?"

"Boss, you are such a good person." Jade was so moved that he became much closer to Ximu.

Ximu smiled upon seeing this and didn't say much. If he takes advantage of the trend and launches a strategy against Geed now, he will have a chance to develop Geed's side plot.

Originally, this was the way players summarized how to defeat Geed, but even if they didn’t want to conquer Geed, it would be good to simply make Geed an NPC as an assistant, and it would be easier to use than ordinary NPCs.

Moreover, the players basically paid without capital. Siegfried paid the money, and it was the players who gained Geed's favor.

Eat well.

The three of them drove the carriage and headed towards the City in the Sky. They drove from dawn to dusk and finally arrived at the next city.

The city is suspended in the sky, and below it is a huge lake. One side of the lake rises towards the sky along with the invisible gravity, and the other side falls and turns into a falling waterfall.

It seems like a crawler running, rising and falling again.

"We're here. This is the Sky City." Jed drove the carriage and explained to the two people beside him, "We'll take a special boat and follow the backward waterfall to ascend to the Sky City, but the boat fare is a bit expensive."

"It's okay, I'll pay for it." Ximu said casually, watching Jed park the carriage in front of a shabby hotel.

He got off the carriage and looked around.

This is the town on the way to the Sky City. It is relatively prosperous, and many tourists will stay here temporarily.

And this is also the best place...to assassinate Leticia. If you go to the Sky City, then under the protection of Siegfried, there is basically no chance to complete the assassination.

So, if nothing unexpected happens, there will be an assassination tonight.

"Okay, boss." Jed came over and pointed to the carriage that was taken away, "Rest for a while, and we can go to the Sky City at noon."

"Yeah." Nodding lightly, Ximu took Leticia's wrist and walked into the hotel with Jed.

Leticia, whose wrist was pulled, was also keenly aware that something was wrong. She looked around, but found nothing wrong.

However, she believed in Akhtar's judgment that there would be assassinations next, and she must be vigilant.

At the same time.

A thousand meters away from the hotel, a half-open window was gently closed, and the dark room was too quiet.

Until a candle was lit, revealing several figures hiding in the dark, they were dressed differently and holding different weapons.

The most eye-catching was a man, who put his feet on the table, leaned against the chair, held a cigarette, and threw a dagger up and down.

"That man is very vigilant, and he will react just by looking at him. It is not easy to assassinate him at close range."

He analyzed calmly.

"But from the fact that he brought two women with him and did not give up even in danger, he... does not resist contact with women, especially beautiful women."

"In other words, you want me to go?" In the corner, a plump woman with big wavy red hair and charming temperament smiled.

She raised her hand and gently twirled the red hair by her ear.

"I'm the best at handling little boys like that."

"Don't be careless, he's very alert." The man reminded her, and the charming woman smiled confidently, her fingers gently brushing across her red lips.

"I have no hostility towards that handsome boy, I just want to assassinate Leticia, he can't even detect my killing intention."

"Heh... that's right." The man caught the falling dagger, "You'll go and assassinate Leticia, and you'll get 70% of the money."

"Leave it to me." The woman laughed softly and left the room confidently. She had no hostility towards the handsome boy, and she also pretended to be the owner of the hotel, approaching Akhtar and Leticia, which was the most logical thing.

After a while.

One knife.

Blood splattered.

Ximu put away the knife expressionlessly, looked at the unbelievable charming female killer, and fell down with his throat covered. As soon as he saw the female killer's face, he knew what she wanted to do.

He didn't even need to ask, he knew she was here to assassinate.

"Boss, how can you kill people so casually!" Jed was stunned. She watched Ximu open the door, look at the charming red-haired woman outside the door, and then kill her mercilessly with a knife. The whole process was so fast that she didn't react.

"She is a killer." Ximu explained, squatting down to search the female killer, and took out a bunch of assassination tools and poisons.

Jed stared at this scene in amazement. How did she see this? If she hadn't seen the boss search out a bunch of poisons and assassination weapons, she wouldn't have noticed that the other party was a killer.

Now she began to believe that the boss was an astrologer.

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