“…”
The player stared at him with wide eyes filled with disbelief for a moment before falling onto the ground.
«You have killed your first player!»
«You have gained the title ‘Player Killer’!»
“H-He killed our brother! Kill him and avenge our brother!”
The remaining three players immediately sprang into action after witnessing their brother being killed by Yuan, their faces filled with anger.
“Thousand Knife Technique!”
However, Yuan swung the Starry Abyss before any of the players could even get close to him, and before the players could even react, a black light flashes right before their necks.
*Plop* *Plop* *Plop*
The three players collapsed onto the floor simultaneously a moment later with deep cuts in their necks.
After killing the four players, Yuan stared at the corpses on the floor, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.
‘I thought I wouldn’t be able to kill people, but it was surprisingly easy…’ Yuan looked at his palms that were slightly trembling.
However, he was not scared, nor was he traumatized by the experience.
“This is… excitement?” Yuan mumbled to himself in disbelief.
When he fought the four players, he didn’t see it as fighting another human. Instead, it felt no different than fighting monsters.
“Brother! Are you okay!?” Yu Rou and Xiao Hua approached him a moment later.
“Are you hurt anywhere?” Yu Rou began patting him all over his body to check for injuries.
“Don’t worry, I am not injured,” he said with a reassuring smile.
And then he continued, “Do you think I’ll be punished for killing other players?”
“I don’t think so, since there are many Player Killers out there but none of them have been punished for it,” Yu Rou said to him.
“I see…”
“That was your first time killing another player, right? How do you feel, brother?” Yu Rou asked him afterward.
“I don’t know, but one thing for sure is that I don’t feel bad about it, and knowing that they don’t die permanently made it much easier,” he said. “I won’t let anyone hurt you, Yu Rou, no matter who they are.”
“Thank you, brother…” Yu Rou nodded with a bashful expression on her slightly rosy face.
“What should we do with their corpses?” Yuan asked sometime later.
“They’ll respawn in an hour, so let’s take their stuff before that happens,” Yu Rou said as she began rummaging through their pockets.
“Y-You’re going to take their stuff?” Yuan looked at her with wide eyes, as he didn’t expect to see such savageness from her.
“Why not? You know that saying ‘An eye for an eye’? They tried to rob us, so it’s only fair that we do the same to them. And it feels no different from dismantling a monster after killing it.”
Sometime later, Yu Rou returned with a disappointed expression on her face.
“Besides their weapons, they only had fifteen silvers and some minor recovery pills on them…” she sighed, “I guess it’s better than nothing.”
Sometime later, they continued walking back to Spring City.
“Xiao Hua, can you tell us if there are people close to us? I don’t want to risk running into more people like the ones just now,” Yuan said to her.
“Okay,” she nodded.
Two hours later, they returned to Spring City, and then Mr. Qiang’s Medicine Shop.
“Welcome back, young lady! Did you find the Spirit Grass?” The receptionist immediately recognized her beautiful face.
“Yes, we even brought more than you’d requested if you don’t mind.” Yu Rou said to him.
“Oh, that’s perfect! I’ll pay you 10 silver more for every extra jin of Spirit Grass you have for me.”
The receptionist then placed a scale on the counter and said, “Throw everything you have on here.”
Yu Rou nodded and placed her 2 jins worth of Spirit Grass onto the scale.
Then Yuan placed his 20 jins of Spirit Grass into the scale.
“You gathered 22 jins of Spirit Grass in such a short amount of time? I’m amazed!” The receptionist exclaimed his admiration.
“Wait, we still have more,” Yuan said and turned to look at Xiao Hua.
“How much did you gather?” he asked her.
“318 jins,” she responded calmly.
“Huh?”
Everyone in the store suddenly turned to look at her with wide eyes filled with disbelief.