Even NPC'S can't be TRUSTED!

Drifting Clouds Village was like the other novice villages, bursting with activities.

Everyone was doing something

Everything was doing someone?

Okay that didn't sound right but everyone and everything was busy in one way or another

The Village Land Agent Shop wasn't an exception.

The Land Agent Shop was a single story shop built with wood and painted yellow.

This shop wasn't the most crowded among the few shops in the village. However, players went in and out of the shop with different ugly expressions on their face. Some were angry and others looked defeated.

Now what would make potential land owners look so down casted? Ma Vương was about to find out as he too walked into the shop.

Unlike the outside, the inside was quite decent and wide

There was a long bench were a few people sat waiting for their turns

Ma Vương too sat down patiently.

After almost half an hour, it was finally Ma Vương's turn. He went into the office catiously mindful of the fact that do far, no one had come out with a good expression on their face.

"You're here to purchase a land?" an emotionally voice asked immediately Ma Vương stepped into the off

The office was small, only big enough to fit two people and of course the pill of papers arrange everywhere

"Yes" Ma Vương replied.

The NPC infront of him didn't look any older than a young adult, probably twenty or twenty five years old

The young NPC looked up from his paperwork and at Ma Vương. In an instant, he immediately stood up from his chair

"Legendary one, I had no idea it was you. Welcome" the NPC said

Ma Vương looked at him blankly for a moment before remembering about the titles he had.

Acting like the cool respected young man he was supposed to be, Ma Vương nodded and strolled over to a chair

"I'm here to purchase a land" he said after sitting down majestically.

"Of course. For such trivia matter, you didn't need to stay in line for so long" The NPC said and dug through the pill of papers on his table

"Here" The NPC said handing Ma Vương a small booklet

"Pick any land you like and it will definitely be yours even if someone else has it already"

Ma Vương accepted the booklet and opened it

Inside, there was a list of lands in Drifting Clouds Village including properties already owned by others

Looked like they were willing to re-sell other people property if enough coins was given.

Even NPC'S can't be TRUSTED!

If one didn't have the strength and proper documentation, he could easily loses his money and property to another

This world wasn't that different from the real world after all

After a few minutes of going through the booklet, Ma Vương frowned

"The prices here are reasonable. Why is everyone leaving with soar faces" he asked

The NPC scratch the back of his next nervously

"Well you see, the price there is only for the land. Buys will still have to pay for documentations and other things. Naturally, the price will increase"

Ma Vương nodded. It wasn't much different from back in the real world. Ma Vương pointed at a land that had the lowest price in the booklet

"Including all further expenses, how much is this land?" he asked

The NPC looked at it for a moment. It was only worth 70 bronze coins because it's location wasn't favorable

"Including all expensive, this land is 210 bronze coins on outright payment and 280 on installmental payment"

Ma Vương almost choked on his own saliva after the NPC finished talking

"210 bronze coins from 70 bronze coins" That was a good three times the original amount. Documentations along cost two times more than the land itself!

Why don't you go rob someone!

Despite these thoughts, Ma Vương quickly recompose his expression and became calm

He opened through the booklet again and pointed at another land

"This one, I want this one" he said

The NPC took a closer look

"That's an excellent choice legendary one. Not only is the area secure, it has great views around it. Including all expenses, this land cost a total of 2000 bronze coins or 20 gold coins only!"

Only?!

Fuck you!

Taking in a deep breath, Ma Vương nodded

"How do I make payment for two plots of the land? I want to pay in gold" he asked getting out his identity card which also served as a bank card of a sort.

"Two plots? Okay" The NPC said and dug into his pocket. He took out a blue card and collected Ma Vương's card too

He placed both cards one on the other and a flash of white light appear on them

[Your account have been debited with 40 gold coins on ....]

[Error... Error.... Unable to obtain date of transaction]

[Analysing the situation...Scanning....Bug found.... Error Correction in process]

[De-bugging.... 0%, 10%, 30%, 54%, 71%, 80%, 99.9%, .....100%]

[Debugging completed...Error have been corrected]

[Transaction date are now ready for calculations..... calculating... calculated successfully]

[Your account have been credited with 1,000 gold coins and you have obtained 400LP, 1 blood condensing pill, 1 skill book and twenty thousand pieces of brickes]

And this time, Hon Ma Vương actually chocked on his saliva

"Legendary one, are you okay?!" The NPC asked alarmed

Ma Vương waved his hand dismissingly. Okay?

He was more than okay

Lose 40 gold coins to gain 1,000 gold coins and almost two weeks days worth of leveling points!!

Why wouldn't he be okay?!

"I'm fine. Are you done with the transaction? can I have my papers now?" Ma Vương quickly said to the NPC

"um, yes" The young npc replied. He looked at Ma Vương strangely. Right now, this legendary one definitely acted weird

'Oh well, not my problem. I'm only here to sell lands, not play detective'

Almost an hour later, Ma Vương finally walked out a shop and found a quiet place

"Thief" Qiáng said the moment he was let out of the ring

Ma Vương blinked innocently

"What do you mean? It's not my fault there is a bug in the game" he said

Qiáng rolled his eyes

"What do you want to use two plots of 600sqm lands for?" He asked

"You'll know when we get there" Ma Vương replied and smirked "Let's go"

In a blink, soft blue light surrounded his feet and he dashed off into the distance

[World Announcements]

[Player Hon Ma Vương of Drifting Clouds Village has become the first player to buy two plots of lands worth over 30 gold coins and has received the following rewards => +3 allocable stat points, 300 bronze coins, +1 luck points]

The world announcement was declared seconds after Ma Vương ran off and almost immediately, all players and those in the real world were in a state of shock

Buy a land?

No. Two plots of land

Isn't that too extreme? The game has been up for barely five hours and someone already had enough money to buy lands?

An hacker

Soon enough, everyone let whatever they were doing to talk about the player that bought a land barely five hours into the game

However, their shock didn't last long when...

[World Announcements]

[Player Dark Slayer of Midnight Glory Village has become the second player to buy a plot of land worth over 20 gold coins and has received the following rewards => +2 allocable stat points, 200 bronze coins, +1 attack power]

[World Announcements]

[Player Floating Bunny of Spring Heart Village has become the third player to buy a plot of land worth over 15 gold coins and has received the following rewards => +1 allocable stat points, 100 bronze coins, +100 HP]

And for the second an third time in a few minutes, everyone's jaws dropped

So much gold....

Three players, Three Villages

"oh my goodness, these players must be gods. How did they manage to gather so much gold coins?!" a random player exclaimed

"Beats me. I only have 200 bronze coins and when I want to get a cheep land, the NPC there told me I had to pay three times the price!!" random player 2 complained

"You're lucky. When the NPC found out I didn't have enough money to even pay the original price, he directly chased me out of the office!"

Many activities were temporary abandoned.

Everyone was talking about the treatment they received at various land agents and also about the three boss players that had enough money to purchase lands in such a short span of time

****

"Did they have to announce the reward and my location?" An annoyed voice asked

Dark Slayer, one of the three that were announced

"Floating Bunny, Hon Ma Vương... interesting" he said and walked away from the land agent in his village, a bunch of eyes staring at him

*****

Hon Ma Vương didn't even bother with the system announcements

He barely even registered the names of the other two

The rewards wasn't even more further from his attention

Luck points?

What the heck was that?

Instead, Ma Vương was focused on the large area of land in front of him

With not a single dirt or grass on the ground, this place looked like every other part of the village

However, the moment Ma Vương stepped into the invisible line that divided his property from the rest of the village, Ma Vương's eyes grew wide

[You have stepped into your property. You will continually gain 1 leveling point every ten minutes. Note, the more you develop your land, the low the time will go and the more leveling points you'll be able to gain]

(+1lp)

To say Ma Vương was speechless would be the biggest understatement of the century.

He was more that speechless, he was....he was....

"I've struck gold!" Ma Vương yelled out loud