This direction looked pretty dangerous at first glance.
But don't forget, Ethan had strong poison resistance. To him, the poisonous fog was basically just normal air with a bit of a smell.
The reason he left Daji behind and only brought the White Eagle and the Scarecrow, naturally, it was because the Scarecrow wasn't human at all and simply wasn't afraid of poison, and as for the White Eagle, it could just fly higher when the time came and help keep watch and scout.
As for the poisonous fog zone, it didn't need to go in.
However, if he was heading north, Ethan would pass by his own manor first. He planned to drop off the statue there and let the two mages take a look at what exactly this thing was for.
While riding, Ethan took a moment to open the magic book and check how Jeffery had handled the task he'd assigned to him.
However… the moment Ethan opened the magic book, he saw this scene.
[World Channel]
["Hahaha!"], A player named The_Smartest_Stud suddenly burst out laughing in the world channel, ["Let me tell you all, I got a Sun Worm without spending a single cent. Because I signed some kind of lord contract with that Ethan, and then his underling Jeffery told me how to collect Ice Gall."]
["It turns out it's super easy!"]
["This info is definitely worth more than some Sun Worm. With my skills, I can collect at least a hundred beast cores a day."]
["If anyone's interested, pay me and I'll sell it to you."]
["Ten beast cores!"]
["Just ten beast cores, and I'll tell you the method. You can even do it at home, no need to buy any Sun Worms from him at all."]
["If you want it, hurry up. Info doesn't wait. Once I've sold to the first three people, the price goes up immediately."]
When Ethan saw this guy named The_Smartest_Stud shouting in the world channel about reselling his information, he didn't get angry. Instead, he watched with interest.
Because he was waiting. Waiting for a chance to make an example of someone.
["Really?"], Player Master_Baiter said, ["@The_Smartest_Stud Is your info reliable? Ten beast cores isn't a small amount. Before, a spider egg that could last three days was only three beast cores. Yours is already worth three spider eggs!"]
["Enough talk, look at the picture,"] The_Smartest_Stud said, ["These beast cores in the image, I got them in half an hour. If I'm lying to you, may I die a horrible death."]
Image posted by The_Smartest_Stud: [A man sitting on snowy ground, with twelve fiery-red beast cores placed in front of him. The cores even had some slime on them.]
At a glance, Ethan could tell that The_Smartest_Stud's beast cores were all fire-type, and they had all been stripped out from Ice Gall.
'Heh! What nerve.'
But even at this point, Ethan still didn't say anything to stop him.
After all, no one had ever violated a lord's contract before, so he had always been curious about what would happen to someone who did.
["Damn! Twelve beast cores in half an hour,"] Player A exclaimed in shock, ["That's insane! I'm buying this info from you!"]
However, not long after Player A said this, Ethan was surprised to find that everything The_Smartest_Stud had said began to disappear, as if erased letter by letter by an invisible eraser, vanishing rapidly.
This situation, Ethan had only seen it once before.
That time, a player said he wanted to commit suicide, and shortly after he said it, his words also slowly disappeared like this.
This was the second time!
["That The_Smartest_Stud is a damn scammer,"] Player A suddenly cursed in the world channel, ["I just gave him ten beast cores, and when I tried to @ him again, I found out he even changed his name! I can't tag him at all. Damn it, don't believe anything he says!"]
["Uh…"], Player B said, ["@A It's not that he changed his name. He's dead "]
["Dead? How's that possible? He was fine when he just traded with me…"]
However, before Player A could finish speaking, a pinned announcement suddenly appeared in the world channel.
[Player The_Smartest_Stud from Zone 4 has been directly erased for violating the Lord's Contract. All assets under his name are being settled. After settlement is complete, everything will be compensated to Lord Ethan of Zone 7. All players are advised to take this as a warning.]
["Damn!"]
["Damn! Damn!"]
["No way, he really got erased?"]
["I always thought that lord contract thing was just talk. Didn't expect it to be real."]
["The guy got wiped out, what do you think?"]
["I confess! I actually thought about copying The_Smartest_Stud and selling info too,"] Player Xingkong said, ["But I had the thought, not the guts, so I didn't do it. Thank god, I didn't! That scared the hell out of me."]
["Heh! This world is strange as hell! Do you really think we're still in the old world where bad people have to be punished by law, and freeloaders can get away with anything?"] Player C sneered, ["This world is one truly built on rules! The moment you break them, the rules will erase you. So don't count on getting lucky."]
["So it's like the rule about not going out at night?"], Player D asked in return.
["The rules of this world are far more than just that,"] C continued,["But I advise everyone to follow them properly. Otherwise, your ending will be just like The_Smartest_Stud's. Not only will you fail to gain anything, you'll lose your life. You won't even qualify to become a subject."]
["Gulp!"]
Watching everything unfolding in the world channel, Jeffery was also terrified at this moment.
Although he had signed a lord's contract with Ethan, deep down he still had a bit of a gambler's mindset and had been planning to pull some small tricks of his own.
Luckily, before he could act on those thoughts, this incident happened.
Now, with this example right in front of him, how could Jeffery dare to entertain such ideas anymore? All he wanted now was to wholeheartedly handle the business Ethan assigned to him and be grateful for even a small reward.
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