Chapter 18

In the grass near the north gate of the human main city, Li Huailin and Hongyan Heishui quietly squatted there. Hongyan Heishui, being a first-time robber, was excitedly looking around, while Li Huailin had a pained expression.

"Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law, by the way, I don't even know your name yet," Hongyan Heishui suddenly asked.

"My in-game name is Huairuolin, and my real name is Li Huailin. You can call me whatever you like," Li Huailin said without any hesitation, revealing his full name.

"Hmm..." Hongyan Heishui frowned and thought carefully, "Forget it, I'll just call you Sister-in-law. It sounds more natural."

"..."

"Hey, Sister-in-law, why are we squatting in the grass?" Hongyan Heishui asked.

"To give people a sudden scare," Li Huailin began to make up an explanation, trying to convince the young one, "The most basic part of robbing is to rely on your presence, do you understand presence?"

"Hmm..." Hongyan Heishui thought for a moment and shook her head.

"Presence, simply put, is to scare the other person. You need to make them fear you so they'll hand over the money. If they don't fear you, why would they give you money?" Li Huailin continued to make up stories, "So we squat in the grass to suddenly appear and scare them. Once they're scared, their presence weakens, and the success rate of the robbery increases."

"Sister-in-law, you know so much," Hongyan Heishui said, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

"Of course, when it comes to robbing, there are very few people in the world who know more than me," Li Huailin said, even though he had only successfully "robbed" twice today, he was already boasting.

"Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law, someone's coming," Hongyan Heishui said excitedly.

Li Huailin looked and indeed saw someone approaching. It looked like a warrior player, an offensive type, carrying a two-handed greatsword, and his equipment seemed quite good, with three or four pieces glowing blue.

"This mountain is mine, this grass is mine. If you want to pass, leave your money behind!" Without a word, Li Huailin jumped out of the grass and shouted habitually.

Since it was her first time, Hongyan Heishui was stunned by Li Huailin's lines and didn't know what to say. After a long pause, she managed to say, "Sister-in-law is right!"

"What? Robbing?" The warrior player was taken aback, then sized up the two who had jumped out. The female priest seemed normal, with two bronze pieces of equipment, which was decent. But what was this guy in the beginner's three-piece set doing here?

"Damn, what are you looking at? Hand over the money quickly, or I'll kill you," Li Huailin said fiercely.

"Sister-in-law is right!" Hongyan Heishui, not knowing what to say, repeated again.

"Why do you keep saying the same thing?" Li Huailin said, feeling frustrated.

"Well, it's my first time, I don't know what to say," Hongyan Heishui shrugged, looking innocent.

"Fine, say whatever you want..."

The warrior player, though taken aback, soon became angry. Robbing in broad daylight? And by these two "newbies"? Especially since Li Huailin was so rude. He lowered his voice, "Get lost, I need to level up. I don't have time to play with you."

Li Huailin was secretly pleased. Finally, a normal player. This time, it looked like he might get the experience boost from dying.

"Sister-in-law, what if he doesn't hand over the money?" Hongyan Heishui asked, a bit anxious when she saw the warrior player not paying up.

"Of course, we hit him first. If he still doesn't get the hint, we kill him," Li Huailin said. He wanted to attack first to be the one to initiate the attack, so he could gain 20% more experience if he died.

"Oh, I see," Hongyan Heishui nodded, as if she had learned a new trick.

"Are you going to attack me first? If you have the guts, go ahead," the warrior player said, taken aback. He didn't want to attack first either, as that would add to his evil deeds. He didn't want to be red-named. He looked at Li Huailin's beginner's three-piece set and decided to let him attack first.

"That's more like it," Li Huailin nodded, raising his sword and thrusting it at the warrior's chest, saying, "Why are you so cocky!"

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A red number floated up, and both the warrior player and Hongyan Heishui were stunned.

"Damn, this can't be possible," the warrior player exclaimed, then immediately checked his health. He was down to a sliver of health. One more hit and he would be down. How could this player in cloth gear have such high attack power? He hadn't even used any skills, just a normal attack.

"Scared... scared, right?" Hongyan Heishui, who was also shocked, suddenly realized they were still robbing and continued to follow Li Huailin's "scare" tactic.

With a "thud," the warrior player knelt down in front of Li Huailin, who was stunned.

"Brother, I didn't recognize your greatness. Please spare my life," the warrior player said, his voice filled with desperation.

"Hey, brother, this is a robbery. Aren't you angry? Don't you want to kill me?" Li Huailin, taken aback, kindly reminded him.

"Right, didn't you just say you were going to kill us?" Hongyan Heishui, standing beside him, raised her head proudly.

"There's no such thing. How dare I fight you? You can kill me with a flick of your finger," the warrior player said, his face showing repentance. He then took out 20 silver coins, "This is all I have. Please don't kill me..."

Li Huailin was really at a loss, and he tried to persuade the player again, "Think about it, how hard it is to earn this money. How many monsters did you have to kill to get this much?"

Hongyan Heishui, hearing Li Huailin's words, was a bit stunned. She suddenly realized that her sister-in-law must have noticed that the player hadn't handed over all his money and was dissatisfied with the amount. She decided to support her sister-in-law. "That's right, you killed so many monsters and only have this much money? Hand over all your money, or my sister-in-law will stab you to death."

The warrior player, hearing the threat of being stabbed, swayed and immediately took out more silver coins and copper coins from his bag, "All... all of it, I really have no more money."

"..." Li Huailin really wanted to roll his eyes.

"Alright, since you're so honest, we'll spare your life. You can go," Hongyan Heishui said, seeing that Li Huailin wasn't speaking. She thought the player had been completely robbed and felt that Li Huailin was very skilled, and she had a lot to learn.

"Thank you, thank you," the warrior player gratefully ran back to the safety zone of the main city.

"Wow, I succeeded in my first robbery. Sister-in-law, look, I have 34 silver and 60 copper. I'm so awesome, no, you're so awesome," Hongyan Heishui suddenly hugged the silver coins and jumped up and down, watching the warrior player leave.

"Is that so... hehe..." Li Huailin could only laugh awkwardly.

"Hey, Sister-in-law, why aren't you very happy...?" Hongyan Heishui was taken aback, then realized, "Right, Sister-in-law, you're already an expert at robbing. This is probably the least amount of money you've ever robbed. We need to work harder, no, I need to work harder."

Seeing the excited Hongyan Heishui, Li Huailin rubbed his face, "What am I doing? If I keep this up, I'll really become a master robber."

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