What was the first thing the Players would do when they arrived at a new continent?
Explore this completely unfamiliar land and search for interesting quests, mysterious treasures, and valuable prey in this brand-new area.
They would proclaim the greatness of the God of Games to the natives of this land, spreading their teachings and recruiting new believers to strengthen the influence of the Church of Games.
They would avenge their friend Zonyan, and everyone would march together to kill Swordtail Grayclaw and reclaim Zonyan's position as chief.
Either way, they would hold a banquet first.
Naturally, the banquet was not a celebration of their arrival at a new continent.
In fact, it was more of a victory celebration, mainly celebrating the successful conclusion of the previous event, 'Creeping Shadow'.
Zonyan's trio naturally ignored everything else when they saw the sumptuous food and dug in.
Unlike the wood elves, the Long Ears didn't have any innate affection for the Players and other foreigners, but they didn't feel indifference or disgust either.
For them, the Long Ears had brought the ingredients for the banquet themselves and didn't touch the Long Ears' stored food (which was actually Beit's haystacks). Instead, they traded some finely ground sweet wheat flour for some seafood for barbecue, which was why there was no need for them to dislike the Players at all.
The few Long Ears children were even drooling when they saw the barbecue stall the Players had set up …
Naturally, the delighted Players wouldn't be stingy either, and all of them invited the Long Ears to join them.
With Zonyan's trio, who had considerable Reputation as their guarantee, the Long Ears were succumbing to the temptation and eating and drinking with the Players. In the end, before the sky darkened and the biggest bonfire was lit, the Long Ears were already mingling with the Players …
"Oh, there's actually such a huge crab here. Wonderful." Gou Dan looked moved as he munched on a freshly cooked crab. "The Fishmen Island's crabs are almost all caught by those guys who farm daily dungeons. I didn't even see a single crab the last time I went for a three-hour stroll!"
The other Players were also full of praise for the Long Ears' seafood.
While the Gray Fjord Bay was rich in resources and the seafood there could be considered sumptuous, the Long Ears' seafood there was superior in taste and freshness compared to the Gray Fjord Bay, perhaps because the Dark Tide Coast was more dangerous and the currents were more turbulent.
On the other hand, the taste of the Sea Monsters was about the same. In fact, due to the incorrect cooking methods, the Sea Monster meat that the players roasted had a strange taste. It wasn't even as delicious as the meat roasted by the frogmen at the Warty Tidal Flat.
Unlike the Players who were picky about their tastes — there were even a few Players who did not like to grind daily lives or clear dungeons, and had begun to embark on adventures in search of tastier ingredients — the Long Ears were much easier to satisfy.
Regardless of whether it was the roasted meat that was slightly burnt or the bread that was not roasted well and was a little sticky, they did not reject it and even ate it with great relish.
After all, ever since they were chased out of their original home, the Vierlin Plains, they had been in a constant crisis of food shortage. Even if they had Beet Grass for every meal and the occasional seafood for a taste, they could not hide the fact that their food reserves were dwindling.
In fact, after Zonyan's group of three arrived at the Long Ears' village and ate three extra portions of food every day, the Long Ears' already small portion of food became even smaller and they were basically starving.
Moreover, without enough meat, eggs, and milk as supplements, the growth of the children in the tribe became slow. Not only were they thin and small, but their physical strength was also low. They couldn't even learn the martial arts passed down from generation to generation in the tribe.
And now, the Long Ears' chief felt as if he had opened the door to a new world with the rich resources (mainly food) that the Players had brought.
From the Long Ears' chief's perspective, the food that these humans relied on for survival wasn't that precious a resource.
That being said, if they couldn't break through the blockade of the Gray Werewolves and the Hyena-men to obtain the resources they needed for survival, could they start from scratch and trade with these humans who called themselves' Players'? It seems that they also like seafood very much.
Still, the Long Ears' chief felt that it wasn't quite right after he thought about it.
The Players' love for seafood was merely at the level of appetite, and not to the extent that nobles would spend huge sums to buy seafood that wasn't worth much in the first place.
They definitely wouldn't be able to keep trading seafood if their tribe's main product.
Moreover, it was difficult to gather seafood from the Dark Tide Coast, and they could lose more of their tribe if they weren't careful. It was hard to say if it was worth it …
The Players naturally didn't care what the Long Ears' chief was thinking. Most of them were bragging about their heroic performance in the previous event, such as how they single-handedly defeated the Dead Red Dragon and crippled its leg, or how they single-handedly defeated hundreds of Undead Orks. Even Joe was sipping his ale as he described in detail how he cut off the Dead Red Dragon's toe with a single swing of his sword.
At the same time, Edward found Zonyan looking a little lonely in the crowd.
He walked up to him and toasted him, before asking why he seemed a little disappointed.
"I had thought that building the Lifestone and connecting the two continents would be more rewarding." Zonyan shook his head and smiled bitterly. "But the God of Games only gave me some EXP and some game coins … it's not a small amount, but it feels a little different from what I expected at first …"
That was probably how the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
"You're misunderstanding the God of Games." Edward chuckled at that. As expected, these fellows weren't as firm in their faith in the God of Games as he was, doubting the God of Games over such trivial matters. "If I'm not mistaken, you could still redeem those big ships from before, right?"
"Yeah … although I have to trade my points for carrying bricks." Zonyan nodded, but said in annoyance. "I hate carrying bricks!"
"But you're the only one who gets that reward!" Edward said seriously. "Think about it. Everyone could use the Lifestone to travel between the two continents, but we can't carry much on each trip, not to mention that we have to pay game coins for teleportation!"
"On the other hand, ships are different. If you could make a ship big enough and find a safe route over the seas, wouldn't you be able to transport as many goods as you want? Isn't trade between the two continents enough to make you happy? Mister Marni would be so happy he'd die of a heart attack again! "
In the end, Edward concluded with a serious look on his face. "That's why, don't be depressed over such things. The God of Games would never be wrong! He would definitely have prepared it for you! "
Zonyan thought about it. That did make sense, but there was also something wrong …
He glanced at the pious Edward and thought to himself, 'As expected, the God of Games' thoughts are so profound that mortals like us can't understand them … '
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Chapter 243:
The True Reward
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