"I … I …" Sanyue Yu was a little nervous, especially when her brother, Huadi Liqing, wasn't around. She stuttered for a while before explaining her situation.
The headhunter invited her to dinner to discuss business through the endorsement company. Although she was rejected, with March Rain's personality, she naturally couldn't say any harsh words of rejection. Therefore, the impression she gave others was that there was still room for negotiation. Therefore, she went out a few times to discuss business. The impression she gave others was that she was in contact with the headhunter.
"What about you?" Lu Li asked Moonlight.
"A gathering of old friends. Some of them have become Headhunters," Moonlight said, not seeming to care to explain.
Although it was a little strange for an old friend who had become a headhunter to visit him during such a sensitive period, he couldn't possibly not see his old friend because of this. Moreover, the other party kept talking about the glorious years of the past, so it was even more impossible to reject him.
"They probably want to poach you," Lu Li nodded.
"Oh," Moonlight said casually. He didn't say anything else after that. He didn't say that he would never leave, but Lu Li wasn't worried about him.
Moonlight was very important to Ruling Sword. He was one of the top star players and was one of the top three Warriors.
Lu Li, Moonlight and Sanyue Yu – without a powerful Mage, this was the iron triangle of Ruling Sword. Although the others had amazing performances, they were mostly just cooperating with these three.
It could be said that as long as Lu Li, Moonlight and Sanyue Yu were there, Ruling Sword could pull out a team that could only fight.
This was because Lu Li was someone who had experienced rebirth and hadn't revealed himself yet. All of the players who would rise up in the future couldn't escape his memory. Some of them couldn't be recruited for various reasons, while some of them had problems with their character, but they could still be recruited. The most valuable ones were the outstanding players who had risen up from the bottom.
"Actually, I don't really want to be a professional player anymore," Sakura Memories said with a lot of effort.
"Haven't you been working very hard to become a star player?" This time, it wasn't just the competitors who were shocked. Even Cat Dad couldn't sit still. He couldn't hide the anger in his voice.
This girl had been training with him recently. Although she was not a talented player, Cat Dad was most satisfied with her perseverance.
Sakura Memories had never played the Mage class, which was the fastest to level up. However, in the previous games she had played, she was able to surpass the other gods and become number one on the level rankings. She was indeed a girl with amazing perseverance.
"I find that I don't really like this." Sakura Memories was depressed. "I stand on the stage of victory, but I don't feel the joy of victory. Every day, I look at the level rankings dozens of times, but no matter how hard I try, I can't get back to the top of the rankings."
She needed to participate in Instance Dungeon raids, participate in competitions, and receive training from Cat Dad. The amount of time that Sakura Memories had was not enough for her to reach the top position on the Level Rankings.
She was currently Level 57 and ranked in the 40s on the leaderboard. She was still far from first place.
"Uh … I'll try to arrange more time for you to level up." Lu Li was sweating profusely. He could only comfort a girl who only wanted to be number one on the leaderboard.
Was this how a normal person's brain worked?
Some girls liked to dress themselves up beautifully to attract a lot of people's attention. Some girls liked to make money. With money, they could dress themselves up beautifully to attract more people's attention … Uh, okay, they all had the same goal.
But what the hell was with being number one on the leaderboard?
"Also, the competition consumes too much energy. When I log off the game, I fall asleep immediately. I sleep until the next day, and I can't even update my novel," Sakura Memories added.
Most of the players were confused. Only Kitty Likes Meat looked at Sakura Memories in surprise. "Sister Memories, you write romance novels?"
"Uh, yes … yes." She blurted out the genre of the novel.
"So Memories is a novelist. Hold on for a while and reduce your number of matches next season." For the semi-illiterate Lu Li, anyone who could write an article was a very powerful person. They were even comparable to Sakura Memories, who was currently a professional player. However, he didn't understand what online literature was, nor did he understand what it meant to attract girls.
"Don't look at me. I didn't interact with anyone." Mu Qiu saw everyone looking at him and immediately made his attitude clear.
He had joined the guild halfway through. Unlike Kitty Likes Meat and Fei Houzi, who were discovered by Lu Li, he was very cautious and rarely interacted with the outside world. He actively participated in guild activities and worked hard without complaint. His reputation was quite good.
"So … it was all a misunderstanding …" Genhao San let out a long sigh of relief.
A big crisis had been overcome just like that. Poaching might not be fatal for other clubs, but Ruling Sword had only been established for a few months. If two of their players were poached, they wouldn't even be able to form a complete team.
As long as they could survive this transfer season and train a few more professional players in the future, they would slowly gain a foothold.
"Are we eating or not? I can smell the aroma. The chef must be almost ready," Fei Houzi said as he rolled up his sleeves. "Today, the boss is treating us, and it's the chef's cooking. Everyone, let's not go home until we're drunk."
"Lose weight …" Kitty Likes Meat teased.
"Only when you're full will you have the energy to lose weight." Asking Fei Houzi to watch others eat was even more ridiculous than killing him.
Lu Li called for the food to be served. After the incident, he was also hungry. It was a good opportunity to taste the food of a famous chef. The owner of Gorse Restaurant was a Trade Skill player from Ruling Sword, so he lent his chef to the guild for free.
Of course, Lu Li didn't forget about his sister.
A few chefs specially made some food, which Lu Li gave to Lu Xin, Canmeng and Xiaoba Jiang to enjoy.
Canmeng and Xiaoba Jiang had already transferred to Jiangnan City. Lu Li had also specially hired a tutor for the two of them. In front of the two girls' parents, he promised that he would make the two girls study hard.
This meal was very enjoyable. Ruling Sword's competitors had different personalities, but everyone got along very well.
After eating, Fei Houzi suggested that they go for karaoke. The others naturally had to give him face.
However, Lu Li didn't go. He couldn't sing at all and was born tone deaf. Even his sister would laugh at him, so he decided to leave Cat Dad behind. The few of them drank while they talked.
"Brother Cat, you're so mean. We're family, so why are you playing tricks on us? Now, even Kitty is angry with you," Genhao San said as he filled Cat Dad's glass. Of course, drinking in real life was different from drinking in the game, so even if the glass was filled slowly, it wouldn't be much.
Cat Dad drank it in one gulp and sighed, "I'm doing it for her own good."
"I understand," Square Root Three said. He didn't intend to make things difficult for Cat Dad, so he just grumbled a little. After all, Cat Dad's embarrassment was only temporary. Square Root Three and Lu Li's hair had almost turned white from worry. Before this meal, they thought that all of the guild players were planning to run away from home.
"It's hard to be a professional player for a long time. Look at those who are thirty years old and still playing. Those who are thirty-five years old are a joke." Cat Dad grabbed the bottle and poured himself a glass. He raised his head and downed it.
He wasn't exaggerating. There were quite a few 30 year old competitors, but these people only brought more disappointment to the audience.
Mowang Feng was called a veteran, but he wasn't actually that old. He was only in his twenties. However, the real veterans at 35 years old didn't have many opportunities to play. They were usually sparring partners. Back in the day, they were unparalleled, but now they had to serve a group of juniors.
"It's not that everyone is doing badly. You're doing well now," Wander said as he lazily clinked his glass with Cat Dad.
"I'm doing well. I'm just going around begging. If it wasn't for the fact that I bought some assets, I probably wouldn't be able to make any money. I don't want my daughter to go down this path." Cat Dad's alcohol tolerance was average and he was already a little tipsy.
"Aside from Ruling Sword, where else can you take her?" Wandering asked, going straight to the point.
"Ah, yes, nowhere to go." Cat Dad was resigned to his fate. He had a lot of connections in the industry and could arrange for his daughter to enter many large clubs, but these clubs weren't necessarily better than Ruling Sword.
After all, Ruling Sword was in the midst of its rapid growth.
"I won't cheat you guys," Wander said as he patted Cat Dad on the shoulder with a heavy heart.
In front of Lu Li and the others, there was still the crisis of the transfer season. Although it was perfectly resolved in the short term, this crisis was like a cancer that almost no one could remove.
During the transfer season, Ruling Sword had temporarily calmed down, but the other clubs weren't.
In the beginning, it was all small fights. After the headhunters stirred up the water, third-tier and even unranked players began to jump around. The major clubs were like housewives buying vegetables in the market, picking and choosing which ones they were barely interested in and throwing them into their basket at a low price.
The first second-rate player to be poached was surprisingly Drizzle Court's Chip Cookie.
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