Chapter 1 Anna

As soon as Anna heard this, she immediately left the president's office to invite Henry, the president of the Starstreak Trading Firm.

After watching Anna leave, Shi Feng casually looked at the documents on the table.

These documents were all Starstreak Trading Firm's business ledgers, including purchases, sales, and so on. However, everything was arranged in an orderly manner by Anna.

An NPC with 91 points of intelligence is extremely rare. If she is transformed into a guard, her potential will be astonishing.

That was why Shi Feng wanted to talk to Henry.

The tasks issued by NPCs are not without room for negotiation; it just depends on whether the player has the strength.

They had previously agreed to give a Tier 4 magic scroll as a reward, allowing him to easily go to the Dark Cave to retrieve the Book of Darkness.

But Shi Feng always felt that something was off.

Managing the Starstreak Trading Firm seemed to be a part of an epic-level quest, but the final reward was an item that led to the next step. What difference was there between that and having no reward at all?

So Shi Feng felt he could try to negotiate, and there might be some hidden secrets involved.

Especially Assistant Anna.

After the battle with Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, the major guilds in God's Domain were all trying to find ways to obtain powerful guards.

But how easy is it to find powerful guards?

Someone like Anna is a very powerful guard, but who would have thought that such a weak and young woman would be a guard with extremely high potential?

If Shi Feng hadn't accidentally seen Anna's attributes, he wouldn't have thought that Anna would be so powerful.

If Anna became an adventurer, with Anna's intelligence, the potential she would display would definitely be astonishing. Although she couldn't compare to Kite's strength, she might be a Fine-Gold ranked guard.

Dark-Gold guards are legendary throughout God's Domain. As far as Shi Feng knew, not many people had obtained Dark-Gold guards. Most players had Bronze and Black-Iron ranked guards. Being able to find a Mithril-ranked guard was considered lucky, let alone a Fine-Gold rank.

Although Fine-Gold ranked guards can't reach the level of being invincible among those of the same rank and tier, they are still much stronger when dealing with monsters of the same tier. Dealing with players of the same rank and tier is even easier. Moreover, Anna is a magic-based class.

Most NPCs in God's Domain are physical classes; magic classes are rare.

Magic classes are different from physical classes and can't be used to fight bosses, but can only be used in the rear.

However, for a guild, the value of a magic class is much greater than that of a physical class.

This is because magic-based NPCs have many group attack spells, as well as strategic-level large-scale destruction spells. They are terrifying presences in guild wars or when dealing with bosses in the wild. Therefore, major guilds will prioritize magic-based NPCs as direct guards.

Therefore, in the market, the value of a Bronze-ranked magic guard is comparable to that of a Black-Iron ranked physical guard.

If Anna were a Fine-Gold ranked magic class, her value would not be lower than Kite's.

"No matter what, I must get Anna." Shi Feng was excited just thinking about it.

As a viscount, he only had two direct guard slots, a Dark-Gold physical class, and a Fine-Gold magic class. If he brought them out in his previous life, it would definitely scare people to death.

Just having these two direct guards would make defeating wild bosses of the same tier a piece of cake.

Inside the magnificent president's office, Shi Feng waited only for a moment before seeing the dignified and elegant President Henry walk in.

However, behind President Henry was also a Level 180 Tier 3 Berserker.

Shi Feng couldn't help but frown slightly.

Tier 3 classes, whether among players or NPCs, are considered influential figures. Placed in White River City, they would be hegemons.

Although the Starstreak Trading Firm is one of the top trading firms in White River City, it is definitely not powerful enough to have a Level 180 War King as a guard.

"Your Highness Ye Feng, you truly surprise me. I didn't expect you to complete the task so quickly." President Henry said with a smile, "Let me introduce you. Next to me is War King Shuneight, who our trading firm specially invited from the Star-Moon Kingdom to eliminate the Black Scorpion Legion."

"Greetings, esteemed Sir Shuneight, I am adventurer Ye Feng," Shi Feng introduced himself.

However, War King Shuneight only glanced at Shi Feng, said nothing, and showed no intention of getting to know Shi Feng.

Shi Feng was not angry. NPCs in God's Domain are actually no different from real people. NPCs like Tier 3 War Kings are big shots in a city. Based on his status as a Tier 1 player, he was simply an ant.

People don't talk to ants, so having such an attitude is normal.

In his previous life, when Shi Feng was doing quests, he, a Tier 3 expert, was even robbed by Tier 4 NPCs. It could be said that Shi Feng was already used to it.

Of course, if Shi Feng were a Tier 3 player at this time, then Shuneight would definitely not have such an attitude.

In past virtual games, NPCs were always disconnected from players, making it feel like they didn't live in the same world. But the NPCs in God's Domain are lifelike. If you really treat these NPCs as stupid and useless underlings, then these NPCs will let you fully experience what it means to be mocked.

"I wonder what Your Highness Ye Feng wants to talk to me about?" President Henry asked, not taking it to heart, and looked at Shi Feng.

"I want to do a deal with President Henry," Shi Feng said with a smile, "I have been busy managing the Starstreak Trading Firm during this time. Miss Anna has helped a lot. Now, I have finally lived up to expectations and completed the goal of 30,000 gold coins. So, I want to recruit Miss Anna as my assistant. Of course, I am willing to pay enough."

"In addition to the 30,000 gold coins you mentioned, I am willing to offer an additional 3,000 gold coins. I wonder what President Henry thinks?"

As soon as Shi Feng said this, Anna was stunned. Her small mouth was wide open, and she looked at Shi Feng in disbelief. High-level NPCs in shops only earn a few gold coins a month, yet Shi Feng offered 3,000 gold coins to poach her.

Not only was Anna shocked, but even Shuneight, who had previously ignored Shi Feng, also looked surprised.

He, a Tier 3 War King who was invited to deal with the Black Scorpion Legion, was only given 1,000 gold coins, which allowed him to buy an Epic-ranked item to increase his strength. Of course, if he could bring back all the goods, he could also get a lot, but it wouldn't reach 3,000 gold coins.

At this time, Shuneight no longer regarded Shi Feng as an ant, and the look in his eyes towards Shi Feng softened a lot.

President Henry narrowed his eyes and carefully sized up Shi Feng.

After a short while, President Henry sighed and said with a smile, "Your Highness Ye Feng, it's not that I don't want to let Anna go, but our Starstreak Trading Firm can't do without Anna. Just as Your Highness Ye Feng values Anna's talents, it is because of Anna that our Starstreak Trading Firm has its current status. Please forgive me for not being able to agree."

"5,000 gold coins!" Shi Feng said, without another word, and offered a new price.

This price was definitely astronomical for an NPC.

It was enough for the Starstreak Trading Firm to hire hundreds of high-level NPCs.

"This... isn't that bad? Look at how much profit Anna brings to our Starstreak Trading Firm every day. For the sake of the Starstreak Trading Firm, I can't do that," Henry said with a very distressed expression.

Merchants pursue profit!

Whether in reality or in the virtual world, it is the same.

"6,000 gold coins, I won't go any higher. If it really doesn't work, I can only hire Mr. Shuneight next to me and snatch Anna's contract," Shi Feng glanced at Shuneight next to him and grinned.