Zhang Pingfan looked pityingly at the City Lord of Pingjiang.
Alas, even though it was something this village chief had used, you shouldn't be so infatuated with it!
"Mas... Master, are you really going to give me this axe?"
Zhang Pingfan nodded and said, "It's just a broken axe, isn't it? What's there to be reluctant about? I'm not using it anyway, and it'll just rust in storage. It's not anything good. If I say I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you. I won't take it back!"
"Thank you, Master, for bestowing this treasure upon me!"
Treasure? What a joke, it's just a broken axe. If I were capable, I wouldn't give it to you.
Zhang Pingfan didn't think much of it and directly gave the axe to the City Lord of Pingjiang.
The City Lord of Pingjiang, having received the axe, carefully stored it in his spatial ring.
Everything he had done today was worth it.
Alas, this City Lord of Pingjiang really has no taste. He's so excited over a broken axe. Never mind, at least the task can be completed.
Zhang Pingfan was in a great mood, no longer needing to worry.
In the Tianqi Dynasty, Emperor Tianqi himself emitted a golden light, officially leveling up to 30.
He should have leveled up this morning, but some matters had delayed it until now.
"Finally, I can go to Pingfan Town. I heard it's being expanded, I must go take a look. Perhaps I can even get a village chief's quest!"
Emperor Tianqi arrived at the teleportation point.
Indeed, Pingfan Town, which he couldn't click on before, now showed as available for teleportation.
Emperor Tianqi clicked without hesitation, only to find himself still standing in the same spot.
Then he tried clicking a few more times and found no movement.
It turned out that Pingfan Town was still under expansion and did not currently allow players from outside Pingfan Town to enter.
"Uh, I wanted to sneak in a quest, but I'm not even given a chance!"
"Guild leader, something's wrong! Our level 25 leveling area has been wiped out by a group of players!"
Emperor Tianqi frowned.
"What's happening? Is it from the Liuli Sect or the Moon Palace?"
"Neither. It's a small guild from before. I heard their guild name has now been changed to Nan Gong!"
The Nan Gong family had acquired someone else's guild. This usual operation indicated they were preparing to contend for leveling areas with their Tianqi Dynasty.
What worried Emperor Tianqi even more was that the people from the Nan Gong family were the village chief's disciples.
"Have you found Chang Sheng yet?"
"No, that Chang Sheng has always leveled up alone. It seems he has no connection with that Nan Gong family guild. I don't know if they have any connection with the village chief!"
Emperor Tianqi pondered for a moment.
"Regardless of whether he has a connection or not, let's first reclaim the leveling spot. If I truly offend the village chief, I will personally go and apologize!"
"Understood! I'll gather the brothers now!"
"Alright!"
If it were a guild from another family, he, Tianqi, would have retaliated without hesitation. The main reason was that he didn't know if the Nan Gong family was connected to the village chief. If they were, it would be a big problem.
"Since I'm already level 30, and I can't go to Pingfan Town for now, I'll go find a boss. This first guild token will belong to our Tianqi Dynasty!"
For level 30 epic bosses and above, Tianqi Dynasty currently controlled the locations of three bosses, but three were definitely not enough. As far as he knew, Moon Palace controlled five, and even Liuli Sect controlled four.
When the majority of guild players reach level 28 or above, they would start attacking bosses.
Of course, it would be best if players reached level 30, but at the moment, level 28 seemed to be the most suitable time.
The reason Tianqi Dynasty controlled fewer epic boss locations was that they had concentrated their efforts on leveling.
In the game Myth, level 30 was a threshold.
Before level 30, let alone epic bosses, even golden-tier bosses were scarce.
The most numerous were bronze-tier bosses, but bronze-tier bosses didn't drop much good loot.
Major guilds were generally unwilling to waste time killing bronze-tier bosses.
This also led to players not having particularly good equipment at present.
Even when Tianqi Dynasty took down the first kill of the level 20 boss, they didn't get any good equipment.
Not everyone's drop rate was as monstrous as Zhang Pingfan's.
The task of expanding Pingfan Town was resolved. Now, the next thing Zhang Pingfan needed to do was to get a guild token for Dou Youyou.
"Level 30 epic bosses, these are really hard to find. I estimate that besides Pingfan Town, the epic bosses in the level 30 areas of the other three major regions have probably already been divided up by those guilds."
"Why don't I kill the level 30 epic boss in Pingfan Town first? If it doesn't drop a glory token, I'll go kill their bosses too. Although it's a bit unethical, I have to make a living!"
As he decided, Zhang Pingfan, carrying his great sword, prepared to leave Pingfan Town.
Just as he reached the entrance of Pingfan Town, he saw Dou Youyou walking around with Ri Tian.
"Master, where are you going?"
"Of course, to kill a boss!"
"I want to go too!"
"No, you still need to watch over this place!"
"Oh, then Master, be careful!"
Zhang Pingfan swung his great sword and said, "Don't underestimate your master. With the treasured sword in hand, the world is mine. Off I go!"
Dou Youyou chuckled. Her master was sometimes quite cute.
Although the great sword in his hand had no grade, it was incredibly satisfying when killing monsters.
Zhang Pingfan, killing monsters rampantly, finally found his first level 30 epic boss.
It was a treant, with a massive trunk and countless tentacles.
If he hadn't been bound by those tentacles just now, Zhang Pingfan wouldn't even have noticed the epic boss hidden within the trees.
"Behold the power of my great sword!"
With a few "ka ka" sounds, several branches of the treant were severed by Zhang Pingfan.
The treant, terrified, tried to flee.
"Crack!"
The treant broke apart with a sound, dropping a pile of equipment.
[Ding! System Notification: Pingfan Town Village Chief has killed the level 30 epic boss, Ten Thousand Year Old Treant!]
Unfortunately, his luck had probably been used up, as it didn't drop anything good. The best was blue equipment.
Of course, the guild token he wanted most was nowhere to be seen.
Zhang Pingfan didn't mind. He swept up the items that had fallen to the ground and continued to search for the next boss.
Getting a guild token wouldn't be that easy.
After only more than ten minutes, Zhang Pingfan found another one.
Then Zhang Pingfan spread the news.
And then followed by several reports of Zhang Pingfan killing epic bosses.
"Damn, the village chief is being unfair! Is he preparing to get guild tokens for his disciples?"
"Village chief, please stop. If you kill all the bosses, what are we supposed to play with?"
"NPCs competing with players, this is probably the craziest game in history!"
"The village chief is giving players no room to breathe."