Chapter 214 - 185: Rowan Rhodes Isn’t the Only One Working Hard

Chapter 214: Chapter 185: Rowan Rhodes Isn’t the Only One Working Hard

"Haha, aren’t these the exact perks of following Rowan Rhodes?"

"We can finally upgrade to Level 8."

"That damn burning bottle Equipment can finally be unlocked."

"Hold on, they only offer it to players who join Rowan Rhodes’s team. Did you guys even join? You’re awfully happy."

"Of course I joined! I was on the list Zelda Parrish published earlier."

"Aww yeah, Boss Rowan is too awesome!"

"Hasn’t the gunpowder recipe been made public? You can craft it just by spending a few Trading Coins. Why sell yourselves out?"

"Sell out? You think siding with Rowan Rhodes is selling yourself out? @Zelda Parrish, boss, jot this guy’s name down and block him."

"Even though the crafting method is out, you still need resources to make the finished gunpowder! Do you have them?"

"Wade Vaughn: Rowan Rhodes is just being generous at others’ expense. She took all the primary raw materials for crafting gunpowder that I had on hand. Otherwise..."

"Hey! Wade Vaughn??? You’re the one that slipped through the net from Harold Thompson’s team! Ahhh! Everyone, quick, go get him!"

"..."

[Server-wide Announcement: Player Yasmine Cheney has used a Positioning Card to enter the sea region of Player Wade Vaughn.]

While many players were still busy discussing, Wade Vaughn directly crashed the chat. He was instantly targeted by numerous players, but Yasmine Cheney ultimately beat everyone to the punch.

"We were too slow to act."

"How is Yasmine Cheney so fast?"

"Haha, how could she not be fast? Those are ready-made resources just sitting there!"

"After Harold Thompson and his group were harvested by Rowan Rhodes, their strength plummeted. It took Celia Lynch less than ten minutes to finish them off after entering their sea region."

"As for the others, some died, while others suffered heavy losses. The ones who managed to escape disaster were probably those who hadn’t shown their faces in the world channel earlier."

"Among those with a stronger presence earlier, only Simon Quinn managed to escape by the skin of his teeth."

"Wait, how did Simon Quinn escape?"

"It seems he convinced the player attacking him. That player said they would protect Simon Quinn."

"Honestly, I think compared to Harold Thompson, Simon Quinn is more like a rat in the gutter."

"Relax! He won’t be able to make any waves now. That player only kept him around to harvest the resources he had stockpiled."

"Aren’t they afraid of nursing a viper in their bosom?"

"Well, that player isn’t alone either!"

"..."

The players of District 122 didn’t have much of a reaction to the fate of Harold Thompson and his group. It could only be said that the players were facing death more and more frequently, especially since many were innocent—dying simply due to carelessness, bad luck, or even a lack of ability.

Considering the constant arrogance of Harold Thompson’s group and their habit of teaming up to bully others, the players didn’t even have enough sympathy to spare for the innocent victims, let alone people like Harold. The biggest warning that Harold’s fate provided them was simply this: Rowan Rhodes was not someone to be trifled with.

Meanwhile, as one of the members who had escaped from Harold Thompson’s team, Jane Yates couldn’t help but shed a tear of sympathy for himself when he saw Wade Vaughn’s behavior. Just what kind of team had he joined before? In reality, the only reason he had joined Harold’s team was because they targeted him on Glimmerstone Isle. If he hadn’t joined, he would only have been robbed. To protect his own assets, he had no choice but to join their ranks. Truthfully, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with that. After all, he was doing it to survive. It was nothing to be ashamed of.

It was just like how, to survive, he had been the first to offer up the resources he had on hand. If asked whether he hated Rowan Rhodes, he would say that he truly didn’t harbor an ounce of hatred. It was simply a matter of the winner taking all. What he needed to do next wasn’t to dwell on the resources he had lost, but to work hard to acquire the ones he hadn’t yet obtained.

Jane Yates hurriedly steered his raft, salvaging various resources from the sea while keeping an eye out for any surrounding islands he could land on to gather more. And, of course, he needed to try crafting gunpowder. Indeed, when he was on Glimmerstone Isle, he had noticed quite a few pufferfish nearby. He originally just wanted a bite to eat. After killing the pufferfish, they dropped a massive amount of Slime, but he also obtained plenty of pufferfish meat. Although he had collected the Slime, he never imagined that it could actually be used to craft gunpowder. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the answer was right under his nose all along. But it wasn’t too late now. If he could figure it out quickly, he would at least have some ability to protect himself.

There were many other players just like Jane Yates. Rowan Rhodes’s gunpowder recipe had truly served as an instant wake-up call to many, causing the amount of gunpowder in circulation to multiply. The most direct evidence of this was the rapidly surging number of players advancing to Level 8 on the leaderboards. Many players couldn’t help but sigh in emotion. No matter how you looked at it, Rowan Rhodes’s contribution to the growth of the majority of the players was truly second to none.