The Great Thief - Chapter 519

Chapter 519

Lu Li’s question was answered the next day .

Not long after logging on, he received quite a few messages from the couple of friends he had on his Friends List . Various players were expressing their sympathy and admiration for him .

It was from these messages that he finally understood how that damned journalist had reported his story .

The part about the game was satisfactory . It mainly emphasized that Lu Li was quite satisfied with his new teammates and wished Ruling Sword for future glory .

As for the speculative section, even Lu Li couldn’t interpret what it was trying to say .

"When inquired about his feelings towards Water Fairy, Lu Li spoke frankly towards liking her…"

This was the original published story; Lu Li was reading it from the official website . He also keenly noticed that this article subscription count had exceeded the one-million mark .

The matter hadn’t become completely widespread yet as Dawn had over one billion players, but there wouldn’t normally be this many players subscribing to a digital magazine .

For an article like this to break the one-million mark meant that it was doing quite well .

Sure enough, other forms of media including the official Dawn forums also reposted this article .

The reposts had a variety of titles including, "That boy and girl are really together", "The Toad wants to eat the Swan" and "The Counterattack against Ms . Perfect" .

Lu Li was a little confused, but he soon understood that he had been tricked by that reporter .

Yesterday, he was asked if he hated Water Fairy . Of course, Lu Li didn’t hate her – she was a rich tycoon, so no professional player would hate her .

However, that female reporter had deliberately misconstrued his words for some cheap gossip .

From the reporter’s point of view, this wasn’t genuine, but it was surprisingly successful . She devised a linguistic trap and had caught Lu Li in it .

Lu Li didn’t really care for what other people thought and couldn’t be bothered to clarify himself . However, there was one person he thought that he should clear it up for .

This person was the other main character of the news, the female tycoon Water Fairy . She had received news about it even before coming online .

Upon hearing that Lu Li admitted to liking her when interviewed by the media, Water Fairy’s first reaction was to laugh .

She simply didn’t believe that someone who was solely focused on making money would think that . At this point, Water Fairy more or less understood herself as Lu Li’s younger sister .

Lu Li sent a message, but he didn’t really know how to explain it .

"There has been an article published that was written badly . Don’t take it seriously . "

"Which article? The one that says you like me?" Water Fairy asked .

Lu Li nearly choked at her response and quickly explained, "At the time, she asked if I hated you . I said I didn’t and I didn’t know that the journalist would interpret it like she did . "

"Ah, I see . " Water Fairy didn’t appear to be too indignant .

This was quite normal as a person like her would always be the subject of attention . That was the point this reporter was trying to reach . A brilliant professional player and one of the most beautiful women in Dawn getting together was bound to attract everyone’s attention .

"I hope this doesn’t affect your regular life," Lu Li said .

"I’m already used to it . But you… I took your Kodo, and yet you don’t hate me . How strange," Water Fairy said before immediately letting out a laugh .

"Do I need to clarify anything with the media?" Lu Li asked .

If this was just the gossip of ordinary players, then no one would care, but this was different . It had to do with Lu Li, the best new player in the game and Water Fairy, an outstanding member of the Beauty Rankings .

As long as something about these two came up, there would be a big fuss about it .

"Don’t worry about it . The more you care, the more popular it gets . " Water Fairy didn’t want to clarify anything . There were already too many people trying to confess to her .

Moreover, he was the first person in the game to have confessed to her . Whenever she thought about his face during the confession, she would break into laughter without fail .

However, on the outside, Lu Li and Water Fairy remained silent about this apparent public relationship .

"Big bro Lu Li, I’m online now . Let’s go do some quests . " Children were always the most carefree and someone like Hachi Chan didn’t have anything like this to worry about .

"What kind of quest?" Lu Li just remembered that he had received a note from the Southshore innkeeper, which was probably a quest .

He took it out from his backpack and there were a few bright red words on it .

Assassination Order: Mor’Ladim!

Quest Description: Go to the Twillight Forest, find Mor’Ladim and kill him .

Max players: 1

Quest Deadline: 4 days .

In fact, the Assassin’s League often handed out these kinds of assassination quests . They would give you a goal, a general direction and an assassination target . The players would then receive a monetary reward upon their return .

"Lu Li, you liar – you promised me . You said you would take me on a quest that would make my Elf Dragon bigger and now you’re asking me ‘what quest’!" Hachi Chan shouted angrily .

"Oh right . Let’s go try it now then . " Lu Li only just remembered his promise .

"Big bro Lu Li, I knew you were the best," Hachi Chan said as she ran over excitedly . She was so excited that she was like a dog with her tongue sticking out and her tail wagging .

"You idiot . You’re getting better and better at manipulating your emotions . You just called me a liar and now you’re calling me Big bro Lu Li again? Do you have any moral integrity?" Lu Li was speechless .

"I’m still young; what’s the point of having integrity?" Hachi Chan grunted . She had been pampered for all of her life .

Lu Li took Hachi Chan away from Southshore and all the way into the Silverpine Forest . Their destination was Tirisfal Woodland and the Scarlet Monastery . There were no shortcuts there, so they had to slowly make their way across the land .

The Silver Forest was vast; it stretched across the entire west coast of Lordaeron . It was also hostile territory that was controlled by the Forsaken .

The last time he was here, there weren’t many high-level monsters – only the Son of Arugal posed a threat to him . However, he was alone that time, so there was a risk of him dying . Now that there were two of them, they didn’t have any reason to fear .

"Let’s fly over," Lu Li said .

"W…why?" Hachi Chan asked sheepishly .

"It takes more than an hour to walk, but we can fly there in half an hour," said Lu Li as he transformed into a dark red crow .

"But…" Hachi Chan said pitifully .

"Stop messing around . Hurry up and transform," Lu Li said bluntly .

Hachi Chan channeled for a moment before turning into a big butterfly . It was much better looking than Lu Li, but its flying form was quite pitiful, let alone its flying speed .

"Surely you’ve spent some time practicing right?" Lu Li couldn’t bear to watch her .

Hachi Chan had received this skill in the Howling Caves . It had been so long, yet she had barely improved at all .

"I have practiced, but… I keep hitting walls," Hachi Chan said embarrassedly .