Chapter 558: Chapter 264: Quest Harvest, 40,000 Gold Coins

"Oh! You’re here..."

Among the crowd of drunken louts, Deke looked to be in relatively good shape. Though he also reeked of alcohol, his mind seemed clear and his thoughts sharp.

"Come on, let’s go calculate the rewards for the quests themselves first."

This trip had been unusual. Besides the three quests they had accepted back in the Royal Capital, they had also gotten unexpectedly trapped in the lower levels of the Giant Stone Mine.

And their haul from that day in the lower levels was quite substantial.

But Lin Mo had dealt with most of those Demons. A few had been killed by the students—mainly Eve, the top student from the Warrior Academy, and the Mage named Mi Lan.

Before leaving the mine, during the night they rested at the camp, the two parties had already done a preliminary division of the Demon Materials from the lower levels.

Their side had taken eighty percent. On one hand, Lin Mo’s contribution had simply been too great. On the other, the students didn’t care much about the materials. In fact, when Deke, as his group’s representative, had proposed a 70-30 split, the students had voluntarily given up another ten percent.

’After an incident like that, the academy will probably give them some extra Credit Points as compensation, right?’

This eighty percent share they’d received still had to be divided between their two groups. However, it definitely couldn’t be the 65-35 split they had previously agreed upon. After all, Deke’s group’s contribution was nowhere near 35 percent.

But before that, they had to settle the rewards for the initial quests.

Finding a counter that handled D Level Tasks, Deke went to submit the quests, holding the squad emblems for both groups.

"Hello, I’m here to turn in some quests."

"Of course. Please present your squad emblems and provide the quest numbers."

"Numbers D67234, D68889, and D70153. Here are the quest materials."

Deke said, placing the package in his hands on the counter.

"Alright, please wait a moment..."

The lady at the counter looked up the information for each quest, checking them off one by one.

"Quest D67234, defeat Shattered Rock Puppets. I’ve confirmed 12 Rock Cores, which is 10 more than the 2 required by the quest. Would you like the Association to buy back the remaining materials?"

"Go ahead and buy them all back."

"Alright, one moment..."

"For quest D67234, the reward is 800 Gold Coins. Adding the buyback value for the 10 extra Rock Cores, assessed based on their level... that comes to 3,800 Gold Coins. With the quest reward, your total earnings for this quest are 4,600 Gold Coins."

"Next is quest D68889. Quest reward: 1,200 Gold Coins. Material buyback: 5,500 Gold Coins. Total: 6,700 Gold Coins!"

"Quest D70153. Quest reward: 1,000 Gold Coins. Material buyback... material buyback is 24,000 Gold Coins!"

Even the counter lady, who had been working at the Adventurer’s Association for a long time, was stunned by this number.

This figure was much higher than the payout for many C Level Tasks... It was even two or three times the reward for a relatively simple C Level Task!

This was partly because the webs of Crystalized Spiders were valuable in their own right—or rather, they currently commanded a high premium on the market. Additionally, the other materials from the Crystalized Spiders were also worth a lot, as the creatures were of a high level.

"Oh, and could you calculate the materials from the Crystalized Spider Queen separately, please?"

Deke reminded her.

His group had made no contribution to killing that thing; Lin Mo had taken it down all by himself.

Deke wasn’t shameless enough to take a cut of that money.

"In that case, the total is 22,000 Gold Coins."

The Crystalized Spider Queen was a rather special Demon, worth quite a bit more than a typical Level 10 Demon, fetching a price of 2,000 Gold Coins.

So, the total earnings from these three quests came to... 33,300 Gold Coins!

"Also, there are these materials."

These were the materials from Demons killed on the road, including those from the lower levels of the Giant Stone Mine.

After an Appraiser tallied everything, the value was determined to be around 18,000 Gold Coins. Adding the materials from the Crystalized Spider Queen from before, the total came to exactly 20,000 Gold Coins.

"We don’t want any of this money."

Deke looked at Lin Mo and stated what he had already decided.

"You don’t want it?"

Lin Mo was taken aback for a moment. "That doesn’t seem right..."

’Although I did kill most of these Demons, Deke and his team weren’t completely without contribution. No matter how you look at it, they should reasonably get a share.’

But Deke’s stance was firm. He shook his head. "If it weren’t for you, we probably wouldn’t have even been able to complete that previous C Level Task. We might have even died in the Blackwater Swamp. We only completed these quests successfully thanks to you. Luke and the others and I have already discussed it. We can’t take this money."

"Well... alright then."

Since Deke had put it that way, arguing further would just seem overly sentimental. Lin Mo didn’t hesitate any longer and nodded.

From the previous 33,300 Gold Coins, based on the split agreed upon before the quests, Deke’s side took 35%, while Lin Mo’s side took the remaining 65%, totaling 21,645 Gold Coins.

Adding the money from the remaining materials, the Silver Radiance Squad’s total earnings this time reached a staggering 41,645 Gold Coins!

This was a haul that would make even a Silver Level Adventurer drool with envy.

Of course, Deke’s team did very well for themselves too, netting over 10,000 Gold Coins. For them, this was a considerable income. Combined with the earnings from the escort quest to the Royal Capital, these two back-to-back jobs were a huge score, even for a newly-promoted Silver Level Adventurer like Deke.

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