Since the system became my girlfriend

“Alright, I agree to your terms.” After obtaining Feng Lixi’s consent, Su Rui said to Zhalen.

“That’s a wise choice!” Zaren nodded with a smile.

"Ding! Do you want to abandon the bounty mission: Lost Cargo? If you abandon it, you will lose 200 Ricardo Reputation Points! You will gain 10000 Experience Points! 1 Gold Coin!"

"Give up!" Su Rui made his choice!

"Ding! Mission failed! You have lost 200 Ricardo reputation points!"

"Ding! Zhalen has awarded you 10000 experience points and 1 gold coin!"

Since Zhalen's compensation wasn't part of a mission, the bonus from being a contracted mercenary wasn't reflected here. However, Su Rui was already quite satisfied to get 10,000 experience points without having to do anything!

"Alright, can I have the letter now?" Su Rui said to Zhalun.

“Of course!” Zhalen nodded and then handed the guiding letter to Su Rui.

"Then we're even! Goodbye!" Su Rui turned around and prepared to leave with Feng Lixi.

"Wait a moment!" Zhalun called out to Su Rui.

"Is there anything else?" Su Rui asked.

“Mercenary, are you interested in joining us?” Zaren asked Su Rui.

"Ding! You have received an invitation from the Moraka Brotherhood. Do you wish to join?"

"Ding! Warning! Once you join the Moraka Brotherhood and your identity is exposed, you will be wanted by all the guards of the main city!"

"I'm sorry, I have no plans to join any faction at the moment," Su Rui refused without hesitation.

At this moment, Boss Su is only level 10. If he joins the Moraka Brotherhood now and his identity is exposed, he will have no choice but to delete his account and start over. After all, being wanted by the guards of all the major cities at this level will make it very difficult to move an inch.

Moreover, this Zaren is only a level 15 leader-level mini-boss. After he invites Su Rui to join the Brotherhood, Su Rui will most likely be just a nobody in the Moraka Brotherhood. Only an idiot would agree to risk being wanted by all the main city guards for the sake of being a nobody.

Although Su Rui had been completely excluded from the Light faction due to his job change, even if his identity was exposed, he would only be wanted by the Church forces. He just needed to avoid the Church and wouldn't be unable to enter the main city.

"Alright then! Mercenary, if you change your mind later, you can come find me!" Zaren didn't seem to mind being rejected by Su Rui.

"We'll see!" Su Rui said noncommittally, but in his heart he thought to himself: Even if I really do join the Moraka Brotherhood one day, I won't ask a nobody like you to be my introducer!

Besides, this Zaren is only a level 15 boss, and he might be taken down in a few days, so Su Rui didn't take his invitation seriously at all.

"Since that's the case, then I won't see you off!" After seeing that Su Rui refused to join, Zhalen stopped paying attention to him.

"Let's go!" Su Rui led Feng Lixi toward Xuanwu City.

As soon as Su Rui left, Zhalun immediately waved to his soldiers.

"Search!" With Zaren's order, the Moraka Brotherhood soldiers rushed towards the convoy, brandishing their swords and tearing apart the cargo bags, then scattering the miscellaneous supplies everywhere.

These guys are clearly not here to plunder cheap supplies like food!

"Found it, sir!" Finally, a soldier shouted excitedly, holding a scroll in his hands.

"Hmm!" Zhalen stepped forward and snatched the scroll from his hand.

"With this, Lord Alvin will be very happy!" Zaren muttered to himself, then led his soldiers into the distance.

"They really have ulterior motives. I wonder what the scroll they have is?" Su Rui poked his head out from behind a small mound. He and Feng Lixi hadn't gone far; they circled back from behind the small mound in front of them.

"Why don't we go take a look?" Feng Lixi suggested.

"Forget it... let's go to the East China Sea coast first." Su Rui shook his head. Just one level 15 BOSS was enough to give him trouble, not to mention so many minions. He was only at level 10 with half the experience points, and other players were leaving the newbie village one after another. If he didn't hurry up and level up and do quests now, all the advantages he had gained before would be gone.

"Hmm... okay!" Feng Lixi hesitated for a moment before nodding.

In fact, Feng Lixi originally wanted Su Rui to follow along, because if things went well, Su Rui could gain a lot of benefits from what would happen next.

However, the risks involved are also significant. Just as Su Rui worried, a single level 15 BOSS would be enough to give him his all. Add to that the hordes of mobs and the subsequent BOSSes, and it would be impossible to defeat them without Feng Lixi's help.

Recently, Feng Lixi has been under investigation, so she can't guarantee that she can provide a reasonable solution in time. If something unexpected happens, Feng Lixi will obviously prioritize keeping herself out of the spotlight. After all, if Su Rui fails, he will at most be beaten to death and lose some experience, but if Feng Lixi is found to have something to hide, she may be completely finished.

Considering the risks involved, and given Su Rui's conservative nature, Feng Lixi naturally wouldn't force him. After all, she enjoyed the process of spending time with Su Rui, not the so-called props and rewards.

The two quickly returned to the city and then passed through it. Since they had already abandoned the previous mission, Su Rui did not return to the Mercenary Guild to report back, but instead took Feng Lixi directly out of the east gate of Xuanwu City.

Of the four directions centered on Xuanwu City, the monster zone to the east is the highest level. Not far from the city gates, the monster zones on both sides of the road are already above level 40. Even though Su Rui only looked at them from afar, the red-named monsters seemed to be turning back.

Clearly, the vast level difference meant that these monsters had an extremely long range of aggro. If Su Rui got even slightly close, they would activate these monsters. Given the 30-level difference between Su Rui and these monsters, if they caught up, they could probably take him down with a single strike.

So Su Rui and Feng Lixi both obediently proceeded along the main road, neither daring to leave the center line of the road and enter the strange areas on either side.

After walking for about twenty minutes, Su Rui and his companion finally saw the dock that Zhalun had mentioned. The dock was not particularly large, with only three berths, and at that moment there was only one ship in each berth.

Upon arriving at the dock, Su Rui quickly found the administrator, who had clearly been bribed by the Moraka Brotherhood.

"Mercenaries, is there anything I can do to help you?" the administrator asked with a smile.

"Hmm!" Su Rui didn't speak; he directly presented the guidance letter!