Since the system became my girlfriend

More challenging tasks mean more experience rewards and better equipment rewards, which is what high-end players want most.

Especially for large guilds, in addition to these, they care more about their reputation. The first high-level mercenary group in the game is a good advertising opportunity. Only by making their reputation known can they attract more players and more experts to join the mercenary group and guild. Then the guild will become stronger, attract more talents, and form a virtuous cycle.

So after seeing this announcement, these major guilds and top professional players took action. They used their own channels to inquire about "it's me" and hoped to contact him as soon as possible.

"Ding ding ding..." At the same time, Su Rui's friend notifications were flashing everywhere. No matter who went on this server-wide announcement, they would almost always encounter this situation. There were plenty of low-level players who wanted to latch onto a strong player, and everyone wanted to take a gamble. So Su Rui simply turned off the permission to add friends. Otherwise, these friend notifications alone would have annoyed him to death.

“Let’s go register a mercenary group!” Feng Lixi said to Su Rui at this moment. Although they already had the property, they couldn’t open a shop now because the two of them didn’t have anything to sell. So the main purpose of the property was to upgrade the mercenary group’s level.

"Okay!" Su Rui nodded, then followed Feng Lixi back to the Mercenary Guild.

“Go ahead, register a mercenary group, and you’ll be the leader!” Feng Lixi said to Su Rui.

"Mm!" Su Rui could only nod at this point, what could he do when he had such a domineering girlfriend?

Arriving at the old man who had previously registered as a mercenary, Su Rui said to him, "Hello, I would like to register a mercenary group."

"Yes, the handling fee is five gold coins!" the old man said without looking up.

"What the hell! Five gold coins?! That's outrageous!" Su Rui exclaimed. You have to understand that most players only have silver coins in their pockets, and even if they have gold coins, it's only half a coin. Registering a mercenary group costs five gold coins. This is simply ripping people off!

Su Rui's shout drew the attention of the players who were accepting quests in the Mercenary Guild.

"Tch! What's the point of building a mercenary group if you don't have the money!"

"Exactly! Since nobody owns property right now, even if we build a mercenary group, it's still at the basic level and we don't have any special privileges. We might as well use all that gold coins elsewhere instead of burning it here."

"That's right, you think you're 'me'? And you're even running a mercenary group!"

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Players accepting quests near the quest board scoffed disdainfully. In fact, when a large number of players arrived in the main city, everyone had inquired about the registration process for mercenary groups, and the high price of five gold coins had indeed scared off many players.

And just as they said, real estate is now a legendary existence, and mercenary groups without real estate can only stay at the initial level. In that case, even if you join a mercenary group, there is no benefit. Why should everyone waste their precious gold coins here?

It's important to understand that as players level up, gold coins will definitely depreciate. After all, players only get a few copper coins from killing monsters, and repairing equipment also costs money, so the amount they can save is very limited.

Once players reach higher levels, killing a monster will drop dozens of copper coins, or even several silver coins, making it much easier to accumulate money. Five gold coins won't seem like a huge sum anymore.

However, in the early stages of the game, everyone is definitely calculating when spending money. Since forming a mercenary group doesn't offer any advantage, naturally no one is willing to waste their money.

So when these guys heard Su Rui's complaints, they all assumed he was a newbie in Xuanwu City. Although Su Rui was well-equipped, his equipment became less conspicuous after he took off his spiked club, so no one paid him any attention.

……

"Huh?!" However, the players didn't take Su Rui seriously, but the old man in charge of registration looked up at Su Rui.

"Hey? Aren't you..." The old man recognized Su Rui at a glance. This mercenary was different from the others; he was personally recommended by Lord Gai Nie!

"Grandpa, we meet again!" Su Rui knew that the old man in front of him was an intelligent NPC, so he was very polite. After all, if he could get along well with this kind of intelligent NPC, the old man could give him a discount within his authority.

"Hehe, you want to register a mercenary group?" the old man asked with a smile.

“Yes!” Su Rui nodded.

"Hmm... how about this, since not many people have registered for mercenary groups these past few days, I'll open one and share in the good fortune. You can just give me one gold coin!" The old man said, waiving four gold coins for Su Rui.

"Really?! That's great! Thank you so much!" Without saying a word, Su Rui handed over a gold coin. If he didn't agree to such a big discount quickly, he would be at a loss if the old man changed his mind!

"What's the name of your mercenary group?" After taking the gold coins, the old man began to help Su Rui with the formalities.

"Our name is..." Su Rui was about to speak when Feng Lixi stepped forward and said to the old man, "Our name is Xi Rui Mercenary Group!"

“Uh…” Su Rui had originally thought of a more unique name, but unexpectedly Feng Lixi named it after both of them.

"Xirui Mercenary Group, are you sure?" the old man asked.

"This name... okay! This is it!" Su Rui was initially reluctant, but he glanced at Feng Lixi. The girl was looking at him gently, but her small, white hands were cracking loudly. Faced with this blatant threat, Boss Su readily gave in.

"Good! Your mercenary group is registered!" The old man handed over a document and asked Su Rui to keep it safe. Since it was Su Rui who submitted the application, he was naturally the leader of the mercenary group.

After receiving the document, Su Rui looked at the mercenary group's serial number. It turned out that it was not the Xuanwu City No. 0001 mercenary group he had imagined. There were actually two mercenary groups that had already registered before him!

"Sir, has anyone already registered before me?" Su Rui asked curiously.

"Yes, someone registered a mercenary group on the third day after you came to me to register as a mercenary!" The old man nodded. He was only answering the question because of Gai Nie's sake; otherwise, he wouldn't have answered it.

"Tsk tsk tsk... It must be those big guilds who registered first." Su Rui nodded. He hadn't thought that much about it before, but those big guilds wouldn't miss such an opportunity that might yield rewards.