The next morning, I woke up to a small headache probably because of all the alcohol I had drunk the preceding night. I felt something human-sized in my arms and looked down to find… a bolster. I couldn’t deny feeling a pang of disappointment then.

By the time I got up and ate breakfast, Zhou Xiaomeng had already left with her manager. He Yi had spoken to her about the move to World Media and negotiated the details of the contract. Assuming that everything went well—and it should—Zhou Xiaomeng would be working for Raincube, and she would no longer have to worry about Wang Dongliang anymore.

After that, we drove back to Suzhou and ate lunch outside. Then, we returned to the workshop and logged back into the game.

……

Swhoosh!

The first thing I did after appearing in Dark Moon City was repair all my equipment at the smithy. As I walked toward the warehouse next, I saw a troop of Dragonlight Cavalrymen exiting the city at high speed. Ever since we had upgraded the city with the Vassal Token, the Dragonscale Beast had become much faster, tankier and more powerful than before. High-mobility cavalrymen had always been perfect for ambushes, interceptions and reinforcements, and now...