Chapter 117 Foreigner Realizes the Dream of Material Freedom

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[Unnamed User (Newbie): Help, help! I finally reached Level 60 and wanted to enter the Giant Defense Line dungeon to farm materials, but it’s not open yet, and the NPCs won’t let me in.]

[Nice Guy: Young man, this is a free open world. If they won’t let you in, can’t you just sneak in?]

[Man of Justice: You’re setting the newbie up. It’s best to honestly listen to the NPCs for this dungeon. Although the rewards are high, it’s very easy to wipe out. Can you imagine a trap every step and a group of Titan Hybrids every two steps?]

[Man of Justice: Don’t think it’s a beginner dungeon just because it’s next to the starter city. It’s a genuine high-difficulty dungeon.]

[Ecology Observer: This dungeon has a high chance of spawning hidden monsters that can invalidate Slash and pierce attacks—monsters from the Nemean Lion series. Those who like to play with swords and large spears will be rendered completely useless when they encounter them.]

[Big Resentment Seed: The Nemean Lion is nothing; it’ll just eat you. The disgusting part is the Emei Mountain monkeys everywhere. Those things will loot your corpse and steal your equipment.]

[Conspiracy Studio: I strongly suspect the devs opened the dungeon there to increase player activity in Balkan City. Many powerful pieces of equipment require Titan Hybrid materials.]

[Open Plot Office: The Emei Mountain monkeys are definitely there to deal with players who sneak in.]

[Golden G: Understandable. Current guides all say you can skip Balkan City.]

[Unnamed User (Newbie): But many content creators’ guides say you can get materials for free in this dungeon, and they just say you’ll know once you go.]

[Pink Unicorn: What you can get for free in this dungeon are the resources in the hands of veteran players.]

[Heartless Liver Emperor: Players can go to the Royal Knight Order every week to claim two bound escape items. Then you list the escape items at Hermes’ Commerce Association, specifying whether it’s for Gold Coins or material trades. Many veteran players will make an offer to buy them.]

[Heartless Liver Emperor: General escape items use Summoning to call creatures to assist in escaping, but the monster density in this dungeon is too high; the summoned creatures will just die with you. The [Auto-Trigger Short-Distance Jump Device] provided by the Royal Knight Order is the best to use.]

[Man of Justice: This is a way for newbie players to earn money and materials. Earning twice a week is more than what you get from completing some quests.]

[Big Resentment Seed: Veteran players have plenty of cash. You can add me as a friend and send me a trade list. I can trade a Fossil Axe for ten of them.]

[Unnamed User (Newbie): Can a newbie ask, what equipment are veteran players farming for at the Giant Defense Line?]

[Golden G: Lion Headband.]

[Golden G: Goat Headband.]

[Big Smart: Sand Sculpture Headband.]

[Big Resentment Seed: I’m different from the guys above. I’m looking for the Emei Mountain monkeys’ balls.]

[Heartless Liver Emperor: Answering you seriously. Besides these leather headbands, advanced Titan Hybrid materials can be given to Blacksmiths for weapon Enhancement and Enchantment. But because Blacksmiths can’t advance in class, the success rate is a bit low. If you’re unlucky, you need a massive amount of materials to farm repeatedly just to succeed once, and the stats might even roll wrong.]

[Heartless Liver Emperor: Newbie players should absolutely never try material Enhancement and Enchantment. It’s Hell for min-maxers and the Animal Realm for liver emperors.]

[Heartless Liver Emperor: But if someone could convince the Royal Knight Order to provide an unlimited supply of escape items and keep the dungeon open indefinitely, I’d gladly call them "Dad"—or "Mom", that works too.]

[Unnamed User (Newbie): Isn’t this game very free? Can’t you just go talk to the NPCs of the Royal Knight Order?]

[Golden G: But you won’t be able to find Marika, the one with the most authority to speak on the matter.]

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The Royal Knight Order, Hundred-Womb Ganges Defense Line, also known as the Giant Defense Line garrison.

Blaze entered the conference room of the Royal Knight Order. Many people were already waiting inside. The most eye-catching among them were three Blessed: two women and one man.

[Dan Kelly / Wild Boar Level 85] [Terry Bryan / Evil Dog Level 75] [Rebecca Wengard / Kai Crocodile Level 90].

The three Deputy Knight Commanders, whose status in the Royal Knight Order was second only to Marika, and who were three powerful Knights, immediately stood up the moment Blaze entered. They bowed to him with utmost respect.

"O Black Beast Knight who saved Arcadia and exposed its tragic fate, we are deeply honored to meet you!"

"That battle wasn’t my sole achievement. Without the help of the Foreigners, Arcadia’s revolution would absolutely never have succeeded." Blaze didn’t panic; he had long prepared himself mentally for this.

Certain highly impactful battles would spread even without deliberate promotion, let alone the Arcadia liberation battle that had caused the Creation Giant Bell to toll.

"We know. There—there was also a Foreigner named G-Greenland, right!" The Wild Boar, Dan Kelly, was a beautiful Gians. She had gorgeous, wavy blonde hair and practically fulfilled every description of a Female Knight found in chivalric tales.

At this moment, this Female Knight wore the standard tragic ending expression of Female Knights in those tales—"Ghk—just kill me!"—as she muttered Greenland’s name in sheer humiliation while expressing her gratitude and respect.

"W-We will also offer her our—ghk—utmost respect!"

Blaze understood the awkward position of Knights like Dan Kelly. After all, they were Vice Aliens; their faces were so detestable that even a dog would want to run up and take a bite out of them. Even the monsters they defeated would rather let the Vice Aliens absorb all their souls and gain massive amounts of Experience Value than leave behind a single crafting material.

Now, asking these noble Knights—who were willing to guard this defense line for the rest of their lives—to offer their respect to a Vice Alien was an unbelievable humiliation.

Blaze hesitated for a moment, but still felt he couldn’t let the other hardworking Foreigners lose out, so he added, "There were also five other Vice Aliens and roughly over three hundred regular Foreigners who contributed their efforts. I hope you will treat them equally."

The three Knights simultaneously clutched their heads, their faces twisted in agony. They had clearly fallen into some terrifying delusion.

"What’s wrong with them?" Blaze asked Marika in a low voice.

"Kelly is hallucinating herself groveling before six Vice Aliens, while Terry and Rebecca are worrying about the Royal Knight Order’s financial issues," Marika leaned down, shielding her face with her hand, and whispered in Blaze’s ear.

"The Hundred-Womb Ganges Defense Line is a bottomless pit. The Royal Knight Order’s finances have always been on the verge of collapse, and the support from the Giant Kingdom and the surrounding Lords is completely insufficient.

"Providing special assistance to one or two Foreigners is fine, but if it’s over three hundred..."

"Hmm, no wonder they sell Titan Hybrid materials at such high prices." Blaze stroked his chin. "Then how much funding do you need for a month?"

His daily three Copper Coins had already appeared. Although he didn’t know their exact value, they had to be worth a lot. If he gave them to Marika...

"Around three to four hundred million Gold Coins."

"COUGH, COUGH, COUGH—"