Without greeting the gaunt man who was suspected to be an Assassin player, Wang Zhifan immediately dismissed the summoning of the Red Deer Horse and walked into the Wild Rose Tavern.

The tavern in Rogge Town was quite bustling at this time. As Wang Zhifan entered, he saw many NPC patrons inside, along with at least ten people who were clearly players at a glance. There were also quite a few people who seemed to be players hiding their identities.

"Honored guest, are you also a professional from afar?"

At this moment, a tall, strikingly beautiful tavern waitress, dressed somewhat revealingly, approached Wang Zhifan, who had just entered, and asked him with a rather attentive expression.

"Yes, I'd like to sell some equipment; does anyone here buy it?"

Wang Zhifan immediately nodded and expressed his intention. He wasn't sure if such a place would have this kind of business, but since it was a gathering spot for professionals, it seemed likely to have such operations.

"Yes, you can go over there and find Bert."

Upon hearing this, the waitress immediately raised her unshielded, fair arm and pointed to a counter on one side of the tavern. There, Wang Zhifan could see several people talking intensely to a bald old man behind the counter, and more than one was a player.

"Thank you."

After thanking the waitress, Wang Zhifan quickly navigated through the large wooden tables arranged in the tavern, passing by patrons with varying degrees of aura strength, and reached the vicinity of the counter.

"Bert, how can my iron sword only be worth 28 Copper Coins? Your offer is way too low!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man in worn cloth armor was speaking displeasedly to the bald old man behind the counter, while pressing a plain short sword with his left hand on the wooden counter.

"28 Copper Coins is already a high price. If you don't want to sell, you can go elsewhere. Actually, if Mr. Baron didn't recently have a plan to acquire these items as materials, I wouldn't take them here at all."

The balding old man's expression was indifferent, and his response indicated that he had no regard for the iron sword the middle-aged man wanted to sell.

"Bullshit! I sold the same thing last month for 30 Copper Coins! No one would accept your tavern's prices!"

Wearing worn cloth armor, the middle-aged man picked up the short sword he was pressing with his left hand and angrily turned to leave, actually choosing not to sell it here.

"Old man, your offer earlier was indeed a bit low. I could sell it for more outside at the blacksmith."

After the previous middle-aged man left, another rough-looking NPC, judging by his appearance, spoke, indicating he also did not agree with the old man's counter offer.

"There's nothing I can do; that's how it's instructed from above."

The old man replied indifferently.

"Those trash weapons can kill at most three zombies before the poison water on them destroys them. There's no use in collecting them. Now, we only accept fine goods."

He continued to explain.

"How much do you offer for elite weapons?"

Having reached the counter, Wang Zhifan immediately asked, because the worst equipment in his carried space was of the Fine Layer, which was probably considered fine goods here.

"At least 1 Gold Coin."

The bald old man heard someone ask and immediately lifted his head to look at Wang Zhifan as he approached, simultaneously extending a finger.

"So little?"

Wang Zhifan was not happy with this price and immediately furrowed his brow, staring at the man.

"Young man, you can bring out the item first, and then see if my price satisfies you."

The old man's reaction to Wang Zhifan remained rather indifferent.

"The item I'm selling is similar to that person's earlier, but it's definitely of elite quality."

Wang Zhifan then produced a short knife from somewhere, placing it on the counter. This short knife was similar in appearance to the short sword the old man had dismissed earlier but emitted a faint cold glow, obviously not of ordinary quality.

"Hmm..."

Seeing this, the bald old man reached out his hand to take this fine-grade weapon, carefully examining it. Within a few seconds, he confirmed its quality with his own eyes, incomparable to an ordinary weapon.

"This weapon looks good, but it's a bit short in length. I can offer you 3 Gold Coins."

He then quoted his price to Wang Zhifan.

"At least 5 Gold Coins. I suffered greatly to obtain it."

The young man who brought out the short knife listened and replied with a serious expression.

"Impossible, 5 Gold Coins are enough to custom order one at the old smith's."

The old man shook his head and disagreed with Wang Zhifan's price.

"Then forget it."

Seeing this, Wang Zhifan actually took back the short knife and turned to leave, heading for the tavern's door.

It seemed he was waiting for the old man to change his mind, but he was actually just probing the basic price of a fine-grade weapon before planning to change vendors, given that there were so many fine-grade weapons in his carried space, selling them all here could pose a significant risk.

"Young people these days... they take their things too seriously... That weapon is just low-end fine-grade, only fools would pay 5 Gold Coins."

The old man behind the counter did not change his mind after Wang Zhifan left. Even though he felt the weapon Wang Zhifan brought out was much better than the previous middle-aged man's, he could offer no more than this price.

Just as Wang Zhifan was preparing to leave and find a suitable buyer outside, he suddenly sensed a carriage had stopped outside the tavern, and then a tall figure, surrounded by several people, approached the entrance of the Wild Rose Tavern.

"Is some important NPC coming?"

Wang Zhifan immediately halted his steps upon discovering this point, momentarily abandoning his departure from the tavern, instead finding an inconspicuous spot to stand and wait to see what these people were up to.

As expected, a few seconds later, he saw a strong-build middle-aged man with a notable aura, dressed in lavish attire, being ushered into the tavern. Alongside him were two guards, a male Mage elder and a female Warrior with a sword. Both their outfits appeared to start at the fine-grade.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am the Baron of Rogge Town."

The middle-aged man in lavish attire naturally drew the attention of most people as soon as he entered the tavern, then he raised his hand amicably and spoke.

"I'm glad everyone responded to my summons and came here."

"We all know, it's now the second year of the Demon Tide sweeping through our homeland. Our lands and loved ones have suffered from various monsters, and we've been helpless..."

"But not long ago, I established a plan. If you all can assist me in completing this plan, ending the Demon Tide is not impossible."

"Of course, undertaking this task involves certain risks. I have prepared precious gifts for all the brave ones willing to join."

Mr. Rogen then explained his reason for gathering everyone.

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