Chapter 29 The Inside Story

"Your Rank has increased (Rank 33 → Rank 46), all attributes +152, free attribute points +152!"

"You have cumulatively killed over 100 Cyclops (employee kills count as well) and successfully unlocked the achievement [What are you looking at? Do you believe I'll poke out your Cyclops eye?]. Congratulations, you have received the reward [Draw Count + 1]!"

"You have collected all the drops from the Cyclops — [Gold Coin + 9, Silver Coin + 29, Copper Coin + 85]!"

"You activated [Gold - Eater is King] to devour all the Cyclops corpses. Because you have obtained the same skill multiple times, it has been automatically converted into relevant skill proficiency. Congratulations, you have obtained — [Lv5. Giant Strength (120/2500)], [Lv4. Laser Beam (1840/2000)], [Lv4. War Roar (600/2000)], [Strength + 60], [Physique + 55], [Mental Energy + 48]!"

After 'battling hard' for over an hour, Mu An had gained a rich harvest; his Rank was soaring crazily as if he were riding a rocket.

During this time, Renée was almost dumbfounded.

In her perception, the aura on Mu An's body was becoming increasingly powerful.

Like the tide, after each surge, it would slap more spray onto the beach, layering upon layer, seemingly without end.

Even the little sidekick by this man's side was the same...

"Hey, what Rank are you now?"

Renée cast her gaze toward Nina, who had just returned, and asked bluntly.

Before Nina could open her mouth, Mu An spoke up to defend her first, smiling without warmth.

"Is that any way to speak?!"

"First of all, she has a name, she isn't called 'Hey'!"

"Secondly, that is not the attitude to use when asking someone something. Or is this the level of upbringing of your Elven Race? Do you have no manners at all?"

"Finally, this is someone else's privacy; she has no obligation to answer you."

Renée knew she was in the wrong, so she pouted unhappily.

Coupled with the thought that someone was the master of a Level 99 Undead Bone Dragon, forced by his 'tyranny', she could only mutter in a low voice.

"But I don't know her name either..."

"Nina. You can just call me Nina. Right now I am already... wait, let me check... hmm, I'm already Rank 45!"

Nina didn't think too much about it; she blinked her eyes and introduced herself timidly.

She looked very harmless and easy to bully... as if!

If she hadn't just seen the girl with her own eyes wielding two strange alchemy tools and slaughtering the enemy, Renée might have actually believed it.

Mu An rolled his eyes and pinched Nina's fair and smooth little face with his large hand, kneading it into various shapes.

"Boss, it hurts!"

The girl said vaguely.

The man sneered, feeling very frustrated by her lack of caution.

"You know it hurts now? People ask you something, and you just say it? Next time are you going to spill all your secrets too?"

"You shouldn't have the intention to harm others, but you must have the intention to guard against them. Understand?"

Nina nodded pitifully.

"Understood."

"Understood what?"

"I can't just tell people my secrets casually; if I do, I can only..."

The girl paused, leaned close to Mu An's ear, and whispered honestly.

"If I speak, I can only tell my secrets to the Boss."

Mu An nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

But soon, his brows twitched; he felt like something was weird.

He pulled back a little distance.

Looking at the girl's slightly flushed face, he briefly suspected that she was teasing him on purpose, but he didn't have any concrete evidence.

[You had better mean the bottom of your trump cards, not the bottom of your underpants!]

While the two were chatting, Renée had fallen into deep shock.

She couldn't figure it out at all.

Nina looked like just a cat-eared demi-human, and she wasn't very old.

How could her Rank be higher than hers, an Elf who had been Cultivating for nearly a hundred years?

[Didn't they say I was a one-in-a-million Genius? What about my cultivation speed being far beyond 99% of the Geniuses in the world?]

[If I am a Genius, what is she? A Genius among Geniuses?]

[Or has the era outside changed? Has even a race as unpopular as demi-humans already risen?]

Renée looked at her Rank 37, feeling more and more decadent the more she looked.

She was on the verge of squatting in the corner, drawing circles, and doubting life.

"Boss, what's wrong with her?"

Nina asked, puzzled.

"Maybe she's been devastated!"

Mu An said casually.

If he said just one more sentence, that he himself was a Rank 0 noob yesterday and is already a Rank 46 minor expert today, would the other party completely break down?

Facts proved that paper cannot wrap fire.

Subsequently, Renée was unwilling to accept reality and kept asking, determined to get to the bottom of it.

And after obtaining Mu An's consent, Nina told that cruel reality.

'I was only Rank 15 yesterday, and today I am already Rank 45.'

'Is leveling up hard?'

'Before meeting the Boss, I thought it was hard, but after meeting the Boss, I think it's just so-so.'

With just those few simple sentences, Renée really completely broke down.

Others reached Rank 45 in just a few short days, while she had Cultivated for nearly a hundred years (though she often slacked off) and only barely reached Rank 37.

And she was even smug about that, thinking she would be a peerless Genius who would be invincible across the world after going out.

It can be completely said that compared to Nina, she felt that all this time had been spent on a Slime!

This time, Renée hung her head and hid in the corner, holding a small twig, really drawing circles.

"Boss, what's wrong with her again?"

Nina tilted her head.

Mu An also learned from how someone spoke bluntly earlier.

"Her Dao Heart is shattered!"

As a cold and ruthless capitalist (Sigma male), Mu An did not choose to comfort Renée, or boost her favorability or anything.

If he was going to boost favorability, he would boost his own employee Nina's!

That way, he might even get some random rewards!

As for whether to consider hiring a second employee...

Mu An glanced at the interface of the Myriad Worlds Gate App.

He had previously learned about it seriously; players have an extremely high degree of freedom.

As long as one can afford the money required for the employment contract (which has currently reached 100 gold coins).

One can freely choose the target they want to hire, with almost no other restrictions.

Well, money is the restriction.

The man looked at his 'shy' pocket again.

Forget it, forget it, let's eat first!

Soon, Mu An and Nina were each holding delicious Jianbing Guozi and gnawing on them.

Every now and then, they would take a sip of fizzy cola.

Directly maxing out their sense of satiety and happiness!

Rumble—

In front of this 'mukbang' that had it all in terms of color, aroma, and taste, Renée's stomach also rumbled at the wrong time.

Seeing the two's gazes subconsciously cast toward her, the girl immediately blushed, lowered her head, and said hypocritically.

"It's not me! It's definitely not me! I'm not hungry at all!"

Rumble rumble—

But her stomach didn't indulge her, continuously launching a noise attack like 'Please let me have a bite, just one bite, I am really super-duper hungry'.

This time, even if Renée covered her stomach, she couldn't suppress it.

Her pretty face was flushed red, and even her pointed Elven ears, which were adorned with many sapphire accessories, turned pink.

Although she didn't look up, she could imagine the strange gazes of the two opposite her.

It was really extremely embarrassing!

At this moment, the girl regretted immensely that she hadn't prepared some dry rations needed for the road before sneaking out.