186: Qin Lan, the future "big wet nurse"!

"Ding! Your Wage-Fire Servant, Antonidas, has successfully killed a Goblin..."

"Ding! Your Wage-Fire Servant, Antonidas, has killed the Goblin High Priest (LV30 · Lord)!"

"Talent 'Greed' triggered! Antonidas ultimately gained 450,000 experience points! He has successfully leveled up to 28!"

"Talent 'Greed' triggered! You ultimately gained 3.15 million game coins!"

A series of system notifications rang in Su Mo's ears.

Looking at the long string of zeros that instantly appeared in his account, Su Mo nodded with satisfaction.

As expected of the gold-medal hitman he personally appointed, Antonidas's operational capability was top-notch.

However, when he saw the notification on the system panel that read, "No new Goblins will be summoned," his brows furrowed involuntarily.

"Damn it, I miscalculated."

Su Mo cursed inwardly, feeling a pang of regret.

He had originally hoped to keep the Goblin High Priest as an ATM that could infinitely spawn monsters, continuously providing him with experience and game coins.

Who knew that Antonidas, this hothead, would be so ruthless? The moment Su Mo wasn't paying attention, he slaughtered the goose that laid the golden eggs.

As for converting this Level 30 Goblin High Priest?

Su Mo glanced at the cost required for conversion.

Eighteen million!

That was a full four million more expensive than converting Antonidas!

Just for a Goblin that only knew how to endlessly summon minions? Su Mo shook his head; with funds tight right now, this deal would be a complete loss.

It seems he'd have to hold a meeting for his "excellent employees" back home and train them on what "sustainable overfishing" meant.

"My Lord, your subordinate has been ineffective; please punish me!"

Antonidas seemed to sense his master's change in mood and frantically flew before Su Mo, kneeling on one knee, not daring to raise his head.

The pressure from the depths of his soul made him tremble.

"Alright, get up," Su Mo waved his hand, his tone betraying no emotion.

"It's your first time, so I won't blame you. Just be more careful next time; don't always target the chickens that lay eggs."

"Thank you, my Lord!"

Antonidas felt as if he had been granted a great pardon and quickly stood up, respectfully standing to the side.

"Alright, the small fry have been cleared."

Su Mo turned around, his gaze sweeping over the nine female players who were still petrified, finally landing on Qin Lan, who was looking at him with an almost worshipful expression.

"The remaining stragglers are for you all to practice on."

"Sister Lan, your current task is to level up. Hurry and reach level twenty to complete your class change quest."

As Su Mo spoke, he walked up to Qin Lan, naturally raising his hand and affectionately pinching her warm, smooth cheek.

"Once you've changed classes to a Grand Healer, I'll be counting on you to protect me."

Qin Lan's pretty face instantly flushed crimson.

She subconsciously glanced around at the nine pairs of eyes uniformly looking over, filled with ambiguous and "I understand" meanings, which made her face feel even hotter.

This bad guy!

In front of so many people, how could he... how could he do this!

She wanted to chide him, but the words caught in her throat, turning into a mosquito-like hum.

"Mm..."

The nine female Scarlet Rose players, seeing this scene, understood immediately, their smiles growing even brighter.

So Elder Qin Lan and Boss Su Mo's relationship had already reached this stage!

"Alright, with matters here concluded, I should be going."

Su Mo glanced at his rapidly decreasing Netherworld Fire.

In this dungeon that didn't belong to him, every minute he stayed consumed 500 points of Netherworld Fire; the consumption was too great, so he had to leave.

"Antonidas, you stay here for now and protect them," Su Mo commanded the black-robed Archmage beside him.

"Yes, my Lord!"

Although Antonidas desperately didn't want to leave his master's side, he dared not disobey Su Mo's command in the slightest.

"Sister Lan, don't be afraid either."

Su Mo then gently comforted Qin Lan, "With Antonidas here, no monster in this dungeon can harm any of you in the slightest."

"You can safely grind monsters and level up here. Whenever you want to leave, just silently think 'exit dungeon'."

"Okay, I understand, Xiao Mo," Qin Lan nodded heavily, her eyes shimmering, "You be careful too."

"Don't worry."

Su Mo responded with a smile, then no longer lingered, his mind moving.

Buzz—!

A white light flashed, and his figure instantly vanished from the disgusting dungeon filled with Goblin corpses and green slime.

It wasn't until Su Mo's aura completely disappeared that the nine female Scarlet Rose players finally slowly recovered from the overwhelming shock.

"I... I wasn't dreaming just now, was I?"

The cute girl with twin pigtails' voice was still trembling as she looked at the short-haired older sister beside her, her expression dazed.

"Boss Su Mo... he really came just now?"

"Mm," the short-haired older sister nodded mechanically.

The next second, she abruptly turned around, looking at Qin Lan, who was gazing wistfully in the direction Su Mo had disappeared, with an incredibly reverent, almost fanatical expression.

With a "thud"!

She knelt on one knee without hesitation!

"Elder Qin Lan!"

"From today onwards, the lives of us nine sisters are yours!"

"If you tell us to go east, we will never go west!"

"If you tell us to hit a dog, we will never chase a chicken!"

"Ah?" Qin Lan was startled by her sudden action, completely stunned.

And the eight female players behind her instantly reacted, mimicking her actions, uniformly kneeling on one knee before Qin Lan.

"Elder Qin Lan, please accept our allegiance!"

What kind of international joke was this?!

This was Boss Su Mo's woman!

Moreover, judging by the boss's intimate actions and gentle tone, this was definitely a cherished darling, held in his palm for fear of dropping her, and held in his mouth for fear of melting!

If not now, when would be the time to cling to this leg thicker than a mountain of gold?!

Qin Lan looked at the nine girls before her who, a second ago, had treated her as a burden, and a second later, were worshipping her like a god. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

She looked down at the nine kneeling before her, then looked up at the place where Su Mo had disappeared, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

From today onwards, everything would be different.