I am the Lucky Cat of an MMORPG

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62. Progress

The feast was spent in silence by the two men. On one hand, HereticKing and XiaoYu weren't big talkers to begin with. On the other, HereticKing was still musing over the peculiar feeling he'd felt for XiaoYu.

However, there were some development to be had. HereticKing told XiaoYu his full name. There was a moment when XiaoYu thought the other was Japanese instead of Chinese. Only after some explanation did he understand that HereticKing's surname was "Hei", not "HeiQi" (Kurosaki). It was just pure coincidence that the first character of the other man's first name was "Qi".

Dinner ended quite some time before XiaoYu's bedtime. Unfortunately, QiYao couldn't stay with him anymore. Today just so happened to be the day he would give his big brother, Hei QiXuan, the monthly report of things in his life.

After QiYao logged off, XiaoYu was reminded of the items and gold coins in the tiny cat's pouch. A glance at his Friends tab showed I_Am_A_Poor_Man still online. Thus, he hurriedly messaged the other to discuss the loot.

When XiaoYu opened up the Pet tab, his heart sunk, and his head dropped in depression. The small cat's level was, written clearly in black and white, Level 80. It was 20 full levels higher than its owner. How was he meant to feel about that?

Not only that, the indicator for how many gold coins the kitten required before its next level up now read "Level of Pet is capped at 20 higher than Owner. Please level up player before levelling pet." Heh. Sure, XiaoYu was now a burden to the little one's levelling.

The moment XiaoYu opened up the kitten's inventory, his eyes were blinded by half-a-screen's worth of bright, shimmering gold coins. An item slot can hold up to 100 of the same item.

A quick looked showed dozens of items slots filled to the brim with x100 gold pieces. Just how many would that be? If it were up to XiaoYu to pick them all up one by one, who knew how many years it'd take? The tiny cat's love for money has once again expanded the limits of his mind.

"Xiao-Yu, what are you looking at? You're getting all cross-eyed," Poor_Man asked as he lightly patted XiaoYu who'd been spacing out in the middle of the street.

"..." This overwhelming shock was so indescribable that XiaoYu just showed the other man the tiny cat's inventory.

"Gods! What? I thought I'd just cracked open a bank's safe!" Poor_Man dug out a pair of shades from his bag. "See no evil! Staring at this for too long will give me the impulse to do something bad."

"How should we split them up, Big Brother Poor?" XiaoYu asked.

"Um...Xiao-Yu, if you keep calling me that, I'll start feeling guilty. You can just call me Lin-ge from now on." It was the first time ever Poor_Man disliked a nickname he made up, especially when he was faced with the mountain of gold.

"Oh. Okay." Did that mean I_Am_A_Poor_Man's surname was Lin? XiaoYu wondered.

"What a pity. The item description said these are just gold pieces of average purity. It's recommended to sell them directly to NPC stores." As XiaoYu had shared his screen over, Poor_Man could read up the item descriptions himself. "I wonder how much one would fetch. Xiao-Yu, go try it out with one piece."

"Okay."

The two took out a single gold piece and headed over to the nearest NPC shop. After showing it to the storekeeper, they were quoted 10 gold coins + 2 gold coins. (Unique passive skill from the tiny cat's necklace - Sell Price +20%.) Likely due to the impurities within the gold piece, it didn't fetch a high price. However, if multiplied by the number of gold pieces collected, the sum would be a terrifying number.