Lu Fan couldn't help but feel a little stirred—he'd really run into some big shots.
Qin Shanhai, the Mayor of Jianghai City, was a well-known figure in the region.
He is not only the most powerful figure in Jianghai City but also one of the top-tier warriors. It is said that he is currently a level 54 knight, about to undergo his Third-class Advancement.
The Qin family—calling them the most powerful family in Jianghai City wasn't much of an exaggeration.
Sun Ge had deliberately revealed their background to try and intimidate Lu Fan a little. After all, in Jianghai City, no one could afford to offend the Qin family.
But to Lu Fan, their identity was surprising at best—nothing more.
With Little Night by his side now, his future potential was limitless. The Qin family? They would never be able to match him.
After shaking hands, Sun Ge said to Lu Fan, "Let me be honest with you, kid."
"We're from the Qin family. This trip was originally just to accompany the young miss for some level grinding in preparation for the upcoming entrance trials."
"But just now, we discovered a Secret Realm of Fortune that requires a minimum of eight people to enter. And we're short exactly one."
"You showing up might just be fate."
"So, we want to offer you 100,000 Dragon Coins to join our team and help us meet the headcount so we can unlock the dungeon. Once inside, you won't need to lift a finger—leave the fighting to us. You can even keep any materials that drop inside."
"How's that sound? Deals like this don't come around often."
By any reasonable standard, Sun Ge had put everything on the table—status, money, favorable terms. No average material hunter would ever refuse such an offer.
It was essentially free money, not to mention the opportunity to build ties with the Qin family. It was the kind of thing a material hunter could only dream of.
But unexpectedly, Lu Fan shook his head and said, "I'm not particularly interested in money or materials. What I am interested in is the final reward of the dungeon."
Before Sun Ge could respond, Cai'er behind him couldn't hold back her irritation anymore. She bit back her anger and snapped, "Hey, don't push your luck! You're just here to make up the numbers. We're already offering you a ton of cash and materials. And now you have the nerve to raise your price?"
Sun Ge waved a hand to silence her, not wanting to upset Lu Fan. If he turned and walked away now, they'd lose their only shot at entering the dungeon.
Qin Qiu, who had been mostly silent until now, finally spoke in her dignified young-lady tone, her words carrying weight:
"We can't just hand over the final rewards to you. That wouldn't be fair."
"But if you have other conditions, and they're not unreasonable, we can consider them."
She paused, then said seriously, "It's true that we need your help, but I hope you don't get too greedy."
Lu Fan scratched his nose, understanding that if they couldn't come to terms, it'd just be a lose-lose situation.
He chuckled and said, "I think you're all misunderstanding me—I'm not being greedy."
"What I mean is, I don't want to just be a filler. I want to actually participate in the dungeon run with you."
"I'm sure you're all familiar with the standard dungeon cooperation rule, right? After clearing the dungeon, the rewards are chosen based on a ranking of total damage and healing contribution."
"Top contributors pick their rewards first. I want to go by that rule."
"You want to co-run the dungeon with us?" Qin Qiu asked in surprise.
Lu Fan nodded. "That's right. That's what I meant."
Qin Qiu looked toward Sun Ge. He too was surprised, but after a moment, he gave Qin Qiu a subtle nod—it meant he agreed to Lu Fan's proposal.
Just as Lu Fan said, the rule of cooperative dungeon runs was widely recognized: After completing the dungeon, rewards were distributed in order based on each player's combined damage and healing output.
It was a fair system, but in fact, it worked in their favor.
Sun Ge had a high level, and Qin Qiu had a hidden class. Because of her class traits, her combined healing and damage output would be substantial—more than enough to secure one of the top two ranks.
The rest of their team was around level 20, with classes like mage and archer that dealt solid damage.
Lu Fan, a mere material hunter, would be lucky to rank in the top five.
And since a dungeon usually only dropped three or four rewards, it was highly likely Qin Qiu and the others would claim them all.
Sun Ge guessed that Lu Fan's confidence came from the fact that he could survive solo in the Rocky Plains hunting beasts and gathering materials.
But the guy was clearly overestimating himself—when it came to actual rankings, he might not even break into the top five.
After exchanging a glance with Qin Qiu, Sun Ge nodded and agreed to Lu Fan's request: "Alright, if you want to run the dungeon as a teammate, we'll do it that way."
Perhaps out of kindness—or perhaps out of caution to avoid Lu Fan making trouble later if he walked away empty-handed—Qin Qiu added,
"Also, the original 100,000 Dragon Coin payment we offered still stands."
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