Chapter 2
Don’t Move, It’s a Robbery
Joycelyn watched Franklin fuming and understood his feelings. She didn't need much thought to guess he'd been thoroughly outfoxed by Olivia, having experienced this herself. Joycelyn remained calm at his overwhelming loss. Revenge! That was going to happen later.
Franklin began strategizing with Joycelyn on how to reclaim the lead once they were released.
“I remember all the gold spots. Once we’re out of here, we’ll split up and get them all back.”
Joycelyn glanced at Franklin and gestured toward the wall opposite their cages. On the wall hung a map of the Ancient Town, marked with fifteen glowing points. “The green ones are unclaimed gold spots, and the red ones are already taken.”
Since Franklin had been captured, the 180 gold he held were confiscated and redistributed by the staff to nine different gold spots.
Franklin stared at the map, trying to spot which nine points would turn green.
A staff member carrying a heap of gold walked leisurely out of the hall, preparing to redistribute the treasures. He had just walked a few paces toward the entrance, and in the next second…
“Whoosh!” The bewildered staff member was instantly whisked into the air like a rocket! He was being held up by a rope midair as the gold in his hands clattered to the ground.
A familiar situation unfolded once again. This time, the one hanging midair wasn’t Franklin, but the staff member delivering the treasures.
“Help! I’m afraid of heights! Get me down right now!” The staff member, wearing a ghostly mask, lost both the mask and the gold as he took flight.
Olivia stepped out from behind a tree, looking at the wailing staff member swinging midair with a hint of surprise in her eyes. “Harry?”
Well, wasn’t this her VJ from the last episode, Harry?
Harry was hanging midair, his face pale with fear. The moment he spotted Olivia, a bad feeling tugged at his chest. “Ms. Carter?”
For this episode taking place in the Ancient Town, VJs like him weren’t needed for close-up filming. Harry was just trying to help while off-duty, but never did he expect to be struck with emotional trauma.
Olivia didn’t know what to do. “Uh…”
Harry flailed madly in midair while tears streamed down his face. “Help! Ms. Carter, please get me down! It’s so scary!”
Olivia silently squatted down and stuffed the gold into her sack.
Harry’s eyes widened. “Ms. Carter, what are you doing? Those are supposed to go elsewhere. Argh! I’m going to die. Help me!”
Chapter 230
Don’t Move, It’s a Robbery
Harry didn’t ask to be robbed. He pleaded, “Ms. Olivia, stop messing around, just get me down…”
Tobie watched everything unfold in horror. Setting traps was one thing, but now, Olivia was outright robbing his crew? Did the rule of law even exist anymore!
“I knew it wasn’t that simple! So Olivia was waiting here all along? Notify all NPCs immediately to capture Olivia! Make them remove all her magic tools!”
Tobie nearly choked on his rage. Was there anything more outrageous than robbing his staff?
Under Tobie’s orders, a group of NPCs reluctantly headed toward Olivia’s location. The military trainees were already numb to it all. Capture her? Heh. Let’s just treat it as going through the motions!