Trapped Inside the Beta Test World for 1000 Years-Chapter 74

Leaving the underground, Xia Ya changed his clothes and hurried to the bustling city center.
As a symbolic building for casters, the towering Mage Tower stood on the highly coveted Golden Avenue.
This structure appeared to be thirty meters tall, but in reality, it was only fifteen meters; the rest was an illusion created by the mages.
In a place like the Lugor Kingdom, where mages were scarce, the number of casters was as rare as registered soccer players in the Celestial Empire—too few, and all of them were terrible. Yet, the Lugor Kingdom still had to find ways to support these terrible players because mages were strategic resources. Although everyone was united under the central management led by the United Holy Nation, each had to be strong on their own.
A blue Arcane Golem at the entrance blocked Xia Ya, genuinely asking for money.
Xia Ya cast a "Slow Curse," causing the Arcane Golem's movements to stiffen instantly. After detecting Xia Ya's identity as a caster, it slowly moved aside.
Ordinary people had to pay or have a reputation to enter here, but casters did not.
There were still no players in the courtyard of the Mage Tower, just the familiar faces. Xia Ya registered at the front desk and smoothly became a member of the Astan City Mage Tower, receiving a weekly stipend of 2 silver coins.
Of course, the condition was that he completed a certain amount of weekly monster extermination tasks; otherwise, there would be no such benefits.
"Please connect me to Mr. Jones in 'Elemental Zone Room 7' and tell him someone wishes to visit."
Xia Ya said to the young lady at the front desk in a low-cut dress, trying to keep his gaze on her face and offering a polite smile.
This gesture earned him her favor, and the young lady, with a 9-point face and a 90-point figure, immediately wrote his request on a magic slip and tossed it into the fireplace to burn.
A few minutes later, a young voice emerged from the flames.
"Connect the front desk, let him come up."
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"You may go up now," the young lady said sweetly.
"Thank you."
"Ah, do you want to know my name?"
Xia Ya turned back with a smile and said, "No need, you are the Tequila Girl in my heart."
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The mage in Elemental Zone Room 7, Joey Jones, was also a Half-Elf.
But unlike Xia Ya, who had randomly mixed Half-Elf blood, his mother was a pure-blooded Sun Elf, so Joey had excellent mage talent, becoming a Level 35 Elementalist at 21, one of the few non-terrible mages in Astan City.
When Xia Ya arrived at Room 7's door, the door opened by itself before he could knock.
He walked in, and Joey, as usual, stood by the window looking this way.
The window was wide open, and the cold wind blew in, but the thinly dressed mage didn't seem to mind.
Although a mage, Joey Jones had a physique as fit as a Barbarian, looking like a character straight out of Fist of the North Star.
"Do you need something from me?" he asked.
"Shh—"
Xia Ya quietly closed the door.
This action made Joey slightly wary, his brow furrowing, and his fingers already resting on his short wand.
"Don't misunderstand, Jojo, I mean no harm. Rest assured, no one can detect the lingering scent of 'Mana Potion' in the air."
Before Xia Ya spoke, Joey was just nervous; after he finished speaking, Joey's face changed dramatically, almost instantly throwing an ice spike.
Not only because of what Xia Ya said, but also because of that familiar nickname!
Before Joey could lock onto him, Xia Ya opened the cabinet on his left, yanking the door open to shield himself.
Then a scream came from directly ahead.
But it was Joey who screamed!
"No—"
Thud!
The ice spike pierced through the cabinet door but got stuck on it; the seemingly wooden cabinet door was actually metal!
The force of the ice spike dislodged the door from the cabinet, still carrying momentum, and sent Xia Ya flying backward until he hit the wall and stopped.
Xia Ya lost a few insignificant life points, quickly got up, and turned the cabinet door around.
On the other side of this one-meter-high, half-meter-wide cabinet door, a green-skinned Goblin the size of a monkey was bound with straps and rivets, though it was still unconscious. Luckily, the ice spike narrowly missed its head; a slight deviation would have killed it.
This was why Joey exclaimed, as he valued this Goblin more than his own life and almost accidentally killed it.
That would have been the end of him.
"Truly blessed by the Holy Spirit, or 'Jojo' would have been dead." Xia Ya laughed, unstrapping the Goblin from the leather straps, holding its thin arms and legs, a long-unwashed stench mixed with a strong potion smell assaulting his senses.
Joey, afraid of harming the Goblin, dared not make any rash moves.
The situation had developed completely beyond his expectations, and this person exuded an inexplicable aura from head to toe, making him very uncomfortable!
"Put him down! Who are you, anyway? And stop calling me Jojo!"
"I'm here to save you, Joey." Xia Ya spread his hands, "Can you stop pointing the wand at me? What if you accidentally hurt 'Jojo'?"
Joey gritted his teeth and lowered the wand, but took two steps forward.
"Stop! Don't think I don't know you're also a Level 22 Martial Artist, stay five meters away from me."
"Who exactly are you!!"
Joey said angrily, reluctantly compromising. He saw the other's hand resting on Jojo's neck.
The truth was, Joey himself didn't have such a genius Elementalist talent; he had gotten this far entirely thanks to the Goblin Xia Ya held.
He was like the protagonists in those common underdog reversal web novels, who, by chance, gained a golden finger that could make potions. But unlike others who had grandfathers or demon kings possessing them, his cheat was a Goblin, a little Goblin tormented by addiction.
Their relationship wasn't one of enslavement; it could even be called friendship.
Joey had saved the Goblin's life in the icy wilderness, thinking it was just an abandoned little Goblin, and named it 'Jojo.' They got along well afterward. But over time, he discovered the Goblin's alchemical skills were astonishingly advanced, so they began collaborating. In return, Joey helped procure the Soulbinding Grass needed for Jojo's addiction from the black market.
Only the two of them knew about 'Jojo,' but Xia Ya had exposed his biggest secret with a single word.
Recently, Jojo's addiction had flared up, and without enough Soulbinding Grass, Joey had to knock it out and hide it. Before Xia Ya arrived, he had been trying to concoct a "Mana Potion" himself, but failed. Thus, the air was filled with a strong scent, and he had to open the window for ventilation.
Jojo had been temporarily hidden on the cabinet door, disguised with an illusion—so even if someone opened the cabinet, they wouldn't notice anything bound to the door.
But now, the illusion had been shattered by his own ice spike.
The situation was quite awkward.
"What are you doing!"
Joey shouted excitedly as he saw Xia Ya suddenly prying open Jojo's mouth.
"Saving him."
Xia Ya said, sprinkling a small pinch of Soulbinding Grass powder into the Goblin's mouth.
Under Joey's incredulous gaze, Jojo smacked its lips, then suddenly sat up, its eyes fixed on Xia Ya's hand still dusted with powder.