As soon as Su Mo walked into the tavern, everyone drinking there turned to look at him and laugh. Some called out, "Soda Water, are you tricking new adventurers into going on an adventure again?" He didn't answer. Instead, he said to the clerk behind the counter, "One Holy Blessing Potion, three Intelligence Elixirs, and six Heaven Potions." Then he laid out nine dog eyes.
They deliberately shouted even louder, "You went to challenge the Abyss again!" Su Mo's eyes widened. "How can you just make things up and ruin my good name..."
"What good name? I saw you getting pounded by that guy with the steel pipe just two days ago!"
Su Mo's face flushed red, veins standing out across his forehead as he argued, "Tactical damage mitigation... That doesn't count as getting beaten... I was just making the enemy underestimate me. It's a tactic. How can you call that getting pounded?"
Then came a string of hard-to-understand words, things like "skill upgrades" and "weapon enhancements," which set everyone laughing. The tavern was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
