"I am back!"
Three hours later, Caesar returned to the guild, carrying a large cloth bag filled with vegetables, his face brimming with joy.
You see, it took him two hours to travel back and forth, which meant he only needed one hour to eliminate the rabbits. Most of his time was spent tracking them. Once he found the rabbit nest, he unleashed a Wind Wound attack. The entire nest, along with more than ten meters of ground, was blown straight into the sky. They were wiped out.
"So fast?"
Everyone in the guild was stunned when they saw Caesar return so quickly.
Makarov blinked in surprise, then gave a dry cough and said, "Well done. By the way, the employer left a 20,000 J deposit with us. Come and claim it."
"A deposit too?"
Caesar's eyes lit up, and he hurried over to Makarov, taking the 20,000 J.
Counting the money, Caesar stored it away with satisfaction. "This mission was very profitable. With the reinforcement work I did, plus the 50,000 J commission, and now this 20,000 J deposit, that's 170,000 J for one mission. Grandpa President, if another job like this comes along, be sure to send it my way!"
"Wait! What did you say?!"
Makarov's eyes widened in disbelief.
"I said if another mission like this comes—"
"Not that! The part before it!"
"One mission, 170,000 J?"
Caesar nodded cautiously.
"How did you make that much?"
"Oh, I gave the employer a suggestion to reinforce the fence and offered to build a metal barrier. He paid me 100,000 J for that. Then I cleared out the rabbits. The employer checked and paid me the rest of the reward."
Everyone stared at Caesar as if they were seeing a monster.
This guy was squeezing every last bit of value out of his commissions! A job worth 30,000 J, and he walked away with more than five times that. And what's more, the employer thought it was worth it.
"This little guy was born for this job!"
That thought echoed in everyone's minds.
Meanwhile, Caesar casually walked over to the commission board and began searching for his next target. At the same time, he mentally ran through ways he could maximize profits on future jobs.
Soon, he picked out a task to clean up a nearby lake.
After a quick meal, Caesar immediately set off again.
Arriving at the lake, he met with the employer, offered suggestions, negotiated for higher pay, got the approval, cleaned up the lake, completed the extra work, and finished the job.
Altogether, Caesar earned 90,000 J, including a 10,000 J bonus.
Proving again that his ideas worked, Caesar returned to the guild full of energy, like someone who'd just been injected with a stimulant.
When the others heard about it, they were speechless.
They watched him standing at the commission board, selecting job after job, and couldn't help but wonder—was this guy just too good, or were the rest of them slacking?
In the following days, Caesar became a mission machine. Constantly taking jobs, finishing them, and proposing high-value add-ons.
Not every client accepted his offers, of course. Some refused, and Caesar let it go without pressing.
Still, with Caesar clearing out the commissions at lightning speed, the rest of the guild started to panic.
They had no choice. If they didn't step up, they'd be broke!
With everyone scrambling to keep up, commissions began vanishing from the board like water in the desert.
"Gone? How can all the commissions be gone?!"
Caesar stood in front of the now-empty board, completely dumbfounded.
The few remaining members in the guild shot him resentful looks.
Why now? Why all of a sudden?
This was what happened when everyone was forced to compete just to survive. There was no peace anymore!
"Grandpa President!"
Caesar turned toward Makarov.
Makarov nearly choked on his drink. After a few dry coughs, he said, "Xiao Caesar, you've worked hard lately. It's time to take a break. Rest for a few days and don't forget your training."
Caesar nodded reluctantly.
Well, he had to admit, running around nonstop had been exhausting. And with a stash of over 3 million J saved up, it was time to do a ten-draw and power up!
Everyone let out a collective sigh of relief as Caesar finally stepped away from the commission board.
But just as he sat down, he suddenly jumped up and said, "Oh, right! Isn't there a guild called Phantom? We can snatch their commissions too!"
Everyone: ...Please have some mercy!
Makarov froze for a moment, then broke into a cold sweat.
His relationship with Joseph wasn't great to begin with. Now Caesar had cleared out all of Fairy Tail's commissions, and with such a ridiculous mission completion rate, Fairy Tail was bound to get flooded with new requests.
That was a good thing—but it would squeeze out other guilds. Spectre and Fairy Tail were the two top guilds in Fiore. More commissions for Fairy Tail meant fewer for Spectre.
Knowing how petty Joseph was, Makarov was already bracing himself for another argument at the next meeting.
"Well, whatever. We'll deal with it when the time comes. If that guy wants to mess around, he's welcome to try."
Makarov chuckled to himself and took another sip of wine.
Meanwhile, Caesar sat down and opened the game interface.
With over 3 million J in hand, before he even made a move, the interface popped up excitedly, displaying a limited-time recharge rebate event.
There was even a bonus reward for the first time you recharged 30,000 spirit stones.
Caesar smirked. It was obvious—after more than a year without any top-ups, this bootleg mobile game was starving for money. And now that it detected he had a pile of jewels, it was going all in.
If it didn't drain him dry, it would be ashamed to call itself a mobile game!
As much as Caesar wanted to play hard-to-get, the flashy event banners were way too tempting.
Leaving only 4,000 to 5,000 J aside for emergencies, Caesar charged the full 3 million J into the game in one go.