The Double Drop Buff Surviving The Endless Ocean novel Chapter 73

Alina snapped: [You’re being ridiculous. Why can’t I ask people to vote for my friend?]

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Robin held back his anger and addressed everyone: [I’m asking for votes for myself. Alina’s asking for her friend. Which one matters more to you?]

Alina jumped in right away. [By the way, ‘Gathering by Stove‘ is my sister’s work. Guys, please support her!]

She just said it casually, not realizing Rodger and Danelle were actually in this entry.

Robin checked the time. There were only twelve minutes left before the voting closed, but his work had dropped to sixth place.

The prize between the fifth and the sixth place was totally different.

That meant missing out on a whole plot of land.

Robin was getting even more anxious.

His eyes were red with desperation as he kept spamming the Local Chat, begging everyone to vote for him.

But the folks who supported him had already cast their votes. The ones who liked “Gathering by Stove” couldn’t be bothered to switch. Alina’s crowd just flat–out ignored him.

Robin was getting frantic. [Guys, please vote for me. If you do, just hit me up and I’ll hand over five logs!]

Someone asked: [For real? You’ll give them to me right after I switch my vote?]

Robin swore: [Absolutely! Just send me a screenshot after you change your vote, and I’ll get you those five logs right away.]

All it took was a vote to score five logs. No one could say no to that. People started switching their votes and hitting Robin up immediately.

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Robin started handing out logs left and right.

Two minutes later, Robin was back in fifth place.

Robin finally breathed easy, but his gaze was locked on that number one spot, burning with ambition.

First place was what he’d been gunning for from the start.

First place came with five pieces of Top lands. Plants would grow ten times faster there. The second to fifth got two pieces of Advanced land, boosting growth by four times.

Sixth to tenth only got one Intermediate plot, doubling the speed at best.

The difference in rewards between first place and the rest was just massive.

He was dead set on snagging those five Top plots.

Clenching his jaw, Robin wrote: [Come on, everyone, keep those votes coming. Just send me a screenshot after you vote, and I’ll hand over ten logs!]

Alina said with a sly tone: [Robin, where’d you even get all those logs from?)

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someone else piped up, annoyed. [Yeah, you said five logs for switching, and now you’re raising the stakes? And you still haven’t given me my five logs!]

Another person jumped in: [Me too! Where’s my logs?]

someone else complained: [Robin, now you’re offering ten logs for switching, but what about us who already voted for you? io we just get nothing?“]

Another person added: [Yeah, so we just wasted our votes!]

someone called out in the chat: [I’m taking my vote back, Robin. Hurry up and give me those ten logs, or I’m not voting for ‘ou!]

That was just the ones who said it out loud. The folks who’d already gotten something from Robin felt too embarrassed to ay anything, but some quietly took back their votes.

They thought, ‘Why should we bother? Some people get ten logs, some get five. We’ve been supporting him from the start nd get nothing.

Fine, if Robin wants to buy votes, let him pay for every single one!‘

Robin was so desperate that he ended up making a huge blunder.

tobin watched helplessly as his votes kept slipping away, and before he knew it, he’d fallen all the way to tenth place.

What just happened?‘ Robin thought.

t took a moment, but then it finally hit him.

Crap, I really screwed up,‘ he thought, his heart sinking.

The player in eleventh place had been eyeing tenth for a while, and seeing Robin drop so fast, he jumped at the chance and tarted rallying votes in his own district.

Alina saw what was happening and just cracked up, unable to hold back her laughter.

Watching Robin get booted from first all the way down to tenth, and now he might not even keep that, this is pure bliss,‘ she hought.

Suddenly, Spike sent her a private message. [Alina, do you know which of our family members made ‘Gathering by Stove? I’s in first place.]

Alina grinned. [I was just bluffing. I have no idea who the author is.]

Spike hesitated, then asked: (Hey, doesn’t Danelle have a scar on her index finger? I took a close look at ‘Gathering by Stove,” and one of the hands in it looks just like hers…]

“What?” Alina’s expression shifted instantly.

She hurriedly opened “Gathering by Stove” and zoomed in on the first image, scanning every detail.

Next to the fireplace, a hand rested on a white coffee cup. It was obviously a young woman’s hand, but a bit rough, especially the index finger, which had a tiny scar.

The scar was so small that most people wouldn’t even notice it, so Alina hadn’t spotted it at first either

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She stared at that hand, and the more she looked, the more it looked just like Danelle’s.

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Most girls these days had delicate, smooth hands, but the Spangler family was different. Thanks to all their martial arts training, even the girls ended up with rough hands.

Wait, could this picture really have something to do with Danelle?‘ Alina thought, her heart pounding.

Alina was practically buzzing with excitement, barely able to hold herself back.

She scrolled down to the comments section, just skimming through the messages, when a few new comments suddenly caught her eye.

Dual–Blade Diva: [Gathering by Stove is straight–up the best piece in this whole contest. I said it, and I’m not taking any arguments. Fight me!

Shameless much? Can’t even hang onto second place now, can you?]

Alina’s heart skipped a beat. Dual–Blade Diva was Danelle’s old username, and that snarky attitude was just like her.

No way, I actually ran into another Spangler this fast!‘ Alina thought, her heart racing with excitement. She typed out a tentative comment.

But when she tried to type Danelle’s real name, she realized the system wouldn’t let her.

Looks like you can’t use real names in the comment section,‘ she remembered.

Alina switched it up and typed: [Danelle, is that you? It’s me, Alina.]

Dual–Blade Diva shot back almost instantly. [Alina, it’s me! Which district are you in? I’m in District 33.]

Alina was thrilled. She thought, ‘So it really is Danelle!‘

Her heart was pounding as she quickly typed: [I’m in District 34. Danelle, are there any other Spanglers in District 33? I’m here with Spike and Ellery]

Dual–Blade Diva: [Just me and Rodger in District 33.]

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