Hearing Shifeng's words, Hei Zi had no choice but to give up on the idea of visiting a monster town for now.
After all, the Ling YI Society was very busy right now. Ever since the Guild's expansion, it felt as if it lacked manpower.
Setting aside the war with Blackwater and the Sky Burial Society, just Stone Forest Town itself required a large number of people to manage.
In the past, he had not thought that managing a town was difficult. However, recently, Shifeng had handed over some of the town's management duties to him. Only then did he realize how troublesome it was.
While the town was still under protection, the town's security could be left entirely to the NPCs. However, once the protection period ended, a series of problems arose.
First, the town's patrols were a problem. This could be considered a daily quest in a player town. Players had to patrol the town to maintain the town's safety. However, this safety did not come from players but NPCs.
Ever since the town's protection period ended, NPCs from other towns had continuously visited Stone Forest Town. Among these NPCs were merchants and adventurer teams, allowing the town's economy to truly develop.
Why was this called 'truly develop'?
If a town wished to be promoted, it mainly depended on the town's economic prosperity. Meanwhile, in terms of economic prosperity, both depended on players and NPCs. In terms of players, Stone Forest Town was far from meeting the requirements. It already qualified to be promoted to a Medium Town. However, when it came to NPCs, the town's NPCs were far from ordinary. One of the conditions was that the town had to have at least 10,000 NPCs. This 10,000 NPCs did not include the Guild's hired guards and guards.
Why would these NPCs be willing to come to a town? Safety was extremely important. Hence, Guild players had to send people to maintain the town's security every day to prevent the dark forces' spies from causing trouble.
In addition, the Guild also had to send many members to maintain the trade routes between towns. In this regard, there were two types of threats. One was players, and the other was NPCs and wild beasts.
If the trade routes were properly maintained, the NPCs would not come to town at all.
Hence, it was not easy to manage these Guild Quests. Fortunately, these were all Guild Quests, and the rewards were quite good. Many players competed for these Guild Quests every day. Only, the cost of these Guild Quests was somewhat high. While the system provided the EXP, the Guild provided the Coins …
Moreover, the longer the trade routes were guarded, the more players the Guild had to send out. Naturally, the cost would also increase.
The daily maintenance fees alone cost the Guild 300 Gold. Moreover, as the protection period had just ended, there was only one trade route available. If there were more trade routes, the cost would increase significantly.
"Guild Leader, do you think we won't need to patrol the town's trade routes after we construct this Magic Tower?" Hei Zi asked curiously as he watched the Shifeng fiddle with the magic runes.
"Of course. Why else do you think I spent so much to build this Magic Tower?" Shifeng rolled his eyes at Hei Zi.
Magic Towers were mainstream defensive structures in God's Domain during the later stages of the game. Just the construction cost alone was 7,000 Gold. If too many materials were wasted during construction, the total cost could exceed 10,000 Gold. This was also why Master ranked players were tasked with constructing the Magic Towers.
Not only did the Magic Tower require a design, but it also required so much money. If the Magic Towers only had powerful destructive power, they would not have become mainstream defensive structures in God's Domain. Most importantly, the town's defensive range allowed players to easily scout within 10,000 yards of the town …
Hence, after constructing a Magic Tower in a town, players would not have to worry about NPCs harassing the trade routes within 10,000 yards of the town. After all, these NPCs knew that they would be discovered very quickly. If Shi Feng constructed two Magic Towers, he could have a defensive range of 15,000 yards. At most, he could have a defensive range of 30,000 yards. In other words, he could have five Magic Towers.
However, Stone Forest Town was not an important trade route. There were not many trade routes that needed to be protected. Hence, one Magic Tower was more than enough. Constructing more would be a complete waste. After all, the design for the Magic Tower was not something that could be easily obtained. If Shifeng did not lack the design, he would not mind constructing a few more Magic Towers, turning Stone Forest Town into an iron barrel.
Currently, Stone Forest Town was no longer the same as before. Guild players filled every corner of the town. On the contrary, many independent players roamed the streets. This was because the various large Guilds had gradually shifted their focus to the Undead Canyon. Not only was the map larger, but there were also more monsters there. If players wanted to grind monsters there to level up or grind for Magic Crystals, the Undead Canyon was an excellent location. Most importantly, the Undead Canyon was close to the Undead Canyon. The Ling YI Society would not be able to exploit the Undead Canyon too much.
If players grinded Magic Crystals in the Stoneclaw Mountains, they would have to contribute a significant portion to Stone Forest Town's repair and lodging fees. However, it was a different story if they went to the Undead Canyon. Although the Undead Canyon would take longer, with the popularity of Mounts, it would only take players two hours to reach the Undead Canyon from the nearest Teleportation Town. Hence, the various large Guilds had shifted their focus to the Undead Canyon.
However, it was a different story for independent players. First, their levels could not compare to those Guilds' elite players. Second, they would not have an easy time against those Guilds if they went to the Undead Canyon. Hence, the Stoneclaw Mountains became the best choice for independent players.
At a glance, Stone Forest Town's streets were practically 70% independent players. The town's prosperity was even greater than before.
While Shifeng continued to perfect the runes on the Magic Towers, news of the various large Guilds in the Starmoon Kingdom raiding a monster town spread like wildfire on the official forums.
A Level 60 Mythic monster had appeared in Black Ridge Town, and all of the crusading Guilds had suffered a crushing defeat!
"What? Aren't Mythic monsters Tier 4 monsters?"
"You didn't see how powerful those monsters were. With just one move, over 10,000 of the tens of thousands of players that went to raid the town died instantly. Not a single player could survive a single hit from those monsters. Not even magic barriers could suppress them."
"That's still nothing. I've heard that the monsters in that town have all gained sentience. Their combat standards are very high. Ordinary players of the same level might not be a match for them in a one-on-one. Moreover, the most frightening thing about those monsters is that they can't log back into God's Domain for a short time after being killed. Moreover, those monsters grow stronger as they kill players."
"How are we supposed to raid that town if that's the case? The more players we send, the stronger those monsters will become. Moreover, the town has a Tier 4 SS guarding it. Even the NPCs in major NPC cities are only Tier 4. Who can possibly do anything to those monsters? "
"I've heard that the monsters in that town have already started moving away from Black Ridge Town. I've also heard that many of the players grinding in that map have been ambushed. Now, no one dares to go there."
"It's no wonder the system gave such a generous reward. This quest really is difficult. Fortunately, I didn't go."
"Say, do you guys think those monsters will continue to devour the surrounding towns?"
"That might really be possible."
"Stone Forest Town seems to be one of the closest towns to that map. If those monsters go to Stone Forest Town, we'll be in for some fun."
…
The various players on the forums discussed the situation. However, the various large Guilds suddenly realized something. If those monsters continued to expand, Stone Forest Town would be in big trouble.
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