Inside the luxurious VIP reception room, the tattered parchment seemed out of place. However, when Shifeng took out the parchment, the NPC senior administrator became even more respectful. He then carefully opened the parchment on the table and confirmed its authenticity.
Although the Town Building Order was not as valuable as the Starmoon Kingdom's City Building Order, the difference was significant.
The significance of the Town Building Order was greater than the Starmoon Kingdom's City Building Order.
This was because the Town Building Order allowed players to construct towns without restrictions. They could even construct towns in neutral areas. Neutral areas were not under the jurisdiction of kingdoms or empires.
On the other hand, although the Starmoon Kingdom's City Building Order was very valuable, it was still under the jurisdiction of the Starmoon Kingdom. This meant that the citizens of the Starmoon Kingdom would be greatly affected by the Starmoon Kingdom.
In the Starmoon Kingdom, towns and cities had to pay a large monthly management fee. Take Ling Yi City, for example, as an Intermediate City or Advanced City, the monthly management fee would be several times higher.
However, if a town or city was in a neutral area, it would not have to pay the Starmoon Kingdom's management fee. It would only have to pay a small fee to the system.
Although there were such benefits, there was a huge downside: it was not safe. Kingdoms and empires had the protection of their territories. At most, monsters would attack towns and cities. However, monsters weren't the only threat in neutral areas. Other races often attacked towns and cities as well.
Even if a weak Guild obtained a Town Building Order, its town or city would be destroyed due to its lack of strength. Such situations were not uncommon in God's Domain.
However, there was another benefit to establishing a town or city in a neutral area. This was also the greatest benefit of establishing a town or city in a neutral area. The town or city would not be under the jurisdiction of kingdoms or empires.
There were many races in God's Domain. Aside from those that only knew how to kill and had extremely low intelligence, there were some races that could communicate with other races, such as Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, Half-elves, Half-beastmen, and so on. However, Guild Towns and Cities within the borders of kingdoms and empires were prohibited from doing so. Hence, it was impossible to find any foreign races in God's Domain. At most, one could find foreign races in NPC towns and cities, conducting some very basic trade or exchange.
However, many of the foreign races' products were better than those of the human race. This was especially true for their unique products, which could help players survive in the fields.
It was just like the weapons and equipment made by the Dwarves. Because the Dwarves had a higher technical level and a special forging method, their sharpness and durability were higher.
On the other hand, the towns in the neutral regions didn't have such restrictions. As long as the town was attractive enough, it could easily attract foreign merchants and races to the town. Not only could the town conduct trade, but it could also hire foreign races as town guards.
These foreign warriors were far superior to human warriors in certain aspects. Hence, Guilds building towns and cities in neutral regions would often hire powerful foreign warriors to serve as guards.
As such, on the surface, the Town Building Order was just building a town in the neutral zone. In reality, it was like building a super-small kingdom. Even though it couldn't compare to a kingdom or empire, it was still on the same level.
There were countless Guilds in God's Domain. However, a Guild's strength largely depended on the number of towns it owned in neutral maps. After all, neutral maps were far larger than all kingdoms and empires combined.
"Lord Protector, your Town Building Order has been verified. May I know where you wish to build your town?" The NPC senior administrator asked respectfully as he stored the Town Building Order and placed a crystal ball on the table. Immediately, a map of God's Domain appeared in the crystal ball.
"It's here," the Shifeng said as he pulled up the map of the Primordial Divine Ruin in the Orc Empire.
Building a town in a neutral zone was different from building one in a kingdom or empire.
Kingdoms and empires never interfered with matters outside their borders. Since the neutral zones didn't belong to the kingdoms and empires, they didn't manage the construction of towns and cities. Instead, the Adventurer's Association took over.
"Lord Protector, this place is very chaotic right now. The monsters here are Level 50 and above, and there are also Orcs wreaking havoc. If you wish to construct a town here, you'll need to spend a lot of money. The basic construction cost alone is 40,000 Gold. As for the cost of hiring a Guardian, if you hire a Level 100, Tier 1 Adventurer, you'll need to pay 3 Gold per day. Tier 2 Adventurer will need 10 Gold per day, and Tier 3 Adventurer will need 100 Gold per day.
"May I know how many people you wish to hire?"
"1,000 Tier 1 adventurers, 500 Tier 2 adventurers, and 20 Tier 3 adventurers. Hire all of them for three days."
This wasn't the first time the Shifeng had constructed a town in a neutral map.
Neutral maps were extremely dangerous, but they also offered plenty of benefits. The protection period for a new town was only three days. During this time, players could hire the Adventurer's Association's members to protect the town. After five days, however, players wouldn't be eligible to do so. Even so, the asking price was extremely high. As for the Levels, the guards were only slightly higher than the monsters in the map. They were mainly used to protect players from monsters and foreign races.
Currently, the Ling YI Society had earned a lot of Coins from the war against Heaven's Burial, Ling Yi City, and Stone Forest Town. However, they didn't have a lot of money on hand. Most of it had been spent on the Guild's development. Currently, they only had a little over 80,000 Gold left.
Just the construction of a town in the fields cost 40,000 Gold. It was many times more expensive than building a town in a kingdom. Moreover, the cost of hiring adventurers was also very high. Hence, the Shifeng didn't dare hire too many adventurers.
Moreover, if a town wanted to survive in a neutral map, it had to rely on itself. Hence, they needed to save more Coins to improve the town's defenses.
"Very well! The total is 70,000 Gold. No discounts. " The NPC senior administrator nodded. "Once you've paid, the Adventurer's Association will send some people over within one minute. We estimate that the town will be completed in 20 minutes."
"Twenty minutes?" The Shifeng was slightly surprised.
He hadn't expected the construction to take so long. Normally, a town in a nearby neutral map would only take ten minutes to complete. After all, the town wasn't a city. There were many places to construct, yet the Adventurer's Association needed twice as long.
However, the Shifeng didn't give the matter much thought. He immediately paid the 70,000 Gold and left the Adventurer's Association. Without hesitation, he hailed a horse carriage and made his way to the War God's Temple. He planned to hand over Flame Blood to the War God's Temple to earn more GCPs.
As the Shifeng made his way to the War God's Temple, he received a system notification. The caller was Shiuse Qiangwei.
"Guild Leader, something has happened at the Primordial Divine Ruin again. We've just left the ruin and are preparing to station some of our Guild's elites there, but Beast Emperor has sent an army of Evil Beasts and Evil Demons to surround the Primordial Divine Ruin again." Shiuse Qiangwei's expression darkened. He hadn't expected Beast Emperor to be so shameless as to play such a trick. "Beast Emperor has also sent someone to contact us. He said that if we don't release Flame Blood, he'll continue to fight us at the Primordial Divine Ruin."
The Ling YI Society couldn't do anything about Beast Emperor's actions.
Ling Yi only had two Divine Magic Dragon Summoning Sets. After the battle at the Primordial Divine Ruin, she had exhausted all of her trump cards. Without the power to contend with the Evil Beasts and Evil Demons, even if she sent Ling Yi's army into the Primordial Divine Ruin, they'd only become food for the Mythic ranked Evil Beasts and Evil Demons …
"Beast Emperor really is prepared to fight to the death," Shifeng said, chuckling. "Since that's the case, let him do as he pleases."
"But what about Primordial City?" Shiuse Qiangwei could see that Shifeng was determined to kill Flame Blood, but Primordial City was crucial to Ling Yi's Tier 2 promotion.
"Don't worry about him for now," Shifeng said, chuckling. Chuckling, Shifeng said nonchalantly, "Summon all of Candlelight's architects and have them gather at the Guild Residence. Also, have A Melancholy Smile prepare these materials. I'll need them in a moment."
After saying this, Shifeng disconnected the call and waited quietly for the carriage to arrive at the War God's Temple. Meanwhile, Shiuse Qiangwei wore a confused look on his face.
"Are we really not going to do anything?" Shiuse Qiangwei asked worriedly. However, judging by Shifeng's expression, it was clear that the man was confident. Shaking his head, Shiuse Qiangwei began to arrange for manpower and notify A Melancholy Smile to gather the materials.
Elsewhere, Shiuse Qiangwei relayed Shifeng's reply to Beast Emperor's subordinates.
"Good! Very good! "
Beast Emperor's complexion turned indescribably ashen when he heard his subordinate's report, and killing intent surged from his body. He never thought that the Shifeng would be so crazy as to fight to the death with him.
However, just as Beast Emperor was about to give the order to fight Ling YI Society to the bitter end, the sound of a system notification reached his ears.
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