Silverwing Town:
Under the Shifeng's command, Silverwing Town's opening ceremony was completed in less than 20 minutes. Moreover, through the Magic King Katie Delan's help, Silverwing Town's opening ceremony was completed. The reserve NPC soldiers and temporary NPCs that Deland had accumulated over the past few days quickly filled up the extra 1,000 slots.
These 1,000 NPC soldiers had all been recruited through Katie Delan. Delan had recruited NPCs.
During this period, Silverwing Town's development had been improving rapidly. Not only had the number of NPCs applied, but the quality of the NPCs was also much higher than before.
Normally, when a Basic Town was promoted to an Intermediate Town, it was very troublesome to recruit 1,000 NPCs. Initially, Silverwing Town would be fortunate to recruit 200 to 300 Tier 1 NPCs, while it would be fortunate to recruit a dozen or so Tier 2 NPCs. The majority of these Tier 2 NPCs would be elite NPCs. Afterward, the town would accumulate enough NPCs to replace and improve its Tier 2 NPC population.
However, Katie Delan had recruited the Magic King Katie Delan. With Delan's fame, over 3,000 NPCs had applied. Including the 300 Tier 1 NPCs in reserve, Silverwing Town had recruited 1,000 NPCs. Among them, the weakest was a Tier 1 NPC, while over 100 Tier 2 NPCs were Tier 1 NPCs.
Even for an Intermediate Town, it would take several days or even a dozen days to accumulate a 100-plus Tier 2 NPCs. Only when the town's Fame increased significantly would it attract Tier 2 NPCs. After all, Tier 2 NPCs were not cabbages in God's Domain. One could easily find as many as they wanted in God's Domain.
Even Ling Yi City only had a little over 2,000 Tier 2 NPCs. The rest of the NPCs were still Tier 1 NPCs.
Although the Magic King Katie had recruited plenty of high-quality NPC soldiers, the Ling YI Society had spent over 20,000 Gold to arm these NPCs.
In God's Domain, NPC soldiers weren't born with their weapons and equipment. Like players, they had to arm themselves. This was also an important factor in strengthening a town's defenses.
Of course, there were also NPCs who would bring their own weapons and equipment when they were recruited. However, the quality of these weapons and equipment was generally not high. They were far inferior to the standard weapons and equipment provided by the system. Meanwhile, when NPCs wore equipment of different quality, their combat power would also differ greatly. For example, if NPCs wore standard Bronze Equipment and NPCs wore standard Mysterious-Iron Equipment, the difference in combat power between the two might not be as obvious as a player's. However, there was still a 20% difference in combat power.
Although 20% might not seem like much, it was a significant amount to players.
During the construction of Stone Forest Town and Ling Yi City, due to a lack of funds, the Guild had only used the cheapest Bronze Weapons and Equipment. Later, through the Guild's development and continuous investment, the NPC guards' equipment had gradually improved.
The weapons and equipment of the NPCs alone accounted for a considerable portion of the town's funds. In addition, there was also the management and maintenance of the weapons and equipment.
This was also why the various large Guilds had been reluctant to construct too many towns and cities. Even if a superpower occupied a large number of towns and cities, it wouldn't arm every one of them. Instead, it would focus its development on a few of its main towns and cities.
This was also why the headquarters of many first-rate Guilds had been able to hold out for so long against super-first-rate Guilds and Super Guilds.
The longer a town or city operated, the more powerful the NPC guards inside would become. Even when fully geared, the NPCs could contend with players of a higher tier.
Fortunately, aside from some extremely powerful, top-tier equipment, the majority of the NPCs' equipment could be obtained with money. Hence, the Shifeng had spent over 20,000 Gold to arm these 1,000 NPCs.
A set of Level 50 to Level 100 Bronze Equipment cost 2 Gold per set. It was extremely cheap, many times cheaper than what players could afford.
However, a set of Level 50 to Level 100 Mysterious-Iron Equipment cost 10 Gold per set.
A set of Level 50 to Level 100 Secret-Silver Equipment cost 100 Gold per set.
A set of Level 50 to Level 100 Fine-Gold Equipment cost 600 Gold per set.
A set of Level 50 to Level 100 Dark-Gold Equipment cost 1,500 Gold per set.
A set of Level 50 to Level 100 Epic Equipment cost 6,000 Gold per set …
Because of this, the development of Silverwing Town was a bottomless pit. Currently, the Shifeng had equipped the Tier 2 NPCs with Secret-Silver Equipment and the Tier 1 NPCs with Mysterious-Iron Equipment.
Although the Ling YI Society had accumulated a lot of money through Ling Yi City and Stone Forest Town, the Shifeng intended to invest the majority of the money in the Lost Town. After all, the Lost Town was far more important than Silverwing Town.
"Guild Leader, we've arranged for the NPC guards to patrol the town. Should we open the town to the public now?" Shiuse Qiangwei asked, chuckling as he looked at the rows of well-armed NPCs.
Due to the continuous investment, the equipment of Silverwing Town's NPCs was even better than that of Stone Forest Town and Ling Yi City. Among the early Tier 2 NPCs, over 100 were fully geared in Fine-Gold Equipment, while the rest were fully geared in Secret-Silver Equipment. This was an unimaginable situation for other Guilds. Normally, Guilds would only equip their Tier 2 NPCs with Mysterious-Iron Equipment.
"Alright, let's open the town now!" the Shifeng said, nodding.
"Right, Guild Leader, are we still limiting the number of people in the town?" Shiuse Qiangwei asked.
"Although the town's capacity has increased significantly after becoming an Intermediate Town, to protect the NPC merchants, we'll limit the number of people in the town to 1.5 million," the Shifeng said after giving the matter some thought.
"That's all?" Shiuse Qiangwei was confused.
An Intermediate Town was more than twice as large as a Basic Town. Even if the town could accommodate two million players, it would only be about as large as a Basic Town.
"That's quite a lot. We're talking about 1.5 million people here." The Shifeng could not help but laugh when he saw Shiuse Qiangwei's greedy expression. "Moreover, Silverwing Town can't just be for players. We need to leave some for NPCs as well."
"Leave some for NPCs?" Shiuse Qiangwei was even more confused now.
"In any case, open the town to the public. You'll understand in a moment," the Shifeng said, not bothering to explain as he looked at the players anxiously waiting outside the town.
In God's Domain, aside from players, NPCs were just as important to the development of Guild Towns and Cities. However, in neutral maps, NPCs were even more important than players.
Not only could these NPCs increase the Guild Town's Popularity, but they could also bring about great opportunities. It was not impossible for some players to become rich overnight or become peak experts.
However, this information would only become known to the public later on.
Now that Shi Feng had obtained the Caravan Guard Token, he had to make preparations as soon as possible.
Hearing the Shifeng's command, Shiuse Qiangwei did not say much. He immediately had the Guild members gather at the town's entrance before opening the town to the public.
As soon as the town opened to the public, a dense crowd of players swarmed into Silverwing Town. When these players entered the town, they were stupefied when they saw the various buildings inside.
"Is this really Silverwing Town?"
"Crap! Isn't this place a little too luxurious?! I can't help but feel that this place is no less than an NPC city! "
Everyone was astonished as they looked at the towering buildings.
"Quick, come and look! There's a five-story smithy here!"
"Amazing! What kind of smithy is this?! It actually has an NPC Master Forger! "
"This is awesome! The smithy here can actually customize and disassemble weapons and equipment! With this, even if I don't raid a Team Dungeon, I'll still be able to obtain top-tier equipment! "
"You're dreaming! Haven't you seen the cost of customizing weapons and equipment? Moreover, you also need specific materials. "
"That's still better than not being able to obtain weapons and equipment, right? Look, you can even customize Level 50 Dark-Gold Weapons and Equipment here. Yet, which Guild would be willing to sell Level 50 Dark-Gold Equipment to independent players like us?"
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After the independent players entered the Advanced Smithy and inspected its functions, they went crazy with excitement. Even some Guild members were envious of the Advanced Smithy.
While everyone was discussing Silverwing Town's Advanced Smithy, Shifeng made his way to the Starmoon Kingdom's Star-Moon City by himself. He then rode an advanced carriage to the city's Adventurer's Association's headquarters.
"Lord Protector, how may I be of assistance?" Aierke, the Adventurer's Association's senior administrator, asked respectfully as he approached Shifeng.
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