"Open a trade route?" Elk, the senior administrator, was surprised when he saw the Black Iron Token in Shifeng's hand. He could not help but warn, "Lord Protector, although you have a Caravan Guard Token and are qualified to open a trade route to a town, I must remind you that the opening of a trade route is no trivial matter. The cost involved is also very high. Moreover, you are opening a trade route to Star-Moon City. Not only is the price extremely high, but the risks involved are also extremely high. If you give up halfway, this Caravan Guard Token will become worthless."
"I understand. However, I am confident that I can open a trade route to Silverwing Town," Shifeng said, nodding.
He understood the importance of opening a trade route very well. After all, he had done so many times in the past.
In God's Domain, if a Guild Town wished to attract NPC merchants and develop rapidly, it needed to open a trade route. Moreover, opening a trade route had another huge benefit: NPC merchants would have priority to purchase the rare items they transported to the town, as well as the usage fees.
Although this might not seem like much, it was the main source of income for a neutral town before it was promoted to a city.
As a town's Popularity grew, more NPC merchants would visit the town. Even ordinary NPCs would have to pay usage fees to enter the town. This was because the trade route was a safe route. Moreover, high-tiered NPCs would escort the merchants. Even after reaching Level 100, players would not dare to rob these NPCs.
Although the usage fees were not very high, only 80 Copper per NPC, and the number of NPCs in the town far outnumbered the number of players in the town, if 100,000 NPCs used the trade route each day, the town could earn 800 Gold per day. Moreover, this was only the income from one trade route. The more trade routes a city opened, the more the town would earn.
However, trade routes were only available when towns in neutral maps were promoted to Intermediate Towns. They did not exist in kingdoms and empires.
In addition, the number of NPCs traveling to and from a town had a lot to do with the NPC city connected to the trade route. The more prosperous an NPC city was, the more NPCs would travel to and from the town. For example, opening a trade route to a capital city could guarantee 100,000 to 200,000 NPCs a day. Ordinary NPC cities usually had 20,000 to 50,000 NPCs. However, the more prosperous an NPC city was, the more difficult it would be to open a trade route.
Apart from making money, opening a trade route was also one of the ways to obtain rare resources.
Not all of the NPC merchants' goods were sold to players. A significant portion of the goods were sold to NPCs. Ordinary players couldn't purchase these items at all. Meanwhile, with the priority to purchase, not only could players have priority over the items sold to players, but they could also purchase items sold to NPCs.
Among the items sold to NPCs, there was no lack of materials that were very difficult to purchase on the market. There were even Magic Crystals that could be purchased. Only, the selling price was much higher than the market price among players. Each Magic Crystal cost 40 Silver. However, to Guilds, such a price was extremely valuable. After all, while it was easy to convert Magic Crystals into Coins, it was much more difficult to convert Coins into Magic Crystals.
Unlike players, NPCs had a much easier time obtaining Magic Crystals. This was because NPCs occupied most of the ore veins in kingdoms and empires that could produce Magic Crystals. Hence, it was normal for NPC merchants to sell Magic Crystals for 5,000 to 10,000 Magic Crystals. On the other hand, it was extremely difficult to purchase 5,000 to 10,000 Magic Crystals from players.
In addition, these NPC merchants would occasionally sell rare Advanced Designs. Although the prices they sold these designs for were much higher than the prices they sold to players, they were expensive due to their rarity. Sometimes, these NPC merchants would even sell clues to Fragmented Legendary items and Fragmented Legendary items.
Although such a situation was extremely rare in God's Domain, according to statistics, the more NPC merchants that visited a town or city, the higher the chances of obtaining a Fragmented Legendary item or clue leading to a Fragmented Legendary item.
Even clues to Fragmented Legendary items were extremely valuable.
Since there was a possibility of obtaining Fragmented Legendary items, Shifeng naturally wouldn't let it go. After all, as far as he knew, there weren't many ways to obtain Fragmented Legendary items. After all, even if players obtained Fragmented Legendary items, they wouldn't casually divulge how they obtained them. In fact, most players wouldn't even want to reveal that they possessed a Fragmented Legendary item. The only Fragmented Legendary items he knew were well-known, and the methods to obtain them were extremely harsh.
"Since Lord Protector understands, it would be great. If Lord Protector wishes to open a trade route to Silverwing Town, based on the route, the base cost is 10,000 Gold and 5,000 Magic Crystals. As Lord Protector only possesses the Common Caravan Guard Order, you are only allowed to form a 100-man team at most. Each team will also need to have at least one Advanced Magician engrave a special magic array on the route to Silverwing Town to ensure that the magic array repels monsters," Elke said. Senior Deacon Aierke said, "I don't know if Lord Protector needs me to introduce some mercenaries to you?"
"Of course." Shifeng nodded.
The Caravan Guard Order was a special quest to open a trade route. This quest could be completed by either players or the Adventurer's Association's mercenaries.
At this stage of the game, mercenaries were definitely stronger than players. Hence, players who obtained a Caravan Guard Order were more than willing to hire mercenaries to complete the quest. Only, the price was very high. Some Guilds only hired mercenaries to save money and were confident of their own strength.
Although Ling Yi's main force was very powerful, the level of the trade route to the Ore Empire was not low. The monsters that appeared along the route were generally 15 levels higher than the monsters in the map. Most of the monsters in the Ore Empire were Level 60 or above, and the monsters that appeared were at least Level 75. To the current Ling Yi Society's main force, their levels were too high. Hence, they weren't suitable for this quest.
"Very well. Here is a list of the mercenaries willing to follow Lord Protector," Elke said as he handed a list to Shifeng.
Setting up a trade route was a very special and dangerous quest. Players couldn't just hire any mercenary they wanted. It also depended on the player's position in the Adventurer's Association. The higher one's position in the Adventurer's Association was, the more mercenaries they could hire.
Amazing. Sure enough, the treatment of a Vice Guild Leader is very helpful in opening a trade route. Shifeng was slightly astonished when he saw the list of mercenaries.
When he had opened a trade route in the past, the strongest mercenary he had managed to hire had only been a 3-star, Tier 2 NPC. Opening a trade route had been extremely difficult, yet now, not to mention 3-star, Tier 2 NPCs, even 2-star, Tier 3 NPCs were willing to join the quest. He had to admit that the Advanced Title was very helpful to players.
In the end, Shi Feng spent another 15,000 Gold to hire 97 mercenaries. Among these mercenaries, the weakest was a Level 80, 3-star, Tier 2 NPC, while the strongest was a Level 83, 2-star, Tier 3 NPC. In total, there were as many as 15 Tier 3 NPCs in Shi Feng's team. It was no exaggeration to say that Shi Feng's team was incredibly powerful.
After Shifeng completed the necessary procedures and learned how to inscribe a special Advanced Magic Array, Shifeng summoned Anna and Kite, who were Level 85 and Level 83 respectively. The two NPCs then drove one Secret-Silver Transport Vehicle after another to Silverwing Town.
The Secret-Silver Transport Vehicles were extraordinarily eye-catching as they traveled down the street. The reason for this was because the Mounts pulling the vehicles were five-meter-tall, Lightning-horned Earth Dragons. The Earth Dragons themselves possessed the strength of a Great Lord, and when they traveled down the street, they looked like massive beasts. There were a total of ten Transport Vehicles heading toward Silverwing Town.
"What's going on? Is something big about to happen in the city? "
"That's not right! Look, the person driving the Transport Vehicles looks like a player! Did that player trigger some kind of event? "
"That player's Guild Emblem looks like the Ling YI Society's six-winged emblem, right?"
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