"Time's up?"
Shifeng stopped what he was doing and contacted Cream Cocoa to take over his work after reading the system notification.
While he had been working on the Hell Tanks, he hadn't been focused on the tanks. Instead, he had been using the Philosopher's Hand to teach Cream Cocoa and A Melancholy Smile how to craft the tank's components. After all, he was the Guild Leader of a Guild. He didn't have the time to spare on crafting the Hell Tanks. Meanwhile, the two women had long since reached the Basic Master rank.
During this time, Shi Feng had the two of them craft simple components using the Philosopher's Hand to familiarize themselves with the process. As the number of components they produced increased, their proficiency improved faster and faster. Their success rate also increased. Although they were still lacking in terms of power source production, they were still within acceptable limits.
With this, even if he stopped crafting the Hell Tanks, Cream Cocoa and A Melancholy Smile could continue crafting the Hell Tanks once they had the necessary materials.
After all, the tanks weren't particularly useful on the battlefield. However, once they reached a certain scale, their destructive power on the battlefield wouldn't be something players could compare to. Hence, he couldn't stop crafting the tanks.
Moreover, after using and familiarizing herself with the Philosopher's Hand, Melancholic Smile would be able to better nurture the Candlelight Trading Firm's Advanced Lifestyle players. Once the Advanced Lifestyle players reached a certain standard, they would be able to become Master Lifestyle players as quickly as possible, increasing the Candlelight Trading Firm's strength.
Following which, Shifeng took out a Guild Transfer Scroll and teleported to Silverwing Town.
Orc Empire, Silverwing Town:
As Shifeng walked down Silverwing Town's main street, he could clearly sense that the town's player population had decreased significantly. Now, at least half of the originally crowded main street had been gone.
The town's atmosphere was bleak. It was no longer as bustling and lively as it had been in the past.
Sure enough, the Crimson Flame Fortress is very tempting to elite and expert players. As Shifeng glanced at the players on the street, he noticed that the majority of them were ordinary players. There were far fewer elite and expert players.
In terms of functionality, the Crimson Flame Fortress was no match for Silverwing Town. However, it could teleport players to an area close to the Orc Capital City. Since the Orc army didn't patrol these areas, elite and expert players could easily enter the Orc Capital City.
On the other hand, although Silverwing Town was very close to the Primordial Divine Ruin, only a limited number of players could enter the ruin. The various large Guilds monopolized the ruin. Independent players had no chance at all.
Naturally, these independent players wanted to grind and level up in the Orc Capital City. After all, every player wanted to grow stronger or become rich overnight in God's Domain. Meanwhile, the Orc Capital City offered such an opportunity. Moreover, the Orc Capital City offered plenty of opportunities to do so. For example, the various large Guilds were purchasing Magic Crystals in bulk.
Although the various Team Dungeons also dropped Magic Crystals, the drop-rate was simply too low. Unlike the Asura Mode Regional Dungeons, which had a relatively high chance of dropping Magic Crystals from Level 50-plus Lord ranked monsters, Lord ranked monsters were common in the Orc Capital City. They weren't as rare as they were in Team Dungeons.
"That despicable Blackwater Guild is getting out of hand. We're not members of the Ling YI Society. We're just doing some transportation quests in Silverwing Town, yet they treat us as members of the Ling YI Society. They killed our entire team without hesitation."
"What's the meaning of this? Blackwater and those Dark Players have already announced that starting tomorrow, any player who wishes to do Silverwing Town's transportation quests will have to pay them a security fee. Otherwise, they won't be able to guarantee our safety. It's getting harder and harder to survive in Silverwing Town. Even I wish I could just head straight to the Orc Capital City."
"This is the Ling YI Society's territory. Are they just going to ignore it?"
"What can they do? You haven't seen the war between the Ling YI Society's teams and Blackwater's and the Dark Players' forces. There have been hundreds of battles in Silverwing Town recently, but Blackwater is simply too ruthless. It has attracted a large number of elite and expert players to Silverwing Town through its points. In terms of numbers, the Dark Players outnumber the Ling YI Society by several times. They simply can't deal with such a large area. I've heard that the Ling YI Society's death toll has already exceeded 20,000. How could they possibly have the time or strength to deal with Blackwater and the Dark Players? "
"I've heard that to protect Silverwing Town's territory, Shiuse Qiangwei personally led a legion of experts to intercept Blackwater. The Guild suffered heavy casualties in that battle. Nearly half of Ling Yi's main force members and over 2,000 expert players died. As for Blackwater, it also lost over 2,000 experts and over 3,000 elite members. In the end, Blackwater couldn't hold off Blackwater's forces and the bounty hunters that swarmed to Silverwing Town. Now, the Ling YI Society has restricted Silverwing Town's territory."
"It seems we can't stay in Silverwing Town any longer. Let's explore the Orc Capital City together."
…
Listening to the chatter of the players on the street, the surrounding players sighed deeply.
It wasn't that Silverwing Town wasn't high enough. Rather, Blackwater was too ruthless. It didn't give independent players any hope of surviving in Silverwing Town.
"They've started targeting Silverwing Town's independent players?" Shifeng could not help his surprise when he heard these words. "Has Blackwater's commander changed?"
In God's Domain, Guild wars rarely targeted unaffiliated independent players. Not only was it immoral to do so, but it would also leave a bad impression on the Guild's players. Most importantly, it would cause these players to oppose the Guild.
Yet, Blackwater didn't seem to care about this at all. In fact, it seemed to be going from bad to worse.
Blackwater was using strength to force everyone to submit. Blackwater's ruthless methods were completely different from Blackwater's previous actions.
Blackwater had been very arrogant. Although it had also used strength to force others to submit, it had only done so against its own enemies.
Shifeng didn't give the matter too much thought as he made his way to the airport.
Regardless of what Blackwater did, one thing was for certain: Blackwater was their enemy. Although the development of the situation had somewhat exceeded his expectations, now that the airport was completed, the real battle had only begun.
Shifeng quickly arrived in Silverwing Town's eastern area.
As there were no important buildings in this area, very few players were willing to visit. Currently, Silverwing Town was even more deserted. However, the gigantic concealment magic array surrounding the airport was still very eye-catching. Any player who passed by couldn't help but be intrigued by the mountain-like magic array.
Now, over a dozen Level 100 NPC guards stood before the magic array's entrance. This situation piqued the curiosity of many players present.
"Lord Protector, I am Fleiss, a Knight Captain of the garrison. I will show you around," Fleiss, a Tier 3 Knight Captain, said respectfully when he saw Shifeng.
"Thank you." Shifeng nodded. He then followed Fleiss through the magic array.
As soon as they stepped through the barrier, a luxurious and spacious airport appeared before them. At this moment, the airport was filled with flying ships that exuded a sense of cold steel and advanced technology. The airport was not much inferior to the Medium Airports Shifeng had seen in the past. The only difference was that the airport was slightly smaller.
"Lord Protector, this is a special type of small airport. There are a total of five small docks and one medium dock. In addition to the Small and Medium Airships, the airport's daily maintenance will require 150 people and 50 guards. Among them, 25 Intermediate Mechanics will be required to maintain the five Small Airships, and eight Advanced Mechanics will be required to maintain the Medium Airships. So long as we have these people, the airport can be opened at any time," Fleiss explained as he guided Shifeng through the airport. "As a guard, we can equip you with all the necessary equipment. However, you'll have to pay an additional 4,000 Gold as a hiring fee."
"That won't be a problem."
Shifeng had, more or less, heard about airports. The airport's maintenance personnel were easy to find, but finding Mechanics to maintain the airships was not easy. This was because the Mechanic class was very special. It required one to possess three classes: engineering, forging, and magic array. Ordinary players would have a hard time learning one of these classes, let alone combining all three. Hence, finding a Mechanic class was extremely difficult.
The time required to nurture a Mechanic class was also several times longer than other classes. The airport's arrival had been sudden, and he hadn't been prepared for it at all.
Naturally, it would be best if the system could resolve this problem for him.
Following which, Shifeng paid a monthly employment fee of 4,000 Gold.
"We have indeed received the 4,000 Gold. The maintenance personnel will arrive in ten minutes. When the time comes, the airport can be opened at any time. If there are no further questions, this one will take his leave," Fleiss said before leading his subordinates out of the airport.
After Shifeng inspected the airport for a while, ten minutes quickly passed.
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