Unlike Ling Yi City, Stone Forest City's City Lord's Mansion wasn't a castle. Instead, it looked more like a spacious courtyard. Thick stone walls surrounded the mansion, and the heavy iron gates were completely shut. Two parties of Tier 2 NPC soldiers stood guard on both sides of the gate. Even expert players wouldn't be able to enter.
When the Shifeng arrived before the two iron gates, the Tier 2 NPC soldiers opened them wide and stood guard on both sides, respectfully welcoming the Shifeng inside.
Sure enough, the City Lord's Mansion's defenses are much stronger here. Shifeng could not help his rueful sigh as he glanced at the water barrier behind the gate.
Absolute Barrier!
Ling Yi City didn't have such an item.
In God's Domain, there was a massive difference between cities and towns. In fact, the way to capture and capture a city was completely different. For example, when capturing a Guild City, players only needed to steal the Guild Residence's Town Token. However, when capturing a Guild City, players had to capture the City Lord's Mansion first.
While the difference between the two might seem small, in reality, it was like the difference between heaven and earth.
The first difference was the defensive magic array. Normally, a Guild Residence's defenses had to be set up by the Guild itself, and Advanced Defensive Magic Arrays were extremely difficult to obtain. However, the City Lord's Mansion's defensive magic array was naturally formed. Moreover, the defensive magic array inside the City Lord's Mansion was much stronger than the defensive magic array outside the city. Only, the magic array inside the City Lord's Mansion didn't have as much Mana as the defensive magic array outside the city.
Secondly, no matter how much a Guild Residence was remodeled, it wouldn't affect the town itself. However, remodeling the City Lord's Mansion could affect the entire city.
This was because the City Lord's Mansion was the core of a city. The stronger the City Lord's Mansion was, the stronger the city would become.
However, upgrading the City Lord's Mansion wasn't an easy task. Not only did it require a lot of money, but it also required all sorts of super-rare resources and treasures.
This was why Guild Cities' development had always been so slow. Unlike Guild Towns, which only required sufficient Popularity, money, and a large number of players to develop.
In God's Domain, cities that had been upgraded were generally stronger than cities that had been constructed directly. For example, a City that had been upgraded with a Gold Token was even stronger.
The Absolute Barrier was the best proof of this.
In his previous life, the Shifeng had to develop a city into an Intermediate City before they could create an Absolute Barrier. But now, they were able to create one as soon as they leveled up. The difference was really huge.
Although the Isolation Barrier wasn't a defensive magic array that could block attacks from the outside world, it was just as useful as a defensive magic array. This was because the Isolation Barrier could block attacks that couldn't be seen and cut off the City Lord's Mansion's connection to the outside world.
If a player was inside the City Lord's Mansion, they wouldn't be able to communicate with the outside world without permission. This could be used to deal with Guild spies, preventing them from transmitting information immediately.
Hence, many Guilds would hold important meetings in the City Lord's Mansion. To a certain extent, this would prevent information from leaking out so quickly and prevent enemies from targeting them immediately.
Now that they had the Isolation Barrier, it could be said that Ling Yi had brought them a relatively secret place. They didn't need to set up defenses everywhere in the future, which prevented many of their major plans from being carried out.
Following which, the Shifeng entered the City Lord's Mansion. Inside the City Lord's Mansion was a garden filled with flowers and birds chirping in the air. It felt as if the City Lord's Mansion could be easily captured. It was nothing like the heavily guarded City Lord's Mansion in Ling Yi City.
At this point, the Shifeng wasn't surprised by this sight.
Although the Stone Forest City had been promoted, it had only recently become a city. If they wanted to develop the City Lord's Mansion to the same standard as the City Lord's Mansion in Ling Yi City, they would need to invest a lot of money and resources. This was also why the various superpowers had wanted to attack the Stone Forest City right after it was promoted.
After all, the City Lord's Mansion had only just been promoted. It hadn't developed at all.
If the City Lord's Mansion could develop into its own world, even Tier 5 players would feel powerless.
Although Shi Feng had defeated the various superpowers and defended the Stone Forest City, he wasn't sure if he could do so in the future. Hence, he needed to develop the Stone Forest City as quickly as possible.
Originally, the Secret Pavilion had intended to wait two or three days before opening the Stone Forest City to the public. That way, they could set up sufficient defenses, but what the Secret Pavilion didn't know was that Shifeng couldn't afford to wait.
Whether it was Silverwing Town, the Guild's development, or the development of the Stone Forest City, all of these required a lot of Coins and resources. However, Ling Yi had been constantly fighting Starlink. He was running low on Coins and resources.
Although he had obtained plenty of top-tier weapons and equipment from the various superpowers, they were nothing compared to the demand for weapons and equipment in the Guild Warehouse. Moreover, he couldn't sell them.
Hence, he had no choice but to open the Stone Forest City to the public as soon as possible.
Following which, Shi Feng walked into a three-story house in the courtyard. An elderly NPC stood in the middle of the house. This elderly NPC was the manager of the City Lord's Mansion. His level was very low, only Level 10. However, he was invulnerable, and no player could harm him.
"City Lord, how may I be of service?" the City Lord's Mansion's butler asked with a smile when he saw Shifeng approaching.
"I wish to remove Stone Forest City's lockdown," Shifeng said.
After the Stone Forest City's promotion, the entire city had been locked down. Without permission, players couldn't enter the city unless they destroyed the city's defensive magic arrays and walls. If players wanted to enter the city, they'd have to remove the lockdown.
"This subordinate will get it done right away. However, once the lockdown is removed, how much do you intend to charge for the entrance fee?" The City Lord's Mansion's butler asked. "In Stone Forest City's current size, the minimum entrance fee will be 40 Copper."
"A minimum of 40 Copper?" Shifeng could not help but chuckle. "What about the maximum?"
He had gone to great lengths to move Stone Forest Town to the Bottomless Abyss and upgrade it to a city. Naturally, he couldn't set the minimum entrance fee.
"Currently, the maximum entrance fee is 3 Silver. If you wish to raise the entrance fee, you'll need to upgrade the city further," the City Lord's Mansion's butler replied after some calculations.
"Let's set it at 3 Silver, then," Shifeng said without hesitation.
In God's Domain, players couldn't set the entrance fee as they wished. There were upper and lower limits. Meanwhile, the upper and lower limits depended on the city's geographical location and development. Previously, Ling Yi City's minimum entrance fee had been 30 Copper. Now, however, Stone Forest City's entrance fee was 40 Copper.
Previously, to attract more players, Ling Yi City's entrance fee had been set at 30 Copper. However, as more and more players entered the city, the entrance fee had slowly risen to 80 Copper.
However, Stone Forest City's situation was different. Since it was located on the Bottomless Abyss's first floor, it was fated that not many players would visit it. Naturally, he couldn't lower the entrance fee. After all, Stone Forest City was currently the only resting place in the Bottomless Abyss. Unlike Ling Yi City, entrance fees were a necessity in the Bottomless Abyss.
"Understood, I'll get it done right away." The City Lord's Mansion's butler bowed and left.
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