Starstreak Trading Firm's second-floor boutique counter: New.
Due to the popularity of the Advanced Whetstones and the fact that they were sold in limited quantities every day, the various large Guilds and players would line up to purchase them.
However, today, there were fewer people at the second-floor counter. Nobody had come to line up. Most of them were independent players looking around. Not a single Guild player was present in the spacious hall. Nobody showed any interest in the Advanced Whetstones. This situation made Anna, the manager of the trading firm, anxious. Immediately, she conducted an investigation. She then sent the results of her investigation to the Shifeng, who was currently at work, for the Shifeng to decide.
"Although I had long since expected this, they sure took action quickly. It seems that Dark Star intends to start a war," the Shifeng said calmly after reading Anna's message.
The reason why the Starstreak Trading Firm's business had suddenly become so cold was because Dark Star had obtained Forgers and Potionmakers capable of producing Advanced Whetstones and Intermediate Mana Recovery Potions. Through Dark Star's marketing channels, the Advanced Whetstones were selling at a much lower price than the Starstreak Trading Firm. Originally, a stack of Advanced Whetstones cost 1 Gold, 40 Silver. Meanwhile, the Intermediate Mana Recovery Potions were also 1 Silver Coin cheaper.
Although the prices had dropped significantly, the Advanced Whetstones and Intermediate Mana Recovery Potions were originally very profitable products. Even if the prices were lowered, the Advanced Whetstones and Intermediate Mana Recovery Potions could still make several times the profit. To attract more customers, Dark Star would naturally lower their prices.
As for the players, they would naturally shop wherever was cheaper. This was the law of nature. After all, nobody was a fool. They would not buy something of the same quality that was more expensive.
However, this was not the worst part. Dark Star was even more ruthless in its exchange system. Although the exchange rate for Basic Whetstones had not changed, the exchange rate for Advanced Whetstones had increased to 1: 7. This was only slightly higher than the production success rate of Intermediate Forging Apprentices. Compared to Starstreak's 1: 9 ratio, the exchange rate for Advanced Whetstones was much better.
Starstreak did not have a main source of Hard Stones. If it only relied on the Hard Stones that Shifeng had accumulated, it would not be long before the Guild ran out of raw materials. How would it produce Hard Stones then?
Moreover, Dark Star also had an advantage that Shifeng did not have, and that was the number of Advanced Whetstones they could produce. As time passed, Dark Star would be able to obtain even more Advanced Whetstone Forging Designs from the Dungeons. Meanwhile, in Starstreak, only Shifeng knew how to produce Advanced Whetstones. However, Shifeng did not have a team. They also did not have the time to grind Forging Designs for low-level Team Dungeons. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before Dark Star surpassed Starstreak.
Shifeng then notified Anna. Since Dark Star had already lowered their prices, they would also lower their prices, maintaining the same level as Dark Star. However, only White River City would lower their prices, while the other seven cities would remain unchanged. At the same time, they would also introduce the Basic Mana Armor Kits.
Anna's execution ability was very strong. After Shifeng finished assigning her the task, she quickly completed it. Moreover, she had even set up a counter on the second floor to sell the Basic Mana Armor Kits.
As soon as the new counter was introduced, the players who were buying items quickly noticed it.
"Eh? There's actually a new counter here? What's this Mana Armor Kit? "
"Let's go take a look and find out."
Originally, an elite party had intended to exchange for some Common Whetstones to use in a Party Dungeon. However, when they saw the new item, they decided to take a look.
"Crap! This is simply insane! Is this made of Silver?! A single Broken Armor Kit actually costs 20 Silver Coins! That's enough to buy a piece of Level 10 Bronze Equipment! Moreover, there's a limit of 50 of these items per day! "
"It is indeed expensive. We are already an elite party, yet we can only obtain two or three pieces of Bronze Equipment from a Normal Party Dungeon. Not only do we lose EXP, but we also have to spend money on repairing our equipment and potions. Just one Armor Kit is already equivalent to our entire party's income after working for a day. "
"Wait a minute! This Armor Kit's Attributes are so high! Moreover, it can be bound to three pieces! The total Attributes of all three pieces is even higher than a Level 10 Mysterious-Iron Breastplate!"
"Look! Every Armor Kit has the Hei Yan symbol! Could this be something made by that Hei Yan Forger? "
Initially, everyone in the party was still cursing Starstreak for being black-hearted. However, when they saw the Attributes of the Mana Armor Kit and the Hei Yan symbol, their bodies trembled. Who was Hei Yan? Every veteran player in the Starmoon Kingdom knew who Hei Yan was.
The Glimmer Chestplate had once caused a sensation. Although the current Glimmer Chestplate was already outdated, many players still treasured it due to its cool design. It was especially true for the Glimmer Chestplate with the Black Smoke symbol. It was known as the best-looking breastplate in God's Domain. Countless players who loved to collect good-looking equipment wanted one. Unfortunately, there were very few of them. Currently, the black market had already sold them for 50 Silver Coins each, yet nobody was selling them.
Now, Hei Yan had appeared once again. Moreover, he was selling such a powerful Mana Armor Kit.
Just like the saying that spread throughout the Starmoon Kingdom, Hei Yan's products were definitely of the highest quality.
"How much money do we have right now?" the party leader suddenly asked in a low voice in the party chat.
"Brother Qin, the six of us have less than 43 Silver Coins altogether. We saved all this money to repair our equipment and buy potions. Are you planning to …"
"Let's exchange a portion of the Hard Stones we obtained for Common Whetstones. We'll sell the majority of the Gemstones we obtained earlier as well. Let's take advantage of this opportunity to buy as many Mana Armor Kits as we can. As long as an MT and healer can bind three Mana Armor Kits to themselves, we'll be able to clear a Common Party Dungeon with ease. Once Starstreak is sold out, we can even resell it at a higher price.
We'll be able to earn back a lot of money. "When the other members of the party heard Shi Feng's words, they began to sell everything they could to purchase the Basic Mana Armor Kits.
If their MTs and healers had an additional piece of top-tier Mysterious-Iron Equipment, they could reduce the number of deaths in a Normal Party Dungeon. With 240 Defense and 12 Endurance, the MTs' strength would increase by one level. The originally difficult SS Wave would also become much easier to deal with. Not to mention, the healers' strength would also increase by one level.
Following which, this elite party bound three Mana Armor Kits to their MTs and healers, leaving the remaining one as a backup.
In reality, this elite party wasn't the only party to do so. When the other elite parties and solo players that wandered around the bar saw this, they all quietly sold off their belongings. In reality, some wealthy players even used Credits to purchase Silver Coins, purchasing the Basic Mana Armor Kits in a frenzy.
Just like that, 50 Basic Mana Armor Kits were quietly sold out …
Since the moon was high and the stars were scarce, many players would come to the bar to drink and chat.
"Old Qin, why is your party in such a good mood today? You even spent money to buy such expensive drinks. Don't tell me it's your birthday?" the Berserker party leader of an elite party asked.
"Our Three-headed Wolves party is in a good mood today. Treat this bottle of Ice Blue Hard Liquor as a treat for your Nine-headed Birds party."
"Did you guys really strike it rich? You're being so generous. This is a high-grade hard liquor that costs 3 Silver Coins per bottle."
"Of course! Today, our party cleared a Hard Mode Party Dungeon for the first time. Moreover, we even obtained a piece of Mysterious-Iron Equipment for our MTs. Tomorrow, our party will continue to raid another Hard Mode Party Dungeon."
When the players in the bar heard that someone had cleared a Hard Mode Party Dungeon, they were all shocked.
Currently, the number of independent parties that could clear a Hard Mode Party Dungeon in White River City could be counted on one hand.
"Old Qin, stop bragging. Do you think I don't know your party's strength? Not to mention Hard Mode, you've already stumbled through Normal Mode. You've even died a few times," the Nine-headed Birds party leader said, curling his lips in disbelief.
"Hahaha! Of course, it would have been impossible in the past. However, our party's MT now has over 1,000 Defense and over 1,600 HP," the player named Old Qin said proudly.
This surprised the members of the Nine-headed Birds party. Their two parties were old acquaintances, and they knew each other very well. Previously, the Three-headed Wolves party's MT was not as powerful as the Nine-headed Birds party's MT. He was slightly weaker than their party's MT.
Following which, the Nine-headed Birds party spent 20 Silver Coins to obtain the secret to clearing a Hard Mode Party Dungeon from the Three-headed Wolves party.
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