Five hundred and fifty-six? How can there be so many?! "
Shifeng stared at the Knight Promotion List in his hand, astonishment filling his eyes.
Based on his estimations, even if the Knights he had recruited were of high quality, Tier 3 was still a massive hurdle for NPCs. It was not as simple as the promotion process for players.
Based on his experience and data in the past, it would be impressive if 200 or so of a 5,000-man Knight Division managed to complete their Promotion Quest.
Now, however, the number had more than doubled.
Over 500 Tier 3 NPCs! With so many Tier 3 NPCs, he could practically rival a 2-star Lord.
Meanwhile, not only did a 2-star Lord have 200 Popularity, but the number of Knights under his command was also 2,000 more than a 1-star Lord's Knight Division. To NPCs, a 2-star Lord's Knight Division was far more attractive than a 1-star Lord's Knight Division.
Under such circumstances, Shi Feng only had around 600 Tier 3 Knights. Moreover, this required a massive investment of time and resources. It was not something that could be achieved overnight.
After all, to God's Domain's players, many experts had yet to reach Tier 3. Even if some experts did manage to reach Tier 3, their combat power was not particularly strong among Tier 3 players. Bronze Tier 3 Knights could easily suppress such experts.
Generally, around 200 Bronze Tier 3 Knights could easily protect a city with a population of two to three million. The city was even safer than NPC cities.
For example, some powerful Tier 3 players could rely on their strength to kill other players in small NPC cities, then focus on escaping. The Tier 2 NPC city guards wouldn't be able to stop them. However, it was a different story for Tier 3 Knights. Even peak Tier 3 experts wouldn't be able to escape a Tier 3 Knight's attack.
Hence, very few Tier 3 experts had dared to cause trouble in a city protected by Tier 3 Knights in the past unless they were prepared to take their enemies down with them. In fact, if they made a mistake, not only would they fail to kill their enemies, but they would also lose their lives.
This was also one of the reasons why a 1-star Lord was so powerful. If a Guild member were in charge of a city's defense, they wouldn't be able to achieve such a deterrent effect.
Now that Shifeng had 556 Tier 3 Knights, he could even protect two large cities with a population of two to three million without a problem, much less a single city with a population of two to three million. He could even guarantee the safety of an Advanced City.
"Could it be because I was one of the first batch of 1-star lords recruited by the various kingdoms and empires, so the potential of these knights is generally very high?" Shifeng thought for a moment, and this was the only possibility.
Back then, he had spent a lot of money to recruit people from various big cities. The number of people he had recruited was beyond his imagination, and the quality was also unprecedented.
Meanwhile, these newly recruited Knights all had relatively good Potential compared to other Knights of the same rank. Take Bronze Knights for example, their Potential ranged from 31 to 50 points. A Bronze Knight with 49 points of Potential had a much higher success rate than a Bronze Knight with 31 points of Potential.
In this way, it was not hard to understand why so many knights could be promoted successfully if the overall potential of the knight corps was very high.
"Esteemed Bronze Inheritor, would you like to go through the formalities now?" Lorraine asked again when she saw the Shifeng in a daze.
"We'll do it, of course we'll do it!" The Shifeng quickly said.
This was 556 Tier 3 players they were talking about. Moreover, they were Tier 3 NPCs.
At this stage of the game, a superpower would be fortunate to have 50 or 60 Tier 3 experts. To the various superpowers, 500 Tier 3 experts was an astronomical number, not to mention 500 Tier 3 NPCs, who were even stronger than Tier 3 players.
If he revealed this number to the public, he would most likely be shocked to death!
Unfortunately, unlike Personal Guards, these Knights could only move about within their territory. Otherwise, which superpower would be able to stop 500 Tier 3 NPCs?
"Alright. The Tier 3 promotion process will cost 10 Gold per Knight. The total will be 5,560 Gold," Lorraine said.
"That won't be a problem. Also, I'd like to change these people's equipment. I'll replace all of them with Fine-Gold Equipment," the Shifeng said, nodding.
The registration fee was a small matter. If he could upgrade his team to Tier 3, he would be willing to pay 100 Gold per Knight, let alone 10 Gold per Knight.
However, he could only entertain such a thought. After all, Secret-Silver Knights and above were incredibly rare. Even recruiting one would be a stroke of luck. Take the current situation for example. The Territory's recruitment in the various main cities had yet to stop, and Ling Yi still had to fork out a portion of the recruitment fee every day. After so many days, the Territory had only recruited a few Mysterious-Iron Knights. Not a single Secret-Silver Knight had been recruited.
Meanwhile, after reaching Tier 3, Knights would have different Basic Attributes depending on their Potential. However, the overall combat power of a Knight depended on their weapons and equipment.
The difference between a fully geared Epic Knight and a fully geared Bronze Knight was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Moreover, unlike players, NPCs' weapons and equipment were easy to obtain as long as one had enough money. Of course, there was a limit to NPCs' weapons and equipment, and that was Epic rank. Fragmented Legendary and Legendary items could only be obtained through special methods. They could not be purchased with money.
As a Lord, Shi Feng's greatest desire was to equip every Knight with a full set of Epic Weapons and Equipment.
However, he could only dream about it. A full set of Level 100-150 Epic Weapons and Equipment cost 4,000 Gold per Knight. If he wanted to equip a 5,000-man Knight Division, he would have to pay 20 million Gold.
Twenty million Gold!
This was an astronomical sum even to the various superpowers, not to mention Ling Yi.
The only thing Shi Feng could do right now was equip a very small number of Secret-Silver NPCs and above with Epic Weapons and Equipment. As for the rest of the Knights, they were only fully geared in Secret-Silver Equipment.
Although Ling Yi had invested in upgrading his NPCs' weapons and equipment, he hadn't been able to purchase a large number of weapons and equipment.
Shi Feng only dared to upgrade his 500-plus NPCs' weapons and equipment to Fine-Gold rank because he had some money on hand.
"Of these 556 NPCs, 478 need to upgrade their weapons and equipment. A full set of Level 100-100 Fine-Gold Weapons and Equipment costs 100 Gold. Including the processing fee, you'll have to pay a total of 53360 Gold," Lorrain said, smiling as she looked at the list.
When the Shifeng heard Lorrain's price, he reluctantly handed over his remaining Gold.
"I'm so poor! It seems I'll have to earn more money. Otherwise, I won't even be able to support these Tier 3 Knights. "Shifeng could not help but smile bitterly as he looked at his remaining 400-plus Gold.
He had gone to great lengths to obtain 50,000 Gold from Feng Qianyu. Just when he had thought that he had become slightly wealthier, he had lost all his money. If he hadn't had nearly 4,000 Gold left, he wouldn't have been able to afford the Fine-Gold Weapons and Equipment.
Although expert players would be considered wealthy if they had more than 400 Gold on hand, to a Guild Leader like Shi Feng, it was far too shabby.
Moreover, after these Knights had completed their Tier 3 Promotion Quests, their weekly wages and training fees had skyrocketed.
To put it simply, a Tier 3 Bronze Knight cost 200 Gold per week, and a training fee of 100 Gold per week. Their price was roughly the same as a Tier 2 Fine-Gold Knight. However, Fine-Gold Knights were extremely rare. If Shi Feng could recruit one, he could brag about it for an entire year.
Meanwhile, among the 556 Tier 3 Knights, close to 300 were Bronze Knights. That meant that Shi Feng's weekly expenditure was as high as 90,000 Gold. Moreover, this did not include the Tier 3 Mysterious-Iron Knights or above. Altogether, Shi Feng would need at least 200,000 Gold per week to support these Tier 3 Knights …
Just as Shifeng finished paying and lamented the lack of money on hand, Shiuse Qiangwei contacted him.
"Guild Leader, Yuan Tiexin and the others from the Secret Pavilion have arrived in Stone Forest City. They don't look well, and they say that they have an urgent matter to discuss with you," Shiuse Qiangwei reported.
"They're here already? Have them wait for me in the City Lord's Mansion. I'll head over right away. " Shifeng chuckled. He then took out a Residence Transfer Scroll to Stone Forest City and activated it. Immediately, he transformed into a streak of white light and disappeared from the VIP reception room.
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