Inside Maple City's City Hall …
At this moment, Liang Chen, who had been appointed by Gentle Snow, was dumbfounded.
Without hesitation, Shifeng had purchased a plot of Land worth over 2,000 Gold in the center of the city. They had even constructed a luxurious Shop worth 1,000 Gold, spending over 3,000 Gold in total.
Liang Chen was Gentle Snow's trusted aide. Gentle Snow had already told him about Shifeng.
Liang Chen knew that Shifeng had sold 3,000 Gold to Gentle Snow. Otherwise, his Baron Reputation in Maple City would not have been exposed.
Although Maple City was not as good as White River City, Baron Reputation was extremely rare. Throughout Maple City, there were only two or three people with Baron Reputation.
Previously, Gentle Snow had spent 3,000 Gold. Now, she had spent another 3,000 Gold. Her wealth far surpassed Ouroboros.
Gentle Snow's financial strength alone was enough to inspire awe in others. If an all-out war were to break out, who could outlast Ling YI Society?
Only now did Liang Chen understand why Overwhelming Smile, which had absolute control over Maple City, could not defeat Ling Yi in White River City. Meanwhile, Ling Yi was the publicly acknowledged number one Guild in White River City. Despite Overwhelming Smile having the support of a massive organization like Underworld, how could Overwhelming Smile possibly defeat Ling Yi with such a background?
In reality, in the hearts of the upper echelons of first-rate Guilds, although Overwhelming Smile was no match for Ling Yi in White River City, especially in terms of number of experts, they still believed that Overwhelming Smile would emerge victorious in the end. After all, Overwhelming Smile had plenty of funds. Against a Guild like Ling Yi that lacked a background and funds, at most, Overwhelming Smile could only show off for a while.
Now that Liang Chen thought about it …
Even three Overwhelming Smiles would not be able to outlast Ling Yi Society.
It seems that Maple City's situation is about to change. Liang Chen could not help but sigh inwardly.
After the various large Guilds had a preliminary understanding of God's Domain, they had already grasped some of the game's rules. If one wished to become an overlord in God's Domain, one needed to possess three things. The first was experts. The second was financial strength. This financial strength mainly referred to Coins. The third was the number of members.
Of these three points, the number of members was the least important. This was because it was the easiest to increase one's number of members. As long as one had sufficient financial strength, one could increase one's member count without limit.
God's Domain was not like previous games where the number of Guild members was the most important factor. In previous virtual reality games, the differences between individuals were too small. There was strength in numbers. If one person couldn't beat the enemy, they could go in a group. If a group couldn't beat the enemy, they could go in a group. If a group couldn't beat the enemy, they could go in a group.
Unfortunately, God's Domain was different. A single top-tier expert could suppress an entire region. Moreover, unlike other virtual reality games, top-tier experts were not easy to create. In the past, as long as one's equipment was strong enough, it would suffice. However, things were different now. One's combat skills had to be strong enough.
As for Overwhelming Smile, be it in terms of experts or financial resources, they were far inferior to Ling Yi. The final outcome was self-evident.
In reality, it was not as if Overwhelming Smile did not have a chance. That was, they could quickly establish trade and earn a large amount of Coins. However, now that the Shifeng had arrived, the Lifestyle players from Overwhelming Smile would be able to deal with them. How could he compare to the Chief Blacksmith of the Starmoon Kingdom? Moreover, there were three genuine Forgers in Candlelight, and they were many times stronger than Advanced Forging Apprentices.
Not to mention, there was also the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits. Overwhelming Smile stood no chance.
Following which, the Shifeng obtained some information regarding Maple City's Overwhelming Smile from Liang Chen and hurried to the Teleportation Hall.
From the information Liang Chen had provided, the Shifeng had a general idea of the places Overwhelming Smile's elite members frequented. They could use these people as a blood sacrifice for Icarus's Heart.
The elites of the various large Guilds were different from ordinary players. Ordinary players would return to cities to rest or log off once night fell. However, the elite members of Guilds were different. They would continue to level up because they were unafraid of monsters at night, be it in terms of equipment or combat techniques. Only, their leveling speed would be slightly slower. However, other players could not level up. Even if they were slower, this gap would only grow. Hence, the levels of Guild's elite members were much higher than ordinary players.
Meanwhile, Overwhelming Smile's main encampment was in Dragon Ridge.
Dragon Ridge was a Level 25 to Level 30 leveling area. The monsters in the area were all Dragonmen. Dragonmen were born with thick scales and had inherited the Dragon race's incomparable strength. They were natural-born warriors. Also, as they were a small branch of the Dragon race, Dragonmen innately loved to collect treasures. Hence, the drop-rate of Dragonmen was quite high. There were also plenty of quests in Dragon Ridge that required players to fight Dragonmen. Many players liked to level up here.
However, Overwhelming Smile occupied all of the high-resource areas in Dragon Ridge. Other players should not even think about going there. At most, they could only kill Dragonmen in areas with fewer monsters.
Shortly after the Shifeng arrived, while searching for Overwhelming Smile's members, A Melancholy Smile suddenly contacted him.
"Guild Leader, I've completed the task you asked of me. Sure enough, they were willing to pay any price to obtain the Advanced Forging Apprentices who learned the Light Stone Forging Design. In the end, all three of them were poached," A Melancholy Smile reported excitedly.
Since the three Advanced Forging Apprentices had been poached, Overwhelming Smile would have to compensate them with three sets of Light Stone Forging Designs. With this, Overwhelming Smile had earned nearly 50 million Credits. As for the loss of the Advanced Forging Apprentices, A Melancholy Smile did not feel the slightest bit of heartache. After Candlelight's development, the benefits it offered were excellent. Candlelight could also provide an unlimited supply of materials. As long as one worked hard, they could earn a lot of money. Hence, many Forging Apprentices had applied for the position. Among them, there was no lack of Intermediate Forging Apprentices.
Although Overwhelming Smile had poached plenty of people since Candlelight's establishment, Candlelight's Advanced Forging Apprentices had not decreased. On the contrary, it had increased …
"Good." Shifeng also smiled. How could money be so easily earned? With this large sum of money, in addition to the materials he had obtained from Gentle Snow, he could more or less begin his expert training program. "Right, how many Light Stones have we produced so far?"
"I've already privately recruited several dozen Advanced Forging Apprentices from other cities. They are currently madly producing Light Stones in the Forging Association. Currently, they are still not familiar with the production process, so their production speed is somewhat slow. However, we have already produced several hundred pieces. As long as we wait another day or two, we can accumulate 20,000 pieces," A Melancholy Smile said confidently. "When the time comes, we can spread Candlelight's name far and wide. I guarantee that Candlelight will become the number one trading firm in Starmoon Kingdom."
It was not that Melancholic Smile was arrogant, but the value of the Light Stones was not to be underestimated. Both elite players and ordinary players could afford them. Including the number of people producing the Light Stones, they could easily supply several cities' worth of players.
After A Melancholy Smile finished his report, Shifeng stealthily arrived at the inner region of Dragon Ridge.
At this moment, the occasional flash of light could be seen in the dark and quiet forest. There were also the sounds of explosions. These were the sounds of Overwhelming Smile's elite players grinding Dragonmen.
These elite players from Overwhelming Smile were very orderly. They fought the Dragonmen army in groups of 20, taking turns to grind Dragonmen efficiently. Meanwhile, the resting players remained vigilant of their surroundings, preventing other monsters from ambushing them.
"You guys will do." Shifeng smiled faintly. (To be continued.)
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