In God's Domain, mining and gathering herbs was a path to riches for many players.
To ordinary players, there were very few ways to earn money. Generally, they relied on quest rewards. Common monsters rarely dropped Coins. Only Elite monsters had a slightly higher chance of dropping Coins. However, even then, the chance of dropping Coins was only two or three percent higher. Moreover, the Coins dropped were all Copper Coins.
As for the materials dropped by monsters, the chances were even lower than the Coins they dropped.
When players first entered God's Domain, they could afford to repair their weapons and equipment just by grinding Common monsters. However, as they reached higher levels, their equipment would become better. At that time, the money they earned from grinding Common monsters wouldn't be enough to cover the cost. Generally, only Elite monsters could barely cover the cost of repairing their weapons and equipment. If they were lucky, they might even obtain a Bronze Weapon or Equipment. Not only would they be able to cover the cost of repairing their weapons and equipment for a day, but they could also make a small profit.
Unfortunately, such a good thing only happened when God's Domain first launched.
Every time God's Domain evolved, the Main God System would lower the weapon and equipment drop-rate. Now that God's Domain had evolved so many times, even Elite monsters would have a hard time dropping Bronze Weapons and Equipment. Normally, players could only obtain them in the fields or Dungeons.
This was also why Lifestyle classes had become so popular.
Meanwhile, the development of Lifestyle classes mainly relied on various materials.
Generally, players would pay close attention to their surroundings when they were out in the fields. This wasn't just to guard against ambushes from monsters and players, but also for ores and herbs.
A Gatherer player who was familiar with the environment could earn more money than an elite member of a Guild just by gathering raw materials for a day.
In God's Domain, Shifeng often heard of gatherer players who could purchase excellent weapons and equipment just by collecting ores and herbs. Many large Guilds and trading firms would even sign agreements with expert gatherers. As long as they guaranteed a sufficient supply every month, not only would they purchase the materials at market price, but they would also pay a certain amount of Credits.
Hence, in God's Domain, players generally had very high Mining Levels and Herb Levels.
If the Manatite vein was real, he could easily hire a large group of high-leveled players to mine the Manatite vein. At that time, he could earn far more Magic Crystals than Stone Forest Town. After all, Stone Forest Town only required players to pay for repairs in Magic Crystals. The amount of Magic Crystals Stone Forest Town could earn simply couldn't compare to the amount of Magic Crystals Stone Forest Town could earn from the Stoneclaw Mountains.
"My original plan was to obtain a large number of Coins from the Dark Arena. However, the Ling YI Society's foundations have truly exceeded my expectations. It's not that I haven't considered working with a Super Guild, but they are simply too powerful. They are so powerful that even Raven might not be able to defend this town. Moreover, even if we did cooperate with them, with the appetite of those Super Guilds, Raven's profits would be much smaller."
"Although there are a few other powers aside from Super Guilds that we can work with, the amount of Coins these powers can offer will definitely not compare to the Ling YI Society."
"What do you think? If you cooperate with Raven, in the future, not only will the Ling YI Society no longer lack Magic Crystals, but Candlelight will also have enough Manatite. At that time, the Coins you can earn will definitely far exceed the 100,000 Gold you offered. "
Bloodfang felt that his offer was very generous. An upstart Guild like Ling Yi had no reason to reject his offer.
Currently, the Ling YI Society did not have many properties. It was extremely difficult to invest in and purchase good real estate in other kingdoms and empires. The various local Guilds had long since taken over these properties. How could they possibly leave them for other Guilds? As for the golden Lands in imperial capitals and kingdom capitals, although there were still some available, without a relatively high Reputation in those cities, it was impossible to purchase them even if one had the money.
By the time someone from the Ling YI Society obtained such a high Reputation, those Lands would have long since been purchased.
In other words, the Ling YI Society should have a lot of money on hand right now. However, it could not effectively utilize this money and turn it into money.
However, this could not be helped. After all, Ling Yi was an upstart Guild. When it came to earning money, it could not even compare to veteran second-rate Guilds, not to mention super-first-rate Guilds and Super Guilds.
If the Guild continued to hold on to the Coins it earned, it would only depreciate.
This was also why even though Super Guilds had earned a ton of Coins, they didn't have a lot of liquid Coins on hand. These Super Guilds had long since converted their Coins into more valuable items. This was especially true for high-potential Lands in the various major cities.
By investing the excess Coins in Raven, Ling Yi was undoubtedly killing two birds with one stone. In Bloodfang's opinion, the Ling YI Society had no reason to reject his offer.
"Guild Leader Bloodfang, I'll say it again. 100,000 Gold Coins are not 100,000 Copper Coins. Even Super Guilds cannot easily fork out such an amount, much less our Ling YI Society," Shifters said, shaking his head. "Besides, you're only offering 20% of the profits. Who knows how many days it'll take to recoup your investment? God's Domain is constantly changing. Our Ling YI Society does not dare to take such a gamble. Why don't we change our method of cooperation?"
"If you're thinking of investing manpower, then forget about it. With players' current levels, we can't defend this town. With the number and level of the monsters, we can only rely on NPCs to defend it. Moreover, we'll need to hire a large number of NPCs. Once the 15-day protection period is over, we won't be able to defend the town with just the strength of players. We'll need to construct extremely powerful defensive magic arrays and Defense Turrets. All of these will cost a lot of Coins," Bloodfang said, shaking his head.
If not for the massive amount of Coins he currently had, he would not have cooperated with Ling Yi. Instead, he would have digested all of the town's profits himself.
In God's Domain, no power would complain about having too much money, not to mention an essential resource like Magic Crystals.
"Sure enough, monsters are extraordinary." Shifeng could faintly discern the truth behind the town's destruction from Bloodfang's words. He could not help but grin.
In the past, monsters had frequently harassed towns with rare ores and herb fields.
As for the extremely precious Magic Crystal veins, monsters had attacked them almost every day. To the Guilds that owned these ores, such attacks were nothing out of the ordinary.
During the early stages of the game, the various large Guilds had suffered headaches when occupying these towns. Most of the money they earned had been used to construct the town's defenses.
As Bloodfang had said, constructing a Tier 3 defensive magic array in a town cost 32,000 Gold. The defensive magic array could stop any monster below Tier 4, Level 200. Only, it required a considerable amount of Mana.
As for the Defense Turrets, each cost 7,000 Gold.
Normally, when monsters attacked a town, they would come from all directions. Even if one Defense Turret was placed in each direction, they would need at least four Defense Turrets. Moreover, the Defense Turrets' cannonballs were very expensive. Based on market value, each cannonball cost 5 Gold. Higher quality cannonballs cost several dozen Gold. Using the Defense Turrets would no longer be fighting a war.
Moreover, placing one Defense Turret in each direction was simply not enough. At the very least, they would need two Defense Turrets.
In total, they would need to spend roughly 88,000 Gold.
It was no wonder why Bloodfang had asked for 100,000 Gold to invest.
However, players' wisdom was limitless. In the past, the various large Guilds had experimented with the Defense Turrets countless times before finally finding a way to repel the swarm of monsters without spending a lot of construction fees.
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