Chapter 124 Earth Elemental Wrist Guard Dark Gold (1/2)
——”Player Gates to Heavens applied to join Brotherhood.”
——”Player Upright Daily applied to join Brotherhood.”
——”Player…”
After numerous players got to know of the ”supposed siege by monsters” incident, they all applied to join Brotherhood hastily, as if in a hurry to get reborn! Within a short one to two hours, there were nearly 7,000 new players in Brotherhood, and all of them were players from Prague City!
Gates to Heavens, ”Who is Codename Lone Wolf? I want to thank him personally, hahaha!”
Upright Daily, ”I will forever be loyal to Brotherhood from now on! Angel Descent had guarded Prague City as if it was a palace, freak, they were just short of conducting curfews! Great seeing them end up like this, hahaha!”
They did not bother to hide their names, but instead chose to vent their frustrations openly! As the major guild in Prague City, Angel Descent had definitely offended many casual adventurers and other small guilds. As the saying goes, ”What millions died that Caesar might be great!” Many solo players were long angered by their overbearing stances, but they did not dare to stand up against them.
Even though Lin Jie had not spoken any words, his name was famous in the whole of Prague City, and eventually made known to the whole game!
As long as there were wars or system events, major cities like Prague City would definitely be affected. Once destroyed, the whole city would suffer a great blow.
The city's item prices surged by 50%, while its transaction taxes increased by 30%! What's more, all the attributes of players who were based in Prague City were decreased by 10%, and their EXP points to be gained from the game would be reduced by 10%!
All the above-mentioned conditions would persist for a whole three months!
This punishment was definitely severe! However, for normal players, they could just move to another city at any time, and so this wouldn't affect them much.
What about Angel Descent's members then? Prague was their home base, and they had invested large amounts of manpower and resources there. It would be a waste to give it up now, but everyone could easily see that it would be easier for them if they just gave up the city, given the state it was in now.
No matter what, this was the business which they had painstakingly invested large amounts of efforts in… Yet they could only watch helplessly as numerous players fled Prague City and moved to other cities.
If it was only that, it would be still alright. For the Angel Descent Guild, the greatest blow was the destruction of its Guild Base!
The revenue of a Guild Base was stunningly high, but the same went for the costs put in to maintain it. Now, though the Guild Base had become a dungeon, it was still registered under Angel Descent Guild's name. However, as the degree of damage was close to 100% - even the map's name was changed! - the daily maintenance costs needed would be $300,000! Angel Descent could choose not to pay, but once other players. non-guild members, obtained first clear of this dungeon, the Guild Base would be randomly refreshed in other areas.
In other words, it meant they had to spend hundred thousands of dollars per day to maintain the site, but this would not guarantee them that they could keep their Guild Base for certain! However, what else could they do? They could only grit their teeth and concentrate hard to obtain first clear of the Black Iron Frontline dungeon as soon as possible. If not, their Guild Base would be gone and so would be all their money!
As a Level 25 dungeon, the final Boss of the Black Iron Frontline dungeon was the Dark Gold Boss, Loja! Without at least a month of trying and getting wiped out by the Boss, Angel Descent would never be able to take it down. No matter what, this was just a disaster for them, and they were literally losing their talents and their money together all at once!
After reading this piece of news on the forum, many guild leaders couldn't help but rethink again about getting rid of Brotherhood. They would rather watch it progress on its own, acquiescing in the development of this organization.
On the way back to the City of Light, Lin Jie thought about what happened in Prague City, and his mood lightened. When he reached the City of Light, he discovered to his delight that the traffic flow of players in the city had increased by 30%! Many of them had fled from Prague.
”Triumphant Midnight is recruiting members! Requirements are that you must be at least Level 13 and above, and possess Gold equipment. Interested candidates, private message me speedily!”
”The Imperial City Association is recruiting players! Those who join our guild will be able to enjoy a 0.1% discount for repair services at the Blacksmith's Shop. Interested candidates who had changed jobs, contact us speedily!”
…
There were quite a few guilds who wanted to recruit people. This was the perfect time to expand and develop guilds! Only fools would not seize the opportunity!
Lin Jie smiled. There was competition among guilds everywhere, but even in the most powerful guild, there would be Brotherhood members! Should Lin Jie need any information, these people would be his informers. It was no wonder so many guilds couldn't wait to get rid of this organization that seemed to lord over them.
However, it already had deep roots within the game!
If anyone wanted to get rid of it, they would have to be prepared to pay a huge price!
In fact, the Mercenary Association was replaced entirely by Brotherhood! It was originally a large organization that the system had set up in order to bring in more revenue for themselves, but now it was ruined by Lin Jie! The profits generated by Brotherhood every day were around 10 gold coins, which was to say, even if Lin Jie did nothing every day, he could earn as much as 300 gold coins per month! Converted into cash, it would be near to a few ten thousand dollars! This was comparable to the salary range of senior white-collar workers.
Holding on to the Earthly Core, Lin Jie came to a familiar place—the Blacksmith's Shop.
Blacksmith's Shop was also one of the most important attractions in the City of Light. Master Blue's craftsmanship was superb, and the success rate of forging equipment here was 20% higher than the blacksmiths in other cities. The attributes of each equipment would be boosted by an additional 5%, and thus the business was brisk at the Blacksmith's Shop in the City of Light.
At the entrance of the Blacksmith's Shop, players were crowding around and eagerly waiting for their turns. They all hoped that the next equipment to be forged from the furnace would be theirs.
”Master Blue.” Lin Jie ignored the surrounding players' insults and forcefully stepped into the shop, opening a path within the group of angry players with his powerful Strength and stats.
”Wth! You dare to cut in line, I dare you to fight 1-on-1 with me outside the city!”
”Young lad, how dare you to cut in line?! I will kill you in a shot!”
The player who was first in the queue was the most dissatisfied, and he looked as if he was about to eat Lin Jie up.
A player took his freshly forged equipment with joy, thanked Blue profusely and left. Blue wiped away the sweat from his head, looked up and found Lin Jie standing in front of him.
He immediately put away all other work and greeted him with a smile, ”Sir, why don't you tell me in advance when you come? I don't even know that you came, it's too busy here…”
The onlookers were shocked by Blue's attitude. Who was this person? Why would Master Blue be so respectful towards him? Perhaps, this person was not a player, but a powerful NPC in disguise?
Lin Jie said calmly, ”No worries, you can continue with your work. I am looking for your master.”
Blue suddenly seemed like he suffered from constipation, and after stuttering for a long time, he finally replied, ”My master… my master is not here. Since last time, he… he went out to travel.”
Kuang!
A loud noise rang out from inside the store!
Lin Jie had ignored Bruce's words, as he knew that Master Blue would give such an answer to him. Thus, he directly threw the Earthly Core into the store. A moment later, a short black shadow appeared in vision.
Smithing Grandmaster·Ryan Wall!
”Wth!! There's a Grandmaster NPC in the City of Light!”
”It's the craftsman who can forge legendary equipment!!!”
”Hahaha, I have uploaded the screenshot, I will definitely earn a lot of the players' forum coins.”
That's right, Blue's master, the hidden dwarf NPC in the Blacksmith's Shop at the City of Light, was the Earth Sword Saint Ryan Wall!
The dwarf's flaking old face twitched and asked in a low voice, ”Where did this come from?”
”The Dark Iron Castle,” said Lin Jie
”And your motive?”
”War of Light.”
The dwarf's eyes trembled and disappeared after leaving a single word.
”Deal!”