Chapter 81 - The temple of the Twelve (1/2)

In the twenty minutes, he had been out of the game, all 12 of his team managed to successfully get into the city. By this time, the sky in the game also darkened. It had become night-time and exploration during night was very difficult.

This time was mostly used by most of the players to get out of the game and do their daily activities. Many also used this time to do follow up on their trade professions and increase their proficiency. Quests that are close to the village, town or city were also doable.

Balthazar could also go and use the forging association to make more weapons. Moreover, at the Forging Association, he could also exchange his forging design now that he had already managed to reach the city before others. Doing this would provide him contribution points from the association which he could use to get better designs.

But he didn't want to get hold of the designs right now. He had remembered a lot of things from his past life, but it turned out that most of them were things that changed over time. He couldn't completely believe anything he read in forums either. Those players were bound to hide the truth or would have told partial truths just like he did.

With him reaching the White Heart City, which was the capital of the White Heart Kingdom, he had access to a lot of teleportation points within the kingdom. He also has about 100 White Heart Kingdom reputation and would be considered a citizen throughout the kingdom. It was best that he uses this time to check on the other cities/towns and the resources available at these places. Based on these observations, he could get the appropriate designs from the forging association which would be most useful.

The beginner towns were mostly small ones which had smaller areas and even the corresponding regions were smaller. These were also ones that were situated away from other kingdoms and empire and had smaller amount of resources.

If he wants to establish a strong base in the kingdom, renting a few lands would be quite useful. He was a second-class citizen of the kingdom with 100 reputation points which he got on completion of the special quest. He could use it to rent a couple of plots anywhere in the kingdom.

He also had 90 white heart city reputation, which he could use for renting a plot in the city. Renting land was like mortgaging their reputation. If one failed to provide rent to the system in time, it would simply reduce the reputation points. Buying land was also similar. If one failed to provide tax in time, their reputation would fall down.

This was the best time for him to rent out places in both the White Heart City and other places. He already had rented out a place from the Blackrock Town. But for this, he needed money above all else and selling weapons and the weapon designs felt like the best plan right now.

He quickly contacted Rudra and asked him about the trade profession players he employed at his shop and the various products that they created. The reply was less than satisfactory. The cooks managed to produce a decent amount of food and there were other armaments and potions too, but they were too little to be enough for the player's needs.

”What happened to the designs which I gave to you?” asked Shadow unable to do anything else. He needs money to rent lends. He had to find some source of money. The shop was the only thing, he could think of.

”I gave a few of them to trade profession players who joined us. They already have signed a contract to work for us. But only one of them is successful in creating them, the others haven't even managed to make it once. Trade professions are a lot harder in this game. It requires a lot of practice, even when using intermediate forging rooms,” replied Rudra.

”Yes, trade professions are a lot harder in this game. I think professions like cook which most people do in daily life are the only ones that can be learned quickly,” said Shadow agreeing with him.

”Yes, the restaurant part is well and also a few equipment and potions were produced. But higher-level ones are increasing harder than we expected. We can open up the shop saying that it is an early peak due to us managing to reach the city,” added Rudra.

”Yes, that would be advisable. I can also make a few of those spears and place them in the store to be sold. Having level 10 equipment in the shop would show the players that we can mass produce such equipment and also improve our popularity.”

”Not a bad idea. We can have a small auction of sorts at the shop. But I think it would be better to auction these equipment at the auction house rather than at the shop. There are no high-level equipment at the auction house right now. I was thinking of putting up the halberd for the auction too. I already got a heavy sword which deals better damage,” said Rudra.

”We can do both. Give an hour or two. Maybe put in the halberd at the shop rather than the auction house,” said Balthazar as he went to the teleportation point to get back to the Blackrock Town.

Once he reached the Blackrock Town, he disguised himself, got a few materials from the bank and went back to the forging association. He decided to visit Kade before he booked a forging room. As usual he went to the receptionist and requested to meet the association head. Having the title of Kade's apprentice, he was easily given access to go to the association head.

As he reached the office of the head, he saw that the nameplate changed. Instead of Kade, there was another name on it. It read ”Forging association, Blackrock Town branch head, George Questor”.

”The branch head changed again,” thought Balthazar. ”Then again, Kade did say that he was trying to get out of the Blackrock village and back to the White Heart city. NPCs would probably be able to travel once someone finishes the quest of clearing path to the city.”

Sitting in the office on a seat by the table was another man. He was a fat, chubby looking old man with grey hair. He wore spectacles and was perusing some books. He had the loop of a typical old head of a government organization.

”Ah! Adventurer Shadow. Welcome. I heard that Master Kade had taken in an apprentice. You are also a member of forging association and were responsible for clearing the path to the White Heart City. What can I do for you?” said George. Even the way he talked was like that of a typical authoritative figure in an agency.

After he reached level 10, he became a proper member of the forging association and he also had his own contribution points. He had originally come to exchange his design for contribution points. So, he immediately pulled it out and handed it over to George.

”I have created a new kind of weapon and this is the design. The materials required for it are also easily available around the town. I want to contribute this design to the forging association,” said Shadow.