Chapter 141 - Trade routes (2/2)
”Sit down and have a drink,” said Merlin pushing a mug of white colored drink towards him. Balthazar immediately realized that it was one of the specialties of the White Heart City. The tavern was also named after it. Merlin seemed to have found a liking for it and there were already three empty mugs in front of him.
”This Whitewater is just delicious, frothy, tastes like freshly squeezed apples but is so strong and makes you tipsy within seconds,” said Merlin as he had another big gulp of the drink.
”I know. I heard it is one of the unique items of the city. You don't find it anywhere else at the same cost,” said Shadow as he partook it. ”Sadly, both the taste and feel disappear within a minute however much you try to remember it.”
”What?” asked Merlin. He had just heard of it from the bar maid NPC a few minutes ago and had been consuming it non-stop. He wanted to stop for a minute and check it out, but had another gulp of it immediately.
”Yes. Some players were cursing it because of that,” said Shadow.
”Well, there is a simple solution. Don't stop drinking,” said Merlin.
”It is a good drink to start with though,” said Shadow gulping down the drink in his mug. ”Is Grenadier coming?”
”Yeah, he is on his way. I just asked you to come early for some company all the other are busy working on their secondary profession. I have already got as much alchemy and cooking profession that I can with the recipes that I have. So, here I am,” he said.
”You could have tried to get to the city library or the temple. They offer good quests and you could even access quite a few books in there,” suggested Balthazar.
”Ya. I have been to both. Already have a collection quest for the temple and the library doesn't allow third-class citizens to most areas. Only have access to the first shelf were all the books were about the twelve lords, the different kingdoms and empires and the like which everyone could get easily from reading the forums on the first day,” said Merlin.
”Couldn't even access the maps or the history of the kingdom. Need second-class citizenship to even check the smallest of the maps. Those might at least help with some quests and gathering work,” said Merlin. He was clearly disappointed by the fact that he wasn't allowed much access to library. Libraries and the like were the best sources of information for players. Having a third-class citizenship which less than 0.1% of the players had currently, Merlin thought he would have an advantage at this, but the system was far too strict.
Shadow had already known it. Unless one had special permission, one couldn't access decent maps of the interior of the city till they became a first-class citizen. Even a second class citizen would only be able to access maps of the outer region and surrounding areas. As he was thinking of the maps he realized that he forgot to inform Rudra of the Jarko Town.
It was a level 15 to level 20 area and the location of the mine was definitely a level 20 area. Though it would take some time for the players to expand to it, he wanted the guild to form a strong supply route to it. The mithril ore mined needs to be transported to other towns and cities to make best use of it.
He couldn't rely on everyone in the guild to be completely loyal to it. Even super guilds would get tempted by the information of a mithril mine. Trusting all members of his guild or mining openly were simply impractical options.
So, letting a select few to mine and know about it while using trade carts and caravans was the best option. For those to go unnoticed, it is best if they keep making a strong trade routes between each town that they go to. It is also good for the growth of a guild if they had a decent infrastructure for trade between towns and cities. Moreover, the Black wall fort was also in the same direction. So, he decided that it is best to have the infrastructure for it.
”Need to find designs for transport caravans and the like. I also better send the map to Jarko Town to Rudra,” thought Balthazar as sent the images of the map that he took along with instructions to find designs for transport carts or caravans and decent beast tamers for dragging them. He also told Rudra to keep this among the trusted players who had already signed the strictest contracts.
”Find a few players who are have tradesman secondary profession or it is best if you have someone capable like lizzie do it. They will be quite useful in negotiating and also will be helpful to manage shops. NPCs can be purchased to manage shops and trader profession would be quite useful for negotiating with them,” messaged Shadow.
”Trader profession. Right. I will look into it,” said Rudra. Trader was relatively less popular profession and most players wouldn't even try to know about it. It is only useful when dealing with other merchant NPCs and it one of the new unique things in vita-nova. Without NPCs who have their own A.I. and act for their own interests, it is makes no point in having a trader profession. Hardly any player would even know of its existence currently unless they thoroughly went through the introductions of the game. Even then most wouldn't care about it and cultivate it as it would only be useful in rare cases.
”Ok. I understand that trader profession would take time. So, keep your focus on gathering the caravan designs. Engineer designs. Lastly make sure that the guild progresses along the direction to Jarko Town. It would help us a lot in long term,” messaged Shadow.
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