Chapter 621: Winged Silver Dragon (1/2)
The rest of the structures inside the city also underwent a massive transformation. The walls were taller and longer than before. The city itself was expanded and protected by many arrow towers and watchtowers. Udal was patrolling the city with a thousand Ghost God Knights. These Level 150 ancient-rank NPCs were extremely powerful, and they could easily fight ten enemies by themselves. Moreover, their level and stats automatically increased based on average player level, so they would always be a critical component in our army when defending against a raid, or when raiding another city ourselves.
The rank increase of the city also increased the rank of the barracks, the Desolate Knight’s Grave, to 8. Once it hit Rank 9 I could start mass-producing Ghost God Knights, so I refrained from recruiting Dark Knights. Stat-wise, the Rank 9 Ghost God Knight was at least 35% stronger than the Rank 6 Dark Knight, not to mention that high-rank units would be the backbone of future territory wars or even Nation Wars. All low-rank units would become cannon fodder eventually, and I do not welcome cannon fodder in my ranks!
There was still an empty space in the city however; the Dragon’s Grave. It could only be constructed when the city had reached Rank 10. A Dragon’s Grave was used to recruit the ultimate unit an undead castle could produce, the Dark Earth Dragons, and I could hardly wait for that day to come. For now though, I decided against recruiting any units and save up about a week of resources to upgrade the city to Rank 9. An attacked city couldn’t be challenged again for 15 days, and it was a breather our guild appreciated for sure.
Of course, I welcomed anyone to try and attack us. As a guild who grew our strength through war, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls feared no challenge.
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After loitering inside the city for a bit and repairing my equipment, I took a moment to check my bank account. What I saw caused me to jump on my feet. It was because my balance had skyrocketed by a whopping 120 million RMB!
I rubbed my eyes in disbelief as I stared at the number. What happened? Where did this money come from? Did I buy a lottery and forgot completely about it?
Overwhelming joy filled my heart for a moment. The opportunity to earn money was fleeting. If I missed it now I would have to find a new one. Right now everyone still needed the Rank 8 Strength Supplements to learn Barrier Break, but that could change entirely in just a week or, worst case scenario, three days. The potion would be worthless once everyone grinded enough levels to accumulate 1400 Strength or more, so I should make more Strength Supplements while it was still valuable and earn as much money as possible.
The reason so many people buying the Strength Supplements at this ridiculous price was because the major guilds were building up their ace fighters. Sky City alone had tens of millions of fighters which meant that 10000 Strength Supplements clearly weren’t enough to meet the demand. I wondered how many people were wishing that they could be me right now?
I ran to the warehouse, took out the Agaves, bought a bunch of herbs and food ingredients and began synthesizing more Rank 8 Strength Supplements right away. Less than half an hour later, I unloaded a truck load of supplements on Air Force One, put up an ad post and happily waited for more money to flood into my bank account.
I couldn’t help but feel proud of myself as I stared at the gold in my game account. Who would’ve thought that the first true pot of gold of my life would be earned from selling these unassuming potions and not some divine equipment? At first glance, 10000 RMB wasn’t much, but the sales were so good that the wealth I gained from them was absolutely ridiculous!
Fuck yeah!
I transferred a hundred million RMB to He Yi’s bank account right away and kept the remaining twenty million or so earnings to myself. A man’s savings was the equivalent of his backbone, and any man with at least twenty million in their bank account could say almost anything with some confidence. Also, He Yi and Murong Mingyue had been very busy establishing their new company. As their “shareholder” I didn’t mind investing in their business at all.
Less than two minutes later, I heard a call notification—
Beep!
System Notice: Your friend “From Water” is calling you from a Multi-SIM phone. Do you accept?
After I accepted the call, He Yi asked me immediately, “Lu Chen, did you rob a bank or something? W-why did I receive a message that you transferred a hundred million RMB to me?”
I smiled. “Nah, I just exploited something that’s almost a bug and earned a lot of money, that’s all. What’s wrong? Is it too little?”
He Yi smiled very sweetly. “Of course not, hehe. Mingyue and I are heading to Changzhou right now, and it so happens that the subsidiary company over there is lacking in capital. Your timing couldn’t be any more perfect, Lu Chen! You are the super savior of Raincube for three days!”
That deflated me a little. In the end, even a hundred million RMB was only enough to keep the boat afloat for three days.
“Alright, you should focus on your driving. I’m going to find a place to grind now.”
“Mn, see you later! Let’s have dinner together when Mingyue and I come back!”
“Okay~”
I closed the call and took to the road with renewed spirits. First, I teleported to Violet Empire. Then, I traveled to the palace hall and sought out Shadow Dancer Xue Wei. She should be able to lead me to Xinran at the God Domain.
Thud thud thud…