Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Chapter 1698 Upgrading the Evil Gods Tablet
Star-Moon City, Stone Forest Town:
After Zero Wings big battle with Heavens Burial came to an end, shock filled the whole Star-Moon Kingdom. Nobody had expected such an outcome. In this battle, not only was Heavens Burial defeated, but the Guilds entire main force was practically crippled. Many of Heavens Burials members couldnt even log into Gods Domain right now. As for Blackwater, it, too, had suffered miserable losses.
With the addition of this new battle record, Zero Wings fame and prestige in Star-Moon Kingdom reached unprecedented heights. Every major power operating in Star-Moon Kingdom, whether in the light or in the dark, now held Zero Wing in intense awe and fear.
Setting aside the three Baphomets Zero Wing summoned, just the combination of several hundred Miniature Ballistas and the movement-type defensive magic array made Zero Wing a frightening force to reckon with. In terms of war weapons, no Guild in Star-Moon Kingdom could compete against Zero Wing.
Now that Heavens Burial had suffered such a miserable defeat, most likely no Guild in Star-Moon Kingdom could pose a threat to Zero Wing.
Inside the Guild Hall of Zero Wings Residence, a bright flash appeared at Residences teleportation point. After the light vanished, Shi Fengs figure took its place.
At this moment, the Guild Hall was very lively. Many of the Guilds new-generation reserve elite members could be seen lining up excitedly in the quest area, waiting to pick up a Guild Quest.
These new-generation reserve elites were players that left their respective beginner towns not long ago and passed the Guilds entrance test. Although they were only Level 20 on average, they all possessed considerably good talent. Among them were some gifted youths.
Taking a glance, Shi Feng even noticed a few players who had been famous apex experts in Star-Moon Kingdom during his previous life.
For example, Shadow Chaser was one of the top 10 Assassins of Star-Moon Kingdom. There was also Blood Rain, who was one of the top 20 Oracles in the kingdom. And then there was Luo Yiyi, a Druid who had managed to get promoted to Tier 4.
These were all talents that the various large Guilds desperately sought to recruit in the past. Yet, now, these talents had all chosen to join Zero Wing.
The war this time is really amazing. Its a pity that Im too low-leveled to join. Hopefully, Ill get to join in a battle of such scale in the future, a male youth clad in gray mage robes said as he watched the video of the previous war being played in the Guild Hall, a hopeful expression on his face.
It wont be that easy to get selected for such a large-scale war. At the very least, youll have to get promoted into an elite member to have a chance. The bunch of us are only reserve elites right now. Itll take a lot of effort to become an actual elite member of the Guild. Just accumulating the required GCPs is already plenty difficult, not to mention passing the promotion test, a robust man geared in metal armor said, shaking his head.
Reserve elite was a position granted to players that the Guild deemed to have potential. However, a persons potential did not necessarily represent their strength. If reserve elites failed to hit the growth requirements set by the Guild within a certain period of time, they would be demoted to normal members and would have to climb their way back up in the Guild.
Moreover, as Zero Wings influence in Gods Domain increased and more and more players chose to join the Guild, the bar for elite members would also be raised. After all, the Guild had a limited amount of resources. Not everybody could enjoy bountiful resources. Only the Guilds elite and expert members had the qualifications to reap such benefits.
Thats no problem at all. Right now, the only advantage the Guilds elite members have over us is that they joined the Guild earlier than we did. With enough time, even becoming a member of the Guilds main force wont be a problem! a teenage girl with an oval face and a graceful body clad in black leather armor said with a grin on her face. She turned to look at Shi Fengs figure displayed in the battle video and added, Just you all wait! Sooner or later, youll be able to see my figure standing beside the Guild Leader!
Youre dreaming too much. Why dont you take a look and see whos standing beside the Guild Leader? Commander Fire Dance and Vice Guild Leader Aqua Rose are both experts who can go toe-to-toe with even the peak experts of Super Guilds, someone in the crowd around the teenage girl retorted.
Only, as soon as this person said so, he was immediately given a fierce glare by the teenage girl.
These reserve elites did not rein in their volume when they spoke. Even ordinary players standing several dozen yards away could hear their conversation clearly, let alone Shi Feng, a player who possessed an extraordinary physique.
However, Shi Feng simply chuckled in regard to the conversation of these reserve elites.
He had never thought that his existence would spur Guild members to improve themselves.
Nonetheless, after taking a look at these reserve elite members, Shi Feng felt that there was a need to expand the Guild once again. Previously, due to Zero Wings shallow foundations and funding problem, the Guild could afford to make only a limited number of reserve elites.
After the war with Heavens Burial, though, that was no longer a problem. Setting aside the items Zero Wing obtained from the Evil Demons killed, just the weapons and equipment the Guild got from killing Heavens Burials and Blackwaters members were already enough for several mass recruitments.
Meanwhile, during the next expansion, Shi Feng planned to lure in experts from neighboring kingdoms as well. After all, the scale of the war between Zero Wing and Heavens Burial had been massive. Not to mention, Heavens Burial was the previous ruler of Ancient Rock City. Hence, the players of Star-Moon Kingdom werent the only ones that had paid attention to the war. Even players in neighboring kingdoms knew about it.
Now that Zero Wing had thoroughly crushed Heavens Burial, the players in the neighboring kingdoms would naturally try to get a better understanding of Zero Wing. Meanwhile, he could use this opportunity to recruit a bunch of elite and expert players to increase the Guilds strength and growth potential.
Thinking up to this point, Shi Feng messaged Aqua Rose and had her send some people to carry out his orders.
As for himself, he made his way to Stone Forest Towns Battle Arena.
After the war with Heavens Burial ended, peace and stability had returned to Stone Forest Town. As a result, the number of players gathered at Stone Forest Town was continuously increasing. Among the players visiting the town, there was no lack of Guild experts and independent experts.
After watching the battle between Zero Wing and Heavens Burial, everyone had realized one thing.
And that was the fact that even players could go up against war weaponsbut sufficient strength was needed to do so. Meanwhile, if they wanted to improve their strength, getting promoted to Tier 2 was undisputedly the fastest method to do so. However, aside from needing good weapons and equipment, sufficiently high combat standards were also necessary to clear the Tier 2 Promotion Quest.
Training at Stone Forest Towns Battle Arena was undoubtedly the fastest way to improve ones combat standards.
Although training at the Trial Tower was also an option, not everybody could afford the fee of one Magic Crystal per attempt.
By the time Shi Feng entered the Battle Arena, its lobby was already overflowing with players. Many experts belonging to the various large Guilds could be seen arranging match-ups with each other. There were also players hosting private duels or competitions with attractive rewards.
However, out of all the available attractions inside the Battle Arena, the advanced combat rooms were no doubt the most popular.
The reason for this was the advanced combat rooms facilitation of improvement in players Skill Completion Rates. The higher ones Skill Completion Rate, the stronger their Skills would becomethis could be said to be the most intuitive way for expert players to raise their strength.
However, as there were simply too few advanced combat rooms available, despite Judy, the NPC Shi Feng had tasked with the Battle Arenas management, having already raised the rental fee to four Magic Crystals per 30 minutes, demand for the advanced combat rooms still exceeded the supply.
When Shi Feng took a look at the Battle Arenas earnings report, he discovered that most of the Magic Crystals the Battle Arena earned came from the advanced combat rooms.
The popularity of the advanced combat rooms far exceeded Shi Fengs expectations.
He waited for the current batch of players using the advanced combat rooms to come out, then closed the advanced combat rooms temporarily and retrieved the Evil Gods Tablet. Immediately after he did so, a commotion occurred inside the Battle Arena.
Whats going on? Why cant the advanced combat rooms be used?
Ive waited a long time for my turn. Yet, now that my turn has finally arrived, theyre actually not letting us use the advanced combat rooms? Is this a scam?
The players waiting to use the advanced combat rooms kicked up a fuss right away.
However, everyone received a quick reply from the NPC staffs stating that the advanced combat rooms were undergoing some upgrades and that they needed to wait a short while for the upgrades to be completed.
System: Detecting more than 10,000 Evil Energy Crystals on your person. Do you wish to spend 10,000 Evil Energy Crystals to further upgrade the Evil Gods Tablet?
Holding the Evil Gods Tablet, Shi Feng was startled to receive the system notification. Previously, he had to manually select to upgrade the tablet. This time, however, the system actually took the initiative to ask him.
However, he did not dwell on the matter but immediately clicked Agree.