Chapter 1 Adventurer's Association

Baihe City, Adventurer's Association.

Due to the adventurer alliance formed by the joint efforts of various plane forces, the Adventurer's Association had become unusually lively. Just by walking to the entrance, Shi Feng could see groups of team players entering and leaving the Adventurer's Association. Players from the various planes accounted for nearly half of them, far more than a few days ago.

Moreover, these players from the planes were quite strong. Their levels were at least 98, and some even reached 99, which was generally stronger than the levels of the local guild players in Baihe City.

"So many people, has it already started?" Shi Feng glanced at the teams entering and leaving the gate, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

When facing the forces of the various planes, the real challenge was not the plane forces themselves, but the vast number of players from the plane worlds.

At the beginning of the opening of the plane worlds, only the major forces in the plane worlds had the ability to come out. However, as the plane worlds were fully opened, even the plane forces controlling the channels could not continue to monopolize them. This allowed a large number of players from the plane worlds to flood into the God's Domain Continent.

The competition for resources in the God's Domain Continent was already fierce. With the emergence of a group of strong players from the plane worlds, the impact on the major forces in the God's Domain Continent could be imagined, especially the resources of the various NPC cities, which were all being snatched up.

Like the current Adventurer's Association missions, there were only so many high-level missions. With more people, the average share naturally decreased.

The reduction in resources for each player greatly reduced the development speed of the major guilds, especially those guilds that originally had little development in neutral maps, which was simply fatal.

This was one of the reasons why those super forces on the God's Domain Continent were swallowed up. As for the ordinary forces on the God's Domain Continent, not to mention the impact of the plane forces, just this wave of players from the plane worlds could stagnate the guild's development.

Currently, Zero Wing's development range was quite broad, and it also had its own base in the neutral map, which could withstand the pressure. However, in the long run, it would still have a considerable impact, especially with the various forces of the plane worlds and some enemies of Zero Wing. Careless handling could lead to a heavy blow.

Thinking of this, Shi Feng immediately walked into the Adventurer's Association.

"Steward Lolan, I would like to see the current situation of the Knights Order recruitment." In the VIP reception room on the second floor, Shi Feng said to the beautiful elf steward who walked in.

Five thousand territory knights were crucial for managing a territory. Although he had spent a lot of money on recruitment before, he had not dared to come over, not for any other reason than lack of money. Even if he came, it would be meaningless.

The Knights Order was different from the NPC guards of the town. Without the subsidies from the kingdom and empire, each knight needed to be supported by the players themselves. It was like having direct guards, so without certain capital, it was impossible to afford.

But now he had a huge sum of 900,000 gold on him, which gave him the qualification to form a Knights Order.

"This is the current recruitment situation you requested." Steward Lolan smiled slightly and handed Shi Feng a thick stack of lists.

Shi Feng only checked the general data on the list, and he was stunned.

"This recruitment is too amazing!" Shi Feng looked at the total data on the list, and couldn't believe it.

Because through the city's conscription, it had recruited 20,164 people. Among them, there were 13,664 second-tier advanced knights, 4,814 second-tier bronze knights, 1,669 second-tier xuan iron knights, 15 second-tier mithril knights, and 2 second-tier fine gold knights.

Originally, he thought it would be great to recruit 5,000 people. After all, this kind of recruitment was not easy. If there was no city conscription and players had to find them themselves, it would be unthinkable without two or three months.

But now there were not only 20,000 people, but also the quality of the recruitment was frighteningly high.

As far as Shi Feng knew, the level of the Knights Order in those super forces that could form a Knights Order was generally only bronze, and xuan iron was extremely rare. It was the same as players' xuan iron direct guards. As for mithril knights, it took a long time to manage the Knights Order to have them. And fine gold knights were treasures that were hard to come by.

Shi Feng did not expect that he could recruit 15 mithril knights and 2 fine gold knights just through city conscription. If the major super forces of the previous life knew about this, they would definitely be driven mad with jealousy.

As for third-tier classes, it would probably be difficult to recruit them in the entire God's Domain.

Because a third-tier class was already a strong figure who could manage a small city, it was naturally impossible for them to condescend to be a small knight.

However, while Shi Feng was happy, his face turned ugly when he looked at the employment prices on the list.

The bronze second-tier knights were relatively cheap, and a week's salary was only 30 gold. Twenty gold could be used for cultivation and growth. But the price of xuan iron second-tier knights was much higher, requiring 70 gold a week, with a normal training cost of 30 gold. Mithril was even more powerful, costing 150 gold a week, with a cultivation fee of 50 gold.

Fine gold was the most expensive, costing 300 gold a week, with a cultivation fee of 100 gold.

If all the best knights were hired, the cost for one week would be 336,400 gold, which would be enough to make any first-rate guild despair, and even super forces would feel their hearts bleeding. And all of this did not include weapons and equipment…

"Respected bronze inheritor, I wonder which people you want to choose?" Steward Lolan looked at Shi Feng, who had been silent for a long time, and couldn't help but ask.

"I want all these fine gold, mithril, and xuan iron knights. For the rest, hire bronze knights," Shi Feng took a deep breath and said with great heartache. "At the same time, equip the mithril and fine gold knights with epic equipment, and the others with mithril equipment."

The equipment of the Knights Order was not as expensive as that of the NPC guards. A set of epic equipment that could be used from level 100 to 150 cost 4,000 gold, and a set of mithril equipment that could be used from level 100 to 150 cost 50 gold. But even so, it would cost 317,150 gold.

"Okay, you need to pay a total of 653,550 gold coins," Steward Lolan calculated and said directly.

"Here." Shi Feng gritted his teeth and paid it happily.

If he hadn't brought 900,000 gold this time, he suspected that he might not be able to walk out of this door.

At this time, he understood why those first-rate guilds in his previous life rarely formed Knights Orders. Having a territory in a level 100 neutral map was certainly good, but if you couldn't make money, the Knights Order would be a huge burden, and could turn a first-rate guild into a pauper in minutes. Only those super forces could afford it.

"These knights have been hired. Please arrange their accommodation in the territory as soon as possible, otherwise they may terminate the contract," Steward Lolan reminded after receiving the money.

"That's no problem. I want to transfer Shilin City under my name to my territory now." Shi Feng nodded, and then took out another 50,000 gold from his backpack and gave it to Steward Lolan.

After owning a territory, you have the right to transfer a town to the territory once. Of course, you need to pay a considerable amount of gold. The larger the scale of the town, the higher the amount you need to pay. A primary city like Shilin City requires a payment of 50,000 gold, while an advanced town only requires a payment of 10,000 gold.

Currently, the mainstream players in God's Domain have reached around level 95, and the expert players are generally above level 97, not far from level 100. The Bottomless Abyss where Shilin City is located will restrict players above level 100 from entering. Even if the resources in the Bottomless Abyss are abundant, its role is getting lower and lower, and the benefits are getting lower and lower. It is better to transfer it to a level 100 neutral map earlier.

"No problem, we will send someone over to transfer the city for you immediately." Steward Lolan took the 50,000 gold, and then took out a map and placed it on the table. "Where do you want to transfer it to?"

"Just here at the Cold Spring Lake." Shi Feng had already chosen a location in his heart, and directly pointed to a mountain peak next to the Cold Spring Lake.

"Okay, Shilin City will be transferred there in an hour." Steward Lolan nodded after confirming the location.

After Shi Feng settled these matters, he returned directly to the Candlelight Firm to wait quietly. As for Shilin City in the Bottomless Abyss, it disappeared in an instant, as if it had never existed, leaving only countless players who had not been teleported away, standing there blankly with a bewildered look on their faces.