Chapter 1 How Can There Be So Many!

"556 people? How can there be so many!"

Shi Feng looked at the Knight Promotion List in his hand, his eyes full of disbelief.

According to his estimation, even though the quality of the Knights he recruited before was generally high, the Tier 3 class was still a big threshold for NPCs, no easier than a player's advancement.

Based on his previous life's experience and data, it would be very good if more than two hundred out of a five thousand strong Knights could successfully change class.

But now the number has more than doubled...

More than five hundred Tier 3 NPCs! This number of Tier 3 professions is almost comparable to a Two-Star Lord.

The fame of a Two-Star Lord not only reaches 200 points, but the number of Knights under his control is also two thousand more than that of a One-Star Lord, and the attraction to those NPCs is also much greater than that of a One-Star Lord.

In this situation, the number of Tier 3 Knights is only around six hundred, and this requires a lot of time and resources, not something that can be achieved overnight.

After all, for the players in God's Domain, many expert players can't even reach Tier 3. Even if some experts really reach Tier 3, their combat power in Tier 3 is not strong. They can be easily suppressed by just relying on Bronze Tier 3 Knights.

Generally, about two hundred Bronze Tier 3 Knights can easily maintain the security of a city with two to three million people, even safer than those NPC cities.

For example, some powerful Tier 3 players, in those small NPC cities, can completely rely on their strength to forcibly kill players and then try to escape. The high-level Tier 2 guards in small NPC cities really can't stop them, but Tier 3 Knights are different. Even top Tier 3 experts shouldn't even think about running away.

So in his previous life, very few Tier 3 experts dared to mess around in cities guarded by Tier 3 Knights, unless they were prepared to perish together. Even if they weren't careful, they might lose their lives instead of killing the enemy.

This is also the power of a One-Star Lord. If guild members were used to guard the city, they would not be able to achieve such a deterrent effect at all.

Now that there are 556 Tier 3 Knights, let alone managing a big city with two to three million people, even managing two big cities with two to three million people would not be a problem. They could even guarantee the absolute safety of an advanced city.

"Could it be because I am the first One-Star Lord to recruit in the cities of the major kingdoms and empires, so the potential of these Knights is generally very high?" Shi Feng thought for a while, and that was the only possibility.

He spent a lot of money recruiting people in major cities, and the number of people he recruited exceeded his imagination. The quality was also unprecedented.

And these recruited Knights are probably quite good in terms of potential among their peers. For example, a Bronze Knight's potential ranges from 31 to 50 points. The success rate of a Bronze Knight with 49 points of potential advancing to Tier 3 is much higher than that of a Bronze Knight with 31 points of potential.

In this way, if the overall potential of the Knights is very high, it is not difficult to understand why so many Knights have successfully advanced.

"Respected Bronze Inheritor, do you want to go through the procedures now?" Lolan, the deacon, looked at Shi Feng, who was a little dazed, and couldn't help but ask again.

"Yes, of course!" Shi Feng said quickly.

This is 556 Tier 3 professions, and they are Tier 3 NPCs.

Currently, a super force can only come up with fifty or sixty Tier 3 experts, which is already good. More than five hundred Tier 3 experts are probably an astronomical figure for the current super forces, not to mention more than five hundred Tier 3 NPCs who are stronger than Tier 3 players.

If this were taken out, it would probably scare people to death!

The only pity is that these Knights are different from direct guards and can only operate within the territory. Otherwise, with more than five hundred Tier 3 NPCs, what super force could stop them?

"Okay, the transfer fee for each Tier 3 is ten gold coins, a total of 5560 gold," said Deacon Lolan.

"No problem. By the way, I want to change the equipment of these people. All those who don't have a full set of Fine-Gold equipment should be changed to Fine-Gold." Shi Feng nodded.

The re-registration fee is a trivial matter. If all five thousand members of the Knights could become Tier 3 professions, he would be willing to pay even a hundred gold coins per person, let alone ten gold coins per person.

However, this is just wishful thinking. After all, Mythril-level or higher Knights are too rare. It is lucky to recruit one. For example, right now, the territory's recruitment in the major main cities has not stopped. Zero Wing is still spending a portion of the recruitment fee every day. After so many days, there are only some Dark-Iron level Knights. Not a single Mythril-level Knight has been recruited. This shows how difficult it is to encounter Mythril-level Knights.

After Knights reach Tier 3, their attributes vary depending on their potential, but their overall combat power mainly depends on the weapons and equipment they have.

The difference in combat power between a full set of Epic equipment and a full set of Bronze equipment is vastly different.

And NPCs are different from players. It is easy to get weapons and equipment as long as you have money. Of course, there is also a limit, which is only up to Epic level. Fragments of Legendary items and Legendary items can only be obtained by special methods and cannot be bought with money.

As a Lord, what he wants to do most is to equip every Knight with a set of Epic weapons and equipment.

But this can only be thought about, because a set of level 100 to 150 Epic weapons and equipment costs 4,000 gold coins per Knight. If it is a Knights of five thousand people, that would be 20 million gold coins.

Twenty million gold coins!

This is an astronomical figure for those super forces, let alone Zero Wing.

All he can do now is to arm a very small number of Mythril-level or higher NPCs with Epic weapons and equipment. The other Knights will have a set of Mythril equipment.

Although Zero Wing also invested in replacing better weapons and equipment later, the number was always small and they were slowly replaced.

And now he only has some money in his hand, so he dares to replace the weapons and equipment of these five hundred people with Fine-Gold equipment.

"Among these 556 people, 478 need to replace their weapons and equipment. The price of a set of level 100 Fine-Gold weapons and equipment is 100 gold coins. Including the handling fee, you need to pay a total of 53,360 gold coins." Lolan, the deacon, looked at the list and said with a smile.

When Shi Feng heard Lolan's offer, he reluctantly took out all the remaining gold coins.

"So poor! It seems that I have to earn more money, otherwise I won't even be able to afford to support these Tier 3 Knights." Shi Feng looked at the remaining four hundred gold coins and couldn't help but smile wryly.

He finally got 50,000 gold coins from Feng Qianyu and just felt that he had some money in his hand. In the blink of an eye, all the money was gone. If he didn't have nearly 4,000 gold coins left in his hand, he probably wouldn't be able to replace these Knights with Fine-Gold weapons and equipment.

Although for those expert players, having more than four hundred gold coins in their hands is definitely a rich man, it is too shabby for him as the Guild Leader.

Moreover, after these Knights are transferred to formal Tier 3 professions, their weekly wages and training costs will also rise.

Simply put, a Bronze Tier 3 Knight costs 200 gold coins a week, and the training fee is 100 gold coins, which is almost the same price as a Fine-Gold Tier 2 Knight. But how rare are Fine-Gold Tier 2 Knights? Being able to recruit one is something to brag about for a year.

Among these 556 Tier 3 Knights, there are nearly three hundred Bronze Knights, and the weekly expenditure is as high as 90,000 gold coins. This does not include those Dark-Iron level or higher Tier 3 Knights. Adding them all together, it costs at least 200,000 gold coins a week to support these Tier 3 Knights...

Just as Shi Feng finished paying and lamented that the money in his hand was not durable, Aqua Rose suddenly contacted him.

"Guild Leader, Yuan Tiexin from Tianji Pavilion and his team have come to Stone Forest City. They look very bad and said they have something urgent to discuss with you," Aqua Rose said.

"They came so quickly? Let them wait at the City Lord's Mansion for a while, I'll go over now." Shi Feng smiled, then took out a Residence Teleport Scroll of Stone Forest City from his backpack and chanted it, directly turning into a white light and disappearing in the VIP reception room.