Chapter 111 Dark Tide

"Young Feng, if things really don't work out, just sell those Light Stones we collected at a discount. That way, we can at least get back some gold coins."

"Sell them at a discount?"

Feng Xuanyang couldn't help but ponder. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about it.

But…

Who would want them?

Right now, everyone was staring intently at the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates, scrambling to scrape together money. The exchange rate for gold coins had even gone up because of the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates. How could anyone still have the interest to buy Light Stones?

Even if someone wanted to buy them, how many Light Stones could he sell?

He had a stockpile of 10,000 stacks of Light Stones on hand!

"Forget it. Let's just take the loss. We have to complete the task assigned by the higher-ups. Let's sell them at 80% of the price. We'll sell however much we can, and if we can't sell them, we can at least disgust Candlelight Trading Firm." Feng Xuanyang sighed.

Netherworld's management was very strict. If the assigned task wasn't completed, the consequences would be severe. He had worked hard to get to his current position and couldn't let it all fall apart. Even if he lost all 100 million, he had to make up for it. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the higher-ups.

These 10,000 stacks of Light Stones had cost him a full 1,900 gold, most of which came from Netherworld and Alluring City Merchant. Although selling them at 80% of the price would mean a big loss, it would at least make up for the Netherworld and Alluring City Merchant's half, enough to gather 1,500 gold to buy the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates.

Soon after, Alluring City Merchant also started selling Light Stones, and because of Netherworld's channels, they easily contacted the major guilds of the Star-Moon Kingdom. Moreover, many cities throughout the Star-Moon Kingdom didn't have Light Stones for sale, and the number of players buying them hadn't reached saturation. Selling them at 80% off was still easy. It was just that every time a stack was sold, Feng Xuanyang felt his heart bleed.

While White River City was in a sales frenzy, Star-Moon City was going crazy. The higher-ups of the major guilds stood in front of Candlelight Trading Firm's counters, their eyes red.

"I am the Vice Guild Leader of the Stormwind Guild. Call your boss out. I have a big deal to discuss with him."

"I am an Elder of the Seven Colors Guild. Why haven't you invited your higher-ups over?"

At this time, the representatives of the major guilds in Star-Moon City were trying to find ways to contact the higher-ups of Candlelight Trading Firm. Unfortunately, no matter what these people said, the NPCs hired by Candlelight Trading Firm ignored them.

The urgency left these major guilds without any solutions.

Originally, the major guilds of Candlelight Trading Firm's Star-Moon City branch were only slightly surprised that someone could buy the golden location in the royal city and open a shop. But now, they all wished they could immediately buy the entire Candlelight Trading Firm. Of course, this "buy" meant acquiring it with Credits. If it were with gold coins, even if all the gold coins of these major guilds were added together, they wouldn't be able to afford it.

But switching to Credits was different. These major guilds had the support and sponsorship of large corporations behind them. Moreover, they saw how profitable Candlelight Trading Firm was, especially the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates they produced. This was simply a strategic-level item. As long as they controlled this thing, plus a strong guild, they wouldn't have to worry about not becoming a hegemon.

The profits brought by God's Domain alone had already made many large corporations and consortia excited. If it developed further, they could imagine how exaggerated it would be. Everyone knew the principle that the earlier you started, the better, so these major guilds came to acquire Candlelight Trading Firm.

"Guild Leader, I've already found out that Candlelight Trading Firm's headquarters is in White River City. Although they opened a shop in the royal city, it seems that the management is all over in White River City." A graceful female Elementalist gently reported to a robust man with a high nose and a heroic appearance.

In a coffee shop not far from Candlelight Trading Firm, many male players saw this tall, fair-skinned beauty and turned their heads one after another. Their eyes were full of envy as they looked at this robust man.

In this day and age, because nutrition and fitness were very popular, there were many handsome men and beautiful women. But finding a top-quality beauty with such temperament to play games together was extremely difficult, not to mention that this beauty looked like a secretary.

"Bro, when will I be able to live like him?" A Level 24 Guardian Knight said enviously.

"What are you thinking?" A Level 25 Ranger next to him teased, "Do you know who that person is?"

"Isn't that man just rich? What's so great about it? If I were rich too, there would definitely be beauties chasing after me, and I could find a bunch of secretaries to play God's Domain with." The Guardian Knight said disdainfully.

"Look at you, no wonder you'll be like this for the rest of your life." The Level 25 Ranger slowly explained, "Let me tell you, that man isn't some rich, handsome guy. He started from scratch and achieved today's success at the young age of 34. And you've definitely heard of his name."

"What's his name?" The Guardian Knight asked curiously.

"Starlight Past, the Guild Leader of the Starlight Alliance. You know that, right?" The Ranger smiled, then looked at the woman next to Starlight Past and said, "That beauty isn't an ordinary person either. She's a newly nominated expert on the Wind and Cloud Expert List, ranked 931st. Don't look down on her just because her ranking is lower than Chi Yu. Her strength is even stronger than Chi Yu. Do you think you can hire such a beautiful expert to be your secretary just because you have money?"

The Guardian Knight didn't dare to speak immediately.

The Starlight Alliance was one of the two most powerful guilds in Star-Moon City. However, because the new Guild Leader of the Ouroboros took office and internal strife was constant, the Starlight Alliance faintly became the number one guild in Star-Moon City.

If he dared to flirt with Starlight Past's secretary in Star-Moon City, wouldn't that be courting death? Maybe he would be killed back to Level 0 the next day.

"Guild Leader, look, they still want to talk about you?" Zi Tong's lips curled up, and she said with a smile.

"How could they be talking about me? They're clearly talking about you, this great beauty." Starlight Past smiled. "Okay, let's not talk about them. Business is important. Now that the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates have appeared, no one in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom can sit still. It seems we have to take a trip to White River City."

"The eastern part of the Star-Moon Kingdom has always been secretly controlled by Netherworld, a mysterious organization. We've always minded our own business. Now that we're going to their territory, I'm afraid there will be some negative impact." Zi Tong said seriously.

"I can't control that much. I can't let Netherworld eat up all the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates, right? How else will we develop in the future?" A hint of coldness suddenly flashed in Starlight Past's eyes. "Actually, I've long been unhappy with Netherworld. But Netherworld's strength is too great, covering several kingdoms and a Black Dragon Empire. So, I avoid trouble if I can. But if Netherworld wants to monopolize the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates, no way!"

The impact of the Intermediate Mana Armor Plates was too great.

Just letting each member of the main force have one more piece of Level 25 Dark-Gold equipment was terrifying enough. Moreover, this wasn't equipment that could be dropped. If it was used to arm every elite member, such a guild would be invincible.

Meanwhile, inside the Ouroboros's guild residence…

"Qingxue, are you really going?" Zhao Yueru frowned slightly. "We've finally stabilized the situation. If you go to White River City, it'll be difficult to handle if someone causes trouble in Star-Moon City."

"Yueru, you don't know. I don't want to go either, but I have to go myself for this matter." Bai Qingxue shook her head. "I'll leave things here to you for now. I'll be back as soon as possible."

At the same time, the higher-ups of the major guilds throughout the Star-Moon Kingdom were leading their men to teleport to White River City.