Chapter 1218 Establishing a Town

Inside the luxurious VIP reception room, a slightly tattered piece of parchment seemed out of place. However, after Shi Feng produced the parchment, the NPC Senior Executive became even more respectful, carefully opening it and placing it on the table to confirm its authenticity.

Although the value of a Town Creation Order was far less than that of a City Creation Order from the Star-Moon Kingdom, the significance of the former was greater.

This was because a Town Creation Order allowed for the unrestricted construction of towns, even in neutral territories. These neutral zones were not governed by kingdoms or empires, making it akin to establishing one's own kingdom in another land.

The City Creation Order from the Star-Moon Kingdom was valuable, but still subject to the kingdom's jurisdiction. Those who lived within were subjects of the Star-Moon Kingdom and greatly influenced by it.

The simplest example was that towns within the Star-Moon Kingdom had to pay hefty monthly management fees. For a city like Zero Wing City, the fee was 30,000 gold per month. If it were to be promoted to a medium or high-level city, the price would increase several times over.

However, in neutral territories, there was no need to pay any management fees to the Star-Moon Kingdom, only a small fee to the system.

While there were advantages, there was also a significant drawback: a lack of security. Within kingdoms and empires, there was protection, with only monster sieges to worry about. In neutral territories, there were not only monsters but also attacks from other races.

Many guilds that obtained Town Creation Orders were unable to defend their towns due to insufficient strength, a common occurrence in God's Domain.

However, this also brought another benefit, the greatest advantage of establishing a town in neutral territory: freedom from the control of kingdoms and empires, allowing trade with other races.

There were many races in God's Domain. Aside from those who only knew how to kill and possessed minimal intelligence, some races could be communicated with, such as dwarves, elves, Beastmen, Half-Elves, and Half-Orcs. However, this was strictly prohibited in the towns of guilds within kingdoms and empires, so these races were rarely seen, except in NPC towns where basic transactions or exchanges took place.

Many goods from other races were superior to those of humans, especially unique products that could greatly enhance a player's survival capabilities in the wilderness.

For example, weapons and equipment made by dwarves were superior in sharpness and durability due to their advanced technology and unique forging methods.

In neutral territories, there were no such restrictions. As long as a town was attractive enough, it could easily attract foreign merchants and races, allowing for trade and even the hiring of these races as town guards.

These foreign warriors were often far superior to human warriors in certain aspects, so guilds that built towns in neutral territories would hire strong foreign warriors as guards.

Therefore, on the surface, a Town Creation Order only allowed for the establishment of a small town in neutral territory. In reality, it was akin to establishing a super-small kingdom. Although far inferior to kingdoms and empires in all aspects, it was essentially on the same level.

There were countless guilds in God's Domain, but their strength largely depended on their towns in neutral maps. After all, neutral maps in God's Domain were far larger than all the kingdoms and empires combined.

"Guardian, your Town Creation Order has been verified. May I ask where you would like to build your town?" The NPC Senior Executive put away the Town Creation Order and placed a crystal ball on the table. The crystal ball immediately displayed a map of God's Domain.

"Right here." Shi Feng directly located the position of the Ancient God's Relic within the Orc Empire.

Establishing a town in neutral territory was different from doing so within a kingdom or empire.

Kingdoms and empires never interfered in matters outside their borders because neutral territories did not belong to them. Therefore, the establishment of towns was not managed by them but by the Adventurer's Association.

"Guardian, this area is currently very chaotic. The surrounding monsters are at least level 50, and there are also rampaging orcs. Building a town here will be very costly. The basic fee is 40,000 gold. As for the cost of hiring guards, it is 3 gold coins per day for a Tier 1 adventurer at level 100, 10 gold coins per day for a Tier 2 adventurer, and 100 gold coins per day for a Tier 3 adventurer. The maximum hiring time is three days."

"How many people would you like to hire?"

"One thousand Tier 1 adventurers, five hundred Tier 2 adventurers, and twenty Tier 3 adventurers, all for three days."

This was not Shi Feng's first time building a town in neutral territory.

Neutral maps were very dangerous, but they also brought many benefits. New towns had a protection period of only three days, during which they could hire guards from the Adventurer's Association. After five days, this option was no longer available. However, the price was very high, and the levels of the guards were only slightly higher than the levels of the monsters in the area, mainly to prevent monster and foreign attacks.

Currently, the Zero Wing Guild had earned a lot of gold from the equipment gained in the previous war with Tianzang and from Zero Wing City and Stone Forest Town. However, their reserves were not large, and almost all of it was used for guild development. They now had only a little over 80,000 gold left.

The cost of building in the wilderness alone was 40,000 gold, far more expensive than building within a kingdom. The price of hiring adventurers was also high, so Shi Feng did not dare to hire too many.

Moreover, if a town wanted to survive in neutral territory, it had to rely on itself, so it was necessary to save more gold to improve the town's defenses.

"Okay! That's 70,000 gold, no discounts." The NPC Senior Executive nodded. "After payment, the Adventurer's Association will send people over within one minute, and it is estimated that the town will be completed at the designated location within twenty minutes."

"Twenty minutes?" Shi Feng was slightly surprised.

He did not expect it to take so long. Normally, building a town in a nearby neutral map would only take about ten minutes. After all, it was not a city, and there were many places that needed to be built. But now it would take twice as long, which showed how dangerous the Ancient God's Relic was.

However, Shi Feng did not think too much about it and directly paid the 70,000 gold. Then he left the Adventurer's Association and immediately took a carriage to the War God Temple to exchange the Yan Blood for more points.

On the way to the War God Temple, he suddenly received a system communication request from Aqua Rose.

"Guild Leader, something happened at the Ancient God's Relic again. We just left the Ancient God's Relic and were preparing to send guild elites to station there permanently, but the Beast Emperor sent another army of Evil Beasts and Demonic Creatures to surround the Ancient God's Relic." Aqua Rose's expression was grim. She did not expect the Beast Emperor to be so shameless as to resort to this tactic. "The Beast Emperor also contacted us, saying that if we do not release Yan Blood, he will keep us stuck in the Ancient God's Relic."

The Zero Wing Guild had no way to deal with the Beast Emperor's actions.

They only had two sets of Summon Holy Dragon. The battle at the Ancient God's Relic had used up all of Zero Wing's resources. They no longer had the strength to contend with the army of Demonic Creatures and Evil Beasts. If they sent the Zero Wing army to charge in, they would only become food for the Legendary Evil Beasts and Demonic Creatures…

"This Beast Emperor is really prepared to fight to the end." Shi Feng could not help but smile. "In that case, let him do his best, as long as he can."

"But what about the Ancient City?" Aqua Rose could see Shi Feng's determination to completely eliminate Yan Blood, but the Ancient City was related to the promotion of Zero Wing's Tier 2 classes.

"Don't worry about it for now." Shi Feng smiled, not caring at all. "Immediately gather all the construction workers from Candlelight Trading Firm and have them assemble at the guild residence. Also, have Melancholy Smile prepare these materials. I will need them in a moment."

After saying this, Shi Feng hung up the communication and waited quietly for the carriage to arrive at the War God Temple, while Aqua Rose was in a daze.

"Really not going to care?" Aqua Rose was slightly worried, but seeing Shi Feng's expression, it was clear that he was confident. She then shook her head and began to arrange for people and notify Melancholy Smile to collect the materials.

On the other side, Aqua Rose also informed the Beast Emperor's subordinates of Shi Feng's reply.

"Good! Very good!"

The Beast Emperor listened to the report from his subordinate, his face an indescribable shade of green, his whole body seething with killing intent. He had not expected Shi Feng to be so crazy, preparing to fight him to the death.

Just as the Beast Emperor was about to order a bloody battle with the Zero Wing Guild, he suddenly heard a system notification.

System Announcement: Congratulations to the Zero Wing Guild for being the first to establish a town in a neutral map. The guild's fame is rewarded with 30,000 points, and the new town's fame is rewarded with 10,000 points.