Chapter 141 Okoron City

These level 100 Black Lions were no match for Yarop, the level 180 elite Berserker. With his bare hands, Yarop beat the Black Lions to the ground one after another. Before long, the ground was littered with their corpses.

"This guy is fierce. If he got his hands on some top-tier equipment, he'd be unstoppable," Brilliant Cutlass and Waterside Smoker exclaimed. Even as a Divine Swordsman and Holy Swordsman, they were no match for Yarop with such a large level gap.

Yarop was a seasoned fighter with rich combat experience, not inferior to a top-tier class.

Nie Yan thought that if Yarop could independently advance to a top-tier class, his strength would definitely increase many times over, becoming even more powerful. NPCs could also advance classes like players, but advancing to a top-tier class was a very dangerous matter. If Yarop died in the process, he couldn't be resurrected. This needed to be carefully considered.

About twenty minutes later, the teams from the Niu Ren Tribe arrived one after another. They divided into squads of ten people and began clearing out the monsters.

Yarop put on the equipment that Nie Yan had people bring over from the Niu Ren Tribe. It was a set of metal armor, the best being level 160 Dark Gold equipment, with the rest being at least level 150. Nie Yan had found them in chests using his flying mount and stored them in the Niu Ren Tribe's guild warehouse, where they remained unused.

Nie Yan and the others cleared the area around them. He took out a giant crystal ball from his bag. The blue crystal ball emitted waves of light blue energy.

This was a City Energy Foundation Stone that Nie Yan had purchased from an NPC store for one million gold coins.

He placed the City Energy Foundation Stone on an open space. A powerful energy shockwave swept across the area, flattening the surrounding thousands of yards and forming a giant rune array.

This would be the foundation for building the city.

In *Conviction*, building a city wasn't as troublesome as in the real world. As long as you had enough money, you could build it quickly. In fact, the most important thing was the qualification to build a city. Without the qualification, building a city in the Greenland Empire and the Satreen Empire without permission would be considered rebellion, and the two empires would quickly send troops to suppress it.

It proved that illegal constructions would be forcibly demolished.

Since this was Nie Yan's territory, he had control and could build whatever he wanted.

Next came the big spending. Nie Yan glanced at the list. Upgrading a low-level city required building basic city walls, a small municipal hall, a holy temple and a level one church hall, a mercenary hall, and other buildings. The most basic construction expenses would cost millions. Ordinary guilds simply couldn't support such a huge expense. Probably only Nie Yan could afford to invest so much. However, once a city was successfully built and the population reached a certain number, the income would be considerable. Just renting out shops and collecting taxes would be enough for Nie Yan to earn a lot of money.

Soon, buildings rose from the ground, and money flowed out of Nie Yan's bag like water. Nie Yan's goal wasn't just to develop a low-level city, so he built everything to very high standards, which could be slowly upgraded later.

The city stood in the center of the grassland, magnificent and grand, covering a vast area. A low-level city could accommodate at least five or six hundred thousand people, and after upgrading to a medium or large city, it could even accommodate millions.

Nie Yan had Guo Huai, Waterside Smoker, and others help formulate the laws. As the city's outline slowly took shape, a system prompt sounded.

System: Please name this city.

Nie Yan thought for a moment. Based on his understanding of the language of *Conviction*, he came up with a name, Okoron City. In the ancient common language of *Conviction*, Okoron meant glory. So, Okoron City was also called the City of Glory.

What Nie Yan had done, including advancing to Great Prophet and acquiring a player territory, was unprecedented. Even in his previous life, no one had achieved it. The achievements of the Niu Ren Tribe could be considered glorious. Nie Yan was full of confidence that the future of the Niu Ren Tribe would be even more glorious.

Nie Yan built guild halls and other buildings in Okoron City and created residential areas specifically for the players of the Niu Ren Tribe. For the players, owning a residence in the city was a very luxurious thing. Residences had many uses. They could be used as gathering places and were ready-made warehouses. The most ordinary residence could provide players with 20,000 slots of super-large warehouse space. In addition, players could set their return points in their residences and return directly to their residences after using a Return Scroll, making them convenient leveling stations.

From now on, all players of the Niu Ren Tribe and its various branch guilds could obtain a residence in Okoron City for free!

Nie Yan had Guo Huai submit an application to the Greenland Empire Elder Council to move the Niu Ren Tribe's guild headquarters from the Niu Ren Tribe guild headquarters in Cripps Fortress, Carol City, to Okoron.

Okoron would become a main city, which could not be compared to a medium-level fortress. In addition, the laws of Okoron City were all formulated by Nie Yan and others, which gave the Niu Ren Tribe a great advantage.

If the Niu Ren Tribe's guild headquarters moved here, they could avoid Qin Han's Skeleton Army's frantic attacks.

Qin Han's Skeleton Army was eyeing Cripps Fortress. No matter the final outcome of the war, Cripps Fortress would suffer a great disaster. If they could avoid Qin Han's attention and quietly transfer the guild headquarters to Okoron City, it would be like shedding a golden cicada's shell (escaping unnoticed).

Nie Yan sent a message to Guo Huai: "After we transfer the guild headquarters, temporarily block the news. Don't announce it within the guild."

"How can that be done!" Guo Huai frowned and said. With the guild headquarters transferred, it would be almost impossible to completely hide the news from the players below.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, "After applying to transfer the guild headquarters, there's still one last step that requires my personal confirmation. I can delay it for about a month. Let's quietly transfer all the guild assets from Cripps to Okoron first. If Cripps Fortress can't be defended, then I'll confirm the transfer of the guild headquarters."

"Confirming the transfer of the guild headquarters will take at least a day, so if you want to confirm the transfer, you'd better prepare in advance," Guo Huai said.

"I understand," Nie Yan nodded.

Guo Huai worked hard to arrange it. Transferring the guild assets wasn't a troublesome matter. A few hundred trusted subordinates could complete it quietly.

Okoron City was almost completely built. Nie Yan looked at his bag. He had spent about seven million gold coins, and there were still more than nine million gold coins left in his bag.

"How much money did you spend?" Brilliant Cutlass asked.

"About seven million," Nie Yan said. "Upgrading to a medium-level city will cost at least fifteen million gold coins. I don't have enough money, so I won't continue upgrading for now. I estimate I'll have to wait a few days to accumulate some funds."

Brilliant Cutlass and the others were shocked to hear this. In such a short time, seven million gold coins had been spent, and so much more would continue to be invested in the future.

"Can the money invested be recovered?" Waterside Smoker asked. If the money couldn't be recovered, it would be a huge loss.

"Don't worry. If it's built into a medium-level city, the shops and land alone can be sold for more than twenty million gold coins. In the future, the daily tax revenue will reach more than one million gold coins," Nie Yan said with a smile.

Brilliant Cutlass and the others weren't very familiar with the Niu Ren Tribe's operations. Although they knew that the Niu Ren Tribe had obtained a lot of income by monopolizing the potion market, they were still very surprised to hear such large numbers.

The Niu Ren Tribe's guild strength had been steadily improving, which was considered fast. In terms of economy, Nie Yan used his reborn experience to build a huge business empire, which was completely ahead of its time and could meet any needs of the Niu Ren Tribe.

As the main construction of Okoron City was completed, the teleportation array was also opened. More and more players from the Niu Ren Tribe and its subordinate branch guilds entered Okoron City, and Okoron City's popularity increased. There were many players walking on the streets.

Ordinary fortresses could only open one or two teleportation arrays, while Okoron City's teleportation arrays numbered up to six, connecting all the cities of the Greenland Empire and the Satreen Empire. The teleportation fee from Okoron City to the Greenland Empire and the Satreen Empire was about one hundred gold coins. Nie Yan could receive half of the income from the teleportation arrays. If the Abanesi Prairie became more popular in the future, the teleportation array fees alone would be a huge income. The only thing Nie Yan wasn't satisfied with was that Okoron's teleportation fees were relatively high, which was not conducive to the development of Okoron.

Nie Yan planned to capture some flying mounts and build a flight point in the center of Okoron, which would make it more convenient to travel from Okoron to other cities.

The news of the establishment of Okoron City quickly spread on the forums.

This was the first city built by players, which immediately attracted the attention of all players. Many people wanted to go to Okoron City to take a look, but the teleportation fees were a bit high, which was an obstacle for ordinary players. If they rode horses to Okoron City, it would be too far, and they would easily encounter danger along the way.

The players of the Niu Ren Tribe were very excited to learn about the establishment of Okoron City. Soon, they received a message that each of them had obtained a residence in Okoron City, which was a very generous benefit for ordinary players.

It should be known that only the Niu Ren Tribe, one guild, had players in the Greenland Empire and the Satreen Empire who received such benefits.

The Niu Ren Tribe players from all over the world who received the news were excited to go to Okoron City to take a look.

"The boss said he plans to build a flight point. When the time comes, we can go to Okoron City for free."

"That's great. Boss Nie Yan is so awesome. I hope the flight point will be built soon."