Chapter 1 The Curious Onlookers

The players currently arriving in Okoron City either had flying mounts, or they usually leveled up in the Abernathy Great Plains. After entering Okoron City, they wandered around, full of curiosity about this place.

Although Okoron City was much smaller than the large cities of the Greenland Empire, such as Carole City, it was already very good for a player city. Looking at the neat streets and rows of buildings here, the players marveled one after another. How much money did it take to build such a city!

Nie Yan built a Mercenary Guild in the city center and began to recruit NPCs at high salaries to form his own NPC army. The notice had been issued, but it would take a long time for the NPCs to arrive in Okoron City one after another.

Nie Yan was thinking about how to develop the commerce of Okoron City, so that when the players came here, a developed commerce could retain them. While he was planning, Guo Huai sent him a message that many merchants had begun to contact him, wanting to settle in Okoron City. Although Okoron City had just started, they keenly felt the future business opportunities of Okoron City.

The Abernathy Great Plains would become a transit station between the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire, and the goods and commodities of the two countries would circulate here. This superior geographical location destined it to become a prosperous commercial center. How could those discerning merchants not take action!

They eagerly contacted Guo Huai, which solved a big problem for Nie Yan.

"How many people have contacted you so far? What are their backgrounds?" Nie Yan asked. He had to review the qualifications of the merchants who would settle in Okoron City in the future.

"There are a total of two hundred and twelve merchants, of which about 40% are from the Saturn Empire. Some very famous merchants, including the Red Moon Merchant Guild, which currently occupies 60% of the scroll market in the Saturn Empire, have also decided to send caravans over. They are all complaining that the teleportation fees are too expensive. When will your flying point be completed? How big are you planning to make it?"

"Don't worry about that. It's easy to set up a flying point. We can temporarily buy some giant bats from the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire. We can use giant bats without any problems during the three-month protection period, but after three months, there will be some problems. We have to get some powerful flying mounts and form a flying mount transportation team, otherwise we will be easily targeted by other forces," Nie Yan said. Giant bats had no offensive ability and could only be used for transportation. Within the three-month protection period, guilds like Angel Corps would not dare to attack their giant bats, but after the protection period, it would be a little dangerous to use giant bats again.

"How much does a giant bat cost?" Guo Huai asked. He didn't know much about the market.

"About ten thousand gold coins, not very expensive."

"How many are you planning to buy?"

"If the number is too small, it will definitely not be enough. I estimate that at least six hundred giant bats will be enough to cope with the traffic in Okoron City," Nie Yan said.

"Six hundred?" Guo Huai gasped. Buying six hundred giant bats would cost six million gold coins, which was really terrifying. "Can we earn back the six million gold coins we spend?"

"Giant bats must be equipped. We will establish a flying point in the cities of the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire that are closest to the Abernathy Great Plains, with Okoron City as a transit station. A giant bat can only run five trips to the Greenland Empire or the Saturn Empire every day. The daily transportation volume is only three thousand people, which is far from enough for a city. We will only buy six hundred giant bats for the time being, and we will continue to replenish them in the future. Although we can't make money back by relying on flying points, if Okoron City prospers, our income will be far more than that."

"Okay, you've convinced me," Guo Huai said. Although he felt sorry for the six million gold coins, he thought that Ni Ren Tribe was not short of that little money now. Nie Yan's Starry Night Pharmacy earned it back in a day.

Giant bats were only a temporary measure. Within three months, they still had to try to get more attack-type flying mounts, otherwise Angel Corps and other guilds would definitely intercept Ni Ren Tribe from the air, Nie Yan thought, and go to the Griffin Woodlands a few more times another day.

Everything proceeded in an orderly manner. After about five or six hours, Okoron City welcomed its first batch of NPC residents. They were nomads from the nearby grasslands. They lived in very poor conditions, so they came in to take a look.

Although they were not warriors, but just ordinary residents, it was a good sign for Nie Yan.

Nie Yan provided them with some food purchased from NPC stores in the Greenland Empire, and then arranged jobs for them, allowing them to settle down in Okoron City.

"Respected Great Prophet Nie Yan, thank you for your kindness in giving us a place to live," an old NPC with white hair and beard prostrated on the ground, gratefully.

"Respected elder, please stand up quickly. In Okoron, you don't have to use such etiquette."

The entry of NPCs could enrich Okoron City.

From these NPCs, Nie Yan got some scattered news. The Korun tribe of humans and the Sordan tribe of orcs in the northern Abernathy Great Plains were at war over territory, and some refugees were pouring towards this side. On a grassland about ten minutes away from Okoron, a terrifying Ape King appeared. It came down from the Moroccan Mountains and was a level 180 Lord, which had already slaughtered two small nomadic tribes.

So on and so forth, with the arrival of these NPCs, Nie Yan's information suddenly became well-informed. Because Nie Yan was very approachable and treated these NPCs kindly, he was quickly supported by these NPCs.

The players of Ni Ren Tribe purchased giant bats from major cities, and then landed in Okoron City carrying large bags of grain.

Nie Yan was preparing to absorb more NPCs.

"A level 180 Lord, if it continues to come this way, it will threaten our city. Are you interested in taking a trip together?" Nie Yan looked at Cui Can Dao Guang and others and asked, he hadn't teamed up with Cui Can Dao Guang and others to kill monsters for a long time.

"No problem, you arrange it," Cui Can Dao Guang said.

Hearing that Nie Yan was going to lead a team to kill a Lord, everyone became excited at once, and the target was a level 180 Lord, which was still a bit difficult.

Nie Yan began to arrange matters. Ordinary players were not qualified to deal with a level 180 Lord, because they could not cause any damage to a level 180 Lord at all, so only top professional players were qualified to go.

"Is it just the 12 of us?" Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun asked.

"The others can't go. It should be okay with the 12 of us plus Yarop. If it doesn't work, we will withdraw," Nie Yan said. It didn't hurt to go and see first. Xie Yao, Lei Su, and others were rushing here from all over the place. They didn't care about the teleportation fees, so it was relatively convenient to come to Okoron City.

While everyone was discussing, Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan hurriedly sent a message to Nie Yan, saying: "Boss, I heard Yu Wang said that you are going to form a team to kill a Lord, add me."

"Have you been promoted to Archmage?" Nie Yan was slightly taken aback when he saw the message from Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan.

"Just came out of the job transfer mission map," Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan smiled.

"Okay, very good," Nie Yan said with joy. Before, many top-level players of Ni Ren Tribe had failed the job transfer. Nie Yan was really surprised that Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan could successfully transfer jobs. Including Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan, Ni Ren Tribe already had thirteen top professional players.

After such a long time, there were three more top professionals in the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire, but they were all casual players. Nie Yan didn't know where they came from. It was said that guilds like Angel Corps and Zhu Shen Zhi Jian had tried to find them, but they couldn't find them. Although there were some more top professionals outside, they still couldn't threaten Ni Ren Tribe. Now that there was another Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan, it meant that they had four Archmages.

With another Archmage in the team, they had more confidence in dealing with the Ape King.

Nie Yan and others gathered in Okoron City. After a while, Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan was the last to appear, looking a little breathless.

Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun walked over and patted Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan on the shoulder, and said, "Why are you so late? Everyone has been waiting for five or six minutes."

"I got some equipment before coming, and put some gems on a few pieces of equipment, so I was late, sorry, sorry," Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said with an apologetic smile, he understood that every minute of the twelve people here was very precious.

Nie Yan looked at Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan. Many of this guy's equipment had been replaced. He was wearing a silver-gray robe, with a golden eagle pattern embroidered on his chest. The magical fluctuations emanating from the robe could be felt. It was a legendary piece of equipment. Nie Yan had seen many pictures of legendary equipment before, but he had never seen such a robe.

"How was the harvest when you did the job transfer mission?" Nie Yan smiled.

"This robe was obtained in the job transfer mission map, Mannix Golden Eagle Robe, legendary upgradeable equipment," Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said very excitedly, obviously he was very satisfied with this equipment.

Mannix Golden Eagle Robe? Nie Yan frowned. He suddenly remembered who Mannix was. More than two hundred years ago, Mannix and twelve powerful Archmages formed the Golden Eagle Organization, which could be said to be very influential in the Greenland Empire. He was known as a magic genius due to his outstanding magical talent, but he was later assassinated by people from the Undead Empire, but Mannix's strength was beyond doubt, and the equipment left behind was naturally extraordinary.

"Not bad, it's a good thing," Nie Yan nodded with a smile.