After reading the stamina secret potion's information, the onlookers one by one grew excited.
As a hidden attribute of players, stamina wasn't particularly useful in day-to-day play, but whenever you actually needed it, you could never have enough.
"Team Leader, we're going to make a fortune! This stamina secret potion is perfect for the
"What's the rush? Let's check the pre-sale price first. If it's too expensive, I'd rather just stick to the outer zone of the Silent Swamp," said a level 39 Shield Warrior, though he was trying to sound dismissive, the anticipation in his eyes gave him away.
He was hoping the stamina secret potion wouldn't cost too much.
The Silent Swamp was a high-resource zone for levels 40 to 50, but the entire map was swampland. Players消耗ed enormous amounts of stamina moving through it, and the deeper they ventured, the worse it got. That was why none of the major guilds bothered farming there, which in turn gave free players like them the chance to level up and earn money quickly.
Before going, they hadn't realized it, but after making the trip, they discovered the Silent Swamp was an absolute treasure trove. Rare ores and herbs could be found here and there, and while the area was swarming with monsters, as long as you were careful, you could still bring home a decent haul each day.
However, lately more and more players had been flooding into the Silent Swamp. Income from the outer zone was shrinking steadily, while the inner and core areas demanded so much stamina that players hit the danger threshold before going very far. If they ran into monsters without resting, it meant a full party wipe. But if they rested too often, their search radius would shrink and they wouldn't collect much in a day.
If they could get their hands on the stamina secret potion, the abundant resources of the core area would multiply their daily income several times over. The whole team could finish their initial accumulation sooner, get mounts for everyone, and when they went out together, the other adventure parties would be green with envy.
While the level 39 Shield Warrior was lost in these thoughts, the free players crowding around the counter were all doing their own cost-benefit calculations.
"Look! The pre-sale price is up!"
"The Candlelight Trading Company couldn't have misprinted the price, could they?"
"Must be a mistake—there's no way a potion this good is that cheap!"
When the players in the hall saw the pre-sale price, they erupted in astonishment.
A normal stamina elixir lasted only two hours, but this stamina secret potion lasted a full ten hours and boosted maximum stamina by 10%. A single bottle was equivalent to five elixirs' worth of duration, yet it was priced at only ten silver coins—cheaper than the magic mana elixirs sold by Blackwater and Tianxia Trading Companies. It seemed impossible.
But after waiting a long while, the NPC still hadn't changed the price, and the crowd went completely wild. Everyone was breathing heavily, eyes locked on the countdown timer for the potion's sale.
The sale countdown was half an hour.
Nobody left. They all stood in line, waiting for the stamina secret potion to go on sale while quietly messaging their teams and parties to get their money ready at once.
As word spread from player to player, the news of the stamina secret potion went from one to ten, ten to a hundred, and immediately set the player base into an uproar. For players who spent long periods adventuring in the wild or gathering ores and herbs, this was like discovering a divine remedy.
"A stamina secret potion? I didn't expect the Candlelight Trading Company would actually sell something like this. Now our trip to the ancient ruins in the Twin Tower Kingdom won't be a problem. Send someone to buy it—take however many they have, we want them all."
The elite teams from the major guilds preparing to head to the Twin Tower Kingdom all received the news and rushed toward the Candlelight Trading Company.