"A town on a neutral map?" The
The concept of building a town was nothing new to him. After all, quite a few guilds had already established towns within various kingdoms and empires.
But building one on a neutral map carried a very different significance.
Neutral maps had no teleportation points. Players had to run all the way there on their own. If a guild had a town on a neutral map, however, its members could use guild teleportation scrolls to get there directly, saving an enormous amount of travel time.
But the best part of building a town was its geographic location.
When you built a town, you could choose where to place it. Captured towns, on the other hand, came at fixed positions.
The resources available on neutral maps were incredibly abundant. Currently, the major powers had only managed to capture towns at fixed locations on neutral maps, and even so, the profits they reaped were immeasurable. Securing a town at a strategically advantageous position was something every major power dreamed of.
Meanwhile, at the Ancient Divine Ruins within the
The various factions and adventuring parties who were preparing to compete for entry into the Ancient Divine Ruins had all turned their gazes toward the southwest of the ruins, their eyes filled with unmistakable astonishment.
Because on the high ground to the southwest of the Ancient Divine Ruins stood a town.
Given the system announcement they had just seen, even a fool could tell that this newly appeared town had been built by the
"Am I dreaming?"
"How is that possible?"
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As the crowd stared at the fully formed town, the major guilds felt an indescribable mix of envy and jealousy, while the adventurers' eyes lit up with excitement.
A town located so close to the Ancient Divine Ruins — it felt like something out of a dream.
The Ancient Divine Ruins were one of the most important contested resources among the major powers right now. They had invested massive amounts of manpower and resources to compete for it, yet
First,
Second, there was the issue of team rest and recovery. The Ancient Divine Ruins were not a town. Even though there were inns where you could rest, the number of rooms was extremely limited, and the prices were absurdly steep. With large numbers of players, even big guilds couldn't afford it. And if you rested outside, mental and physical recovery was painfully slow — you couldn't quickly level up by killing the surrounding monsters while doing so.
But with a town, the situation was completely different. It could accommodate large numbers of players resting, and more importantly, it offered weapon repair. While the Ancient Divine Ruins had restaurants and inns, there were no blacksmith shops — no repairs of any weapons or equipment could be done there. After a certain amount of time, you had to return to a town for repairs.
With these two advantages alone,
This development drove the major guilds nearly insane with frustration, while the adventurers were quite pleased.
When it came to competing for entry into the Ancient Divine Ruins, adventuring parties had always been far behind the guilds. But with a town now in place, things became much more convenient. At the very least, they now had a permanent place to rest. The major guilds rotated their members in shifts, keeping a stable number of players inside the ruins at all times to ensure steady progression for their members.
This news spread immediately to the headquarters of every major guild across the major kingdoms and empires.