The moment the small teleportation magic device activated, magic circles sprang up one after another across the floor of the quiet hall. A triple-layered magic circle blazing with silver radiance then materialized in the air above the device.
Its appearance drew the surrounding mana in a continuous stream toward the teleportation device.
In an instant, a pillar of silver-white light shot upward, punching through the ceiling and flying straight out of the shop. The commotion was so enormous that every player in Silver Wing Town could see it plain as day.
The silver column soared high into the distant sky before suddenly detonating. A silver-colored shockwave rippled outward at terrifying speed, sweeping across the entirety of Silver Wing Town in the blink of an eye before vanishing from everyone's sight.
"Something happened over there?"
"Could it be some kind of magical attack?"
"That area looks like the air harbor. Did someone attack it?"
As the pillar of light dissipated in the sky, the townsfolk looked on in deep confusion. A number of curious players couldn't help but rush over to investigate.
Meanwhile, inside the large shop, Shi Feng watched the now-operational teleportation magic device with the corners of his mouth curling upward.
If the air harbor could bring players and prosperity to the town, then the teleportation magic device would bring in a massive stream of income — especially in the Orc Empire, a place brimming with danger.
"Hopefully the teleportation range here will be a decent distance." Shi Feng immediately opened up the activated teleportation device to check its stats.
In the Divine Realm, the teleportation range of a teleportation magic device was not fixed. It varied depending on the environment — farther or shorter depending on the area. A small teleportation device had a range of 500,000 to 1,000,000 yards, roughly equivalent to a small-leveling map.
For the current Silver Wing Town, the greater this range, the wider the town's safe zone. After all, if an ambush occurred anywhere within that range, support could arrive in the blink of an eye via the teleportation device — incredibly swift reinforcements.
This was precisely why towns equipped with teleportation magic devices rarely had to worry about hostile forces targeting their surroundings. A single misstep could turn a sneak attack into annihilation.
Shi Feng opened the attribute panel, and the small teleportation device's specific data appeared.
Maximum teleportation range: 710,000 yards. Up to 100 people per transfer. Cost within 150,000 yards: one unit of mana per person.
"710,000 yards with a one-unit mana cost within 150,000 yards. Not bad at all." Shi Feng studied the numbers with reasonable satisfaction.
A single mana crystal typically contained between 100 and 130 mana units, meaning that for any teleportation within 150,000 yards, one mana crystal could send 100 to 130 people. That was far cheaper than a teleportation magic circle. For example, teleporting from White River City to the Twin Towers Kingdom cost nearly one-fifth of a mana crystal per person — over 20 units of mana. A staggering expense.
Having finished reviewing the data, Shi Feng immediately drew twenty NPCs from the fighting arena to manage the small teleportation device and designated this shop as Silver Wing Town's teleportation point.
The fee was set at 80 copper coins per person per 150,000 yards. While the profit per teleportation was modest, it was affordable enough for ordinary players. Once volume picked up, the income would become truly terrifying. It wasn't like a fortress's teleportation — the mana cost might be lower, but after deducting operating expenses, the players controlling a fortress could only pocket a fraction of the revenue. Compared to that, the per-person teleportation fees he was collecting would far exceed it.
With everything settled, Shi Feng had the NPCs open the shop doors and officially begin operations.
Plenty of players had already been filled with curiosity about the earlier silver pillar of light and wanted to see what had happened. Coupled with the air harbor already bursting at the seams with people, the streets were packed with players milling about and hawking their wares.
The moment the teleportation shop opened, a flood of players surged inside.