"Capture the Northern Fortress?"
Feng Qianyu's beautiful eyes widened involuntarily, and she didn't know what to say.
The Earth Core Mountain Range had no shortage of fortresses—over a dozen of varying sizes dotted the entire range. The Northern Fortress was a mid-sized stronghold in the northern sector, and could be considered the largest fortress in that part of the Earth Core Mountain Range.
Previously, when the Thirteen Royal Courts and Star Ring Guild had joined forces and thrown everything they had, they had barely managed to capture a small fortress.
It may have only been a small fortress, but as of now, even the other super guilds on Dragon Heart Island hadn't managed to clear a single one.
Now they wanted to assault a mid-sized fortress? No matter how she looked at it, it seemed impossible. Even if Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion and Zero Wing went all out at any cost, their chances of capturing a small fortress were less than ten percent.
"That's right. Right now, Zero Wing's strength alone is still a bit lacking, so I was hoping to borrow thirty thousand elites from you," Shi Feng nodded and said. "Of course, I won't be borrowing them for free. If we capture the Northern Fortress, I can offer you a twenty percent share."
Currently, Zero Wing's main forces were all tied up in the Bottomless Abyss and the Orc Empire. They had virtually no one available in Dragon Heart City. While they could be redeployed, it would take far too much time—and he couldn't afford to wait.
The reason the fortresses in the Earth Core Mountain Range were so difficult to clear wasn't because of anything else—it was because each fortress was guarded by Legend-rank monsters above level 100. And beyond the level 100 Legend-rank monsters, there were also large numbers of level 100 Great Lords and High Great Lords. Small fortresses had fewer level 100 monsters, but mid-sized ones had significantly more.
On top of that, the monsters inside the fortresses operated in military formations, much like assaulting a player-guarded fortress—making them extremely difficult for players to clear.
For the previous Zero Wing, this would have been nearly impossible. But things were different now.
During his time at the Tower of Four Gods, both Anna and Kait had reached level 100 and completed their class advances, promoting to Third Tier Classes. Combined with the Dark Book in his possession—which could summon Third Tier Demons above level 100—he now had the capital to challenge a mid-sized fortress.
While challenging a small fortress would have been the safer play at this point, the Northern Fortress was situated near the Earth Core Mountain Range's mineral vein region. The rare ores there could not only be used to build ships but were also the primary materials for crafting level 100 weapons and equipment.
Level 100 was a massive watershed!
This was especially apparent in equipment. Just looking at Epic-grade weapons and gear told the story—most Epic-grade equipment obtained before level 100 could only be used up to level 100, meaning players had to start accumulating their arsenal from scratch once they crossed that threshold.
And for monsters above level 100, weapon and equipment drop rates were even lower than at level 50. Even killing a Great Lord-rank mini-boss that dropped a single piece of level 100 Iron Rank equipment would be considered a stroke of luck. As for killing those Lord-rank monsters—the chance of them dropping level 100 Bronze Rank equipment was practically zero.
It was no wonder that in the previous life, once players reached level 100, crafted weapons and equipment surged in prevalence.
Right now, the Northern Fortress hadn't yet caught anyone's attention, so it needed to be taken as quickly as possible. Once people started paying notice, they'd have to contend not only with the monsters inside but also with other players, and the success rate would plummet even further.
"Is thirty thousand really enough?" Feng Qianyu looked at Shi Feng's confident expression and found it somewhat incredible.
Gathering thirty thousand elites in Dragon Heart City would be difficult, but for someone in her position, it was still achievable.
Everyone knew about the Thirteen Royal Courts and Star Ring Guild's joint fortress assault—they had deployed a full army of one hundred and fifty thousand. After finally taking the fortress, that army had suffered over seventy percent casualties. The number she could muster wasn't even a fraction of that…
"That's more than enough. But we need to move fast," Shi Feng said.
The most important thing when clearing a fortress was whether you could withstand the onslaught. As long as you could hold the line, forget thirty thousand elites—even ten thousand would suffice. It would just take a bit more time.