Valley of Stars,
When
The fortress, which had previously had very few players, was now packed with players lining the streets. Among them were even some players below Level 100, all hawking their wares on the streets — selling various magic resistance potions and resistance equipment. There were even players peddling Level 100+ Mythril weapons and equipment. The bustling scene was hard to imagine for a small fortress that had been open for less than a week; it looked more like a mid-sized fortress that had been operating for months.
"How are there so many players here?" Lei Shou stared at the surging flood of players filling the streets, his eyes full of shock and confusion.
He remembered very clearly that before they had left Starlight Fortress, the entire fortress had barely had any players besides members of the Divine Tribe. After all, the entry fee and expenses inside Starlight Fortress were far too steep.
Simply staying one additional day in Starlight Fortress cost one Magic Crystal, a price that even expert players found hard to accept, let alone ordinary players.
In his view, Shi Feng's pricing strategy meant that Starlight Fortress would be doing well just to cover its daily operating costs.
But now, looking at the players on the streets, forget about covering daily expenses — they were practically rolling in wealth, and it was all in gleaming white
At this point, not only was Lei Shou stunned, but even Hellhowl wore a look of utter bewilderment.
"Even with the Demon God Palace opening drawing many players to develop in the Valley of Stars, it shouldn't have accelerated Starlight Fortress's growth this quickly. What exactly happened here?" Hellhowl studied the players on the streets, utterly baffled.
He had already anticipated that Starlight Fortress could rise to prominence in the Valley of Stars. After all, once the Demon God Palace's Divine Inheritance opened, practically no one on the
And Starlight Fortress was the best place to rest and regroup. Even if it was expensive — even requiring Magic Crystals — it was utterly insignificant compared to the Demon God's Inheritance.
But the system announcement had been made less than half an hour ago. How could so many players have gathered in such a short time?
"Commander, the mana here seems to have changed. I can feel that my mana affinity has increased somewhat in this place," a Tier 3 Elementalists couldn't help but report to Hellhowl. "Moreover, I sense that the magical elements here are suffused with a significant amount of the three supreme elements…"
"The three supreme elements? Does that mean the environment here has already begun approaching the ancient era?" Hellhowl's expression turned excited upon hearing this. "Are you certain?"
What effect the ancient era's mana environment had on players, ordinary players probably didn't understand clearly. But as the commander of the Hell Legion, his knowledge of the Divine Realm was nothing short of expert-level.
If it truly was like the ancient era, then unlocking the
"Guild Master, what exactly did you do? This is incredible — so many players have come to Starlight Fortress. Just one day's income in Magic Crystals must be over two hundred thousand, right?" Water Scarlet gazed at the packed streets and couldn't help but ask Shi Feng. "With that many Magic Crystals, we won't have to worry about crafting the Dark Demon Sets anymore."
The Dark Demon Set, as an Dark-Gold ranked set, required a vast number of rare materials. Beyond those rare materials, the resource consumed in the greatest quantity was Magic Crystals…
Crafting a single Dark Demon Set required roughly ten thousand Magic Crystals, and those rare materials generally needed to be traded for with Magic Crystals as well. Altogether, crafting one Dark Demon Set cost at least twenty thousand Magic Crystals — far beyond what ordinary forces could even contemplate.
Previously, to cooperate with the Divine Tribe in purchasing large quantities of materials and to fund a series of battles, their expenses had been enormous. Shi Feng's stockpile of Magic Crystals had been completely depleted, and they would have struggled to develop Starlight Fortress going forward.
After all, Starlight Fortress itself was an enormous Magic Crystal sink. Setting aside the Magic Crystals needed to maintain the Summoning Tower and the fortress prison, the fortress's own magic array operations consumed a tremendous amount.
A minimum of thirty thousand Magic Crystals per day was required just to keep Starlight Fortress's magic arrays running normally, maintaining its mana supply and defenses.
Because of this, they had even borrowed some Magic Crystals from the Divine Tribe. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had enough to keep the fortress operational.
But now, judging by the number of players in Starlight Fortress — absolutely over two hundred thousand — that was equivalent to a daily income of over two hundred thousand Magic Crystals. After deducting all expenses, they could net over one hundred thousand Magic Crystals per day.
Over one hundred thousand Magic Crystals of pure profit per day!