"Guild Leader, our names are blood-red right now. Even the person with the fewest kills among us has over a dozen, and Hei Zi and I each have over a hundred. It'll take a long time to clear our red names. By then, players in other guilds will probably all be level 20," Huo Wu said with a bitter smile.
The most common way to clear the Sin value from a red name was to simply wait out the red name timer. But when the Sin value was too high, you had to do good deeds to balance it out.
The thing was, you could specifically hunt down villains, criminals, and bandit NPCs to reduce your Sin value. Killing those NPCs gave no rewards at all — not even experience points — but they could drastically reduce your Sin value.
The problem was that such NPCs were rare and scattered. A solo player could handle it quickly enough, but for a whole group, it would be painfully slow.
"True. Then let's not bother clearing our red names. We'll go raise our reputation with White River City instead. As long as we become nobles, even with red names we can enter the city without too much trouble. We should be able to pick up a class-change quest without problems." Shi Feng thought it over and said this. Wiping away this much Sin value would really take two or three days.
"..."
Everyone stared when Shi Feng casually suggested raising their reputation with White River City — not just raising it, but all the way to noble status — as if becoming a noble of White River City was like buying cabbage off the street.
White River City's reputation was notoriously difficult to grind. In terms of time, you'd be better off hunting bandits and mountain outlaws than trying to reach noble status.
"Guild Leader, do you actually have a way to raise White River City's reputation quickly?" Hei Zi knew Shi Feng never said anything without reason. His eyes lit up immediately, practically glowing with excitement.
A noble of White River City!
Right now, the number of player-nobles in the entire city could be counted on one hand. Not only could you buy commercial stalls within White River City, but you could also pick up exclusive high-level quests. The rewards on those quests were enough to make your mouth water — the experience points were sparse, but the payout was in silver coins instead of copper.
Most importantly, nobles of White River City got a ten percent discount on all purchases and a thirty percent discount on equipment repairs!
Every time they went to repair gear, it was agonizing. A single repair session cost them as much as six or seven repairs for an ordinary player.
If they became White River City nobles, they wouldn't go broke every time they fixed their equipment. They might even get to visit the noble district and enjoy themselves.
Shi Feng rolled his eyes at Hei Zi: "Do you really think White River City nobles are as common as cabbage?"
Everyone burst out laughing at Hei Zi, who looked like he was about to spit blood.
"Raising White River City's reputation isn't that simple, but if you want to do it fast, there is one way," Shi Feng said with a faint smile.
"Guild Leader, there really is a way?" Ke Le asked excitedly. Every equipment repair was a nightmare for him.
Among cloth armor, leather armor, and plate armor, cloth was the cheapest to repair, while plate was the most expensive — usually more than double the cost of cloth.
"There is. Only one method: Slaying a Town." Shi Feng nodded, a mysterious smile on his face.
Everyone froze. What was this all about?
They had just barely escaped the Dark Star guild's pursuit, and now they were going to massacre a town? They couldn't keep up with this pace.
"Slaying a Town?" Ke Le didn't understand.