Inside a mansion resembling a grand garden estate,
As the sole Grand Duke of the Star Moon Kingdom, his status was second only to the king.
The construction of his estate was naturally extraordinary.
The observation terrace alone was something countless players could only gaze at in envy — it hovered suspended in midair, with ascenders and descenders crafted from
Standing on the terrace felt like standing among the clouds, granting a sensation of looking down upon the entire world. The cityscape of the Star Moon Kingdom spread out below in full view, and a gentle breeze caressed the cheeks, bringing an indescribable sense of comfort. Despite the fact that the ambient magical energy here wasn't particularly dense, one's entire heart felt lighter, as though emptied of all burdens.
Enjoying fine cuisine in a place like this would be the ultimate luxury.
In his previous life, many major guilds had attempted to build similar observation terraces in the cities under their management, the Shadow Guild among them. But once actual construction began, they discovered the costs were far from ordinary.
The materials needed to suspend the terrace in midair alone were incredibly precious. While not as rare as the superconducting Seven Luminaries Crystals, the floating stone used was still something seldom seen in the Divine Realm.
A fist-sized chunk of floating stone on the open market sold for dozens of gold coins. To build an observation terrace the size of a basketball court, one could imagine how much gold that required — and that wasn't even mentioning that the ascenders themselves were made from Seven Luminaries Crystals. Seven Luminaries Crystals were a primary material for crafting mental spaces; how many people could afford to be so extravagant as to use them for building ascenders? If someone actually did, other players would snatch them up the moment they were completed.
Setting aside the matter of Seven Luminaries Crystal ascenders, even if inferior materials were used instead, the cost of constructing the observation terrace would have been beyond what the Shadow Guild — which had controlled several major city-states at the time — could afford. In the entire Divine Realm, only those super guilds possessed the financial strength and accumulated resources to pull it off.
At this moment, on the observation terrace, besides the third-tier level 200 Grand Duke Hartphilo, there was also a middle-aged man clad in gleaming silver holy armor and draped in a pristine white cloak. A brilliant gemstone was set into the sword at his waist, and golden divine inscriptions were engraved across the entire scabbard, displaying both sacred grandeur and magnificent opulence.
Looking at this sword, Shi Feng had no doubt whatsoever that if someone simply wore it and strolled down the street, they would instantly become the center of attention — not only that, but countless beautiful female players and sword-enthusiast experts would flock to them.
As for this middle-aged man, Shi Feng was quite familiar with him.
His name was Lane Rett, commander of the Royal Guard of the Star Moon Kingdom, and simultaneously a level 200 fourth-tier Sword Emperor. Even
Within the entire Star Moon Kingdom, fifth-tier NPCs were not unheard of, but those NPCs did not belong to the kingdom — they hailed from several major NPC factions across the Divine Realm. For example, Ukallos, the presiding lord of the War God Temple in the royal capital, was someone even the king had to treat with deference.
Then there was the enigmatic Xia Lian. Though Shi Feng didn't know which great NPC faction she belonged to, she likewise did not serve the Star Moon Kingdom.
It could be said that the man before him, Lane Rett, was the most powerful NPC in the Star Moon Kingdom aside from Grand Marshal
At this moment, with a Grand Duke and the Royal Guard commander sitting together, an ordinary player would likely have been so intimidated as to freeze in place, unable to utter a single word. But Shi Feng walked toward the two of them as naturally as could be, while the grand butler did not follow — he simply stood respectfully to the side.
"Both of the Star Moon Kingdom's most important figures are here together. It seems the kingdom really does have some serious issues right now." Shi Feng felt his suspicions grow even more certain.
The appearance of the Evil God Temple meant that something momentous was about to happen — this was practically a universal law of the Divine Realm.
Shi Feng still clearly remembered how the emergence of the Evil God Temple had once resulted in the near-destruction of half the
No one at the time had imagined that a single NPC dark faction could be so powerful. With the resources of an entire empire and the strength of a super guild, the best they had achieved was a pyrrhic victory...