Chapter 480 - Scrambling For Materials (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The Werebear Treasure Room was nearby. It was the spatial wormhole right behind the Boss’ corpse. Inside the room, there were tons of items.
After using the key, the spatial wormhole, which was floating in mid-air, slowly opened, and plenty of materials appeared before Lin Jie.
—’You have received 4 units of Ice Crystal Brick.’
—’You have received 6 units of Polar Ice Dust.’
—’You have received 10 units of Needle Woods.’
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The treasure room contained a large number of construction materials, which could be used to build towns as suggested by its name. This included campsites, villages, and other buildings. It would usually take players a long time, large manpower, and many resources to spawn construction missions after conquering a city. The rewards for those missions were all those construction materials. However, the items would usually be low-grade materials like ‘wood’ and ‘ores’.
Every 10 construction missions were considered a set, and each set would reward the player with 1 unit of materials like wood. But after plundering the entire Werebear Treasure Room, Lin Jie attained 380 units of Needle Wood, 300 units of Polar Ice Dust, and also 160 units of Ice Crystal Bricks. They were all rare construction materials that could only be found in the North Glaciers and were many times better than low-grade materials.
“Let’s keep all these materials. They’ll be really useful for our city siege,” said Lin Jie happily.
His goal for coming here was for these construction materials, but the loot was far greater than what he had expected. On top of that, after clearing the Werebear Crossroad, their support from the civilians increased by 1% as well.
“Let’s take the chance to clear a few more campsites and attain more construction materials before Tyrese sends us a message.”
Netherblue checked the map and said, “The campsites nearby belong to Centaurs, Murlocs, and Butterfly Demons. Which one should we go to?”
“None of them. Although these monsters are weaker and easier to wipe out, the materials we will get will be much fewer too. We’ll go to the Harpies’ campsite…” Lin Jie said as he mounted the Tiger King. Immediately, all of the members of Savage Blade summoned their mounts and rode ahead.
While Savage Blade was intensely clearing the campsites, the City of Light had been in chaos for 2 days. There was a crowd gathered in front of the bounty list. Whoever was to find the killer would be rewarded the title of Marquis! In The New Age, there were 5 types of ranking, all of which enjoyed different privileges. Starting from the lowest rank, they were Baron, Viscount, Count, Marquis, and Duke. Lin Jie, who was a Viscount, could command a part of the Paladins, enjoy certain discounts, and avoid punishments even if he were rude to certain NPCs.
As for a Marquis, the reward would be even greater! The player would immediately be gifted with a landed property! In the game, even the smallest house would have a courtyard, which was as good as a villa in real life. If one was able to attain a property in the game and invite some young ladies from the streets into the house to spend time together, just how great would that be?
Naturally, all the players wanted to grab this opportunity. However, they were just like blind cats trying to catch a mouse, and were only relying on pure luck. They would search up the names of NPCs in the City of Light and hope that they would get lucky facing the mission inspector.
“My lord, have you found the killer?” A young man stood beside the mission district attorney and asked with a smile as he offered a bottle of expensive chartreuse. He was none other than Baili Xuanyuan! Baili Xuanyuan now had extremely great support from the civilians and was competing with Lin Jie to acquire the city. This was all possible because of money!
Be it an NPC or a player, who didn’t love money? As such, Baili Xuanyuan’s plan was going smoothly.
The mission district attorney was an important NPC sent by the empire. He disclosed many pieces of information, such as the fact that there was an even higher-leveled main city that was above the City of Light, Sunshine City, and other cities. However, this main city was hidden in a mysterious country, and players would not be able to enter if they were not capable enough.
The NPC also revealed to Baili Xuanyuan that there was another human from the alternate realms that was trying to acquire the City Leader position. He had gotten help from the person in charge of the Holy Church to negotiate with Tyrese. The empire had given him 72 hours to find the criminal. If he failed to do so, the position of City Leader would be given to somebody else!
After hearing about this, Baili Xuanyuan hurriedly sent his underlings to find out any information regarding the killer while he continued to flatter the NPC.
“Human from alternate realms, you have a great attitude and power. You may be able to take on this important mission.” The mission district attorney was silent for a long time, before he continued, “This killer is also a human from alternate realms. But since your human species has the protection from the rules of Lord God, we are unable to inspect any further with magic and find the killer. However, the power of my empire has been challenged. If we allow the Holy Church to arrange for a new City Leader, the City of Light would no longer be under the control of the empire. Now, there is only one way left! Lead your army to clear the monster campsites and attain all useful construction materials for the city! If your contribution and materials are sufficient, you can become the new City Leader!”
‘A new mission!’