Chapter 1 Advanced Administrator?

"Advanced administrator?" Shi Feng was overjoyed to hear Claude say this.

In God's Domain, administrators were like nobles in towns, possessing certain authority to manage a portion of the town's shops and influence its development. However, a single NPC town could have more than one administrator, as seen in the competition for Tianlei Island, where many administrators jointly managed the town.

The authority of a senior administrator was even greater than that of an ordinary administrator, approaching that of a town agent. They could manage the town's main buildings, such as auction houses, teleportation halls, and adventurer's guilds, instead of being limited to managing shops.

While this couldn't compare to owning a town fortress, the presence of NPC guards meant that the town fortress was safer than any guild town fortress, except in special circumstances.

For example, if the Secret Stone Fortress was guarded by level 100 NPCs, even an army of demons would be useless, unless some event caused the NPCs' levels to drop. Otherwise, it would be impossible to capture.

"Lord Claude, does the 60,000 gold have to be paid now?" Shi Feng couldn't help but ask Claude.

Sixty thousand gold was no small sum, especially now that he had spent almost all of his gold, leaving him with very little.

"Sixty thousand gold is indeed a large sum, and repairing the Secret Stone Fortress will also require some preparation time," Claude said. "The kingdom's army stationed here will take four days to arrive from the kingdom, so you only need to gather 60,000 gold within four days."

System: Triggered the "Secret Stone Fortress" quest. Players need to gather 60,000 gold within four days. Failure will permanently forfeit the opportunity to become a senior administrator of the Secret Stone Fortress.

"Thank goodness!" Shi Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

For ordinary first-rate guilds, gathering 60,000 gold in four days would be very difficult, even requiring the sale of some shops and land. However, it wouldn't be difficult for him.

Especially since he had already spoken with Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion and War Spirit Unyielding, the two top-tier guilds were very interested in the Dark Devour Set. In addition, there were the contracts already signed for Omniscient Magic Equipment and Elven Silver. He could use some of the gold from selling extra Omniscient Magic Equipment and Elven Silver to make the payment. The two major guilds would definitely be very happy, and with the Silverwing Town trade route already open, gathering the money within four days wouldn't be difficult.

After speaking with Claude, Shi Feng immediately headed to Silverwing Town.

Although gathering 60,000 gold in four days wasn't difficult, he needed far more than just that amount.

By completing the Beast King's Ambition quest, he had obtained the most valuable Star-Moon Kingdom Port Construction Order and a design blueprint for a Transportation Trade Firm. Both of these were treasures that money couldn't buy.

The Star-Moon Kingdom Port Construction Order was essentially a qualification certificate, giving him the right to open airship routes. Building an airship port still required a large sum of money. Fortunately, airship ports didn't need a special design blueprint; they could be built as long as you had the money.

However, even building a small airship port would cost 50,000 gold.

Once completed and the route opened, it would not only make transportation easier for NPC merchants, but also make it easier for players from the Star-Moon Kingdom to come to Silverwing Town. Although it wouldn't be as fast as a teleportation magic array, it would be much faster than land mounts and cost much less than teleportation.

In his previous life, many neutral map guild cities of super forces were able to develop to the level of advanced main cities thanks to airship ports. Many first-rate guilds, even if they had the financial resources, could only develop their guild cities to the level of ordinary main cities at most and had no hope of reaching the advanced level.

Only those first-rate guilds that obtained passage qualifications could develop their guild cities in neutral maps to the level of advanced main cities.

Because the speed at which a guild town increased its fame and prosperity was completely different with and without an airship port.

Airship ports not only made it easier for NPC merchants to enter the town, but also provided freight capacity. Not to mention safety, it would take a day or two to transport goods on the ground, while it would only take a few hours using an airship. Moreover, some of the large NPC merchant groups in God's Domain only developed in towns with airship ports.

In addition, there was the issue of recruiting NPC guards. Neutral maps were too far away, and many NPCs were unwilling to go. However, with airship ports, more NPC guards would be willing to go, and as a large number of NPC guards flooded in, the guild town's security would improve at a faster rate.

Because of this, the development speed of the two was vastly different.

This was why he was envious when he saw the qualification to build an airship port.

In addition, building the Transportation Trade Firm would also cost 20,000 gold. This was very helpful to the town's players. After it was built, players could open up transportation quests in Silverwing Town. Completing these quests would not only reward a large amount of money, but also accumulate contribution points for the Transportation Trade Firm. Players could then use contribution points and gold coins to purchase some of the items sold by NPCs to NPCs in the Transportation Trade Firm.

This was an opportunity for players who couldn't clear high-difficulty dungeons to obtain top-quality equipment and props. It could even be said that the liveliness of the Transportation Trade Firm was several times greater than that of an auction house.

Because NPC auction houses were only held once a week at best, but the Transportation Trade Firm always had new items, and the more prosperous the city, the better the items inside. Therefore, in his previous life, any guild town with a Transportation Trade Firm became a holy land for free players, bustling with activity from morning to night.

The airship port and the Transportation Trade Firm complemented each other perfectly. If they could be built, Silverwing Town might be able to be promoted to an advanced town in less than a month.

However, building these things required a lot of gold coins, so he had to take action as soon as possible.

After Shi Feng left the Secret Stone Fortress, the members of the major dark adventurer groups and dark guilds hiding in the distance were also staring at Shi Feng.

"Guild Leader, shall we go now?" A level 54 Assassin licked his lips and asked a level 54 Tier 2 Ranger, "It looks like the people from the other adventurer groups and guilds are ready to make a move."

As the great battle ended, the NPCs who had been following Shi Feng had disappeared, making the dark players lurking around somewhat restless.

Although they had seen Black Flame's power, they were willing to risk choosing the latter in exchange for the generous rewards offered by Dark Soul.

After all, if they succeeded, they wouldn't have to worry about wealth and luxury in the future, or at least they would have no problem with food and clothing.