Chapter 0 Borrowing People?

Shi Feng’s gaze shifted involuntarily to Feng Qianyu, a look of astonishment on his face.

What was Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion?

It was a top-tier guild. The number of internal members they recruited each year was countless, and the masters they trained were a dime a dozen.

The fact that Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion was now borrowing people from him was simply unimaginable.

“That’s right. I want to borrow ten people from you to help me with something. If successful, I will pay you five thousand magic crystals. If unsuccessful, I will still pay you one thousand as compensation. If there are any deaths, I will provide other compensation,” Feng Qianyu said with a smile, nodding. “I wonder if Guild Leader Black Flame is willing?”

Generally, hiring masters for tasks was paid for with either credits or gold coins. Ordinary masters would fetch a few gold coins, while the price for top-tier masters would be around one hundred gold. But she was using magic crystals as payment, and the value of magic crystals was above gold coins, a truly hard currency.

Magic crystals had long become strategic materials for major guilds. A dozen or twenty magic crystals might be bought from free adventurer groups or small studios, but when the quantity reached hundreds, they simply couldn't be bought on the market.

And five thousand magic crystals was a considerable income for a large guild. Some guilds didn't even have that much in their reserves.

Now, just borrowing ten people, and success would yield five thousand magic crystals—it was absolutely highway robbery.

“Could Pavilion Master Feng reveal what needs to be done?” Shi Feng asked, genuinely tempted by the offer.

The establishment of Zero Wing Workshop, in addition to operating the guild, also involved taking on commissioned tasks.

It was rare to receive such a high offer from Feng Qianyu, let alone one settled with magic crystals.

“That’s no problem. The task is simple: defend an ancient tower on Thunder Island and prevent it from being captured by others. Because that place on Thunder Island is special, the number of people who can be sent in is very limited. The number of enemies attacking the ancient tower won't be too many, maybe twenty or thirty at most. As long as you can defend until the main force captures a settlement, the task will be considered a success,” Feng Qianyu explained directly, after considering it.

The matter of Thunder Island had already spread among the super forces; it was no secret.

Now, the various super forces seeking to monopolize Thunder Island were recruiting and buying soldiers, even hiring some very powerful free players to join them.

All of this was because the conditions for occupying Thunder Island were too special. It wasn’t just about numbers; it was more about quality.

That's why she thought of Zero Wing Guild.

Zero Wing Guild performed very well in the Dark Arena last time, and joining this battle would definitely be no problem.

In addition, she had also found many top-tier masters from other places. Perhaps they couldn’t monopolize Thunder Island, but as long as they got a small portion of control, the next step would be her slowly playing the game with other super guilds.

“Thunder Island?” Information and data about Thunder Island immediately popped up in Shi Feng’s mind.

Thunder Island was located in a very dangerous sea area, known as the Sea of Death. The Sea of Death was an area with many adventures and treasures, including many ancient ruins. The abundance of resources was beyond imagination, so many maritime adventure groups in his previous life liked to explore there.

And Thunder Island was the only island in that Sea of Death where players could live long-term. Other islands in the Sea of Death were impossible to survive on for long, because as soon as night fell, a large number of seabed creatures would emerge, and players simply couldn’t resist them.

Because Thunder Island had lightning and thunder all year round, no seabed creatures would appear on the island even at night, making Thunder Island a safe haven in the Sea of Death.

So, the bloody storms that swept across Thunder Island in his previous life never stopped. All the super forces wanted to get Thunder Island.

However, occupying Thunder Island was not so easy. In the end, no super force truly occupied it, and it eventually became a joint operation, becoming a maritime sanctuary.

Shi Feng had been there many times, but his guild was too weak to have a small stronghold in that maritime sanctuary. Each time he went, he could only travel there by boat.

Shi Feng didn't expect the war on Thunder Island to begin so soon.

“The time required for this mission is not much; one day is enough,” Feng Qianyu slowly explained, looking at the silent Shi Feng.

The battle for Thunder Island was not like an ordinary town, where occupying the town was enough. Control of the towns on Thunder Island all came from the monster gathering places on Thunder Island. The more monster gathering places occupied, the more permissions the town would get. If all the gathering places on Thunder Island could be occupied, the highest permissions on Thunder Island would be obtained.

And this kind of permission contention occurred once a month, lasting for eight hours. On that day, the entire Thunder Island was shrouded in an ancient magic array. To enter Thunder Island, a pass was required. Without a pass, you would be automatically teleported out. One pass could only bring ten people in, and the passes dropped from sea monster bosses in the Sea of Death.

The Sea of Death was originally a very dangerous sea area with a large number of sea monsters whose strength was much greater than that of monsters on land. Normally sailing in the Sea of Death had a very high chance of team wipe, let alone dealing with sea monster bosses.

Now, the major super forces were also trying their best to find and kill sea monster bosses, for which they had suffered heavy losses, even her Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion was no exception.

So, the passes obtained were also extremely precious. Naturally, ordinary masters would not be allowed to enter the battle. As many top-tier masters as possible would be sent in, so that the pass could be used to its greatest effect.

“How many passes does Pavilion Master Feng have?” Shi Feng asked, suddenly looking at Feng Qianyu after a moment of silence.

Feng Qianyu and Qing Feng were stunned for a moment when they heard Shi Feng ask this.

The matter of the passes was a secret, and they didn’t expect that Zero Wing Guild also knew about it.

However, thinking of Yuan Tiexin, whom they had encountered before, Feng Qianyu was relieved. Although the Heavenly Secret Pavilion was not among the super forces competing for Thunder Island this time, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s news was exceptionally well-informed. Even if Shi Feng knew, there was nothing strange about it.

“Guild Leader Black Flame's information is truly not to be underestimated. I won’t hide it from you. I have more than twenty passes here, which means I can bring more than two hundred people in to compete,” Feng Qianyu said with a smile. “Could it be that Guild Leader Black Flame also wants a piece of the pie?”

It wasn't that she looked down on Zero Wing Guild, but this battle for Thunder Island was all about super forces, completely different from the guilds Zero Wing Guild had encountered before. Not to mention, with Zero Wing's little bit of masters, even if they went in, they wouldn't survive long.