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Chapter 1456 â Adventurer Teamâs Benefits
âGuild Leader, quite a few of our members have withdrawn from the Guild as soon as they heard the news. If we donât do something to stop this, Iâm afraid that weâll lose more of our members,â Feather Wind cautiously reported to Thundering Sky.
The battle at the Auction House dealt a massive blow to Matchless Familyâs reputation, and because of that, the Guild had lost over a thousand elites and experts.
Yet, despite such huge losses, Matchless Family couldnât do anything about them.
After all, the Guild was utterly helpless against Shi Feng.
To make matters worse, Shi Feng had decided to establish his own adventurer team.
They couldnât afford to provoke Shi Feng when he stood alone, but they could still avoid the man. Matchless Family had over 100,000 members. Even if Shi Feng were more powerful, he wouldnât be able to damage the Guildâs foundations if their members spread out. If he had an adventurer team under his control, however, Matchless Family would likely have to face thousands of players in the future.
Itâd become even harder to deal with this expert.
âDamn it! Just who is he?! Why havenât we heard of this guy before?!â Thundering Skyâs expression twisted as he read the latest report.
If not for Shi Fengâs sudden appearance, their plans wouldnât have been interrupted, and he would have secured his hold on Cold Wind City.
âGuild Leader, should we...contact
those
people?â Feather Wind asked softly.
âIt canât be helped. At this rate, Cold Wind City will either end up in Centurion Dynastyâs hands or the Asura adventurer teamâs. Since theyâve taken Cold Wind City from me, I wonât let them have it, either,â Thundering Sky growled, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. âContact them. Tell them that Matchless Family is willing to join their Guild. However, we require that they destroy Centurion Dynasty and the Asura adventurer team!â
Although Cold Wind Cityâs players couldnât travel to other NPC cities right now, they could communicate with players in these cities offline.
An upper echelon from Hecate, a large Guild in another NPC city, had contacted Matchless Family, stating Hecateâs interest in purchasing the Guild.
Initially, Thundering Sky had hesitated. After all, Hecate was far more powerful than Matchless Family, controlling more than five NPC cities. Hecate even ruled over Ice Crystal City, the Ice Crystal Worldâs largest NPC city. Thundering Sky wasnât confident of Matchless Familyâs survival should it insult this massive Guild.
He had hoped to solidify his control over Cold Wind CIty before anyone cleared the Snow Rift. Even if his city were connected with other NPC cities, heâd more or less have the power to withstand outside forces.
Now that he had lost any hope of becoming his cityâs overlord, joining Hecate was his best choice. Once the passage opened, with Hecateâs secret support, Matchless Family would send both Centurion Dynasty and Shi Feng to meet their maker.
âUnderstood. Iâll see to it right away.â Feather Wind then logged out of the game and disappeared from the office.
...
Elsewhere, after splitting up, Solitary Nine and the others took the 3,000 Gold Shi Feng had given them to purchase a considerably large plot of Land from the City Hall. They then visited the Adventurerâs Association to begin their Residenceâs construction. Although the Residence was not as luxurious as a Guild Residence, it could easily accommodate 1,000 people at a time.
Hopeful applicants had already surrounded Asuraâs Residence. Over 4,000 players waited for their evaluation, and this was only the beginning.
âAs expected of the adventurer team established by Cold Wind Cityâs number one expert! Asuraâs Residence is even larger than Wave Heartâs!â
âThatâs right! I bet it wonât be long before Asura becomes the number one adventurer team in Cold Wind City!â
While the crowd waited for the application process to start, Solitary Nine emerged and posted the recruitment requirements at the entrance.
As Asuraâs recruitment standards went public, many players were shocked.
âIs the Asura adventurer team crazy? Only those who reached the Trial Towerâs fifth-floor qualify to join? Do they not know what it means to reach the Trial Towerâs fifth floor?â
âWhat?! Even those who can reach the fourth floor have to deal with further testing!? If I had that kind of strength, I wouldâve joined a Guild as a core member! Why would I even bother joining an adventurer team?!â
âIs this really an adventurer team? Why do I feel like its recruitment requirements are harsher than a large Guildâs?â
âWith these standards, I doubt that Asura will even recruit 1,000 members. No, it might not even get 500 members!â
âIs the Asura adventurer team toying with us?â
âCrap! Isnât this just an adventurer team!? Who would be desperate enough to deal with this crap?!â
When the players outside Asuraâs Residence saw the requirements, some laughed, some cursed, and others simply turned and left. Everyone thought that the Asura adventurer team was mad.
As far as they knew, Asuraâs recruitment requirements were even higher than a first-rate Guildâs, not to mention Cold Wind Cityâs Guilds. With such high requirements, only a small number of players throughout the Ice Crystal World would bother to join the adventurer team.
After all, Asura was merely an adventurer team. It couldnât offer any significant benefits. An adventurer team just existed to give players an easier time forming teams and parties to raid Dungeons and explore ruins. Expert players never needed to worry about finding party members.
Furthermore, the Asura adventurer team had only recently been established. Even with an expert like Shi Feng, without Dungeon raid or ruin exploration results, expert players were less inclined to consider an adventurer team.
âCommander, players have stood outside our doors for quite some time now, yet only a few have applied. What should we do?â Yan Ya stated at the crowd outside in frustration.
âYan Ya, stop calling me commander. Now that weâve joined the Asura adventurer team, Ye Feng is the commander. I am simply one of Asuraâs party leaders,â Solitary Nine said. âRegarding the recruitment issue, the commander has stated that if people donât apply, weâll reveal this benefit to the public.â
He had mentioned the possibility of this awkward situation to Shi Feng, and after giving the matter some thought, the man had decided to raise the team membersâ benefits.
Any official member of the Asura adventurer team could use Contribution Points to purchase Dark-Gold Weapons and Equipment as well as the opportunity to learn various combat techniques.
âWhat?! Co-Commander, is that true?!â Yan Ya exclaimed when she heard this.
Being able to purchase Dark-Gold Weapons and Equipment from the adventurer team was already impressive. Even Cold Wind Cityâs experts only had a few Dark-Gold items on them. Usually, only Guildsâ core members had any access to such items, yet the Asuraâs official members could bid on these items.
However, the Dark-Gold items paled in comparison to the combat techniques.
Most players knew something about combat techniques, mysterious techniques that could significantly improve oneâs combat power.
Unfortunately, very few players actually knew any of these techniques. In fact, neither of Cold Wind Cityâs two large Guilds had any players that had learned a combat technique.
Yet, the Asura adventurer team offered to teach its members various combat techniques. This felt like a dream!
âMhm. The commander made the decision, so donât worry about it. In any case, publish the information outside.â Solitary Nine nodded. He, too, had been surprised when he had heard Shi Fengâs decision.
Following which, Yan Ya ran to the notice board outside the Residenceâs entrance and published this shocking announcement.