Chapter 41 City of Dawn
Gods' contract.
This thing was still a little useful. The most important thing was to use the correct procedures to make a contract. He could not use mere words to make the promise and must have a magical ceremony instead.
Furthermore, if he were to violate the oath, he would be severely punished.
William understood such things very well and will never let Brother Curry play any word games.
Once the deal was settled and Curry had left, William said to Lautner, "Separate all of these slaves and mess the groups up. Let them start work as soon as possible, in case they cause any trouble.
"Tell them that we can give them a peasant identity immediately. However, they cannot leave within six months. They can work on expanding the city while getting paid. If they have the talent, we can even give them training skills for free and make them professionals."
"My lord is so kind. May the Gods bless you." Lautner hit the back of his horse lightly. Elves who craved freedom really did not like slavery. They felt that apart from dark beings, every other life form should be equal…
Yes, apart from the dark beings, the Elves don't discriminate against anyone else!
"Stop talking nonsense. Have you seen a God appear in real life before?" William pouted. Gods had become extinct in the Legendary continent now. Apart from the rare miracle occurrences, no Gods had appeared on the entire continent.
Ignoring those fake gods, sages were the top existence in the Legendary continent.
One example was the chief of the magic sanctuary, who had been Moses' teacher…
Of course, it wasn't that there were no Gods. There would be many Gods in the future. They would all appear on this mainland as incarnations. However, for the time being, even traces of a God's magic were extremely rare, let alone incarnations.
Every time a God appeared, there would always be someone who would have to sacrifice their body for the God to possess.
Not only so, this person's bloodline also had to be very strong, and have a capability that was nearly the Legendary level…
As for what kind of ending the possessed person would have, even if they didn't die, everything would be over…
Moses was one example.
The reason for this situation was the result of the Gods' battle.
Gods and Devils is still a distance from me now. However, their return will be a disaster that no living being can avoid!" William knew the characteristics of the Gods and Devils very well.
It may seem like the Gods are righteous and the Devils are evil, and they are the origins of the Bright and Dark factions.
However, all of the current living beings were merely ants to the Gods and Devils. They were all enslaved servants, cannon fodder that existed only for their entertainment.
The war between the two nations in the first version had nothing to do with the Gods and Devils, but at the same time, it was the trigger for them to appear.
For instance, the plains now looked so green and lively with horses galloping all over them…
But who would have expected that in the near future, dark beings would continuously swarm out from the ground?
The once arrogant and supercilious Iron Dukedom would also be destroyed…
However, it is also because of the appearance of dark beings that led the players to officially enter the second version, the Darkness Invasion.
William's expression was grave. He didn't want to give up on his territory. Even though his territory was very ordinary right now, he knew the importance of Blackleaf Forest in the future, so he would never give up on this precious territory easily.
Also, he had the confidence that in the future, he would be able to make this city, that he was standing in, become the light amongst the darkness.
He wanted his territory to become the only city that still stood in the dark!
The prerequisite was…
He had to have enough money, have a strong enough city, strong enough men, and enough peasants to persevere with him.
The importance of players is usually understood. Being able to revive is their strongest ability. Although players are weaker than NPCs of the same level, their unlimited revivals allow them to get a strong base.
Moreover, the ability to level up and become stronger within a short period of time was the most amazing skill of players.
Hence, future development was to recruit enough players.
"That is why we have to build things that players like when we expand the city. We must make as many of them join our territory, instead of going to the other two nations." William knew that he definitely wouldn't be able to make all of the players join his territory, but he had to do his best to absorb a percentage of the players.
"However, I'm still not strong enough right now. I need fame and popularity." William had never liked his Legendary bloodline so much until now.
For the players…
Levels weren't important.
Bloodline was the most important.
In the eyes of the players, his own Legendary bloodline made him the Legendary Boss. In the future, he would be the Legendary Super Boss. His potential was unlimited. Instead of depending on him, there was also fame if they killed him…
As long as he could act as an unparalleled boss again and again, he believed that he would have a very strong influence on the players.
"How about we change names? First of all, Border Town sounds too uncool. After we expand the city, let's change the name to City of Dawn!" William couldn't help but mutter.
"What? City of Dawn?" Odom walked in.
"Hm, I plan to change the territory's name to City of Dawn!" William nodded at him.
"It's a pretty good name. However, what does it mean?"
"You'll see in the future." William smiled mysteriously, instead of explaining anything.
Odom shook his curly, gold hair, choosing not to think too much about it. Anyway, what this territory was called had nothing to do with him. Though it may seem as if he had a lot of power as the deputy town leader, the ultimate leader of this territory was still William…
As for all the treasures, minerals, and wealth inside the territory, they all belonged to William!
It could also be said that as long as William continued to expand his territory, the southern Blackleaf Forest would also be part of his territory.
There was no other way, a Lord's power was comparable to that of an Emperor.
However, the difference between the territory sizes was huge.
The Legendary continent was as large as ten Chinas…
There were too many unexplored and empty spaces around.
There were less than ten billion intelligent beings. Was this not considered a vast territory?
Including the ocean and the unknown islands, according to the information released in the game, the size of the Gods' continent is about a hundred times that of the entire Earth.
I won't be able to explore that many places before I die. As an NPC that could not be revived, William's only hope was to become stronger, so that he wouldn't die in the hands of a player.
However, there were many ways of becoming stronger.
Before becoming stronger, he would never become a mercenary, bounty hunter, assassin, or anything similar. Nor would he roam around.
Instead, he would build his power and own a large group of strong men. That was the best way. He would only have the ability to go and explore the world when he achieved this.
Especially since William had the attributes page and was able to get missions, he understood how he could quickly level-up.
Territory missions were one way to do it. He had to take part in the main missions of every version, as well as take on some side missions. However, this type of leveling speed would become very slow in the latter stages of the game.
Recruiting enough players and assigning missions to collect experience points was the fastest way.
"My Lord, my Lord, Old Hank decided to join the blacksmith shop." Nox flew over.
Hearing this, William finally regained his senses and nodded. "That's good. Let me go meet him again. He finally did my gifts justice…"
"He's a drunkard. If we had known he loved to drink so much, we would have gotten this Grandmaster blacksmith sooner!" Nox shrugged helplessly.
William didn't explain. He had only found out in his previous life that Old Hank loved to drink after he saw players giving him expensive and good alcohol so that their pre-ordered weapons could be made faster…
However, this wasn't just making a weapon. He was recruiting this Grandmaster blacksmith with Epic bloodline.
The difference between the two was huge. Old Hank probably only chose to become a recruited blacksmith because he realized that the town was rapidly developing.
