Chapter 196 - 186 The Revival of the Dragon Cavalry
Chapter 196: Chapter 186: The Revival of the Dragon Cavalry Chamber of Commerce
Chapter 196 -186: The Revival of the Dragon Cavalry Chamber of Commerce
In the secret meeting room at Elorin City Hall, Da Fei was given an exclusive banquet by Mayor Auseliman. Of course, in this setting, little brothers like Da Bing and Da Wei couldn’t enter and had to wait outside.
Auseliman laughed heartily: “Mr. Da Fei, you are the hero recommended by us in Elorin. You have accomplished the task that the Kingdom deemed impossible. You are the pride of the Bright Alliance, the pride of the Elf Kingdom, and certainly the pride of Elorin! To celebrate your triumphant return, let’s toast!”
Good to know! Your political achievements must have skyrocketed! How will you thank Brother Xie? Da Fei chuckled and said, “Not at all, not at all, it’s all thanks to Mayor’s support. Cheers!”
After the pleasantries, Auseliman chuckled and said, “Mr. Da Fei, now let’s talk about settling the debt!”
Oh, getting down to business. Settling debts should be simple, just toss a large ship to me. Otherwise, in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse, if it’s not cleared, I might as well hang myself, which is certainly the last thing a creditor wants to see.
Da Fei sighed: “Exactly, exactly, the thought of this debt problem makes me restless. I’d love to trade my way out of debt, but unfortunately, there’s no big ship. You have to think of a way, Mayor.”
Auseliman clapped his hands and laughed: “No need to panic, Mr. Da Fei. I’m here to help you figure it out!”
Da Fei was overjoyed! It turned out that the people who cared about you the most were your creditors!
Auseliman suddenly turned serious: “I would like to appoint you as the president of the Sea Commerce Association, how do you feel about that?”
Da Fei was suddenly shocked: “Sea Commerce Association!”
The Sea Commerce Association, as the name suggests, is a guild for shipping cargo at sea. It’s essentially another specific title for a guild. In the game, guilds are not just player chat rooms; they’re also institutions that have upgrade paths. Player hero skills are divided into four major categories: Legion, Lord, Adventure, and Scholar. Similarly, guild functions are divided into several major systems.
For instance, guilds specialized in sea trade are called Sea Commerce Associations, offering players additional experience and reputation rewards for overseas trade and sea attack and defense bonuses. Guilds focused on land-based transport are called Trade Guilds, offering players logistics skills and attack damage bonuses. Guilds specializing in adventure are called Adventurer Guilds, increasing the player’s monster-killing drop rate and the chance to discover hidden treasures. The most mainstream one is the War Guild, which significantly improves the attributes of players’ troops.
In fact, as long as a guild has enough money and enough people doing tasks, it can advance comprehensively in parallel development.
For example, during the open beta until the last day of closed beta, Star Guild’s attribute was: Comprehensive Level 152 (War 72, Sea Commerce 30, Adventure 30, Trade 20).
The effect of a level 70 War Guild is that all player troop attributes increase by about 7%. Don’t underestimate this 7% – it’s like, when ten thousand people from both sides fight against each other, one side suddenly has 700 more soldiers.
Of course, the role of the guild is not just to give players a little buff; more importantly, many tasks with rich rewards can only be received by joining a guild, especially a large guild with high levels and prestige. Large projects need big trustworthy companies to undertake.
However, the benefits of a guild are so plentiful, but establishing one isn’t that easy. In short, it requires constantly doing tasks to accumulate prestige, etc., which is very bothersome and painful. So far, more than ten days since the game opened, neither the China Region nor anywhere else in the world has seen a guild established.
Such cumbersome, troublesome guild establishments haven’t proceeded, yet the mayor wants to give me a ready-made guild presidency? This completely breaks the system’s “principles”!
Da Fei said incredulously: “Sir, does my prestige qualify to establish a guild?”
Auseliman shook his head and said sternly: “No need to establish a new one. We have an existing Sea Commerce: Dragon Cavalry Sea Commerce. This is a historical guild, older than my grandfather, once renowned in the Kingdom and always the pride of Elorin. However, a hundred years ago, the Dragon Cavalry Sea Commerce deviated from its course during a storm and accidentally entered the Sea God’s Holy Land, ‘Seaborne Mirage Tower.’ At that time, driven by greed, the fleet captain stole the sacred site’s sacrificial artifact, angering the Sea God. In the subsequent years, all the ships involved in the theft sank during maritime disasters, causing catastrophic damage to the guild’s safety reputation!”
Da Fei’s heart skipped a beat! He understood, indeed there’s no such thing as a free lunch!
Auseliman continued: “Soon the guild bankrupted and was passed on. New ships joined the guild, but to no avail; the maritime disasters continued. The Sea God’s wrath was not just directed at the guild’s ships but at the entire guild! No one dared to take over the guild now, so it remains quietly on the Kingdom’s guild registration book. A hundred years have passed, the guild has been downgraded year by year. This is the last year. If it gets downgraded again, this historical, once-glorious Dragon Cavalry Guild will be forcibly revoked, ceasing to exist! Mr. Da Fei, do you understand what I mean?”
Da Fei exclaimed in astonishment: “Sir, you mean I should take over this guild?”
Auseliman nodded: “That’s right! You completed the impossible task, you’re a super hero of great potential and a young promising navigator, you successfully overcame two god-level storms. You’re the only candidate who can withstand the Sea God’s Curse. The task to revive the Dragon Cavalry Guild can only be entrusted to you! And I can assure you, the Dragon Cavalry Guild is absolutely worth saving. Its long history has developed many practical guild traits, just like hero specialties that are rare and to be sought after!”
— System Prompt: Elorin City Mayor Auseliman tasks you with the epic mission “Revival of the Dragon Cavalry Guild,” will you accept?
— Task Hint: The Dragon Knight Commerce is under the Sea God’s Curse. So far, no single guild ship has been spared from maritime disasters. You need to endure the Sea God’s Curse within a year to preserve the guild.
Ah, damn! Da Fei spat out a glob of snot! The mayor, indeed being the mayor, is impressive and high-class. The first thing off the bat is an epic mission! Saving just one guild warrants an epic level? Just what monstrous atrocities did this guild commit that it angered a god so much? Was it just stealing a treasure? A divine artifact-level treasure? Or did they even molest the beautiful priestesses?
Epic missions require caution! Da Fei sighed: “Mr. Mayor, if I fail?”
Auseliman shook his head with a smile: “I believe if Mr. Da Fei were someone who halts out of fear of failure, then Mr. Da Fei’s kingdom mission would have never succeeded. I have faith in you!”
Da Fei sighed: “Then about the big ship?”
Auseliman sighed: “With Mr. Da Fei’s current reputation, it’s impossible to purchase large ships. Even I, as the mayor, cannot abuse my power. However, with your current reputation, you can use medium-sized ships. I can personally sponsor you a medium-sized ship, and you can collect it directly from the Captain.”
Damn it! A medium-sized ship can’t weather a damn storm!
Fine, no point in obsessing over it. So what if the ship sinks and the cargo goes overboard, no big deal. There’s no reason not to accept an epic mission delivered to the door!
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