Chapter 470 - 441 Elorin’s Star Strategy
Da Fei once again went to City Hall to meet the mayor.
This time, the guard at the door said, "Please wait a moment, Chairman, the mayor is seeing a guest."
Da Fei was taken aback, the mayor had a guest? NPC or player? If it was an NPC, it wouldn’t matter, but if it was a player, Da Fei felt a faint sense of threat. After all, at this stage, not many players could meet the mayor in this city. And considering his reputation in the national service, the player was more likely an enemy than a friend, right?
Just as Da Fei was anxiously waiting, the door of City Hall opened, and a person wearing a full green camouflage cloak, obscuring their face, hastily walked out.
There was no name display above their head, and there was no hero aura below their feet. It was an NPC, not a player.
The guard said to Da Fei, "Mr. Da Fei, you may enter now!"
Good, it’s an NPC! Da Fei felt relieved. And at the moment they brushed past each other, the green cloak flashed with light, and a golden flash appeared on Da Fei’s small radar!
A treasure? Damn!
Da Fei quickly turned his head to look, suddenly seeing a faint Druid hero aura appear under the feet of the cloaked figure! It was a hero!
At this moment, the green-cloaked figure suddenly pulled out a scroll, flashed with golden light, and disappeared instantly!
Da Fei was stunned on the spot! What the hell was that! What did I just see? Was that scroll a legendary Town Recall Scroll? The teleportation array is not far away, what urgent matter would require using a precious Town Recall Scroll?
While in other games, a Town Recall Scroll was a common and not so special item, in the Heroic Creation Era, it was a high-end rare spell item, divided into personal and legion uses. Da Fei had seen the Gambling God Buffett use a personal Town Recall Scroll on Fire Dragon Island; as for a legion Town Recall Scroll, it was nothing short of a one-time-use divine artifact! In fact, in the game, any item with a teleportation function could be considered a divine artifact, such as Da Fei’s Vortex Crystal, Alena’s Tree Branch, and the map device just given by Makar.
Forget about the Town Recall Scroll, the issue was why did an NPC suddenly show a hero aura? What was that flash of golden light on my screen? Does this mean the cloak was actually a treasure that could hide one’s identity? Was it that a vampire like Makar’s butler was exposed as a hero by my God-level Reconnaissance Technique plus Treasure Appraiser skill?
And as everyone knows, an NPC hero encountered outside a tavern must be either epic or legendary, and they’re definitely powerful! Why did the mayor want to meet such a hero? Is something major about to happen in this city?
But hold on! Based on the other person’s flustered and unnatural reaction when I identified them, it didn’t seem like an NPC hero, maybe it’s a player instead? But if it was a player, why didn’t their name show? Maybe due to the short contact, I only revealed the aura but didn’t have time to reveal their name?
Yes, since the teleportation array is nearby, if they were really in a hurry, they could’ve used the Town Recall Scroll directly; why wait to be exposed by me? Clearly, it was to cover up their player identity!
This person was definitely a player!
A player with high-end treasures that could hide identity and use Town Recall Scrolls at will! In an instant, Da Fei felt an unknown threat! The waters in Elorin were getting murkier!
But no need to worry, as long as I have absolute strength, no matter what tricks you play, I’ll bulldoze through it all with high-tech!
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At this time, in a senior VIP member studio of the Star Guild, Tianlan Star sweated profusely against the back of his chair, staring in disbelief at the system information that just popped on his screen!
—System Prompt: Warning! Your divine artifact disguise cloak’s disguise effect is about to be exposed by player Da Fei!
How could this Da Fei so easily see through the divine artifact’s disguise; just how skillful is he? Thankfully, I reacted quickly and used the Town Recall Scroll to teleport instantly, otherwise, if my name got revealed, it would have been extremely embarrassing for Star.
For a large guild like Star, full of professional top players, obtaining a divine artifact wasn’t strange; not getting one would be strange. The disguise cloak could not only hide a hero’s aura outdoors but also hide a player’s name and identity in the city, letting them pretend to be an NPC. This way, it prevented ordinary players from crowding and bothering Star’s renowned team members, while also being immensely fun.
Of course, the main part was that it’s super fun. Every time Tianlan Star disguised as an NPC and strolled under the eyes of ordinary players, he felt a huge secret superiority and got more addicted over time. Although Da Fei seldom appeared in the city, this was actually the first face-to-face encounter, and I didn’t expect him to see through half of my disguise right off the bat and mess things up!
In fact, when Da Fei and Blood Sea Wave were thriving in Elorin, Star didn’t stop engaging in activities in this commercial port. However, Elorin was just a commercial city, lacking military strength; its unit production and Special Forces couldn’t match military strongholds, making it not Star’s primary development location at first, only leaving a few high-end members to develop here, with Tianlan Star being in charge.
Coming back to his senses, Tianlan Star reported the situation to the guild leader, Eternal Star.
Eternal Star gave a mild chuckle, "It’s nothing, just some minor tricks, don’t mind it. By the way, how’s the progress on your side’s task?"
Tianlan Star sighed, "For some reason, the Ranger Guild leader suddenly quit, the military lost a supporter. Plus, the mayor’s achievements have increased due to opening the fishery, making it even more difficult to bring him down."
Eternal Star replied, "Seems like this mayor is also making efforts to counteract us. Don’t worry then, just continue collecting evidence against the mayor; when Elorin’s development is richer, we’ll overthrow the mayor in one go and have money in Elorin, and the military can easily take over afterward!"
"Got it."
Whether players had their own territories or not, recruiting troops from the old world NPC main city was always the main source for players to recruit troops. The Elf Clan’s main city was publicly known for low troop production, so the Star Guild aimed at attacking the elves and had their members increase reputation and stockpile troops across all cities nationwide, compensating for troop source shortcomings. The Korea District, which focused on elves, did the same.
And the ideal places for troop stockpiling were, of course, border military strongholds, but they had a significant drawback, they lacked money!
Therefore, Star naturally set their sights on some commercial cities in the interior. The next step for Star’s plan was to develop wealthy commercial cities into military ones, becoming actual major troop suppliers. Cities like Elorin, these large port cities, were prime future development targets.
While doing groundwork in Elorin, Tianlan Star quickly identified a problem, the base-level officers were very unhappy with the mayor at the top. On one hand, the mayor constantly cut military funds for economic development and political achievements, squeezing the military’s operational space. On the other hand, there were some personal financial issues with the mayor himself.
Thus, the Epic Quest to overthrow the mayor appeared, and supporting the military’s rise was Star’s grand goal. So, seemingly minor skirmishes in Elorin hid Star’s massive shadow.
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Da Fei met with the mayor once again and raised concerns about the security of guild members, all while tying it to the event that triggered the excellent employee award for the Akenna brothers. Of course, Da Fei wouldn’t directly say, "A player’s out to kill my NPC, I request protection," as the mayor wouldn’t care at all. Talking with NPCs required conditions triggered by past events, which is a basic task trick.
The mayor furrowed his brows, "For such security matters, you should go directly to the city’s Security Bureau; I am not in a position to overstep, but I do have a suggestion. As far as I know, the Security Bureau is recruiting a Security Captain, if you can compete for the position, you can form your own security team and have them protect your guild members at any time, how about it?"
Da Fei’s eyebrows shot up! Damn, Security Captain? Getting a post right away, that’s too good to be true! But I’m so busy, where’s the time to compete for a position? Besides, who could possibly compete with me? Makar gave me lieutenant roles and chaplain roles casually, and we’re talking about a minor captain here, does it have to be this complicated?
Da Fei cleared his throat, "Um, Mr. Mayor, my abilities are known to all, does such a small captain’s position need competition? Can’t you just appoint me directly?"
The mayor answered seriously, "No! Though minor, the position has vast implications, and you being human, directly taking on a key security role in Elf City would be very controversial. Therefore, you must thoroughly impress the entire Security Bureau with your abilities. If you’re willing to take on this role, I’ll write a recommendation letter to allow you to take the assessment directly; as long as you have my recommendation letter, they have no reason to refuse on the basis that you’re human."
Damn it, even game-playing engage in racial discrimination, I’m not putting up with it!
Da Fei sighed inwardly, "Okay, I’m willing!"
—System Prompt: You have received the Assessment Task for Elorin Security Captain Position, currently 1 competitor!
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, What? There really is a competitor? This isn’t a single-player mode? Who is it! Show yourself and I’ll knock you down!
And right at this moment, a line of system prompt suddenly appeared on Tianlan Star’s screen!
—System Prompt: A competitor appears in your Elorin Security Captain assessment, please prepare for the challenge!
—Ahpuh! Tianlan Star spat out a mouthful of water! Who’s this? Daring to compete with me? Ridiculous!!!
Now, Da Fei had the mayor’s recommendation letter.
The mayor advised, "Because you’re recommended by me, the Security Bureau’s assessment requirements for you may be higher, but I trust in your abilities, do your best!"
Da Fei was exasperated, Damn it! Coming to the mayor with a recommendation letter means I can’t take a shortcut, instead increasing the difficulty of the assessment, how is that fair!
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