How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"what happened?"

I stopped teasing Ali and, as Iven said, curiously clicked on the blacksmith's shop.

The first few rows of white to silver-level equipment are common items in town blacksmith shops. They are even more rudimentary than the equipment sold in ordinary towns, as expected.

But the extra row of items at the end surprised me a little.

Artez's Hammer.

Type: Secondary occupation equipment.

Attributes: Increase the success rate by 5% when crafting items, and gain an additional 1 proficiency point.

Limited occupations: Junior blacksmith and above.

Price: 100 gold coins.

Artez's ground powder.

Type: Special material.

Attributes: Added when crafting items to improve the attributes of forged equipment. A maximum of five items can be added at a time.

Price: 2 gold coins.

There are also many other equipment drawings.

But the first two alone took me by surprise.

"nice one."

For players whose secondary profession is blacksmith, using this hammer to forge items can definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The latter is a special material used by blacksmiths forging equipment. When the equipment blueprint is being forged, the attributes will fluctuate within a certain range. If this grinding powder is added, the attributes of the forged equipment will be improved.

It may even reach the ultimate attribute, and this kind of equipment can be sold at a better price.

Although there are many blacksmith players in Xingyue Workshop now, there are still only a few of them with high secondary professional skills. Sister Changan and Yunyan are still trying their best to train them. With these, it can save a lot of effort.

The only pity is that each person can only purchase Atez's hammer twice.

Including myself and Yiwen, I can only buy four.

Wait, if the blacksmith shop sells special goods, are there also special goods in other places in the village?

I quickly took Ivan, who had forged his equipment, and we went to various places in the village to check.

The village is small, but there is more to it than what we saw when we entered.

Except for the blacksmith shop, tailor shop and pharmacy.

There are actually hidden forges and mechanical workshops. Although there are only a few villagers, just like the blacksmith shop, the pharmacy, prop shop, forge shop, and mechanical workshop also have special items for sale.

The tailor shop has special equipment for tailors, the pharmacy has pharmacists, the forge shop has blacksmiths and enchanters, and the mechanical workshop has alchemists.

In the other houses you can find villagers who are builders, cooks, miners, etc.

Not only that, I also found a hidden prop shop in the corner of the village, which sells many precious magic scrolls and alchemical props, such as spider web magic, transformation magic, magic bombs, etc.

The entire village looks like a treasure trove for sub-professional players. If you take into account the special map in the Kazan Tomb in the mountains, it is not an exaggeration to call it a treasure land.

Although these special goods in the village are only open to players with respected reputation, this kind of reputation can generally be earned, otherwise these special goods would not be displayed. I later verified this conjecture from the village chief.

By completing repetitive tasks accepted from the village chief, you can raise your reputation to respected or even higher.

It may just take a long time. The [The Sad Wish of Kazan's Tomb] that I and Ivan received is an exception. Although it can be raised to respected reputation in one go, it can only be completed once.

But just because I don’t have time doesn’t mean others don’t.

We can arrange for the guild members to come and occupy the fortress near the Black Prison Mountains. In this way, we can occupy the village together with the special map in Kazan's tomb.

It is not impossible to turn this place into a city for secondary professional players.

By then, Xingyue Workshop will be able to usher in greater opportunities and development, allowing the financial strength under its control to be further enhanced.

I immediately told Sister Fengye and my cousin about this idea. Although they were surprised that there were such villages and special maps, they reacted quickly.

It just so happened that my aunt and her team’s mission was about to end, and they could obtain the core of a low-level fortress.

Therefore, the fortress core originally intended to be used in the Gagli area was moved to Gruin. Although the plan to form an iron triangle like the three fortresses in the Karen area failed, it was able to form a form of mutual support with the Hope City-State.

But in order to verify the value of that special map.

Sister Maple Leaf also arranged for guild members to come over, intending to enter the special map to understand the situation.

Coincidentally, it was Sister Shiguangqian’s team, as well as other elite members, a total of fifty-two elite members.

Compared to a few months ago, their equipment looked much newer.

Everyone was wearing dark gold suits, and Sister Shiguangqian was holding a legendary staff in her hand. However, this kind of combat power could only be deployed in the third elite group of Alice's Guild, which showed the current level of development of Alice's high-end combat power.

After a brief chat, he took them back to the tomb.

With the cooperation of the team and the ability to clear the area, and with Yiwen and I figuring out the route, we returned to the portal of the stone platform in less than three or four hours.

Chapter 19: Land of Craftsmen

This special map is called the Pure Land of Cyrusel, and it seems to be some ancient place.

The monsters are generally above level 120, and even level 150 sub-dragons can be seen, but along with the crises come various opportunities.

Except for various uncommon and precious herbs.

We discovered a mine near the teleportation point of this map. The mineral resources inside are much richer than those occupied by some guilds, and there are quite a few rare minerals.

Moreover, after killing the monsters in this map, they may drop rare potion recipes, alchemy recipes, and enchantment recipes. Although the drop rate is very low and even if the attributes of the produced equipment are not very excellent, it is enough to make many secondary professional players crazy.

You have to know that these rare recipes can only be obtained through hard work through missions, or by opening treasure chests. This is also the reason why the prices of recipes auctioned in the market have remained high.

The only pity is that.

This map can only accommodate up to 500 people, and each person can only stay for a maximum of 4 hours.

However, what 500 people could gain in this map in 4 hours is estimated to be several times more than what those big guilds would specially arrange thousands of members to grind outside for a whole day, not only in terms of various materials, but also the value of those recipes.

This is just a map nearby the teleportation point. When your level reaches a higher level, you will be able to explore farther areas at levels 130, 150, or even 180. The rewards are obviously self-evident.

Therefore, after finding out the situation inside, Sister Fengye and her aunt made a decision immediately.

After clearing out the fortress next to the Black Prison Mountains, I used the low-level fortress core obtained by my aunt and her friends after completing a mission to build a base, which I named the State of Craftsmen.

The implication is the city-state of secondary professional players.

Although the Land of Craftsmen covers an area of ​​only 1500×1500 yards, it is located on the outskirts of the Black Prison Mountains, backed by mountains on two sides and located on high ground, making it an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack location.

There is no need to worry about development issues. With the Sotalid Village and the Tomb of Kazan, the Pure Land of Xirosel is here. It will become a treasure land coveted by all kinds of secondary professional players, producing all kinds of rare materials and recipes.

In the next few days, apart from participating in the cleaning of the fortress at the beginning, Ivan and I ran around, busy with the task of collecting various special building drawings.

A lot of things happened during this period of time.

The situation in the Orwen Empire has undergone great changes due to Yuwen Hao's various actions. Storm, Holy Angel, Oath, Blue Shadow and Valhalla are respectively controlled by Yuwen Hao's cronies.

It includes dozens of large and small guilds and studios, forming a huge alliance.

Seeing such a stormy situation, other large guilds such as Empire Epic, Starry Sky Mythology, etc. had to take certain measures. The two sides confronted each other and had occasional frictions, but they seemed to be still at a restrained level.

But I know that this is only a temporary phenomenon, and Yuwen Hao's minions will soon be revealed.

Although the undercurrent is surging, there is also a lot of good news.

The guild completed its national mission and occupied two fortresses. After discussions with Maple Leaf sister, aunt and others, they arranged all the locations in the Gruin area. This would allow for unified development and for them to take care of each other.

After Blinking Starry Sky and the others joined Dark Irene, within two days, Blinking Starry Sky had brought her brother Blinking Star into Alice, and at the instruction of Sister Maple Leaf, he served as the chief builder.

Taking the special building drawings I sent them, they went to the already completed fortress to construct various buildings.

Not only that, as I expected, the circle of secondary professional players around Blinking Star was also pried into the Star-Moon Workshop. In order to show sincerity, Yunyan signed a particularly lucrative agreement with them as I said.

Blinking Star's childhood sweetheart, Mo Lanyu, a talented girl from the Department of Finance, also began to learn the specific affairs of managing the auction house from Sister Chang'an.

Having just joined, they were given such full trust and sincere treatment that Blinking Star and others couldn't help but feel moved. They somewhat let go of their previous prejudices against the guild and quickly integrated into the Star-Moon Workshop and Alice.

The Star-Moon Workshop established a branch in the Land of Craftsmen, relying on the Pure Land of West Roselle and the Village of Sotalid, and developed rapidly together with the Land of Craftsmen.

Many secondary professional players in the empire were attracted here, which further spread the reputation of the Land of Craftsmen and made it well-known throughout the empire.

During this period of time, the Glorious Alliance, where Pachinko is located, also captured two low-level fortresses in the Karen area. The two fortresses are quite close to Alice's three low-level fortresses.

After Alice's members helped to resist several invasions by hostile guilds against the Glorious Alliance, these hostile guilds gradually realized the relationship between the Glorious Alliance and Alice, and gave up on further attacks.

The two fortresses of the Glorious Alliance were officially put into development, forming a complementary relationship with Alice's three fortresses and providing a steady stream of funds for both guilds.

News came from Pachinko that the operation was successful.

So on the second day after the news was conveyed, Gray Liunian came back online and officially joined Alice with Gray Floating Light.

"It looks like the recovery is going smoothly."

"Well, you only need to rest for more than a month before you can be discharged from the hospital." Gray Liunian on the other end of the line replied, his tone more relaxed than before, and there was also sincerity in his relaxed tone, "Thank you for your help."

"No, if you really want to thank me, just help me manage the elite group."

My idea is to hand over the tenth to the twentieth elite groups to the other party.

Mainly serving as the leader of the Sixth Elite Group, this way he can be with Gray Floating Light. Even if the two of them are used to being alone, they can quickly integrate into the guild.

"it is good."

Hui Liunian did not hesitate. For him, who had once managed a large guild, managing several elite groups was not a difficult task.

The addition of Gray Time and Gray Floating Light is a great help to Alice.

Needless to say, Gray Floating Light was a divine priest in his previous life. Now he has completed the inheritance mission of the glorious priest and is slowly walking towards the right track of his previous life.

With a legendary weapon, a secondary weapon that he gave to him that can be upgraded to a legendary weapon, and three temple magics, the effect they can play is really huge. With the gray floating light alone, the overall combat power of the Sixth Elite Group can leap forward to a higher level.

Although Gray Liunian, as a warlock, cannot play a greater role like Gray Floating Light, his skills and strength are there. What's more, he was once the Cuckoo. The ten elite groups are managed by him, which can share a lot of pressure with Sister Maple Leaf.

Originally, I was thinking whether I could use the identity of the Cuckoo Heron to attract former members of the Blue Shadow.

But think about it, Gray Liunian has been in the game for so long, and there doesn't seem to be any news from Blue Shadow. It is obvious that Gray Liunian has not had any contact with them, and probably doesn't want to return to his previous identity.

Then it is naturally impossible for me to do something that goes against the other party's wishes.

Chapter 20: Molten Iron Castle

I told Sister Fengye about their arrangements.

But not long after, news came from Sister Fengye.

"Where on earth did you dig out these two masters?"

Luoxue Fengye looked at the warlock who was easily defeating his opponent on the stage not far away and couldn't help but ask.

When I recommended Huilei Liunian to be the leader of the elite team.

There just so happened to be a tournament going on in the guild, and it was I who proposed this kind of guild activity, following the example of the First Guild of the Orc Empire in the previous life, with a monthly tournament and a weekly routine.

The attraction of generous rewards can effectively promote technical exchanges among guild members.

After several months of development, it has become a regular activity within the guild, with basic institutional rules and regulations formed.

It is divided into competitions within each profession, competitions between ranged professions and melee professions, as well as mixed competitions and team competitions.

Most of those who won the championship were the top elites in the guild.

Luoxue Fengye thought that, firstly, he could test the strength of the two. If they were really impressive, secondly, he could let the other party take over the management position of the elite group, so that those members of the elite group could be convinced by such an airborne "leader".

But Luoxue Fengye never thought that the strength of these two people was so outstanding.

The gray floating light is fine, but as a glorious priest, after casting a very large-scale temple blessing, Luoxue Fengye had the same idea as me and decided to focus on training him.

After hearing his explanation, Huilei Liunian went straight to the stage without hesitation. In just ten minutes, he defeated more than ten members in succession, and each battle was almost controlled within half a minute.

Although it was just a routine weekly competition, many elites in the guild were busy with national missions or other things and did not come to participate.

However, you have to know that there are many masters in Alice, and their high-end combat power can even be compared with those of the big guilds.

Among the opponents defeated by Gray Flowing Years were the top magic professions in the guild, such as Meng Yi, Xingkong Tianbo, Shi Ran Melody, Lost Sunny Sky, and even the chief shield warrior like Lost Heart was defeated. Although he lasted the longest, it was only for two minutes.

"We met them by chance, and after defeating them, we let them join the guild."

I wasn't too surprised to hear from Sister Maple Leaf about Gray Liunian's outstanding achievements.