MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter
Chapter 1020 - Chapter 1020 Chapter 1020 Pirate

Chapter 1020: Chapter 1020 Pirate Chapter 1020: Chapter 1020 Pirate Because Li Yao had proposed a plan to increase the number of Starfire NPC troops.

In fact, Sister Li was certainly aware of the importance of NPCs, but attracting NPCs was extremely difficult given the players’ current situation.

Li Yao meant that they needed to buy as many as possible, while the guild’s main focus was on finding military-building assets.

Sister Li did not agree with this development strategy, and others also had doubts.

Li Yao also understood their concerns–it was simple since Li Yao had brought back a significant amount of funds, Starfire’s territory was already large enough, especially the second base. This map was equivalent to Starfire being the only force, which was truly invaluable, plus the development of maritime transport.

As long as Starfire progressed in an orderly way, naturally, it could attract more NPCs to join.

Moreover, Starfire currently had too many tasks to handle, like developing towns–and not just one, but two towns under siege, which created an enormous pressure. Adding the World Tree and Dragon Eggs issues, Starfire was already overwhelmed.

If they were to follow Li Yao’s idea and divert these people to search for so-called military buildings, it would be extremely problematic and would affect the guild’s normal development.

After all, any guild’s capabilities are limited; it’s impossible to be strong in every aspect. In fact, Starfire had already exceeded other guilds by many times, and it was not easy to have come this far.

Therefore, they did not want to see Starfire stagnate, especially since Starfire had many enemies. Not to mention, stopping development, even slowing down a bit would enable others to surpass them easily.

In their eyes, Li Yao’s decision had a strong gambler’s streak, after all, no one knew where these so-called military buildings were, from where they dropped. It was an extremely foolish decision to delay development for such uncertainties.

But Li Yao had his considerations, of course–he knew exactly where the military buildings dropped, but he simply could not disclose that.

So, Li Yao decided to convince Sister Li and others in another way.

Li Yao decided to use the guild’s funds as a base, make a large amount of money, and thus put their doubts to rest as the guild’s finances became abundantly sufficient.

It was quite simple, he persuaded Sister Li to hoard a large amount of medicinal materials using the Starfire’s funds.

These four medicinal materials were used to create high-level Detoxification Potions and high-level Antidote Potions, and at the same time, Li Yao proposed to buy all the recipes for both potions.

Moreover, Li Yao promised that if this attempt failed, he would use other methods to earn a large amount of Gold Coin, making sure the guild’s finances wouldn’t break.

They all knew Li Yao’s ability to make money, and with Li Yao’s persistence, they were ultimately persuaded.

So, while other members of Starfire were pioneering the five-men dungeons, Sister Li was busy sweeping the auction houses in a hidden location.

Moreover, since she was not in any faction, with Starfire now neutral, she could boldly enter the Light Faction.

Actually, the four herbs and two recipes were very slow-moving, with virtually no market demand or sales.

The Alchemical Siren Master was also a very expensive profession. However, even if potions were cheap, one wouldn’t suffer too large a loss, and acquiring rare recipes could bring in a large sum. This was something engineering simply couldn’t match.

High-level Detoxification and Antidote recipes were largely ignored, but why?

On one hand, there were very few high-level pharmacists right now, and players who could learn these advanced recipes were even fewer. The auction house had plenty of various recipes mainly because there were so many players producing a lot of items.

On the other hand, which was a key factor, there were high-level power and agility potion recipes available for learning later.

These potions, apart from making a good profit due to high demand, also provided an opportunity to earn money while improving proficiency, which naturally made players opt for these two types of potions.

However, Detoxification and Antidote were different. There were such potions in the auction house, but they were usually given by mission NPCs.

The creatures of the primeval gods were powerful, making them challenging for players to defeat.

Monsters with toxins or special attacks were basically ignored, since under such difficulty, the cost and the gains were utterly disproportionate.

This was what caused the detoxification potions to be in a glut, and naturally, they were cheap.

Li Yao did not have anyone else move; it was she herself who moved between the three factions’ auction houses.

Moreover, what she swept through were the not so abundantly produced high-grade herbs. Starfire’s private warehouse swiftly piled up with four types of herbs, and Li Yao cleaned out two types of formulas completely.

The key was that it didn’t cost much money. Li Yao had brought back tens of thousands, and with the massive number of players passing through Starfire Harbor, Starfire now had access to over two hundred thousand Gold Coins.

This number was terrifying at any time.

Because of the main storyline’s dungeon, everyone’s focus was now on raiding the newly opened dungeons.

As the ten-person dungeons were developed, news of each boss being defeated spread like wildfire. Various guilds, frantic to be the first to clear the five-person dungeon raid opened by Starfire, paid no attention to the unpopular herbs and formulas.

Only a few people practicing advanced herbology noticed that the previously hard-to-buy herbs were selling faster, but not instantly disappearing once listed, so they didn’t think much of it; several herbs remained dead cheap.

Li Yao had been worried that Starfire’s two hundred thousand Gold Coins might not be enough to corner the entire market, but after two days, one hundred thousand Gold Coins had been spent, and Starfire had stockpiled a large amount of the four types of herbs, while the unsold stock from the players was nearly sold out.

And since Li Yao visited each faction’s auction every three to four hours, only herbs collected that day were now being listed.

Two days later, Starfire was raiding the last of the five-person dungeons.

If nothing went wrong, Starfire would start raiding the ten-person dungeons tomorrow.

But what worried Li Yao was that, according to her intelligence, the current stage of the two ten-person dungeon bosses did not include a toxic boss. If there was no toxic boss, and the toxic boss could not halt everyone’s progress, then this time Starfire would be bleeding money without return.

Another night passed, and according to intelligence, the fastest team had already killed three bosses.

However, just as Starfire was preparing to raid the ten-person dungeon, some bad news came.

The Guard Captain of Starfire ran to the team with a grim face and saluted Li Yao, “Lord, something big has happened.”

Just as Li Yao was about to order to set out, he paused and said, “What happened?”

“Our convoy was hijacked by pirates,” said the Guard Captain, his face still grim.

“Occasional encounters with pirates are normal,” Li Yao puzzled.

It is known that many pirates do not resort to slaughter; they often plunder seventy percent of the goods and do not hijack the same convoy again in a short period of time.

Though it might sound strange, these pirates still abide by the principle of not exhausting the resources.

If luck was bad and they encountered pirates, Starfire could still afford the loss, considering it as paying a toll.

Although Li Yao wanted to eliminate the pirates, on one hand, he never had the opportunity, and on the other, he was not sure of victory.

So, even if they were hijacked once, at this stage, they could only endure it. The first thing Li Yao wanted to do after expanding the forces was to eliminate the pirates.

“This time is different, the pirates not only hijacked the whole fleet and the crew, but they did it to two batches…”

Li Yao’s expression changed; he finally realized something was seriously wrong…

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