These level 100 Black Lions were no match at all for the level 180 elite berserker Yaluop. With bare hands, Yaluop felled one Black Lion after another, leaving the ground soon littered with their corpses.
“This guy is really impressive. If he had top-tier equipment, who knows how powerful he’d become?” CuiCandaoGuang and ShuiSeYanTou couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement. Although they were Divine Warriors and Holy Swordsmen, due to the massive level gap, they still wouldn’t stand a chance against Yaluop.
Yaluop was valiant and battle-hardened, his combat experience extremely rich, not inferior to top-tier classes.
Nie Yan thought that if Yaluop could independently undergo a class change into a top-tier class, his power would multiply significantly, becoming even stronger. NPCs could also undergo class changes just like players, though changing into a top-tier class was an extremely dangerous undertaking. If Yaluop were to die during the process, he would not be able to resurrect, so careful planning was necessary.
About twenty minutes later, the Bull Tribe’s teams gradually arrived, forming small squads of ten to begin clearing the monsters.
Yaluop donned the equipment Nie Yan had arranged for from the Bull Tribe. It was a set of metal armor, the highest being level 160 Darksteel gear, with the rest at least level 150+. These were items Nie Yan had previously acquired by opening treasure chests while riding flying mounts, stored in the Bull Tribe’s guild warehouse and unused until now.
After Nie Yan and the others had cleared the area, he took out a large crystal ball from his backpack. The blue crystal ball emitted faint waves of blue energy.
This was the City Energy Foundation Nie Yan had purchased from an NPC shop for one million gold coins.
Placing the City Energy Foundation on an open patch of ground, a powerful energy shockwave swept outward, leveling everything within several thousand yards and forming a massive rune array.
This would be the foundation for building the city.
In Myth, building a city wasn’t as complicated as in the real world. As long as you had enough money, you could build it quickly. In fact, the most critical factor was the qualification to build a city. Without the proper qualification, building a city illegally in the Granland Empire or the Sathorne Empire would be considered rebellion, and both empires would soon dispatch armies to destroy it.
Once again proving that illegal constructions would eventually face demolition.
Since this was Nie Yan’s territory and he had control, he could build as he pleased.
Next came the expensive part. Nie Yan glanced at the list. Upgrading to a low-level city required constructing a basic city wall, a small municipal hall, a level one sacred temple, a church hall, a mercenary hall, and more. The minimum construction costs already reached several million, an expense that ordinary guilds couldn’t afford. It seemed only Nie Yan could afford such an investment. However, once a city was successfully built and the population reached a certain number, the returns would be substantial. Simply renting out shops and collecting taxes would earn Nie Yan a huge profit.
Soon, buildings began rising rapidly, gold pouring out of Nie Yan’s backpack like water. Nie Yan’s goal wasn’t merely to develop a low-level city, so everything he built was to a very high standard, allowing for gradual upgrades in the future.
This city stood proudly in the center of the grasslands, majestic and expansive. A basic city could accommodate at least 500,000 to 600,000 people, and after upgrading to medium and large cities, it could even hold millions.
Nie Yan had Guo Huai, ShuiSeYanTou, and others help establish laws. As the city’s outline gradually took shape, a system notification sounded.
System: Please name this city.
Nie Yan thought for a moment. Based on his knowledge of the language in Myth, he came up with a name: Ocolen City. In the ancient common tongue of Myth, Ocolen meant “glory,” so he also referred to Ocolen City as the City of Glory.
Everything Nie Yan had done, including becoming a Grand Prophet and acquiring player territory, was unprecedented, even in his previous life. The achievements of the Bull Tribe could be described as glorious. Nie Yan was confident that the Bull Tribe’s future would be even more glorious.
Nie Yan constructed guild halls and other buildings in Ocolen City, specifically designating residential areas for Bull Tribe players. For players, having a residence in the city was a very luxurious thing. Residences had many uses, serving as gathering places and ready-made warehouses. The simplest residence could provide players with a massive 20,000 storage slots. Additionally, players could set their resurrection point inside their residence, allowing them to return directly there when using a Return Scroll, thus serving as a transfer station for leveling up.
From now on, all Bull Tribe players and those from various branches could freely obtain a residence in Ocolen City!
Nie Yan had Guo Huai submit an application to the Granland Empire’s Elder Council to relocate the Bull Tribe’s guild headquarters from Krips Fortress in Carol City to Ocolen.
Ocolen would become a main city, far surpassing a mid-level fortress. Moreover, Ocolen’s laws and regulations were all formulated by Nie Yan and his team, giving the Bull Tribe a significant advantage.
If the Bull Tribe’s guild headquarters were moved here, it would precisely evade the relentless assault of Qin Han’s skeleton army.
Qin Han’s skeleton army was eyeing Krips Fortress hungrily. Regardless of the final outcome of the war, Krips Fortress would face a massive disaster. If they could evade Qin Han’s attention and quietly relocate the guild headquarters to Ocolen City, it would be akin to shedding their shell like a cicada.
Nie Yan sent a message to Guo Huai: “After our guild headquarters relocation, temporarily keep the news under wraps and don’t announce it within the guild.”
“How is that even possible!” Guo Huai frowned slightly. Once the guild headquarters were relocated, completely hiding the news from the guild’s players was nearly impossible.
Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, “After applying to relocate the guild headquarters, there’s still one final step that requires my personal confirmation. I can delay confirming it for about a month. We’ll quietly transfer all the guild assets from Krips to Ocolen first. If Krips Fortress cannot be defended, I’ll then confirm the relocation of the guild headquarters.”
“Confirming the relocation of the guild headquarters will take at least a day, so if you decide to confirm the relocation, you’d better prepare in advance,” Guo Huai said.
“I understand,” Nie Yan nodded.
Guo Huai set about arranging things. Transferring guild assets wasn’t a complicated task; a few hundred trusted members could complete it secretly.
Ocolen City was nearly completed. Nie Yan checked his backpack and saw that he had spent about seven million gold coins, leaving him with over nine million.
“How much did we spend?” CuiCandaoGuang asked.
“About seven million or so,” Nie Yan replied. “Upgrading to a mid-level city will require at least fifteen million gold coins. We don’t have enough money, so we’ll hold off on further upgrades for now. I’ll need to accumulate some funds for a few days.”
After hearing this, CuiCandaoGuang and the others were startled. In such a short time, seven million gold coins had already been spent, and even more would be needed in the future.
“Will the investment pay off?” ShuiSeYanTou asked. If the money couldn’t be recovered, it would be a huge loss.
“Don’t worry. Once we upgrade to a mid-level city, just selling shops and land could fetch over twenty million gold coins. Daily tax revenue could reach over a million gold coins,” Nie Yan smiled.
CuiCandaoGuang and others weren’t very familiar with the Bull Tribe’s operations, although they knew the Bull Tribe had earned substantial income through monopolizing the potion market. However, hearing such a massive figure still shocked them.
The Bull Tribe’s guild strength had steadily improved, relatively quickly. In terms of economy, Nie Yan used his rebirth experience to build a vast commercial empire, developing completely ahead of schedule, capable of meeting any need of the Bull Tribe.
As the main construction of Ocolen City was completed, the teleportation array was activated. More and more Bull Tribe players and those from subordinate branches entered Ocolen City, boosting its population. The streets began to bustle with many players.
Ordinary fortresses could only activate one or two teleportation arrays, but Ocolen City had as many as six, connecting all cities in the Granland Empire and the Sathorne Empire. The teleportation fee from Ocolen City to Granland or Sathorne was about a hundred gold coins. Nie Yan would receive half of the income from the teleportation arrays. As the population of Abernathy Grasslands increased in the future, the income from the teleportation arrays alone would be substantial. The only thing Nie Yan was dissatisfied with was that the teleportation fees to Ocolen were relatively high, which was not conducive to Ocolen’s development.
Nie Yan planned to capture some flying mounts and construct a flying mount station at the center of Ocolen City, making travel to other cities more convenient.
The news of Ocolen City’s establishment quickly spread across the forums.
This was the first city built by a player, instantly capturing the attention of all players. Many wanted to visit Ocolen City, though the high teleportation fees were a barrier for ordinary players. If they rode horses to Ocolen City, the journey was too far, and the route was fraught with danger.
Bull Tribe players, upon learning of Ocolen City’s establishment, were filled with excitement. Soon, they received a message: each of them had been granted a residence in Ocolen City. For ordinary players, this was an extremely generous benefit.
After all, only Bull Tribe players in the Granland Empire and the Sathorne Empire had received such benefits.
Bull Tribe players across various regions, upon receiving the news, eagerly wanted to visit Ocolen City.
“The leader said he’s going to set up a flying mount station, so we’ll be able to go to Ocolen for free.”
“This is amazing. Boss Nie Yan is awesome. I hope the flying mount station gets built soon.”
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