"Mn. Let's start with Mounted Archery Training!"
The altar for Mounted Archery Training was directly opposite of the Duplicate Mount Altar.
Beiming Xue leaped onto the altar with the Ice Soul Feather in hand. Her cape fluttered gently in the wind as she smiled at me. "I'm ready, big bro. I'm going to be the first mounted archer in the entire server!"
I couldn't help but smile back. "Mn!"
After confirming the training, a hexagram magic formation immediately spun on the altar and enveloped the little girl in rays of light. After spending 800k resources, Beiming Xue successfully obtained the ability to mount a mount. She was indeed the first mounted archer in the entire server, and she had ushered in the era of our archer legion. Fans of the novel also loved to read: "Mount Archer!"
Beiming Xue jumped off the altar and stood on the Duplicate Mount Altar of her own volition. After I confirmed it, the Dark Knight Udal pulled out his sword and activated the Duplicate effect. Beiming Xue became the first Dragonlight Archer of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and the first Dragonlight Archer of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls!
Thud!
Beiming Xue landed on the ground with an enchanting smile on her face. She raised her Ice Soul Feather, and a hexagram appeared beneath her feet. The Dragonlight Armored Horse galloped forward, and Beiming Xue flung her cape behind her back and jumped onto the horse's back. The elegant Windchaser leather armor and the fiery red cape immediately fluttered in the wind, and her long legs straddled the sides of the horse. She looked even more alluring under the dim light of the castle hall.
"Do I look good, big bro?" Beiming Xue asked with a smile.
"Yes, you do!" I praised her sincerely.
Beiming Xue's smile grew even brighter. She spurred her horse forward a couple of steps before replying, "Ohh, I'm so beautiful, so beautiful …"
Me: "..."
He Yi: "..."
… …
"Let's continue picking archers and mounted players who meet the requirements!"
I checked the Level Ranking of Sky City. The 10th place on the Heavenly Ranking was Level 184 Shadow Chanel, and the 100th place was a Level 181 Snowy Cathaya player. The rest of the players up to 21928 were all Level 180 seventh-promotion players. In the middle of the game, leveling speed was getting slower and slower, and the level gap between players was getting too tight. The China server was filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons, so it was impossible to judge an individual's strength just by looking at the Level Ranking. That being said, at least 10% of these twenty thousand seventh-promotion players belonged to Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls.
Beiming Xue immediately went to work. She picked out the archers who met the requirements and had them enter the castle hall to receive mounted archery training. This exciting news spread like wildfire. As the legion commander of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' archer legion, Beiming Xue took responsibility and received them one by one.
At the same time, Li Chengfeng and Gui Guzi were the overall commanders of the mounted players, so they were also responsible for keeping track of the numbers.
Chaos Moon was the logistics leader, and she wasn't just the HR chief, she was also responsible for logistics. Players kept entering the castle hall and dropping Resource Bags at her command. Most of these Resource Bags were dropped by the bosses, and they ranged from thousands to tens of thousands. They earned a ton of guild contribution points and gold from dropping Resource Bags, so there was no way they were going to suffer a loss.
I raised my sword and stood beside the city lord's seat. I didn't dare to sit down in He Yi's presence, so I simply stood there and stared at Dark Moon City's total resource count. It was clear that no amount of Resource Bags could keep up with the rate at which they were being consumed, so we could only do our best. Once the WEL internationals began, the next round of the Nation Wars wouldn't be far away, and we needed to build peerless cavalry and archers as soon as possible. Numbers would no longer be an absolute factor in the upcoming Nation Wars, and the quality of our players would be the key to victory. For example, Gui Guzi's Spear of the Knight God boosted his Attack and Defense by 225%, and the Dragonlight Armored Horse's Dragon Soul Protection boosted his Attack and Defense by a whopping 275% at most. Did I even need to explain how terrifying that was? I was pretty sure that the motley crew of the Nation Wars wouldn't be able to do much damage to them if they were to be trampled by their iron hooves.
It wasn't long before the number of resources dropped to around 1 million per item.
Chaos Moon pursed her lips and complained, "What a scam. We've only created a few Dragonlight Cavalrymen, but we're already running out of resources …"
I asked, "Where's Li Chengfeng?"
"I'm here, I'm here …" Li Chengfeng rushed into the room on his new Dragonlight Armored Horse.
Gui Guzi asked, "What's he doing, Little Li?"
Li Chengfeng took out piles of Resource Bags from his bag and said, "What do you think I've been doing? You lazy bastards drank to your heart's content last night, and now you want to go back to sleep this morning? I'm worried about my country, so of course I can't be like you. I went to Vanished God City and Wind City and bought all eight Resource Bags in total. I spent a total of 790k gold on them, and that's not easy for me. Everyone else, just take a look!"
I exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "Holy shit, Chengfeng really is our Divine General with both courage and wisdom. It's always a relief to have him watching over our guild!"
Li Chengfeng laughed. "That's all I can do, Lu Chen. Once the Nation War breaks out, you'll still be the commander. Let me think back to the Battle of Dawn City. Baiting the Behemoth Cavalry at Sunset Swamp, raiding the supply lines, creating a diversion, attacking the enemy with a single point … I can't come up with any of those stupid tactics!"
Chaos Moon giggled. "Lu Chen is just that bad. That's why so many girls like him!"
Li Chengfeng said as he tossed the Resource Bags into the air, "Then I'll have to learn to be bad as well …"
I took out 1 million gold from the guild warehouse and distributed it to Li Chengfeng. Dark Moon City would never mistreat anyone who contributed to the guild's plans.
… …
Thanks to Li Chengfeng's persistence, we managed to train another batch of mounted archers and duplicate mounts. Basically, all mounted archers were given Dragonlight Armored Horses immediately. Otherwise, mounted archery training would be pointless. Moreover, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' cavalry was already strong enough, and the mounted archers would be our next breakthrough point. At this stage of the game, mounted archers were the best option for us.
Imagine a group of mounted archers roaming around the perimeter of an enemy's formation, firing Far Shot and Skypiercer at them from afar. The rain of arrows would be more than enough to deal with the enemy, and the mounted archers would retreat the moment the enemy gave chase. Who could possibly catch up to the Dragonlight Armored Horses with 180% movement speed?
Even if we could catch up to them, we could use them as cover for the Dragonlight Cavalry. This combination was practically invincible!
"Alright, we can't rely on Chengfeng all the time!"
I gripped the Purple Ying Sword and said, "Core members who have obtained Dragonlight Armored Horses, head to the main cities and tier 2 cities and search for Resource Bags right now. Resources are the most important thing to us right now, so buy them as long as the price isn't too ridiculous. Dark Moon City will pay for all expenses. Everyone else, just read it as usual."
We couldn't be stingy at times like this. Dark Moon City was making money every day, and this was the perfect time to spend money.
Everyone nodded and flew away.
The first thing I did was stroll around the eastern and western squares of Sky City. I looked at every stall and even the auction houses and found 37 Resource Bags with an average of 5000 units of each resource. After that, I went to Floating Ice City, Dawn City and Sangharama City and returned with 174 Resource Bags. In total, each resource bag was worth around 1 million or so. It was still far from enough to duplicate 10 Dragonlight Cavalrymen, but it was still far from enough!
After dinner, we continued to travel around. Snowy Cathaya had sent us 24 million resources, and we were responsible for training 10 mounted archers and duplicating 10 Dragonlight Armored Horses for them. Nangong Lexi and Clear Perfume were among them. From now on, Snowy Cathaya had a small army of mounted archers as well, although they were only 10 people strong...
… …
We busied ourselves until it was past 9 pm. While pacing around the castle hall, I asked, "Chaos Moon, can you calculate how many Dragonlight Cavalrymen and Dragonlight Archers we've trained today?"
Chaos Moon blinked once before replying, "Yes, I did. We've created 495 Dragonlight Cavalrymen and 392 Dragonlight Archers today. Also, we can only use Mounted Archery 500 times a day at most, and it's about to hit its limit. We can't continue even if we have the resources …"
I nodded. "It's fine. Archers aren't our main force, so we should train more Dragonlight Cavalrymen. Charging back and forth in the Nation Wars is our style!"
Chaos Moon burst into a giggle. "Alright, I like this barbaric style as well!"
It was at this moment I received a message from Hot and Sour Noodles, Zhang Chun: "Lu Chen, I heard that you've been searching for Resource Bags today?"
"Yeah, you heard about it too, uncle?"
"Haha, yeah! Now that the three main cities of the China server know about it, how could I possibly not know about it? Oh right, Lu Chen, I already know that your Resource Bags are for Mounted Archery Training, and I have a rare method that will allow you to obtain as many resources as you want. Everyone else, just read it as normal!"
"Oh?!" My eyes lit up. "What method is it, uncle? Tell me!"
"Come to Dawn City and climb Dragonbone Mountain Range at coordinates (28387,127 27). A foreign friend and I will be waiting for you there!"
"Mn!"
… …
After teleporting to Dawn City, I spurred the Armored Ice Qilin Horse into full speed and reached the top of Dragonbone Mountain Range in less than twenty minutes. Hot and Sour Noodles and another player with a blood-red ID were standing in the middle of a snowy field.
I glanced at the person with the blood-red ID. The emblem of the Chaotic 27 floated above his arm. He came from Black Dirt City, and his ID was "Brown Ovenbird". He was a Level 182 Tomahawk Fighter with decent equipment.
"You're here, friend from afar!"
Brown Ovenbird greeted me first. He looked to be around 30 years old, and he looked like a gentle person.
I nodded. "Friend from Black Dirt City, do you have a lot of Resource Bags?"
"Yes!"
Brown Ovenbird nodded. "Black Dirt City's underground is rich in resources. We've been excavating and killing mobs underground, and we found a lot of good stuff. Take a look!"
He spread out his hand, and a small black box appeared in front of him. Its stats appeared in the air — [Refined Ore Treasure Box]: Contains 100000 units of Gold, Wood, Stone, and Crystal. Use this box to obtain a total of 400k resources.
… …
"Fuck …"
My eyes were about to pop out of my head.
Brown Ovenbird smiled. "I know that your guild is one of the top guilds in China, and you have a few super guilds as your allies. That's why I want to make a deal with you."
"It's just a Refined Ore Treasure Box. You don't need me to make a deal with you, do you …" I said with a smile.
Brown Ovenbird laughed. "I won't lie to you. I have over 1200 of these Refined Ore Treasure Boxes!"
"Fuck!"
I was about to drool again. "Tell me, what do you want? How much do they cost?"
Brown Ovenbird replied, "Many territories and cities are in desperate need of these Treasure Boxes right now, so I'm sure you know how much they cost. Since we're friends, I'll sell them to you for 1000 gold each. That's not too expensive, is it?"
I nodded. "It's not expensive at all!"
"But I have a condition."
"What condition?"
Brown Ovenbird narrowed his eyes and smiled. "The Chaotic 27 have formed an alliance and decided to attack Hero City. I hope that your guild won't attack our city while we're at it. That's all I can promise."
I thought for a moment before nodding. "I promise you that my guild will not attack the Chaotic 27 while they are at war. That's all I can promise." I nodded after thinking for a moment.
"That's good enough. Let's trade, my friend. Also, I have over 1000 Refined Ore Treasure Boxes waiting for you!"
"Okay. Can you lend me 400k gold, Hot and Sour Noodles? I didn't bring enough …"
"Fuck!" Hot and Sour Noodles was speechless. "Take it, and don't forget to return it, you brat …"