Chapter 192: 192
Draco continued to craft All-Sight potions for 4 hours before going to bed . This meant that he successfully crafted 17 bottles out of 24 attempts, with one attempt per 10 minutes .
His increased proficiency with handling Worldly Energy was balanced out by the increased difficulty of making the All-Sight potion, but with it also came new and great rewards in the form of Tradeskill experience .
After all, while the exp gain return for the Angel's Kiss potion had plummeted, the All-Sight potion was a new Epic potion that he was making, so he gained a lot more from making 17 bottles compared to the recent 30+ potions he made for the Angel's Kiss potion .
Right now, his Tradeskill level for Alchemy comfortably sat at level 50, 65% from level 47, 34% . He had made impressive progress, but after a few more sessions, this reward from the All-Sight potion would plummet as well .
Draco placed the potions aside and went to bed with Hikari as well as Eva . After all, he had a lot more to accomplish the next day .
. . . .
Sublime Notion was currently swamped with work . She had very little time to spend doing anything but supervise the administration of the Vita City State .
Apart from the trade laws Draco had drafted for the Rank 5 and above Merchants, she had to consult with various experts to draft the civil, criminal, economic, diplomatic and military laws and policies .
No, her first issue was the construction of the various buildings for Vita City State . They had so much land, yet Draco had only rented out the most far off bits to the various Rank 7 powers .
The Rank 7 powers - in total - didn't surpass 10,000 . Out of more than 10 trillion sapient organisms, roughly only 10,000 had managed to reach Rank 7, which was a testament of how hard it was .
For only 0 . 000001% of the world to be at that level was horrific .
In essence, it meant that aside from lots occupied by those Rank 7 descendants, so far Umbra only allotted the land to the members of Umbra - as well as the Church of Light, Mages Association, etc - which left more than 97% of Vita City-State's empty and ready to build upon .
But what exactly where they supposed to put there? Draco and Eva hadn't left Sublime Notion with any instructions, completely trusting her judgment .
She was 100% allowed to do anything that she pleased, ranging from completely recreating an idyllic Garden of Eden to a full-on militaristic dictatorship .
After thinking, Sublime Notion devised her plan . She gathered all the building resources from the packs they had opened after the Dragon-Slaying Event, as well as what the various serf players and true members of Umbra had handed in from the gathering quests Draco had created .
She then issued a new quest for Umbra as well as any member of their three allied guilds who were builders .
Description: Build 1 cottage or 1 longhouse .
Time limit: 1 month
Rewards: 5 Umbra Points」
For clarification, 5 Umbra Points meant 5 gold! That was a whopping amount to pay any builder for a simple job like a cottage or a longhouse .
One could imagine the builders' rush to accept the quest and get to work .
What turned them even crazier were the two crafting boons Vita City State provided them .
「Boundless System-wide Announcement
Player Draco has created the first player-owned settlement, Vita . Players can now visit the settlement to help foster development . Bonuses are given to all Tradeskill players who work in the settlement . The settlement has a 20% bonus gold and experience reward for players who function out of it . 」
This message had already gone out after Draco had created Vita Settlement, and naturally, it was still valid .
It was one of the reasons Vita City State was considered a hot-spot for any Tradeskill players, yet they had almost no access to the land .
After all, why would Umbra want to share the pie they themselves had worked for with any outsiders, unless they received many benefits in return?
Then there was also the more recent addition to what Umbra could offer the players, which truly cemented it as a hotcake for the whole world of Boundless .
「Vita Capital City bonuses:
- Bonus Exp modifier accumulates at 1% per hour spent in the settlement and is capped at 70%
- Crafting success rates increased by 10% regardless of Tradeskill .
- Life expectancy of citizens is boosted by a factor of 2
- Citizens are immune to common diseases and are resistant to rare ailments
- Technique creation success rates boosted by 10% within Training Halls of the city
- Crafted items or created techniques are 20% better when completed .
- Natural population growth is boosted by 500%」
Crafting success was boosted in the City State and the quality would be better . They would also gain 20% more experience and gold for their work from the system as a bonus .
Vita City State was currently a haven for Tradeskill players, and these effects had been spread about by those who had been hired from the outside to build residences or lots .
The players of the world had once been rebuffed by Draco's draconic demands, but after understanding the value of these boons, the outrageous price he had charged seemed sensible .
As such, many approached Sublime Notion intending to negotiate .
A lot of the player guilds even pledged to sign a contract - with the system as the judge - to follow Umbra for eternity as long as they could settle on a piece of land on the outskirts .
Rash? No, the ones to do this were clever . Even if many of the benefits seemed to favor NPCs, there were more than a few that were useful for players . Besides, they were thinking ahead .
If Vita City State was this generous with its rewards before it became a Kingdom, then what about when it finally did? And what about when it further developed into an Empire?
Sure, it might take some time, but this was Umbra after all . The very first guild, founded by the number one player, who managed to instate the very first City State, before even a year had passed in-game . . .
As such, it would be best to jump on the train as early as possible, so that they could benefit in the future .
Sublime Notion was very tempted, given some of the offers she had received . Many of those guilds pledging eternal loyalty were at the Epic Rank, with even a few Legendary guilds - on the same level as Meiren, Myriad Cards or Lorebinders - making the same offer .
It didn't matter whether they were being truthful or not . Once one signed that contract with the AI presiding over it, there was no escape . Those guilds would become the dogs of Umbra .
However, Sublime ultimately refused them . It wasn't because they weren't good, but because Umbra - and by extension, Draco and Eva - did not need so much chaff following their heels like dogs .
Draco alone had been able to almost single-handedly manage a Guild War against two Legendary guilds . Why would someone like that need Epic guilds at his beck and call?
As such, Sublime placed the conditions for renting a lot in Vita City State . When the guild leaders saw it, their faces became black as they began cursing and swearing .
There was no way they could pay that . Even Draco and Eva would need to visit more than a few Field Zones or Legendary Dungeons to get all that, much less these players .
The price wasn't listed in money, since Draco had emphasized that resources were paramount . After all, they already had the cash printing machine that was the Rank 7 Shop .
With the platinum Upgrade Token, they could easily create another Rank 7 Shop in Vita City State . Umbra would always have enough to handle most affairs on hand, but resources were hard to acquire .
Draco had swindled and bullied the Rank 7 powers into coughing up so much that all felt like they ended up paying an arm and a leg . All of it was now in the Guild Warehouse .
Most of it was for later, when the players reached the higher Ranks .
As for current resources . . . . they probably had more than any one organization, but they were far off from filling the whole City-State on their own . All of Umra's serf players, who had reached 1 . 5 million now, were working around the clock to gather more .
Sublime left the matter of the player recruitment for the guild to the Five Generals minus Rina, who was currently traveling the world to increase the level of her staff and subsequently herself .
Sublime was saddened and relieved by the fact that the Tome of Healing was no growth-item, meaning it couldn't become Divine, but she would have struggled to raise its level anyway .
Sublime Notions plan for the empty lots of Vita City State was to build as many residences and rent them out . Apart from what the players of Umbra - and the 7 top organizations like the Church of Light - had, the rest was all rented out, even what the Rank 7 powers owned .
This meant that the land still belonged to the State . They would be able to profit from it while also deciding about who got to stay on their properties at any time .
Umbra would be able to earn profit by doing nothing, just like a typical landlord . It was truly an insidious plan by this evil loli, proving once and for all that the intention of the noble hero Draco, as well as the heroine Eva, to seal her away in this office was in everyone's interest .
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