Chapter 1411: 1411

With the fusion of the sub-dimensions, The Ancient God World has expanded manyfold, and one can no longer teleport to all places in the world with a single cast.

In such circumstances, intercontinental maritime trade via sailing has flourished even more, especially with the fusion and gradual familiarization and development of the sub-dimensions, which has resulted in a growing need for this kind of trade to support the increasing number of goods.

The ports thrived, not only among NPCs but also among many guilds and players who earned a lot by engaging in maritime trade.

The opening of each new trade route represented endless business opportunities, especially for those who tried this kind of trade first. As long as they could safely transport the goods, they were sure to make a huge profit.

Naturally, this situation also led to rampant piracy, with many players owning ships or even transforming merchant ships into armed warships, some of whom went so far as to become pirates themselves, not daring to plunder from players and NPCs of the same faction but showing no mercy to merchant ships of enemy factions.

Opposing factions turned a blind eye to such behavior, naturally, as any trouble caused to the other faction was most welcome.

This has made already pirate-infested trade routes even more perilous, yet the trade continued to thrive due to the huge profits involved.

Not to mention other fleets, Starfire’s merchant ships have encountered many robberies, but with real warships in hand, Starfire’s players engaged in these trades tended to travel in groups, and could hire a fleet for protection at relatively cheap prices once they had a sufficient number of merchant ships.

This is the operational status within Starfire, divided in great detail.

With Li Yao making such a big move this time, those in Starfire engaged in maritime trade were naturally tempted. However, Li Yao did not offer them any discounts but simply tasked the warships with transporting a certain number of weapons to Sunsail Harbor.

Starfire players once again formed trade caravans, wanting to set off with the fleet.

Of course, Li Yao knew that the large number of Witherbarks could not be resolved by Silvermoon City alone.

And there was no fear of an excess of goods, for Silvermoon City was not short of money but of various resources–no amount was too much. What the Withered Sun Legion couldn’t use could be exchanged with other places.

Countless people began to feverishly purchase all kinds of goods, and some even bought corresponding weapons and armor.

One needing to be cautious of two powers on the way to Sunsail Harbor, one being the Undead Force entrenched in the Tower of the Windwalker with their formidable Undead Fleet, and the other being the Northern Sea pirates.

Those from the Dark Camp could be negotiated with and could gather various supplies from Undercity, and after sailing about two-thirds of the way, they would be threatened by the Undead Fleet.

While coming from the Neutral Continent, one must travel from another direction, passing through the territory of the Northern Sea pirates.

Even with such complexities, the enthusiasm of players has not diminished; countless players prepared supplies and wished to set sail early, with the coast by the map of Undercity already filled with all sorts of ships.

Meanwhile, under the force of the Silvermoon City army, almost all of the Witherbarks that were entrenched in Sunsail Harbor and its vicinity were captured in one swoop by use of an extremely large hypnosis spell, followed by the dispatch of the army to seize them directly.

If it were a normal city, it could cope with this hypnosis spell, but the frenzied Witherbarks could not and were directly hypnotized.

Without harming a single soldier, the Silvermoon City army captured them.

Moreover, the Grand Magician constructed a huge Array in the Lord’s mansion of Sunsail Harbor that could accommodate tens of thousands of people. This Array, with a seal as the core, could ensure that once the Witherbarks regained their senses, they would be controlled only by the combination of the Seal and Li Yao’s Touch of Darkness, without sensing or being controlled by the Goddess Rosh.

After three days of intense work, the consciousness of more than 1.2 million Witherbarks was restored. Coupled with the physical changes brought on by sacrificing various jewels and such, these Witherbarks had become Divine Guards, possessing certain divine manipulative rights.

As for the supply issues, although Silvermoon City was short on resources, it could sustain itself for a short period of time, enough to await the arrival of supplies.

Of the 1.2 million Divine Guards, more than 700,000 were ordinary people. Calling them ordinary was not exactly accurate; they were citizens before the disaster struck and, in fact, each possessed certain skills–at the very least, the weakest among them was a Mage, demonstrating the prevalence of magic among the high elves.

Therefore, in reality, accounting for some citizens who wished to enlist, the Legion that Li Yao had formed numbered over 700,000.

But there were also many problems. The disparity in the strength of these individuals made classification a challenge.

To Li Yao’s surprise, within the 700,000-strong Legion, the number of Mages exceeded one-third, which was about 250,000. Among the rest, there were 150,000 Rangers. Then Breakers had 100,000, Magicians had 100,000, and Priests had 100,000.

The flaws were clear, lacking a close-combat class capable of tanking. Although Breakers were melee, they leaned towards damage-dealing professions.

And within each Legion, more than one-third of the soldiers were relatively weak and could only serve as public security forces, meaning that the actual number fit for combat was just over 400,000.

Coupled with the wear and tear of Weapon Armor, without appropriate supplies, they would not be qualified for battle.

Li Yao had no choice but to temporarily bring out his own stockpile of Armor for emergencies, but most could only opt for standard whiteboard Armor. This was enough for hunting Witherbarks, but fighting against a truly strong army was out of the question.

Due to their altered appearances, with skin turning grey-black or grey-white, eyes becoming greyish-white, and other physical changes, having been continuously affected by demonic energy and Rosh’s Dark Power, they had undergone Mutation.

Therefore, it is understandable that the average high elf might not want to live alongside them, at least it would take some time for integration.

Li Yao is now fully engaged using ordinary citizens to refurbish Sunsail Harbor, which will serve as the temporary base for the Withered Sun Legion within the next two months.

Fortunately, these ordinary citizens are not useless.

Some are experts in farming, some in hunting, and others in various secondary professions; thus, they were quickly assigned to their respective positions.

The Legion underwent training and organization, while ordinary citizens worked on restoring their homes, and those with specialties demonstrated their skills. In a week’s time, Sunsail Harbor had taken on a proper appearance.

Li Yao promoted corresponding officials from among the populace, each responsible for their own affairs, which made Li Yao’s load a bit lighter.

Everything is ready now, except for the players engaged in trade who are expected to arrive with their goods. However, preparing such supplies takes time; the fastest ones have already departed.

These matters are of no concern to Li Yao–in any case, security is the players’ responsibility; they can make a profit if they arrive, but their being intercepted is not Li Yao’s problem.

He is currently focused on two things: one is the prelude to the main questline, where the elite players from various factions are busy earning merits, and the other is around three weapons from the underground world…