As a result, in just one day, the newly registered mercenary groups at the headquarters of the Mercenary Association had already broken Roland’s record in the past hundred years.
This was also something that couldn’t be helped. The F level mercenary groups could only recruit 50 people at most. Even if ten groups were registered in one go, it was only 500 people.
In order to accommodate more team members, the major game teams could only have people do more missions to upgrade the level.
The game had just started the public beta, which was the time when the more energetic players were most active.
Fortunately, there was the adaptation of the first and second closed betas, so the people of the Roland Empire had become used to these braves. They welcomed the braves who always rushed to do work.
As the heads of the major mercenary groups were busy instructing their members to do mission upgrades, they suddenly received a notice from the mercenary platform.
[S-grade mission: Requesting the leaders of the brave mercenary groups to gather at the Imperial City Teleportation Circle before dawn tomorrow.]
The notice was in capital letters, bold and red. This made it difficult to ignore.
Before dawn tomorrow? In other words, it was to assemble at the Imperial City Teleportation Circle before 6 o’clock tomorrow morning? What was this for?
Still, it was an S-grade mission!
According to the rules, a mercenary group could only accept missions that were two levels higher than their own level at most. In other words, under normal circumstances, players could only accept missions up to C-grade.
Now an S-grade mission was directly issued to them! This was definitely a special case.
Judging from the notification method, this mission was probably directly issued to them by Roland’s officials. Many players smelled something unusual from it.
Something must’ve happened.
In short, as long as the leader of a mercenary group saw the message, they would immediately set off for Imperial City.
Now there was teleportation between cities and it was very convenient to travel. The most time-consuming thing was to rush through the city. After all, the area of a main city was equivalent to the size of a province in reality.
However, during the server shutdown period, Roland’s transportation system had undergone obvious changes.
In just two months, a very well-developed transportation network had been established in major cities. With the presence of earth elementalists, a road could often be completed in less than a day.
Combine this with the vehicles previously purchased by Xu Sili and the products launched by Xiao Wu’s military factory, and now it wasn’t only floating cars in the main cities of Roland. There were also floating buses and trains that had been officially put into use.
The latest means of transportation completely replaced the horse-drawn carriages and other animal transportation methods of the past, bringing brand-new changes to the lives of the people in Roland.
The leaders of the mercenary groups were now enjoying the benefits of this change.
Finally, when it was past 6 o’clock the next morning and the leader of the last mercenary group finally arrived, the teleportation hall of Imperial City was closed immediately after he came out of the teleportation circle. No one else was accepted any longer.
The leaders of the major mercenary groups gathered in front of the teleportation hall, looking at each other and not knowing what to do now.
Xu Sili floated in the air and nodded with satisfaction as he saw the 156 mercenary group leaders who arrived before.
There were 10 E-grade mercenary groups and 146 F-grade mercenary groups. This added up to more than 10,000 people and it gave him confidence for the afternoon’s battle.
“Ah Sheng, let’s go down to the summoning hall,” Xu Sili told Si Sheng.
Si Sheng carried him and flashed to the summoning hall, which was the player’s birth point.
Players were still constantly coming from the birth point, but with Si Sheng present, no one noticed them.
Xu Sili moved to the center of the summoning circle, took out a four star beast core from the space capsule and stuffed it directly into the groove in the center.
That’s right. After his strong urging and checking for gaps yesterday, Roland’s Imperial City finally met the conditions for upgrading to Lv 4.
This time, he didn’t broadcast it live and he didn’t even let others know. He just directly upgraded Imperial City.
Therefore, under the confused eyes of many players and the surprised expressions of the people of Roland, the summoning circle lit up with a bright light, forming a pillar of light that reached the sky.
After reaching the peak, the brightness of the pillar of light spread outward.
At this moment, countless people felt the feeling of the loosening of shackles on their bodies. It was a feeling that was very familiar because they had experienced it once more than five months ago.
“The seal has been unlocked again!”
“It is His Majesty!”
“It seems that Roland’s national strength has improved again. The empire is really getting better and better!”
“Ahhh, I feel like I’ve broken through!”
“I… I seem to sense the elements? I see some little green dots of light around me… Ahhhh, is my meditation practice successful?”
“……”
All the people cheered happily. The players felt confused but the system notification clearly told them about the benefits that this beam of light brought them.
[Roland’s Imperial City has increased the level to Lv 4. The level limit of elementalists has been increased to Lv 40.]
[After bathing in the holy light, you have gained a new understanding. All attributes +10.]
F*k, all attributes +10! What a great thing! Was it available to all online players? Then wouldn’t players who weren’t online lose a lot?
Many people were baffled by the sudden upgrade of Imperial City, but they were very happy to get the benefits.
In addition, this happiness continued!
Not long after the light pillar of Imperial City rose, four light pillars rose one after another from the other four main cities of Roland!
The upgrade of the other main cities gave only one or two attribute bonuses, but the total of four cities added up to nearly 10 points!
Xu Sili also hadn’t expected that the main city upgrade could bring such benefits to the online players.
However, the players’ attributes were already 10 times lower than NPCs. These 20 more points could slightly increase the player’s survivability in the wilderness. He was happy to see it.
The upgrade of the other four main cities was naturally done by him informing the administrators of the cities. In addition, the conditions had already been met. They were just limited by the level of Imperial City.
Once the level cap was lifted, the experience that Xu Sili had accumulated for several months started to play a role.
[Ding~ Your experience is full. Your personal level has risen from Lv 30 to Lv 31… free points +10]
[Ding~ Your experience is full. Your personal level has risen from Lv 31 to Lv 32… free points +10]
[……]
His level was pushed directly from Lv 30 to Lv 37.
After all, it was the amount accumulated from the crazy infrastructure building of five cities, plus the experience points gained from directly fighting and assisting in killing the interstellar beasts during the previous Glass Sea Plains battle. It all added up to a terrifying level.
Xu Sili felt a comprehensive increase in his attributes. The increase of seven levels also gave him 70 free points at his disposal.
Then this time, he added them all to the spirit attribute.
He tested it out and found that without using the flute, his spiritual power could already extend to one or two kilometers away.
“Ah Sheng, I’ve become stronger again,” he suddenly looked at Si Sheng and said.
Hearing this, Si Sheng’s lips curved up slightly.
He was never surprised by the improvement speed of this young man. “Yes. Ah Li is very powerful.”
He was looking forward to the day when the young man fully caught up with him.
Xu Sili understood the look in the man’s eyes and couldn’t help smiling. Then at this moment, there was a commotion outside. It seemed that the heads of the over 100 mercenary groups couldn’t stay still any longer.
Still, Xu Sili wasn’t in a hurry to go out.
He asked Si Sheng to take him to the teleportation hall next door.
Since he wanted to do it then he should do something big!
He couldn’t let Si Sheng directly kill the interstellar beasts. Not only did he have to consider Roland, but he also had to take reality into account.
If this matter became a full-server event in which players participated, even the game group must hold back despite any objections they had!
The teleportation hall had been emptied of people according to his instructions. Xu Sili stood beside the teleportation circle, looked at Si Sheng and said, “Ah Sheng, let me try first. If it doesn’t work, you go up.”
“Yes.”
Si Sheng stayed by his side, ready to take over at any time.
On the other hand, Xu Sili bent down slightly and placed his palms on the teleportation circle. He released the abundant spiritual power brought about by the level up.
The Card Transformation skill, activate!
This was his first time using the Card Transformation skill. He had just become a trainee card master but his spiritual strength had reached three stars.
So at his request, Lilith taught him this skill.
In this way, the teleportation circle with a diameter of tens of meters started to disappear after being enveloped by his spiritual power. It gradually converged in mid-air, forming the outline of a card.
Xu Sili slowly felt strained.
A realization rose in his heart. The teleportation circle was too big. With his current spiritual strength, he could turn the teleportation circle into a card, but it might require sacrificing some functions.
If this was the case, there was no point in turning the teleportation circle into a card.
He was just about to give up when a man’s hand pressed on the back of his hand. The majestic golden power gently wrapped around him and provided him with a steady stream of energy.
Xu Sili’s heart moved and he turned to look at Si Sheng.
“Be focused,” Si Sheng reminded him. However, the power that guided him was still so gentle and caring. It seemed to contain some type of comforting meaning.
Xu Sili pursed his lips. He didn’t think about it any longer and focused.
Thus, the two of them completed the card transformation of the teleportation circle together. Then they left the empty ground and walked out of the teleportation hall with the teleportation circle card.
The players were still talking enthusiastically and didn’t notice the two people walking out hand in hand.
Looking at the over 100 players outside who didn’t know what would happen next, Xu Sili looked at Si Sheng and showed a slightly evil smile.
“Ah Sheng, I have to also bother you with them.”
Proofreader: Purichan
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