73 Here Comes The Money R-18
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Note 1: This chapter has an R-18 scene in it, but still has lore and some important stuff. If you don't want to read the sex scene part, you can skip ahead. I have placed a warning before the scene and a message at the end to skip to.
Note 2: I know I previously said there wouldn't be any smut for a while, but this suddenly came to me while writing, so here you go. Enjoy.
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White River City, Zero Wing's Residence:
"Guild Leader, I've already tallied up the results of the war. Here are the statistics," Aqua Rose said, as she sent over a list of data to Feng.
The odd thing, though, was that she was talking to Feng using the Private Channel they were in instead of speaking normally, her mouth busy with something else as she kneeled between Feng's legs and reported their gains; with Feng enjoying her service as he glanced at the data casually.
The number of equipment on the statistical list exceeded 80,000. A small portion of the equipment originally belonged to the Zero Wing members who had participated in the war, so those had to be returned. In addition, they had to take into account the reward for killing enemy players as well as death subsidies. However, even after deducting all the necessary expenses, they still had around 80,000 pieces of equipment remaining.
The compensation for the losses of around 4,000 elite members wasn't that much, and the rewards for killing enemy players wasn't dealt in equipment, as all of it was of a lesser quality than what the Zero Wing members possessed, but with Guild Contribution Points, to which the players didn't complain, knowing the Guild's Warehouse had plenty of top-notch Level 30 equipment, so they had no need for these Level 25 and below items.
Having a surplus of more than 80,000 pieces of equipment was about right with Feng's expectations.
Moreover, the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion's equipment was of great quality for non Zero Wing members, so the spoils of war were much greater than from Zero Wing's previous battles.
The Guilds they had fought in the past were much poorer compared to the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion. The enemy Guilds back then consisted mostly of ordinary players, with only a small number of elite players; the equipment they could drop was naturally of low quality. Bronze and Mysterious-Iron Equipment was considered top-tier goods for those Guilds. Now, however, the enemies they had killed were the elites and experts of the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion. Naturally, the items they dropped were on an entirely different level in terms of quality.
The majority of the equipment worn by the Pavilion's elite members was Level 20 Secret-Silver Equipment, with the weakest being Level 20 Mysterious-Iron Equipment, and the strongest being Level 20 Fine-Gold Equipment. As for the members of the War Dragon Legion, all the equipment they wore was Level 25, with the majority being Level 25 Fine-Gold Equipment, and the weakest being Level 25 Secret-Silver Equipment. A few legionnaires even had Level 25 Dark-Gold Equipment. Naturally, the items they dropped were astounding.
Currently, Level 20 Bronze Equipment was being sold for around 20 Silver. Even Mysterious-Iron Equipment sold for around 40 Silver only. However, the prices for Secret-Silver Equipment was a different story altogether.
With the difference of just one rank, the price increased from around 40 Silver straight up to around 90 Silver. If it were Secret-Silver Equipment meant for MTs, the price would go further, up to 1 Gold 20 Silver.
This disparity was mainly due to the sheer difficulty in obtaining Secret-Silver Equipment.
In Level 20, six-man Party Dungeons, even at Hell Mode, there was only a fixed chance for Secret-Silver Equipment to drop. Only ten-man Hell Mode Team Dungeons would drop Secret-Silver Equipment with 100% certainty, with a small chance of dropping Fine-Gold Equipment.
Most players in God's Domain were just beginning to raid Level 20, ten-man Team Dungeons, and the number of teams that could raid Hell Mode was very low. With the tight supply of Level 20 Secret-Silver Equipment, it was only natural for prices to be a lot higher.
As for Level 20 Fine-Gold Equipment, its prices were even more inflated. Each piece of such equipment sold for at least four Gold. Normally, only 20-man Hell Mode Team Dungeons would drop Fine-Gold Equipment with 100% certainty. Meanwhile, there was only a fixed chance for one to drop in Hard Mode. Hence, Fine-Gold Equipment was much rarer, and its price much higher.
If Level 20 equipment was already like this, there was no need to mention Level 25 equipment.
For equipment, although an increase in one rank was equivalent to an increase in five Levels, Level 25 Secret-Silver Equipment was much more expensive than Level 20 Fine-Gold Equipment. At present, each piece sold for five Gold or more.
Moreover, the supply of Level 25 Secret-Silver Equipment on the market was extremely limited. People usually circulated such equipment within their own inner circles, and players would have to rely on their connections to purchase one.
As for Level 25 Fine-Gold Equipment, they were considered the best equipment currently available in God's Domain. Setting aside the fact that nobody would sell such equipment in the first place, if there were some available for sale, the price would be at least fifteen Gold.
Currently, among the 80,000-plus pieces of equipment in Feng's hands, around 90% of it was Level 20 equipment of mostly Secret-Silver rank, while the remaining 10% was Level 25 equipment of mostly Fine-Gold rank.
If converted to Coins, all this equipment would be worth more than 250,000 Gold, and Feng was definitely going to turn it all into Gold Coins.
After fighting a single war, Zero Wing had made a pure profit of over 250,000 Gold. Any Guild would be celebrating after such a harvest. Not to mention, even if a Guild had 250,000 Gold, it would not be able to obtain so many pieces of equipment.
If a Guild wished to develop quickly, other than having experts leading its members, it was also essential to have equipment in the Guild's Warehouse. The amount of equipment a Guild possessed determined the number of members it could sustain, but Feng had no intentions of keeping any of it.
Equipment's value is based off its scarcity, and as Level 20 equipment was currently considered mainstream equipment in God's Domain, its popularity just happened to be at its peak. After more time passed, Level 20 equipment would grow obsolete and lose its value. Hence, now was the best time to sell their excess equipment and maximize their profit, while Level 25 stuff would soon follow, and Feng already possessed plenty of Level 30 and above equipment, so he naturally wasn't going to lose potential money for some regular members which didn't bring him enough value.
He was also planning to continue this process for Level 30 and above equipment when it reaches its highest value and the time comes, at which point Zero Wing's members would have already surpassed the rest of God's Domain's players in levels and have high level items secured for them, so lower level resources would be of no value to Zero Wing, milking the items for all their worth every time the regular players become suitable for them
A majority of the current players had already reached Level 20 or above. Those who hadn't reached Level 20 were either new to God's Domain, or just ordinary Lifestyle players.
Meanwhile, all the elite members in Zero Wing were Level 28 or above, whereas ordinary members were at Level 25 or at least very close to it.
Currently, the Candlelight Trading Firm continued to expand every day. However, the variety of goods the Firm sold was still insufficient.
There was a limit to the number of players the Firm could attract just by relying on the Intermediate Mana Armor Kits, Light Stones and its other specialty items. Only when the Firm could sell good equipment in large quantities would it truly be able to hold its ground in Star-Moon Kingdom.
With this huge amount placed in Candlelight's Shops, it was bound to earn them another huge sum and attract more players towards the Trading Firm, resulting in even more Gold to be made.
As for how they had managed to obtain so many items from the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion? That was thanks to the courtesy of Overwhelming Smile's Haunted potions.
Previously, Feng had killed over two hundred of the Underworld Guards helping Overwhelming Smile in the Watch Cemetery, all of those having been red names slain by Feng with him having consumed Haunted beforehand nearly every time.
Coupled with his extremely high Luck, all of them had dropped all of their equipment and many items from their bags, including dozens of Haunted potions each. Of the over two thousand bottles of Haunted which he had obtained, Feng had only used up a small amount during his hunting of Underworld Guards and Overwhelming Smile members, resulting in him still possessing a large stockpile.
For this war, he had given each of Zero Wing's core members a Haunted bottle, knowing they'd be the ones doing the most killing while there not being a chance for them to die in the fight, so that he could maximize his profits and Nine Dragons Emperor's loses as many resources as possible.
Not to mention, thanks to Icarus's Heart's area of effect in which it grants allies some points in Luck, the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's members killed by even Zero Wing's elites dropped multiple pieces of equipment, while even the lowest amount of dropped items by players slaughtered by the restored members was seven.
Those killed by Black Flame, who had also drank a bottle of Haunted and activated Divine Providence, on the other hand, lost everything equipped, all armor, weapons, and a few rare ornaments, along with multiple items from their bags, Nine Dragons Emperor having lost the most after Black Flame had destroyed his equipment with the Ice-Blue Devil Flame and forced him to drop nearly everything from multiple of his bags.
Once the Pavilion Master managed to log into God's Domain again in two or three days, his Immortal Soul having been collected by Black Flame, he'd surely be fuming about the items he had lost and some of his subordinates having suffered a similar fate.
However... these players who got killed by Black Flame were actually the lucky ones.
Glancing at the maid standing to the side, Feng asked "Did you manage to collect all of them?"
"Of course, what do you take me for?" Celestina snapped back to Feng and answered in discontent, feeling her capabilities underestimated by a mere human, but she quickly averted her eyes from that shameless bastard who was getting a blowjob while she was standing right here.
Such brazen actions angered the Demon Empress to no end, but she could do nothing except look away and ignore them.
Feng communicating with her, though, made it impossible for Celestina to pretend they weren't there anymore, and was forced to unwilling acknowledge their erotic acts and the slurping sounds that echoed throughout the office, something she had been actively attempting to not pay any attention to.
"Show me." Once again, the Demon Goddess had no choice but to turn towards the two of them upon Feng's order, begrudgingly stretching out her hand as a Magic Array appeared on her palm.
The Magic Array was dark grey in color, while a mostly transparent barrier enveloped it like something was contained by the Magic Array, even though it was completely empty.
But as a faint blue glow appeared in Feng's eyes, his Soul Perception[1] ability activating, Feng saw that the grey barrier was filled to the brim with thousands of small, blue fireballs.
After Nine Dragons Emperor had stormed out of of the Candlelight Trading Firm, and battle became inevitable, Black Flame had Celestina set up a Soul Collection Array around Zero Wing's Guild Residence, while having her mark the souls of all Zero Wing fighters which would participate, in order to know which ones to avoid while thoroughly crippling the force Nine Dragons Emperor sent.
With their souls having been trapped and collected by Celestina, the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's members who had died within the Array's range, with the exception of the ones killed by Black Flame and having a part of their Immortal Soul taken by him, allowing their souls to escape from the Soul Collection Array, will have no choice but to make a new account and restart their journey in God's Domain from scratch; with even some bonus penalties and restrictions.
Feng gazed at the thousands of souls trapped in the Magic Array, satisfied with the Demon Goddess's knowledge and capabilities when it came to soul related matters.
The Soul Collection Array was something Feng had loved to borrow from Celestina in the previous timeline and use to greatly decrease the strength of his enemies, so he was very familiar with it, and many other soul Magic Arrays designed by the Demon Empress using her skills and knowledge of souls, as well as Magic Arrays; with her actually being a Magician of a level even surpassing the Craftsman rank, from who Feng had learned plenty of knowledge about Arrays, and even worked with her to create some custom special ones.
Meanwhile, down below, Aqua frowned slightly in dissatisfaction when she saw Feng's attention be taken away from her.
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Suddenly, the ferocity of her movements greatly increased as Aqua gobbled up Feng's rod completely, her tongue vigorously running down the long shaft as she sucked with a powerful intensity and pressed her soft hands on Feng's pelvis.
All of her Cloth Armor had already been unequipped, leaving her in only a partially transparent, light blue bra and panties which she had purchased in preparation for this moment in hopes of making a more memorable scene for Feng.
Since she had joined later than the rest, Aqua had to work harder in order to catch up to them and become irreplaceable to Feng's sex life, so she had spent some time brainstorming ways to attract his attention to her, doing various research both online and casually probing the other three for what they had done with him and learnt during this time about Feng.
Of the three, Ruoxi barely had more experience than herself, so Aqua spent more time chatting with the other two who had been intimate with Feng for a longer time and gathered some info.
Fire wasn't shy about revealing what she knew and talked to Aqua without any reservations, answering any question her new sister had; Violet, on the other hand, was a lot more cautious than the redhead, calmly smiling as she spoke plenty, but said very little of anything important.
Aqua had managed to develop some plans and strategies as a result of her creative thinking, for both in real life and God's Domain.
But as Feng had been preoccupied with other stuff during this time, she hadn't had the chance to use any of them, leaving Aqua in slight turmoil after having experienced a taste of heaven and then being left unattended for during these two days.
A deep horniness clouded her mind during this time, growing desperate over the short span of two days to satisfy her newfound need for dick, looking for a chance to pounce on Feng. Her patience payed off as an opportunity finally presented itself to Aqua, with Feng leaving the Forging Room to get a report on the aftermath of the battle with the Pavilion.
Immediately taking action as she didn't know when the next time would come, Aqua went to work, the sexy lingerie she bought being the first tool Aqua had chosen to use and see the fruit of her contemplation as she casually removed her equipment.
And indeed, the charm brought to Aqua's already beautiful and perfect figure by the nearly see-through underwear made for a captivating scene that made Feng unable to look away for a bit, admiring her incredible curves and bountiful proportions, how the thin pieces of cloth tightly clung onto her, letting one see everything they were supposed to cover up, the slight pink of her erect nipples that poked out like headlights being visible through a shade of blue silk, but still concealing enough to keep all spectators ensnared and wishing for more.
Just the mere sight had made Feng's member stand at attention, which although Aqua could not see due to him having Plate Leg Guards on, the lustful desire in Feng's eyes as he gazed at her nearly naked body was telltale confirmation to Aqua of how effective her move was.
Though, Feng's lascivious observation only lasted for a short while, and even when Aqua got to servicing his fully grown tool after he had fully removed his equipment as well, causing Celestina to scowl and turn away from the debauchery acts taking place in the same room as her, he quickly got down to business and had Aqua report the battle's gains.
Him fulling looking away and no longer paying attention to her, however, struck Aqua the wrong way, as well as made her nervous that she wasn't doing a good enough job pleasuring him, so she immediately locked in and greatly upped her game in order to bring his gaze back to her.
Bobbing her head repeatedly with quick motions, Aqua had no excess movements in her actions as she changed the angles at which she was swallowing the large meat pole, with her tongue constantly coiling around and moving about in a vain attempt to execute Combat Techniques against the twitching beast occupying her mouth, striking several points at once and sending intense pleasurable signals down Feng's nerves.
This did work to draw Feng's eyes away from the thousands of trapped souls and back to Aqua, looking into her seductive, deep blue eyes that were intently gazing up at him in an enchanting manner, a smile crossing his lips.
Watching her polished movements as she coated his cock in saliva and feeling her aggressive sucking, brining him great pleasure, Feng patted Aqua's head as a reward for her effort. But this was far from enough to make him cum.
Aqua naturally knew this as well, so she attempted employing different strategies and techniques which she had already thought up in preparation.
Having a spectacular beauty like Aqua doing her best to pleasure their manhood would normally drive any man wild, unable to resist the temptation of shooting their seeds into her skilled mouth and down her tight throat, but Feng was no ordinary man, and he merely smiled at Aqua as he rested his chin on his palm; intent on fully enjoying her current service without nutting.
On the other hand, Aqua was determined to have a taste of Feng's milk, so she vigorously coaxed Feng's little brother using her skills, wishing for him to finish it as quickly as possible so that they could get on with the more passionate part of Feng pounding her roughly; the desires welled up inside her having begun to burst forth by the sensational contact, and Aqua not being able to stop her left hand from going below as she started rubbing her fingers against the silky panties which had already become soaked with the juices leaking from her pussy.
Realizing that wasn't going to get the job done, Aqua could only switch to something else, pulling her head back until only the tip of Feng's rod remained in her mouth, sucking on his glans while she unstrapped her bra, releasing the large melons contained within that transparent prison and causing the meat pole to twitch as Feng marveled at the sight finally fully revealed to him; not having noticed how much the teasing of mostly seeing everything but not completely or enough had taken an effect on him once he was able to admire those giant marshmallows at last.
The intense suction on the penis's head never stopped, and neither did Aqua's tongue movements while she started pushing her tits against the towering pillar, not even having to use her hands in order to properly position them due the control that Aqua could exert over any part of her body far surpassing that of a normal human, being able to individually move those huge mounds of flesh, with limited motion from the rest of her body, and perfectly sync their movements to heighten the pleasure they brought to Feng.
This did wonders to break Feng's steel nerves, his expression changing to one of pleasure, especially when Aqua's hard nipples moved up and down the long shaft, sending tingling sensations up from his rock-hard erection upon those pointy pink treats brushing against the bulging veins of his dick.
As Aqua involved her right hand into the pleasuring, using it to stroke the rod's front part which her breasts weren't reaching from this position, her skillful fingers elegantly running along his dick, Feng felt himself quickly getting closer to the edge.
Perhaps noticing his body tensing or the meat pole she was giving her undivided attention to getting harder, Aqua could tell Feng was soon going to cum, so she sped up her movements once more, swallowing more parts of his cock with her tongue twirling laps around its head, while now using both hands to increase the speed of her boobs rubbing against Feng's member as well as enveloping it some more for maximum surface coverage.
Not long after, Feng couldn't hold on anymore and shot his built up load, Aqua only pausing in bewilderment at the sudden eruption and slightly salty taste for a moment before gulping down all of Feng's sperm as she kept his convulsing spear in her mouth.
Feng soon breathed out a satisfied sigh after his orgasm ended with that euphoric feeling partially clearing from his mind, and looked down at Aqua, who still had her eyes closed. She opened them a moment later though, taking out Feng's dick from her mouth with a satisfied smile as she stood up, planning to remove her drenched panties and fill up the hole desperately crying out for some love as well by sitting down on that towering meat pole that continued to remain hard even after spraying out its seeds.
However, Feng was quicker than her, rising from his chair in an instant as she turned to lower herself onto his dick and, with his incredible aim, plunging it deep into Aqua from a standing position.
Aqua's eyes widened at the quick and unexpected intrusion of her secret cave, gasping as she felt the indecency's thickness stabbing very deep, with more than half of Feng's cock having been lodged inside of her instantaneously.
Without giving Aqua any time to recover, Feng grabbed a hold of her waist as he bent her over the desk in front of them, Aqua's bubbly ass now on full display for him as she nearly fully laid on the desk in order to support herself due to a sudden weakness plaguing her legs.
Paying no mind to Aqua losing her ability to properly stand after he had stirred up her insides, Feng pulled back a bit, a fair bit of his member leaving the tight embrace of Aqua's pussy, before returning with an even greater force and burying more of his tool into the deep dark depths.
Biting her lips, Aqua tried to restrain her voice that wished to cry out in pleasure, pushing herself off the office table with her trembling hands in order to straighten her bent back, only for them give out under her as Aqua barely managed to support her weight on her forearms after Feng had went against the gripping force of her lower lips that wished to keep his meat pole in place, unsheathing his naked sword from her tight passage and drilling deeper with an even greater push.
Her situation only worsened within a couple of seconds, Feng powerfully thrusting in quick successions and sending waves of pleasure to Aqua's mind, her urges being pummeled into fluids, with Aqua even sensing herself getting close to cumming from the brief exchange.
Only then did she realize how much of a toll her unfulfilled sexual needs were taking on her if just this was enough to push her so close towards climax, not having known her sex drive would be this large from years of suppression after finally triggering everything she had repressed.
Any resistance of Aqua's disappeared very quickly, the floods of her secret garden gushing out when Feng buried his rod into her deepest parts once again, the walls of her cave tightening even further in a vain attempt to stop his dick from moving as she climaxed; not being able to stop Feng, however, who continued pounding her cheeks with great intensity.
All of her strength seemed to get sapped out of Aqua when the hectic orgasm finally ended, nearly falling on her face after no longer being able to support herself as her entire body began to feel weak.
Feng naturally came in with the save, wrapping his arms around her, grabbing each giant tit with an opposite hand in an x across Aqua's chest, his powerful fingers digging into those soft, elastic mounds of flesh and bringing Aqua closer by tightly hugging her from behind against his chest.
His cheek clapping never stopped, though, and he continued thrusting deep inside of Aqua with unnatural speeds, Aqua unable to hold herself back at all anymore as she moaned loudly with her eyes rolling to the back of her head from pleasure.
Heightened fulfillment was the only thing she received after giving in to Feng's pounding and accepting everything wholeheartedly, and Aqua could soon feel her mind going blank while her walls started twitching and spasming, the extreme pleasure of getting her sensitive pussy destroyed making Aqua lose control and orgasming again within such a short amount of time
But Feng didn't let Aqua finish alone this time, squeezing her tits even tighter while burying the entirety of his dick inside her with a grunt and pushing against the walls of her womb as he came as well, painting her insides white and instantly filling up Aqua's virtual pussy to the brim.
Even Aqua's moans were quickly cut short by the feeling of her secret cave overflowing with Feng's jizz, the incredible sensation causing her mind to enter a higher plane of bliss.
Unfortunately, the ecstasy of cumming together with her lover in a passionate love making session passed after a bit, the exhaustion of the entire thing and need for air after not being able to catch her breath finally registering, causing Aqua to collapse on the desk and pant heavily after Feng released her from his iron grip that had left visible marks on Aqua's milky flesh and stood up straight behind her.
His little brother also calmed after ejaculating, no longer vigorously twitching even after he had been pulled out of Aqua's vagina, unplugging the stops and letting his semen flow out in large quantities.
However, Aqua soon recovered enough to slightly steady her breathing, instantly becoming eager for more, her intoxicated eyes looking lustfully at Feng after turning towards him, who was equally in the mood to fuck a whole lot more; his libido far from satisfied.
Meanwhile, off to the side, Celestina was looking out the window with a calm expression, her previously blushing face nearly recovering to its normal color after doing her best to ignore the two perverts, attempting to breath in some fresh air that wasn't stained with the smell of cum while gazing at the sceneries outside and distracting herself with happy thoughts.
Stuff like invading the human world, burning down this shitty city with a sea of flames, eradicating all the vermin infesting it, and, most of all, torturing to death the bastard who has forced her to wear a maid's outfit, before reviving him, then torturing him once more and continuing the process for all eternity.
You know, the usual.
A sudden, muffled thud against the glass next to her drew the Demon Empress's attention to the sound's source. Seeing two naked bodies entangled together and connected in more ways than one, however, instantly brought back all of her subdued notions.
Redness returning to her bewildered face, Celestina hastily took a step back to distance herself from the window while gazing in both rage and confusion at Feng and Aqua, the former pushing his blue haired beauty against the cold glass and mightily thrusting inside her dripping pussy.
Their actions greatly irked Celestina, not understanding why they've moved from their original spot and disturbed her peace. She even started to think that Feng was doing this when she was around on purpose in order to piss her off and see her reaction.
However, seeing as how they didn't mind her existence at all and were fully engrossed in each other's bodies while simply enjoying themselves, the expressions on the two humans' faces one of disconnect with the rest of the world as they indulged in their carnal desires.
This only angered Celestina more than if Feng was trying to intentionally get on her nerves, though, finding some mere mortal humans acting so blatantly in her presence and even ignoring her, the Demon Empress, who was standing right next to them.
Her not being able to do anything about it due to the contract made Celestina peeved to no end, having no other choice but to grind her teeth and endure this disrespect while the two of them unrestrainedly fucked next to her.
In spite of the Demon Goddess's valiant effects, it grew increasingly difficult very quickly to continue ignoring the humans' debauchery, the rapid sounds of flesh colliding against flesh and the female human's loud moans of extreme pleasure ringing out in Celestina's ears. Moreover, due to the short distance between her and the passionate exchange that had moved to the window, Celestina could faintly see the thing repeatedly thrusting inside of Aqua from the corner of her eye, her eyes widening as she felt that she faintly understood the reason for the sheer volume of Aqua's current moaning.
There were no more thoughts of restraining her voice inside of Aqua's mind, her melodic voice fully letting her partner know how good he was making her feel and motivating him further as he pummeled her pussy into oblivion.
Feng held Aqua up by her thick thighs against the window while she wrapped her arms around his neck and sung a tune of pleasure with each time Feng buried his naked sword into the depths of her secret cave, pushing her back against the window and moving his hips at fast speeds.
Such a heated pounding made Aqua spray out her juices before long, while Feng poured his seeds deep inside of her at the sensation of his member being squished by Aqua's tight insides which spasmed upon orgasming and twitched in response to getting filled up with cum.
Originally, Aqua had thought they'd move to another spot after taking a quick breather, but Feng suddenly lowered her to the ground immediately after climaxing, still partially holding up Aqua, whose knees had gone weak by this point, and spinning her around.
Pushing from the back, Feng's tool reentered Aqua's sacred garden with great force, causing a surprised yelp, that instantly turned into an ecstatic moan from the beauty as she felt her front be pressed against the glass surface.
She raised no complaints though, merely retracting slightly from the cold surface so her face wasn't squished up on it, still feeling great pleasure from her pussy walls getting stretched apart from another angle and letting out a symphony of moans.
A moment later, when her misty eyes gazed in front of her, at the outside world, Aqua was suddenly reminded of how windows work... being a translucent opening that one could see through from both sides in and out of the room separated by the glass.
Aqua's entire body froze and tensed, while the euphoric moans got caught in her throat as she stared out the window, a few stories down at the crowd of players, some Zero Wing members going in and out of the Guild Residence as they went about their business, some independent players that wished to try their luck in an attempt to join White River City's number one Guild, and a rare few guild representatives who wished to negotiate with Zero Wing for a partnership.
Mortification overwhelmed Aqua at the thought of getting seen in her current situation by the well over a thousand people currently standing below the window, who had all most likely heard her extravagant moaning with how loud she had been.
Scanning the crowd with her powerful senses, though, Aqua noticed no one seemed to be paying any attention to the high-up window she was being fucked behind, everyone moving along as if they couldn't see anything happening in the office.
That brief moment of pause caused Aqua to receive an even harder penetration which made her press on the window's surface even further, her large breasts flattening against it along with the rest of her soft, voluptuous flesh.
Completely unable to resist the force with which she was being flattened by Feng's mighty thrusts, Aqua could only submit to his pounding and readily accept the rod messing up her pussy, which was already overflowing with jizz.
Her moaning only grew louder, and with greater tenacity, the more time passed as her cunt got pounded, while the lingering thought of someone possibly seeing what they were doing and her current messed up state, with her mouth wide from moaning out loud so much and her tongue sticking out, unable to stop her drool from flowing and staining the clear glass, only served to excite Aqua even further.
Of course, there was no chance anybody on the outside could see the ongoing pounding in the office, as Feng had changed the system settings beforehand to the windows being only one way transparent, making sure no one could possibly spy on them. Though, Aqua didn't know that at the moment and was too preoccupied with pleasure to conclude what Feng had done.
Exhilaration overwhelmed Aqua's mind and senses, no longer caring if she was or by who she was heard or seen, releasing all her pent up feelings and desires in one swift go before this cloud nine state passed and she became too embarrassed or unsure to unleash it and indulge in such an amazing moment of pure bliss.
"Ahhh~♡! This-Ah♡ Ahh~♡! Yesss aH ♡ AHhh~♡! I love it♡! Ahh~♡! The way it- ahh♡ feels~♡! AhHH~♡! I LOVE it♡! Ahhhhh~♡! I LOVE YOU FENG♡! AHHHH~♡!"
Feng suddenly froze for a moment, taken by surprise at Aqua's words, not having expected her to come out with it right now despite knowing full well how she felt.
His momentary pause in wrecking Aqua's insides ended as soon as it began, feeling his built up load rushing to the tip during the incredibly intimate moment, Feng hugged Aqua tightly from behind and pressed himself against her soft body as much as he could, burying the entirety of his rod deep inside and making Aqua let out a squealing moan at the walls of her womb getting stretched and filled up with hot sperm, while he bit down passionately on Aqua's snowy neck as a response to her honest confession in place of the words that he wasn't sure if he was capable of saying.
They stayed like that in blissful silence for a passionate while with Feng still inside of Aqua, before they both simultaneously exhaled and started breathing haggardly, seemingly out of breath from the intense love making session.
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A snap of fingers right in front of her face awoke Celestina, who seemed to have been in deep, bewildered thought, from her absentmindedness, when she noticed Feng standing in front of her, now fully clothed with his black armor back on, and giving her a funny look.
That's when the Demon Empress noticed that she had gotten distracted, occupied with complex thoughts, at some point during the two humans' fucking, while standing less than two two yards from them after they had moved their lewd movements and position changing.
Meanwhile despite their close proximity, she had only taken a step away, not wanting to seem like she was embarrassed by them doing such a thing, or give her contractor any more power over her actions than he already has without even utilizing the power of the contract; as well as finding what they had been doing both too awkward and enthralling, not exactly having been sure how to react to what they were doing at all.
Naturally, being a Goddess surpassing most Primordial God-ranked beings who has lived for eons, mating wasn't something new to the Demon Empress, whose race was comprised of several types of creatures with lustful tendencies, so she wasn't exactly unfamiliar with the process even if she had never indulged in such activities herself.
Celestina had witnessed plenty of such vulgar things during her long life, between both willing and unwilling participants, the act taking many different forms with countless methods.
However, this had been different.
From her memories, the only type of sex she knew of was for the purpose of creating offsprings, simple pleasure and fulfilling carnal desires, as well as the occasional revenge rape, but what Celestina had seen between her contractor and the blue haired woman was something entirety else.
The raw passion, unmasked emotions and display of affection was unlike anything the Demon Empress had thought was possible to exist between two living beings; their love making not only done for pleasure, without any ulterior motives.
Moreover, the way the female human screamed out in pleasure was not something normal or a reaction one should have no matter how amazing the sex was, but Celestina also new it wasn't some fake act, as she could sense the genuine feelings of absolute delight from her voice. After thinking about it for a while, the only conclusion she could arrive at was that the girl's state of immense pleasure was that aside from the physical satisfaction from how good the pounding she was received felt, the main source was having sex with that man in and of itself.
In spite of realizing that, Celestina still couldn't really comprehend how something that simple could cause the female human to release such melodic sounds that left any listener blushing, the Demon Empress herself being no exception, as well as cause her to say those words packed with an incredibly intense emotion she had never seen before.
That thought, along with her seeing the thing going in and out of the human girl, which was the catalyst for her moaning so much and showing such an erotic expression, led to the Demon Goddess's mind being occupied with speculations of how good that could have actually felt, and how it had caused the human expert, who seemed to have been a cold aloof woman by the observations Celestina had made, to fall into such a humiliating state.
While contemplating all that, Celestina had zoned out and failed to notice Feng and Aqua finish up their session after resting for a bit, get dressed, with Aqua leaving to settle things with the obtained equipment while Feng stayed to finish his plans with the Demon Empress. Only, even after he had called out to her, Celestina showed no reaction, with her face still very red and eyes swirling with embarrassing thoughts.
Seeing her in such deep brooding and her complex expression, Feng could guess what was going through the Demon Goddess's mind, and although he had a simple, jovial smile, he was inwardly grinning, feeling that his plan for the operation is beginning to take place.
A person's thoughts, actions, outlook on the world, state of mind, what was normal or moral, as well as overall behavior are influenced, often dictated, by their environment and the people around them.
Currently, even though Celestina is a Primordial Demon Goddess, she has been sealed in the Pandemonium Lashblade for several eras, with completely zero contact with the outside world, having lost all feeling of interacting with the world and social norms, which were no longer the same as she remembered.
Appearing in a different and unfamiliar world after so long, Celestina was much like a person who had spent a long time in a coma or away from civilization, unsure of how to exactly go about their situation and just going along with what seemed like the most obvious course of action.
With Feng constantly having sex wantonly around her and intentionally having her watch, the Demon Empress's previous assumption when Feng and Aqua had moved to the window next to her being spot on with his actions definitely being deliberate, except him hiding it very well and becoming too engrossed in passion and Aqua to care or think about it mid way, Celestina's thoughts, over some time, are bound to warp into it being the norm and get used to sex happening, as well as musing about herself becoming involved when the desires buried deep inside her, which she didn't even know existed, get unsealed upon being exposed to so much perverse and erotic scenes after having spent an untold amount of time all alone, with no distractions from her building up urges.
Of course, it wouldn't be that simple or easy, and this was still far from enough for Feng's operation to be successful, but it would sow some seeds in the Demon Goddess's mind, which Feng would water over time and bring to fruition.
"Did you say something?" Celestina snapped out of her daze and tried asking calmly, pretending that she hadn't been thinking about anything dirty just now, not knowing that her faintly blushed cheeks and the glare in her eyes having decreased significantly was a clear indication to Feng of her current condition and thought process.
"You're capable of absorbing Immortal Souls, right?" Though, he didn't probe further and simply went on with business.
"Yes, there are no problems with them, since I can consume all soul matter and energy. The Immortal Souls of you heaven-blessed are no exception." Puffing out her twin peaks slightly, the Demon Empress spoke with slight pride in her voice, as other than special beings like Soul Devourers, most other creatures weren't capable of absorbing the Immortal Souls created by the Heavens, or at least not fully like she was able to strip them down completely of all their contents.
"Good," Confirming Celestina's current capabilities, Feng nodded to her "Bring out the Soul Collection Array."
Doing as she was told, the demon girl made the Array filled with the souls of Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's members appear again, while Feng positioned his hand with the Spirit Seal in the dark grey barrier as a faint blue glow appeared in his eyes. A moment later, the 9,000 or so souls within the Soul Collection Array got sucked into the Spirit Seal.
Although the amount Sharlyn had told him to get for the Immortal Crown was 10,000 Immortal Souls, that wasn't the limit, and the Spirit Seal she had placed on him was capable of absorbing a much larger amount, so Feng could use it to store the souls of all the players he killed that met the conditions for absorption.
It was also why Feng has yet to turn in the quest despite having collected enough souls long ago, as the Spirit Seal would no longer be affective after the quest was completed.
Though, since he only needed ten thousand Immortal Souls to complete the Immortal Crown Quest, Feng naturally wasn't going to just waste all the extra souls he had expended effort into gathering, but as he currently had no uses for them, Feng had decided to feed them to Celestina in order to increase her strength further.
This was also the purpose for them setting up the Soul Collection Array in the first place; aside from crippling Nine Dragons Emperor's forces, of course.
The only unfortunate part was this type of absorption wouldn't help in upgrading his Basic Tyrant title, as only collecting Immortal Souls from players which he killed himself counted for it. However that didn't matter much to Feng at the moment, since it was only ten thousand or so souls, while he could, and will, get many more at any time he wanted the manual way.
"What about the souls of the creatures I've slain with your human comrades? Since they are still inside of me and I can't take them out, how are you going to help me absorb them?" The maid demon suddenly brought up another matter of her recovering her strength.
Previously, Feng had her join Zero Wing's Main Force when they went out to hunt powerful monsters, and according to their contract, had agreed to help her with the absorption of creatures' souls once she got back, telling her to just collect them before then using an ability of hers that allows her to store souls within her own for some time.
She could also absorb them through such a method herself, but since even the strongest of these souls were merely at Tier 4, the recovery she'd obtain from them using her technique would be nearly nonexistent, so Celestina had to have Feng utilize his weird technique, which she hadn't been able to figure out how it even works yet, to assist her in the absorption for the maximum benefits.
Until now, though, all the souls Feng gave her were ones he either extracted from the Pandemonium Lashblade's storage, or directly feeding her after killing a monster. However, these souls were currently inside of her, and Celestina was unsure if he would still be capable of controlling them like he has done before, while she wasn't able to take them out without proper tools and conditions.
"There's no problem. The procedure is just slightly more complicated in this case." Feng dismissed the Demon Empress's concerns, knowing it didn't matter where the souls were, since he'd be capable of interacting with them no matter the circumstances as long as they haven't shattered beyond his ability to sense or hold great power.
Seeing him so confident, Celestina merely nodded and no longer questioned his abilities. She was about to ask what's the first step, when Feng suddenly walked up to her and placed a hand on her chest.
Celestina's eyes widened when she noticed his hand placement, memories of how he had groped the blue haired female human flooding into her mind, and she was about to throw out a Tier 4 Taboo Skill at him in rage, when she suddenly felt something grab ahold of her soul, freezing the Demon Goddess in place.
Taking a better look at her contractor, she noticed his eyes were currently closed while a concentrated look permeated on his face. Simultaneously, Celestina faintly sensed some kind of energy enter her body and wrap around her pitch-black soul, which had caused the demon beauty to be unable to move her body due to its nature as something created through her soul using the Spectral Animacell.
"Relax and don't resist." Without opening his eyes or addressing Celestina's obvious discomfort and concerns over his hand that was placed on top of her breast, just over where her heart should be, Feng ordered, needing the demon to not put up a fight against his invasion of her soul.
Although his Soul Perception ability was powerful and would allow him to easily shatter the Demon Empress's soul at any moment due to having a hold of it, as well as cause her unimaginable pain using it, this was something a bit more complicated that required him spreading his soul energy throughout her soul in order to grab a hold of the collected monster souls and turn them into soul energy ready to be absorbed by Celestina's soul.
If she, who was still a fragment of a Primordial God's soul, were to put up a fight and resist his energy while it was inside her, it would create complications and make the entire thing more difficult for him, while there was also a risk of the soul energy not properly fusing due to her resisting.
Hesitantly obeying, the Demon Goddess ignored Feng's hand, only slightly blushing, and focused on going along with the absorption process.
Soon, all the souls Celestina had gathered over the last two days were turned into soul energy and absorbed by her soul, recovering a very small portion of it and increasing the Demon Empress's strength by a small margin, but Feng wasn't done just yet.
A glow appeared on his hand that was still on top of Celestina's breast as the Spirit Seal lit up, before Feng controlled the seventy thousand or so souls inside of it, after he had transferred the ones Black Flame had collected to himself as well, to flow out and into Celestina's soul, turning them all into energy to strengthen his demon maid.
This took fairly longer than the previous round of soul absorption, as the quantity was much much higher even though they were a bit of a lower quality.
Upon completion, the Demon Empress had recovered even more strength, and she let out a breath of air when she felt Feng transform the last of those seventy thousand souls and finish the process, sensing the special power of heaven-blessed individuals' Immortal Souls boosting the recovery of her soul, each soul of a Tier 0 heaven-blessed person being the equivalent of a Great Lord's soul, while most of the Tier 1s' were around that of a Grand Lord.
Feng opened his eyes, the blue glow in them disappearing after emptying out the Spirit Seal of all the souls he had collected up until now and having to gather more once again to finish the Immortal Crown Quest, but he didn't really care about that now, as he knew there would be plenty of opportunities to get lots in the future.
Though, he didn't immediately move from his position, the hand with the Spirit Seal on it trailing down a bit, now the melon he had been touching fully in his grasp instead of his hand just resting on top of Celestina's bosom, before giving it a firm squeeze, feeling up the elasticity worthy of being wielded by a Primordial God as his fingers dug into the pair of breasts, ones larger than even Aqua's and the biggest Feng has had the pleasure of cupping, which were being brought out to their most by the tight maid outfit.
In response, the originally calm and relaxed Celestina instantly flared up by the rough touch of her contractor, feeling her breasts, which had never before been violated like this, send a weird tingling signal throughout her body upon being squeezed by Feng.
"Alright, we're done for today. You can go back to doing whatever you had previously been up to," Having satisfied his curiosity and dirty mind, Feng removed his hand from the Demon Empress's bountiful assets and casually told Celestina as he walked away, when he seemed to have remembered something and ordered "Oh, and clean up my office while you're still here."
Following which, Feng simply walked out of the room and went to his forging room in the Candlelight Trading Firm, leaving behind a dumbfounded and enraged Primordial Demon Goddess.
Celestina had given Feng the benefit of the doubt and thought that maybe he was doing something else for the process of soul absorption that she didn't know about, which was why she hadn't immediately lashed out at him for groping her.
But after the sensation from her tits disappeared upon Feng releasing them from his clutches and she didn't sense any difference, the Demon Empress immediately realized that was not the case at all, and that this bastard was just using the convenient chance to feel her up.
If that wasn't bad enough, his casual remark as if he hadn't just completely disrespected her as both a Demon God and a woman served to push Celestina's anger to new levels, yet he didn't even give her a chance to respond as he just calmly walked away, as if he didn't care about her opinion at all, and even gave her a chore to do.
Even though she was so enraged, there was no one to take her anger out on after Feng had left without her being able to let her anger be known by that bastard who didn't treat her with a single ounce of respect and just ordered her around like a slave.
This blatant disrespect and disregard was an insult to her pride and dignity, something that left her seething in anger, an act she definitely couldn't let slide, a painful torture for the rest of eternity no longer being a good enough punishment for what he's done.
...But then, when he did that, why did it feel so... hot?
As soon as the depraving thought appeared in her mind, Celestina instantly shook it away, not believing something like that even crossed her mind.
Having gotten distracted by the mess in her head and calmed for a second, the demon maid suddenly sensed the contract's power being activated after she had not begun following the order given to her by the contractor, enlisting a pressure on her soul and a reminder of the order Feng had left for her while leaving.
Gritting her teeth at being treated like an actual maid and being left to clean up the mess those two had left from their intense love making session, Celestina turned to get on with it and just be done, when a thought occurred to her.
An idea for a small revenge came to the Demon Empress's mind, and with a faint smile, Mana began to gather around her as a blood-red Magic Array appeared on the office room's ceiling.
Since her contractor hadn't specified how he wanted the room to be cleaned, Celestina could improvise.
Tier 3 Spell, Blood Flood!
A huge amount of blood started pouring out of the Magic Array, filling up the small office in a matter of seconds.
When there was no more room in the office for the additional blood which kept flowing out of the red Magic Array, cracks began to appear on the floor, walls, ceiling, door and windows; the infrastructure of a mere 2-Star Guild Residence not being able to endure the might of a Tier 3 Spell.
Inside the office overfilling with blood, Celestina stood under a defensive spell that stopped any of the liquid from reaching her, feeling slightly better, and was about to intensify the Spell's power even further to make sure with certainty that the room was nice and clean as her master had instructed, there being no office in the first place making sure it couldn't be dirty, when she suddenly lost all control over her body and Mana.
With Celestina no longer controlling or powering it, the Blood Flood Spell instantly dissipated and the blood flow stopped, while the murky fluid which filled the office disintegrated along with it.
Knowing that Feng had taken notice of what was happening in his office and had used the contract's power to stop her cleansing of the passionate session's aftermath, the Demon Empress merely clicked her tongue in annoyance at not managing to at least completely destroy the room, before leaving Zero Wing's Guild Residence and going back to hunting for souls of powerful creatures.
Either way, the order she had been given has been fulfilled, as let alone the mess Feng and Aqua had made, there was nothing remaining in the room anymore, so she was free to do what she wanted until Feng called for her again.
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Time passed slowly.
On the day after the great battle...
The atmosphere surrounding White River City was no longer oppressive like before, and many players on the streets had begun talking about yesterday's war.
"Damn! I can't believe that, while I was at work during the day, the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion was actually defeated!"
"I know right? Zero Wing is OP now. If even a super-first-rate Guild is helpless against it, it would be even more impossible for other Guilds."
"It is a huge pity that you did not get to watch that battle. That Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion really deserves its title as a super-first-rate Guild. The number of experts they sent over yesterday could easily overwhelm any first-rate Guild! However, Zero Wing still came out on top!"
"Now that Zero Wing has defeated the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion, it will definitely become even more powerful in the future. I heard that Zero Wing has begun mass recruitment again. I failed their test the last time. I wonder if I can pass it this time?"
"Previously, I thought about trying to join a Super Guild. Now, however, it seems that there won't be a need to do so. I'll go with you to apply for the test."
The independent players filling the streets and alleyways of White River City talked fervently about Zero Wing, a fire of anticipation burning in their eyes.
These players felt proud just thinking about residing in the same city as Zero Wing, a Guild capable of defeating the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion. Compared to those flamboyant first-rate Guilds, Zero Wing was far more powerful.
In reality, such a reaction wasn't limited to just the players of White River City. The independent players of many other cities, other kingdoms even, began migrating to White River City one after another, every one of them hoping to join Zero Wing.
Normally, the Guilds involved in a Guild War would have to undergo a protracted recovery before they could regain their peak.
However, after Zero Wing's miraculous victory over the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion, its prestige throughout the entire Star-Moon Kingdom soared. At this moment, not even the few first-rate Guilds based in Star-Moon Kingdom were a match for it.
As a result, a large number of independent players swarmed to White River City in order to join Zero Wing.
In no time at all, Zero Wing went from being an ordinary Guild with 50,000 members to a large Guild with over 80,000 members. Moreover, this was after Zero Wing increased the difficulty of its recruitment test. Most importantly, this number was still rising rapidly, with no signs of slowing down at all. Zero Wing's development speed rendered the various large Guilds in Star-Moon Kingdom speechless.
Currently, Zero Wing could already be described using the term "overcrowded."
All of this was a result of Zero Wing's future becoming limitless.
Previously, although Zero Wing had attracted quite a lot of attention due to its various feats, at the end of the day, it was merely another small Guild that was a dime a dozen in God's Domain. It was an existence that would disappear in an instant should it accidentally anger a large Guild. Hence, when independent players were choosing a Guild to join, the first ones they would consider were definitely those large Guilds instead of Zero Wing.
Now, however, the situation had changed. Firstly, Zero Wing was already an existence that did not need to fear any other Guild. Secondly, the treatment and benefits Zero Wing provided surpassed even those of first-rate Guilds. Thirdly, there were all sorts of top-tier equipment available in the Guild's Warehouse. Just looking at the wide array of equipment would make one drool. Not to mention, the Guild Residence also had a large number of Private Rooms available for rent.
Whether it was in terms of leveling speed or equipment upgrading speed, Zero Wing was much faster than every other Guild.
With so many advantages, everyone would naturally hope to join Zero Wing.
"Aren't you guys being too arrogant?! You defeated the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion's raid only once! Among the large number of independent teams out there, the combat power of our Flying Eagles team is definitely ranked above average! We will be highly valued even if we join a first-rate Guild! Yet, now that we are trying to join Zero Wing, only two of the ten of us managed to pass your test! Aren't you looking down on us a little too much?!" a Level 24 Guardian Knight demanded angrily.
"That's right! We hurried over to this place from far away and have spent a lot of money on teleportation fees, all because we want to join Zero Wing! Can't you lower the difficulty of the test by just a little bit?" a Level 23 Ranger complained.
At the recruitment hall inside Zero Wing's Residence, many players were voicing their discontent over Zero Wing's recruitment test.
Though, no one cared for the complaints of weaklings who couldn't pass the test, and they were all ignored.
---
While a sea of players was applying to join Zero Wing, the situation on the Candlelight Trading Firm's side was also getting out of hand.
Currently, White River City was flourishing. It was no longer inferior to Star-Moon City. Moreover, during this period of time, the Candlelight Trading Firm had begun selling equipment in large quantities, enjoying great popularity from the public. As for the Threading Trading Firm, it had already been left in the dust by now.
Inside the lively Candlelight Trading Firm, the various large Guilds that had originally been planning to take advantage of Zero Wing's misfortune had all gathered here once again. This time, however, no one displayed the arrogance they had before, and they were all following the rules of the Trading Firm to the letter.
"Guild Leader, do you really think Black Flame will be willing to meet us this time?" Purple Eye asked as she looked at Galaxy Past.
"Since he has opened a trading firm, he will naturally want to do business. However, I am also not sure of Black Flame's personality. Previously, he challenged the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion without hesitation. This time, he might really ignore us outright," Galaxy Past laughed bitterly. "If I had known things would end up like this, I would have followed in Gentle Snow's footsteps before. I heard that Gentle Snow managed to purchase quite a number of Intermediate Mana Armor Kits, and they have long since made preparations to raid 50-man large-scale Team Dungeons."
Not only had the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion suffered a crushing defeat, but the entirety of the War Dragon Legion, Heavenly Dragon pavilion's main force, was annihilated, and even Nine Dragons Emperor, who wasn't even on the battlefield, didn't manage to escape from White River City alive. Moreover, from what he had heard, none of the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion's players who died in battle had been able to log into God's Domain ever since the war. If even the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion ended up in such a state, ordinary first-rate Guilds like them stood no chance against Zero Wing at all. Now, the only thing they could do was wait.
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Shortly after, Melancholic Smile entered Black Flame's forging room.
"Guild Leader, many upper managers from first-rate Guilds have come to the Candlelight Trading Firm. This time, they wish to meet and have a proper discussion with you. When will you have the time to do so?" Melancholic Smile asked softly.
"They're finally here?" Black Flame stopped what he was doing, saying, "Looks like we'll finally start achieving one of the main goals for starting up this entire thing."
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Frosty Thread's Guild Residence:
Frosty Thread's upper echelons currently filled the magnificent meeting room.
Every one of them wore depressed expressions.
Sitting at the head of the table, Feng Xuanyang appeared utterly defeated.
Zero Wing's victory over the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion had dealt a psychological blow to every member of Frosty Thread.
Originally, nobody had believed that Zero Wing could survive the great war against the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion.
Now, however, Zero Wing was like the sun at high noon, and, as a result of this depressing situation, many Frosty Thread members in White River City had begun withdrawing from Frosty Thread.
---
"Why do I have such bad luck? Back in the day, I had been adamant about joining Overwhelming Smile. If I had known something like this would happen, I would've remained in Zero Wing. At the very least, I would have been a party leader there by now."
"I know, right? Even being a normal member would be fine, not to mention being a party leader!"
Many of Frosty Thread's members, former deserters of Zero Wing who had been in Overwhelming Smile before it had been forced to disband, resting in the Guild Residence chatted among themselves. At this moment, the players that had defected from Zero Wing regretted their decision.
It was especially true when they saw the Zero Wing members who had been less-skilled when they left that could now defeat them easily.
After only half a day, more than 5,000 Frosty Thread members in White River City had withdrawn from the Guild due to Zero Wing's recruitment. One could just imagine how huge of a blow this was to Frosty Thread. However, the most damaging aspect was that more players considered defecting as time passed; even some of Frosty Thread's middle managers began to express such inclinations.
---
"Do any of you have any ideas of what we can do about this?" Feng Xuanyang asked as he swept his gaze around the meeting room.
However, none of the upper managers in the room answered Feng Xuanyang's question. They remained silent. It was not because they did not wish to answer Feng Xuanyang. Rather, they simply did not know what to say.
Before this, their Guild had recruited players in bulk and had even poached plenty of elite players from Zero Wing. Even now, their Guild's member count greatly surpassed Zero Wing. However, when it came to an actual fight, they realized that having the advantage of numbers was of little to no use.
Currently, whether it was in terms of Levels or equipment, Frosty Thread was no match for Zero Wing at all. Even its momentum was significantly slower than Zero Wing's.
What could they do in such a situation?
The only silver lining was that they were no longer in an active war against Zero Wing, but with them trying to compete with the monstrous guild over White River City and its resources, a repeat of what happened to Overwhelming Smile was bound to occur.
If they continued this fight, they would eventually have to disband another Guild.
"A bunch of rubbish! Why do I even need you here?!" Feng Xuanyang bellowed as he abruptly slammed his hand onto the table.
Everyone in the room involuntarily lowered their heads, not daring to utter a single word.
"This won't do! I can't let things end just like this! Since the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion has suffered defeat, it will definitely try to restore its reputation. Think of a way to make contact with the Pavilion!" Feng Xuanyang said, a bloody glow flashing in his eyes. Angrily, he declared, "If Underworld and the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion join hands, I refuse to believe that we can't annihilate Zero Wing!"
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Meanwhile, in the Candlelight Trading Firm's first-floor reception hall:
The upper managers of various large Guilds had waited, unattended, for a long time now. This time, however, none of them dared to complain.
Suddenly, the doors to the reception hall opened. Everyone inside the room turned their gazes towards the entrance, discovering Black Flame and Melancholic Smile entering the hall leisurely.
Immediately, the upper managers of the various large Guilds went up to Black Flame and greeted him with friendly expressions on their faces. Their current attitude was completely different from what it had been in the past.
"I already know what your goal is by coming here. I can indeed sell you some Intermediate Mana Armor Kits. However, I have two conditions. If you aren't interested in my proposal, then you may just leave," Black Flame said straightforwardly, showing no signs of appreciation for everyone's compliments.
"Hahaha! Guild Leader Black Flame, please, don't hold back! No one will complain even if you have ten conditions, much less two!" Galaxy Past said, laughing.
"Right, right! Guild Leader Black Flame, tell us what your conditions are! As long as it is within our capabilities, we will do it!" the Branch Leader of Emperor's Light followed up.
The importance of Intermediate Mana Armor Kits to Dungeon raids was extraordinary.
Currently, although the various large Guilds present no longer had many problems raiding 20-man Team Dungeons, 50-man Team Dungeons were still forbidden lands for them.
Meanwhile, it was precisely because Gentle Snow had managed to obtain a large number of Intermediate Mana Armor Kits beforehand that she had gained the confidence to begin raiding a 50-man Team Dungeon.
Ignoring all else, just the Level 25 Fine-Gold Equipment and Set Equipment one could obtain already made a 50-man Team Dungeons quite attractive to Guilds. Not to mention, there were also various rare materials, forging designs, and other items.
In God's Domain, if a Guild wished to surpass others, what did they need?
Wasn't it equipment?
If one likened a 20-man Dungeon to a treasure chest, then a 50-man Team Dungeon was a mountain of treasure.
Meanwhile, the Intermediate Mana Armor Kit was the key to reaching this treasure mountain.
Naturally, the various large Guilds present wished to obtain this key. Even if they had to pay a price, they could easily earn it all back from the Dungeons. Hence, the various large Guilds were very eager to obtain the kits.
"My conditions are very simple. Firstly, your guilds will have to sell a certain amount of materials to the Candlelight Trading Firm at 80% of the market price. Secondly, you will purchase each Intermediate Mana Armor Kit for either 400 Magic Crystals, or 5 Gold Coins and 200 Magic Crystals." Black Flame said with a tone that left no room for negotiations.
Players could easily obtain Magic Crystals from any Dungeon. Only, the amount one could obtain varied with each Dungeon.
A Party Dungeon would drop very few pieces, while Team Dungeons would drop a little more.
Currently, each Magic Crystal sold for around two or three Silver.
The reason for such a low price was mainly due to the fact that Magic Crystals had few uses. They were normally only used in alchemy processes. However, as Guilds usually kept the Magic Crystals they obtained in their Warehouses, it was not easy to purchase them on the market. Hence, Feng intended to trade for them.
With a rough calculation, each Intermediate Mana Armor Kit would come to a total cost of 10 Gold. This price was twice as high as the Candlelight Trading Firm sold them for.
"Okay! No problem!"
"Hahaha! Guild Leader Black Flame, I have no issues with these conditions! I wonder how many kits Guild Leader Black Flame is willing to sell?"
The various Guild representatives immediately revealed joyous smiles. Although having to sell their precious materials to Candlelight would indeed cost them, especially at just 80% of the market price, it would be worth it for the Intermediate Mana Armor Kits.
Not to mention, with the Candlelight Trading Firm around, very few of them will have a need for most of those materials, since no one was going to buy from their own Trading Firms, and the amount they don't sell to Candlelight would be enough for their own purposes and minimal needs of their Shops so that they could continue making money from them.
Also, with the strength Zero Wing had shown during the fight against the Heavenly Dragon Pavilion, the various guild representatives knew Black Flame could simply take the materials forcefully if he wanted to, so they didn't hesitate to agree.
As for the trade being done using Magic Crystals, that was even less of a problem.
Currently, although the Candlelight Trading Firm sold the Intermediate Mana Armor Kit for 5 Gold per kit, on the black market, however, they cost more than 10 Gold each. Even then, the demand for the kits still outstripped the supply. Now, they could buy the kits directly for 10 Gold each.
Immediately, the upper managers of the various large Guilds began voicing their requested volume.
"I want 120 kits!"
"I want 300 kits!"
"I want 150!"
...
Every one of these upper managers could not help but wish they could empty the Candlelight Trading Firm's stock of Intermediate Mana Armor Kits. Among them, the Star Alliance was the richest, with Galaxy Past purchasing 500 kits in one go.
Black Flame directly handed them the ordered amount of Intermediate Mana Armor Kits, selling around 5,000 or so in total, nearly all of which had been purchased using the 400 Magic Crystal option, the various guilds not having many uses for their stockpiled Magic Crystals gathered from raiding dungeons and being more than happy to trade them for the kits, saving their precious Gold Coins, of which there was never enough of, in the process.
This has been one of Feng's main goals from the beginning, earning a huge amount of Magic Crystals from the guilds who had large amounts of them and still nothing important to use them on at the moment.
Of course, these First-rate Guilds and below were merely the appetizers, while Feng's true targets were the Super Guilds of God's Domain who had huge amounts of Magic Crystals piled in their Warehouses and would be willing to buy thousands of the Intermediate Mana Armor Kits, using them in order to gain a lead against their competitors.
The guild representatives soon left with jovial moods after signing the contract to sell their materials to the Candlelight Trading Firm, having no idea how much Black Flame had just screwed them out of thousands of Magic Crystals that would soon become extremely valuable, happily sending their subordinates to ship the crystals over to Candlelight.
In just a short moment, Black Flame had easily earned over 2,000,000 Magic Crystals.
Of course, this profit did not come without a price, as he had spent a portion of their Intermediate Mana Armor Kit stock.
"Go and receive the Magic Crystals that those Guilds have sent. Also, begin purchasing Magic Crystals as much as you can. No need to act discrete any more, but don't be too obvious either." Black Flame ordered Melancholic after they all left, feeling it was the right time to start acquiring as many Magic Crystals as possible before the next system update.
After the third evolution of God's Domain, and the emergence of the Divine Colosseum, Magic Crystals would become truly valuable.
Prior to God's Domain's third update, in both the first and second timeline, everyone had treated Magic Crystals like garbage as, at the time, only certain items required Magic Crystals to produce. Moreover, these items required very few to produce. Hence, players would normally celebrate if they managed to sell the Magic Crystals they had obtained.
However, nobody could have imagined that, the moment the Divine Colosseum opened, the prices of Magic Crystals would instantly soar by over six times.
The Divine Colosseum allowed players to examine their strength, and it allowed players to undergo training provided by the system to improve their weaknesses. Moreover, one could also obtain rewards from battles in the Divine Colosseum. The Divine Colosseum also had many other functions.
Due to the emergence of the Divine Colosseum, the players of God's Domain had obtained a systematic promotion ladder that allowed them to become experts quickly. Hence, the Divine Colosseum had been very popular among players.
Players were required to pay a fee in order to use the Divine Colosseum. However, one could not use Coins to make payments at the Colosseum, but Magic Crystals instead. Hence, prices of Magic Crystals skyrocketed upon the emergence of the Divine Colosseum. Even after a decade in the first timeline, Magic Crystals were still a powerful currency. They were worth as much as gold in reality.
Otherwise, Feng would not have foolishly used Intermediate Mana Armor Kits to trade for Magic Crystals.
If possible, Feng wished to turn all the Coins in his possession into Magic Crystals. By the time the Divine Colosseum activated, the current Gold in his hands would immediately become multiple millions of Gold Coins.
However, there weren't really enough sellers for that, and until now, in order to avoid attracting suspicion, he could only purchase them slowly and secretly.
"Right away, Guild Leader. I'll send people to purchase them from all across God's Domain in bulk!" Melancholic Smile nodded and departed from the reception hall.
Black Flame returned to his Forging Room afterwards and continued with making Intermediate Mana Armor Kits for over a day, along with Feng, who did not rest or log out of the game at all, as the two of them ceaselessly forged the Intermediate Mana Armor Kits.
The only pity was that neither of them got any Forging Proficiency from making the Intermediate Mana Armor Kits after becoming Master Forgers, nor were they rewarded any by their Creation Goddess's Blessings, since the only way they be granted extra Proficiency Points was if they forged items that had a chance of giving them points normally; which the Intermediate Mana Armor Kits didn't qualify for any longer.
During this period, both Zero Wing and the Candlelight Trading Firm developed rapidly. It was especially true for Zero Wing. The Guild's member count had finally broken past the 100,000 threshold, and it could finally be considered a large Guild in the truest sense.
As for the other Guilds, they had also begun their competition over 50-man Team Dungeons.
To no one's surprise, Zero Wing was the first to clear the Hard Mode of the 50-man Team Dungeon, while no other guild had even managed to defeat the dungeon's First Boss yet.
While Black Flame busied himself with Intermediate Mana Armor Kits, Melancholic once again entered and interrupted his work, brining news.
"Guild Leader, Phoenix Rain is here, and wishes to hand you an item personally. She says that this item will be a huge help to you, and if you do not take a look at it, you will regret it in the future."
"She's quicker than expected, but this will allow me to push things forward, so it's even better." Black Flame stopped his forging after hearing Melancholic's words, before tiding up and leaving.
After entering the reception room, Black Flame noticed the person who had come to meet with him this time.
The girl with fiery-orange hair, who approached him slowly, was Phoenix Rain, the Fourth Vice Guild Leader of the previous timeline's Zero Wing, currently one of the Dragon-Phoenix Pavilion's Pavilion Masters.
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1. New name I thought of for Feng's Soul Manipulation ability, but haven't decided on it. Might go back to previous chapters and change all mentions of it to the new name.
