That was right. This monster siege had exposed Misty Pavilion's biggest problem—too few players.
Perhaps defending Wushuang City alone would not be a problem at all. They could even abandon Luoshui Town and Haoyue City and still hold Wushuang City and Tianxia City. However, those were not their only two Guild Headquarters. Luoshui Town would likely fall into their hands in the future, and there were also several tourist cities. If a monster siege occurred, they would also need to defend system cities. Their manpower would be stretched thin.
Fortunately, the hive gave them some additional defensive strength. They also knew that recruiting players could not be about quantity alone; quality mattered as well. They could only continue adhering to the principle of choosing quality over quantity.
"Of course." San Mei Shi said, then shifted her tone. "However, we can slightly increase our recruitment efforts within those principles. Send more people to assist Xing Qi Yi and the others, and recruitment will go faster."
Breaking Waves Riding Wind nodded. Then she looked into the distance. "Fortunately, the monster siege is over now. The next one should be a long time away. We should be able to recruit quite a few players during that time, which will make up for our manpower shortage. Before then, we should also obtain more Recruitment Tokens. System NPCs are quite strong, and they cost far less than recruiting players. It's just that we can't take NPCs with us to conquer territory."
"I have a suggestion." June Flying Snow suddenly said. Without waiting for anyone to speak, she continued, "Guild wars are breaking out everywhere right now. Many medium-sized and even somewhat larger guilds are facing collapse. We can recruit some of those guilds, remove the idle players, and retain only the elites. Just like when