The reason for this explosive growth was, on one hand, that after the last great war, the Iron Blood Brotherhood had stabilized in every respect. No one stirred up trouble internally, and no one attacked from outside. The players had all settled down to level up, make money, and farm equipment.
On the other hand, there had been an explosive wave of players below level 100 advancing past level 100, totaling a full 800 million people.
After the official update, players could freely choose their region on the New Continent. Of those 800 million people, 300 million had entered the Iron Blood Brotherhood's territory. In this one wave alone, Lu Yang had nearly snatched away half of the new players.
The previously unremarkable Nine Stars Alliance region had been a huge help to the Iron Blood Brotherhood this time. Large numbers of foreign players had entered the Nine Stars Alliance region, making it prosper to the point where the game even felt crowded.
Yet players still liked this region because there was no war, no major guilds monopolizing leveling grounds, and the Iron Blood Brotherhood maintained order in everything.
These players were all wealthy Europeans. If things continued this way, Lu Yang would have sufficient financial resources to enter the central region and perhaps even occupy the entire New Continent.
Of course, that was all for later. If there was no major war this year, or if there was a surplus at the end of the year, he planned to give the guild's shareholders a huge bonus. There had been no profit distribution last year or the year before. Over those two years, they had fought five battles at Tiger's Maw, endured three internal rebellions, and conquered the Spain region. Fortunately, these shareholders were all his own people. If they