The Contest Settled, a Talisman Trade

"However, they are, after all, a long-term alliance of ten guilds, and their coordination is naturally much better than those hastily assembled coalitions."

The 19th District alliance, which was originally determined to take Tomb City, suffered another setback.

No one expected that the so-called "Holy God Followers" would be able to get there first.

What's more troublesome is that the opponent is strong and resilient, and it's impossible to break through their defenses in a short time.

With the deadline for the event fast approaching, they had no choice but to make a quick decision and turn their attention to other goals.

Relying on its formidable strength—after all, it is a large and comprehensive power—it still managed to achieve some gains.

Finally, the ownership of the ten territories was settled:

"Fragrant Cloud City - Legion Guild"

"Sky City - Penglai Island Guild, 1st District"

"Tomb City - 77th District Holy God Followers"

"Milan City - Langya Guild, 22nd District"

"Emerald City - 19th District Nether Magic Guild"

"Elton City - 17th District Divine General Guild"

"Neverwinter City - Dragon Diagram Guild, 3rd District"

"Orc City - War Alliance Guild of the 3rd District"

"Undersea Dragon Palace - One-Person Guild 3rd District"

Although the War Alliance Guild successfully captured Orc City in the initial stage, it also Combo several waves of fierce attacks from other regional alliances.

But as time went on, the size of the attacking coalition forces continued to grow, and they gradually felt overwhelmed.

The reason why they were able to hold off the entire region's guild alliance on their own was not only due to the inherent geographical advantage of the defending side, but also inseparable from the special contribution of the key figure "One Sword Nine Provinces".

Even before the Territory War began, the guild escorted "One Sword Nine Provinces" to infiltrate the Orc City.

Leveraging his status as a local resident, he meticulously surveyed and recorded the terrain details and strategic points both inside and outside the city.

Based on this meticulously drawn map, the guild members carefully planned the defense system of the Orc City. They even commissioned One Sword Nine Provinces to purchase a large number of beast-taming pills and insect monsters in the city to form a flexible reconnaissance team.

These preparations played a crucial role in the initial stages of the defense.

However, the disparity in numbers was ultimately too great to overcome easily. After occupying the city for about an hour, their defenses were breached by the guild alliance of the District 17.

The difficulty of retaking the Orc City has increased exponentially.

At this critical juncture, the War Alliance made a crucial decision: to seek cooperation with other guilds and share the city's profits.

Finding a suitable partner at this time is naturally not an easy task.

The Territory War is more than halfway over. Many large guilds, such as Dragon Map, Century Imperial City, and the other District 3, have already formed alliances and taken over other cities, leaving very few guilds to choose from.

Fortunately, the guild leader, War Sky, had previously run a dungeon together with "Wandering Arrow" from the Contending for the World " guild, and they had a decent relationship.

After several rounds of communication and negotiation, both parties finally reached a consensus.

With the two forces combined and the War Alliance's prior familiarity with the terrain and layout of the Orc City, they finally managed to retake the Orc City in the last thirty minutes!

Players on Blue Star have long speculated about the rewards for the inaugural Territory War.

Besides the guild's share of city revenue and member discount privileges, no one knew if there were any other surprises.

However, considering the cost alone, the experience rewards from occupying the territory do not seem sufficient to justify the enormous expenditure they have made.

The system announcement finally sounded:

"The inaugural Territory War have officially concluded."

"The guild that ultimately occupies the city will receive five percent of the city's profits."

Guild members will receive a 20% discount at shops within the city and an additional 1% experience bonus when defeating monsters in the wild.

"In addition, the guild that occupies the territory will also receive: one Tier 1 loot box, ten Tier 2 loot boxes, and one thousand Basic loot boxes."

"Guild members will continue to enjoy various NPC interaction bonuses in the city, increased quest trigger rate, guard protection, priority in commerce..."

Simply put, it was the treatment of the upper class in the colonies!

Similar to how Ying Kingdom treated China back then.

Even an illiterate person can act arrogantly and domineeringly in India, although the same is true in some places.

Zhang Mingzhen checked the email sent by the system, and a slight thought suddenly crossed his mind.

He never expected that he would not only exclusively enjoy the profits and experience boost from the Undersea Dragon Palace for the next two weeks, but also receive such an unexpected bonus.

These loot boxes, which should have been distributed by the guild leader based on the members' contributions, now all belong to him alone.

"Let's open the box and see what the reward is."

"If the rewards are generous enough, we should try to participate in every future Territory War."

He pondered to himself.

The first things to open are the basic loot boxes.

Most of the items were Experience Pill: over 800 were found in a thousand boxes, and the rest were consumables such as high-grade pet food and special potions.

"Experience Pill: Increases character level experience by 10%. Limited to two pills per day. Maximum level cap for consumption is 90."

The results were acceptable.

After all, many people can't even gain 10% experience per day after reaching level 70.

Two pills a day, the elixirs obtained from a single Territory War, are enough to last for nearly a year.

However, in just one year, he should have already reached level ninety, which shows that the elixir's effect on him was limited in a short period of time.

However, they can be resold in large quantities to other guilds.

Next are ten level 2 loot boxes.

Unlike the consumables in the basic chest, the secondary chest mainly contains pet eggs and equipment socketing materials.

Inlaying, strengthening, and adding items are all major ways to spend money in games.

Now, all of these need to be earned through trading and playing.

"Jifeng Gem: When socketed into equipment, it adds the 'Agility +10' stat."

"Blazing Blood Gem: When socketed, it adds 'Constitution +10' to the equipment."

"Socketing Stone: Creates an additional socket for equipment."

Previously, players could only socket Lionheart Stone into their equipment to increase casting range, and each piece of equipment had only one socket.

With the addition of Socketing Stone, equipment can now have more slots, greatly increasing the potential for additional attributes.

But this isn't good news for Ordinary Player, as it means the gap between them and top players is widening.

Because just surviving is already a huge struggle for them.

Where would we find the funds and time to do all this?

Those who use cheat codes are naturally not included.

Zhang Mingzhen satisfied with the loot from the level two crate, but he was even more excited about the level one crate.

After opening the level one chest, the system notified him that twenty more amulet fragments had appeared in his inventory.

Is this really it?

This saved him a lot of time farming for equipment.

If you challenge the Hell difficulty Mechanism Island dungeon twice a week, you can get twelve fragments each time, and twenty-four fragments in two weeks.

He has accumulated seventy-two coins so far, and with these twenty more, the total will reach ninety-two.

Only seven missing pieces remain to complete the puzzle.

He could also try trading with other guilds.

Presumably, the other nine guilds will also get similar items from the level 1 chests they received.

The distribution of loot boxes by other guilds was not as simple and direct as Zhang Mingzhen's method.

They must not only consider the contributions of their own members, but also allocate a portion of the rewards to their allies.

A thousand basic containers are not enough to distribute, let alone the secondary containers.

Alliances with clear prior agreements can still divide the spoils according to the agreement, but alliances that did not initially specify the distribution of spoils will immediately have disagreements over the allocation of rewards, which may even affect future cooperation.

In short, the benefits are actually substantial, but the conflicts over how to distribute them are even greater.

No one was willing to concede on who contributed more or less.

The distinction between "War Alliance" and "Contending for the World" is simpler than that between most guild alliances.

Given that only two parties are cooperating, it is reasonable for the War Alliance, as the main force and the leader in strategic decision-making, to obtain a larger share, and Contending for the World has no objection to this.

After the battle, War Sky discussed the distribution of the treasure chests with the Under One Person of the Contending for the World, Yirenxia.

"All the level 1 treasure chests must go to our guild, we want seven level 2 treasure chests, six hundred basic treasure chests, and the rest are yours."

"This is a result that our guild has already discussed. After all, we invested the most resources in this operation in Orc City, and we also spent a lot of effort on the preliminary preparations, as you know."

The members of "Under One Person" knew in their hearts that they had indeed gained an advantage in this event.

If the War Alliance hadn't taken the initiative to join forces with them, they probably wouldn't have gained anything in the end.

The reward we're getting right now is practically free; for the sake of long-term cooperation, it's better to be decisive now.

"We agree, but only this once."

"We appreciate your guild's efforts, but this tactic might not be effective next time."

"The allocation method will need to be renegotiated for the next event. You have no objection to that, right?"

War Sky readily agreed – we'll talk about the future later.

"Okay, let's work together again next time."

"However, the number of treasure chests is really insufficient. For a guild of our size, there's practically nothing left for each person."

"Who can argue with that? The real Big Head is the economic dividends after the occupation—that's the output of an entire city!"

"That's right."

"This time, I can only distribute the rewards based on contributions to the Territory War. Of course, those members who sacrificed their personal contributions to defend the city are an exception."

"In conclusion, congratulations on the successful collaboration!"

Congratulations to you!

Regardless of the rules each guild uses to distribute rewards, a large number of players ultimately receive treasure chests of different levels due to their outstanding performance.

On the forum, players who were focused on the rewards witnessed firsthand the vast difference between luck and chance.

"I got Experience Pill. It's neither good nor bad, but a little more experience is always good."

"Be content! Some people even got pet Experience Pill, but didn't gain any experience for themselves."

"Pfft, there's something even worse—two Great Restoration Pills! He's already crying himself to sleep in the bathroom."

"The rewards from the basic treasure chests aren't that great, so let's see what we can get from the level one and level two chests."

"Any big shots want to share their experiences?"

"Level 2, Special Pet Egg, Flying Warcraft"

"Wow, a real pro has appeared! Impressive luck, a special pet egg!"

"It's alright, someone in our guild even got Healing- type Warcraft, and a rare single-target healer at that."

"The world of European Emperor is too far removed from my reach... Why did I only get a fire-breathing beast? Even though it's a species I've never seen before..."

"Another big shot from Versailles has arrived! Most of the species we haven't seen before are special types of Warcraft, far stronger than ordinary Summoned Beast."

"Report! A European Emperor player in the District 17 has opened Amulet from a level one treasure chest!"

"Oh My God!"

"This works?!"

"[Amulet]? Holy crap."

Zhang Mingzhen also saw the discussions on the world channel and was somewhat puzzled.

He only got twenty fragments, which he thought was normal. Could it be that some people with incredible luck could directly get a complete Amulet?

It should be noted that ninety-nine fragments are needed to synthesize one Amulet —that's equivalent to having ninety-nine extra fragments out of thin air.

At that moment, he suddenly understood the envy and jealousy that others usually felt towards him.

In fact, he himself has seen many people say that he cheated.

All he could say was, "He's a time traveler, so why can't he use cheat codes?"

He opened the forum to see if anyone had posted pictures of the actual product.

He was very curious about the difference between the Amulet produced by the system and the one he already possessed.

As expected, some players had already uploaded the relevant information immediately.

The one who obtained the Amulet was Guandong Quake, the guild leader of the Divine General Guild in the District 17.

He thus became a recognized representative of European Emperor luck in the God's Domain, and also promoted his own guild.

The first half of the pinned post was almost entirely an introduction to the Divine General Guild: "Benefits, high-level combat power, screenshots of internal facilities..." It was a blatant advertisement.

Only at the very end, at the request of many players, was the attribute image of the item called "Starlight Talisman" posted.

"Starlight Talisman (Universal): Armor Penetration +100, Critical Strike Defense +100, Critical Strike Chance +10%."

"Combo +10%, Experience gain +3%, Fortune +2"

Zhang Mingzhen then compared the Amulet he was wearing, which was called "Wonderful Method":

"Wonderful Dharma Talisman (Universal): Critical Hit +10%, Combo +10%, Experience Gain +3%, Fortune +2."

The opponent's "Starlight Talisman" has two additional attributes, and they are valuable attributes such as armor penetration and critical strike defense.

The difference is that his Amulet was crafted, while others received it as a system reward.

As expected, the equipment provided by the system is still superior.

I need to find a guild to trade with.

Guandong Quake's good fortune was ultimately just an isolated case.

European Emperor isn't something everyone can achieve.

The other guild leaders obtained the same items from opening the level 1 treasure chests as Zhang Mingzhen: a number of fragments, ranging from over thirty to around twenty.

Since this matter involves forces from other districts, Zhang Mingzhen posted on the public forum, stating his position directly:

"I'm offering 500 Experience Pill in exchange for seven Amulet fragments. Those interested, please send me a private message and specify your guild."

The post immediately caused a huge stir.

"To actually see the Cheater on the forum with my own eyes! I have no regrets in this life!"

"I'm willing to exchange! Please make the contact!"

"That's really something, Cheater, still has the nerve to post and show off?" someone said sarcastically.

"Don't even think about getting involved, do you have any fragments? Stop arguing here!"

"There are only seven people qualified to trade with him—no, six. As for that lucky one, we don't intend to bother with him."

As everyone said, only six people were truly capable of trading with Zhang Mingzhen.

He waited quietly to see if anyone would respond.

Large guilds have many members, and even if they collect all the fragments, they can only be used by one person. However, five hundred Experience Pill can benefit five hundred members. This kind of exchange can be considered a win-win situation.

However, the first person to contact him was completely unexpected.

"Chongxing, I presume you've collected all the fragments of your Amulet by now?"

"However, the attributes obtained from such treasures are all random, and they might not even be as good as the 'Starshine Talisman' in my hand?"