Heizi could only give up, for now, on the idea of visiting Monster Town after hearing Shi Feng's words.
After all, Zero Wing Guild was truly busy right now. Ever since the guild expanded, it even felt as if they did not have enough manpower.
Leaving aside the matter of going to all-out war with Blackwater and Heavenly Burial Guild, Stone Forest Town alone required a great number of people to manage.
He had not thought managing a town would be so difficult before, but recently, after Shi Feng handed some of the town's management work over to him, he finally understood what a headache it was.
While the town was still under protection, its security could be entrusted entirely to NPC guards. However, once the protection period ended, one issue after another arose.
First was the matter of patrolling the town. This was also considered a daily quest for a player town. They had to arrange for players to patrol in order to maintain the town's security—and this security was not against players, but against NPCs.
Ever since the town's protection period ended, NPCs from other towns had continuously come to Stone Forest Town. There were merchants, adventurer groups, and all kinds of other NPCs, allowing the town's economy to begin truly developing.
Why call it true development?
Because whether a town could advance depended mainly on its economic prosperity. Economic prosperity, in turn, depended on the number of players on one hand and the number of NPCs on the other. Stone Forest Town had long exceeded the standard in terms of players and already had the foundation to advance into a medium town. However, it was severely lacking in NPCs. One requirement alone was for the town to have at least ten thousand NPCs, and that number did