Beastman Empire, Silver Wing Town.
After shaking off the pursuing dark players, Shi Feng returned directly to Zero Wing's residence in Silver Wing Town to arrange the NPC merchants' cargo transport and the purchase of goods.
Although the trade route had been opened, collecting usage fees from NPCs for it required players to work alongside NPC guards. Furthermore, purchasing goods that NPC merchants sold to NPCs also required players to inspect the merchants' wares before they could buy them. All of this required a considerable number of people.
Moreover, the items purchased from NPC merchants required a certain degree of knowledge to identify properly, so dedicated personnel were needed for that as well.
However, as soon as Shi Feng returned to the Guild Residence, he found the entire place abuzz. Everyone was chatting excitedly and happily.
"Guild Leader, you're finally back. Everyone's talking about you right now." Water Rose could not help feeling slightly excited when she saw Shi Feng return. "Because of your performance at Secret Stone Fortress and your feat of driving back several thousand members of a dark adventure group with one sword, many people have already hailed you as the number one Swordsman of the Beastman Empire. Of course, some disagree, saying the title is undeserved and that only a real fight can prove it. But because of this, more and more players from the surrounding countries want to join Zero Wing. In addition, some quite famous experts from other countries want to challenge you, but Fire Dance and the others have accepted those challenges for you. They're fighting in the Arena right now."
"Famous experts from other countries challenging me?" Shi Feng said with a smile. "That's a good thing."
He had never expected his battle at Secret Stone Fortress to lead to such a