"City upgrade?!"
The moment someone mentioned that it had upgraded once, the entire scene fell silent. Everyone stared in disbelief at Stone Forest City, which was completely enveloped by a magical barrier.
Town upgrades had become quite common in God's Domain, but so far, not a single guild city had advanced to an intermediate city. There was no other reason than the extremely demanding requirements for upgrading to an intermediate city, which required a considerable amount of time to accumulate.
Yet how much time had passed? The various superpowers barely had a few basic guild cities, and not one had even settled in a Level 100 neutral map, while Stone Forest City had already upgraded...
"Stone Forest City actually upgraded. Zero Wing is going to have it good now. Every time a town rises a rank, not only does its area expand, but its defenses improve considerably too. At the level of an intermediate city, the players from the Dark Great World will probably have an even harder time breaking through it."
"You're thinking too simply. It has only advanced to an intermediate city, not a main city. How much can its defenses improve? And Zero Wing is facing the players of an entire great world. Even those high-level NPC cities might not be able to withstand them, let alone an intermediate city."
"That's right. And if Stone Forest City gets breached, Zero Wing will be crying themselves to death."
Although everyone present was greatly surprised that Stone Forest City had advanced to an intermediate city, this upgrade could hardly be considered good news at the moment. After all, the crisis posed by the Dark Great World still remained.
This news also reached the upper echelons stationed at the various powers' headquarters immediately, sparking heated discussion among them.
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