Peerless Through the Ages had not expected Water Rose to have no intention of keeping him at all. Left with no choice, he signed the contract.
There were now over a hundred guilds gathered in Stone Forest Town, including more than a dozen second-rate guilds. Who knew which guilds had signed the contract and which had not?
It would have been fine if none of them had signed, but as long as one second-rate guild did, all the other second-rate guilds would fall a step behind when developing the Stoneclaw Mountain Range.
After all, being able to rest and resupply in Stone Forest Town was an enormous help in developing the Stoneclaw Mountain Range.
One journey took only an hour, while the other took more than ten. That difference of over ten hours gave an overwhelming advantage, whether it came to dying or repairing equipment.
Given enough time, how could the second-rate guilds that had not signed the contract possibly compete?
Magic Crystals were now the most important resource aside from Gold Coins.
Even if guilds that signed the contract had to hand over 15% of their Magic Crystals, they would still earn far more than they would by pioneering the Stoneclaw Mountain Range on their own.
There was no need to say which option they would choose.
"Looks like nothing will be able to stop Zero Wing from developing in the Star-Moon Kingdom from now on." After leaving the meeting room, Peerless Through the Ages looked at the guild representatives filling the room and sighed inwardly.
In truth, they were already considered fortunate.
The more than ten guilds that had secretly assisted the Star River Alliance this time would not be allowed to sign the contract even if they wanted to. Zero Wing had directly driven them out of