William had no reason to stop Players from embarking on the Great Age of Sail. He might as well support them through quests, letting them earn some experience while fighting over territorial waters and resources, ensuring their levels rose steadily. Otherwise, it would look rather bad if everyone got demoted while fighting.
After all, Players represented Dawn City's image, and they would still be useful during the Dark Invasion.
Thus, just as these Players were brimming with fighting spirit and preparing to board Warships to attack the Player fleets of the Rune Continent and Archipelago Continent, the Prince suddenly released several quests in succession.
[A-Plus Class Quest: Occupy as many resource islands as possible within 1,000 nautical miles of the sea east of Eastsea City.] [A-Plus Class Quest: Occupy as many resource islands as possible within 1,000 nautical miles of the sea south of Dawn City.] [A-Plus Class Quest: Prevent forces from other continents from entering within 1,000 nautical miles of Dawn City. Rewards will be granted for every foreign-continent fleet destroyed.] [A-Class Quest: After discovering small, medium, large, or extra-large resource islands, those without the ability to mine them independently may seek Dawn City's assistance and receive 40% of the mining rights. At the same time, Chosen Ones will join the Dawn Fleet in taking responsibility for defense.] [A-Class Quest: Search for exploitable underwater resources.]
At that moment.
Countless Players were dumbfounded. They had originally only planned to fight, risk their lives, and bring honor to the Huaxia Region. Resource islands had been a secondary concern. Yet with so many quests from the Prince appearing at once, the Players immediately realized there was definitely profit to be made in this National War. It was far more than just