Chapter 249 - Developing on Land and Sea, Double S-rank Mission

The Water Dragon’s skeleton that William had acquired earlier on had been used in the construction of an Epic warship.

But unlike William originally imagined it to be, the warship had not become a pirate ship. Instead, it became a decent warship named The Water Dragon.

William had wrongly predicted the marine situation of the archipelago continent.

As a result of his pilfering during the previous crisis, dozens of nations in the archipelago continent had been at war. And when the Darkness Invasion arrived, they were completely defeated.

Currently, almost all the professionals and civilians from those small nations had retreated to the Dukedoms in the central continent. They were still in the midst of their own war.

That was to say…

Now, basically, no merchants traveled on the archipelago continent.

So even if William sent out his pirate ship now, there was nothing for him to rob!

“I have to say, this is indeed a tragic story.” William felt helpless. At this point in time, he could not be a pirate even if he wanted to. He didn’t dare to dispatch his warship to further places, so he could only accept this outcome.

Nonetheless, after one or two versions, when the maritime industry would be thriving, then he could still pretend to be a pirate…

Thus, in order to be able to disguise as pirates and steal the resources of unknown islands, the Dawn Naval Fleet couldn’t fall behind.

The shipyards by the coast were spending money like crazy. Hence, as a result of using this crazy expenditure, the City of Dawn temporarily owned 2 Epic warships, 5 Grandmaster warships, and 8 Advanced warships.

Among those warships, the two Epic ones had dozens of artillery with super combat capabilities. Their power could be ranked as the second upper echelon among all the warships in the Legendary continent!

Even though they were only in the second upper echelon, as long as the Dawn Naval Fleet didn’t encounter an extremely powerful marine creature or a Kingdom’s main naval fleet, there was nothing to worry about basically!

William drew a sketch for Captain Jack. He let him lead the naval fleet in the southeast direction to look for islands full of Giant Mermen.

Frankly speaking, that island’s resources were not very abundant, and William didn’t want to spend much effort in waging war against it. However, several ultra-rare metal ores could be found in the sea surrounding this island!

In addition, there were many magical beasts on this island, which was also considered as a gathering place of the Giant Mermen (Ocean Edition). This would also introduce a novelty element for the players.

“Of course, the most important objective is to discover the underwater kingdom of the Naga Race.”

William recalled that in ‘Gods’, the Naga Race had been an intelligent race with a snake’s tail as its lower body while having a human upper body. They had already existed since the mythological era. But since they had been living in deep-sea regions, they went unheard of by most.

Humans didn’t know of their existence, but the Naga Race had always known of the existence of humans, elves, Orcs, and they even had knowledge of various battles that happened on the continents.

Some of the Naga Race people that lived near the Legendary continent even knew how to speak the lingua franca of the Legendary continent.

In addition, the Naga Race was peaceful in nature and didn’t like wars. If William’s people were able to get in touch with them, they could try to establish some diplomatic relations with them so that they could obtain some rare resources from the sea.

William had assigned this mission to Jack, as well as Lautner, who was following him on this journey.

After all, Uncle Lautner was the more reliable guy.

The moment this mission was posted on the bulletin board.

Many players with adventurous spirits and a love for the sea got extremely excited.

[Prompt: The Lord of the City of Dawn has published a new mission ‘Endless Exploration’)

[Mission Details: In the vast sea full of unknowns, where are the mysterious mermaids, the Naga Race, and the Ocean Race?

All of us know that there are plentiful resources in the sea. There are even treasures left behind by pirates on several islands. But where are these places?

The Dawn Naval Fleet has raised its sails and is now recruiting chosen ones who aren’t afraid of death as valiant warriors!

Endless wealth may lie in the direction we are advancing in!)

[Mission Level: S]

(Maximum Limit of People: 15,000 people]

[Mission Time Limit: 2-6 months]

[Mission Requirement: Intermediate Professional and Above]

(Mission Reward: Unknown]

(Friendly Tip: The great voyage across the sea is full of mysteries and the unknown. The real rewards are the exotic and magical scenery that you will be able to see. How can experience points and rewards compare to that?)

“Oh my, 15 warships are going on an adventure to the boundless sea. In addition, this is an S-rank mission! I feel that this side mission isn’t inferior to a main mission at all.”

“Since it is classified as an S-rank mission, it means that there is a clear objective. It is just that Prince William doesn’t want to disclose more mission information to us. Or rather, he, too, doesn’t know much about that unknown domain. That’s why the mission level is so high.”

“No matter what, I’m going for sure.”

“Let’s go and sign up first. There’s probably going to be a round of selection!” the players couldn’t help but complain. Missions with limitations in the City of Dawn often offered rich rewards.

However, this sort of mission with limitations often selected Advanced and well-equipped players.

Nonetheless, professional gamers and rich players might not necessarily participate in dangerous missions, which greatly increased the chances of ordinary players being selected.

However, did William really value this S-rank mission with a maximum limit of people?

No. After three days, William published a new mission on the bulletin board again.

(Prompt: As the bringer of justice, the City of Dawn is also the beacon of light in the darkness. Everything we do is based on the main objective of eliminating the threat of dark creatures.]

[Prompt: There are still many Dukedoms in the Legendary continent that are occupied by dark creatures. As the only victor in the Darkness Invasion, the City of Dawn is going to provide assistance to other nations that are still in deep distress.

The King of ‘Slovan’ has hired the Dawn Mercenary Team’s services to assist his citizens in defeating the dark creatures and rebuilding the homeland of the Slovan citizens from debris.)

(Mission Level: S]

[Mission Time Limit: 6 months]

[Mission Limitation: None]

(Mission Reward: Experience??? Gold coins??? Equipment???]

Once this mission appeared, the players got excited again.

As of now, most of the dark creatures in the southeastern region had been killed. And even if they took over several Devil’s Dens, it was hard for the players to wipe them out completely.

But in places outside of the southeastern region, many small Dukedoms were still engaged in the battle against the Darkness Invasion.

‘Slovan’, a small nation, was located west of the southeastern region. It wasn’t very far away. Several adventurous players from the Black Lava Dukedom had also joined the battle there.

However, the mercenary teams formed by Black Lava Dukedom players weren’t very famous. So even if they were hired, there weren’t many rewards.

Even if the Slovan Dukedom was about to be defeated, they still loathed these chosen ones with low combat power.

However, the Dawn Mercenary Team was different!

They were able to generate an S-rank mission immediately.

It meant that the Chinese players could complete 2 S-rank missions in one version of the game!

What did that mean?

This was a massive profit!

At that moment, there were entirely a hundred thousand players who accepted this mission in the City of Dawn. They wanted to make a fortune in the Slovan Dukedom. Players no longer left any comments on the forum about wanting to change their Camp.

The players had come to realize that Prince William was expanding his power, both on land and in the sea!

If the City of Dawn continued to develop at this speed, they might not need to change their Camp when Version 3.0 arrived.

The players headed west all the way.

William brought Burned Cinder, Diablo, Wells, Violent Dragon, and Alec along on the journey to the East Sea Metropolis for some exploration!

Including William, a total of 4 Legendary bloodline Bosses and 2 Epic bloodline Bosses embarked on that trip. They were all Advanced characters.

Even if the East Sea Metropolis was a dangerous place, and even if the Lord of the East Sea Metropolis was entirely one position level higher than them.

Since he made William anxious.

William would make Bernard, the Lord of the East Sea Metropolis, understand one thing too!

He will show him how a Boss kicks another Boss’s ass.