Chapter 238: The Vampire City — Brown

The core purpose of this battle was simple.

To determine who was most suited to serve by the side of their god.

The final victors were these sixteen individuals, led by Lilith. Immediately after their triumph, they rushed over to the castle for an "audience", leaving Vivian utterly dumbfounded at the time.

She wanted to refuse, but they had fought their way out of a crowd of over ten thousand. Their strength was undeniably sufficient to protect her.

But if she didn't refuse, she would have very little freedom left.

Ultimately, for the sake of her own safety, she decided to keep these sixteen people.

She assigned them various roles to handle daily affairs.

These included positions such as steward, chef, gardener, stablehand, and city management officer.

Ding!

She took a look.

It turned out to be Chu Yuan broadcasting in the group chat, looking to purchase composite steel plates.

It made sense. The Magician would naturally inform him of such matters. After all, even an outsider like her understood exactly what a Teleportation Array meant to the Supreme Council.

The High Priestess: "Of course we can sell those steel plates to the Supreme Council, but I have a small request."

Judgment: "What is it?"

The High Priestess: "My request is that once they are manufactured, you must give me ten Teleportation Arrays, as my city needs them too. For the rest, you can just give me a proportional cut of the dividends."

Judgment: "Your city?"

The High Priestess: "Yes, my city. It's called Brown."

The Sun: "Brown... Now that truly sounds like a city with heavy vampire elements."

The High Priestess: "Naturally."

A so-called race couldn't survive with a population of merely ten thousand.

Compared to the over ten billion Blue Star Earthlings, the vampire population was simply too pitiful. Therefore, if she ever had the chance to obtain other ancient bloodlines in the future, she would definitely expand the Phantom Mist Vampire race.

When that time came, the Teleportation Array would undoubtedly become a crucial tool connecting these cities and villages.

As for the matter of sharing the profits, that went without saying. They had all been envious of Lan Qingyou's lucrative treatment for a long time.

Now that she had the opportunity to fleece the Supreme Council, she naturally wouldn't hold back.

However, asking for a flat fee in materials wouldn't yield much from this small amount of goods, which was why the High Priestess had come up with the idea of taking a cut of the ongoing dividends.

It was all about securing a steady, long-term stream of income.

She considered it as securing welfare for herself and the entire Phantom Mist Vampire race.

The Sun: "That's a good proposal. I'm not lacking in materials right now anyway, so I'll also opt for ten Teleportation Arrays and a share of the dividends."

Wheel of Fortune: "+1"

Judgment: "What about the rest of you? Do you all agree with the High Priestess's acquisition plan?"

The Emperor: "+1"

Death: "+1"

The Tower: "+1. But I'll pass on the Teleportation Arrays, I can draw them myself. I'll keep half of the steel plates and give the rest to you."

For Lan Qingyou, she could engrave the Teleportation Arrays herself and still needed to craft Alchemy Bases, so she outright rejected the offer for the arrays.

As for the leftovers.

The materials required for an Alchemy Base were far fewer than those needed for a magic Teleportation Array. Keeping half was more than enough for her to produce thousands of Alchemy Bases.

She mainly kept so much in reserve just in case she needed more of these Mithril-alloyed steel plates in the future.

The High Priestess: "People who know magic arrays sure speak with confidence."

Judgment: "Alright then, I'll go report this matter right away."

The Star: "Must be nice. If I had known, I would've tagged along to leech off the dungeon run too."

Justice: "I'm the one who really missed out. I thought they would only be gone for two or three days. I happened to have some grafting to do during that time, so I didn't go. Who knew they'd be at it for days on end? I really should have put my work on hold."

Riesling's heart was filled with regret.

A steady, endless stream of Teleportation Array dividends—who wouldn't be green with envy seeing that?

After all, transportation was an industry that never had to worry about a lack of customers.

Not to mention, this world lacked vehicles like trains, cars, and airplanes.

Once the Teleportation Arrays were widespread, the daily number of users would likely be an astronomical figure.

If they lowered the teleportation fees when the time came, at least half of the ten billion people would use them every day, especially now that things like "dungeons" had appeared.

Although the people from Tarot Manor had permanently closed a dungeon on their very first team run, he believed that the vast majority of dungeon raiders would be unable to do the same.

In other words, as long as the dungeons weren't closed, there would be a continuous and stable yield of resources.

In their rush to level up, everyone would be running frantically from place to place.

The power of a good example was limitless. Just look at the levels of this group: the highest, [Death] Li Huai, had already soared to Level 17, while even the lowest, [Emperor] Gu Xiaobei, had reached Level 13.

The rest were either Level 15 or Level 16.

They had already left the people behind them in the dust by two or three whole levels.

When others saw how much they could level up from a single dungeon, wouldn't they scramble to farm dungeons themselves?

Setting aside the material benefits, just the prospect of making the top ten on the monthly level rankings was enough to get anyone excited.

Judgment: "Our side has already agreed. We'll provide everyone with a dividend ratio chart later. Is that alright?"

The Sun: "No problem."

The High Priestess: "Acceptable."

With Judgment's promise secured, everyone stopped dragging their feet and handed over all their composite steel plates—though naturally, Lan Qingyou only handed over half of hers.

Judgment: "By the way, I have some official business to discuss with everyone."

The Star: "What is it?"

Judgment: "The Supreme Council has already minted the new currency. We plan to roll it out alongside the Teleportation Array initiative. I have some samples here; I'll give each of you a set as a souvenir. If everything goes smoothly, most future transactions will be conducted using this new currency."

Judgment: "At this stage, the currency is divided into copper, silver, gold, Orichalcum, and Thorium coins. The copper, silver, and gold coins are for daily transactions, while the Orichalcum and Thorium coins are high-denomination currency specifically minted for large-scale trades."

The High Priestess: "Like that previous transaction with The Tower?"

The Tower: "Hey, why am I being brought into this?"

Judgment: "Actually, it's just like this current transaction for the composite steel plates."

After saying that, Judgment directly sent out red packets, ensuring everyone got a share.

Seeing this, Lan Qingyou extracted hers to take a look.

The complete set consisted of five circular coins.

Although their materials differed, the engravings on the coins were identical.

On the obverse side, a sharp blade and a long staff were crossed behind a shield. In the center of the shield was a bell, and a crown sat atop it. This was the emblem of the Supreme Council of Karim Planet, representing the combat classes.

The reverse side featured a design composed of a gear, a potion bottle, an ox head, and an ear of wheat. This represented the production classes.

Along the edge of the coin, written in the Common Federation Language, read: "Minted by the Supreme Council of Karim" and "Minting Date: XXX."

Not only were they exquisitely crafted, but thanks to her Magic Eye, Lan Qingyou could also see that a small amount of Thorium Ore had been alloyed into the coins, ensuring they wouldn't be easily deformed by pressure.

Come to think of it, Shang Chuan had mentioned something about trading Thorium Ore with Chu Yuan a while back.

It was just that she had been busy preparing for her trip to the Abandoned Ruins at the time and hadn't paid much attention to it.