Chapter 272 Silverwood Manor
The baronial power that Rosewater knew allowed one to purchase private land in Silvervale City, and also have their own private guards. As a baron, one could recruit 10 guards from NPCs to protect their private land.
And a baron was just the lowest rank of nobility.
Only by advancing to a viscount could one be considered a major noble of a city.
Not only could they purchase private land, but they could also recruit up to forty-eight private guards and have two direct guards.
Direct guards were a privilege only major nobles had.
Unlike private guards, direct guards could grow. The level of recruited private guards would remain the same no matter how much time passed, but direct guards could level up and gain attribute bonuses, making them much stronger, almost like the difference between regular monsters and bosses.
Having such direct guards to protect the guild's base made it absolutely safe for now. They could even participate in Wilderness Boss battles. Although their levels would be suppressed, they would still be much stronger than regular players, giving the guild a significant advantage in killing Wilderness Bosses over other guilds.
Thinking of this, Rosewater's beautiful eyes kept sizing up Eric.
"President, I really can't see through you anymore. Not only did you get such a good guild base, but you're also a viscount of Silvervale City. If other guilds knew, they'd probably go mad with jealousy," Rosewater said with a playful smile, blinking her bright eyes.
"Indeed, they'd definitely go crazy trying to hunt me down," Eric laughed.
A guild having a base meant it had a place to settle, no longer being wanderers.
With a base, the guild had room to grow.
There was once a joke.
A guild without a base was like a band of mountain bandits, while a guild with a base was like a local lord.
Because with a guild base, many guild benefits could be fully realized, especially guild missions. Currently, without a base, NPCs in the city couldn't post personal missions to the guild, and players could only take daily missions from the Adventurers' Guild to earn guild honor points.
Compared to NPC-posted guild missions, which offered higher honor points, personal missions were much less rewarding. If a guild was strong enough, personal missions rewarding Epic Level items could even appear at the guild base. Unlike the limited daily missions at the Adventurers' Guild, a strong guild base could offer hundreds or even thousands of guild missions daily.
With so many missions, leveling up and gearing up would be much faster than simply grinding monsters. Even in terms of making money, statistics showed that members of guilds with bases earned two to three times more than those without.
Moreover, having a guild base provided a formal source of funds, as the guild would automatically collect a 15% fee from completed guild missions, stored in the guild bank.
That's why a guild base was so important.
The location of the guild base was also crucial, affecting guild missions. A newly established base in Silvervale City would be unknown to NPCs, who wouldn't easily post missions there. But if the base was in a high-traffic area like the trade district, it would be more easily noticed by NPCs.
This would increase the number of missions, and as the guild completed more tasks, its reputation among NPCs would grow, attracting more NPCs to post missions.
This snowballing development would be unstoppable.
Knowing this, the guilds in Silvervale City would definitely hate Eric, but the Guild of Aether Wing had grown strong enough that ordinary guilds wouldn't dare oppose it. Only Third-rate Guilds and above could pose a threat to Aether Wing.
However, once the guild base was open, even Third-rate Guilds wouldn't dare oppose Aether Wing.
As Eric and Rosewater chatted, they arrived at the mansion within Silverwood Manor.
No one had lived there for over a decade. Dust was everywhere, and weeds had grown inside. The entire house was in ruins, looking like it could collapse at any moment. It wasn't fit for habitation, not even for rats.
"It looks like we'll have to tear it down and rebuild," Eric said, glancing around with some distress.
With private land, all expenses had to be covered by oneself. Even an ordinary house was unaffordable for most people, let alone a guild hall for a guild. Only well-funded major guilds could manage it.
"President, you're the richest person in Silvervale City, and you still say you're poor," Rosewater said, rolling her eyes at Eric. She knew Eric had spent over a hundred gold coins on the Arcane Sentinel design without hesitation.
Eric could only shake his head and smile wryly.
Rosewater didn't know that building even the most basic guild hall for five hundred people would cost two hundred gold coins, and a thousand-person hall would cost five hundred gold coins.
Given the area of Silverwood Manor, it could accommodate a high-level hall for three thousand people, which would cost three thousand gold coins.
Three thousand gold coins were an astronomical figure for any guild. Even though Eric had the capability, he also had the pressure of thirty thousand gold coins, so he couldn't spend recklessly. He had spent over a hundred gold coins on the Arcane Sentinel design because it could be profitable, but the guild hall was a money pit with no clear return.
As Eric and the others reached a staircase, Eric suddenly felt a cold wind brush his face, and a mysterious sound seemed to call him down.
In an instant, Eric drew the Abyssal Blade and Sword of Daemonbane, his senses on high alert, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Rosewater and FlameDancer were only a step behind, drawing their weapons and staring intently at the staircase.
But there was nothing on the staircase, just a cold wind and swaying weeds.
"How can there be wind inside the house?" FlameDancer wondered. Divine Realms: Legends' virtual reality was almost like real life. This was the center of the mansion, sealed off from the outside, so how could there be a Frosty Gale Extinguish?
Eric also found it strange after FlameDancer mentioned it.
But as far as Eric knew, Silverwood Manor was indeed very eerie, known as a haunted house in Silvervale City. The disappearance of its owners one after another wasn't without reason.
Even a Tier 4 Wizard Wiseman couldn't figure it out and had to station guards to prevent anyone from entering.
Eric hadn't received any information on how the problem was resolved, so he had to explore it himself.
He hadn't expected such pressure just standing at the staircase, as if facing a terrifying beast.
This pressure felt familiar to Eric, but he couldn't recall where he had felt it before.
"The cold wind is coming from the basement. Let's go down and take a look," Eric said, shaking his head and deciding to investigate.
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