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Capítulo 80: ch80- Victory and Strategy

Back in his room at the City Lord's Mansion, Alex let out a long breath of relief. While he could have quickly ended the battles by equipping his full "Dragon God" set or using the "Phantom Violet Shadow" weapon, he enjoyed the thrill of close calls and challenging fights. 

After winning all three of today's matches, Alex's ranking had soared to the top 200,000. That secured him the first-tier rewards for now, but tomorrow's battles would be even fiercer. With another round eliminating 90% of the contestants, only the top 30,000 would remain. 

Compared to other participants, Alex had finished his battles remarkably quickly—less than 20 minutes total for all three matches. With time to spare, he logged into the city marketplace, only to be shocked by what he saw: the "Dragon God" and "Holy Angel" sets, except for the two four-piece set bonuses, had completely sold out! 

Even without those bonuses, over 50,000 pieces of gear had been snapped up in just one day. Alex felt fortunate that he'd bought the full set without waiting for discounts; otherwise, he might have missed his chance.

The marketplace still had plenty of the "Dragon God's Might" and "Holy Angel's Light" pieces available, but it was clear why: saving up 20 to 30 million points wasn't easy for most players. 

Around 9 p.m., the rest of Alex's classmates started returning to the city after completing their own occupation missions. The recent capture of seven more resource points had upgraded East Sea City from level two to level three.

Earlier in the day, in addition to the monster lair Alex's team had conquered, two other squads had taken down two more resource points, bringing East Sea City's total to 11. Then, with Alex and his team capturing eight more points and merging with seven others from nearby strongholds, the city now had control over 29 resource points. 

They were just one resource point short of upgrading the city to level four, and by tomorrow, they'd surely reach it. Upon completing the "Level 3 Novice City" quest, everyone in East Sea City was rewarded with 10,000 merit points and 10,000 regular points.

Based on the rewards from leveling up to a level two and three city, Alex estimated that if Novice Cities could reach level ten, the rewards for reaching the capital city level would grant everyone 100,000 merit points and 100,000 regular points.

This led Alex to speculate that the "Million Merit Pack," which had been sold out so quickly, was likely purchased by the people of the Imperial Capital. For players like Alex, with their insane point-earning abilities, 1 million points wasn't a huge deal. However, for most N-tier players, accumulating that many points wasn't easy.

Whatever the truth, East Sea City had now expanded significantly, and even the architecture in the city was undergoing visible upgrades, with more varied housing options available. The city's population capacity had also surged, with 29 resource points allowing it to house up to 870,000 people! 

The previous day, when the city was first founded, it had a capacity of just over 100,000, meaning many players who had died previously couldn't be revived. Now, with the increased capacity, all nearby deceased players had been revived, with room to spare. Most of the smaller strongholds that couldn't secure resource points on their own had merged into East Sea City.

Currently, there were no independent strongholds left near the city. All that remained outside were wild monster zones, lairs, resource points, and an ever-changing wilderness.

East Sea City had grown to nearly one-third the size of the original East Sea metropolis, with a population of over 600,000—about a quarter of the city's pre-apocalypse numbers. 

However, one thought weighed heavily on Alex's mind: his brother had not come looking for him. 

By now, Alex had become the Honorary City Lord of East Sea City, and his name had been making waves in the arena matches. If his brother had seen or heard of him, he would have definitely come to find him by now.

But he hadn't.

There were only two possible explanations: either Alex's brother had not been revived yet, or he wasn't in East Sea City at all. 

In either case, Alex knew what he had to do—capture every resource point in the city and rise to the top in the Global Arena. Alex was confident that if his name became well-known across the world, his brother would come looking for him.

While his classmates weren't aware of Alex's inner worries, they did know one thing—Alex's gains today had been nothing short of terrifying.

Each of his classmates had completed at least eight missions. While they didn't achieve the highest possible task evaluations like Alex, their C and B-level ratings still earned them thousands of points and 3 to 4 skill points per mission. Combined, their skill point gains were close to 30, and their growth rates had increased by 500-600%. 

Their merit points had also seen a massive increase. With each resource point equally split among 27 players, everyone had earned at least 10,000 merit points, totaling 80,000 for the day from the eight resource points. 

Although this was far less than the 900,000 merit points Alex had earned from a single resource point, it was still a significant sum compared to other players. 80,000 merit points had the purchasing power of 800,000 regular points, and each of Alex's classmates had gained at least 1 million points in total.

As for Alex, his haul far exceeded theirs. Even if the combined gains of all 20 classmates were added together, they still wouldn't equal half of Alex's total. After all, he had single-handedly taken down more than 70% of the monsters.

Even Alex couldn't help but marvel when he looked at the seven long mission completion messages. 

Of the eight resource points he'd captured that afternoon, seven were successful, one had failed, and he had also completed a task to capture a monster lair—making for a total of nine missions.

All nine missions were D-level, and Alex had achieved the highest possible SSS rating for eight of them, with the remaining one earning an S rating. 

His total rewards were staggering: 190,000 points, 104 skill points, 25 super skill points, and 1220% growth. 

And the merit point total was even more jaw-dropping. With each resource point yielding around 900,000 merit points on average, Alex had earned over 7.2 million from the resource points alone, and with an additional 1.7 million from capturing the monster lair, his total merit points for the day were close to 8.9 million!

The regular point total was more modest—just over 500,000—but if he factored in the mineral crystals obtained from the monster lair, the overall sum was far more substantial.


Capítulo 81: ch81- Mysterious Arrival

The recent conquest of the monster lair had yielded Alex an astonishing 94% contribution, which netted him 7,555 N-tier resource crystals, 846 R-tier crystals, and 94 SR-tier crystals—nearly double his previous haul! The rest of the team, including Mason, Jessica, and the other classmates, also did well. With no one else splitting the loot, the remaining 6% was shared among the 10 or so students, and each ended up with over 3 million points.

In short, Alex's wealth had nearly doubled since noon. They had found the ultimate farming strategy: first, conquer resource points, let monsters reoccupy them, and then retake the lair. This method would not only provide double the quest rewards but also a vast number of high-value resource crystals.

With this approach, Alex was confident that if they repeated the process a few more times, his wealth could rival that of nations.

After briefly tallying his current resources, Alex found he had 830,000 points, 8.91 million merit points, 129 skill points, 40 super skill points, and enough growth value to level up 13 times. His wealth had become so overwhelming that he was unsure how best to use it. After some thought, he decided to wait until tomorrow to purchase more "Attribute Fruit Packs" to raise his other attributes to B-tier before focusing on skill upgrades.

As the sweltering night passed with many either asleep or restless, the morning came quickly. It was now the 10th day since the game had descended upon the world and the third day after the end of the prologue. It was also the second day of the store event.

As usual, Alex rose early. Just as he was about to freshen up, a slight tremor, followed by a deafening thunderclap, reverberated through the air. The sensation was eerily familiar, and Alex immediately thought back to three days ago when the first resource points had appeared.

However, compared to the earth-shattering tremors of that time, this disturbance, though loud, felt less intense.

Alex quickly realized he was wrong as he stepped out of his room. The courtyard outside his quarters was cast in an ominous light. The sky had turned a sinister shade of purple-red, resembling an apocalyptic scene. Huge, twisting blue, red, and white lightning bolts crisscrossed the sky, and distant thunder rumbled ominously.

Beyond the safety of the city walls, columns of smoke rose into the sky, while East Sea City remained calm, protected by some mysterious force. Without this shield, the city might have faced far greater destruction.

As the eerie minute passed, the dark clouds began to dissipate, and golden rays of sunlight pierced through, as if the world had been reborn. But Alex noticed something new had appeared beyond the city limits—three awe-inspiring phenomena stood out in the post-storm landscape.

The most striking was a "Sky City," hovering amidst swirling smoke and clouds. Even with the storm fading, it was still shrouded in dark clouds, and flashes of white and blue lightning danced across its surface.

The second anomaly was a towering mountain that seemed to pierce the clouds, though it was obscured by distance and the lingering smoke. 

The final sight was perhaps the most unsettling—a massive, shadowy form far to the east, its shape impossible to discern. However, it seemed to distort the very sky around it, making the air ripple as if it were liquid.

Recalling yesterday's world announcement, Alex quickly surmised that these strange phenomena were the new high-tier resource points mentioned in the update.

Though the city's protective barrier had shielded it from the worst of the tremors, the noise had woken nearly everyone. It wasn't long before Ethan, looking visibly shaken, flew towards the City Lord's Mansion.

By the time Alex had finished washing up and entered the main hall, a large group of classmates, along with Ethan, were already gathered, discussing the recent events in hushed tones.

"City Lord!" Ethan greeted Alex with a respectful bow before addressing the crowd. "I'm here to explain the situation regarding the newly appeared resource points."

Jessica glanced at him curiously and asked, "You seemed pretty rushed when you arrived. Is there something wrong with these resource points?"

Ethan gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "The resource points themselves aren't the issue. In fact, they're premium and top-tier R-level resource points."

This left Alex and the others momentarily stunned. Chris couldn't help but ask, "If they're top-tier, isn't that a good thing?"

"In theory, yes," Ethan replied gravely, "but the problem is that they've appeared too early." His voice grew more serious as he explained, "Let me put it this way: one R-tier resource point is equivalent to at least 100 N-tier resource points in terms of value. And, accordingly, the monsters guarding them are just as powerful."

The students, being quick thinkers, quickly connected the dots. "So, you're saying that the monsters guarding an R-tier resource point are stronger than all the monsters from 100 N-tier resource points combined!?"

The towering figure of Ethan, masked beneath a shell-like helmet, nodded slowly, his tone now more measured. "Yes. If we were only talking about ordinary R-tier resource points, it wouldn't be too bad. These points typically have ten times as many levels, ten times as many monsters per level, and the monsters themselves are ten times stronger than those found in N-tier points. With enough strength and numbers, it's possible to capture them even at this stage."

He paused and then added, "But the three R-tier resource points outside East Sea City are something else entirely."

Ethan glanced warily towards the courtyard, visibly unsettled. "I don't recognize two of them, but the Sky City to the east—I've seen it before."

This piqued everyone's curiosity. For a long time, Alex and the others had wondered about the true nature of the guides, the game, and the monsters. Unable to hold back, Alex asked, "You've seen it before? Does that mean you guides are players too?"


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