MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter

“You all get here so punctually, while I’m the last one to arrive,” said Li Yao. “I’ll create the guild and then add you all in. That won’t be so troublesome.”

“Tch, you’re just eager to be one of the founding members,” Dummy Moe rolled her eyes.

Guardian Angel chuckled, “Hey, big spender, you must have raked it in with those Shining Fruits this time. Come on, tell us, got hundreds of gold coins, huh? With a couple of hundred as base, we can get this guild set up nicely.”

“Hundreds of gold coins, you have quite the imagination,” Li Yao shook his head.

“Look at you, I am sure you were up to no good this morning, not even in the game.” Dummy Moe gave a thumbs-down.

“Hmm, what would a kid like you understand?” Guardian Angel, seeing everyone else with peculiar expressions, became more curious. “Really, how much is it?”

“Don’t worry about that now, let’s create the guild first,” Li Yao tapped his forehead, then asked, “So, what shall we call the guild?”

Aah pff…

Everyone looked at Li Yao in disbelief.

“Buddy, are you out of your mind? You’re about to create your own guild and you haven’t even thought of a name,” Da Vinci commented dryly.

“Haha, a name, it’s just a symbol, it’s not important. How about you all help me think of one?” Li Yao chuckled.

“How about ‘Dummy Moe’s Cottage’?” Dummy Moe suggested enthusiastically.

Sweating, Guardian Angel said seriously, “How about we call it ‘Sword of Divine Punishment’ instead.”

“Not a bad name, I thought of one too, how about ‘New Wind’?” Da Vinci chimed in.

“Doesn’t he have another in-game name, ‘Starfire’? What about the ‘Starfire Guild’?” Feng Yi suddenly suggested.

“Sounds good,” said Li’s sister.

Dummy Moe tilted her head, “Seems a little better than the one I came up with.”

“I think it’s fine. Let’s see if it’s available when I go to register. If not, we could also make do with the ‘Divine Punishment Guild’,” said Li Yao, not particularly bothered about the name.

The crowd then entered the guild registration facility together. The guild manager was a young male elf who, on seeing them, asked, “Registering a guild?”

“Yes,” Li Yao illuminated his Glorious Deeds, which were basically his reputation in reality.

“Hmm, you will need to gather thirty signatures and then see me once again,” said the manager.

Li Yao picked up the form and the manager requested, “Sign your name, please.”

Seeing Li Yao’s signature, the manager’s eyes lit up instantly, “So you’re Mr. Prairie Fire, my apologies for not recognizing you sooner.”

“You know me?” Li Yao asked, confused.

“Of course, how could I not? You’ve done us proud with your trial run,” the manager took the guild registration form from Li Yao, saying, “Someone higher up has already instructed us, when you register your guild, it will be created directly. You’ve just signed, all you have to do now is write the name of the guild, design a guild emblem, and it’ll all be settled.”

“Of course, where there’s power, there’s privilege.” Guardian Angel gave a wry smile at the manager who had initially appeared so strictly professional but now looked as if he was on cloud nine. “It feels quite good having this privilege applied to us though.”

“Tch, what does it have to do with you,” Dummy Moe looked disdainful.

Li Yao wrote down the guild’s name, Starfire. It was available. Then he designed an emblem, a desolate prairie with a lively flame, and submitted it.

Afterward, the guild registration which was supposed to take quite a bit of time was completed in less than ten minutes.

As they were warmly seen off by the manager, everyone was still dazed.

“I’ve set the member levels as follows: newbie, regular, elite, backbone, core, elder, and vice president. What do you all think?” Li Yao added them to the guild and asked.

“The levels are quite standard. You’re the president, so it’s up to you,” Guardian Angel spoke. “These are trivial matters.”

“I’ve set you all as elders. As for the vice president, let’s discuss later,” Li Yao declared.

“That’s acceptable. The crucial thing for now is the development plan. Levels and such are secondary. Tell us your plan,” said Li’s sister.

“Well, first off, the goal. My aim is to establish a world-class, super-leading guild. So we have to take the formal route right from the start, we can’t take shortcuts. In reality, I have enough credit points to register a guild as a company. Based on that, we’ll form a world-class team to compete in the World Cup and the Olympics. That’s about it.”

Everyone was taken aback. They knew Li Yao had grand ambitions, but they did not expect them to be this audacious.

“Dude, are you kidding me?” Guardian Angel touched Li Yao’s forehead.

“I never joke about such matters,” Li Yao said earnestly.

“That’s a pretty big goal,” even Li’s sister was startled.

“You all follow me,” Li Yao led everyone to the guild warehouse.

Then he expanded the guild warehouse to the maximum amount a level one guild could hold and imported all his items into the guild warehouse via email. He added the leftovers found before, all of which were quite popular items, dumped them into the warehouse, and opted for system arrangement.

“Damn, looks like you’ve swiped the entire auction house.”

Despite being mentally prepared, they were all still shocked by the scene.

In the guild warehouse neatly arranged were thousands of equipment items. Countless blue equipment sparkled brilliantly. Above that were more than a hundred purple equipment pieces, radiating a purple glow.

In the topmost area were dozens of purple weapons, utterly tempting.

Importantly, this wasn’t low grade equipment, but level 10, the mainstream high-end gear for the current stage.

Looking at the other pages, they were full to the brim of ores, herbs, gemstones, and other materials, a sight that left one’s eyes spinning.

Turning to the new page, there were blueprints for various secondary professions, skill books, all extremely appealing.

“My eyes must be playing tricks on me. How much did all this cost?” Dummy Moe gawked.

“Not much, just over a thousand gold in total,” Li Yao said casually.

“What? Do you say ‘just over a thousand gold’? How much did you actually make?” Guardian Angel was panting. Everyone else was curious and looked towards Li Yao.

“I made about 5,000 gold just today from the three factions, there are still over 20,000 gold worth of Shining Fruits left, no hurry to sell.”

“Brother, you’re my real brother. You managed to monopolize Shining Fruits from all three factions. Gosh, 30,000 gold, do you understand the concept? The money I carry hasn’t even exceeded 3 gold,” said Guardian Angel, lost for words. The others were also rendered speechless.

Even Feng Yi was shocked. She thought Li Yao had only bought a batch of Shining Fruits, and hadn’t expected him to monopolize the vast majority of Shining Fruits.

“That’s the assurance I have and what you see in the guild warehouse is just the tip of the iceberg,” Li Yao said.

“Phew, don’t say anymore, this scene is overbearing. Even though I haven’t seen other guild warehouses, I can bet that there won’t be any guild with such a grand scale,” Guardian Angel spoke.

“Hmm, with money, things become easier. It would be best if the warehouse could be expanded five times, especially materials and blueprints, skill books. Buy a bit more. Then designate a point system. This can help accelerate the growth of our guild. Your ideal has a tiny bit of possibility now,” said Li’s sister after a moment’s thought…

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