Ask for more money?
An Yu was both amused and exasperated on the other side.
She didn't really mind though. After all, she was just a messenger. Currently, no one in the Modu City official had Shadow as a friend, so she had to be the one to convey the messages.
So she asked, "How much more do you want?"
Qin Feng replied, "The price of a Platinum-level hiding place is around two thousand years of lifespan. If you want me to help now, I'll charge one thousand eight hundred years. After all, an Emerald-level boss is much more difficult. Ask them if they can accept it."
In fact, Qin Feng didn't really care whether the other party accepted it or not. If they didn't accept the price, he could just go and kill the boss later, take the key and sell it, and there was nothing they could do about it. Anyway, only he could kill this boss.
Negotiating the price with them was purely to do the official a favor.
"One thousand eight hundred years..."
An Yu was a bit shocked.
Shadow had increased the price by eight hundred years all at once!
However, she also understood that this price was actually reasonable.
It was an Emerald-level boss!
No one in the whole world had achieved the first kill of it yet!
To be honest, An Yu even thought just now that 'Shadow' might not be willing to take on this task at all.
Now, Shadow was willing to help. Although the price had increased by eight hundred years, from another perspective, Shadow could now just go and kill the boss and take the hiding place for himself...
And then sell the key of the hiding place. There wouldn't be much problem selling it for two thousand years.
So, the price of one thousand eight hundred years was actually two hundred years cheaper. It was probably because he was considering the face of the official...
Soon, An Yu communicated with the Modu City official and then sent a message back: "They accept this price, but Feike Heavy Industry has suffered quite a big loss now and may not be able to pay it all at once."
"Currently, they can pay eight hundred years first. As for the remaining one thousand years, they estimate that they can pay it in three days. Is that okay?"
Hearing An Yu's words, Qin Feng thought about it for a while.
Feike Heavy Industry might not have enough tradable lifespan at present.
But as long as they had a large hiding place, their subsequent development would be much more stable and rapid, and the losses during the exploration process could be minimized.
In this situation, the guild could increase the tax rate!
Thus, they could obtain more lifespan in a short period of time.
"Okay, but I'm not free now. I'll notify you when I'm done with my business."
Qin Feng replied and then closed the private chat window.
At this time, Qin Feng continued to kill the demonic creatures around the altar magic array inside the Terrifying Ghost Ship!
As he killed the surrounding demonic creatures, the red light of the altar magic array became brighter and brighter, making the entire dilapidated cabin look even more eerie and terrifying, filled with a strange and mysterious atmosphere...
...
Meanwhile.
Under the magical inclined tower that was hundreds of meters high.
Huang Huifen and the guild members of 'Feike Heavy Industry' were all looking for demonic creatures nearby to kill.
The atmosphere in the entire guild channel was solemn.
Because...
They had failed in challenging the Platinum-level boss!
They originally wanted to use the human wave tactic to wear down the Platinum-level 'Blade of the Demon'.
However, the 'Blade of the Demon' was fast and had high dodge rate. On average, each member of their guild had died two or three times, and they had only managed to barely reduce its health by 20%...
Originally, if it had continued like this, they still might have had a chance.
But the key point was...
The 'Blade of the Demon' suddenly advanced!
It directly changed from the Platinum level to the Emerald level!
The Emerald-level Blade of the Demon killed a priest with just one slash, and its health actually recovered from 80% to 90%!
It then killed an assassin with another slash and was fully healed on the spot!
This situation made everyone in Feike Heavy Industry despair!
A boss that regained health by killing people?
This meant...
This boss couldn't be defeated by the human wave tactic at all!
Huang Huifen was also completely disheartened.
She knew that with Feike Heavy Industry as it was now, it was unrealistic to defeat the Emerald-level Blade of the Demon.
But if they gave up like this, how could they account for the lifespan lost by so many people in the guild?
Now was not the past!
In the era of the God Forsaken Game, if they suffered such a heavy blow without any gains, the entire guild would very likely collapse and fall apart!
So...
Huang Huifen had no choice but to find someone again and ask for 'Shadow's help.
"What? One thousand eight hundred years?"
"The price has almost doubled!"
Huang Huifen almost cursed out loud, and her face looked very unpleasant.
But soon, she forced herself to calm down.
She had to accept this price now. However, she really didn't have that much lifespan available right now.
The cash flow of Feike Heavy Industry had almost all been exchanged for lifespan. Even so, when added up, it was still less than nine hundred years...
In addition, each guild member had also stored some lifespan on the 'standby personnel' of the guild. Added together, it was about six hundred years, but this part of the lifespan had to be returned to the guild members and couldn't be used casually.
Therefore, Huang Huifen could only propose to pay eight hundred years first.
Fortunately, 'Shadow' agreed.
But what was uncomfortable was that Shadow was not free now...
"Could it be that he feels that he can't beat this Emerald-level boss, so he wants to delay time?"
"If it's delayed for a few days, won't my guild fall apart?"
Huang Huifen frowned, still feeling very uneasy.
At this time, in the guild of Feike Heavy Industry, the morale of each leveling and monster-hunting team was also very low.
If it weren't for the fact that the guild already had a Silver-level hiding place, the 'Courtyard of the Face Tree', many players would definitely have chosen to leave the guild by now.
Just then, Huang Huifen posted an announcement in the guild channel:
"We must obtain this magical inclined tower hiding place! We have invited 'Shadow' to come and help us conquer the boss. After he defeats it, the hiding place will belong to our guild."
"However, in order to obtain this hiding place, the guild needs to pay one thousand eight hundred years of lifespan. So after taking the hiding place, the guild tax rate will be adjusted to 50% within a certain period of time until the tax revenue reaches one thousand eight hundred years and the payment is paid off..."
"After taking the hiding place, every member present can choose a room in the magical inclined tower as a private room!"
Obviously.
Huang Huifen didn't plan to use the guild's lifespan reserve.
Instead, she completely transferred the cost to the members!
Since the magical inclined tower was a Platinum-level hiding place, each floor had an area of twenty to thirty thousand square meters, and there were also many ready-made rooms, which were completely enough for the more than two thousand players of Feike Heavy Industry to move in!
So, with the longing for private rooms, the players of Feike Heavy Industry were all willing to accept a high tax rate for a period of time...
Calculated in this way, it was equivalent to each person only needing to pay two or three hundred days of lifespan to exchange for an absolutely safe private room.
In the world of the God Forsaken Game, this was already quite a bargain!
Many people didn't even have such an opportunity if they wanted it.
However...
The players of Feike Heavy Industry all had some doubts.
"That's an Emerald-level boss. Even Shadow might have a hard time, right?"
"Nobody in the world has achieved the first kill of an Emerald boss yet. What if Shadow can't beat it either?"
"Who cares. Anyway, he's taken the money, so he should figure out a way to solve it."
"I'm just afraid that he can't beat it and asks us to help..."
"Ha ha, help? No way. If he can't beat it, he should refund the money!"
"Okay, okay, okay. You said it yourself. If Shadow asks for help later, none of you should go. I'll go! Don't be jealous when I get the first kill of the Emerald boss..."
...
If Qin Feng knew what these people were thinking, he would probably be speechless.
Can't beat it?
Isn't it just an Emerald-level boss?
Just over three hours later, Qin Feng had killed more than three thousand demonic creatures in the Terrifying Ghost Ship. The blood-red altar magic array finally emitted a terrifying and strange noise, and masses of blood-colored mist gathered in the magic array!
"The Soul Devouring Bloodline Monster, it's exactly the special boss of the Emerald level."
"The first kill of the Emerald boss, it's yours!"