Translator: Hellscythe_ Editor: Hellscythe_
Based on Aqua Rose's knowledge about the authority of Barons, aside from being able to purchase private territory within White River City, they could also hire their own guards. A Baron could hire a total of 10 NPCs to serve as guards for his own territory.
However, a Baron was the lowest rank of nobility.
Only when one was promoted to Viscount would one be counted as one of the true nobles of the city.
A Viscount could not only purchase private territory, one could recruit up to 40 NPCs as guards, as well as have two personal guards.
Having personal guards was a special privilege available only to true nobles.
The normal guards hired by players were not capable of growth, unlike personal guards. In other words, after recruitment, the Levels of normal guards would not change no matter how much time passed. On the other hand, personal guards could be leveled up. They would also receive bonus Attributes from leveling up, making them much stronger than normal guards. The difference between the two was like the difference between a Common monster and a Boss monster.
Meanwhile, if their Guild had these personal guards protecting their Guild Residence, at this stage of the game, the defense of their Guild Residence would definitely be foolproof. Furthermore, they could even have these personal guards participate in Boss battles. Although the levels of these NPCs would be suppressed, they would still be a lot stronger than the average player. With these personal guards, Zero Wing would have a greater advantage over other Guilds when contesting for Field Bosses.
Thinking up to this point, Aqua Rose couldn't help but reevaluate her opinion of Shi Feng once again.
"Guild Leader, the more I get to know you, the less I actually understand about you. Not only have you managed to obtain such an excellent location for a Guild Residence, you are also a Viscount of White River City. If other Guilds were to find out about this matter, they would definitely go insane," Aqua Rose giggled, blinking her shining large eyes.
"Indeed, they will definitely hunt me down like maniacs," Shi Feng laughed.
The moment a Guild possessed their own Residence, they would be like a seedling that had finally set down roots; they would no longer be at the mercy of the winds and rain.
Only by growing roots could a plant thrive and have the possibility to grow into a towering tree.
In the past, a player had once joked that a Guild without their own Guild Residence was like a gang of mountain bandits, while a Guild that had their own Guild Residence was like the lord of a region.
The reason being, only with a Guild Residence could a Guild gradually perfect the many benefits they provided. It was especially true for Guild Quests. At this stage of the game, as nobody possessed their own Guild Residence yet, the NPCs within the city were unable to privately publish quests to the Guilds. Hence, players could only accept some daily quests from the Adventurer's Association to earn Guild Reputation.
In comparison to the individual quests that players received from the Adventurer's Association, the private Guild Quests published by NPCs rewarded much higher Guild Reputation. If a Guild was sufficiently powerful, there was even the possibility that a quest rewarding an Epic ranked item would appear. Moreover, unlike at the Adventurer's Association, the number of quests available to Guild members was not just limited to two or three...
As long as a Guild was sufficiently powerful, there would be several hundreds, even thousands of Guild Quests being published in the Guild Residence every day.
