[Brynhildr Fort]
Shortly after activating the skill, Hecate appeared in the entrance of the Guild Building.
She looked at the crowds around and found that there had been no important changes during her absence, except that there were fewer yers roaming around. Even the names Emilia, Renahi, and KAZU on her friend list were listed as offline.
This is understandable, since it was the end-term exam period where most of the yers who had not finished their studies and had to focus on passing their exams, especially high school students. Failing would mean that they will most likely held back a grade, or if they are in their third year then they will not be able to get into the university of their choice.
But suddenly Hecate noticed something.
"Oh, Emi and Rena is online."
The two grayed names on her friend list has became green simultaneously. This means that just now both of them logged in to y even though they would face exams a few dayster.
Those online today are mostly yers who are already university students where exams are less restrictive or those who have joined the society. If there are high school students who are online, it means they are confident about passing or don''t care about their exam results.
<em>''Are they confident in their studies and sure they can pass the exams sessfully?''</em>
But after thinking about it some more, she remembered that Renahi had already taken a special curriculum course, so she could advance to the university section straight away without needing to take an exam.
Hecate wasn''t sure about Emilia, but she didn''t seem stupid, so she was definitely confident about her passing.
"It''s none of my business anyway."
She then essed the Guild Treasury Exchange from her Guild Interface.
It was then that Hecate discovered that during her absence until now, her GCP had increased so much, reaching 24 million. She wasn''t too surprised by this, because she already knew that most of her GCP came from Leon and Astrid.
Both of them are quite generous every time they give a reward so that her GCP umtes so much over time. Spoiler <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><big><big><big><img /attachments/guild-treasure-exchange-png.4660/" alt="" /></big></big></big></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>[] Add Items</td> <td></td> <td>Contribution Point: 24,335,600 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>[<img src="
<strong></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Pururun</td> <td></td> <td> 200</td> <td>24-01-20XX </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Kagerou</td> <td></td> <td> 150</td> <td>24-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from -=FrEYdeN=-</td> <td></td> <td> 1200</td> <td>24-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Astrid</td> <td></td> <td> 5000000</td> <td>24-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Renahi</td> <td></td> <td>3000</td> <td>24-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Bubbles</td> <td></td> <td> 100</td> <td>24-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from SGNE</td> <td></td> <td> 100</td> <td>24-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Leon</td> <td></td> <td> 10000000</td> <td>24-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Hoshino </td> <td></td> <td> 500</td> <td>20-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Received GCP transfer from Heven </td> <td></td> <td> 200</td> <td>20-01-20XX</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Page 1 | 2 | <strong>3</strong> | 4 | 5 </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> [copse]
There are also GCPs that many guildmates give as pocket money.
At first, the guildmates who sent Hecate pocket money were mostly aunts and uncles who seemed to think of her as their little sister, daughter or something like that. But for some reason, now even many guild members she doesn''t know and have never met are also sending her money as well.
Each of those pocket money may not be much, but if many people give her the pocket money regrly, over time the amount will certainly berge.
<em>''It''s just like having lots of sugar daddies and sugar mommies...''</em>
When she saw the GCP transaction log, Hecate had mixed feelings.
The reason why her guildmates sent her money was most likely because of her cuteness (narcissism).
Even though it wasn''t intentional, she felt like she was prostituting her cuteness. She understand very much that her cuteness was somewhat lethal. There weren''t many people in the guild who could resist petting her head.
<em>''I didn''t do anything illegal, so there shouldn''t be any problems, right?''</em>
Hecate shakes her head.
Anyway, it wasn''t like she could control the behavior of her guildmates whether they send her money or not, and she had no reason to refuse the free stuff that was given to her.
It was ironic that some of those kind-hearted guildmates were brutally sted by her Mana Explosion not long ago.
<em>''I shouldn''t waste any more time and finish this quickly.''</em>
Hecate closed the transaction log and started selling some of the loot obtained from yesterday''s hunt. Of course, she didn''t bring all the loot with her, as her inventory wasn''t enough to store them all.
She set the price of each loot as high as possible ording to the guild''s market price.
"ording to calctions, these are worth around 150k each, and these ones should be 250k each..."
Once finished, she pressed the confirm button. Spoiler <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><big><big><big><img /attachments/guild-treasure-exchange-png.4660/" alt="" /></big></big></big></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>[] <strong>Add Items</strong></td> <td></td> <td>Contribution Point: 24,335,600 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>[<img src="
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<strong></strong></td> <td><strong>Price</strong></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Adult Veliperalocator Spider Carcass <s></td> <td>x400</td> <td> 150000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Archdora Tarantu Carcass <s></td> <td>x50</td> <td> 250000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Archmiga Tarantu Carcass <s></td> <td>x50</td> <td> 250000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Gigantic Spider Silk <10kg></td> <td>x150</td> <td> 20000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Broken Spider Eggshell</td> <td>x400</td> <td> 5000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Broken Spider Leg</td> <td>x1000</td> <td> 1500</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Flesh of the Corrupted One </td> <td>x350</td> <td> 8000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Maggot Carcass</td> <td>x630</td> <td> 3000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bottle of Acidic Liquid</td> <td>x100</td> <td> 7000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bottle of Corrupted Spider Blood</td> <td>x40</td> <td> 10000</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Page <strong>1 </strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> [copse]
Since the Adult Velis were Lv140+ monsters, and Archdoras as well as Archmigas were Lv170+ monsters, their unprocessed carcasses was priced far more expensive than the loot from other high-level monsters. But, the main reason why she priced them so expensive was of course because of their enormous size.
Each of these carcasses could fill an entire room if dispelled from its shrunken state. With such arge size, their meat can definitely fill hundreds of people. Not to mention fur, carapace, and other materials that can be harvested.
There was no need to worry about whether the loot wouldn''t be sold, because sooner orter, someone would definitely exchange those unprocessed carcasses to process them into materials and resell them.
With that done, now her inventory has be a little more spacious.
Hecate then spent 3 million GCP to exchange 108 Save-Crystals and several types of metal ore, which wouldter be used to build her workshop in her newly acquired territory. As for the remaining GCP, she directly exchanged it for <img /img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQev-PBiOZDQ0RTHWY9nBfIz74bepUowMaovHqGZy1JoRmFV2ZrwWi-ydA-id9r99eEeB_8oRdNMmM8hYACgm8jzbWrc6zfs8NABN7qM_5aee4w9D5gi4Wfeus59iBOE3IkfYy4FTGsDYwMOiaRU-YGdFeMFn26qdkywKGhfZwRVEPDY8j9e7L/s120/coin_1fa99.png" alt="" width="16" height="16" /> Gold coins.
After that, she closed the window.
<em>''Now that this is over, let''s see what Astrid has to say.''</em>
With that said, Hecate opened the Private Message window.
[Ornus Town]
On the third floor of a building in the center of the town, Astrid sat in a lounge chair while enjoying tea. Her gaze was fixed on the transparent window in front of her, which disyed information about the area she managed.
Construction went smoothly ording to her n and the original Ornus Vige had now been upgraded to Ornus Town.
The tents has been reced by proper buildings, the poption has exceeded 2000 people, and the collected mana was enough to meet the daily consumption of Safety Barrier.
This Safety Barrier has been upgraded to Lv3, which can prevent monsters below or equivalent to Lv99 from entering the town. It was enough to stop Tier 1 and Tier 2 monsters, but still couldn''t stop Tier 3 monsters that had reached Lv100 and above.
<em>''Fortunately, there weren''t many monsters that reached such a level outside dungeons.''</em>
Meanwhile, the Teleportation Gate has been installed and now the town has its own Town Scroll.
There were some yers visiting the city, although the number was still small at the moment. But she believes that as time goes by, the number of yers whoe will increase.
From the statistic shown in the Territory Management window, the "Economy" aspect has stabilized, while the "Security", "Culture", "Hygiene" and other aspects are still in the improvement stage.
Very good, now the statistics are starting to show good numbers.
Overall, Astrid was very satisfied with this result.
It was just that, the "Satisfaction" and "Loyalty" of the original residents were somewhat low.
Maybe it was because Astrid casually brought in ves and turned them into residents regardless of race and origin, without caring about the risk of cultural and ideological shes.
"Those old fashioned people, what should I do about them?"
Astrid was somewhat conflicted in her heart.
Those original residents were arrogant and kept making trouble with the new residents for any petty reason. No matter what she does, the circumstances in which they reconciled with the new residents doesn''t seem possible.
But thankfully, the impact was not too big because those original residents were now can be considered a minority.
<em>''Perhaps I was too hasty...''</em>
She could only sigh and let time slowly fix everything.
While Astrid contemted on her mind, she suddenly received a PM from Hecate.
Hecate: "Astrid, are you there? I heard from Rena that you had something to say to me."
Astrid: "Yes, do you have time? Met me at the baseter."
This PM came just on time.
It just so happened that Astrid wanted to hear other people''s opinions on this matter. Maybe discussing with other people will give her inspiration to solve this problem.
Hecate: "I''m at the base now."
Astrid: "Okay, I''m going there. Looks like Emilia-san and Rena-san are also online, let''s call them together too."
And so, she got up from her chair and called her secretary.
The secretary, a female Human in her 20s, was naturally a Native as well as the old vige leader''s daughter. This person had been recruited to help Astrid run the town in her absence.
"Fi, please take care of the rest, I''m going back to the base now."
"I understand."
With that said, Astrid activated the Return Base skill, and appeared in the Brynhildr Fort.
As soon as the teleportation light has subsided, she walked towards the lounge in the Guild Building. When she opened the door to the lounge, Emilia and Renahi were already sitting on the sofa.
"Wee back, Astrid." (Hecate)
As well as Hecate, who was being cuddled and sitting on Renahi''sp.