<h4>Chapter 408: Expansion</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios
Han Xiao’s eyes sparkled.
Due to the Dragon Emperor’s influence, ck Star’s name was now well-known. Making more connections in the mercenary industry would equate to more hiring opportunities, plus higher rewards. Those that chose to be a mercenary mostly did so for money, and this was very attractive to normal mercenaries.
“If I make an announcement and send out recruitment notices, there will be thousands of bottom level mercenaries who respond. Although expanding is beneficial for me now, there’s no need to hurry it. I have the foundation now—what I need to do is strengthen ck Star’s position. There’s no need to expand quickly; stable growth is more important.”
Outsiders were not dependable, and his name was on the line. Han Xiao’s target was the future yers. He was now just waiting for the next version to start, and then, he would be able to recruit thousands of yers. His size would then reach the level of the threerge armies. He was not short of manpower, so there was no need to expand in a hurry.
<i>Regardless, Sunils are a very high-qualitybat power. Ever since their split, their already bad situation became worse, so their desire to earn money is stronger.</i>
“How many want toe?” Han Xiao asked.
“About a hundred or so. They saw the news, so they reached out to me, expressing their desire to join ck Star.”
A hundred was just a small part of all the Sunil warriors. They saw the Shattered Star Ring Express News and recalled that the grade B Super Herlous of their race was in ck Star. So, someone suggested the idea, gathered about a hundred other Sunil mercenaries, and came to join Han Xiao.
“Let me talk to them personally,” Han Xiao said.
Herlous contacted them. A familiar face appeared on themunicator screen; it was Lerden, whom Han Xiao had met before. As he knew Han Xiao personally, he had been chosen as the representative.
“We meet again, ck Star,” Lerden said.
Han Xiao nodded and went straight to the point. “You guys want to join my mercenary group?”
“Yes, what we mean is to carry out ck Star’s missions under your name, and for that, we are willing to turn in fifteen percent of ourmission,” Lerden said. Although they had to give a certain amount of theirmission, with ck Star’s connections, they would receive better treatment and be safer. They would only end up earning more.
“So, that’s the joining tactic?”
Han Xiao’s eyes spun. He provided resources and the Sunils provided thebor, both taking what they want.
Plus, the more officers in the faction, the better. These were all NPC resources.
Naturally, the Sunils did not know what Han Xiao was thinking. From their perspective, they benefitted more from this deal. Therefore, at this moment, both Herlous and Lerden were looking at Han Xiao nervously.
Han Xiao put on a pondering face, kept silent for a while, nced at the nervous face of these two, and then pointed two fingers. “I want twenty percent.”
Seeing that Han Xiao had given his terms, Lerden heaved a sigh of relief and agreed. After some discussion, they decided on the cooperation ns. These hundred or so Sunil mercenaries joined ck Star and formed a team on their own.
An application request popped up on the mercenary group panel in themunicator. Soon after, about a hundred more names appeared on the member list. Han Xiao nced at them one by one. These Sunils were all experienced mercenaries with very long mission resumes.
“These Sunil mercenaries are quite capable. They are quite a force now that they are gathered together.”
He nodded in his mind. This team was ck Star’s first detachment, the Sunil Division. The highly-skilled yers and himself were the direct members. The size of the mercenary group multiplied by two to three times instantly.
The Sunil Division was like the employees, and Han Xiao just had to receive the money.
<i>It’s indeed much morefortable being a boss.</i>
<i>With connections and resources, there will indeed be people who will willingly work for you.</i>
Han Xiao opened up the ck Star Mercenary Group page—its information had already been updated.
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ck Star Mercenary Group
Credibility: 198
Scale: 173 members
Grade D: 41
Grade C: 52
Grade B: 2
Hires Completed: 2
Main Activity Area: Garton Gxy
Records:
[Sunil Defense Battle (Expand/Copse)]
[Silver Rescue Operation (Expand/Copse)]
Creator: ck Star – Han Xiao
Creation date: Gxy Calendar Year 688, 02 October
Summary: Small-medium size mercenary group, has a good name, has a partnership with Sky Ring, des, Purple Gold, and otherrge mercenary groups. This mercenary group belongs to the Dragon Emperor.
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<i>As expected, the Mercenary Alliance wrote in the information about me being a member of Floating Dragon, </i>Han Xiao thought. This was abel that he would not be able to get rid of in a short period of time.
The news brought him many points of Renown in several areas of Shattered Star Ring. The total Renown of his faction was 67, many times of what he previously had.
Although the total was not little, when counted individually, his Renown in other Star Zones was actually just one to two points. To most people in the gxy, they had only heard of ck Star. The good thing was, the faction interface only counted the total Renown. If he wanted to get to this number through the normal method, he would have to take at least one to two hires at each of these areas. This had saved him from needing to do twenty to thirty hires.
Han Xiao talked to Lerden for a while and told the Sunil warriors to gather at Juberly Hub.
Herlous was overjoyed. From what he saw, ck Star willingness to ept his people was him giving them a helping hand in their tough times. How righteous!
After getting rid of Herlous, Han Xiao opened the yer forums, which he had not visited for a very long time.
Countless posts had appeared. The time between these posts being posted was very short, which meant it was very active.
He glimpsed through. There were all kinds of posts such as showing off equipment, discussing duels, selling things, asking to team up, arguing, telling stories, and many more.
The earliest batches of yers were already familiar with the game. They had started to go deeper into the storyline and train their skills. Other than Aquamarine, the main storylines of other novices were still going. The other did not have someone like him who stirred up everything, so their game experience was very normal.
Also, many new yers had joined the game recently, so there were many posts from these new yers on the forums asking for help.
“Coordinates Winterfrost Pond Of Bones, need a pro to carry [Frost Baptism] dungeon. Price is to be discussed.” This was from someone who was willing to pay.
Lasting Song viger here, please help me farm Bandit Canyon. I canst hit and shout ‘well yed’!” This was from a noob yer.
“Female with a cute voice, soft body, and 8/10 face looking for a male mentor. Need to be thoughtful, handsome, gentle, caring, in possession of a maic voice, experienced in providingfort. No chauvinists or hideous men, thanks.” This was one of a kind. Without context, people would think that this was an online dating personal profile.
It had been almost three months since Han Xiao left Aquamarine. Many new yers had joined the game. The situation on Aquamarine did not change much, and Sanctuary Three had be one of the default gathering ces of yers.
The prefix ‘ck Phantom’ on Sanctuary Three had sparked curiosity in some new yers. They had asked around about who Han Xiao was, which gave the old yers opportunities to show off their seniority, exining Han Xiao’s past with a lot of emotion, telling the new yers that there was this legendary person. Han Xiao’s name became more well known.
<i>There are more and more yers now, but it’s still very far from Gxy’s peak in my previous life... Anyway, this is only the first version. These yers will be the most senior yers in a few versions. As the versions are upgraded, the level limit of the yers will increase, and the environment will be more dangerous. However, this is a double-edged sword, as long as I always maintain the lead, with the help from the yers, I will be able to strengthen my position in the universe... Speaking of which, time will not be synced during version updates, and yers will disappear too. In just over a year, the first version update will arrive.</i>
It had been some time since he hadst visited the forums. As his current activity area basically had nothing to do with the yers, he did not pay much attention to the status of yers as a whole.
Conversely, the yers paid a lot of attention to his actions. Bun-Hit-Dog’s videos were the only source of information on the gxy, so every release of an episode was extremely popr.
Bun-Hit-Dog edited his videos to look like a drama show. The first episode was when they came to Juberly Hub and created the mercenary group. The second episode was the Sunil Defense Battle. Thetest was the third episode, which was about ck Star joining Floating Dragon. Ember had yet to make an appearance—it was mainly introducing the threerge armies and Floating Dragon, as well as the dock scrimmage to rescue the Silver captives, followed by the highly-skilled yers catching thieves in the Guards after joining Floating Dragon.
Compared to the two previous episodes, the poprity of this episode created a new high once again. Han Xiao had yet to watch it.
He clicked open the video, and the introduction was covered in countlessments. He gave a closer look and realized that thesements were all very simr.
“47:35, the screen is covered in long legs!”
“Ahhh! Please marry me, Ms. Dragon Emperor!”
“Ames is mine! Draw your sword!”
Han Xiao’s mouth twitched. He finally understood why this episode was so popr—at least half of the audience came to look at Ames.