Return Of Aegis

Continuing their exploration of the city, they finally located the Guild Union building to the North-Eastern corner of the city.

On the outside, it looked like any of the other buildings around it. Dirty windows, vines creeping up its walls, the door almost falling off its hinges, and a rickety signboard outside naming the building as the Guild Union.

Stepping inside, the view was vastly different. It was as though they had stepped into another realm altogether.

The walls and pillars were shiny gold surfaces, as smooth as a baby's behind. Neat rows of counters on one side, notice boards on the right, and right in the middle, the registration counter.

Behind the counter was a beautiful lady, that was until they saw her lower half. Her top half was of a very beautiful oriental lady, but her bottom, a very large snake. She had to have been part of the Lamia race, half human half snake.

[Welcome adventurers to the Guild Union, my name is Tear, how may I be of assistance today?]

"We would like to form a guild!" said ZeLin and ZeRen simultaneously.

[Hahaha, I like your enthusiasm already, now let us get down to business, please make payment of 10G, then fill in the form, the one to be guild leader, please drop a droplet of your blood on the scroll to seal it.]

ZeLin paid the 10G, then Tear produced a form out of thin air. ZeLin filled in the guild details:

Guild Name: Yggdrasil

Banner Background Color: Lime Green

Banner Design: Shield

Banner Logo: World Tree

Banner Logo Color: Moss Green

Guild acronym: YDS

Completing the process, ZeRen dropped a droplet of his blood on the form, it automatically scrolled itself, then flew to one of the shelves on the right.

[Congratulations on creating your guild. You may choose a building and the layout via the counters on the left. We hope you bring glory to this small continent.]

ZeRen opened up the guild interface then assigned ZeLin as the Vice Guild Leader, ZeRen changed all the settings for ZeLin's vice guild leader position, giving him full access to storage, finance, and upgrading of the guild.

After doing so, ZeRen told ZeLin that he was heading off to explore, the guild will upgrades will be done by ZeLin since he didn't have to go out to farm experience. Nodding, ZeLin started by heading to the Guild Building selection counter.

As he was an Honorary Citizen of Aegis, he could get 10% discount off all NPC services. First he chose a plot of land right next to the City Guard Barracks. The reason he chose it was because it was also near to the auction hall and teleportation station. Easy access to Auction Hall, and being close to teleportation station, meant that they could easily deploy troops.

The land cost him 90 silver to purchase, normally it would be 1G. Next he choose the outer design of the guild building, he made the building mirror those around it, effectively blending into it surroundings.

Guild buildings were similar to the Guild Union building. Outside it would like like any other double storey shop, but once you stepped inside, it would be another world all together.

The reason why ZeLin didn't choose a fancy exterior was because being too loud early game wasn't a smart move. Jealous people and previous enemies could swoop in and give them a headache.

Next he selected the outer courtyard to be used by members to rest and relax. When their guild level increased, they could add fountains which healed MP, HP and STA to the outer courtyard. Designing it now would save up the cost to renovate in the future.

After the outer courtyard was designed, he designed the middle courtyard, here members could sell, buy or trade with each other. Higher guild levels would allow the guild to train NPC guards in the middle courtyard to defend the guild against invaders.

The inner court split into 2 sections, one was known as the leveling up yard. This place was for core members to practice, create or hone their skills. Future buffs increased the speed of mastering skills.

The other section of the inner court was for lifestyle players. ZeLin split the area into sections, one each for smithing, alchemy, jewelers and rune masters. Each section could be further leveled up to provide enhanced benefits.

Right at the back of guild land, was the war council and living quarters for core members, private guards, vice leaders and guild master.

As the guild increased in levels, vice leaders and guild leaders could choose to upgrade sections, guilds upon reaching certain levels, also unlocked passive and active skills. Some example guild skills:

Guild Summoning (Lv Max)

Active (Instant) - Cooldown 7-days (real time)

Allows the Head of the War Council to summon all guild members, no matter where they are, to his/her location.

Increase Experience Gain (Lv 1/5)

Passive

Increase guild member exp gain by 50% across the board.

Permanent Health Boost (Lv 1/10)

Passive

Increase guild member total HP by 10%. Only applies to guild members.

Guild Call to Arms (Lv Max)

Active (Instant) - Cooldown 3-days (real time)

All defending guild members gain 300% Defense (physical and magic), 300% Dodge, 200% increased HP, MP, STA till player death. Usable only after middle court breached during Guild Wars.

Guild skills such as [Guild Summoning] were perfect for sneak attacks. Assassin guilds loved this skill the most, all they needed was for the guild master or a vice leader to sneak behind enemy lines, then summon the entire guild from behind the enemy. Passive skills usually just gave some sort of boost to guild members.

Once satisfied, ZeLin submitted design application to the system, the total cost was came up to 5G. It stung, but ZeLin comforted himself by saying that it was a worthwhile expense. Had the have to renovate the place to add buildings in the future, the price would not be this low.

[System Notification: Thank you for your building designs, Yggdrasil GUild Building will be ready in 20 hours (in-game)]

Satisfied, ZeLin checked his map interface then headed East to where ZeRen was killing some mobs.