"Spent: Wood, Stone, Iron, and Gold ×10,000. Market construction complete."
Whoosh! A pillar of golden light descended from the sky, landing on an open plot before Lin Chen.
As the light faded, a brand-new building appeared before him.
It was a small wooden hut, with a signboard above it that read: Market.
Inside, players could access the trading system—
Listing items they wished to sell.
To prevent price manipulation, the system would automatically assign values to listed items.
The price fluctuated based on the game's progression.
For example, selling a Tier 5 troop early in the game would fetch a high price—
Whereas late-game, that same unit would be worth peanuts.
So when it came to selling graded items, timing was everything.
The earlier you sold, the better the price.
As for ungraded items, their prices would fluctuate automatically depending on market demand and competition.
Aside from direct sales, the Market also had an auction mode—
But it only unlocked when your territory reached Level 10.
And even then, only rare and valuable items—as judged by the system—could be put up for auction.
That was the general overview of the trading system.
After constructing the Market, Lin Chen didn't immediately list his items.
Instead, he sorted through the day's loot from leveling and exploration.
Roughly summarized:
Basic Resources: 202,000
Food: 50,000
Orange Resource Pack ×5
Purple Resource Pack ×4
Blue Resource Pack ×3
Green Resource Pack ×5
White Resource Pack ×3
Equipment Enhancement Stone ×110
Skill Stone ×250
Hero Advancement Gem ×1
Forbidden Spell Scroll ×6
Subject Refresh Card ×2
Tier 2 Beast-Type Troop: Spiked Crocodile
Tier 2 Human Troop: Shieldbearer Swordsman
Gold-Grade Equipment: Savage Battle Armor
That was the day's haul.
No hesitation—he opened all the Resource Packs.
"You opened Orange Resource Pack ×5. Received: Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold ×500,000."
"You opened Purple Resource Pack ×4. Received: Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold ×200,000."
"You opened Blue Resource Pack ×3. Received: Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold ×60,000."
"You opened Green Resource Pack ×5. Received: Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold ×50,000."
"You opened White Resource Pack ×3. Received: Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold ×9,000."
Swish, swish!
Total: 819,000 basic resources added.
Lin Chen checked his territory info—resource reserves:
[Divine Realm]
Level: 5
Alliance: None
Subordinate Territories: None
Population: 1,500 / 50,000
Daily Subject Production: 500
Trainable Troops: Windrunner Archer
Wood: 1.655 million
Stone: 1.699 million
Iron: 1.623 million
Gold: 1.086 million
Food: 138,000
Upgrade Cost: Wood, Stone, Iron, Gold ×153,000
All resource reserves had once again crossed the 1 million mark.
Nice.
Most of it came from World Announcement rewards.
Moral of the story: snag more World Announcements whenever possible.
Resources aside, now it was time to cash in on surplus gear and items.
Throughout the day, Lin Chen had led his squad through several chest locations from memory.
He had opened quite a few and picked up not just resources, but even a Tier 2 troop: Shieldbearer Swordsman.
After tallying everything up, these were the items he could sell:
Bronze-Grade Equipment: [Iron Sword], [Withered Staff]
Silver-Grade Equipment: [Chainmail Armor], [Wolf Fang Spike]
Gold-Grade Equipment: [Savage Battle Armor], [Glory Shield]
Tier 1 Orc Troop: [Goblin]
Tier 2 Undead Troop: [Skeleton Archer]
Tier 2 Human Troop: [Shieldbearer Swordsman]
Tier 2 Beast Troop: [Spiked Crocodile]
That made six pieces of equipment and four troops.
None of which Lin Chen needed.
In other words—they were all ready to be turned into cash.
The Market was built, the items were ready.
No reason to delay—time to list.
Lin Chen opened the Market panel and created a personal shop called Evernight's Store, then listed all six pieces of equipment and four troops.
The system automatically evaluated each item and assigned a corresponding price.
Quick note: Players could choose the currency type for their trades.
What did that mean?
If you wanted to trade for materials—select materials.
If you wanted gold—choose gold.
But Lin Chen needed X Country Coins, so that's what he selected.
Then the system priced everything accordingly:
Bronze-Grade Equipment: 50,000 each
Silver-Grade Equipment: 200,000 each
Gold-Grade Equipment: 1,000,000 each
Tier 1 Troop [Goblin]: 500,000
Tier 2 Troops: 5,000,000 each
Lin Chen was satisfied with the valuation.
If everything sold, he would earn 18 million X Country Coins.
He'd put every coin into the recharge system. Oh man, just thinking about it got his blood pumping.
And as for concerns that the pricing was too high—
Not at all. For two reasons:
First—there were plenty of rich folks in the real world. They couldn't top up in-game, but dropping a few million via trades? That was nothing.
Second—Tier 2 troops and Gold equipment might not be amazing, but this was Day 1 of the server launch.
Getting ahead early meant staying ahead.
Someone would definitely buy them.
Once everything was ready, Lin Chen selected his buyer audience.
Yes—Era of Lords allowed you to choose who could buy your listings.
The most common choice was by country.
Lin Chen didn't want to sell to foreign players.
So he restricted his listing to X Country only.
Only X Country players would be able to purchase his troops and equipment.
As the saying goes—keep the wealth in the family.
With everything set, Lin Chen hit "List for Sale."
Then he opened the X Country chat channel and spent 10,000 gold to send a pinned broadcast:
"Evernight's Store", Selling Tier 2 troops and Bronze, Silver, Gold gear! Limited stock, first come first served—don't miss out!" (includes item previews)
Attached were previews of the Spiked Crocodile and Skeleton Archer stat sheets.
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