Is this the advantage of having mineral-rich territory...
Snapping back to reality, Doro thought of White Night City's source energy crystal mines and felt her brow twitch violently.
During the last eting, she had heard the civilization's economists analyze that based on White Night City's store supply volu and frequency, the city's fiscal surplus was conservatively estimated to exceed a thousand gold coins per month. The jewelry and tailoring industries of White Night City had even gained a reputation among NPC nobles.
Not to ntion, White Night City's expansion into resource points never stopped—just by covering military expenses, they could obtain vast amounts of high-tier resources, which were then processed into all kinds of jewelry, potions, equipnt... Such damnable wealth!
"How lucky... That alchemist actually won the Queen's favor..."
The voice of the Forest Singer beside her interrupted Doro's thoughts. She turned her head and noticed that this usually easygoing divine realm powerhouse was now staring at Lucy, the alchemist of White Night City, who had just returned to the magic greenhouse, with unmistakable envy and jealousy in her gaze.
Then the Forest Singer withdrew her gaze and instead began curiously surveying the entirety of White Night City. "For the Queen to choose to descend upon this city... Is there sothing special about it?"
Probably because it's rich in minerals...
Doro answered silently in her heart before tentatively suggesting, "We’ve delayed long enough. Shall we head to the teleportation array?"
Given the current situation, Doro feared that if she didn’t hurry, the Forest Singer might refuse to leave!
Hearing this, the Forest Singer indeed showed clear reluctance on her face. However, she still adhered to the "Summoning Contract" and regretfully followed Doro to the teleportation array, glancing back every few steps.
Along the way, Doro proactively asked, "Could you tell more about the Queen?"
At this, the Forest Singer finally perked up. "Of course. The world should know of Her Majesty’s benevolence and might..."
And so, when Doro returned to the civilization’s territory with the Forest Singer, she also brought back news that White Night had gained the allegiance of a top-tier racial monarch during the divine summoning.
This news didn’t stay hidden for long. Due to the sudden surge in ratings, spies from many factions flocked to White Night City to investigate. Among them were those who had just summoned divine realm powerhouses, and they quickly recognized the openly active presence of the Elven Queen, Eno Lucia, who made no effort to conceal herself.
"A monarch of a top-tier race descended in White Night City?! How much source energy crystal did White Night spend to summon her?"
Upon receiving the news, many racial civilizations had the sa initial reaction as Doro.
After all, in the past progress of exploring the myriad realms, White Night had always been ahead of everyone else—and not only maintained that lead but continuously widened the gap.
This ti, while mainstream players were busy with divine summoning, White Night had remained silent, which had already raised suspicions among the interstellar civilizations. Only when no changes were observed, and she never appeared, did they gradually set the matter aside.
Now, as expected, the inevitable had arrived.
The appearance of the Elven Queen in White Night City, in the eyes of interstellar players, ant that White Night had secretly gone on a frenzied summoning spree—constantly rerolling until the most powerful top-tier being in the divine realm descended.
White Night had been silent all this ti, only to unleash this ultimate move!
It was no wonder interstellar players thought this way. Divine summoning had been around for over ten days, and with the massive sample data accumulated during this period, they had gradually discerned the pattern behind the appearance of high-tier beings—the greater the investnt, the greater the reward.
For each player, the more tis they summoned in a single session, the higher the probability of summoning a powerful being.
This summoning wasn’t about selecting a divine realm being, being dissatisfied after their descent, and summoning again. Instead, it involved skipping early choices, summoning multiple tis, and only selecting in the later rounds.
For instance, aside from a handful of lucky players, most top-tier racial beings were summoned by interstellar "whale" players using this thod.
This was indeed a hidden chanic set by Ye Bai—not to encourage excessive spending, but because the energy spent on summoning was essentially the "travel fee" required for divine beings to descend. Thus, the more energy a player invested upfront, the more powerful the being they could summon.
However, for the player base, in-ga resources were ultimately finite. Even player factions backed by civilizations had to grow within the ga’s rules in the myriad realms, unable to bring real-world accumulations into the ga.
Divine summoning wasn’t cheap, which ant the mainstream approach remained "many players, one summon" rather than "one player, many summons."
Now, hearing that White Night City had even summoned the Elven Queen, interstellar players were understandably tempted. But only civilization-backed factions could afford such extravagance, and such ideas were quickly vetoed internally.
Without knowing the "bottom line" of divine summoning, depleting a civilization’s in-ga reserves for summoning was irrational.
Moreover, since the Elven Queen had already been summoned by White Night, no one else could summon her at the sa ti. Rather than fixating on other top-tier monarchs, it was better to investigate what changes the Elven Queen’s presence would bring to White Night City.
Many investigators heading to White Night City even brought along divine beings with close ties to the elves.
After all, summoned NPCs had their own social networks—so friendly, so hostile. As players, directly approaching the Elven Queen in White Night City would be difficult, but with their own summoned beings as interdiaries, even White Night couldn’t stop them.
Of course, any players who had summoned races hostile to the high elves—especially those associated with the abyss—wisely avoided White Night City to prevent disaster.
Earlier, during the large-scale summoning wave, so players had encountered this scenario: two players with no prior conflict found their summoned beings from hostile races imdiately fighting upon eting.
The battles ended with both beings severely wounded and returning to the divine realm, leaving the players with nothing to show for their summons. This was why the star network urged players to pay attention to the relationships between their summoned beings.
Conversely, beings from friendly races—or even those who knew each other—could help players build connections through persuasion.
For instance, so divine beings, during their ti here, encountered players they admired who weren’t their current summoners. After this summoning ended, they would actively respond to those higher-favor players in the future.
The players heading to White Night City with divine realm experts associated with the elves all had so degree of this thought in mind.
Though the chances were slim, if a divine realm expert was satisfied with a player, they would likely respond to the sa summoner again in the future. But… what if?
Doro had already taken the Forest Singer back to civilized territory. If she found out about this situation, she’d probably laugh out loud and be glad she acted decisively and left quickly.
Soon, so of the players who went to White Night City to "poach" experts realized the severity of the problem.
The Forest Singer was already one of the more principled and contract-abiding divine realm experts. The less scrupulous ones, once brought to White Night City, simply refused to leave.
Yes, refused to leave.
Especially those from top-tier races.
……
"To think His Majesty has also arrived in this new world. My apologies, summoner, but from now on, I shall remain by His Majesty’s side to serve." A high elf, who had just arrived in White Night City with the summoning player, seed to sense sothing and turned to speak.
The player, who had been scheming to win the favor of the Elven Queen, froze. "Wait—I—can’t I…" co with you to see the Elven Queen?
Before the player could finish, the slender and beautiful high elf seed to recall sothing and handed him a green leaf, saying with a clear conscience, "If you need anything, use this to send a ssage. Hmm… I’ll reply after I finish the tasks His Majesty assigns."
This statent was roughly equivalent to Ye Bai’s era’s "Let’s keep in touch via ssage in a bottle."
The next mont, before the player could react, the elf had vanished without a trace.
……
anwhile, at the city gates, a player whispered to the seemingly empty air beside them:
"I was hoping you could help investigate any possible secrets hidden in this city…"
A transparent silhouette took shape in that spot, and a figure lifted an invisible hood—a void spirit revealing itself from concealnt.
"White Night City is such a wonderful place. I’ve decided to stay here for a while to study. Of course, since you’re my summoner, I’ll still help you if you encounter difficulties… depending on the situation."
"Huh?" The player was caught off guard, never expecting to hear such words.
—You’re the most knowledgeable void spirit in the divine realm! Why would you need to study in White Night City?!
But when the player turned back, the void spirit, who had previously taught them so much, was already gone.
……
Near the expanded three-story specialty bakery in White Night City’s residential shopping district…
"Wait—Lord Kegno, why have you suddenly decided not to leave?!" The player stared in confusion at the draconian they had summoned. This powerful dragonkin warrior had a terrible temper and a huge appetite, but if appeased, he was an incredibly strong combat asset.
The player had only planned to stop by White Night City on the off chance of catching a glimpse of the Elven Queen. Since that hadn’t happened, they were ready to leave—until their usually cooperative divine realm expert abruptly refused to go.
Kegno’s gaze flickered almost imperceptibly toward the bakery, which was bustling with custors. Nearby, a donkey stood with its mouth open, waiting to be fed by the shop. Players from the Blue Star server were all too familiar with this mount of White Night.
Making sure he hadn’t disturbed his lord’s mood, Kegno quickly averted his eyes and turned back to the player with irritation. "Lord Kegno stays where he pleases! Go entertain yourself. Annoy further, and I’ll eat you."
The player, who had no idea where to "entertain" themselves: "……"
……
In just one day, every player who had brought a divine realm expert to White Night City learned a painful lesson and sumd it up thus:
Go to White Night City alone. Do not bring divine realm experts anywhere near it—unless you want to watch the expert you painstakingly summoned end up working for White Night City instead!
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