Hiro almost forgot the thing he bought for 10,000 SD, the most expensive thing he purchased in his life.


    He could find neither the ownership certificate nor the sir/madam title he received in the CBT version.


    ording to the customer service he contacted, regr plots and settlements could be imed in the tax office in every city. Because of this, he once again opened the map to find the location of the mentioned tax office. However, it turned out that the previously empty buildings at the town square had been put to use, and one of them was for the tax office.


    Hiro headed to the tax office in Beginner Town. Fortunately, the office was in working hours despite it being 6 AM on the server when he arrived.


    There was already a somewhat long queue inside, so he had to get to the rearmost of the queue outside the main entrance. He couldn’t help but think of how long it would take as he looked at the length of the queue, and he wasn’t the only one.


    “So annoying.”


    “I didn’t spend $10,000 just to wait in line.”


    “Why do I have to be stuck here? I want to y the game, damn it.”


    Numerous yers with the same fate wereining. Hiro also felt that the long line was inconvenient, but unlike them, he decided to read the newly-updated newbie guide book to pass time.


    To his surprise, they actually added quite a lot of new information.


    Under the ownership of Ninecent were five major cities representing the five races in the game: beast, dragon, dwarf, elf, and demon. In order to get there, yers could use the teleportation NPCs’ services at the price of 100–500 LSC depending on the distance.


    yers could get there free of charge bypleting the main quest. However, this only applied to the city representing the yer’s bloodline. yers with a student ID could receive a discount, but they still had to pay if they wanted to go to the other four major cities.


    Hiro smiled upon reading the description. The game developers really wanted to use the system in real life for the system in-game. There was even a special discount for students.


    Every yer’s main story differed depending on the yer’s age range, it’s safe for all ages to y.


    Hiro was in awe. This was a clever innovation as other MMORPGs only had one main story for all yers, which would make it not very suitable for yers outside their main age range target.


    The [CBT yers] page in the HUD system home menu had been reced by the [Leaderboards] page. The Leaderboards had four parts: yer rankings based on bloodline power and yer rankings based on BR, each category divided into yers on their own server and global servers.


    Bloodline power is measured based on the yer’s body stage level. Afterpleting the bloodline-rted quest, the yer’s stage level would increase like a normal level up. An example is how beast half-bloods only had pointy ears at first but would grow a tail upon reaching stage 2.


    The number of yers with an ount on the NA server could be considered quiterge with a total of 350,000 yers, over a third of the number of VR equipment sold for the game’s softunch. Hiro felt relieved. Servers with a lot of yers had their advantages, and one of the major advantages was item transactions by yers for a smooth cash flow.


    The queue to the counter to im thend certificate had begun to lessen. Hiro was already very close to the counter, so he closed his HUD system to stand by.


    “Your name, sir?”


    “NightFall.”


    Ding!


    [W2801 (NA) regr plot certificate has been imed]


    [New title ‘Sir’ has been obtained]


    [Fame has increased]


    Hiro walked out of the noisy building while checking the details in the rule book for plot owners. It contained some exnation about the rules, the reason he had to take hisnd certificate at the tax office was that as andowner, he had to pay a certain amount of tax every month.


    Thend tax calction was quite simple; 3% of the ie from putting the plot ofnd to use.


    Even though it was only 3%, he didn’t want to incur losses after paying 10,000 USD to buy the plot. He was determined to make the plot he bought popr so the ie he received could return the amount he paid for the plot.


    However, his goal would not be easy to achieve. When he arrived at his regr plot, nobody was present apart from himself.


    “You’ve got to be kidding me.”


    ‘There are so many resources here, but nobody came? Are they stupid?’


    Hiro felt that he had to do something to publicize his regr plot. If he failed to do so, all his effort so far would’ve been in vain.


    The rule was, every yer who stayed in the regr plot area to grind monsters or mine resources would have to pay a tax to the plot owner as much as the owner demanded. If a yer wanted to build in the regr plot, the tax they would have to pay included the initial development impact tax to purchase how much of the plot would be used and pay a monthly tax decided by the plot owner.


    Furthermore, if a yer was killed while grinding in the regr plot area, the yer would have to pay a fixed tax of 15% of their total LSC bnce.


    To make his ordinary-looking regr plot popr, Hiro had to decide on reasonable tax prices. Besides, he could change them anytime.


    [Grinding and mining tax: 10 LSC per minute.]


    [Property tax: 1,000 LSC per slot]


    [Monthly property tax: Calcted based on the building size]


    After setting the tax matter, Hiro thought about how to promote hisnd. He had to prove to the yers that his regr plot was a strategic ce for various activities.


    And to prove it, the first thing he had to do was level up until he reached a higher level than the others.


    “I’m ready.”