The guards standing outside immediately recognized Liam and rushed over to him.
He was a Duke of the kingdom, so they hurried over to personally welcome him.
"My Lord, please let us know how we may assist you today?" The representative at the counter also rushed over, being equally courteous.
The few players standing around the building all glanced at Liam, Mia, and Derek enviously.
However, no matter how they tried they couldn't see any of their identities, and the trio was also ushered in quickly to a VIP area.
So everyone could only stare in awe, wondering what the players' reputation was to receive such treatment.
"They might be NPCs." Someone said.
"Did they clear a demon rift maybe?" Someone else commented.
More players were gathered here than usual because many new guilds were now being formed.
Everyone was gearing up to raid the demon rifts and reap the advantages of the special event.
So the crowd in the administrative building was more considerable compared to before. However, forming a guild was not an easy matter.
Or rather forming a guild with a solid foundation was not an easy matter.
For a guild to become top-tier or at least first-rate, a very strong sturdy foundation needed to be built.
Several factors contributed to this base strength, but the guild residence was the main one.
A guild residence was not a frat house.
It could be, of course, treated as one and was often done so as well, at least at this stage of the game, but there were so many other hidden details.
A guild with a residence would be able to recruit and employ NPCs, lease mines, establish shops and even conduct auctions.
All of the guild's perks typically exponentially increased, specifically the guild quests.
These quests can be cleared to get more quests of a better grade.
Doing these would give more reputation points which in turn would beget more B-ranked and above quests.
When the reputation of a guild reaches above a certain point, even the King had to respect the guild and treat them as a formidable ally.
This was also one of the reasons why Liam decided to create a guild.
He was already a Duke of this Kingdom and now if he managed to also create a guild with a huge reputation, he wondered just what sort of doors this would open for him.
Could he perhaps bring an entire Kingdom under his control?
This was just a fleeting thought at the moment. Nevertheless, Liam decided to explore it.
The events in his last timeline were already drastically different from those happening right now.
So the more power he managed to amass, the better his chances would be for survival and protecting those that mattered to him.
Other people also had similar ideas though they were not as greedy as him and did not dare to aim so extravagantly.
The crowd loitering around the administrative building was after something else. There were unexpected pop-up auctions of lands inside towns and cities every now and then.
So people were constantly on the lookout for these auctions.
If someone managed to grab this chance and set up a guild residence, even if it was a remote spot, it was one of the sure-shot ways to success.
Mia turned around to look at this crowd and whispered to Liam. "Should we also start working on a way to secure some sort of guild residence?"
Even though their guild was just starting and did not have the required amount of players, Mia knew the importance of planning ahead.
It was all a vicious circle. One first needed a reputed guild for attracting more members, and most players would not join a no-name guild.
Luckily for them, they already had a solid seed group of players.
With a little work and some time, this would slowly and gradually change into a full-fledged guild group.
Keeping this in mind, Mia made the necessary mental calculations and enquired. However, Liam smiled mysteriously.
"No need. I already have that covered."
"Oh?" Mia nodded in confusion. She already knew that Liam was a Duke so she was too surprised either.
She curiously followed him, wondering how things were going to go down. The representative brought all of them over to the Chancellor's office.
Inside, a middle-aged nobleman was sitting who stood upon seeing Liam. "Greetings, Lord Duke. What a pleasant surprise! How may I assist you today?"
The man was neither haughty nor submissive and spoke in a polite manner. As a Court Chancellor, his position was also comparable to Liam's.
"Good day, Chancellor. Ha Ha. Sorry for disturbing your busy day. We just came here for a small job."
Mia's eyes widened on hearing the words 'small job' but she quietly stood to the side, following Derek's example.
Both of them did not intervene in the conversation as if they just wanted to observe the master at work.
However, to their surprise, Liam did not do anything special. He simply chatted with the Chancellor about the recent demon attacks.
But this was just the beginning.
As the conversation slowly got heated up, discussing the evil demons and eradicating the demons from their lands, Liam then suddenly brought out the main point.
"This is why Chancellor, I want to set up my estate as soon as possible and convert the entire estate into a strong guild that can be a support for our Kingdom."
"Yes, yes! That is a wonderful idea! You are very wise, Lord Duke! If you are willing, I can help you with that today itself."