Nine oclock at night, Zhongsuyuan City was peaceful as usual, but its atmosphere wasnt the sa as when Sila entered the city.
On the first night when Sila road around the city, the Warrior Souls patrolled while citizens behaved. Even at war, people still lived peacefully, not causing any trouble. In fact, the sa applied to all main cities under the Heavenly Dragon Guilds managent.
However, for the past few days, Silas people had ambushed several factions and frad others for their actions. Ti had passed, but the Heavenly Dragon Guild had yet to discover the mastermind. The citizens belief in the citys way of delivering justice was starting to shake. Players started to show their weapons to protect themselves. Their gazes were filled with paranoia, looking at others like they were foes. Bad intentions and malice spread like plagues, filling the hearts of the residents with hatred.
As Silas military strength was far inferior to Revins, if a direct clash were to break out, the fate awaiting his troops would surely be total annihilation. Thus, he had to work behind the scenes, stirring conflicts in the city and creating an opportunity to strike.
His Red Pieces strategy shared the sa concept. Sila noticed that Montra was a perfectionist. The man was a long-term planner, unlike Sila, who was flexible and tactful against problems at hand. As such, when new variables showed up, especially ones which would disrupt the status quo heavily, Montra wouldnt dare to make hasty decisions.
The real objective of Red Pieces was to add chaos to the board. While Whites and Blacks were busy competing with each other, with Whites being vastly superior, Sila tossed a handful of Red Pieces onto the board.
Seizing the chance when everyone else was focusing their attention on the Red Pieces, his Blacks would make several more moves. By the ti his opponents realize that the Red Pieces were rely a diversion, it would already be too late. His Blacks would have already surrounded the Whites.
Undeniably, if this was actual Go, what Sila did would clearly be regarded as cheating. However, there was no fairness in the ga known as war. On the board filled with Whitesdue to Montra having a head startthere would be no way for Sila to catch up if he played by the rules.
Sila closed his system window, ending his conversation with Cross and Beluga. The updates about the Shadow Army and Zazaes death were extrely helpful to him. The night was still young, but the Heavenly Dragon Guild was already in a stressful state.
Sure, soone like Montra would be able to calm the situation. However, before he did, the raid in Zhongsuyuan City would have already concluded.
The Heavenly Dragon Guild had Montra, Kawin, and Revin ruling the Qi Kingdom, the Android Kingdom, and the Magic Kingdom respectively. They were like giant pillars supporting the guild, convincing their guildmates to have absolute faith in the guilds supremacy.
If Sila managed to break one of the pillars today, the guild would undoubtedly be shaken. Their assurance would be crushed, bringing him a step closer to the final victory.
Sila, along with his teammates, blended into the crowd throughout the city. They were waiting for the signal. Closest to Sila were Burapha and Clute. The three of them were hiding near the discovered mysterious gate, ready to jump into Inverse Zhongsuyuan City.
Hiko, Asava, and Vlad were at the center of the city. Sila had asked them to provide assistance to the other raid mbers. That was because the outco of the raid didnt only rely on the battle between him and Revin. Their plan was to simply bring down Zhongsuyuan Citys governnt, not conquer it.
In fact, Sila didnt have the desire to conquer the city. The Wicked Union was already shorthanded. Even if they really managed to seize Zhongsuyuan City, they wouldnt have enough resources to manage it.
The goal of the raid was to deal a decisive blow to the Heavenly Dragon Guild, killing as many of their mbers as possible, especially Revin.
Everyone, get ready. Dont forget to wear the amulet, Sila ordered through his system window.
Burapha took out a necklace and placed it around his neck. The necklace was simple, just a pebble with a hole in it for the cord to pass through and a rune engraved on the flat side of the rock. Everyone else followed suit by putting their own necklaces on.
Will it work, Big Brother?
Of course. Clutes amulets are very potent. I believe they can withstand the magic for at least a couple minutes.
However, Burapha didnt an the amulet. He was knowledgeable when it ca to accessories. An accessory attached with Rune Magic had excellent performance, this much he knew. Well, calling it a piece of equipnt seed incorrect as it didnt have options on its own. It required magic power from the Rune Magics user and could function for only a short period of ti. One could say that it was a disposable item.
Actually, I ant the magic you talked about, Big Bro.
To avoid ntioning the dark artGoddess Resonanceto others, Sila inford his teammates that Vata possessed a kind of Unique Magic that could make people go berserk. The number of Unique Magics was no less than the number of stars in the sky. No one would doubt his statent.
Whether it works or not, we will have to try to find that out, replied Sila. Everyone must be ready by now. Miss Vata, please start.
On the roof of a certain building located in the middle of the city, Hiko awaited Silas command. She stood where her voice could cover the entire city. Under the roof was Vlad, who would guard her as she did her job, while Asava was doing the sa on the roof, invisible.
Neither of them wore Clutes amulets. They were aware of Hikos capability. Goddess Resonance was a delicate dark art. In any case, given her mastery, Hiko could perfectly control the scale of her power.
Hiko closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Reopening her eyes, they glead with a miraculous aura devoid of feelings. It was the profound state that the practitioner of the art had to achieve, cutting themselves from emotions of thirst, desire, longing, and greed. It was the ntal state necessary for mastering Goddess Resonance. It was this aspect that made it a dark art, bringing ntal suffering to the user.
Hikos mouth widened as if she was sending so sound. The environnt, however, fell completely silent. Even the natural chirping sound of crickets was lostas if they were attentively listening to the heavenly sound.
The starlight, up in the night sky, was blinking temporarily due to the effect of unseen profound energy. It might have only been for just a fraction of an instant, but the entire world seed to fall silent, listening to her voice.
Goddess Resonance A Goddess srizing the Bloody Moon.
The players residing in the city seed to fall into a daze for a second. Their eyes gradually beca bloodshot. No matter where they looked, they would be displeased by everything. The feelings of anger and hatred uncontrollably surged inside them, burning their hearts with flas of vengeance.
Thirst, desire, longing, and greed are emotions commonly found within everyone. No matter who they are, they will have soone they hate so much they have a thirst to use violence, sothing they covet to the point they want to steal it, soone they love to the point they want to confess their feelings, sothing they were attached to and dont want to let go of.
However, humans also have consciences and ntal control, restraining them from taking actions that they would later regret. They may want to use violence, but they can stop themselves from actually doing it. They may want sothing belonging to others for themselves, but they can let it go. They may want to confess their love, but they can suppress the urge. They may feel an attachnt to sothing, but they can release it and move on.
Goddess Resonance didnt do anything much aside from sending a whisper using the voice of a celestial goddess, telling people to go ahead and do it. It quietly removed the targets restraint on their emotions. What would be the result? They would run wild.
It was a killing art which left the hands of the mastermindthe Goddessunsullied. Not a single drop of blood would fall upon them.
A wandering male player unsheathed his sword. He unleashed his qi, letting it explode out of him. People around him were blown away.
The man strengthened his sword with maximum qi reinforcent, before striking another man, who seed to be his comrade, walking next to him.
Die!! You bastard!!
The sword was remarkably powerful as its user didnt reserve any power for protecting himself. The target was cleaved in half, dying without putting up any resistance.
The man pointed the sword to the sky, declaring with a deafening shout.
That guy borrowed a hundred Baht from and hasnt returned it! He deserves to die a thousand tis!!
The previous strike was, by any standards, too severe to be used against a close friend for such a petty cri. However, the man, as well as the surrounding bystanders, failed to notice it.
It was then. Another male player clad his mace with qi reinforcent and delivered a hit to the aforentioned swordsman. Fortunately, the swordsman blocked it in ti. The fight between them broke out.
Both people constantly strengthened their weapons with qi without sparing any for protecting their bodies, so each exchange of blows was almighty, damaging nearby stalls and buildings.
After the tenth exchange, the mace user cursed at his opponent.
I rember you! You bumped into yesterday but didnt apologize! You deserve to die a million tis!!
Suddenly, a qi-strengthened arrow flew and stabbed into the swordsmans forehead. Apparently, a woman standing at a distance had interfered with their fight. She took out another arrow and nocked it on her bow.
Its annoying seeing you guys play around. Just die, both of you!
Squish!
A knife penetrated the back of the female archer. She coughed out blood and turned her body, using the bow in her hand to strike back at the one ambushing her.
The ambusher, a man holding a knife, was blown away by the strike. Both of them were greatly injured as they also didnt try to defend themselves with energy reinforcent. The man showed a pleased and wicked smile.
That stab was for the cup of noodle that you cut into line for and bought ahead of this morning!
Co to think of it... the noodles of that shop tasted normal, not delicious like the rumors say. Joining the queue was such a waste of ti. That noodle chef deserves punishnt!
The female archer changed her target, firing the arrow at the chef of the aforentioned noodle stall.
The chefs eyes glead with anger. He transmitted Qi of Little Bird into a cleaver in his hand and threw it, smashing the arrow before the cleaver flew back to him.
Grrr! Saying my noodles are not delicious? Your tongue has a problem, I see! Let sever it!!
Crash!
A rolling pin, in the hand of a young man, smacked into the chefs head. The amount of qi clad in the rolling pin was low since the young man wasnt a skilled player. However, it still dealt considerable damage.
You stingy head chef!! When the hell will you impart to your cooking techniques already?!
The chef took out another cleaver and bisected the young man, who seed to be his disciple, from shoulder to hip. Three seconds later, the young mans body turned into light and disappeared.
Learning my superb cooking techniques requires patience!! Rember that as you go to hell!!
Concurrently, a similar eccentric situation also occurred in a different corner of the city. A muscular man with a bulky physique leaped forward, his cheeks soaked in tears of resentnt. In his hands was a tal hamr. His target was a fine-looking young man who stood next to a beautiful young woman.
I cant stand your gut anymore! Your girlfriend is pretty, so what?! The worth of a mans life is asured by the amount of muscle, you nerd!!
The young man unsheathed his saber and dashed to et the muscular man. Another fight broke out. Sparks kept coming from their traded blows. Their bodies were soon covered in blood, making it hard to distinguish whether it belonged to themselves or their opponent.
Anger and resentnt fiercely burned and spread like flas on dry leaves. Small conflicts beca unsolvable sses. A battle between two people beca four, and even more as ti passed.
Zhongsuyuan City echoed with the sounds of clashing weapons and energy usage, dyeing the once peaceful city blood red. Even Sila was taken aback, thinking that the result was beyond his expectations.
This is bad. Our people will get caught up in the battles at this rate. Tell everyone that no further actions are required anymore. Retreat!
True enough, Silas n were speechless. They never thought that Vatas magic would be this effective. Peoples reasons for starting fights seed absurdly trivial. However, as their minds were blinded by wrath and fury, reasons were buried by hatred. Nothing was more important than releasing it.
So of the mbers had already gotten caught in the cycle of strife and bloodshed. Once they received Silas order, they tried their best to escape the scene.
All remaining players fought in full offense mode. They completely disregarded defense. Thus, even diocre players could exert attack power rivaling great martial heroes, splitting the sky and overturning the land.
As per their assigned duties, the Warrior Souls scattered to intercept the fights. However, battles were occurring all over the city. Their numbers couldnt keep up with players, so the riots still raged on.
Buraphas eyes widened as he looked at the unfolding situation from a roof. He didnt expect the riot to escalate to this degree.
Burapha, the riot already turned into a war. Dont be distracted. Its our turn. It wasnt until Sila reminded him of their mission that Burapha could calm down. Still, he was bewildered by the ferocity of the first war he had ever witnessed.
anwhile, there werent any obvious changes in Clutes expressions. The boy seed to dislike the result, but this kind of thing had happened over and over in the Monster Realm on a daily basis. He believed he wasnt in a position to give any comnts.
In fact, this raid was also Silas first legitimate war. However, the Flaming Cloud Qis Cloud Part helped him keep his cool. Dark Self, who lived inside him, seed to give him a silent push, informing him that this was the only way they could have a shot at winning. The more chaotic the situation beca, the more likely they would be able to complete their mission.
Lets go! Sila shouted.
Burapha, Sila, and Clute stopped in front of the spatial gate. Sila tried pushing his hand through the gate and found that his hand sunk inside, feeling like he had dipped it into cold water.
Just the three of us? Are you sure? Burapha asked again.
Our only target is Revin. If he is alone, we will besiege him to end the fight as soon as possible. Then, we will imdiately withdraw from the city.
What if there are more, Big Brother? I hope you havent forgotten that there might be a boss monster protecting Zhongsuyuan City.
The boss monster of the city. It was a factor that couldnt be ignored. Except for Orpheus of Siaferia City, players had never seen boss monsters protecting other cities, including the other two main cities. Zhongsuyuan City only had Marquis-Rank Warrior Souls while Lafesta City was even weirder, with not a single monster to be spotted.
Nevertheless, if a boss monster truly existed in Zhongsuyuan City, its rank was likely to be Level 1,000 Emperor Rank. Coupled with Revin, they would be a force to be reckoned with.
That is why more people will only lead to casualties. In that case, I will take care of Revin. As for you, Burapha and Clute, please work together and hold the boss monster off for ten to fifteen minutes.
Burapha wanted to fight against Revin to settle the score. However, the unions business ca first.
Okay, Big Brother Sila.
The three of them leaped into unknown territory. Once they passed the gate, they stumbled into a ghost town with no signs of life. They observed their surroundings and found that this city was an exact copy of Zhongsuyuan City, with the differences being the eerie atmosphere and broken weapons scattered along streets, as well as all of the pine trees being replaced by bamboo of the sa height.
Hundreds of small clusters of flas suddenly lit up. The color of the flas was strangely blue. The system then notified Burapha that they were Souls of Defeated Warriors, Level 1 Squire Rank.
These monsters arent aggressive. They are still very young. A voice, which was familiar to Silas ears, rang out next to the three. They quickly turned back, preparing for battle.
Monster Anubis, the Guide of Souls, Level 1,000 Emperor Rank, has appeared.
Sila had set his system window to only inform him about monsters with higher levels than him. That was why the notification startled him. Listening to its contents, as well as seeing the arriving monster, the threes souls almost left them.
The monster ca in the form of the male adult. Even with a black jackal mask covering the upper half of his face, one could still tell that the man must be handso. The presence that the man gave off was as if he were the God of War.
Worry not, you three. Follow . The city ruler is waiting for you.
Sila had a desire to speak to his father. However, he knew there would be no point. While Independent NPCs had a high degree of freedom, they had to abide by the roles that the system assigned to them.
Pumin was the boss monster of Zhongsuyuan City, attending to the city ruler. This ant if Revin ordered him to kill, Anubis would have no choice but to attack Sila.
Lets just follow him, Sila said, prompting Burapha to lower his lance. The three gradually followed Anubis to the innermost room of the governors residence.
Noticing a secret ssage sent by Sila, Burapha silently read it with a stiff expression. He said nothing in response, only tightening his grip on the lance. Both of his hands were drenched in sweat.
If a battle breaks out, you fight Revin. I will handle Anubis.
Sila didnt have many choices. He was aware that even when Burapha and Clute joined forces, Pumin might be able to defeat the two in less than a minute.
It had to be him to be able to have shot at dragging the battle on. At the very least, he knew every move of Pumins Heavens Decree Sword Art.
While Anubis didnt know the contents of the ssage Sila sent to Burapha, he could take a guess. A mysterious smirk erged on his lips.
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