As Leo had anticipated, re minutes after reports confird that the West Duke's son had fled the city, powerful explosions erupted across all major governnt buildings and the Duke's palace, setting them ablaze in a synchronized inferno.
The young duke, ticulous in his retreat, ensured there would be no spoils left for his enemies to claim, even in victory.
By doing so, he significantly minimized the strategic and economic value of the city, effectively diminishing the WhiteSabers' gains from their conquest.
With the destruction of sewage lines, the ducal palace, and every key administrative building, the young duke guaranteed that even if the WhiteSabers captured the city, governing it in the aftermath would be an arduous and chaotic endeavor.
If the WhiteSabers were more alert, they could have avoided this fate by firmly taking control of infrastructure critical to city governance, however, it was a mistake they were going to learn from in the future.
"Log-out" Leo murmured, once he saw everything he needed to see playout, as with re minutes left in the day's gaplay and the city already in chaos, he no longer felt the need to stay online.
*********
(Real World, The Arc Ship)
Leo fully expected to see Captain Kid the mont he logged out of Terra Nova Online, and, as anticipated, the mont he logged out, he heard the doorbell on his manor go off.
"Haha… right on ti" Leo muttered, as he made his way to the door, where Captain Kid seed to be waiting for him with a nervous smile plastered across his face.
"Master Skyshard…." He began, bowing slightly, as he honored Leo's status as a VIP guest.
"Captain" Leo said, nodding back, as although he did not bow, he acknowledged the captain's presence.
"I have so urgent matters to speak of– may I co in?" Kid asked, as Leo pointed the way to his well furnished living room, offering Kid a seat.
Kid chose the widest living room couch at the center to get seated, with Leo choosing the seat opposite from him for the conversation.
"The reason I'm here today is because you have hit the level cap….." Kid began, his expression serious.
"There's still close to 14 months of gaplay ti left till we reach planet Terra Nova and we have already imposed on you the maximum possible gaplay restrictions that a player can receive" Kid said, as he let out a long sigh.
"As per protocol, we are supposed to limit a player's ga-ti once they hit the level threshold, but with you we cannot even do that anymore.
Which is why I ca here today looking for possible solutions to this unexpected situation" Kid said, sounding half defeated, as he did not like having to negotiate such unfair terms and conditions, everyti sothing did not go the way the big corporations back ho wanted them to go.
"I am open to lucrative offers, Captain…. Like you said, you're here to negotiate, so let's start with your top offer, what's the most you're willing to offer?" Leo inquired, as Kid let out a deep sigh once more, shaking his head in resignation.
"Not much…. 500,000 MP and so housing perks upon landing on planet Terra Nova. It's not a bad offer, especially from a monetary perspective, but it's not great either" Kid admitted, as Leo raised his eyebrow in confusion.
"What's going on captain? I don't seem to understand the full picture here" Leo said, as Captain Kid began to rub his hands earnestly, as he sheepishly began to tell Leo so secrets he wasn't supposed to talk about.
"There are three main parties that I'm answerable to at the mont, that have a say in how this situation ends up playing out.
Firstly there's the universal governnt, the organisation I'm employed at, who is the owner of this carrier ship and who also has the biggest say in your situation.
As per universal governnt rules, there is a formula in place for how much gaming ti of a passenger they can reduce externally without it being considered as ntal torture or the governnt robbing one of opportunity to flourish, and you have already hit that point.
This ans that legally, no-one can force you to reduce your gaming ti against your will anymore, however, there are other parties involved…." Kid began, as finally he revealed so juicy bits that Leo was not already aware about.
"The second party involved is our employer, the Unity Empire— who as you already know is the primary governing authority on Planet Terra Nova.
They have contracted us, the Universal Governnt, to transport you Earthlings from your ho planet to Terra Nova, to address their critical workforce shortages and they are not happy with how you as a single player are disrupting their project.
The Unity Empire does not want earthlings to look up to a single player such as yourself as their role model and does not want the rebellion succeeding as a whole to topple the Unity Empire within the ga.
The optics of such a situation does not bode well for them when they're trying to appear as all powerful overlords and hence they want you removed from the ga world at any cost necessary.
For them, the quality of the entire batch of migrants is far more important than the individual success of a single player.
And with you continuing to massively disrupt the ga world alone, they're not happy as things stand" Kid explained, as Leo carefully raised an eyebrow to his words.
"Finally, there's the third parties who are interested in your developnt and your developnt alone and have no vested interest in the batch of humans as a whole.
These are organizations like the one that has gifted you your ditation manual, who want nothing more than to see you flourish and develop to the limits.
These are the people who feel frustrated at the repeated attempts of the Unity Empire to suppress your growth, and for now they are your biggest allies" Kid said, as he laid out the whole situation for Leo to understand.
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