Chapter 58: A Proposed Plan
Currently, the war had lasted for 3 hours. The sun that rose during the start of the battle, was gradually going down. By now, most of the solo players had been eliminated from the battle. This was a team game and if players weren't willing to adapt, they were simply awaiting their deaths.
Also, the main problem that players were facing now was fatigue. Mental exhaustion was to be expected coming into this since Ray Of Light does not require people to physically move their bodies.
The respective factions had agreed upon a temporary cease-fire for both sides were exhausted from the constant fighting.
In the makeshift Human camp, ten leaders of the ten strongest team were having a meeting to discuss the next course of action.
"I suggest that we should break up into a 3-4-3 formation and move into the battlefield." The leader, TeaseMePlease of the HellFire Guild team decided to speak his mind first. "The two teams of 3 will split up from the main group of 4 and attack from the sides."
"I stand on TeaseMe's plan. It would enable us to divide and conquer, yet reduce the number of casualties that each team will have." The leader of the AngelicPeace Guild, AutumnLeaves agreed to the proposition. She was the only female leader out of the ten of them.
"That may be a plausible plan, but based on your course of action, wouldn't the group of 4 teams take the largest bulk of damage from holding the Undead Faction off? Out of everyone here, who would be willing to sacrifice their members for the other's interests?" Complexity from the RoyalEmpire guild brought up the elephant in the room, to which the other team leaders that were too afraid to speak up, started agreeing with him.
The three leaders that spoke up in the meeting were part of the strongest guilds in Ray Of Light. HellFire guild was ranked 3rd in the world, AngelicPeace guild was ranked 7th in the world and RoyalEmpire guild was ranked 2nd in the world.
The sheer power that they could summon at any point of time, was simply unimaginable. Tyron was lucky enough to be invited into this meeting as one of the representative leaders of their makeshift team, but compared to the three of them, he was worth peanuts. All he could do was listen to them talk in the back and hope he gets a portion of the final cut.
"That is true." TeaseMePlease folded his arms, looking across the table at Complexity condescendingly. "However, you have to think about this in the long run. If this plan were to be carried out, our Human Faction is almost guaranteed a victory. Our main General, Maverick Heathersworth had already dealt a significant blow on their General, which already reduced any potential anomalies. Also, what plan are you able to formulate right now that has no drawbacks whatsoever?"
The words from TeaseMePlease cut into Complexity's bones quite deeply. His plan was indeed the most effective and would be able to make use of their current player alliance that they had created. It's no wonder he was crowned, one of the 7 greatest tacticians in the game.
"Alright. Then how would you organize which team goes where?" Complexity popped the question that everyone wanted an answer to.
"Simple." TeaseMePlease showed an innocent smile, while raising his arm up to stretch. "The three of us would rock paper scissors. The loser will be the ringleader of the group of 4. For the rest of them, they will draw lots to see who goes where."
Just like that, their plan had been settled. Their alliance could be said to be more of a dictatorship than a proper alliance. The funniest thing about this plan was that TeaseMePlease had lost the rock paper scissors game and was chosen to become the ring leader of the meat-shield team. The unlucky leader of the HellFire Guild was sulking under a tree as he waited for everyone to gather up.
On the other hand, the Undead Faction had a different course of action. Unlike the Human Faction, where the different teams were coordinated and were able to come to a consensus on a plan, the Undead Faction were constantly bickering on what they wanted to do.
In this war, there were four main guilds that participated under the Undead Faction's name. They were the Vortex Guild, the Everlasting Guild, the DeathWing Guild and finally, the GODS guild. Respectively, they were 10th, 9th, 4th and 1st in the world rankings.
Even though there was a clear disparity in the strength of the guilds, no one wanted to have one clear leader amongst everyone. Everyone wanted the largest piece of the pie.
"Since we are unable to arrive on a consensus, we shall all move off separately and fight for our own objectives," Mars spoke for his Guild, GODS, leaving the meeting room to go back to his team.
"I'm leaving too. Bye peeps!" Yolla from Everlasting left the room next, followed by TextDontCall from Vortex.
Only SilentNoise from DeathWing stayed behind in the meeting room. His hands would clasp together, his forehead resting on it. He had suggested a temporary alliance with everyone, but it failed miserably. Now, he had to think of a contingency plan.
Unlike the other three leaders and their guilds, DeathWing was different. The main city that they had focused on was Trentham City. The one that managed to trigger this war mission was exactly due to their guild. As a result, if they were to fail to win the war, the biggest loser would definitely be them.
"That piece of shit, Mars... He must've figured out that we needed to secure the victory of this war to progress further up this mission." SilentNoise complained under his breath. After all, Mars was also one of the 7 greatest tactics in this game. "I should've expected this outcome when I proposed the alliance. The only plan I could think of now is..."
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