Once Spring Halo logged off, he immediately went to the forums. Like a skilled story teller, he carefully crafted a title for the discussion thread before finally posting it.
"Announcement: Notice to all you useless players. The Quan Zhen Sect wishes to announce that they will be commencing a Headquarters defense quest at 10am today. We will prove to everyone in <<REBIRTH>> who is truly the best. Naturally, the following discussion is not directed at guild, it is targeted at every guild!"
Spring Halo had fully understood Fearless' intent, writing with unbridled arrogance, looking down on everyone else.
The moment this thread was created, it incited heated debates and discussions in the forum.
"What the f*ck, those idiots from the Quan Zhen Sect sure are lively..."
"Starting a Headquarters defense quest? Do those fools not know their limits..."
"Who's the Quan Zhen Sect?"
"Are you kidding me? You don't know the Quan Zhen Sect? Have you never played any games?"
"I've only heard of Apocalypse, Sanguine Alliance, Hades. But I've never heard of the Quan Zhen Sect before!"
"Don't mention the Sanguine Alliance, have you not heard about what happened in Twilight City yesterday? The Sanguine Alliance offended the Quan Zhen Sect and were beaten into submission, they even apologised..."
"Are you kidding! How many people did the Quan Zhen Sect have to mobilise?"
"Would you believe me if I said one?"
"Haha, it seems that the people from Twilight City really like to shamelessly brag!"
The commotion on the forums quickly reached the ears of the players that were currently playing, even the leaders of the large guilds were informed.
Storm City
The guild leader, Desert Shade, of the third highest ranked guild "Endless Desert" had received this news. He was taken aback, quietly mumbling to himself: "Damn it, how are those crazy b*stards still alive?"
The vice guild leader,Endless Gale, vigorously nodded his head in agreement: "That's right, I heard they already caused a huge commotion in Twilight City. They just had a brawl with the Sanguine Alliance yesterday, apparently Sanguine Warflag's younger brother was killed six times by a pugilist from the Quan Zhen Sect."
"What the f*ck! You mean that gigglo?" Desert Shade probed.
"Yup!" Endless Gale nodded.
"Heh he really deserves it, even I want to cut him down. More Importantly who's the Pugilist? Spring Halo or Boson?" Desert Shade asked.
"Its neither of them, apparently its a new guy..."
"Haha, seems like they managed to pull an expert out of nowhere again…...speaking of which, they really are quite capable. The highest levelled player in their guild should be Spring Halo at level 15!" Desert Shade sighed in admiration.
Endless Gale opened the Leaderboard before replying: "Mm that's right, the rest of them are level 14, the top few players on the Leaderboard are all members of the Quan Zhen Sect."
"Do you think they'll succeed?"
Endless Gale shook his head: "I doubt so! Think about it, even if it was our guild doing the quest, we would probably only have a 30% chance of success, let alone a small guild like theirs. They probably don't even have a one in hundred chance of succeeding at all! I really don't know what they're thinking..."
Desert Shade smirked: "Haha, remember the time they challenged the three demon grave? Wasn't it said that they didn't have a one in a million chance of winning? In the end they still won..."
"That's true, a one in a hundred chance of success is more than enough for those guys, they'll definitely try..."
"Truly a bunch of idiots..."
Sky Dragon City
In the main branch of the Apocalypse guild, the guild leader Solitary Nine Spears had also received this news, coldly laughing: "This bunch of retards, what game are they trying to play this time?"
The military strategist, Scheming Beggar, replied: "Who cares what game they're trying to play. Trying to do a Headquarters defense quest is simply asking to be killed!!!"
"Those guys really have no other talents than bluffing!"
"That's right, back when we were playing <<Golden Colony>>, didn't they say they would complete the "Four Gods of Mount Hua" quest? In the end, they were just beaten to death by the God of The East, becoming the biggest joke in <<Golden Colony>>. What's even more shameless was when they said that there was still glory in that loss, criticising others for not even having the balls to take the quest…...I think history is going to repeat itself today." Scheming Beggar laughed.
"Ha ha ha, those moral-less scumbags!" Solitary Nine Spears laughed as he recalled failures of the Quan Zhen Sect.
At this moment, Brother Light, who had previously remained silent, suddenly blurted out: "Boss, I don't think this is such a simple matter. I heard that they recently recruited a new expert who even managed to suppress the Sanguine Alliance..."
"Hmph, Sanguine Warflag? It would be a surprise if he managed to beat that bunch of scumbags!"
"No I mean I heard that the new expert is really strong..." Brother Light said.
"Chey, no matter how strong he is, he couldn't possibly take on ten people by himself right?" Scheming Beggar impatiently retorted.
Brother Light remained silent…...When the Pugilist had eliminated his team, it didn't seem to have been a challenge for him at all.
Brother Light naturally wouldn't want to bring up the fact that his group of sixteen players had been completely wiped out by that one Pugilist.
Twilight City
Once he had received the news, Sanguine Warflag hurriedly gathered the upper echelons of the Sanguine Alliance for a meeting.
"I heard that the Quan Zhen Sect is planning to try a Headquarters defense quest, what are your thoughts?" Sanguine Warflag asked.
After having suffered such a crushing defeat previously, the members of the Sanguine Alliance began to enthusiastically discuss their ideas.
"Those idiots, if they really want to die so badly then just let them go!" Sanguine Darkness grumbled.
Everyone was in agreement: "That's right that's right, the difficulty of a Headquarters defense quest is so obvious. It would be strange if they could actually win, given their hit and run tactics."
"Anyone has any ideas to suppress them?" Sanguine Warflag laughed.
Sanguine Asura chuckled: "When the time comes, we can be the first to go laugh at them on the forums! Those bastards really disgraced the Sanguine Alliance, I feel so ashamed to identify as a member of the Sanguine Alliance now..."
"..."
What Sanguine Asura said did have some logic to it, even though his last sentence was completely unnecessary. Sanguine Warflag had a really dark expression on his face when he heard the former's words.
Even though Sanguine Darkness was usually on very good terms with Sanguine Asura, his words this time were simply too much.
"Why don't we go disrupt them when they are doing their quest?" Sanguine Darkness suggested.
"This idea is not bad." Sanguine Warflag said appreciatively.
"This idea is terrible!" Sanguine Stormbringer, who had been quietly observing this whole time, suddenly interjected.
"Why?"
"When the Headquarter defense quest starts, the AI of the monsters will not differentiate us from the members of the Quan Zhen Sect and attack anything indiscriminately. If we were to join the fray, we would just end up helping them. Tell me, if those monsters attacked you, would you retaliate or not?" Sanguine Stormbringer explained.
The room went silent.
If they retaliated they would be helping the Quan Zhen Sect, If they didn't they would die…...Both these options were detrimental to them.
"That's why we should just sit by and watch them. If they win then we'll offer a few words to congratulate them. If they lose then we'll shame them on the forums, at that time they'll definitely be suppressed by the press from the rest of the players!" Sanguine Stormbringer explained.
"Not bad not bad!" A satisfied grin appeared on Sanguine Warflag's face upon hearing this idea.
Sanguine Primrose stood at a corner and sighed to herself: "If they dared to insult every single guild in this game, I really doubt that group of idiots would give a damn if everyone else in the game was mocking them..."
Once everyone had settled their personal matters offline, they once again gathered in the Inn. At this moment, everyone in the Inn were heatedly discussing the same topic.
Fearless was extremely pleased with how effective Spring Halo's thread was: "I saw Brother Spring's thread and I must say, he really did put a lot of effort into it! Even I wanted to clobber his face when I read it!"
"You're exaggerating!" Spring Halo contentedly laughed.
Crotch Lord frantically looked at his surroundings: "No one will recognise us right..."
"Nope, this game doesn't reveal our character names, no one will know who you are. But of course, once you appear in public with us, everyone will recognise you!" Ming Du narcissistically laughed.
Crotch Lord gravely replied: "As long as they don't recognise me its fine. I'm just afraid that once we fail, I won't be able to face the world..."
"F*ck you're still thinking about your face? If you cared so much about your face why did you even come to help our Quan Zhen Sect…...
Before Ming Du could even finish his sentence, Vainglory had pulled him over by the scruff of his collar: "Old Li, why are you such a nuisance!"
Dark lines appeared on Wang Yu's face: "Little Chicky, the skill I gave you is to be used to kill people, not to deal with annoyances like him..."
Frost Blade slammed his dagger into the table, drawing everyone's attention as he spoke: "Settle down guys, I have an important matter to share with you all!"
"What's that matter Frost Blade." Everyone immediately settled down as they asked him.
"It looks like someone has set up a Gambling Den in the marketplace, why don't we all go place our bets?"
"What are the odds?" Spring Halo was the first to ask.
"Currently the odds are 1:100!" Frost Blade explained.
Vainglory was shocked: "So high! Doesn't that mean that if I bet 1 gold coin on us winning, I would get 100 gold coins in return?"
"That's right!" Frost Blade excitedly said.
Spring Halo chuckled as he took out 10 gold coins, handing them over to Frost Blade: "Hey Frost, help me place my bet on us winning."
"The hell, Brother Spring is really rich, 10 gold coins..." Boson muttered as he passed 5 gold coins to Frost Blade: "This is all the money I have, help me place a bet on us winning!"
Seeing that Boson had taken out 5 gold coins, Fearless threw out 5 gold coins as well.
"What about you guys?" Frost Blade looks at Vainglory and the rest.
Vainglory shook his head, staring at Spring Halo as he replied: "I already swore to the heavens that I would never bet again!"
Spring Halo laughed: "Don't be so stingy young man, if you follow this old man over here, you'll win for sure!"
Vainglory clutched his head and he entered into deep thought, before finally taking out 1 silver coin: "Then I'll just bet 1 silver coin as a formality!"
"Me too..." Crotch Lord hurriedly said as he threw out 1 silver coin.
"Then what about you Old Li?" Frost Blade looked at Ming Du as he asked.
Ming Du chuckled: "Well recently I've destroyed quite a few tables and chairs in this Inn, I've spent all my money repaying them. Why don't you pay for me first, then when we will I'll evenly split the money with you! Let me tell you, I'm not someone that likes to take advantage of people..."
"Yeah yeah yeah, you're definitely someone who likes to take advantage of others. Alright then, I'll place a bet with 1 gold coin on your behalf." Frost Blade cut in.
Ming Du hugged Frost Blade's thighs as he exclaimed: "You really are a good brother! I, the honorable Li Ming Du, was right to make friends with you!"
Only now did Wang Yu realise that Ming Du's name was actually Li Ming Du. No wonder everyone called him Old Li, he was using his real name in the game!
"Do you want to play Iron Bull?" Frost Blade asked Wang Yu.
Wang Yu took out a bag labelled '200', passing it over to Frost Blade as he indifferently said: "Help me bet on us winning!"
"What the f*ck!!! 200 gold? Are you crazy???!!!"
Everyone was taken aback when they saw that Wang Yu had taken out such a large sum of money, after all they all knew that Wang Yu's financial situation was not particularly good.
"Since we're going crazy, might as well go all the way! Besides, I got this bag of gold rather easily, it doesn't matter if i spend it all." Wang Yu laughed.
Everyone one confused, asking: "Then where did you get this money from?" Currently in the game, the number of people that could take out this much gold could be counted on one hand.
"This was the reparations I got from the Sanguine Alliance..."
"Bullshit!!!" Everyone shouted in agreement.
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After collecting the money, Frost Blade smilingly said: "Hehehe… As long as we successfully defend the headquarters this time we'll all be f**king rich!!!"
"That's right! For the 1000 gold coins I'll use all my secret moves!" Spring Halo declared.
"Yea... This is my entire fortune! If we really fail this time then I'm going to be sleeping on the streets..." Boson nodded.
"Don't worry Boson we're all in this together. As long as we succeed no one will be left behind! Since we've already decided to start the quest then we should at least have some confidence!" Ming Du tried to encourage him.
"Lord Bull are you sure you're not going overboard here..." Crotch Lord said with a complicated expression. 200 gold coins really wasn't a small sum. Only the high level characters in those top guilds would be able to amass such a sum at the early stages of the game.
"With me around how could we possibly fail..." Wang Yu confidently chuckled.
Hearing Wang Yu's words, the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members were completely dumbfounded. He was even more confident than Fearless was!
Fearless merely took another sip of his cup and remained silent in a corner.
The way the situation was unfolding now was completely within his calculations. Letting Spring Halo cause a stir in the forums was exactly to create this all or nothing scenario.
The matter with the Gambling Den wasn't actually that important to Fearless. What was important was the sentiments it created in the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members. Lose and they would end up on the streets, win and they would live like kings! When the time came to actually do the quest, these hooligans would surely fight like their lives were on the line!
Looking at the in-game clock, Fearless noticed that it was already nine in the morning and stood up and said: "It's time! Let's go!"
Hearing this, the rest immediately got up and walked towards the city lord's manor.
The city lord's manor was where the quest would be accepted. Since the quest could not be shared, those who wanted to take part in it had to all personally enter the city lord's manor in order to accept the quest.
By now, the streets around the city lord's manor was completely filled with players. Many of these players were actually from other cities and had specially ran all the way to Twilight City to catch a glimpse of the legendary Quan Zhen Sect.
Having been at the center of numerous storms, the members of the Quan Zhen Sect were naturally used to such situations.
Wang Yu was a martial artist and his will was unshakable so such a scene couldn't even faze him in the slightest.
Crotch Lord was the only one out of the group who was bothered by the situation. His steps started to become weak and he quickly took out a small rag from his bag to cover his face and sheepishly whispered: "I think i better hide my face… if not..."
Seeing this little rag tag band walking towards the city lord's manor, most of the spectators didn't know what they were doing at first. Accepting something like a a Headquarters Defense quest was something that should have been undertaken by hundreds of people. What kind of idiots would try it with just eight members?
Only after the eight of them had entered did the crowd finally react.
"The f**k? That's the Quan Zhen Sect?"
"That can't be right… I thought everyone taking the quest needs to be present in person. How come there's only eight of them walking into the city lord's manor?"
"It can't be that they plan on completing this quest with just the eight of them right? These crazy motherf**kers… Even if you're rich this isn't how you should be spending your money! Maybe some of their other members went in first?"
"It can't be… I've been camping outside here for a really long time..."
While the crowd outside was furiously discussing their line up, the members of the Quan Zhen Sect had already accepted the quest and were leaving the city lord's manor. Seeing them re-emerge, the crowd started counting the number of members they had.
There was no mistake, it really was just eight people going on the Headquarters Defense quest… The spectators might have doubted their eyes, but they didn't doubt their own intellect. If they couldn't even do simple additions and subtractions below ten, they how could they even be playing this game?
This small lineup of eight players really caused the spectators to feel dejected.
What kind of team was this…
A Priest, an Assassin, a Weapons Master, a Guardian. They didn't have any long range jobs other than the Priest… What drove the crowd even crazier was that the Quan Zhen Sect had two Pugilists and a Dark Shaman that even Rivalled the Pugilist in terms of usefulness…
One player even disdainfully said: "The f**k? You're telling me they want to do the quest with this line up? If they actually succeed then I'll chop my dick off!!!"
If anyone has said something like this before, there would definitely have been someone who would disagree with him. Yet now there was no one who opposed this view.
The main reason that most people had come to watch the "show" was because they were gamblers that loved to bet on dark horses.Since they had bet that the Quan Zhen Sect would be able to successfully defend the headquarters, they had naturally come to scout the Quan Zhen Sect to put their hearts at ease.
How would have imagined that the wild and unrestrained Quan Zhen Sect really was as insane as the forums had said…
The sight of them casually sauntering with this sort of line up around caused the hearts of these gamblers to shatter.
If they had known about this earlier, they definitely wouldn't have bet that the Quan Zhen Sect would succeed…
Meanwhile those that bet that the Quan Zhen Sect would fail were beyond ecstatic. Even though they wouldn't earn much, they were still guaranteed to win!
"Has everyone prepared all the health and mana potions that they'll need?" Fearless asked.
"Yes! We've swept all the stores clean this morning!"
"That's good then! When the time comes open up the guild chat and take my orders from there!" Fearless commanded.
"Understood!" They shouted in unison. The power of money really wasn't something to be underestimated…
"Alright then, let's go!"
The eight of them were like the heros of a movie, gallantly walking out of the city under the fanatic gaze of the the masses.
The sunset in Twilight City caused the shadows of the Quan Zhen Sect members to grow longer, creating a solemn atmosphere. No matter what time of day it was, the sun in Twilight City was always setting.
Since the monsters in the Dusk Canyon were all over level 20,there were no other players who hunted there aside from monsters like Wang Yu.
After the Quan Zhen Sect accpeted the Headquarters Defense quest, the normally scattered monsters had become more organised, like actual army and the number of monsters roaming around had also increased!
After passing through the Secret Jungle, the members of the Quan Zhen Sect arrived at the Dusk Canyon. When they saw the monsters organising themselves, they couldn't help but be stunned.
"Leader Fearless, with so many level 20 monsters around can we actually make it for the quest?" Crotch Lord asked in shock.
"Nope! Definitely not!" Fearless casually replied.
"F**k! Then why did you still..."
"That's why we're not truly to meet them head on! If we just follow my plan exactly then we can definitely defend the headquarters!" Fearless laughed.
"..." Hearing this Crotch Lord was at a complete loss for words.
The players who refused to give up on the Quan Zhen Sect had followed them to the Dusk Canyon to watch were dumbfounded when they saw the monsters.
There were already so many of them… When the boss actually used his buff then even a hundred players might not be enough to defend…
However, Fearless was clearly in no rush to build the headquarters. He led the rest to walk an entire round around the canyon before finally stopping in a corner.
"We'll build it here then!" After inspecting the area for a final time, Fearless pointed at the ground and declared.
After looking around Spring Halo nodded his head and said: "Yea, this is a good place!"
Though the rest didn't know what Spring Halo and Fearless were thinking, after inspecting the area themselves, they realised that it was indeed very ideal for the quest.
The Duck Canyon was, as its name suggested, a canyon. Both sides were sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces.
The width of the canyon wasn't fixed throughout. Some parts would naturally be more narrow than the rest. From an aerial view, the Dusk Canyon was actually shaped like a gourd!
The spot that Fearless had chosen was exactly the valley where the mouth of the gorge was!
What this meant was that the entrance of the headquarters that was built would be very narrow, but its interior would be very spacious. This would mean that very little monsters would be able to attack the headquarters at any given time, hence making defending the headquarters much easier.
Since this was a game, as long as the monsters were able to break through the doors and invade the respawn point, the quest would have been considered failed.By building the headquarters in this location, the difficulty of defending the headquarters had dropped significantly.
"Let's go!"
After choosing the location, Fearless led the rest into the depths of the valley.
These monsters truly were just slaves to the system. Although they all saw the Quan Zhen Sect members walking by, none of them attacked.
After walking to the bottleneck, Fearless took out a small model and some wooden planks from his bag.
This little model and wooden planks were given to him by the city lord. Naturally, the game wouldn't have expected the players to actually build the headquarters from scratch by themselves. These items could be used to instantly build the headquarters at a chosen location!
Although this was very unrealistic, it was all in the interest of time. Thus, there was really nothing that could have been done.
"Check out my awesome magic!"
With a shout, Fearless tossed the little model out and a complete guild headquarters sprang up from the ground!
"Haiz… If only construction was really so simple in the real world… Those evil construction companies would really bite the dust..." Everyone sighed emotionally.
At this time, the players at the top of the Dusk Canyon that had come to spectate were also stunned. Some had even seen through Fearless' plan.
"These Quan Zhen Sect people aren't that stupid… If they defend it here then it'll really be a lot easier on them..."
"What do you mean?" Those who still didn't understand asked.
"Take a look at where their entrance is facing!"
When these players gazed over at the guild headquarters, they realised that the entrance was between the cliffs, creating a sort of natural defense for them!
"Holy f**k! Even this is possible? They really do have the qualifications to be so wild! I guess my gold coins can be multiplied after all!"
"Don't be happy so soon. The boss still has its battle skill later on. When the attributes of all these monsters are increased, it's not something that just eight people can withstand!"
"That's true… I really hope their luck is good though..." Many players muttered from the bottom of their hearts.
Meanwhile in the guild chat, Spring Halo was currently flaming Fearless.
Spring Halo: "Fearless are you f**king blind or something? Why the f**k is our entrance facing inwards? Are you trying to get the monsters to attack our ass?"
Fearless: "Do you think the system really is a god or something? These monsters can't climb walls..."
Ming Du: "If you never tried it before how do you know? God damn stupid..."
Suddenly the sound of a system notification interrupted their argument.
<System Notification: Quan Zhen Sect Guild Headquarters Defense quest, Difficulty A>
Conditions for completion:
1. Kill all surrounding monsters 0/400, Wharton 0/1 for 100% completion
2. Defend the headquarters for 0/240 minutes for 60% completion
Conditions for failure:
1. All players are eliminated at the same time.
2. Opposing monsters enter and capture the guild respawn point.
Quest completed: Awarded territory: Dusk Canyon. Additional rewards awarded based on completion percentage.
Quest failed: Lose all rights to the headquarters and land, all players will lose 3 levels.
Time left until siege begins: 8 minutes 43 seconds.>>
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