Global Game: Developing a Knight Clan

Chapter 523: Chapter 106: Players Move, Ancient Gods Emerge (Part 2)

For the parasites and the incompetent, for the peace and prosperity of countless races and living beings—you will step down!

But on the whole,

once a faction joined the Star Empire, it was rare for a foolish Vassal to make a complete mess of things, thanks to the Empire’s pervasive influence.

The reason was simple: if you didn’t know how to govern your own people, couldn’t you at least import Intelligent Mechanism technology from the Empire!

With Intelligent Mechanisms helping to manage the nation and even develop its industry, all you had to do was sit back and count the money.

Not to mention, many of the worlds conquered by the Star Empire also had newly-joined Players getting involved.

Many of these factions were, in fact, the Players’ own enterprises.

So naturally, they were even less likely to screw things up.

After all, the Players’ fortunes were tied to the Star Empire; they rose and fell together.

Therefore, in essence, while the Star Empire’s power seemed to be decentralized, it was actually exercising an even more tightly centralized rule through covert means.

Take the Civilization Wars, for example.

The moment the Star Empire made a move, the Players within its Vassal factions would find out immediately.

The Player forums and system missions were the fastest means of communication.

Because of this, most Vassal factions would immediately apply to join the Civilization War and take part in the battlefield assignments.

So, at this moment, before the Star Empire had even arrived, before it had even completely conquered this world, the now-unrestricted Players could begin scooping up their own benefits in advance.

Just like the current situation.

If these two Players here didn’t agree to the demands of the Players surrounding them,

Heh heh.

Although the Players had a long-standing unwritten rule against attacking each other,

that rule only applied on the grounds that everyone was already a member of the Star Empire.

Strictly speaking, the new Players in this world weren’t considered members of the Star Empire yet.

Therefore, attacking each other was permissible.

Even if they didn’t attack each other directly, they could still just assassinate the founders and key members of the Salvation Army.

They could even disrupt the entire war, making it impossible for the Salvation Army to ever take the Old Royal Capital.

This would also prevent them from forming a legitimate claim to rule the Kingdom.

’These guys really have us cornered.’

’But, given the current situation, it really doesn’t matter anymore.’

’After all, even if we refuse, they’ll just make trouble. We won’t be able to take the Royal Capital, and in the end, the factions these guys join, or even the ones they own, will still be accepted by the Empire.’

’If we agree, then it’s a win-win for everyone.’

’If we refuse, it’s just a bit more trouble for us, but they’ll still get their rewards from the Empire later anyway.’

The two Players in the Salvation Army exchanged a helpless glance.

Finally, putting on a smile, one of them said:

"We’re all fellow Blue Star People. The two of us would never keep all the spoils for ourselves."

"Don’t worry, everyone. Once we take the Royal Capital, you’ll get what’s yours! After all, the big brother of the characters we’re playing is the founder of the Salvation Army."

The moment they finished speaking, another Player immediately piped up with a grin:

"Great! Nice and straightforward."

"But just to be safe, I’ve recorded this!"

"Remember, you promised. If you go back on your word, let’s not even talk about facing public opinion on Blue Star. Just think what would happen if the higher-ups in the Empire and the Divine Favorers Association saw this video... Heheh, you get the picture."

The two from the Salvation Army froze.

Then they cursed up a storm in their heads.

Although the two Players had verbally agreed to give them a share of everything,

the specifics of what and how to give were something they had planned to fudge later.

But now that it was on video,

if they gave them a poor share, things would get ugly with public opinion on Blue Star and even on the Player forums.

But, they were all Blue Star People.

The pot shouldn’t call the kettle black.

In the end, the two of them just had to accept it.

They would just have to do their best to arrange a reasonable distribution of the spoils for these Players after the war.

After all, once this was over, they would all be stakeholders in the same Vassal Kingdom under the Star Empire.

They would be running into each other constantly.

For the sake of maintaining good relations, the two of them wouldn’t have made things too ugly in the first place.

"Nice one, buddy!"

"Alright then, we’ve got nothing more to add!"

"Let’s wait a bit longer. According to the system, the breach progress is only at 97.1%. It should still take ten to twenty more minutes."

"I have to say, you two picked the perfect time for the Salvation Army to prepare for this decisive battle!"

One of the surrounding Players gave them a thumbs-up.

"If we didn’t pick the perfect moment, do you think we would have dared to act?"

"If we had, we would’ve immediately attracted those people from the Titan Divine Race."

"A small group of Players like us wouldn’t be nearly enough to handle them."

"Exactly. We had to wait for the Empire’s main army to emerge and draw the attention of nearly every member of the Titan Race on this world before we could make our move!"

"I just wonder how long it’ll take the Empire to conquer this world."

The two from the Salvation Army chimed in.

"I figure it’ll be over in a matter of days, ten at most."

"This world’s Star Realm Power shouldn’t be too strong. It’s not like this is the Titan Race’s home world or anything."

"Given the Power of the Feathered Insect God and the Green God, once they find the ruling Titan Deity of this world, it’ll be over in a single bite."

"They’re already taking bets on the new Player forums, wagering on how long it’ll take us to conquer this world."

"I’m not getting in on it, though. Gamblers always meet a bad end."

"..."

The Players chattered amongst themselves.

As they watched the battlefield, their attitude was completely relaxed and unconcerned.

However, as time ticked by, second by second,

and after the two armies finally began to advance on each other, their vanguards having already clashed for over two minutes, the Players finally took action!

"The Star Road is open!!!"

"Move out!!!"

"..."

And so it was.

Whether they were from the Salvation Army or the Divine Guard Army,

everyone watched as, all of a sudden, more than twenty colossal figures appeared in the sky.

The Elemental Incarnations of High Tier Transcendents had manifested.

The smallest were at least a hundred meters tall, while the largest reached a kilometer.

The instant those terrifying figures appeared,

in the next moment, a large number of Transcendents within the Divine Guard Army suddenly felt a targeted psychic storm wash over them!!!

"Wh-what are these things?"

"High Tier Transcendents? Isn’t this level of Power forbidden in our world?"

"Anomalies!!!"

"They’re the anomalies the Inspector warned us about! AHHH!!!"

"..."

On the side of the Divine Guard Army, the many soldiers who were in on the secret stared at the Players high in the sky, each and every one of them struck with horror!

But soon, these Transcendents felt their vision go black as they were instantly knocked unconscious by the psychic shockwave.

And as for the mortals?

On the Salvation Army’s side, Ed gazed at the sky, his expression grave.

He showed no shock, no hesitation.

It was as if he had known all along.

"Beat the drums!!!"

"Entire army, advance!!! Those who surrender will be spared!"

BOOMING drums began to sound.

At that moment, every soldier in the Salvation Army understood!

These god-like, powerful figures were actually reinforcements for their Salvation Army?

In an instant,

all the ordinary soldiers erupted into earth-shaking cheers. With morale as high as a rainbow, they charged toward the main force of the Divine Guard Army!

"Surrender and live!!!"

"Surrender and live!!!"

The outcome of the mortal battlefield was no longer in doubt.

Meanwhile, the so-called Inspector—a Saint Tier Titan Clan member who had been observing the Divine Guard Army’s "performance"—was briefly stunned by the Players’ sudden appearance.

But he quickly let out a furious roar from within the Old Royal Capital!

"Insolence!!!"

The Saint Tier Titan Clan member immediately transformed into a streak of light and shot toward the heavens.

However, before he could race toward the battlefield, the once-cloudless sky instantly turned black!

At the same time,

a terrifying roar instantly spread throughout the entire world!

"Damn it all!!!"

"What civilization are you? How dare you make an enemy of the Titan Race!"

"AHHH!!! You will regret this!!!"

"..."

High above the black clouds, a rain of blood suddenly began to fall worldwide.

This meant that the Titan Main God who had controlled the rules of the world’s Mana Will had perished!

A Main God had fallen!

A rain of blood fell.

「At that same moment, outside the Star Realm.」

The Feathered Insect God licked its lips with indifference.

"Is that it? Just some trash-tier Deity?"

"Not even enough for a single mouthful."

"Telling me I’ll regret it? Truly, the ignorant know no fear."

"Whatever, I can’t be bothered with this blood-food. Now then, hmm... Tree Stump, how’s your soul analysis of the blood-food coming along? Have you found the next world for us to march on?"

The being called Tree Stump, the Forest Elf Ancient God and Green God, gave a cold snort.

"More than a few. Several, in fact."

"I have nothing to discuss with a stinking moth like you. Let’s act separately."

"..."