Chapter 80: A Storm is Brewing, Prepare for War
“Woah! The faction system has been activated! The Faction Mission and merit points look pretty promising.”
After checking, the members of the Scorching Sun Guild animatedly discussed about this new event. The already lively atmosphere became even more intense.
“Guild Leader, the faction system has been activated!”
Some of the members below could not hold back their restlessness and directly shouted towards their leader.
“The faction also has its own exclusive skill, you gain buff’s from it!”
Sun Conqueror smiled at the members below and said gently, “Everyone, don’t be anxious. We haven’t reached our levels yet. Didn’t you check? We need to be level 20 to join the faction. We can’t act rashly. Let’s level up first before joining.”
Hearing this, the members dared not say anything else and continued drinking and playing.
Sun Conqueror glanced at the people below and silently opened his friend list…
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[SC: Heyo!!]
At the Yu City teleportation array, Clutch King and Snow Chaser walked out of the thing and greeted Li Yi, who was standing not far away.
“You’re both here.”
Seeing the two of them, a rare smile appeared on Li Yi’s face.
“Bro, have you seen the system notification? The factions have been activated!”
Clutch King quickly walked up and hooked his arm around Li Yi as he said with a cheeky smile.
Li Yi rolled his eyes at him and snappily said, “Get off me!”
In his previous life, this fellow Clutch King had always been rude, almost like a street thug.
With an elegant smile on her face, Snow Chaser walked over to Li Yi.
“Carefree Dream, you called us here to level up, right?”
Snow Chaser blinked her pretty eyes playfully.
“If I’m not wrong, you want to take us with you to level up.”
Snow Chaser was a very smart woman. The moment the faction announcement was made, she had already guessed why Carefree Dream was looking for them.
“Yeah, that’s right.” Li Yi nodded faintly. “Joining the faction is very important. The sooner you join the faction, the sooner you can receive an important mission. You can get more rewards and merits.
“The rewards that can be exchanged for merits are more beneficial than you can imagine.”
Hearing this, Snow Chaser and Clutch King were astonished.
The faction had just opened, but Li Yi already knew the rewards that could be exchanged for merits were very generous.
What secret news had he gotten in advance?
Could he be a beta player for Divine Revelation?
Sensing the doubt in their eyes, Li Yi did not explain any further to them. They were too weak now and did not have the qualifications to know the truth.
“Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. You just need to know that joining a faction is very important.
“Form a party with me. I’ll bring you guys on a mission. After that, you can train and increase your strength on your own as soon as possible. The Faction War in the future will be very intense.”
As he spoke, Li Yi sent an invitation to the two of them to form a party. The two of them were smart enough not to ask further and directly agreed to the invitation.
After all, Li Yi would not cheat them anyway, so they knew better than to question his motives.
“Oh right! You’re already level 18 now, and you’re the closest player to level 20. You’ll definitely be the first to join the faction.”
Clutch King suddenly said as he clicked onto the form party option.
“Yup, my plan now is to complete the mission, then grind to up my levels like crazy, and then join the West Wind Knight camp.”
Li Yi replied.
Hearing this, Clutch King nodded slightly.
Then, the three of them headed to the Elk Forest.
At the same time, on the towering city walls of Emperor City, beacons were being lit.
Teams of well-trained knights appeared one after another, standing in various positions.
The number of knights guarding the city gate had doubled. Every person who wanted to enter the city gate had to go through strict spot checks.
The number of knights patrolling in the city had obviously increased manifold. Countless armored knights walked out of the Emperor City’s teleportation gate with foreboding auras.
Each knight had an extremely serious expression. Under the leadership of their superiors, they headed to all parts of Emperor City in an orderly manner.
Upon seeing this, the players felt as though a storm was about to occur.
As the players watched the knights, they could not help but speak between themselves.
“This place is swarming with soldiers now!”
A player could not help but express loudly.
“That’s not all, did you see the beacon on the city wall? This means that the city has officially entered battle mode!”
“The f*ck?! Why’re they preparing for war?!”
“Of course, they’re preparing for war. Otherwise, why do you think the faction system was activated?”
“Woah! That’s amazing! This game is amazing, I can’t wait to join a faction!”
“This game is very realistic. If it’s going to be a war, it will definitely be very exciting. This faction system sure is a smart way to keep us playing!”
“This means we’ll have to stay and train harder to prepare, hehe!!”
Emperor City was in their battle preparation mode, which made many of the players excited.
At this moment, someone asked a crucial question.
“Hey, guys… since this is The Faction War and we can only join the West Wind Knights. What are the opposing factions?”
The players were silent for a moment.
“Ah! Well…”
“That…”
The players were stunned.
“I don’t know. The system announcement didn’t mention it, but I guess that we’ll only know when we’re high level enough to join the faction.”
One of the players replied.
“That makes sense. Our levels are too low right now. Only Carefree Dream is close to level 20.”
“Carefree Dream sure is awesome. He’s a high-level player that works on his own. Our tiny group’s strength can never compare to him.”
“Enough, enough. Stop talking about him. Isn’t it better to use this time to level up? The sooner we join the faction, the sooner we can obtain missions and benefits!”
“Say less, I’ve already planned on where to go to level up.”
“Hey, you can’t leave me here, I’m only level 14, I can’t follow you there!”
“Now that everyone is leveling up, those big guilds shouldn’t be so overbearing as to monopolize the leveling grounds, right?”
Suddenly, someone said weakly. Previously, when they were changing classes, those big guilds monopolized the leveling grounds of many boss areas. They had no choice but to wait for the guild members to finish changing classes before starting so that ordinary players like them could change classes.
“This… with the characteristics of those large guilds, I feel that they will… except for the Scorching Sun Guild.”
“Sigh… now that there’s no longer the rampant Proud Guild, doesn’t mean that there aren’t any other awful guilds out there….”
“There’s nothing we can do about it. They’re just too strong in numbers compared to us.”
Countless ordinary players in Emperor City cried out in grief. Clearly, the uncountable amount of large guilds had caused many ordinary players to suffer unspeakably.
Meanwhile, many players who were not from Emperor City had heard about the news of the upsurge of guards that patrolled the city. They could not help but express their complaints in the official forums from Divine Revelation,
[F*ck! No Way! I’ve just started packing for my journey. Would they stop me if I try to get in?]
[No way… you just started? I’m already on my way there, I can’t turn back now!]
[Stop complaining guys. We’ve already reached this st*pid place. Right when we exited the teleportation site, there were so many NPC soldiers that inspected us. We got stuck there for almost half an hour!]
[Half an hour? You sure are lucky. My friend and I took a carriage to come here and it took us almost two hours before we were let in!]
[Woah, everyone sure is suffering after the faction system was announced. Good luck everyone! We hope you all get in safely! Us players who are from here shall enjoy our time inside, hehe!]
Emperor City players shook their heads slightly when they saw the comments from the players from other cities.
They had also witnessed the scene of many foreign players being constantly investigated by NPCs in Emperor City. Although they felt some sympathy for them, they still brushed it aside. The most important thing now was to go level up and increase their level to 20 as soon as possible to join the faction and try to get the most benefits.
Thus, countless players swarmed into the leveling areas on the outskirts of the city.
At that moment, Li Yi had already brought Clutch King and Snow Chaser to the Border Knights camp in the Forest of Elk.