Chapter 339: The Plan Begins!
While everyone was excitedly discussing the Heaven's Gift Guild, a newly emerged all-female player 'army', even more explosive news quickly ignited the entire Adam City forum.
'The only super large quest in Myth history with a reward of up to a million gold coins has appeared!'
As soon as the post appeared, it was quickly pushed to the trending list.
The comments below were initially all disbelieving, but later, players posted screenshots of receiving the quest.
Originally, with only one or two screenshots, players wouldn't have believed it, but when the number of screenshots reached hundreds or thousands, and they bore different player IDs, everyone knew that this quest was real!
In an instant, the post quickly exploded in popularity, not just in Adam City, but sweeping across the entire Dafen Empire.
Throughout the afternoon, more and more players came from various cities in the Dafen Empire to Adam City to accept the quest.
As of five o'clock in the afternoon, over a million players had already accepted this quest.
And more players were still heading towards Adam City.
The major Guild forces also didn't miss this good opportunity.
This was a quest released by game NPCs; no player would suspect any trickery, even if the target of attack was also an NPC.
After all, this was an extremely realistic game; too many players had experienced the intrigue among NPCs here. Unlike other games, the NPCs in this game weren't entirely there to serve players; they had their own thoughts and consciousness, just like... living for themselves!
Soon, a 'Truth Emperor' player on the forum wrote tens of thousands of words analyzing the background of this quest with its sky-high rewards.
'The Adam City City Lord, Deputy City Lord, and Commandant, the three main figures, are dead. The new City Lord is an Acting City Lord, not a City Lord in the true sense.
If he wants to become the true City Lord, he must gain the support of the city's nobles. Without their support, he cannot control Adam City at all. However, the city's nobles will not allow an Acting City Lord who came from a small town to manipulate him; they are definitely preparing to use him as a puppet.
The banquet mentioned in the quest hint is such a 'Hongmen Banquet'; numerous nobles plan to take down the Acting City Lord at this banquet and turn him into their puppet.
Clearly, this Acting City Lord is unwilling to become a puppet. He is a ruthless character and has decided to use heavy rewards to kill all these nobles. Without their leaders, these noble families are bound to be in chaos for a while. At that time, it will be the Acting City Lord's chance to consolidate military power in Adam City and then pressure the noble families, forcing them to work for him.
This move is extremely ruthless!
Of course, there are still many mysteries, such as how a small town mayor could produce a huge sum of a million gold coins, and whether there are NPCs with greater power backing him...
I have a premonition that this quest is just the beginning, and there will definitely be more intense events later... (omitting ten thousand words)'
The entire post immediately received over a hundred thousand likes. After seeing it, Li Xiang couldn't help but want to give him a like.
He analyzed the entire event extremely thoroughly, almost to the point of putting Li Xiang's ID on it. However, his analytical angle was wrong; from beginning to end, he only talked about NPCs and didn't mention players at all. Clearly, no one would think that a player would use an NPC to issue a quest for players to do.
This is a grand scheme and also Li Xiang's first attempt. If this event succeeds, it will prove how much influence players can have on the game. Once confirmed, if the result is good, then the game's replayability will be ridiculously high...
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Six o'clock in the afternoon.
Adam City, this second-tier main city, already has over five million players.
The major Guilds also couldn't hold back and came to Adam City one after another.
Among them were several top Guilds, including the Demon Guild.
Li Xiang was leisurely drinking tea in an upstairs private room of a teahouse not far from the city gate, occasionally looking towards the city gate.
Any player, as long as they came from the post station, had to pass through the city gate.
When the Demon Guild players appeared at the city gate, many Adam City players looked at them with strange eyes.
The leader, Demon Hand, also had a grim expression. Adam City was originally an unremarkable small city.
But because of the entanglement between the Heaven's Gift Guild and the Demon Guild, it was remembered by people.
Now, due to the appearance of this quest with an explosively high reward, eighty percent of the Demon Guild's entire membership had arrived in Adam City, a full five hundred people.
However, the Demon Guild didn't attract too much attention because an even more formidable Guild appeared.
Celestial God Guild!
The Dafen Empire's publicly recognized number one Guild, and the only Guild in the Dafen Empire to upgrade to a second-tier town level. It has one thousand two hundred members, and this time, it directly deployed one thousand players.
Normally, even when players from this Guild came to this small second-tier main city, they would only stay for a quest and wouldn't linger too long at all.
Now, a full thousand Celestial God members have arrived here.
Leading them was the President of the Celestial God Guild, Heavenly God Descent. He possesses multiple Divine-grade abilities and the hidden class Sky Warrior. His combat power is unrivaled in the Dafen Empire; he is the Dafen Empire's publicly recognized number one Warrior. Moreover, because of his extremely handsome appearance, his popularity is very high in the Dafen Empire.
"Celestial God!"
"Celestial God! I love you!!"
"Celestial God (screaming)!!!!"
"..."
Heavenly God Descent greeted the screaming players watching with a gentle smile, as if completely without airs.
...
At the teahouse, seeing this, Li Xiang immediately got up and left.
"It seems... I underestimated the allure of this quest."
A million gold coins, even in the mid-game where prices are stabilizing, is a sum worth over a hundred million.
Such a huge sum of money, if obtained by any Guild, could significantly boost the Guild, even for large Guilds. At the same time, this quest is also an excellent opportunity to greatly increase one's Guild's fame.
Therefore, from the moment he had Aige release the news, the outcome was already determined.
To complete the quest, these Guild forces will inevitably resort to any means necessary.
Li Xiang showed a smile of a successful scheme, went directly to the post station, and headed to Tis City.
The Demon Guild's stronghold is in Tis City. Now that almost all members have been dispatched, the defense is weak, making it a good opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop.
Li Xiang came to the Dafen Empire to do great things. He would start by taking down the Demon Guild Residence, giving them something to do so the Demon Guild wouldn't cause trouble for the Heaven's Gift Guild.
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Tis City.
After Li Xiang arrived, he went straight outside the city. After changing back to his Qu Ming identity outside the city, he headed towards the Demon Guild Residence.
The Demon Guild Residence is located in an excellent position, surrounded by mountains on three sides with only one entrance and exit, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Furthermore, both sides of this single entrance and exit are fully equipped with various defensive and offensive devices.
Any large-scale mobilization appearing here would be utterly defeated and forced to retreat in disarray.
But...
Li Xiang came alone, so avoiding these things was simply effortless.
Without much effort, Li Xiang arrived at the top of a mountain diagonally above the Demon Guild Residence. From here, he could see the entire Demon Guild Residence.
"Everything is ready... just waiting for things to start over there."
Opening his friends list, he found Aige. "How's the situation?"
Aige replied instantly, "The NPCs have started mobilizing towards the Abandoned Castle. Many players are already preparing around the castle."
"Keep observing and let me know if anything happens."
"Okay... Um, where are you now? Aren't you participating in the quest?"
"My quest is already completed. It's break time now."
Seeing the message Li Xiang sent, Aige muttered curses, "Damn it! Why do you get to rest while I have to stay here and guard?!"
Beside her, Poetic Spring looked at Aige in confusion. "Xiao Ai, who are you talking to?"
Aige quickly waved her hand, "It's nothing."
Poetic Spring's eyes became even more confused. Her friend had been acting very strangely and sneakily all day.
But as a good friend, she knew she shouldn't ask too many questions.
Turning her head, Poetic Spring looked at the castle. "Everyone is ready. Even if the President isn't here, we must get a good contribution score. This is a great opportunity to increase funds for our Guild!"
"Yes! Vice President!"
The group of female warriors behind her said in unison.