novelThe Hollowed Demon Faction
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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Qin Ruo had destroyed Camp Robert and defeated Croc God's gang at a whim. After establishing the Fallen Angel League, Qin Ruo had been keeping himself busy in the Underworld... Also seeing the huge invading forces from the Demon Faction led Qin Ruo to attempt something he had never tried before.
One such thing was activating Angelic Wings within the Demigod NPC's "forbidden zone". No one had ever dared to try this, at least not yet.
Once both the Angel and Demon Faction invades the Underworld, it would be inevitable that both sides would clash. Then, some Camps would inadvertently be conquered by either side of the faction. And perhaps, complications might even occur as the players in the same faction could also be fighting amongst themselves in the camp.
Once scuffles like these happen, the Camps would no longer be considered a safe zone. If one were to take things to the extreme, someone would have eventually thought of this too.
Qin Ruo was that someone. So, he inquired Edgar about various details such as the relocation of Camps and possible places for such a relocation.
According to Edgar, after the relocation of the Camp had been initiated, it would not appear for ten minutes. The players who were inside the area would have lost the support of a Resurrector and therefore, be randomly transported to other existing Camps if they were killed. Besides, the Camp that was in the process of relocating would often reappear within twenty kilometers from its prior location; so, even though the Camp had already been relocated, Qin Ruo would still be able to shrug off the Undead Horde and seek out the relocated Camp.
This was why Qin Ruo dared try out this feat, breaking Berserker's League away from Camp Robert and setting them astray in the Underworld.
After this, Croc God had one of two choices...
He could teleport all his men out of Camp Robert's area or, he could gather his men to set an ambush near the gathering ground. That being said, either way would still benefit Qin Ruo!
If they decided to retreat, it would save him the hassle of dealing with them. If they chose to ambush... Well, it would be just another regular treasure hunting picnic for Qin Ruo. These Tier 5 players had great gear on them. The worst that they had on them were Dark Gold grade. So, it would benefit Qin Ruo greatly if he thinned out this herd. Besides, he had now taken a sabbatical in real life. Hence, if the equipment were sold, would be good money for sustaining himself.
After clearing out the majority of the flying undead, Qin Ruo, Majestic Hero, and Black God held a meeting, leaving their men to take out the rest. Their little militia here had skilled Bowmasters, so there was nothing to worry about. The three of them had something more important to discuss—the first great scheme of the three leagues...
"According to the forum, there ought to have been sixteen Leagues in the Demon Faction. Almost every single one of them sent their best men into the Underworld. These included the Sinistress from Death Cult, Savior from Satan's Salvation, and Zeus from Zeus Legion while the others had also sent their Vice Leaders and Field Commanders in too!"
Majestic Hero looked at Qin Ruo and Black God while smiling."They're new in the Underworld. So, they should be still exploring and adjusting to the environment here. So if we were to attack Demon Faction's capital Sin City now, they would not be in time to head back to aid it."
Black God's eyes lit up and then smirked wryly at Majestic Hero."Heh, the Sixteen Leagues of the Demon Faction... More like the Hollowed Demon Faction! Oh, dear Majestic Hero, how have I never seen this evil side of yours?"
Ignoring Black God, Majestic Hero turned to Qin Ruo and asked, "Little Qin, what do you think?"
Qin Ruo responded with a nod. He too had the same idea in mind when he caught wind of the situation within Demon Faction.
Without a huge chunk of its Tier 5 Elites and Tier 5 veteran leaders, this was the best time to attack Sin City!
The probability that their siege would end in success was high too. Even though there were a lot of Leagues within the Demon Faction, the numbers of their Tier 5 players were almost the same as the Angel Faction. Besides, most of these were also newly formed, inexperienced Leagues—their strengths weren't nearly comparable to the more established Leagues like the Death Cult.
"However, we've got a few problems, " Qin Ruo pointed out.
"If we commence the attack, all the Five Leagues of Angel Faction must join in. Without any one of them, our chance to succeed would greatly diminish..."
Majestic Hero and Black God nodded in unison.
The Angel Faction was unique. Every League had more elites than the Demon Faction; thus, not having any leagues to join the fight would be like not being able to use an arm or a leg. The battle would be very grim.
"We're on good terms with Scarlet Dynasty so they'll join. As for Netherclaw, I'll bring Scarlet Bauhinia and Black God along when negotiating with him. Netherclaw was also a victim of the Fall of Moonrise City. He won't refuse, " replied Majestic Hero as he looked at Qin Ruo.
"Alright." Qin Ruo nodded as he continued voicing his thoughts, "And... we should move swiftly as we attack the city. The longer we stall, the less chance we'd have."
"Hell, you sound like you've been scheming over this for quite some time now. Funny! Wasn't it you who benefited the most from the Fall of Moonrise City? And you seem more eager to hurt the Demon Faction than us." Black God looked at Qin Ruo, puzzled.
Majestic Hero could not help but burst out laughing for he too felt the same.
"Little Qin, if you've got a detailed plan, we're all ears."
Qin Ruo nodded and obliged."Since most of their strongest combatants can't leave the Underworld in a short time, the Demon Faction is generally weaker than us. So, I think... we should accumulate all of our Winged Champions and Tier 5 Elites and do a pinpoint-attack!"
Hearing this, Majestic Hero and Black God pondered in silence.
Sure, they were bound to gain an advantage by attacking this way but the risk was also immensely huge. This way, they would be essentially putting all their eggs in one basket.
Knowing about their worries, Qin Ruo continued, "Of course, we must also prepare more men for defense. We'll forgo advancing via the other three gates of the city and only focus on one. So, as the enemies would not be able to penetrate our defense, we could break through theirs with one elite troop. Should not be too hard to do that."
Majestic Hero and Black God nodded.
Under normal circumstances, when surrounded by enemies from four sides, the attackers would stand together to successfully take over the city. And with Qin Ruo's method, there would be hundreds of Winged Champions storming the city. By doing so, they could very well easily overpower the defending players who were there.
"And it shouldn't be difficult to get over two hundred thousand Tier 5 players under our banner. We'll take over their city with the elite among the elites. And by then, I don't think the Demon Faction would be able to reclaim their city that easily."
"Two hundred thousand..."
Majestic Hero looked at Black God and groaned silently."This... this is going to be difficult. But I'll try anyhow... let's do it then."
After they gave a high-five to one another, they immediately sent private messages to Scarlet Bauhinia and Netherclaw.
***
It went smoother than expected.
Scarlet Bauhinia had some filiations with the Bauhinia Clan and besides, they were also at odds with the Demon Faction's Death Cult and Satan's Salvation. After hearing Qin Ruo's proposal, Scarlet Bauhinia immediately agreed.
As for Netherclaw... Even though Netherspirit's Claw had been constantly losing to Fallen Angels in recent times and had been demoted to the second strongest league in the faction, Netherclaw was rational enough to consider the bigger picture and tossed aside his personal grudges. So, on the grounds of fighting a common enemy, Netherclaw too agreed.
Qin Ruo's plan had now been acknowledged by all four leaders of the other Four Leagues... And in just half an hour, the plan entered the final phase!
"We, the Five Leagues, have about a hundred seventy thousand Tier 5 players. Amongst them, there are a thousand two hundred and thirty-seven Winged Champions."
Scarlet Bauhinia was quick in handling things like this.
"Let's contact the other big clans. With them joining, we should be good to go. Oh, and when did you say we should commence the attack?"
"An hour later!"
***
"It's the gathering ground!"
"We're here!"
The scouts squealed with joy. Upon hearing this, Qin Ruo turned to his new clan member and said,
"Windy, do a sweep of recon ahead."
"Roger that!"
Windy Groan mounted his Firewing Panther and joined the other two men who were also riding their own winged pets, soaring ahead...
There were fifty men from the Demon Faction waiting for them. To the players from Angel Faction, it was like seeing a huge sea of fire was laid waiting for them. The enemies however, didn't seem to bother to hide or lay an ambush, and instead, waited for them wide in the open.
The three airborne scouts finished their sweep and returned.
"Enemy in sight! Eleven o'clock, four hundred meters away! There are fifty of them... they've spotted us and they're heading our way."
"Hmph, as I thought." Qin Ruo smiled.
Then, he threw bundles after bundles of potions onto the ground in front of the startled members of Hall of Heroes and Black Prison. There were Potions for recovering Mana, recovering HP, buffing Movement Speed... it was as if he was opening up a stall to run a Potion Business.
"Elementalists, take the Mana Potions. Warriors, come and grab the Movement Speed Potions. Summoners! Suit up into your Beastform... everyone, prepare for battle!"
Even though puzzled on how Qin Ruo could fit all these potions in his backpack, Majestic Hero knew there was no time to waste and immediately commanded his men to make preparations.
***
"Let's give them a surprise!"
Hundreds of meters away, Croc God spread out his Demonic Wings and rose to the sky as he leered at Qin Ruo's group. Then, the others behind him followed suit—one, two, three... In mere seconds, over ten men spread out their Demonic Wings and hovered in the air. Then, like a flock of corrupted angels, they swept toward their enemies at full speed.
In the meantime, a huge horde of undead were eyeing these conspicuous intruders and kicked up an uproar...
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