Chapter 665 - The Furious Netherclaw (1/2)
When Qin Ruo, Majestic Hero, Scarlet Bauhinia, and Black God arrived at Moonrise City, the battle had already started–smoke shrouded the sky as fires burned wildly on the city walls; wailings and whimpers of agony were heard everywhere as battle cries roared profusely on the battlefield.
It was chaos everywhere!
As soon as they stepped out of the city's Warp Portal, Qin Ruo and his friends could see over ten thousand players clashing fiercely outside the city walls, raining down powerful tides of magic spells and attacks onto their opponents. Looking up to the sky, they could see corpses of players and pets fell from the sky from time to time too.
Qin Ruo and his fellow League Leaders were also bringing a few dozens of their Winged Champions from their Leagues with them. The group's sudden appearance from the Warp Portal immediately drew attention from the warring parties. Before they were able to fly toward the city walls to have a look, flashes of light shone from the Resurrection Portal nearby as the recently deceased players hurriedly rose up to continue where they left off on the battlefield; these newly revived players took a quick alarming glance at Qin Ruo's party, worrying that this was the enemy's reinforcement, and sighed in relief as they saw the insignias on their chests. In a hurry, they quickly flew out of view and toward the chaotic battlefield outside.
Sneering at the players from Hall of the Exalted and Netherspirit's Claw, Black God commented with a belittling tone, ”Heh, these dull cucks! Don't they know it's in-fighting they're doing here? I've never seen these idiots fought so valiantly when they're facing the Demon Faction.”
”No, this is different,” Observing the warring Angel Faction players with a calm look, Scarlet Bauhinia replied coolly.
”The Demon Faction is the Angel Faction's public enemy–fighting them is like fighting the specters or monsters in the field. It's business as usual. But this is different. The Hall of the Exalted had crossed a line this time, trying to cut the other Clans and a League into small bits and pieces. They can't sit quietly and watch as the Hall of the Exalted humiliate them like that. This time… it's personal. ”
”…”
Hearing Scarlet Bauhinia's view, Majestic Hero could do nothing but frown; however, he did not retort–this was exactly what was happening after all, whether he liked it or not.
”So which side do you think will win?”
Sensing Majestic Hero's uneasiness, Qin Ruo quickly switched the topic.
And the three League Leaders quickly replied, without hesitation.
”The Hall of the Exalted, of course.”
”Netherclaw's in a pinch right now. He might not win.”
”Heh, Clawy's going to eat the dirt. You'll see!”
And their opinions were the same as Qin Ruo's.
Even though Netherspirit's Claw had gathered a dozen more Clans to join their cause–glaringly outnumbering the Hall of the Exalted, they suffered a huge decline in their Champions' number. Most of their powerful lieutenants and Champions had jumped ship to the Hall of the Exalted.
Other than that, the Hall of the Exalted didn't just accept anyone into their ranks. The ones who were scouted away by the Hall of the Exalted were all Tier 5 players. Their equipment and combat prowess were all top tiered too!
And what did the Hall of the Exalted offer them for them to betray their original Clans and League? A monthly payment of at least 50,000 gold coins! And this was just for the ”ordinary members”! The Tier 5 Field Commanders were offered a monthly pay of at least 200,000 gold coins.
Surely enough, the Veteran Champions were offered millions and millions of gold coins for their allegiance! Some of them were even offered a place to build and manage the cities that they were planning to build in the Underworld.
Snowmelt and Dark Dragon forfeited their loyalty for Netherclaw because of this. The temptation was too great!
Hall of the Exalted, with its rapid expansion and growth, could very well devastate Netherspirit's Claw and these mid-tier Clans in this League War.
This was quite obvious to everyone who wasn't involved in the war. As for the ones who were involved, they were too blinded by hatred and vengeance that they could not see the overwhelming disadvantage they were carrying on their shoulders.
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Of course, there was something peculiar that did not escape Qin Ruo's observation. His League had planted eyes and ears at various places in the game and according to his informants, after taking down Netherspirit's Claw, the Hall of the Exalted's next target would be Fallen Angels.
When the time was right, these pay-to-win bastards would surely clash with him and his Fallen Angels, competing for the top League of the Angel Faction.
Such ego! Such arrogance!
As he thought of this, Qin Ruo could not help but frown in disgust.
Seeing Qin Ruo's expression, Scarlet Bauhinia cleared his throat and continued speaking his mind out loud, ”You know… I'm really saddened seeing Netherclaw like this. We were sitting together and discussing our plans to commence our Project Pioneer last night. And yet, no one thought he would be attacked and violated like this today. If it weren't for my plans to commence Project Pioneer, I would definitely round up my boys and kick these Exalted bastards' arses!”
Black God and Majestic Hero weren't too surprised by Scarlet Bauhinia's Project Pioneer plan. After all, Scarlet Dynasty was the next biggest League after Netherspirit's Claw.
Yet, they shared Scarlet Bauhinia's worry too. They could not afford to postpone Project Pioneer.
Even though the Hall of Exalted had definitely crossed the line this time, the other Leagues could not afford to hastily get themselves involved in Netherclaw's fight. At the rate the Hall of Exalted was expanding at the moment, it would not take long before they recover from this League War. And when that was to happen… the retaliation… the wrath that the Hall of the Exalted would bring could definitely leave them in ruins.
No one could afford to wage a war against the Hall of the Exalted at this time–it would harm their Leagues in the long run.
Yet…
Qin Ruo didn't have the same worry as the other three League Leaders.
The Fallen Angels had already acquired their base of operation in the Underworld. They did not even need to stay in the Mythical Continent anymore too. All they were doing at the moment was just purely focusing on the development of their city in the Underworld.
They were steps ahead of everyone.
And Qin Ruo knew what Scarlet Bauhinia was doing–he was trying to bait him to give Netherclaw a hand.
Heh!
Needless to say, Qin Ruo intended to help Netherclaw anyway.
Netherclaw had helped him during Project Pioneer back then. So, it was natural for him to repay the favor.
Besides, the Hall of the Exalted was too conceited and haughty for their own good. If they were allowed to grow further, it would cause much turmoil in the Mythical Continent.
However…
There was something else that he needed to consider too.
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