Chapter 680 (1/2)
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”f.u.c.k, we're number three!”
My eyes were wide with cheer as I stared at the ranking on the screen. ”Not bad at all! We weren't even in the Top 100 before this, but now we're the third best guild of China! Our hard work wasn't in vain!”
He Yi was also smiling sweetly and triumphantly. ”Hoho, this is wonderful. With this, we are now truly a super guild in China, both in name and in strength! We're also qualified to fight top-tier guilds like Candle Dragon and Warsky Alliance as equals now!”
Murong Mingyue nodded smilingly. ”Yes. I wasn't expecting us to break through the ranks this quickly!”
Beiming Xue agreed with her. ”Yeah. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls has achieved so many great things for the past half a year or so that the committee will have to be blind to miss them.”
It had been an entire year since the CGL Guild Ranking was updated. The old ranking was determined by the past one to three years of performance, and since Candle Dragon had reigned supreme for 3 years, they were still the leader of the Guild Ranking. Warsky Alliance was originally the fourth strongest guild on the Guild Ranking, and because they performed well during the war of Immortality City, they were able to climb to second place. This was within our expectations as well.
Purple Lily, the guild led by the 12th CGL Hall of Famer and peak mage, Luo River G.o.d of the Capital, sat at fourth place. Considering that they were able to stick to Candle Dragon's shoes like gum and give them a good fight for three years straight, it made perfect sense that they were placed so high. Snowy Cathaya had been booming under the leaders.h.i.+p of the Fruit Knife G.o.ddess for the past half a year or so, and since there were almost no forces who could put up a good fight against the super alliance that was Snow Catahya, Ancient Sword and The Monarch Descends in Sky City, it made sense that they rose to the fifth place.
Snowy Cathaya was followed by Blazing Hot Lips, a Vanished G.o.d City guild led by the genius Stranger of Three Lifetimes. They shone like the sun despite having to compete against nine other equally powerful guilds, so they were able to climb up to the 6th place. Also from Vanished G.o.d City, Fate and Hunting Moon Dynasty sat at the 8th and 9th places respectively. Surprisingly, Hegemon Palace, the giant s.h.i.+p of RMB built by w.a.n.g Dongliang, was able to take the 7th spot. On the other hand, w.a.n.g Dongliang did spend a lot of money in the game, and the guild was manned by top-tier generals like Little Piglet and Shangguan Wan'er, as well as countless high-level players, so I supposed that it wasn't that surprising. Still, their guild was developing in a completely different direction from Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. A war between us was inevitable.
Finally, the former first runner-up of the CGL Guild Ranking, G.o.ds of Destruction, dropped all the way to the 10th place. Dominating Heaven Blade must be hurting right now, but considering their performance in the past year, it was a miracle they even got to stay in Top 10.
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Of course, there were more names behind the Top 10 guilds. The 11th to 50th places were occupied by The Monarch Descends, Baidicheng, Peach Garden, Mad Dragon, Flower Room, Soul Battle Robes, Snow Moon, Immortal Sword Inn, Hall of Immortality, Rose of the Holy Domain, Throne Seeker, and more. Practically any guild that could be considered famous in the China server was listed here, and no one was left out.
Looking at all these compet.i.tors, I was once again overwhelmed by the fact that we, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, were among the Top 3. It had been a long and hard journey to arrive at this point!
I rubbed my palms together in excitement. ”Alright, it's time to make a recruitment post on the forums. With our new placement, we can finally call out to the first-rate players and not make them feel like we're humiliating them. Eve, who do you think is the best candidate for this job?”
He Yi blinked her big eyes before falling into thought. ”Hmm, we need someone with a good education and a silver tongue. With that in mind, I think Chaos Moon is our best choice. She's a regular in the gaming base, and she's also smart, good-looking, sensible, and well-behaved.”
I nodded. ”Alright, we'll leave it to Chaos Moon. I'll contact her right away!”
”Mn!”
I called Chaos Moon on the phone, and it connected in less than three seconds. As I thought, she wasn't currently online. Everyone had been waiting for the Guild Ranking to refresh after all.
”h.e.l.lo, Lu Chen. Why are you calling me this early?” Chaos Moon's sweet voice entered my ears.
I replied, ”Basically, we're planning to clear out 1000 spots from the main guild and replace them with first-rate players, and we want you to do the recruitment and testing. Do I have your permission to put your contact details in the recruitment post later?”
Chaos Moon giggled before answering, ”Sure! But I want to change my guild t.i.tle. I want to be called the Chief of Human Resources!”
”Sure, no problem!”
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After the short discussion was over, I finished breakfast and got ready to log into the game!
But before that, I logged into the forums—through the gaming helmet because it saved me the trouble from having to sign in—and made a recruitment post. The t.i.tle of the post was: ”Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls Is Recruiting!”