Chapter 1778 - Stomping Faces (1) (1/2)

The battle raged on.

By now, the news of what was happening on the middle tier was no longer capable of being hidden. The news of failure to teleport to Middle Lily City had been curious to some in the beginning, but it soon became a massive question mark.

One had to remember that Violet Bloom Pavilion was a very popular entertainment center. When teleportation to the city was cut off, Sabona wasn't the only one who noticed.

This was when large movements started to catch the attention of those in the surroundings. Due to Madeleine's movement, the encirclement of Middle Lily City collapsed, leaving the west, north and south of the city completely free of scouts after they had all converged on the east.

At the same time, others realized that teleportation to Middle Lily City wasn't the only teleportation that was restricted, every Golden Crow City seemed to be cut off as well!

Initially, Aritzia had been prepared for something like this to happen. After all, one of the hardest things to do was keep a secret, especially when so many pieces were involved. However, she took advantage of the fact the movement of information was strictly controlled by the SNN. Even if a few stragglers pieced some information together, just how long did it used to take for information to spread organically through the martial world before the Sapientia came along?

However, how could Aritzia know that pissing off Dyon's wives wasn't a good move?

The implementation of the third phase took the martial world by storm. Numerous restrictions that had been put in place suddenly vanished without warning.

At first, only Clans and Sects vetted and accepted by the Sapientia could pay a hefty price, plus a monthly fee, to establish a ”forum”. On this forum, they would be able to do a myriad of things from posting about their accomplishments to boost their Faith, to posting up missions and calls for help.

This forum purchasing ability only extended past this level to a minor extent to allow well established businesses to take part in it as well. However, gaining a forum of your own was too expensive and too difficult. Up to this date, the total forums didn't surpass 100. Considering the trillions of individuals in the martial world, this number was too pitiful.

The third phase blew this out of the water. Restrictions on those who could create forums were completely lifted. In exchange for single payment, anyone could create a forum of their own. It could be used for even something as simple as quickly communicating with your companions over large distances. This use alone blew up the popularity of the Sapientia Network.

The lack of regulations and the steep drop in price excited members of the martial world. Even large clans who hadn't participated in the past raised an eyebrow. This sort of use would definitely be worth it, especially after they learned of the second change to the SN: encryption!