Chapter 784 - The Backbone (1/2)
Roland couldn’t have been more confused to see Schuck’s crazy message. He wondered if the World Tree was insane or something. Why did she dare to declare war on the players? 1
But he knew that the World Tree was neither reckless or brainless, and that there was definitely a good reason why she did that after four months of lurking.
Then, just like Schuck, he checked the forum and gathered similar intelligence. He was instantly lost for words.
Those players were getting more and more lustful.
However, he found it quite understandable.
For most players, that was just a regular choice of sides.
Besides, it was the instinct of many players to side with beautiful races.
It was just like in a certain game called WoW: the Alliance had a bigger population than the Horde did on almost every server, because the races of the Horde were all too ugly.
Then, after a certain update, a beautiful race was added to the Horde, and its population increased. After that, the Horde suppressed the Alliance in almost every server.
Roland had been through that too, so he completely understood and sympathized with the players who sided with the elves.
That being said, he would still chide them for their betrayal. Of course, he was more amused than he was angry. Seizing the Divine Spark of Greed with the Hand of Magic, Roland brought Andonara to the floating city with teleportation.
Miranda came along too. She asked, “Are you leaving already?”
“Yes.” Roland nodded and said, “There’s something urgent that we must deal with.”
I see!
Miranda was quite disappointed.
She wanted to say something, but she kept quiet. A moment later, she left the floating city with teleportation. Standing amidst the flowers, she watched the floating city fly away with regret and sorrow. After they left, she would be all alone in the paradise and had to suffer loneliness for a long time until any souls appeared.
She lowered her head and looked at the grasses, as lost as a baby bird that had been abandoned.
At this moment, a black light darted from the floating city and fell in front of her.
It was the Sword of Wisdom.
“Mr. Roland asked me to stay and chat with you until you no longer feel lonely, or I’m summoned by the Goddess of Magic.”
“Okay.” Miranda hugged the Sword of Wisdom and rubbed her face against it. “Roland and Sister Andonara are really nice to me.”
After Roland left the Paradise of Pain, he teleported himself to the heights of the main plane and reached the sky of Wetland City.
The players in Wetland City weren’t too surprised to see the floating city because they had just seen the system notification that Roland killed another Evil God with Andonara. They were no longer shocked.
They also knew that the floating city was probably here for the elves.
Schuck was greatly relieved when Wetland City was shadowed.
Uncle Liang was relieved too.
Roland entered the city master’s residence with teleportation and met Schuck and Uncle Liang.
After hearing Schuck’s report, Roland couldn’t help but ask, “Have you asked for O’Neal’s opinion? They started this, and they should have a say in this matter.”
Schuck shook his head. “I haven’t. Besides, they’re surprisingly low-key recently. It’s hard to find them.”
“They’ve probably dispersed and run to other places to cause trouble.” Roland thought for a moment and said, “Nevermind. I’ll just contact O’Neal and figure out his plan.” The other two quickly nodded.
Wetland City did need a tough guy at this moment, and Roland was exactly that guy.
Even Schuck wasn’t qualified.
With his account on the forum, Roland soon reached out to O’Neal.
Roland: “You must’ve heard about the World Tree.”
O’Neal: “We have.”
Roland: “As the initiator of the whole matter, is there anything you want to say?”
O’Neal: “We will shoulder the responsibility, but if Wetland City is willing to step up, we’ll be at your command.”
Roland: “You’re so cunning.”
O’Neal: “But we’re sincere.” Roland: “Fine. Come to the city master’s residence and let’s talk.”
He closed the forum.
Sitting down opposite him, Schuck asked, “How did it go?”
“They’re willing to contribute and negotiate.” Roland heaved a sigh. “But I think they have their own plans.”
Uncle Liang said, “That’s normal. Where there are people, there are conflicts. I didn’t know the value of the city that my son established until just recently.”
Schuck smiled. “In any case, let’s talk to them first. After all, the players aren’t united. We should seek as many allies as possible.”
Roland sighed. “It was O’Neal and his people who started the trouble, yet the World Tree came to Wetland City for revenge. There’s definitely a good reason.”
Schuck said, “Yes, I think so too.”
After a moment of hesitation, Uncle Liang said, “In fact, there’s indeed a secret in Wetland City. It’s in my son’s notebook.”
Hmm?
The two of them looked at Uncle Liang.
After a moment of silence, Uncle Liang said, “A lot of Meteorite Minerals are buried underneath Wetland City.”
The Meteorite Minerals were important and rare magic materials. They were alternative materials to cast spells, advanced materials in alchemy, and necessary components in magic arrays.
They could be replaced by lesser materials, but in the circle of magic where everybody pursued perfection, nobody used less materials if they could use the Meteorite Mineral.
It was like salt in cooking: you can live without it for a few days, but not forever.
Neither Roland nor Schuck were too surprised to hear that.
Both of them were in high positions and had seen countless fancy materials.
Roland simply asked out of habit, “About how many Meteorite Minerals?”
Uncle Liang replied slowly, “According to my son’s notebook, it’s enough for all the Mages in the world to use freely for three hundred
years.”
Well… Both Roland and Schuck were lost for words.
No wonder the elves were interested in this place.
The Meteorite Minerals were important to the elves too.
Many types of special elven equipment required them.