565 Declaration of War (1/2)
Before Jiang Fei could even greet Isabella, a chain of system notifications blared.
”Ding! The Faction Region has been open to the world!”
”Ding! All players can access the Faction Maps via the Teleportation Circle in each Main City.”
”Ding! Please set your Faction affiliation before entering the Faction Maps. Players who choose the Light Faction will be sent to the Divine Light Fortress. Players who choose the Shadow Faction will be sent to the Demon Flame Fortress. Players who choose the Neutral Faction will be sent to the City of Sinners.”
The system notification was repeated but Jiang Fei had already known about it. Hence, he ignored the notifications and chatted with Isabella for a bit before heading to the Demon Flame Fortress. When he arrived, there were already players roaming around the place. More and more players were constantly coming out of the Teleportation Circle.
In Faction Region, the concept of players belonging to a city was removed. Instead, the entire player base was divided into three; the Light, the Shadow, and the Neutral. Players from all cities over the world were gathered in this Demon Flame Fortress. Since they belonged to the same Faction, they were not enemies but allies. Hence, their name tags were all green.
Each player that arrived in the Demon Flame Fortress would be given a choice to follow an NPC guide. It was completely optional to join the induction program. However, it was best to follow since the NPC had done a great job in explaining the concept of the Faction Region as well as the marvels of the Demon Flame Fortress.
Two hours into the game, another system notification popped.
”Ding! The Nephilim King Augustus of the Shadow Faction has declared war on the Light Faction!”
That was the notification that Jiang Fei saw. The players in the Light Faction would also receive a notification but in their perspective, the leader of the Light Faction was the one that declared war on the Shadow Faction.
”It's finally time!” said Jiang Fei to himself. All of the players, including Jiang Fei, had their characters locked as the system took control. The game was now in cutscene mode.
TOOOOOT!
The horns of war were blown from the top of the Fortress. Concurrently, the same thing happened in the Divine Light Fortress.
Jiang Fei's vision was taken over by the system. Like watching a movie, Jiang Fei's perspective cut over to the front of the Demon Flame Fortress.
Bang Bang Bang!
Tens of thousands of soldiers were seen marching out of the gates of the Demon Flame Fortress. After several more tens of thousands of soldier marched out of the fortress, they formed a neat formation and marched on.
From the corner of the Demon Fortress, a Demon Ranger was seen shooting out a whistling arrow that made a loud blaring noise as it flew into the clouds. It was the signal to let the Aerial Knights know it was their time. One squadron at a time, the Aerial Knights flew upwards and joined the rest of the ground troops to the battlefield.
The perspective changed once more this time, everyone was fixed to see Knight's Commander Heinz, riding on his Skeletal Horse while waving his sword as he gave his speech.
”Today! Shall be the day! The day when we will take down and destroy the hypocrites and deceivers of the Light! Today, we shall bring the hammer of justice down upon them! O, brave soldiers! We march to fight the enemy! We march for glory! WE MARCH FOR VICTORY!”
Right after Heinz roared out the last phrase of his speech, everyone in the demon army cheered on and marched their way to the Light Faction's fortress with fervor. The cutscene ended after that and all players were given control of their character.