Hu Die Lan

Chapter 249 Let Nature Take Its Course

Chapter 57 Not Easy

It wasn’t easy for Tyrannical Ambition to take down the Flame Witch Kasha this time. The seven guilds were entangled with each other, all wanting to attack, but all afraid of giving others a chance. Otherwise, with the strength of a guild swarm, killing Flame Witch Kasha definitely wouldn't be as exaggerated as when Ye Xiu and the four of them killed three in a row for three hours.

In the initial chaos, no one gained too much advantage. In comparison, Tyrannical Ambition was still relatively behind. At that time, they sent fewer people, and their output to the Boss was naturally lower. But later, with the arrival of reinforcements, Tyrannical Ambition's advantage became apparent.

Those five from Jiang You’s group weren’t just ordinary elites; they were top-tier elites in the entire Glory online game. Don't look at them being so dejected in front of Ye Xiu. That's because they're on different levels. If they had the strength to contend with Ye Xiu, they would have been scouted by clubs into teams long ago. Why would they still be messing around in the online game?

To date, according to official statistics, over a hundred million Glory account cards have been issued. However, considering that many people have multiple cards, the specific number of players is hard to determine. But no matter what, it's always tens of millions.

But what about professional players? In the currently ongoing eighth season of the professional league, the 20 teams have a total of 206 registered professional players.

Out of tens of millions of players, only 206 have become professional players. Even if you add the retired ones, it's only a few hundred. Tens of millions versus a few hundred. From this set of data, you can see how outstanding professional players are.

So, it's not that Jiang You and his team are too weak, but that Jordan is playing in a high school league...

As a result, when they fought against ordinary players, Jiang You and the five of them immediately regained their imposing manner. The restrained appearance they had in front of Lord Grim was completely gone. The confidence of experts returned to them.

These five people had excellent skills, rich combat experience, and each could hold their own. Every guild had people like this, but none had sent them all to the tenth server like Tyrannical Ambition. The advantage that Chen Yehui was trying to establish in the tenth server was actually based on this idea.

But this time, Chen Yehui was careless. After a long and arduous Boss battle, Tyrannical Ambition, relying on these five people, gained an advantage and ultimately snatched Flame Witch Kasha. This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Tyrannical Ambition, who had been repeatedly frustrated in the past few days. But at this time...

The guild's celebration screen was not over yet, and Lord Grim shamelessly approached. Night Tide couldn't help but hate that he wasn't eloquent enough to verbally destroy this guy.

As soon as they killed Flame Witch Kasha, they changed the list. Did they kill this Boss for Lord Grim? Night Tide resolutely couldn't tolerate it.

"Absolutely not!" Night Tide sent another message to express his determination.

"Oh? That's a pity." Lord Grim replied calmly and didn't say anything else. Night Tide scratched his head. What signal was this person's thinking on? He felt that he couldn't grasp it at all.

Once the Boss was defeated, the guilds were counting their casualties, each checking who had attacked them and noting it down.

Over the years of similar competition, the major guilds had lost some of their passion and impulsiveness, and gained more rationality and cunning. It was rare for someone to immediately turn hostile and want to fight to the death after being robbed of a Boss. Everyone would calmly assess the situation. If they had an absolute advantage, they would attack you without discussion. But if the strength was balanced, they would remember this debt and always find ways to get it back.

Over time, the major guilds had become a tangled mess. Today you killed my people, tomorrow I killed his people, and the day after tomorrow he killed your people. Vengeance begets vengeance, endlessly entangled, without end.

At this time, with Tyrannical Ambition taking down Flame Witch Kasha, the emotions of the major guilds were quite stable, at least on the surface. This was the style of old players and veterans. Newbies and rookies would be unable to restrain their frustration and resort to violence at this time.

Even more sophisticated veterans, like Lonely Drink, the tenth server president of the Samsara Guild, even approached Night Tide and offered his congratulations, and Night Tide also laughed heartily, saying that they should encourage each other. In fact, both of them were holding the casualty list of the previous battle, and the number of people killed by the other guild was not small at all.

Chen Yehui had also returned after his death and was inevitably saddened that he hadn't snatched the Boss. But seeing that the atmosphere was still harmonious, he immediately brought up the old issue of Lord Grim again.

So the guilds, as if nothing had happened, gathered together again, each with ulterior motives, to discuss their next actions.

"No one knows where Lord Grim has gone now." Someone from one of the guilds said.

"It's 12 o'clock. Maybe he's gone to the First Line Gorge dungeon?" Another said.

"I think it's better to do this." Night Tide, who was in high spirits after snatching the Boss, came up with an idea. "It takes too much manpower to always have a large force chasing Lord Grim and his team. Why don't everyone just do what they're supposed to do, but keep an eye out. If you find Lord Grim, don't make a sound and spread the word. We'll reorganize temporarily. Don't try to block the exit of First Line Gorge anymore."

Night Tide said this because he had his own selfish intentions. Their team was about to set out. What couldn't Lord Grim handle? So he was too lazy to participate in this event, and was just going through the motions. Now that he had the opportunity, he wanted to find an excuse to get out.

Although other guilds didn't have such considerations, Night Tide's suggestion was indeed pleasing to the ear. Whether it was guarding the entrance to First Line Gorge or guarding the city gate, this work was too boring. They really didn't want to live such a game life. As a result, as soon as Night Tide made this suggestion, before the heads of the guilds could express their opinions, many people had already voiced their support.

In fact, why weren't these leaders annoyed? They went to hold back Lord Grim, thinking that it would be easy to gather so many people, but they didn't expect that their hind legs would be pulled back even harder by Lord Grim. So much manpower was invested, but the result was so unsatisfactory. This was a failed plan and not worth continuing.

At this time, as soon as Night Tide's suggestion was made, the crowd cheered, and immediately a few spokespersons expressed their support. But in addition, there were two dissenting voices.

One was Chen Yehui. With his other plans, he hoped that Lord Grim and the guilds would drag each other down. How could he be willing for the major guilds to reduce their investment at this time!

The other one who objected was surprisingly Herb Garden's president, Car Front, who had also come to the Scarlet Forest specifically to kill Flame Witch Kasha.

Herb Garden had been indifferent and lax in this pursuit, with serious cases of slacking off. Now they were standing on his side. Chen Yehui immediately felt that there was something worth pondering in this. Judging from Herb Garden's attitude, they were likely to have the same idea as him, hoping that Lord Grim and the guilds would both be injured in the fight.

However, from a normal point of view, how could the joint pursuit of a few people by the guilds lead to a situation where both sides would be injured? To have such an idea, unless the people from Herb Garden also knew that Lord Grim was the god-level figure Ye Qiu!

"How did these guys know?" Chen Yehui couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"Everyone, everyone, Lord Grim is our number one enemy right now! It's shortsighted to be reluctant to spend energy on him. Our future development in the tenth server may be hindered." Car Front was earnestly persuading everyone.

"Haha, Car Front, you're right. We're not withdrawing, just slightly changing our strategy. Right now, we're overemphasizing Lord Grim and being led by the nose too much. As soon as Lord Grim appeared, we haven't even caught up yet, but the defenses at the city gate have been set up. But has that defense worked? So I think it's better to let things take their course. With our combined strength, we have ears and eyes all over the game. As long as we occasionally organize pursuits, so that Lord Grim always lives in a sense of crisis, he won't dare to go to crowded places, and he'll have to hide, dodge, and detour when fighting monsters, doing quests, and dungeons. A lot of time is spent on these things. Little by little, the goal of limiting him has been achieved." The one who was speaking eloquently was Backlight Bomb, the president of the Hundred Blossom Valley guild, who had very plannedly completed a reason that Night Tide had casually made up.

Accepting what Night Tide said was still a manifestation of the mentality of everyone wanting to escape. But with Backlight Bomb's clearer and more planned analysis, many people nodded more firmly.

"Well said!" Even Lonely Drink, who had a private grudge against Lord Grim, nodded. These people had a strong professional player color. The game wasn't just for their own enjoyment. Most of the time, they considered it from the perspective of the guild's interests. This was work, and the first thing to consider was their own performance. If they wanted to enjoy themselves, it would be great to punch and kick the boss, but who would do that?

At this point, Chen Yehui and Car Front had been unable to convince everyone, and they had to give up.

In the game, there were only characters, and there was no eye contact when they met. But at this time, the two of them had already read something from each other's attitude. Chen Yehui couldn't guess how Car Front knew Lord Grim's identity, but Car Front wouldn't be too surprised that Chen Yehui knew. Ye Qiu, after all, had come out of Excellent Era, so it was nothing new for Excellent Dynasty to know.

Until now, there was no saying about what Ye Qiu did after he retired. Excellent Era Club also said they didn't know. It was reasonable for such a god to find a job in the club after retiring and continue working in the game. Maybe this Ye Qiu had specifically come to the online game to stir up trouble and prepare to lead Excellent Dynasty guild?

From the moment he knew Lord Grim's identity, many guesses had appeared in Car Front's mind, and this one, in his opinion, was the most reasonable version.

"Alright, then from now on, let's take a more natural approach to Lord Grim." Backlight Bomb continued, "Next, everyone will definitely go to the First Line Gorge dungeon, right? The probability of Lord Grim being in that dungeon at this time is also quite high, so let's disperse a bit. Send people to each dungeon entrance and pay attention to Lord Grim's whereabouts. If you find him, notify each other in time."

"That's how it should be." The people from the guilds responded.