Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
As the new notifications rang out loudly, a wave of uproar spread throughout the whole world. The consequences of these notifications were far from trivial; they had a significant impact on each and every single player of the game.
These new additions basically opened up several new regions for everyone. New dungeons to be explored, new hunting zones, and more importantly, players were not confined to their starting kingdoms anymore.
So this was inevitably going to result in a huge reshuffle. With friends wanting to play with friends and small guilds merging left and right, everything was changing.
There was also a new ranking list that became available called the Realm Guild Ranks. This opened up another can of worms because now all guilds that existed in the whole game were competing against each other.
While everyone else was busy with this sudden unexpected development, exploring options to further develop themselves, Crimson Abyss guild players alone were facing an entirely different set of problems.
Something that had previously been a hypothesis now appeared to be a near-certainty.
With the new teleportation portals, players from various kingdoms could easily move around, and with some careful planning, guilds could even help each other out in times of war.
Moreover, the timing of the whole thing was simply uncanny. These new updates arrived right now, just a few hours before the guild battle? How could this still be a coincidence? Everything was obviously thought out in advance.
Alex clenched her fists as she stepped into the guild hall. Along with her were the special group of priests and paladins, the divine affinity players, that she and Mia were personally grooming.
The group of people had just now achieved something that probably no one else in the game had achieved. They convinced the divine temple to hand out the special potions, which were only strictly used for the nether realm invasion rifts.
Some of the potions were ridiculous as they directly enhanced the strength of a player twofold for an entire minute. This meant that a Level 30 player would temporarily have the stats of a Level 60 player, and a Level 50 player would have the stats of a Level 100 player!
They only managed to gather ten of these potions, but when strategically used, this was enough to massacre the other side. So having achieved what they wanted and procured another trump card for the guild, the group returned to the guild hall in high spirits.
But this was short-lived as the divine affinity group stared at the announcement dumbfoundedly. For every step they took, the opposition also made equally scary moves.
"What Madan said is happening…" Alex mumbled. However, she quickly snapped out of it. "Everyone calm down. This is what we have been preparing for. They might have their trump cards, but we also have ours. We can still win this war!"
And before she could even finish speaking, someone pointed out the leaderboards. The Gresh Kingdom leaderboard was currently undergoing a weird change.
Naturally, Liam remained Rank 1 because he was in a position where no one could possibly even approach him, but the other spots were different. Suddenly everything was up for grabs as the screen flickered rapidly.
Gasps and shocks loudly echoed in the guild hall as a whole bunch of new players started popping up at the top.
Level 50!
Level 50!
Level 50!
In an instant, except for rank 1, every single one of the top eleven spots on the leaderboard was taken by a different player, and they were all level 50!
When compared to the update concerning the teleportation portal, the sudden and dramatic increase in the levels of these players was much more worrisome.
More importantly, right next to the name of these new top rankers, their guild name was written, and all of them belonged to none other than the 'Dragons of Justice' guild.
"Bastards! Check the names again! These guys belong to the guild, or were they recruited at the last minute?" Alex furiously typed in the guild chat.
At this point, it was clear that the other party was hellbent on winning this war one way or the other. "They must have recruited players from other kingdoms!" Alex gnashed her teeth.
Unexpectedly, another piece of information arrived shortly after that, refuting her theory. Apparently, this time the person who was responsible for this did not even bother to stay in the shadows.
The newly crowned Alchemist Grandmaster Dante proudly announced his latest creations, experience boost potions!
He managed to create 200% experience boosting potions, and naturally, he sold the first batch exclusively to the 'Dragons of Justice' guild members.
Not just that, he also publicly announced that he wouldn't be selling these potions to Crimson Abyss or any other guild that was associated with Crimson Abyss.
Bang! Alex hit the wall behind her with her fist. "Good. Very good! Trying to shut down all of our options?"
It was clear that they didn't want any other guild to help Crimson Abyss at the last minute. Any sane guild wouldn't risk their chance of obtaining such a godly game-changing potion over aiding another guild that might soon lose all of its clout.
All of their enemies were deliberately joining hands to take them down and completely destroy the guild. It was not like she didn't know this was going to happen. However, actually watching it all go down was a lot more nerve wreaking.
"We need to do something. This is not enough. We need to do more." Alex sat down to calmly consider whether she had missed anything in this hasty last-minute scramble.
"Potions… kingdoms… empires… teleportation portals." She murmured to herself before standing up in shock. That's right. There was another thing that she could do.
She checked out the time, and there were now only less than six hours left before the final deadline for the battle. This was going to be a mad dash, and she would need all the assistance she could get.
Alex instantly messaged Shen Yue, Mei Mei, and a few more members of the core team, totaling ten. She then walked out and picked up Asura, who was as usual in the midst of this training.
"This should do." She licked her lips confidently, and everyone started heading to the main cities. The whole group soon arrived at Yleka City.
"Boss, where are we going?" Isaac, the mage asked. He was one of the core members and also Liam's number 1 fan who had mastered natural casting without the help of the system's skills.
"Ya, sis Alex, why did you call us suddenly? I am so close to upgrading my crown!" Mei Mei looked impatient, too.
However, Alex shook her head and looked at the group with confidence. "You guys will thank me for this later."
"Huh? But where are we going now? The guild war is going to start in 5 hours! This is super last minute."
"I know that, but this is important." Alex grinned. She then added after a pause, "We are going to get us our own fucking garrison."
The group was completely shocked. Nobody had anticipated this. Nevertheless, Shen Yue raised a second concern. "Alex, I disagree with you. What is the use of pursuing this right now? Aren't NPCs not allowed in the guild war?"
Others nodded in agreement after hearing her words.
Alex, on the other hand, still stood firm. "Ha ha ha, that's where you are wrong." She clicked her tongue. "Have any of you actually visited a garrison before? I have, and I am telling you there is something that we can use there."
Once again, everyone else was shocked. It was indeed true that they didn't know much about garrisons, so now everyone was looking forward to checking out one.
Alex also clenched her hands in excitement. Her competitive spirit was raging high. Ever since Liam got control of a garrison, she wanted one as well. She was envious of the free experience points the bastard was receiving and how effortlessly he was leveling up.
Because of this, she had already researched everything about garrisons that she possibly could and even visited all the garrisons within the Kingdom.
But there was one huge obstacle in her path: the fact that the King owned every garrison in the Kingdom. It was impossible for any other guild to take control of one under normal circumstances.
Only garrisons in the border areas outside the Kingdoms were up for grabs. Naturally, these were riddled with problems and required some work.
The worst of all was the requirement for teleportation portals. Without the portals, these garrisons were mainly inaccessible. Alex had been breaking her head over how to solve this, fishing for some kind of quest to unlock these portals.
But today, someone else had solved it for her. All the better.
Now all she needed to do was seize command of a garrison, and she would have a surprise ace up her sleeve that no one would see coming.
