Five dragons vs. eleven wyverns!
And Liam had a front seat to this battle!
Even though he knew that this was not the best place for him to be at the moment, he couldn't help but want to stand here and watch this scene. The danger also had a plus point.
When higher beings or expert players fought with each other, there was a lot to gain by just looking at the battle. One could possibly gain a lot of insights. It was a chance that shouldn't be missed.
But the thing was… would these wyverns really fight against the five dragons? From the way they were cowering in fear, they appeared like they had the same thought Liam had. They wanted to run away!
Seeing this, Liam half expected the wyverns to back off and flee, but they soon recovered. After the staring contest that lasted all of 2 seconds, the wyverns roared loudly again, as if they were possessed. They were clearly behaving against what they naturally wanted to do.
Liam could clearly see that. Just like those lizardmen back at the other hall, these wyverns also did not submit. They did not care that they were going to fight to their deaths.
They glared back at the dragons with defiance and refused to bow down to the pressure. The next instant, an intense battle erupted.
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Meanwhile, back in the land of humans…
Mu ha ha ha ha! Alex let out a loud evil laugh as she watched the guild coffers fill up at an alarming rate. That's right. After the news about S-Rank guild members getting automatic permission to visit empires, the guild applications were piling up in bulk for Crimson Abyss.
Every Tom, Dick, and Harry wanted to join the guild. Alex already had the plan to use these freeloaders, but she decided to go a step further and charged a small nominal application fee of just 10 gold coins for every player who wanted to be a guild member.
At this stage in the game, this sum of gold coins was neither excessive nor insignificant. So most of the players did not think twice about this and paid the fees.
Considering that there were only two S-Rank guilds in the entire game, the first wave of applications itself numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
Players temporarily quit their old guild just to enter the empire. Some even quit permanently because Crimson Abyss was, after all, an S-Rank guild, so they were naturally curious to see just how amazing the guild was.
In just the first hour, the guild had raked in an astronomical amount of 1 million gold coins.
And since Crimson Abyss was the one who leaked this information after setting everything up in place, they had complete control over the situation and were prepared for the massive influx of players.
On the other hand, 'Battle Gods', the other S-Rank guild in 'Evolution Online' was on a completely different page. They were set up as a traditional top guild with a massive capacity, but their intake was very meticulous with a rigorous selection process.
So when hordes of players approached the guild all at the same time, they weren't able to adjust quickly as they had not expected the information to leak.
Any sane person would want to use this advantage, but who would have thought that Crimson Abyss would leak such a crucial detail?
Because of this, while the other party was flourishing, the Battle Gods were stumbling and fumbling. However, they were also a top guild, so this setback lasted barely an hour at the most.
But this hour was more than enough for Crimson Abyss guild to rake in a huge profit and take the lead!
Alex was over the moon. While Liam instructed them on what to do next, taking care of the logistics of the process was an entirely different beast.
Entering the underground arena and fighting there was not free. Every time a player did so, they had to take care of the fees.
Also, since the number of core members of the guild increased, many people wanted to relocate to different cities in the real world, especially after hearing that the game would shut down in a few weeks and then the stakes would be higher than ever.
Even if they did not risk shifting to an entirely different continent, they still wanted to move closer to each other, sort of forming a small guild branch in their own respective country.
This much was feasible. All they had to do was move their game cabinet and temporarily rent a place to live. They were not uprooting their whole lives, and it was also easier to convince their families.
However, this small move needed some money as well. Alex did not want to leave anyone high and dry, so she made the extra effort to organize some guild funds specifically for this purpose. All in all, this sudden influx of gold coins helped a lot.
As she walked the broad and paved streets of the Northern Empire, she let out a content sigh that everything was progressing smoothly and was on the right track. Now all that was left was for her to start the actual training.
Whistling, she made her way to the massive class hall building reserved solely for the divine affinity players. Unlike the kingdoms in the game, the big Empire was notable for its devotion to the Divine Temple. In general, all divine affinity players were treated very well in the Empire.
NPCs greeted them politely. They received a lot of discounts, and even the class hall for divine affinity players was head and shoulders above the others.
Alex walked into the pristinely clean building, looking forward to the training and what she was going to learn when, unexpectedly, a person interrupted her.
"Good day, kind miss. Would you be interested in hearing about your future on this fine sunny day?"
"Hmmm?" Alex turned around. A fortune teller?
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