Chapter 1399
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"The winners were the Gangnam Royals . The other seven, including Glory Capital, lost, so the Gangnam Royals have earned their right to attack . Recently, some powerful players joined the Gangnam Royals . There were also interactions between big mercenary groups . Heart of War must have gone crazy," Square Root Three messaged .
"Well, it's expected," Lu Li calmly responded .
"What do we do?"
Square Root Three was quite worried . Power and strength were not the only factors – money was also a big factor .
"We have to spend . It's fortunate that it isn't a race to see how fast they could clear it," Lu Li said with a chuckle . "Don't forget that there's a prize pool of 28000 gold . If we can successfully defend it, then we wouldn't lose money . We may even end up having enough money to fund the Darkshore battle too . "
"That was meant to be allocated to funding and expanding the guild . "
Square Root Three felt like he was being tortured . He realised that since joining Ruling Sword, he had become much more cautious about money, despite improving his administration and organisational skills .
Even the tiniest loss in gold gave him great pain .
"We'll earn it back eventually . Let's just take down Gangnam Royals first," Lu Li laughed . "If Heart War ends up investing a huge amount into this battle and doesn't win, then he will definitely be destroyed by those behind him . Gold is truly the most unforgiving thing in the world . "
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The battle was different this time; it was a live broadcast . There were even two analysts – Dark Wind and Four Seas Dragon . They were, at that time, the best and most popular analysts . In the first season of fixtures, they analysed many of the all-time classic matchups .
There was a fee for players who wanted to watch . Although it was only one silver coin, it was still a tremendous amount after it all accumulated .
Unfortunately, Ruling Sword wouldn't receive any money for competing .
"How do we go about doing this? Outpost defenses would lengthen the battle . Should we buy all the defensive Outposts?" Wandering asked Lu Li before the battle commenced .
"No need . There are three possible routes to attack, which means that we would need to buy nine sets of them . One set has 18 Outposts, but the Gangnam Royals would easily be able to demolish a set of Outposts . We might as well use that money to buy chariots and line them up on all three walls . We'll have everyone operating the chariots," Lu Li said . He reckoned that everyone watching the live broadcast would be disappointed at this .
The early Stronghold battles weren't contests of strength, but contests of who had more gold .
"I estimate that we'll need a lot of chariots then . It'll cost us at least a few thousand gold . If we go along with your preparations, then it will cost even more . "
Square Root Three was in obvious pain . There were also revive points that needed to be bought . Including the one in the Stronghold, there needed to be four revive points .
If Lu Li guessed correctly, it was extremely likely that the Gangnam Royals would attack from all three routes .
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During the game's early stages, Lu Li quickly gained a god-level Engineering blueprint .
"Are all our Thieves ready? Just give them a set of rubbish items . They just need to have good Armor . "
Lu Li's trump card was of course not the large numbers of chariots, or the additional reinforcements that he had .
It was Ivy's Fool Bomb .
He had used this bomb to stay at the top of the level rankings . However, because he was lacking the materials to make this item, he had to give up on using it to level up .
The bomb dealt 2000 fire-based damage per second in a 5-metre range . This was extremely effective when used against monsters, but when used against chariots, it was even more powerful . To use to this bomb against monsters would be a waste .
It didn't matter if they lacked materials . Lu Li had the power to mobilise the whole guild to gather the materials needed . There were hundreds and thousands of players gathering the materials for this bomb . It was safe to assume that Lu Li had an abundant supply of these bombs .
The battle had officially begun!
The first ones to be mobilised were the Thieves . Including Lu Li, there were ten of them, which was already the max number of Thieves . After all, Thieves weren't as powerful as many other classes in this game mode, such as Hunters, Mages, Paladins and Warriors with Plate armor .
"There are 15 chariots on the top path . These people are crazy," Scarlet New Moon sighed .
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"There are also 15 chariots on the bottom path," a scout reported .
Each of them brought two players and formed two teams . They had already reached the point that Lu Li wanted them to go towards .
"It looks like there's 25 chariots coming down the middle . Seems like the main attacking force is the middle path . Everyone, prepare to throw all the bombs when the time comes . Don't aim for the people but focus on targeting the chariots only . Do you guys understand?" Lu Li brought three people with him to scout out the middle path . All of their original equipment was given to other players in the guild to take care of . They were currently equipped with cheap and ordinary items, so they wouldn't suffer a loss if they died .
Deaths in the Stronghold battles didn't lead to a loss of EXP, but equipment still dropped .
If neither items or EXP dropped upon death, then players would just die willingly, which would lead to the battle being not exciting or interesting .
"Haha! They didn't bother to build an Arrow Tower? Is Ruling Sword planning on giving up?" one of Gangnam Royals' player laughed . They originally thought that Ruling Sword would fill the place up with Outposts to try and slow down the Gangnam Royals' advancements .
"Don't underestimate them," Old Man Power coldly replied .
"You're a professional player . I don't understand why you're so afraid of Ruling Sword . "
The player clearly didn't have that much respect for Old Man Power . Druids weren't great at that time, and Old Man Power hadn't gained much from Instance Dungeons since he remained in a guild that were extremely poor at clearing them . He was nowhere near the strength at his prime .
" . . . "
It was tiring to deal with such stupidity, so Old Man Power didn't bother to reply .
Perhaps he should listen to Dancing Star Dream and change guilds . The Gangnam Royals then had been completely reformed through an abundance of gold . Their strength as a guild greatly increased . From the perspective of riches and wealth alone, they even surpassed the likes of Glory Capital .
However, it was because of this that their professional players were beginning to feel that their heroism in the guild was coming to an end .
The gaming industry had already existed for 200 years . Many things had proven that gold and wealth were not the ultimate thing in games . The second-generation Board of Directors were completely deceived by Water Fairy's way of doing things . They thought that just by having money, they could build a powerhouse guild like Drizzle Court and Peerless City .
Furthermore, their victory against Glory Capital to gain the right to attack Ruling Sword's Stronghold further inflated their ego .
"Ready…wait for me to count down from three . After I finish counting down, throw the bombs towards where the chariots are crowding . I reckon that they'll pack all the chariots together tightly . "
Lu Li glanced at Gangnam Royals' formation and nearly let out a laugh .
Were they trying to purposely make it easier for them to throw bombs?
Both teams in the upper and lower paths quickly replied with a message saying that they were ready . Then, Lu Li began counting down .
"Three! Two! One! Bombs away!"