Chapter 1713: Chapter 1713 - Glory Cup
Chapter 1713: Glory Cup
As for C’Thun, Lu Li recalled that C’Thun didn’t take as long as Ouro to defeat in his previous life . There was a team who killed C’Thun around two weeks after defeating Ouro .
This didn’t mean that C’Thun, the first Old God to appear in Dawn, couldn’t even compare to its own pet, but that the company had massively nerfed it .
Otherwise, this Instance Dungeon would take forever to complete .
The cooldown reset the day after they killed Ouro, so everything was revived, including the recently-killed Ouro .
If Ruling Sword hadn’t ‘secretly’ killed Ouro, then Sorrowless would have led the Super Team to kill him today . However, Ruling Sword threw a wrench in their plans, so all of them had to disperse and deal with Ouro themselves .
The Stronghold battles hadn’t yet begun, so everyone needed to capitalise on the time that they had while in possession of a Stronghold .
Had it not been for the game restrictions, everyone who had a Stronghold would undoubtably modify the Stronghold wall structure and thickness . The Stronghold owners would be willing to carry a whole mountain to block the Stronghold from attackers if they could do so, even at the expense of them leaving the Stronghold .
The second season of Shadow Cup was upon Dawn again . Currently, it was in the registering stage .
The registering process was much stricter this time . Only the first 10,000 teams who were verified by the official company could enter the competition . It was no longer the case that a casual team that was just simply put together could enter .
Of course, the Shadow Cup was still welcoming to newer squads who wanted to try their hand at eSports .
New teams or teams who didn’t meet the criteria were eligible to enter the qualifying rounds . There weren’t any limits placed in the qualifying rounds, and there were 10 teams per qualifying round . Then, after a process of round robin, the team with the highest number of points would be able to enter the next round .
At the end of the qualifying rounds, there would be a total of around 10,000 to 20,000 teams formally entering the competition .
There were also many new changes this time around . The Shadow Cup’s organisers decided to speed up the competition as per the request of the committee, making it progress much quicker . In the first couple of weeks, over 90% of the teams would be eliminated .
As for the champion of the Shadow Cup, the prize was not limited to an abundant amount of money, but there were also other bonuses such as advertisements and dedicated channels .
However, in the newest update of the statistics, the number of new guilds in the competition from the first season to the current season had increased by at least 10 times .
This indicated that more and more people wanted to join and share in the glories of the Shadow Cup .
There were hundreds of new guilds being created each day . With the increase in new guilds, the bigger fish would swallow up the smaller fish . However, there were also a few larger guilds that would disband over disputes over distribution of resources .
Even a megorganisation like Ruling Sword would need to be careful of the piranhas lurking .
The new guilds with a bunch of money on their hands didn’t seek to establish a good foundation and build themselves up that way . They wanted to instantly become megorganisations themselves, so they targeted the big guilds .
After all, the lowest-ranked members who were hired in these large organisations had a salary that was comparable to a white-collar worker’s salary . They were paid at a minimum of 3000 dollars per month, which was not too much and not too little .
Furthermore, 3000 dollars per month was the base . If they had better items and could pass the review, the salary would increase even more .
As for the elite members in the organisation, they would be able to live a lavish life with their salary .
These under-handed conducts were common in the gaming circle . People who didn’t have a goal or a plan in mind simply didn’t have the ability to judge a player’s capability . Therefore, once they start plateauing and start going bankrupt, that was when they would calm down and plan out their actions .
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At this point in time, Ruling Sword needed to take measures .
With 80,000 members, they were going to need to cut down 10% to 20% of their current members in just two months . There was also another factor which led to anxiety for many people . This was the decision to either stay in the organisation and try and get a better position, or to leave the organisation and earn as much as they could independently . There were many perspectives and answers to this .
Ruling Sword couldn’t do much at that time . They could only increase the benefits of the organisation members, while improving the wealth and quality of items inside the guild vault .
Other organisations were even worse off . The sudden increase of gold circulating within the game forced most guilds to go through a period of stagnancy and no growth . Ruling Sword’s market economy was also being greatly inflated because of it .
According to some experts, if they wanted to sell Dawn and the company, it would be valued over a trillion dollars . With this, they would be one of the top ten most expensive companies .
They had started from humble beginnings and now, they were at the pinnacle of the world . They were also one of the reasons that many news channels named this era as the ‘Virtual Era’ .
After the Shadow Cup released the news, Sorrowless immediately came out and spoke on behalf of Glory Capital . He initiated a suggestion for a global invitational competition that would be organised by many well-known organisations .
This was much earlier than what Lu Li had expected .
Lu Li thought that he had a long time to catch up, but he didn’t expect Sorrowless to already have such an idea in his mind . Furthermore, there were even detailed plans in place already .
When Lu Li heard the news, he was completely speechless .
Was this the butterfly effect?
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This was something that struck fear into Lu Li himself .
However, this was logical . Lu Li was, after all, a person who had been reborn . Furthermore, he had done so many things in his current life . If no one else could see that there would be additional effects, then those people would be much too stupid .
In reality, those who could make a name for themselves wouldn’t be stupid .
Without Lu Li, Glory Capital would have been undeniably the number one organisation in the whole of the Chinese region . No other organisation would even come close to them, no matter in Instance Dungeon raids or Wild Bosses .
Under these circumstances, Sorrowless already wanted to start a Glory Cup . However, he wasn’t impatient about it . Naturally, the progression of this idea wouldn’t have advanced as quickly .
However, with Lu Li in this timeline, Sorrowless was likely to be quite frustrated already .
A lot of the plans had progressed much quicker than what Lu Li had expected, especially this time with Ouro . Sorrowless thought that he had everything planned out and prepared for . All he needed was just the execution and he would have been able to rebuild Glory Capital’s dominance in Instance Dungeon raids . Who knew that Ruling Sword was going to upset them?
Sorrowless hadn’t felt these feelings and emotions for many years . He obviously chose to retaliate .
The Glory Cup was his trump card . It would be enough to regain all of his lost reputation . Furthermore, he wasn’t going to fight with Lu Li over Instance Dungeons anymore . He admitted that Instance Dungeon raiding was Lu Li’s expertise .
He knew that he couldn’t win here .
The footage of the killing of Ouro by Ruling Sword still hadn’t been released yet . There was only the screenshot of the Boss’ corpse after the kill .
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The forums went insane after this . Everyone was disappointed at the result of Ouro being slain . There were also some people who suggested to make C’Thun the target instead . Now, everyone started to bet again .
Globally, many guilds and organisations poured in an abundance of resources and manpower . In the end, they still didn’t win . How could they bet again? The name of Ruling Sword was engraved into everyone’s minds and hearts .
At least, in the Instance Dungeon raiding aspect, they were evenly matched with Glory Capital .
Sorrowless wasn’t even willing to keep competing, let alone Jade Flower Lover .
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