The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 966 - 967: In the End, It Was Still Carried Out

Chapter 966: Chapter 967: In the End, It Was Still Carried Out

"He doesn’t have many players to rely on, only a handful."

"I think giving up the fortress is feasible, and disbanding the guild is also an option. The key is, we can’t let Night Ghost catch us now!"

"Players are the foundation; once a player’s account is imprisoned, it’s as good as destroyed, which is even more terrifying than losing levels."

"In this game, players can respawn infinitely. Without that, can you still call them players?!"

"We must develop in secret, pull our resources together, and create a powerful guild in the shadows, just like Immortal Guild."

"We can scatter our current members into ordinary guilds to hide. In appearance, it seems dispersed, but in reality, we remain tightly knit as a whole. We must be strategic and decisive!"

"We have an advantage, and that is collecting Gold Coin. Night Ghost can’t compete with that; he can’t anymore."

"I’m assuming Night Ghost already knows our strategy of infiltrating the dynasty, but I don’t think he will choose to wipe us out just yet. If he does, it would actually be beneficial for us. How large is Yan Kingdom? Immortal Guild has been betrayed and without teleportation channels; to eradicate each dynasty’s power separately, with the energy of Immortal Guild, he can’t do that in a short time."

"Even if he could annihilate Yan Kingdom, how long would that take? Right now, it would be very difficult for him to destroy the Yan Kingdom Fortress, perhaps even impossible!"

"Our loss is merely giving up two fortresses, and when we do, we’ll relocate the troops from our Troop Nests inside the fortresses, plus the guild. In short, whatever information Night Ghost has on us, we neutralize it!"

"No resistance!"

"If he wants to massacre a city, we’ll take away the city’s resources at the first opportunity."

"Ensure a complete retreat in secret, maximizing the preservation of our strength and resources!"

"Keep track of Night Ghost’s movements at all times, find his weaknesses, and when we have all become completely strong, choose an extremely suitable moment to engage in a decisive battle!"

After finishing, the group leader adjusted his glasses and presented his second proposal.

"The second option is much simpler—pay indemnity to Night Ghost!"

"As I estimate, it won’t be discussed for anything less than one or two hundred million Gold Coin, and besides, considering his unpredictability, we can’t guarantee that he won’t target us even after the indemnity agreement takes effect."

As they discussed the second proposal, several high-ranking members of the Genesis Alliance looked at each other. One of them frowned and began to speak.

However, he was addressing someone on the large screen, making it clear that this meeting was still a remote one.

"How many of our people has Night Ghost taken? How many have been imprisoned in the Guild Prison?"

"We’ve been massacred, a total of 11,251 people." The person on the screen spoke with a grave expression.

"11,251 people!" He repeated the phrase, frowning deeply and with a pained expression.

Clearly, this number weighed heavily on everyone present.

Yet what followed next left everyone utterly shocked.

"And that was just in about ten minutes, right? If it had gone on for longer, if we hadn’t dispersed decisively then, the number imprisoned by Immortal Guild would have been even greater."

He killed 11,000 of us in just ten minutes?!

"That’s just the number of our people. The total number of players imprisoned is uncountable. How many people Night Ghost actually killed in those ten minutes, only he knows!"

That meant in addition to their own losses, the extent of the peripheral forces’ player losses, how many players had been imprisoned by Immortal Guild, was unknown!

This illustrated just how terrifying the situation had been!

Such a scene was definitely a massacre!

No one could stop him; if a man stood in his way, he killed the man, if a god stood in his way, he killed the god!

"Have you tallied up the strength of our people who are locked up in the prison?"

"Alright, let’s go by their levels." The person in the video said, lowering his head as if he was looking at something—it was clear that he had a list in his hands.

"There are 2 above level 80, 5 between level 75 and 80 who are imprisoned, 4 between level 70 and 75, 90 above level 60, 121 above level 55, 2819 above level 40, and 8210 above level 35."

"We have learned a painful lesson this time, when fighting Night Ghost in the future, we must never resort to sheer numbers!" one of the big shots said in anguish, and the others nodded in agreement.

"Among them, 4 are players on the god-making list. There are a few others whose circumstances in the game are very special. If we dig deeper, there will be substantial rewards. Some possess holy quests, Troop Nests, and maintain close relationships with NPCs, among other things..."

"So, I think it’s necessary to ’ransom’ these people back!"

"I asked you about this to figure out just how heavy our losses are!"

"With so many people, how should we negotiate with Night Ghost? And how much Gold Coin would it take to ransom them back, especially when some of them carry great value."

"Night Ghost is very familiar with ’Celestial World’; he understands the game well. So when we propose the candidates, he might know exactly what to do. In short, it’s very troublesome and headache-inducing..."

"How about this, seize the opportunity to kidnap a few of the female players around Night Ghost and exchange them!"

"Heh, how naive. You kidnap his concubines, and Night Ghost will head straight for your guild, have you forgotten how The Great Zhou Dynasty fell? It was all because they kidnapped Ling Yi Er San Si, and ended up not even able to save their dynasty!"

"How are we going to do this exchange!"

"Let me interject, gentlemen, don’t forget, to ransom people back, we have to sign a peace indemnity treaty with Night Ghost. If you add it all up, I’m afraid Night Ghost is going to hold us over a barrel."

"Moreover, giving Night Ghost so much money and considering his growing momentum, we... let’s forget about a complete retreat, we might as well just surrender to him."

"Heh... The key is, even if we surrendered, he may not trust us at all, and we may not serve him wholeheartedly. In the end, Night Ghost might just swallow us whole!"

"Therefore, if we go with the second plan, to pay indemnity! It’s akin to aiding tyranny; it’s not going to work, it’s not feasible."

"Now, no matter what, focus on protecting the fortresses of Jin Kingdom and Tang Kingdom, and the Ice Ling Guild. Right, Ice Ling Guild should immediately relocate. It’s a level 7 guild and will soon upgrade to level 8. Their Guild Skills are also quite remarkable, so let’s try to salvage what we can!"

"As for those two fortresses, currently we don’t need anyone else inbound. Keep a close watch on Night Ghost’s movements, and the moment Night Ghost appears near the fortresses, abandon them immediately!"

"Effective immediately, apart from the guild leader and important members, all members of Ice Ling Guild are to log off temporarily until the guild relocation is complete. Then we can reassess the situation!"

...

Chu You arrived at the Immortal Guild. At that moment, the attack alerts from Chu Kingdom Fortress kept popping up. Ling Yi Er San Si had been sent out, and the feedback they received was... damn it, there were a few players around level 20 harassing them! They would intermittently cast a skill, and if the skill hit any part of the fortress, it caused an attack alert for the guild’s higher-ups.

This was utterly ridiculous!

As for the Yan Kingdom Fortress, it had already been cleaned up; the dragon body still had 2.6 million of The Power of Dragon Language left, with 100,000 needed for Transformation.

Not only that, Chu You, who had previously obtained 10 Special Fortress Holy Boxes, had opened them to find some fortress-related items. Among them, a Large Fortress Building Repair Rune Stone was used by Chu You, so the damaged parts of the Yan Kingdom ruling fortress were under repair.

The war surrounding the Immortal Guild, that is, the second wave of the war, had also come to an end.

With an overwhelming advantage, they destroyed the opposing fleet.

However, the strategic strikes from the Court were still a threat, as thunderbolts would occasionally strike the guild’s core building. Even so, there was no danger to the structure itself, thanks to the protection shield reinforced by the Grey-robed Witch, which resisted the attacks.

But as this continuous striking endured, it became a battle between the Ancestral Witch Power of the Grey-robed Witch and the national power of the Court.

Each strategic strike from the other side drained energy from the shield, and correspondingly, the Grey-robed Witch had to constantly bolster the shield with Mana, which was their own Mana, not infinite!

Therefore, comparatively speaking, the Grey-robed Witch was clearly at a disadvantage!

Not only that, but the energy value of the many sisters in the Immortal Guild were running low, especially their skill cooldowns. Don’t think that the natives, with abundant energy, could launch the same skill endlessly; that was clearly not possible.