Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 129: This Day

It wouldn't be exaggerating if the phrase 'A thorn in their side' were to be used here.

And now this thorn in their side had actually opened a sponsored dungeon clearing team while they were still stuck trying to clear that same dungeon. This action inadvertently added fuel to the fire in the hearts of Tang Dynasty's players.

Glistening Snow spoke hatefully in the guild channel: "What the hell are this bunch of fools doing? The leader only knows how to make money while the vice-leader only knows how to assassinate women. I really want to see these trash kneel in front of us."

Every guild would have some female players who were extremely popular, like Steel Blooded Battle Spear's Peacock Blue or Tang Dynasty's Glistening Snow. She had joined Tang Dynasty early and was considered to be their main healer. Furthermore, she had uploaded her own photos onto the guild forum, Her looks were pretty decent, so she was delegated a role in HR management and almost everyone who entered Tang Dynasty's voice chat channel would have heard her entrancing voice, causing her to have quite a good reputation amongst the player population.

Now net games had become commonplace, and the number of female players was growing each day. Gone were the days when female players were rarer than precious metals; however, they were still a precious existence. As long as the player was pretty, there would be a number of supporters behind her.

Needless to say, for a female player who had a good reputation in the guild and the game like Glistening Snow, the number of youths in the height of puberty and would get enraged for a beauty like her was nothing to laugh about.

Thus, after reading Glistening Snow's words, a few blockheaded players of Tang Dynasty really did go to the entrance of Frosty Wasteland Inner Sanctum. Upon seeing the people from Upwards Ho!, they immediately attacked. The players from Upwards Ho! who had gathered in front of the dungeon could be considered to be the guild's elite players. Not only did they have good coordination, they also had excellent equipment. Having been ambushed out of nowhere, they did not allow their attackers to do as they pleased and retaliated, demanding an explanation.

The mouths of these blockheads were really rotten. They gathered up to fight and began to run after fighting, but did they really expect them to not be chased? However, these idiots still dared to retort: "We're hitting you trash from Upwards Ho! of course!"

Who would be willing to be labelled as trash? Probably no one.

At this provocation, the players from Upwards Ho!, who were originally playing around, were incensed. Relying on their strength in numbers and equipment, they swiftly wiped out the idiots.

How could these dumbasses take this lying down? They immediately reported the incident in the guild channel, exaggerating the series of events as they did so. Tang Dynasty lumped their past grudges together with this incident and were riled up. They couldn't wait to go up and exterminate everyone in Upwards Ho!. Currently, Night And Day was not present and Wandering Clouds was the one in charge. Although he was still wary of Gongzi You knowing his secret, it was impossible for him to suppress this incident due to a personal matter. He knew that if he were to suppress this incident, it would be difficult for him to answer to everyone.

Wandering Clouds had no choice but to privately message a player who had died, inquiring if Gongzi You was at the scene. Upon determining that she was not there, he then led a large group of men, making their way towards Frosty Wasteland Inner Sanctum to confront Upwards Ho!.

However, they had really bad timing. When they arrived, the victorious Upwards Ho! had already led their sponsor into the dungeon and it would take hours before they would come out. Tang Dynasty were not going to leave empty handed after just missing their quarry. Instead, they dispersed and started to slaughter any Upwards Ho! member they could find on the map.

This was probably the most heart-wrenching dungeon clearance Remote Depths had ever done. They were in the dungeon on a sponsored dungeon clearance while Tang Dynasty were killing his guild members outside, regardless of their level or position in the guild, which infuriated him. In the end he gave out an order: Everyone remain in the guild encampment, do not go out and grind levels or complete quests. Wait for the raid team to finish clearing the dungeon.

At present, everyone from Upwards Ho! who were in the dungeon felt stifled. What the hell was this? Every one of them knew that they were in for a fight upon leaving the dungeon, but none of them were afraid. There were even some players who were almost unable to stop themselves from rushing out. Which was why this dungeon clearance proceeded extremely well, to the point that their sponsor could not stop grinning. Even though only two pieces of equipment for his profession had dropped from the third boss, he still booked the next day for the dungeon clearance with Remote Depths and paid the deposit for the next day as well.

Due to being distracted, the members of Upwards Ho! did not dawdle too long in the dungeon, quickly leaving after collecting all of the equipment.

As expected, there was a lookout when they left the dungeon. The instant they caught sight of someone leaving, a bombardment of skills were unleashed upon them. Even though everyone in Upwards Ho! had drunk a bottle of elementary invisibility potion, there were some players with lower HP who still died instantly.

And thus, the chaotic battle began.

Although the elites of Upwards Ho! were not many, they did not lose in numbers. Due to their excellent performance in the Dragon Dance Competition as well as Gongzi You's presence, the members of Upwards Ho! had long since reached over 1000 players, which meant that there were over 1000 people that were able to fight for Upwards Ho!

Once Remote Depths left the dungeon, he commanded the raid team to retaliate against the players who were standing by, while calling out for all guild members in the guild encampment to come over.

Actually, any player who chose a combat profession in the game would definitely have traces of a battle-hungry spirit in them. Upon hearing that someone was bullying their guild, they immediately answered the call and rushed over.

There wasn't much of a large gap at the start of the chaos. After all, a group brawl like this depended on who was livelier. Since both sides had begun PK-ing, the maximum limit for dying under this state would be a 10 levels. However, equipment drops were still dependent on chance.

This change in death was only recently rolled out in the New Year's patch, with the aim of encouraging player to player interactions. However, this also eased the worries the players had whenever they were PKing, greatly increasing the number of PVP battles.

There was no such thing as an endless battle. There was also no guild who would be willing to throw money into a meaningless battle, let alone Tang Dynasty who had already been through a battle previously and was extremely reluctant to waste their energy on something like this.

However, at that moment, it seemed that the battle's turning point had arrived.

A large scale blizzard descended from the heavens, hitting squarely onto the members of Upwards Ho!. A dense field of red damage values started to appear...