Volume 4 Chapter 1 Monster Attack (1)
August 1, cloudy, with thunderstorms. The sky was thick with dark clouds, and there were occasional flashes of lightning.
Today, Fantasy has upgraded its system again, and the newly developed "natural climate cycle system" has been added to the game. In the past, Fantasy also had alternating day and night, cloudy and sunny, rainy and snowy weather, but those were all controlled by the GM's manual instructions. In a certain area, there was wind every three days, rain every seven days, etc., and this cycle system is truly simulated by computers to calculate the climate evolution of the earth, mapped to the game, and there is no trace of artificial chiseling. From now on, Fantasy will be "unpredictable"!
The dreamlike simulation is extremely high. The climate changes in the game not only affect the environmental images, but also have an impact on the characters' abilities. For example, in thunderstorms, the power of a magician's lightning spells will be greatly enhanced, while the effect of fire magic will be greatly reduced. It is a question whether those with low levels and insufficient magic power can cast fire magic!
As a melee profession, I am less affected by weather factors, which means that my vision range is smaller and the speed of my mount is slower. Therefore, although I knew that a thunderstorm was coming, I still went to Kunlun to kill monsters and level up as usual.
However, just as I was working hard towards level 49, the system broadcast suddenly sounded: All Fantasy players, please pay attention, the second official event of this game: Monster Siege, is about to begin. Every major city on each continent will be attacked by countless monsters at any time. Whether these cities can be defended depends on everyone's unity and efforts. If more than half of the cities on a continent are conquered by monsters, the level of all players on that continent will drop by three levels! However, the rate of treasure explosions from siege monsters is doubled than usual, and you may get an unexpected surprise!
Damn, what a surprise attack! Without any prior warning, the company suddenly launched such an event, which was completely different from the publicity of the martial arts competition. It seems that the event planners of New Era Group really put a lot of effort into it!
However, I believe that the person who came up with this idea must be being greeted by many players at this moment. Today is not a weekend or a holiday, and the number of online players is less than half of that during peak hours. Relatively speaking, this is the time when the players are the weakest. Once the city defense fails, the punishment is so severe, especially for a master like me who is over level 40. The level will be -3, and it will take at least more than a week to make up for it. Isn't this too miserable?
The broadcast sounded three times, and I was in no mood to continue leveling up. Maybe all the online players now had the same idea as me? How much effect would you get from leveling up here? Two hours? Three hours? Even players below level 30 couldn't level up by half a level, and if they failed to defend the city, they would be demoted three levels in a row!
I quickly returned to the headquarters and found that most of the alliance members had gathered at the base spontaneously. Although it was morning and many players were at work or school, there were still about 3,000 members online.
Among the gang leaders, apart from the profiteer and the unscrupulous, only A Wei and Shitou are still online. The others are not online, and I can't care so much. I discussed with them. It's not that monsters have never attacked the city in the internal test. It's just that the players' levels were generally high during the internal test. If they were not level 80, they were considered rubbish. It was not difficult to deal with the siege. In this official event, I don't know what level and size of monster army will be released. The biggest question is, will the monsters attack the city in a concentrated manner, or will they attack the gang's ? This is related to whether we should do our best to help defend the city.
According to the experience of the internal test, the garrison should not be attacked, but we can't help but be prepared for the worst - the last war caused us too much damage. If the garrison buildings are destroyed by monsters again, I think the profiteers will be killed! As a result of the discussion, I will take the high-level alliance members to defend the city, and all the low-level alliance members will stay to watch the house. Besides, there will be many people online at noon. If the garrison is attacked, they will stay to guard the garrison.
After making the decision, I led two thousand troops to Pojun City. I had no interest in going to Shenghua City. I guess that place is already overcrowded, and it would be meaningless for us to join in the fun. Pojun City is a remote place with insufficient defense, so the combat power of Jinglei League is very important.
Entering the city, I found that there were still many players. After a month of public beta and a month of official operation, Fantasy has already become popular all over the world. It currently has more than 300 million players and occupies 70% of the market share of online games. Many once glorious game companies have announced their closures. Some powerful large companies have announced that they are developing games that surpass Fantasy, while most small companies have simply declared bankruptcy. Therefore, although it is not the peak of online, there are still tens of millions of online players, of which no less than 20 million are on the Cang Continent. After receiving the system announcement, they rushed back to the city. The number of permanent players in Pojun City is far less than that in Shenghua City, but it has also gathered hundreds of thousands of people.
However, there are so many players, with no organization or order, just like a nest of ants. I just feel a headache when I see them. Alas, so far, there are no less than a thousand gangs established in Fantasy. There are more than ten near Pojun City, but they are far smaller than the Thunder Alliance in terms of scale. Each gang only organizes a team of hundreds of people. Most of the players have no unified command. They all crowd near the city wall according to their own ideas. There are all kinds of professions mixed together, and there is no formation to speak of. Instead, our Thunder Alliance has nowhere to intervene.
I thought about it, ran to find the NPC in the city, and sent a system broadcast covering the entire city: The leader of the Thunder Alliance invites the leaders of all gangs in Pojun City to gather at Zuiyue Tower to discuss the defense of the city!
Haha, now I, Bloody Sky, am also a well-known figure in Fantasy. Not long after the broadcast was sent out, more than 30 leaders of 11 gangs came to Zuiyue Tower to show respect.
I got straight to the point and said, "Everyone, I don't need to explain the current situation. If we can't defend the city, we may all lose three levels. No one wants this to happen, right? Therefore, we must work together in this battle! But from what we can see, the situation is not optimistic! Although there are many players in the city, they have no coordination at all. As long as the monsters are slightly stronger, they will definitely not be able to resist. Only gang members can exert their maximum efficiency under orderly command, so we are the backbone of defending the city! But if we can't coordinate well, it will be difficult to exert our maximum combat effectiveness. I invited everyone here to discuss this matter."
Everyone immediately started talking about how to work together. I hurriedly said, "Wait, be quiet, please listen to me. To be honest, this is our first time working together, and it is unrealistic for the gangs to cooperate precisely. My suggestion is that we divide our respective defense areas, and each gang is responsible for a section of the city wall . With the gangs as the core, we can unite the ordinary players. This should be the simplest and easiest way."
My words were agreed by everyone. It was indeed a piece of cake, so it was quickly decided that the Thunder Alliance was the strongest and would be responsible for the defense of West City alone. The other three sides would be handled by three to four gangs in each direction.
Finally, I said, "In fact, the most important thing is to coordinate with ordinary players. We need to tell every player that the position you defend should be fixed in a certain place. The most worrying thing is that monsters come to the east city, and players in the west, south, and north hear the news and run to the east together. If monsters appear in other directions at this time, chaos will arise. As for if one side is in urgent need of support, the reinforcements must be mobilized in an orderly manner and cannot rush in all at once."
After unifying the actions of the various gangs, I issued another announcement: Players of Pojun City, please note that now is the time for us to unite. The twelve gangs in this city have reached a consensus and arranged the defense work. I hope that every player will follow the instructions of each gang and actively participate in defending the city. Do not act on your own! All our efforts are for our victory!
Afterwards, the Jinglei League formed a neat queue and headed for West City.
Perhaps the announcement worked, and the Thunder Alliance's army was well-organized, with a line of two thousand people not in disarray. It had a strong momentum, and players made way for us wherever we passed, so we were able to pass through the noisy crowd smoothly and reach the west gate.
In the internal test, the city gate is often the focus of monster attacks, so I left 300 elite members of the Thunder Group to guard it, and the rest of the alliance members were divided into teams of 100 people, and they were evenly distributed at both ends of the city wall. With these alliance members as the core, the players around were organized to deploy defenses, and they were told that it would be best if they followed our command. As for how many people were willing to accept the command, that was up to fate, but on the surface, the West City formed an orderly defense line, and the other three sides were probably similar. The rest, all we had to do was wait!
The previous system announcement said that all cities were "under attack at any time". After that, I arranged so many things. Now, almost two hours have passed, but I haven't seen a single monster outside Pojun City. In fact, the company is "considerate" enough to give players enough time to prepare for defense, but the waiting time is too long, and the initial tension has turned into anxiety, especially after the integration of the organization. The players think they are fully prepared and just wait for the monsters to appear and then kill them. However, after waiting for 20 to 30 minutes, the monsters still don't appear, and the high morale is replaced by an impatient mentality. The trained members of the Jinglei League are fine, but ordinary players feel intolerable. Isn't this a waste of time? Some people have already started to curse, saying that the company is a liar and there may not be any siege at all. I was secretly anxious. This mentality was not good for the upcoming battle, and the players' energy was gradually consumed by their own ups and downs. What was particularly worrying was that if there was no movement in half an hour, most players would think it was a scam and would disband to level up. If we relied on our gangs to defend the city, I'm afraid it would be broken in less than five minutes? If I had known this, I would not have unified the command! The more confused the players were, the more rumors would appear. People would be more patient in the face of all kinds of true and false news.
Fortunately, before the situation I was worried about happened, a player in the city shouted, "It's started! It's started! Tianyuan City has been attacked by monsters!"
When the players heard the news, they immediately became agitated and talked about it. Some speculated when the monsters would start attacking Pojun City, and some even proposed to go to Tianyuan for support. I urgently ordered one of my men to find out the specific information, and at the same time sent another person to find the NPC to make a broadcast, asking the players in the city not to act rashly. Since a city was attacked, it means that the system announcement is not a lie, and sooner or later Pojun City will be attacked. Everyone should be vigilant and not give the monsters an opportunity to take advantage.
After a while, the little brother sent to get the news came back and reported that during the siege, the teleportation points between cities were not closed. It was the players in Tianyuan City who sent the news. I felt relieved. It would be much easier if the teleportation points were not closed. Whether something happened in the garrison and we needed to go back for help, or if our city was really in danger and we needed help from other cities, it would be much more convenient.
The rain clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, the sky was as dark as the bottom of a pot, the thunder and lightning were getting more and more frequent, and the atmosphere was oppressive. This rainstorm had been held back for a whole morning, and it looked like it would fall soon. Damn, it happened to coincide with the monster attacking the city, which was really bad timing. The most effective fire magic to deal with a large group of monsters was useless in the rainstorm!
Suddenly, a bright flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and everything turned white before our eyes. Then there was a deafening thunderclap, and for a moment, all the players’ vision and hearing senses were disabled!
When everyone returned to normal, a roar rang out: "The monster is coming!"
On the distant horizon, a group of dark figures appeared, galloping and leaping, rushing towards Pojun City like a torrent!
Wow, judging from the scale, the number is probably more than 200,000 or 300,000!
But when the monsters got a little closer, I found that there was nothing to be afraid of. These were small monsters below level 40, such as wild wolves and wild foxes. Players with higher levels would not even bother to level up with them. I guess they were the vanguard of the monsters! As long as the long-range troops defending the city fired a few rounds of magic arrows or something, they could be easily dealt with.
However, a situation I didn't expect happened. On the top of the city, many players saw that the monsters coming were just low-level monsters, and they shouted: "With just these trash, why do we need to defend the city! Brothers, kill them and destroy them directly outside the city!"
I was shocked and quickly ordered all alliance members to stop the players around them and not to leave their posts without permission. This was just foreplay, the monster's real attack was yet to come!
However, ordinary players are not our brothers in the alliance. We can only give them advice instead of orders. Although anyone with a little bit of brains understands that we are not acting rashly, there are still four or five thousand arrogant and impulsive idiots rushing out of the city gate! Damn it, I am so angry. If I were the city guard, I would have ordered the city gate to be closed long ago. But Pojun City is a system city, and the city guard NPC is simply going against the players. Not only did they not close the city gate, they also recalled the guards NPCs who usually guard the city. Damn it, isn't this collusion between the inside and the outside? If I wasn't afraid of being demoted, I wouldn't bother to help you defend the city!
Helplessly, I had to dispatch a hundred brothers to block the city gate tightly and block the passage to prevent more players from rushing out.
The four or five thousand people who left the city soon came into contact with the group of monsters. Although in my opinion, these thousands of people were simply a mess, with no formation, no coordination, and everyone fighting on their own. Their fighting style was no different from committing suicide. But after all, the level of these monsters was too low, and they did not cause much damage to the players, and could not even break the defense of warrior players. Therefore, they were very powerful and rushed into the monster group to kill and hack and kill, fearless even when surrounded. The monsters' attacks were like tickling, and they left behind a field of corpses wherever they passed. Hundreds of thousands of monsters had no way to deal with these mere thousands of people. Except for a few mages and archers who were occasionally killed by the siege of monsters, the team suffered almost no losses. It seemed that these thousands of people could easily solve this group of monsters.
Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, except for a few monsters that rushed to the bottom of the city wall from both sides and were shot by the long-range players on the top of the wall, the rest were slaughtered by the troops outside the city. Those thousands of people turned around and cheered at the city wall with proud faces. Humph, what are you so proud of? Do you have the guts to rush into the group of monsters above level 60?
Before those guys could wake up from their self-intoxication, a roar was heard in the distance, and a large number of monsters rushed over again! This time, the level of the monsters was a little higher, they were all wild horses, antelopes, zebras, horned deer and the like, but as long as the players reached level 35, they would not take these monsters seriously, and the thousands of enthusiastic people outside the city naturally turned around and greeted them immediately.
If I lead 5,000 members of the Thunder Alliance, I am sure I can destroy the second batch of monsters, but those players are too lacking in coordination! Look, look, when they rushed out of the city gate for the first time, although there was no formation, they finally gathered together. After the battle, they were already scattered, and they immediately went into the second battle, but they didn't realize that they had to get closer to each other. They were at least divided into 17 or 28 pieces by the monster group. The monsters just now couldn't break their defense, so the situation was not bad. Although the monsters now are also garbage, they can knock down a little bit of their HP. Do you think being surrounded by hundreds of thousands of monsters is the same as being surrounded by ? A small number of monsters can be destroyed by drinking potions, but how long can you last with your own ability when facing a large group of monsters? Moreover, what kind of fighting method do you have? Hmm? The magician went to hard-top three horses and two deer? He died, right? Is the warrior next to him stupid? He didn't even know to help the magician? And the archer, why didn't he seek cover in the crowd, but rushed out alone? No matter how agile you are, can you escape the fifteenth day if you can escape the first day? Hey, I was right, he's dead, right? And the priest, what are you knocking with a walking stick? Don't you know that helping the soldiers is your duty?
The players outside the city were caught in a tough fight. On the city wall, many people could not stand it anymore and started to make a fuss: "Thunder Alliance! Open the passage! We need to go out to support! There is nothing to be afraid of those monsters. If more people go out, they can kill them all in a short while!" This was considered polite. Some people started to curse: "Fuck you, Thunder Alliance, who do you think you are? Why should we listen to your orders? If you don't get out of the way, I'm going to kill you!" Some even fanned the flames: "Thunder Alliance, you are blocking the door. Do you want to watch all the brothers outside the city die so that you can go out and pick up the equipment dropped by the dead?"
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, I shouted, "Players who want to leave the city, gather at the city gate. I have something to say. If you still want to leave after I'm done, please do as you please!" At the same time, I told my younger brothers to spread the message.
I rushed to the city gate, and soon, no less than 20,000 to 30,000 people gathered in front of me. I took a deep breath and shouted at the top of my voice: "Everyone listen carefully, if the monster attack fails, none of us will have a good ending. Everything the Thunder Alliance does is for others and for itself. Since the establishment of the Thunder Alliance, we have also experienced several monster attacks, and each time we have to fight hard to win. According to our experience, stronger monsters are coming one after another. You don't defend your position on the city wall, but insist on going out of the city to fight the monsters. When higher-level monsters attack, those who go out of the city will die in vain, and it will also affect the defense of the city. Think about it yourself, as an official event, will the monster attack be a simple thing? I bet that the monsters we face are more powerful than you can imagine! I have said everything, whoever wants to go out of the city, please do so!"
After I finished speaking, I waved my hand, and the one hundred alliance members behind me parted to both sides, making way for a passage.
My words made many players hesitate, but nearly 10,000 people still rushed out. I saw greed flashing in many of their eyes. There were a lot of equipment dropped by the dead players and monsters outside the city, and they were rushing to pick up the bargains! Humph, they ignored the overall situation for a little selfish desire, what a bunch of rubbish!
After all these guys left the city, I ordered my brothers to seal the city gates again. At the same time, I said viciously: "Since they are so brave, let me be frank. Unless they kill all the monsters outside the city, if they are defeated by the monsters and come back, my brothers will never let them enter the city. Let them die gloriously outside the city!"
After hearing what I said, the players who had not yet dispersed shuddered. Since the establishment of the Thunder Alliance, it has experienced so many battles and can be said to have grown up in blood and fire. I am now a boss with tens of thousands of younger brothers, and I have also commanded wars with thousands of troops. Therefore, my words and deeds have gradually become more domineering. Everyone was intimidated by my momentum, and no one dared to say a word of opposition. Instead, they secretly rejoiced that they chose to stay. They now understand that what I said is not an empty threat. The monsters' offensive will surely become stronger and stronger. Players who go out of the city to fight can only be powerful for a while, but they will definitely not be able to withstand the next wave or the next wave of attacks. When they flee back in defeat, if the city gate passage is opened, the monsters may take advantage of the situation to attack, and then the entire Pojun City will be in danger!
