Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 55: Breaking Through the Bottleneck
On the surface, the plan proposed by Long Xing Tianxia seems to be suspected of abusing power for personal gain. As everyone knows, among the 30-member board of directors of the "Resistance Alliance", there are Long Xing Tianxia, Bai Yunjian, me, Long Kong and Afeng, who are from the two old mercenary groups, Longteng and Tongxinmeng. They had a group battle with Ye Ban Wu Ren a long time ago and have deep grudges against each other. This move seems to be an attempt to take advantage of the power of the alliance to retaliate and eliminate the old enemy.
However, Long Xing Tian Xia has very good reasons to attack Ye Ban Wu Ren and the Ang Yang Mercenary Group, which makes it difficult for others to find faults to oppose. As the most sensational and "representative" traitor in the dark camp so far, and the typical example of "abandoning darkness and joining the light" that the Church of Light has fully promoted and packaged, his existence is a shame for our dark profession and has caused extremely bad effects on the "Resistance Alliance". From the perspective of harmfulness, he deserves to be the number one target of attack. The previous punishment of his betrayal by the "Eradication Team" fell short because of the full protection of the Church of Light, which instead encouraged his arrogance and attracted many backbone members of the Ang Yang Mercenary Group to switch to the light profession, preparing to take the path of "light" and completely "degenerate" to become the "bridgehead" for the Church of Light to invade the Eastern Continent. If we don't teach this kind of person a lesson and punish him, won't other players think that there is no one in our dark camp and gradually lose confidence in the "Resistance Alliance"?
This is also the main reason why Long Xing Tianxia did not avoid suspicion and planned the complete destruction of the deserted Ang Yang Mercenary Group in the middle of the night as the first major operation after he became the Speaker. After all, it is the first major operation planned by our Council alone. The first battle is to establish authority. We can no longer be satisfied with small fights. We must show the momentum of the "Resistance Alliance". Moreover, as the first Speaker, he must quickly prove himself in front of all members of the "Resistance Alliance".
The above are all official words. In fact, Long Xing Tianxia also frankly admitted yesterday when he met with us for private discussion that he did have some selfish motives in proposing this plan. He had to do so. The Desert Eagle has been pressing him very hard. If he does not take the initiative and make some achievements, he may be replaced at any time. If he only pursues safety, the effect of fighting against the Church of Light will be limited, and he will not be able to gain more merits. More importantly, if he puts forward a mediocre plan, it may not be able to beat other people's proposals and get the approval of the board of directors first. It is better to take a risk. Although the risk is high, the benefits will be great if it succeeds, and he will be able to take the initiative in the competition. As a human being, everyone has selfish motives!
Of course, to be on the safe side, we also put a lot of thought into the design of the whole plan, arranging some irrelevant people to stand in front of the stage, and the old enemies, Tongxin League and Longteng, were hidden behind the scenes, but the real main force was the "Resistance Alliance", which were all enemies who were alone in the middle of the night, and there were many possibilities, making it difficult for the other party to make an accurate judgment. Moreover, the current Church of Light is still run by NPCs, and the players such as Supreme Honor do not have much say in it, and may not be able to see through our plan. The chance of success should be very high if we mobilize a large number of troops to take large-scale assistance actions.
Being the speaker has this benefit, you have the right to propose your own action plan first, unless the plan is not ideal and is rejected by the council, or someone else's plan is obviously better than the speaker's proposal, the possibility of it being passed is generally higher. Once there are signs that the speaker and the council members deliberately resist or oppose the most appropriate action plan proposed by others out of selfishness, they will be commented by the system as "unable to judge the situation and make the right decision", which seriously affects their comprehensive evaluation. This is also an important measure taken by the dark camp to create a healthy competition environment internally.
Of course, while affirming the "kill the chicken to scare the monkey" plan, several directors such as Night Bonfire also raised some concerns. After all, the Angyang Mercenary Group only has a tendency to "become bright" and has not yet had any actual confrontational behavior. Rashly attacking them will have a bad influence on the players and be suspected of bullying others. Moreover, they are worried that such an approach will involve the forces behind the players of the two camps, which will invisibly expand the area of attack and easily be retaliated by the Church of Light, causing harm to unrelated people or groups. However, Long Xingtian explained them one by one. Since it is "killing the chicken to scare the monkey", it is natural to take more drastic measures to achieve the desired deterrent effect. It solemnly warns those players or forces with different intentions that as long as we strengthen the momentum of our "Resistance Alliance" and enhance our strength, not too many people will dare to provoke us. Even if they do not vote with us, they must at least remain neutral, so as not to become the minions of the Church of Light.
As for the struggle between the two camps of light and darkness involving the forces behind the players on both sides, the system has made relevant settings. Neither the Church of Light nor our "Resistance Alliance" can arbitrarily start a war against non-hostile forces. A hostile relationship evaluation index has been formulated. Only when a certain degree of hostility is reached can it be regarded as an enemy and hostile actions can be taken. Night No One's behavior is bad. What he did has touched the bottom line of tolerance of the dark camp. The hostility of the Ang Yang Mercenary Group has exceeded the standard, so they can attack them. Long Xing Tianxia has conducted specific research. As long as we are careful and don't let the forces behind us get involved too much recently, there shouldn't be too much danger. Just like this time, the Tongxin Alliance and Longteng assisted in the execution of the plan, which was just a cover for bluffing. It seems to be targeting Ang Yang, but in fact it is purely misleading the other party. On the surface, it has nothing to do with the "Resistance Alliance" and has not participated in specific actions, so that the other party can't catch the handle, and will not increase the hostility with the Church of Light and become their target.
Perhaps because they thought they could not defeat Long Xing Tian Xia, Da Mo Fei Ying, Qing Wu Fei Yang and other directors did not propose any alternative plans. After some discussion and voting, the board of directors formally approved the "kill the chicken to scare the monkey" plan, and then began to discuss the division of labor on the details of the action, and formulated a specific action plan. It was decided that Da Mo Fei Ying and Qing Wu Fei Yang would lead the main force of the alliance to attack Ang Yang's base, while Long Xing Tian Xia would command several elite troops composed of all masters to eliminate the enemies ambushed outside. Everyone made preparations in time according to their respective division of labor, and at the same time carried out pre-war mobilization within the alliance and worked hard to implement it.
The "Resistance Alliance" is now penniless, and it is clear that we have to start from scratch. Compared with the wealth of the Church of Light, it is indeed one in heaven and one in the ground. The funds needed for the operation, such as the group battle deposit and the cost of recruiting personnel for the front cover, are temporarily raised and paid by Long Xing Tianxia, Desert Eagle and others. Only when the plan succeeds and the qualifications and bases of the mercenary group are sold, can the investment be recovered. The tight economic situation made the members of the board of directors, including the speaker, smile bitterly. It seems that we should organize several large-scale treasure hunting operations to raise some funds for the activities of the alliance.
With my abilities and expertise, I definitely don't need to worry about the specific scheduling and organizational work. I am undoubtedly the best candidate to clear out the elite troops on the periphery. There is nothing to do before the preparatory work is completed, so I should hurry back to the "Dead Space" to subdue the undead.
Although I have been in danger many times recently, I have also gained something. In addition to the fact that Red Star absorbed the soul energy of the "Law Enforcer" and its strength has been significantly improved, the newly conquered corpse wizards also gave me a surprise. Not only do their magic attack power is relatively high, but the mental power consumed to summon them is less than that of the black warriors of the same level. With the mental power that can now summon two dark knights and one black warrior, I can summon seven corpse wizards at a time, which provides me with several different combinations of tactical options against the enemy.
However, this cannot relieve my current embarrassing situation. My development seems to have entered a bottleneck stage. Not only has the main combat arms not changed, and I cannot further enhance the power of "Summoning the Undead", but I have conquered so many black warriors, corpse wizards and dark knights in recent times, but my mental power has been stagnant and has not increased at all. It seems that if I want to make a real breakthrough, I still have to cross the hurdle of the Terror Knight. Not only can I increase my mental power limit by successfully signing the "Soul Contract", but also in dealing with emergencies or fighting against top masters, the strength of the undead creatures that can be summoned at one time has a decisive influence. One Terror Knight is at least equivalent to the combat power of four Dark Knights.
Having learned from previous experiences and lessons, I no longer aim too high and rush for success. I patiently concentrated on dealing with the Horror Knight. After countless failures, I revived and rushed back quickly. My fingers kept stretching and retracting, repeating and repeating again. I gritted my teeth and persisted for nearly ten hours. Finally, I successfully subdued a Horror Giant Bear Knight. At that time, I was almost desperate. I couldn't help but want to give up several times and wait until I was promoted to the sixth level of the profession. If I hadn't remembered the perseverance of several dwarf wizards such as Fat Luo, I would definitely not be so persistent and invest so much time in an uncertain thing. After all, there is no precedent to learn from. No one knows whether my current strength has reached the bottom line of subduing the Horror Knight. If not, consuming more time is just doing useless work. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. Once there is a first time, it means that I have crossed this bottleneck. The success rate of "Soul Contract" for this kind of undead creature will increase accordingly, and it will be relatively easier to subdue the Horror Knight in the future.
In the next few days, in addition to asking Long Xingtianxia and Afeng about the progress of the operation, I have been busy in the "Dead Space". It is definitely a great encouragement to be able to successfully subdue a Horror Giant Bear Knight. After the precious first time, it was indeed smoother. On average, a Horror Giant Bear Knight would be captured every six hours. I can summon a Horror Giant Bear Knight and two Corpse Wizards or a Black Knight and some weak Undead at a time. My strength has finally been significantly improved.
At the same time, the "kill the chicken to scare the monkey" plan was also being carried out in full swing. First, the mercenary market suddenly became hot. Some unidentified people were recruiting soldiers and horses. It seemed that there was a big operation, which attracted the attention of many interested people. Then there was news that the two were secretly recruiting experts, saying that they were planning a large-scale treasure hunting operation. According to the preliminary estimate of senior players, this operation would mobilize at least thousands of experts to participate, which was a huge effort. I don’t know who is challenging the "sacred" and so on. And within our "Resistance Alliance", we have also selected experts from the Council and four- and five-star members to form an elite force, and sent people to sneak into the major cities of the Western Continent for reconnaissance several times. Various signs show that the alliance seems to be planning an operation similar to the last successful invasion of the Holy City.
On April 7, a player named Xiang Tianxiao submitted a notice to the Mercenary Guild, formally challenging the Angyang Mercenary Group, and paid a war deposit of 150,000 gold coins according to the size and level of Angyang. A fierce group battle will break out in twelve hours. This news immediately caused a great sensation in the Eastern Continent. Who is Xiang Tianxiao? An elite knight, an unknown person. According to intelligence, he seems to have no connection with the Church of Light, nor with the "Resistance Alliance", and is not affiliated with a mercenary group. He is a character who is almost a lone traveler, with little reputation and unclear specific background. As for Angyang, who was challenged, his own strength may not be very strong, but the leader Yeban Wu Ren is a figure who has become famous in recent times. As a magic knight, he betrayed the dark camp. In a critical operation, he turned against the dark camp and killed the "world's number one wizard" Ah Dai. In the end, he successfully escaped the punishment of the dark camp and successfully changed his job to become a light knight. He was also rewarded by the Pope of Light and became a model of light professional players. With the support of the big tree of the Church of Light, and also in strategic partnership with two powerful medium-sized mercenary groups, Hua Du of Hua Mantian and Never-Setting Sun of Yamato Spirit, they have formed an iron triangle alliance to help each other. How can they be easily taken over, let alone a guy like Xiang Tianxiao who seems to have no qualifications?
Although the above view is the mainstream, there is another opposite opinion. Now is an unprecedented good time to attack Angyang. Angyang's leader Ye Ban Wu Ren and several of his capable men have switched to light-related professions, and their levels have become first-level apprentices. Their strength has been greatly weakened. Huadu's leader Hua Mantian has also changed his job at the same time. The levels of the two leaders are now too low, and they may not be able to participate in team battles. This may have a certain impact on the cooperation between the Iron Triangle Alliance. Angyang, which has been unable to be promoted to a medium-sized mercenary group, is undoubtedly the weakest link among them. At this time, if we make a full effort, we may succeed.
