Chapter 1917: Chapter 1917: Frustration
The President of the Temple of a Thousand Gods couldn’t help but ask, “Since your Worm Tribe arrived so early, why didn’t you deploy them sooner? Why wait until now?”
The Enchantress sighed and said, “Do you really want me to make it so clear?”
Edward also laughed and said, “Honestly, I’m also very curious. We’ve conceded that we couldn’t stop the Worm Tribe and determined the outcome of this war. But why fight through the whole night? I have some guesses, but I’m not sure if they’re accurate. If possible, I hope you can clarify for us, at least let us die knowing why.”
Saying this was equivalent to admitting complete defeat, leaving them without even the qualification to negotiate terms. If they had any trump cards left, they could have stopped Prairie Fire from attacking the remaining territories, but now they no longer have this qualification.
A coalition of more than twenty super guilds—what a powerful lineup. If it were earlier, no one would have believed that with such a formidable force, they couldn’t even suppress a single guild. It’s truly laughable.
However, this has become an unchangeable fact. Today’s battle is destined to become a huge joke, the prestige of the super guilds will be swept away, and ordinary players as well as those suppressed guilds will lose their fear of them.
From now on, these super guilds will enter a rather difficult period. Previously, they could casually choose upgrade locations, approach bosses with a reason, and no one would question them. Super guilds used to enjoy many invisible benefits.
From this moment, as others lose their respect for super guilds, The Ancient God World will become very chaotic and wars will be rampant.
The long-established authority of the super guilds will go up in smoke from this moment.
Of course, it also made them realize how terrifying Starfire has become after having Prairie Fire, and they understood what it means to be able to attack and seize the next main city.
Although they can’t precisely know what state Starfire will develop into once securing a main city, they roughly understand that if Starfire stabilizes in the main city, it’s not just about Prairie Fire alone.
From then on, even without Prairie Fire, Starfire will rocket in development, becoming the uncrowned king of all guilds. This is the real reason they initiated this war, not entirely for resources.
Now that they’ve failed, it means Starfire will be unstoppable in the future, and all guilds will only be able to look up to Starfire.
Especially the second bout—they may look like a minor contest, but it showed the terrifying high-end combat power of Starfire, and it’s obvious that this combat prowess is not just from one or two individuals. This is extremely frightening.
The guild leaders were unwilling, resentful, and jealous, with all sorts of emotions, but at this moment, they were utterly powerless.
The Enchantress pondered for a moment before saying, “There’s nothing to speculate about, all of you are top-tier smart people. In various aspects, mainly we wanted to see the means controlled by the current super guilds. This time you all definitely gave your all, showcasing all your tactics, revealing the development level of the super guilds. Then, though we seized the main city, everyone is aware of the circumstances. The main combat force is our president’s personal legion; our Starfire was majorly coordinating. This time defending the city, our Starfire members also had a major battle, which served as a sharpening experience. Furthermore, although the Ogres have submitted, no one can say for sure about the specifics, and the president isn’t present, so facing the crisis, we wanted to see if the Gordok Ogres were trustworthy enough to be the main forces defending the main city. Other reasons are just trivial details, like obtaining some good items.”
The Enchantress waved the box in her hand, which contained a super weapon eligible for the rankings.
Everyone fell silent, feeling extremely suffocated, not expecting that despite their grand momentum, they were only used as a sharpening stone.
This is disgraceful beyond measure, looking at the established facts they created. They occupied the outer towns, strengthened their defenses by repairing those towns, now they’ve helped Starfire for free.
How repulsive is that? Some might say, “You’re still occupying the area, burn it, destroy it then.”
Would they dare? Li Yao is still being aggressive, and with such dominance, now that they’ve occupied the outer towns, it’s as if they are exterminating their strongholds. If they dared to destroy those outer towns, it would lead to ceaseless conflict and possibly lead to the destruction of their strongholds every time they have one in the future.
Now, with no way to contain Prairie Fire, who dares? Moreover, with Dire Maul Copy Group about to open, this place is becoming incredibly important; truly offending them could mean having no chance with these instances, which would be a huge loss.
What’s even more infuriating is that the Dire situation was extremely dilapidated, calling it a ruin wouldn’t be an exaggeration; Starfire wanted to repair it, not knowing how much it would cost.
Now, due to their spell, the city suddenly returned to its state from ten thousand years ago, and they even got a buy-one-get-one-free deal with an unrivaled defense array, made personally by the Moon God. How could it be simple?
This saved Starfire so much money and effort. Just looking from the outside, this city is definitely the first city of the Dark Camp, a city blessed by the Moon God; who dare say it’s not the first?
They don’t even know that Prairie Fire also gained immense benefits; otherwise, they might have felt worse.
The more they thought about it, the more stifled they felt, wanting not to stay even for a second longer.
“Hahaha, we concede. To use your Chinese saying, ‘The blue mountain does not change, the green water flows, we will meet again someday.'” Edward forced a laugh. She had never suffered such a loss, never felt so aggrieved.
Seeing the guild leaders using Hearthstone one after another, discarding even their troops, the Enchantress said, “Aren’t all the guild leaders leaving too hastily?”
Edward stopped using Hearthstone: “What, does Starfire want to kill us once?”
The Enchantress shook her head: “Aren’t you going to take your troops with you?”
“If you allow us to leave, what about the strongholds…” Edward had a glimmer of hope.
The Enchantress shook her head: “It’s still the same thing; I’m in charge here, but I can’t manage what the president does on his end. The president has his considerations.”
The atmosphere eased a bit. Most guilds’ strongholds were already destroyed. Whether Prairie Fire continues or not doesn’t concern them; they rather hope Prairie Fire continues. Otherwise, why should their strongholds be destroyed while others’ remain? Of course, that’s a thought they couldn’t express; instead, they must feign regret and remorse.
The United Army began to gather their troops and then retreat, but some leaders started using Hearthstone, unwilling to linger further.
Meanwhile, the Enchantress returned with the box, and thunderous cheers erupted from the walls and then the entire main city. This moment truly belonged to Starfire, not merely to Prairie Fire.
“Congratulations, Sister Enchantress, on obtaining a graduation weapon.” Tongtong was the first to welcome with a playful smile.
“With this weapon, you’ll be even more formidable.” Sister Li was also delighted; this weapon was excellent despite having many shortcomings, but for the Enchantress, they didn’t matter…