The Guild Tournament
Chapter 43: The Guild Tournament
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The fire dragon egg hatched at the crucial moment and was digitized by the artifact to be stored into Ye Xue’er’s inventory. With that, she obtained her first pet in the game by mere luck.
As for the berserker and his team who had their dragon egg snatched away from them, they were beyond furious. Immediately, they started an argument in the online forum.
Even the berserker’s guild, called the Demolition Officers, had declared hostility against the entire Association of the Guardian Angels.
The increase in the number of players resulted in the establishment of many new guilds. The Demolition Officers were originally a strong guild from another game. After the rise of Battle Online, the players had moved their base and settled down as a new guild in Battle Online. Even though their guild was fairly new, their capabilities were exceptionally strong, almost comparable with that of the Association of the Guardian Angels.
Right then, Ye Xue’er was feeling extremely pleased. Although her first attempt at the Instance Dungeon ended very quickly, she felt that it was worth it since she had obtained a fire dragon egg.
She also became more convinced that manslaughter and pillaging were the true significance of joy in the game. She was also not wary of the challenge from the Demolition Officers and instantly accepted their challenge in the forum. She was prepared to go head to head with them in the wild after her respawn. It would be a major battle between the guilds.
However, the other players were not interested with the feud between the two guilds. Instead, the fact that pets can be obtained from the Instance Dungeon in the Naraka Realm had captured everyone’s attention.
This incited envy from many of the players. Many casual players had also joined together in teams to take on the Naraka Realm in hopes of hatching a pet for themselves.
Nevertheless, the first level of the Naraka Realm was already perilous to these players. Even the players, who worked in groups, found it difficult to beat the weakest fire dragon. Although there were relics and treasures lying around, it was extremely difficult to find. The task was nearly impossible without either skills or luck.
For instance, despite the fact Ye Xue’er’s team managed to find the stone coffins, it was pointless because they failed to open them.
Yet, as more players rushed into the Naraka Realm to try their luck, coupled with the many images that were posted in the forum by others to flaunt the materials or treasures they found, the player’s enthusiasm to challenge the Naraka Realm had only increased. It was as if they enjoyed being tortured by the Instance Dungeon of a gruelling difficulty.
After the cooldown period of her respawn ended, Ye Xue’er logged into the game again expectantly.
She clicked into her Attributes Menu and her gaze fell upon a new section for pets.
[Fire Gobbling Dragon – Level 0 (Infant)]:
Pet Details: Beast of fire attributes that thrives in high temperature zones year-round and is immune to fire.
Pet Attributes: Strength 4, Agility 4, Endurance
Pet Quality: High (From lowest to highest starting with Low, Medium, High, Spiritual Beast, Yin Soul Beast, Divine Beast, Omnipresent Spirit)
Pet Skills: None (Able to develop apperception)
Growth Requirements: Consuming fire type Spirit Stones can increase pet’s experience
(Note: You can purchase pet revival pill from the shop to revive your pet after it dies)
Regarding the settings for the pet, Bei Li had already planned everything out beforehand. After all, there would be some diminution to the pet’s spirituality, especially because they had to be completely digitized.
For example, the Fire Gobbling Dragon should be ranked as at Spiritual Beast, but after being digitized, it could only be a high-ranking beast at most. The downgrade of the pet was inevitable.
In fact, in order to digitize the pets, the pets must be recently hatched and still an infant. They had to be collected into the artifact the second they were exposed to the outside world. It would not be possible to digitize a pet that had already matured, even with the help of the artifact.
Regarding the revival of the pet, it was obvious that Lu Wu would not let the players use the artifact for free. The players would be charged at a high price for it. Each revival would cost 30 soul coins.
After she was done reading the pet’s Attributes Menu, Ye Xue’er clicked the option to summon her pet. A black whirlpool immediately appeared in front of her before a chubby little fire dragon flew out eagerly, flapping its wings excitedly.
"Howl… howl…" the little fire dragon flew around Ye Xue’er before it snuggled into her arms.
Having seen the little dragon’s action, Ye Xue’er grabbed the little fire dragon by its scruff and held it up before her eyes to scrutinize it.
"It seems pretty weak. Yet, I still have to spend time to cultivate it. How troublesome!" Ye Xue’er was rather disappointed.
The little fire dragon seemed to be able understand Ye Xue’er’s words. It puffed its cheeks and spat with all its might. "Cough… Cough…"
Ye Xue’er stared at the weak flame emotionlessly.
"This is perfect to light a cigarette!" Ye Chen, who was standing by the side, scoffed.
Ye Xue’er placed the little fire dragon back into the pet channel before she turned to glare at Ye Chen, "Prepare our men. I believe the Demolition Officers are ready. Let’s go beat the crap out of them!"
"Sure!" Ye Chen grinned as he lifted his greatsword and rested it on his shoulder. He then turned to leave.
At that moment, Lu Wu was discussing with Bei Li about the recent issues of the disputes between the guilds.
Since the launch of the Naraka Realm, the conflicts between the guilds continued to intensify, mainly because of the players who constantly fought with each other for materials and treasures.
The squabbles between the Association of the Guardian Angels and the Demolition Officers were just one of the many cases. Every guild would be involved in a disagreement to a certain extent. Therefore, Lu Wu decided to conduct the very first in-game tournament for the many guilds.
A piece of drafting paper was set before Lu Wu with the words ‘Guild Tournament’ scribbled on it.
Lu Wu’s idea was very simple, which was to construct a huge battlefield and a hundred fortresses in the Artifact Channel. All guilds with more than 500 members would be eligible to register and participate in the Guild Tournament.
The main idea of the tournament was to capture the flag.
A blank flag would be placed in the heart of every fortress. When a guild successfully seized the fortress, they could then replace the blank flag with their guild’s official flag.
However, claiming the flag is only part of the battle. Even after a certain guild had conquered one of the fortresses and replaced its flag, players from other guilds were allowed to overthrow the ruling guild and take over the fortress.
The players were required to focus on attack during the beginning of the tournament and, later, defense. The tournament would last for half a day and when time was up, the guild that had topped the most fortresses would be enthroned as the Almighty Guild. Besides that, Lu Wu had also prepared rewards for the champion.
This was certainly a big project. Even if they could easily agglomerate Yin energy in the Artifact Channel for the construction of the fortresses, it was still a massive task. Lu Wu had to commit a lot of time to build the place.
Therefore, the event was still in its early stage of preparation and would not be introduced so quickly.
Currently, there were already more than 300 guilds with 500 members in the game. Lu Wu decided that he would launch the tournament once there were 500 guilds with enough crew. Not only that, he even hoped to gather 1,000 guilds with sufficient members before he launched the tournament.
When the time came, it would be a majestic event for the strong guilds to showcase their respective strengths. It would definitely be a battle worth waiting for.