Chapter 1480: In The Presence Of Benefits
As everyone knows, players in the game have a very strong sense of possession over their territory.
No matter how badly guilds have the same main city fought, that was their own business which they could settle behind closed doors. However, if other main cities’ players got involved and entered the city, it was another issue.
On what basis should outsiders get involved in an internal conflict? Are you a mistress? This was not upholding justice, it was called an invasion!
So when a city was invaded, guilds would unite against outsiders.
Hence, in <>, there was an unwritten rule to never fight a war in others’ main cities.
Unless your guild was as big as Peerless Heaven, all guilds had to abide by this.
Even if it was not killing in other cities, even if there were too many players from another city, the locals in that city would be uncomfortable. They might then unite to slaughter you.
Of course, that was referring to large-scale invasions. Teams like Quan Zhen Sect with a dozen members were not included.
Hence, no matter how fiercely two guilds of the same city fought, they would not get external help, or else they would be the disadvantaged one when the other guilds in the same city were angered by their actions.
Void Blade’s splurging to get external help obviously violated this important rule.
“So what?” Seeing how everyone was so surprised, Fearless calmly questioned them instead.
Vainglory yelled, “What do you think? Void Blade went to get external help. Do they still want to live?”
“Of course!” Fearless reb.u.t.ted, “As you said, Void Blade is the one who sought external help!”
“This…”
Hearing what Fearless said, everyone in Quan Zhen Sect was stunned and looked perplexed.
Only Vainglory emotionally yelled, “So what if it is Void Blade? What do they have that allows them to break rules?”
w.a.n.g Yu patted Vainglory’s head and explained, “Void Blade indeed has nothing else other than money!”
“They have… money…”
Hearing w.a.n.g Yu’s explanation, Vainglory instantly understood and was stuttering over his words.
Money, indeed. It was money again!
Although the gaming world was not reality, some things were more realistic there than in the real world.
One such thing was money. In the gaming world, it can resolve most problems.
From equipment and skills to gold coins and quests, so long as players had money, someone would deal with these for them.
A relatable example would be how Quan Zhen Sect was a bunch of guys who slaved for benefits.
Excluding the other small guilds of Twilight City who already did not dare to offend Void Blade, if w.a.n.g Yu did not instigate this, even Quan Zhen Sect could be bought off by Void Blade to not interfere, so the other guilds could be too.
So long as they were paid enough, it was not impossible that the other small guilds would cooperate with the external experts Void Blade hired to exterminate Sanguine Alliance.
This was the harsh reality.
Without benefits, everyone’s intentions were more innocent but once benefits were involved, possessiveness over their territory did not seem as valuable anymore.
“d.a.m.n it! What now!” Vainglory gave it some thought then quickly said, “Void Blade is colluding with outside forces to attack our city’s players. Uncle Bull, what are we waiting for? Let’s wipe them out!”
“This… This isn’t appropriate.” w.a.n.g Yu shook his head.
“Not appropriate? Why?” Vainglory asked puzzledly as Void Blade had sought external help
“You are indeed a quick thinker!”
Just then, Fearless laughed and said, “However, there is one thing you said wrong. Sanguine Alliance was the one who declared war.”
“So what?” Vainglory questioned.
To Vainglory, since Void Blade sought external help, it was them colluding with outside forces. They should be killed regardless.
Fearless calmly said, “No matter what, don’t forget that Old Bull is the City Lord!”
Indeed, if w.a.n.g Yu was just a normal player in Twilight City, he wouldn’t need to use Sanguine Alliance to create trouble for Void Blade.
Afterall, Quan Zhen Sect was the synonym for unreasonable. Based on their reputation, they could do any bad thing and others would not be surprised.
However, what was w.a.n.g Yu’s ident.i.ty now? Twilight City’s City Lord.
And Void Blade’s guild ident.i.ty was the manager of Twilight City’s west region and is also ranked the top guild for urbanised level and citizen popularity, having remarkable achievements.
There was a unique relations.h.i.+p between these two. w.a.n.g Yu was a city lord to Void Blade.
If w.a.n.g Yu merely suspected Void Blade a.s.sa.s.sinated him and attacked them with no evidence, others would say he was trying to depose them.
His citizen popularity with the NPCs in Twilight City would decrease and misunderstandings would occur between him and Twilight City’s players.
As compared to Quan Zhen Sect, w.a.n.g Yu was more honourable so naturally, he would not do something so unreasonable.
It was the same now. Void Blade was attacked first so it was reasonable to hire people for help. As Sanguine Warflag’s friend and a player of Twilight City, it was reasonable for him to help Sanguine Warflag against Void Blade.
However, w.a.n.g Yu’s ident.i.ty as the City Lord made it that Sanguine Alliance and Void Blade were equals to him.
At this time, w.a.n.g Yu could act as a mediator but if he helped either side, he would be labelled as biased and his citizen popularity would still drop.
Just as how it is difficult to put oneself into others’ shoes, everyone thought that it was a cushy job to be the city lord but when such things happened, you need political wisdom to stay unconflicted.
As for w.a.n.g Yu who lacked interpersonal skill and had basically no political wisdom, in the face of such a situation, he could only wait for them to finish the fight before intervening as a mediator.
There was nothing w.a.n.g Yu could do. He felt helpless too so all he could do now was wait and watch.
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Sanguine Alliance had less than ten thousand troops but in comparison to Void Blade’s weaklings, they were all elites.
As Sanguine Alliance had the first-hit and stronger abilities, they had the upper hand over Void Blade since the beginning. Although Void Blade could hang in there, it was a matter of time before they were wiped out.
However, now that Sanguine Alliance thought they had secured their victory, suddenly a life-changing message appeared on their guild chat, “Boss, we are in trouble. A huge group of expert players suddenly appeared from behind. It seems like Void Blade hired external help.”
“External help?”
Upon receiving the news, Sanguine Warflag smiled and told Sanguine Stormbringer who was beside him, “d.a.m.n, Void Blade has gone crazy! They actually hired others to fight against us. Quickly notify the other guild’s leaders.”
“Will… Will this work?” Sanguine Stormbringer gave it some thought and felt something was amiss so he suggested, “Let’s consult with Fearless on what to do.”
Hearing what Sanguine Stormbringer said, Sanguine Warflag was slightly unhappy and nagged, “Stormbringer, I am not targeting you! We, Sanguine Alliance, are a top guild. Can you not keep thinking of getting others to help us with everything?”
“I get it.” Sanguine Stormbringer said without confidence, “But I feel like those small guilds aren’t reliable!”