Chapter 148 - Aftermath
The aftermath of the entire incident was huge, the Demolitionboys , one of the first rate guilds , had been disbanded!
The guild had nearly 90,000 members previously , however with the recent shot of funds from Mithun Ambani they had recruited 30 thousand more. However they lost everything in an instant. The guild had a total net worth of 450 Billion dollars in fixed and liquid a.s.sets.
When the worth of every human working for the guild , every single equipment they owned and their tie up with the alliance . They were valued at 450 billion by various experts.
The collapse of the guild came as a huge blow to the alliance , who had just started gaining momentum after the new injection of funds. However the heaviest blow came to the construction company behind Demolitionboys as their stock plunged into freefall after investor panick.
This was the first case of a billion dollar corporation facing a 70% value depreciation overnight , and it was influenced due to not a real world issue , but a virtual world problem.
The economists went crazy , featuring on all media outlets and news interviews. Claiming that it was the dawn of a new era ! A new reality where the virtual world intricately linked real world.
The forums went wild with speculation about who were the real robbers of the royal treasury after Ilovesmas.h.i.+ng appeared in a news interview claiming it was not the work of his guild.
This stunned more people as if that was the case then Omega was a much more complex game than they first gave it credit to , if unexpected plot lines developed as a consequence of some actions.
The Demolitionboys guild leader had absolutely no idea as to where the gems in his warehouse came from , and what caused his ruin. However those who sympathized with him were very very few.
Most people wanted to take this chance and expand their power , as a major party had collapsed. Many second rate guilds launched a recruitment campaign for guildless Demolitionboys members . Even the once alliance partners all frenzily tried to recruit the lost manpower , however the guild members who quit Demolitionboys were reluctant to join the group.
As the saying went " once bitten , twice shy" they were very reluctant to join a big guild again , as most wanted just a peace of mind to game.
In the end only 40,000 of the initial 120,000 joined the alliance , the rest became independent adventurers or joined smaller guilds.
Just overnight the alliance had gone from seven first rate guilds to six and lost 80 thousand members. It was a devastating blow to their overall strength. As even the fishrod obtained in the auction through ardent bidding was confiscated by the Royal guards , when they raided the Demolitionboys warehouse.
The alliance members cursed their badluck , and although there was no fraternity amongst the group , they had a sense of anger behind whoever was the cause of the incident. Naturally many doubted the elites"s involvement in the matter.
Things got really chaotic and out of control when a video of the Elite"s was released on the forums with Rudra and Karna sitting on a pile of treasure and playing catch with what looked like precious gems .
The same kind that brought doom upon Demolitionboys.
The video instantly became viral and was the talking point of everyone. The caption clearly mocked the entire alliance as it said " One fool down , six more to go ".
Clearly this text riled up many alliance members as this was a blatant disregard of their group.
However the common public was the one that really won in the disputes between the True Elites and the alliance as they enjoyed themselves thoroughly , watching the show.
( On the forums )
" Have you guys seen the latest video posted by the elite"s? , They are the theives ".
" F*** , They stole fron the f***ing royal treasury and even framed an enemy , too strong ".
" Dont mess with the elites , i warned you all long ago ".
" The alliance is done for , Shakuni is too viscious ".
" I wonder how they pulled the heist off? ".
" Someone report them to the authorities. This is a miscarriage of justice ! ".
" I think its just a hoax , i dont think the Elites can really raid a royal vault , and if they did , they would not be flexing about it ".
" The Elites are not idiots , they probably did not steal the gems , however they took this opportunity to surely infuriate the alliance , they have taunted them now ".
" I cant wait to see how the alliance reacts , there is only 4 days left till the cooldown of the guild war ends ... Will the alliance declare war? ".
" The alliance are cowards they dont have the b.a.l.l.s to declare war!.".
" We want WAR ! ".
" WE WANT WAR !".
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" Warrrr!! ".
The flames of war were lit on the forums as everyone waited for the alliance to respond to the Elite"s provocation. And response did arrive when the alliance posted this .
" There are " kids " calling themselves Elites and running around on wolves thinking they are special in PurpleHaze city , its been long due that someone put that rowdy bunch in their place , for the good of entire PurpleHaze city , the alliance has taken it upon itself to do exactly that . Since the " Elites " want to go on testing our patience , we inform them in advance that it is indeed thin and we will declare war come next sat.u.r.day ! ".
The post was pinned by 23 million players and was on top of the charts , just below the reply the Elite"s gave them for the same post.
The reply the Elite"s gave them was " JUST BRING IT ! ".
The flames of war were lit! The clash seemed inevitable as tension started to build within PurpleHaze .
However another sinister plot brewed in the shadows Prince Aman planned to dethrone his father tonight , trapping him in an endless illusion with the power of the high grade illusion jewel in his possession.
/// We are extremely close to hitting the golden ticket and powerstone target for bonuses , tommorow is my last exam , soo hopefully i will be able to deliver more bonuses on time as usual after that !
Anyway good job everyone ! ///