MMORPG: The Elementalist

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Within two months after the siege, the defense of Moonrise City was handed over to the Regular Corps of the Angel Faction. That meant that within these two months, the Demon Faction players would not be able to attack the Angel Faction!

The Demon Faction's objective had been achieved…

During this time, most of the veteran Champions of the Angel Faction were busy re-establishing their groups, and thus had no time to take care of the progress of the Buried City. Therefore, they (the Demon Faction) could take this opportunity to fully explore the Buried City.

As for the Angel Faction players, they might have to be completely preoccupied within these two months…

Gathering Battle Points, setting up a Party, accumulating Honor Points, establishing a Clan, and thereafter was the road of battle for millions of Honor Points amongst the Leagues.

Every step was more difficult than usual.

Normally, such a mission might not be difficult. After the formation of a Party, two hundred elites would collect Honor Points, and the delegation of missions would be very easy.

However, between Demon Faction's conscious withdrawal and the elite Party's tactics, the Angel Faction had a longer way to go. These days, there was a new rule set by the Four Great Leagues (Demon Faction). Twenty Clan Leaders disallowed their weaker Clan members from entering the Mythical Battlefield while the rest of the elites were given permission to attack League members (from the Angel Faction) who had ventured deep into the Mythical Battlefield…

With the League and Clan Channel, these elite veterans would be able to fight more smoothly and easily against those League players (Angel Faction) who had lost some of their edge!

One by one, the increase in difficulty was not little at all.

But of course there were exceptions to this…

However, the Four Great Leagues of the Demon Faction, were unable to suppress the players whose strength had either reached Tier 5 or those close to or have reached the level of veteran Tier 5 Champions.

Within ten hours after the siege on Moonrise City:

Qin Ruo and several Champions of the Angel Faction had become a nightmare in the hearts of countless of Demon Faction players on the Mythical Battlefield.

This was especially true with Qin Ruo with his Angelic Wings and Aqua Wings—like an aircraft aircraft bomber flying over the sky of the Mythical Battlefield, killing all the way from the Monster Mountains to the vicinity of Sin City… He even blasted away those Twelve Zodiacs League Parties still remaining in the Mythical Battlefield on a hunting expedition…

The Battle Points for Dinosaucerer were not only fully gathered, but along the way Qin Ruo had also harvested hundreds of Honor Points. In the end, even the Twelve Zodiacs players were forced to retreat into Sin City—not daring to come out again.

***

"F*ck! This brat is truly insane! What kind of enmity is there between us Twelve Zodiacs and him? He still hasn't given up even after killing more than 400 of our brothers?! Plus, he specifically handpicked the people in our League to kill! F*ck! What the heck! He can't be that naive as to think he could single-handedly kill us all by forcing us into Sin City, right?"

In Sin City, several higher ups of Twelve Zodiacs already could not sit still. Before, they were still feeling high-spirited being in the spotlight as Twelve Zodiac League members. Yet now they had gathered together in a sorry state loudly condemning the conduct of the Winter Demon, Qin Ruo.

***

Wearing a dark expression was Shaka, who was amongst them.

The Demon Faction also had four city entrances leading to the Buried City, but they were occupied by one person each from the Four Great Leagues, and the territory had been cleanly divided among them.

Firstly, the Twelve Zodiacs League would not touch any one of the Four Great Leagues. Secondly, they had intended to establish their reputation and raise their prestige within the Demon Faction first… This was why they did not intend to immediately obtain a foothold in the Buried City.

However, such a move by Qin Ruo had indeed made the Twelve Zodiacs lose face completely…

More than half of the group of members, who had prepared to enter the Mythical Battlefield were all forced back to their original position and were so defeated that they could no longer lift their heads.

Now, all the players in the entire Sin City knew that Qin Ruo's actions were specifically directed against the Twelve Zodiacs. No one from the Four Great Leagues were willing to help. In fact, not a single soul dared to lend them a hand. Not even to cast a simple Resurrection for fear of becoming Qin Ruo's next target.

If they still did nothing, it was certain that the Twelve Zodiacs' reputation would be destroyed single-handedly by Qin Ruo.

Just then, a cold voice was heard from the side, "There isn't a mad man who is so clear-headed. This time Qin Ruo targeted Twelve Zodiacs, obviously wanting to make us lose face and force me out of the city…" Someone spoke, but no one could see where the speaker was.

The four Associate Clan Leaders of the Twelve Zodiacs were already no stranger to such a scene. Each time Shaka and Tiger Cub were involved, a simple meeting venue would turn into a mysterious hideout.

The Crusaders' Clan Leader took a deep breath and voiced out the doubts in his heart, "That can't be it. Qin Ruo isn't in any Clan or Party—he's only a lone adventurer. Whether Moonrise City was attacked or not wouldn't have any connection with him. Based on his beef with Netherspirit's Claw, he should be glad that they have been disbanded! There is no reason for him to act like a mad man and randomly attack us."

"That's right!"

"Could it be that he is a secret pawn of a certain League?" Several of the leaders continuously speculated.

At this moment, a loud slam on the table made everyone's gaze shift toward Shaka, who had raised his head.

With a solemn expression, Shaka announced, "Whether he wants to force Tiger Cub to act, or simply wants to embarrass us Twelve Zodiacs, we can't let him continue to tarnish the reputation of Twelve Zodiacs. The four of you… Immediately call the Tier 5 members of your Clan. We are heading out of the city!"

"How many members?"

"There's no need to call all the Tier 5s, right?"

The Clan Leaders of Crusaders Clan and the Hall of Monks Clan queried.

Shaka nodded. "Every Clan should send out two, and form a team. Each of you can further assign ten ordinary members to create a group. The group will exit the city from the north… As long as he appears, you should know what to do."

Dispatching ten Tier 5 Champions to take on one Winter Demon, and at the same time, they had to pay the price for the attack with dozens of Honor Points. Such sacrifice was not considered small at all!

However, the other four Clan Leaders nodded simultaneously after weighing the pros and cons.

For the Winter Demon who could kill off Savior and assassinate Death Jesus in a sneak attack, they dared not wait idly by…

"What about Tiger Cub? Will he go?"

When he heard another sudden question from another Clan Leader, Shaka furrowed his brows…

Just as he was about to answer, Tiger Cub's cold reply came first, "I will be there."

"Then I am absolutely relieved. Very well, we'll first go make preparations."

***

Just as one group of Twelve Zodiacs' members were conspiring to call their Tier 5 Champions, another group of Demon Faction members did not have the time to discuss Qin Ruo, whose whereabouts were unknown.

"Qin Ruo is just outside Sin City. Don't you want to kill him?"

"The person who died by his hands wasn't just me. If you have the confidence to kill him, you would have gone earlier." Savior calmly took a small sip of his wine, and expressionlessly countered Death Jesus.

Sitting on the opposite side of Savior, Death Jesus frowned. Depressingly, he gulped down a mouthful of wine to drown his sorrows. Just as Savior had said, compared to Savior's heroic death, his own death was much more lamentable.

At least Savior had killed more than a dozen Tier 5 Champions, and was already in a weakened state before he was killed off by Qin Ruo…

Him?

In his first confrontation with Qin Ruo, the latter had caused him to fall to his death. The second time, under the circumstances of having lost a duel with Majestic Hero, he was again killed off by Qin Ruo in a flash…

In comparison, he really should be the one to rush out of the city to defeat Qin Ruo once any news of the latter was heard.

However, could he do it?

Although it has only been a few brief confrontations, Qin Ruo's stealth and high-speed flying abilities, in addition to being skilled at dealing with Elementalists with his crafty schemes and methods made him unsure for a while…

He felt uncomfortable just thinking about fighting with Qin Ruo in mid-air! That was why he was hinting to Savior—he wanted to provoke Savior to deal with Qin Ruo.

How could Savior not know Death Jesus' intentions? He said nonchalantly, "Give up. Our objective in overtaking Moonrise City wasn't so that we could waste time on this matter… Besides, Qin Ruo's abilities are indeed very good. Several of his special skills are also quite unusual—they allow for a convenient escape and are not easy to deal with in battle. Taking advantage that his target is currently the Twelve Zodiacs, you better not follow suit and get mixed up in the fray. Put yourself wholeheartedly into increasing the progress of the Buried City first, and then you can think about other matters…"

Seeing that Death Jesus was still having a "hard-to-let-go" expression, Savior once again raised his wine glass to his lips, taking a sip.

"There's an ancient Chinese saying…'For a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long'! In the end, there's plenty of opportunities for both of you to run into each other in Buried City…" Speaking until here, Savior stopped and saw that a faint glint had appeared in Death Jesus' eyes.

(T/L Note: The saying 'For a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long' also means 'revenge is a dish best served cold')

***

It has been more than ten minutes since he had killed off the previous batch of Twelve Zodiacs members. In a place hundreds of meters away from Sin City, Qin Ruo wandered around and circled above the city at a 100-meter height. After drinking five or six bottles of MP Potion (M), he still could not find any member of Twelve Zodiacs League from the stream of players in all four directions.

"He should be coming out soon."

Qin Ruo was filled with impatience mid-air. While he was pondering, he could not help but sigh inwardly at the same time that he indeed had foresight. Had he not make a huge purchase in advance while he was coming, it was certain that at this moment, he would have to return to the city due to having run out of supplies.

Although Mana Drain was very good, it was completely unusable in this kind of group battle.

Luckily there was the infinite storage function of the Ring of Honor. Speaking of which, it was really a good thing for him. As he had more than 30 bottles of MP Potion (M) and (L) in his backpack, these would be enough to last for one day and one night.

What was even more satisfying was the slaying of hundreds of Twelve Zodiac members put hundreds of equipment in the Ring of Honor, with almost half being Gold quality and several of them Dark Gold. As for Violet equipment, if all were to be sold, it was estimated to be enough to make up for the purchase cost of the bottles of MP Potion in his storage.

This was the advantage of the Ring of Honor…

To loot these hundreds of pieces of equipment would usually require the bag space of an entire team. Perhaps they might not be able to bear the heavy weight, and would need to return to the city after making a round or abandoning some equipment.

Now that there was a Ring of Honor, this problem was absolutely resolved.

At the same time, Qin Ruo gradually had more expectations for the remaining attributes of this Ring of Honor.

'Once this matter is taken care of, I must find a chance to complete the trial quest, in order to replace my Level 35 Goblin King's Ring.' This tierless and mysterious ring should give him some surprises.

Just as Qin Ruo was pondering, the northern gate of Sin City finally opened once again and out came the Twelve Zodiacs League's team…

As his gaze tensed up, Qin Ruo quickly adjusted the angle of his Aqua Wings. He turned around, flew past them and expanded his Perception further at the previous location.

More than sixty players—all members of the Twelve Zodiacs League.

'Pretty good prey.'

Just as he was about to act, a system notification rang in his ear.

Demon Faction player 'Squealing Hog' requests for access.

Qin Ruo's flying silhouette staggered for a moment.

'Member of the Demon Faction? What on earth… are they up to?'