Golden Era was indeed a locust-like guild. It had only been ten days since the release of the new expansion pack, and their first impact was already apparent.
Every single player ranked between the top twenty and the fiftieth place on the continent's overall strength leaderboard had been replaced. Many of the players who were originally at the top of the leaderboard had been replaced by players who were originally ranked below the top hundred. What was even more chilling was the fact that all of the players who had entered the top fifty were veterans of Golden Era.
If it was just one or two veteran players being replaced, it wouldn't have attracted much attention. However, this time, dozens of players were replaced at the same time. It was the same in every continent. In just ten days, more than a hundred high level players were replaced, and more than a hundred Golden Era players were replaced. It was a terrifying number.
Under such an impact, every major guild felt threatened. Even Ye Ci who was in the Misty Forest had noticed that something was amiss. Hence, she contacted Green Hill's Moon.
Green Hill's Moon was a person who specialized in selling information. In his eyes, other than Ye Ci who had lent him a helping hand during his most difficult times, everyone else was just a shiny piece of gold. As long as you were willing to pay, and the price was satisfactory, he would naturally provide you with information that you were satisfied with.
Recently, his business had been booming.
Hence, when Ye Ci sent him a private message, he actually used the auto-reply mode. Ye Ci's face was filled with black lines as she stared at Green Hill's Moon's auto-reply. She felt that this person was asking for a beating. His auto-reply went like this, "Hello, welcome to contact me. If you need information about the Eastern Continent, please press' 1 '. If you need information about the Southern Continent, please press' 2 '. If you need information about the Western Continent, please press' 3 '. If you need information about the Northern Continent, please press' 4 '. If you want to chat with me, please hang up …"
"Green Hill's Moon, I'll give you ten seconds. If you don't reply to me, I'll post everything you've done on the forums." Ye Ci snorted as she left a message for Green Hill's Moon. She then looked at the countdown timer.
In less than five seconds, Green Hill's Moon's despicable voice rang in Ye Ci's ears, "Ah ah ah ah ah, Gongzi God! You have to be merciful! Aren't I here now? As long as you summon me, even if I'm on a roller coaster, I'll jump down to meet you! "
Ye Ci snorted again. She did not believe Green Hill's Moon's Moon's Moon. Who knew how many people he had said the same thing before?
"Say, what are you looking for me?" Green Hill's Moon was embarrassed by Ye Ci's disbelief. He quickly changed the topic. Gongzi You was definitely not looking for him to chat. He believed that if Gongzi You wanted to chat, she would not look for him either. Therefore, if she was looking for him, it must be something important.
"What's up with the Overall Strength Leaderboard?" Ye Ci did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point.
"Are you talking about Golden Era's counterattack?" Green Hill's Moon had recently received a lot of requests regarding the Overall Strength Leaderboard. For example, he wanted to know the location of a certain player, their skills, equipment, and strength, etc. Of course, there were also cases where players who were pushed down the leaderboard came to him to buy information.
"Yup." Green Hill's Moon was straightforward. As long as Ye Ci started talking, he could immediately guess what Ye Ci was talking about. Therefore, Ye Ci enjoyed talking to him.
"You want to know how Golden Era's players managed to climb up the Overall Strength Leaderboard in such a short period of time, right?" According to Green Hill's Moon's understanding of Ye Ci, he knew that Ye Ci was not the type to ask questions that were superficial. She would only come to him because she wanted to know something that was very secretive. That was why Green Hill's Moon decided to ask her the most secretive question.
Ye Ci smiled and said, "Green Hill's Moon, do you know what I like about you the most?"
Green Hill's Moon chuckled, "Don't tell me you like me. I'm afraid of being hunted down. Just tell me what you like about me."
Ye Ci purposely ignored the hidden meaning in his words and said, "You're smart. You always know what I'm going to ask. It's not tiring to talk to someone like you."
"It's already the highest honor to be praised by someone like you, Gongzi You. I'm flattered. " Green Hill's Moon and Ye Ci chatted for a while, and the atmosphere relaxed. Then, Green Hill's Moon began to talk about the matter, "Actually, I've been taking on quite a few cases from Golden Era recently. Of course, they don't come to me alone, but I can tell that they're all from the same department." Green Hill's Moon paused for a moment and smiled, "By the way, I've recently moved to the Middle Continent. I'll be staying here for a while. If you have time, you can come to the Middle Continent to look for me."
Indeed, with Green Hill's Moon's Moon's business development, he would lose a lot of business if he stayed in the Eastern Continent. Therefore, when the new expansion pack was released, he immediately moved to Hero City. Over there, he could receive business from any player, regardless of the continent.
Then, Green Hill's Moon continued, "They come to me mainly to buy information about players, such as their levels, equipment, skills, pets, and overall strength. Of course, the most important thing is their location. At first, I didn't know why someone would be so interested in another player. I thought it was probably revenge, so I didn't ask much and just provided them with the information. Of course, they also paid a lot of money for it. After that, I realized that there were more and more cases like this. At most, I would take on a dozen of such cases in a day. At that time, I started to feel that something was wrong. However, there was no movement in the game, and there was no movement on the leaderboards. Even if I felt uneasy, I couldn't find any clues. "
At this point, Green Hill's Moon took in a deep breath and continued, "Three days after the release of the new expansion pack, on the fourth day, I noticed that there was some movement on the leaderboards. All of the players that I had provided information on were dropping their equipment. I was shocked and asked my subordinates to investigate, only to discover that they had been ambushed for no reason. Following that, these players were assassinated. It was inevitable that they would lose their levels and equipment. Moreover, the assassins were very secretive. Even if they were surrounded and assassinated, they wouldn't reveal their identities. They wouldn't kill them either. At most, they would surround and attack them until their levels dropped by 10 and their equipment dropped. Then, they would all disappear, making it impossible for the assassins to find them. "
"The players who were killed should have received a system notification, so they should know who killed them. Since they know the assassin's name, the players who were killed should be able to find the assassin, right?" Ye Ci raised her doubts, "Look at the players that dropped from the leaderboards. Most of them are the main forces of the major guilds. If they knew the assassins' names, why didn't they retaliate? Why would the major guilds let this happen? "
Green Hill's Moon smiled, "Do you know who August Cherry is?"
Ye Ci was slightly stunned. August Cherry? The name sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember it. Could it be that she had forgotten about some powerful player in her previous life? After thinking for a while, Ye Ci confirmed that she couldn't remember this person. Thus, she answered honestly, "I don't know her."
"She was a high-level tailor. She used to be a nobody. However, she managed to obtain an out-of-print recipe."
"What out-of-print recipe?"
"Do you know about something called the Cloak of Concealment?" Green Hill's Moon asked again.
Ye Ci naturally knew about this item. In her previous life, this item was sold for millions of gold coins. However, it was said that there were less than a hundred of them in the entire game. It was actually just a normal piece of equipment. However, it had one attribute that made it the most overpowered equipment in the Assassination Group.
Concealment of the assassin's name.
In other words, even if the assassin was killed while wearing the Cloak of Concealment, the system would not reveal the identity of the assassin. Naturally, the assassin would not be able to track down the assassin.
However, this information was from her previous life. Naturally, Ye Ci would not answer Green Hill's Moon honestly. Thus, she replied, "I don't know. What is it?"
Green Hill's Moon explained the properties of the Cloak of Concealment to Ye Ci, then said, "August Cherry knows how to make the Cloak of Concealment. Furthermore, August Cherry is a member of Golden Era."
Ye Ci was slightly shocked. She immediately said, "This is a BUG! If August Cherry were to make this item available to the players of Golden Era, then no one in Fate would be able to stand up to them! "
"Of course there's a limit to how much such an overpowered item can be made." Green Hill's Moon naturally understood Ye Ci's shock. With this item, even if Ye Ci was killed, she would not be able to do anything about it. "That recipe can only be used to make a hundred Cloaks of Concealment. This means that there are only a hundred of these Cloaks of Concealment in the entire game.
Even so, Ye Ci was still extremely displeased. She creased her eyebrows and said, "What are the classes of the assassins?"
"They're mainly Rogues, but there are also Hunters and Ranger. They're all classes that have high movement speed and are extremely difficult to deal with. Furthermore, they appear in groups of more than ten, and their teamwork is excellent. It's obvious that they've been training for a long time. It's no wonder that those high leveled players are unable to escape from them. I think that even you wouldn't be able to gain an advantage over them." Green Hill's Moon's analysis was very objective. Ye Ci was not trying to undermine her own morale, nor was she trying to boost her enemy's morale. (To be continued.) If you like this game, you're welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
