When the Guild system notification rang out, the meeting room fell silent. It was as if time had frozen. After three seconds, the Hundred Flowers Palace's members snapped out of their daze.
"East Valley Town has been captured? How is that possible?"
"What did Starlink do?"
"Quick! Contact the people of East Valley Town immediately and ask them what exactly happened to East Valley Town. Why did Starlink capture East Valley Town?! "
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Very quickly, the Guild's upper echelons issued orders to their subordinates, ordering them to conduct a thorough investigation of this matter. Anxiety flashed across their faces as they lost their previous calm. Even Cleansed Rue, one of Zero Wing's Vice Guild Leaders, panicked.
East Valley Town was one of the Hundred Flowers Palace's top three strategic towns.
East Valley Town was a strategic town because it was very close to Thorny Ridge, a Level 60 to Level 80 neutral map. Not only was it convenient for players to level up, but it was also relatively easy to obtain resources. Hence, East Valley Town was highly valued by the Guild, and it wouldn't be long before it became an Intermediate Town.
Meanwhile, East Valley Town normally had over 40,000 players guarding it. Although the majority of these players were elite members, with only around 1,000 expert players, it wasn't easy to capture the town. After all, to prevent other powers from capturing the town, East Valley Town had constructed eight Defense Turrets and ten Arrow Towers. Not to mention, there were also 1,000 NPC mercenaries stationed around the town. In addition, the town had plenty of war weapons, Tier 3 Summoning Scrolls, and Tier 3 large-scale destruction Magic Scrolls.
However, even with such a strong defense, East Valley Town had been taken over without them receiving any news at all.
How could they not be worried when such an important city was taken down so easily?
While the Hundred Flowers Palace's members waited, they received a report from the Guild. However, when they read the report, their expressions darkened even further.
"Vice Guild Leader Cleansed, what's the situation with East Valley Town?" Shifeng asked Cleansed Rue.
"We've received news from East Valley Town. Starlink's members first sealed off the town's communication system. Then, several thousand Tier 2 experts suddenly appeared in the town's Residence. Since it was too sudden, our members couldn't react in time, and Starlink managed to steal the City Building Order," Cleansed Rue reported, a complicated expression on her face as she looked at Shifeng.
This ambush tactic was exactly the same as the one Ling Yi used against the Starlight Alliance.
One could say that Starlink had most likely done so because it had seen Ling Yi's strategy. If Ling Yi hadn't used such a strategy, Starlink wouldn't have captured East Valley Town so easily.
Although this would allow the Hundred Flowers Palace to see how powerful Ling Yi was, this kind of indirect help would most likely cause even more of the Hundred Flowers Palace's higher-ups to dislike Ling Yi.
"Our Guild's town raid strategy?"
Remnant Cloud and the others beside Shifeng were stunned when they heard Cleansed Rue's words.
Although they felt somewhat apologetic towards the Hundred Flowers Palace's members, Brutal Bones, Remnant Cloud, and the others still felt slightly pleased.
Previously, the Hundred Flowers Palace had been confident that, like Ling Yi, it could stop a superpower on the same level as the Miracle Society, but because of Ling Yi's strategy, it had lost an important town.
Shifeng wasn't particularly surprised by this situation. After all, after an adventurer team had used such a strategy to destroy a Guild town in the past, similar incidents had occurred many times since. After all, who wouldn't be tempted by the prospect of capturing a Guild town so easily?
Only, there were certain conditions to using such a strategy.
The first condition was that one needed sufficient combat power.
The second condition was the ability to teleport a large number of players over a long distance.
However, the second condition was extremely difficult to fulfill because the majority of teleportation tools were single-target teleportation tools. Short-range group teleportation tools were already incredibly rare, not to mention long-range group teleportation tools. Generally, only Tier 3 Group Teleportation Scrolls were capable of teleporting players over long distances. However, these Tier 3 Group Teleportation Scrolls were even rarer than Tier 4 Magic Scrolls.
This was also why Shifeng considered the Seven Luminaries Ring a minor godly tool. The Seven Luminaries Ring's ability to teleport players was already incredibly rare, not to mention the ring's other abilities.
"That's not the main point. Based on our investigations, Starlink has also dispatched an army to attack Moon Creek Town, one of the Hundred Flowers Palace's other important towns!" Cleansed Rue said, shaking her head. "Based on our investigations, we estimate that Starlink has sent 300,000 players to attack Moon Creek Town. We've already sealed off the roads around Moon Creek Town."
An army of 300,000 elite players!
It was obvious that Starlink was serious about capturing Moon Creek Town.
With so many elite players under Starlink's command, the Hundred Flowers Palace had three-quarters of its total elite members. Now that Moon Creek Town had been sealed off, not only was teleportation impossible, but it would also take a very long time to mobilize an army of the same size. Meanwhile, Moon Creek Town only had around 40,000 players defending it. By the time Starlink's reinforcements arrived, Moon Creek Town would be gone.
If Moon Creek Town was gone, the Hundred Flowers Palace's development in the Dark Night Empire would most likely cease. After all, the various large Guilds' development relied on their Guild Towns in the various resource-rich lands. Without a Guild Town, the Hundred Flowers Palace's leveling resources would run out.
"What should we do, Guild Leader? It'll take us one or two hours to gather 100,000 elite players. It'll take our army four or five hours to reach Moon Creek Town. With Moon Creek Town's defenses, we won't last that long. "
"Moreover, Starlink has sealed off the roads leading to Moon Creek Town. It'll take our army even longer to break through …"
"How are we supposed to rescue Moon Creek Town, then? East Valley Town is gone. If we lose Moon Creek Town as well, we'll have no choice but to leave the Dark Night Empire."
The Hundred Flowers Palace's members discussed the situation anxiously. They had never thought that Starlink's offensive would be so fierce. Instead of engaging in field battles, Starlink had decided to siege Moon Creek Town.
"Our only option right now is to organize a small number of experts to break through Starlink's blockade as quickly as possible. I have the Blood Source Potion. As long as we deliver a large quantity to Moon Creek Town, we'll be able to increase the town's defensive strength. That way, we'll have more time to reinforce Moon Creek Town," Crimson Heart shouted. "However, there are only two routes to Moon Creek Town. Breaking through the blockade on one route is very dangerous because the two routes aren't very far apart. Reinforcements will be able to reach Moon Creek Town easily. Hence, we need to break through the blockade on both routes. We can use either route as bait while the other route reaches Moon Creek Town and delivers the Blood Source Potion."
"Cleansed Rue, weren't you optimistic about our chances of allying with Ling Yi? Let's see how strong Ling Yi is! If she can't even accomplish this, I don't think Ling Yi has the strength to stop Starlink! "
"This …" Cleansed Rue glanced at Shifeng awkwardly when she heard Crimson Heart's words.
She had only invited Ling Yi's experts to show them the strength of Ling Yi's experts. However, the Shifeng only had a dozen or so players. How were they supposed to fight such a large-scale battle?
"That won't be a problem. It just so happens that Ling Yi can prove to everyone present that Ling Yi is capable of such a feat," Shifeng said calmly, nodding.
Helpless, Cleansed Rue had no choice but to contact the experts under her command. After all, she was the one who had proposed the alliance. She couldn't possibly embarrass Ling Yi.
"Since that's the case, let's split up. Moon Creek Town won't last long," Crimson Heart said, smiling faintly as she glanced at Shifeng.
From the very beginning, she hadn't placed much hope in Ling Yi. She had only said those words so that Ling Yi could see how she led her team to Moon Creek Town.
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