The system's Regional Announcement was repeated three times in a row in the Star Valley Region. Although the system's mechanical voice wasn't loud, the entire Starlight Fortress fell silent at this moment. It was as if time had frozen as everyone revealed looks of disbelief on their faces.
"What's going on?"
"The Starlight Fortress has been captured?"
For a moment, the Silver Lion Legion's members couldn't keep up with the situation.
The Starlight Fortress's walls hadn't been breached, and no one had entered the fortress yet. How could players have captured it?
The Silver Lion Legion's experts weren't the only ones confused. Even Macafre, who commanded the battle, was dumbfounded.
"What's going on in the Starlight Fortress?" Macafre couldn't help but stare at the Starlight Fortress, which was over a thousand yards away, in confusion. "Did someone sneak into the fortress and kill the Final Guardian Boss?"
Although Macafre thought so, he quickly dismissed the possibility.
The fortress wasn't like other locations. While the fortress was under lockdown, players couldn't enter unless they destroyed the main gate or blasted open the walls.
Now that the Starlight Fortress's walls and main gate were intact, how were players supposed to enter the fortress?
Even if players could enter the fortress, there were still hundreds of thousands of Elemental monsters inside. These Elemental monsters were all Level 110-plus, and even the weakest among them was a Lord. Even a 1,000-man Tier 3 legion couldn't challenge the Mythic Guardian Boss in such a situation, much less a 100-man, Tier 3 team.
Moreover, even if players were heaven-defying enough to challenge the Mythic Guardian Boss, a battle with a Mythic Guardian Boss would normally cause a huge commotion. However, they had been paying attention to the Starlight Fortress and hadn't noticed anything happening inside.
The only strange thing was that when players had attacked the Starlight Fortress's walls, they'd only summoned a little over 10,000 monsters. However, the Starlight Fortress had only summoned an army of 50,000 monsters, including over 100 Grand Lords. Even the Mythic Guardian Boss, which shouldn't have come out of the fortress, had emerged.
"Could it be?"
Macafre suddenly thought of a possibility. He couldn't help but turn to the Shifeng, who were picking up the Starlight Fortress's loot, in shock.
In God's Domain's previous experience, there had indeed been no Final Guardian Boss that had charged out of a fortress's walls. However, the Starlight Behemoth had been extraordinary.
This was because most of the weaker World Bosses were around the same level as Realm Lords.
To current players, this was a nightmare.
Not to mention, a Realm Lord leading an army of 50,000 monsters into battle was far more difficult than soloing a Realm Lord. In fact, it was several times more difficult than clearing out the fortress's mobs and dealing with the Guardian Boss afterward.
After all, Grand Lords that possessed a Domain were only slightly weaker than Mythic monsters. Ordinary Tier 3 players simply couldn't go up against them. If over a hundred Grand Lords attacked together, they'd be able to take down a city as easily as bulldozing dirt.
If the Shifeng had not taken out the Ring of Gospel to resist the Starlight Behemoth's domain, he would have been prepared to lose more than half of his army.
At this time, the Shifeng in the sinkhole held a dark gold token. The token was emitting a strong magic power. It was proof that they had captured the Stronghold.
Lord's Token!
Macafre wasn't the only one who noticed this problem. Crimson Witch and the others also turned to look at Xiang Shifeng.
"That's it?" Crimson Witch's eyes widened in shock when she saw the Lord's Token in the Shifeng's hand.
Although she could already see that the Shifeng's team had a high chance of capturing the Starlight Fortress, she couldn't help but wonder how the Shifeng had obtained the Lord's Token.
This was the fortress of Star Valley, a forbidden land for Life!
It was a forbidden land that the various superpowers of God's Domain yearned for, yet none of them had managed to capture it!
Now, however, they had actually succeeded. Even a ghost wouldn't believe it!
Let alone Crimson Witch and the others, even the Silver Lion Legion's members were stupefied.
They had never thought that capturing a forbidden fortress would be so easy. If God's Domain's other superpowers found out about this, they'd most likely vomit blood …
Moreover, they had just been about to show off their might in capturing the Starlight Fortress, yet the Guild had told them that the battle was over. Was this a joke?
In reality, Divine Tribe's members weren't the only ones surprised. Shifeng, who held the Starlight Fortress's Lord's Token, was just as surprised. He hadn't thought that he would obtain the Starlight Fortress's Lord's Token so quickly.
He had even prepared to use the Hero's Tome. After all, the first Starlight Behemoth they encountered was a Realm Lord. There might even be a Superior Mythic inside the Starlight Behemoth.
Superior Mythic Bosses weren't existences they could deal with at this stage of the game. Only Tier 4 Heroes could put up a fight.
Although we've saved a lot of effort, we've saved a lot of time to strengthen the fortress. Shifeng didn't seem particularly happy when he saw the Lord's Token. On the contrary, he revealed a bitter smile.
Obtaining the Lord's Token early could be considered lucky, but it could also be considered unlucky.
After obtaining the Lord's Token, the Starlight Fortress's magic array would be under his control.
Of course, if he wanted to activate the Starlight Fortress's magic array, he'd have to go to the fortress's core. However, with the Lord's Token, the Starlight Fortress's monsters wouldn't receive any Basic Attribute buffs. Raiding the fortress would be much easier.
Hence, what he needed to do next was clear out the Starlight Fortress's monsters. In fact, he didn't even need to destroy the fortress's walls. He could just enter the fortress through the main entrance.
The only problem was that he had to clear out the fortress's monsters within three days and strengthen the fortress's defenses. Otherwise, once the fortress opened to the public three days later, a large number of players would swarm into the fortress. At that time, the fortress would become difficult to manage. In fact, the various superpowers might even try to take over the fortress.
This was because God's Domain's forbidden lands weren't under the jurisdiction of kingdoms or empires. Practically all of the fortresses in these forbidden lands had been built since ancient times, not after the Great Destruction.
Moreover, the fortress's magic array was in a half-open state. It wasn't fully under players' control.
In other words, even if players obtained the Fortress Lord's Token, they would still have partial control over the fortress. All powers and players could contest for control of the fortress. Unlike the fortresses in neutral maps or Guild Towns and Cities, Guild Towns and Cities couldn't simply close and open the fortress as they wished. Unless players broke through the fortress's defensive magic array or used other means to sneak into the fortress, players wouldn't be able to enter the fortress.
Hence, any power that had obtained a fortress in a forbidden land in the past had been forced to dispatch a large number of players to defend the fortress.
In reality, the Main God System's design wasn't completely incomprehensible.
Forbidden lands were rich in resources, after all. If a power had complete control over a fortress that had been passed down since ancient times, with the help of the fortress's magic array and defensive technology, it would be nearly impossible for other powers to breach the fortress once it was activated. Moreover, the power could obtain a sea of resources from the forbidden land almost permanently. Other powers could only watch from the sidelines. The situation wasn't exactly fair.
Take the Starlight Fortress for example. Despite being a Small Fortress, once the fortress's magic array was fully activated, it would be impossible to breach the fortress without a Tier 5 powerhouse.
What kind of existence was a Tier 5 powerhouse?
In this era without Gods, Tier 5 powerhouses stood at the apex of God's Domain. Even the emperors of empires had to treat them with respect. After all, Tier 5 powerhouses were capable of destroying entire kingdoms. Even empires would have to face the consequences of provoking such a powerhouse.
One could just imagine how powerful the Starlight Fortress's defenses were.
Shifeng should've had a three-day buffer period after capturing the fortress, but now that they had to clear out the hundreds of thousands of monsters inside the fortress, that buffer period had decreased significantly.
While Shifeng's group was focused on clearing out the Starlight Fortress, the Storm Heart adventurer team's members, who watched the battle from a distance, were stupefied.
"Who exactly are they?" The distant, callous man stared at the system announcement in astonishment. "They actually captured the Starlight Fortress, just like that?"
"Although I don't know who they are, today's news will definitely shake the entire continent." The robust man, who was the adventurer team's commander, couldn't help but turn to look in Xiang Shifeng's direction.
Star Valley was a forbidden land that the various major powers and expert teams wanted to conquer. However, due to the fact that they couldn't stay in Star Valley for long periods of time, their exploration progress had been very slow.
God's Domain's various superpowers had frequently targeted forbidden lands' fortresses, but unfortunately, they hadn't been able to do so.
Now that they had captured the Starlight Fortress, he didn't dare imagine what would happen next.
While Storm Heart's members discussed the situation, news of the Starlight Fortress's capture spread like wildfire, reaching the western continent's various powers.
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