Danger would always arrive at night. In this underground world where there was no sunlight or grass, the lightless day would be the main theme. Shadows and murder would always accompany you.
"… We should be the third group to enter this place. The first two groups had thirty people, and the second group had nine people. My previous guess was correct. They've already secretly formed an alliance."
The moment we entered this area, Su Nanna, who was acting as the temporary team leader, was full of energy.
This place was the newly named Swell Mountain Range and the Swell Cavern. The vast underground terrain reminded the black-blooded elves of their home in name.
This was the prelude to the resource battle simulation, or perhaps it could be said that this was a hunting battle with actual combat.
The sentries had already brought back information. The rich ore vein was accompanied by an almost natural underground cavern. Actually, the majority of the cavern was made up of elemental creatures, mechanical puppets, magic statues, and other such non-living monsters.
This gave plenty of hints to the mine explorers. The scholars and sages were able to instantly analyze and obtain much important information.
These elemental guards and sub-elemental guards were quite difficult to encounter in the wild. They were all magical and elemental creations. A powerful source of mana and a powerful elemental tide would bring them here. Now that such a large group of elemental guards had appeared, this meant that there was something special underground.
For example, a certain God Equipment, a certain sleeping elemental boss, or an elemental door leading to a certain Elemental Plane would be the source of radiation that caused such a mutation.
And according to the experts' deductions, this was highly likely. That was because the Thunderstrike Stone mine, which was rich in magical metals, was also likely to be the result of a long-term radiation source.
In that case, if anyone wanted to take over this mine, they would naturally have to get rid of this radiation source … and if there really was a God Equipment or an elemental door, no one would be so kind as to leave it to others.
In such a natural underground maze, the closer one got to the radiation source, the more dangerous it would be. However, the greatest treasure would likely be hidden underground as well.
This type of situation wasn't rare. The corresponding mechanisms for dealing with it were also quite mature. The only way to deal with it was to send out enough combat forces to deal with the root of the problem, then start mining.
Normally, a small mining town would be built nearby. The natural cavern terrain here was also quite advantageous for avoiding the lightning. As long as the ore vein wasn't destroyed, this town would develop quite quickly.
Clearing the monsters, stabilizing the mining area, sending out miners, and building a town. This series of investments was not something that a small or medium-sized organization could handle. Moreover, the benefits were unknown.
However, the overall situation of the Wasteland was unclear. No one was willing to make such a large investment. It was just like during a war. How many people were willing to invest in infrastructure construction? No one knew who would benefit in the end.
In the end, the three parties worked together to develop it, and the final ownership was determined through a bet and competition. However, this became the best choice at the moment.
The results of the hunt would determine the possible share of profit in the mining area.
Three hundred people, or more accurately, 366 people, were the participants of the current encirclement.
The original plan was for each of the three forces to have a hundred people, with a total of three hundred people. However, there were some minor changes to the list.
The hundred-person list for the Wilderness Tribe and Cape Town was very easy to finalize. Dounia's participation quota was allocated according to the city's shares, so there was no problem in theory.
And the reason why it was only in theory and an accident happened was because there were still some problems with this plan.
Dounia's share was equivalent to the city's ownership. It was allocated bit by bit during the expansion and investment. Those who made important achievements in the process of reclamation would be able to obtain a certain amount of additional rewards.
This was the usual practice of reclamation in Ansorenne's new cities. It was a reward for the pioneers, as well as a distribution of the wealth and authority brought by the new city.
The more one contributed and contributed to the city, the more one would be the owner and elder of the new city. They would be able to obtain greater benefits from the development of the new city … Actually, this was the biggest advantage of the shareholding system. It was a forceful binding of authority, debt, and benefits.
And because the value of this amount was too great, the wealth and authority represented by 1% was too exaggerated. In fact, most of the owners of the shares accumulated their wealth like 0. Thus, it meant that the shares they held were not likely to be a round number.
The Game Church's current share was 6.17%, and this was the result after omitting the five digits after the decimal point.
Under normal circumstances, this was actually nothing. It was just that it was troublesome to calculate the distribution of resources and benefits. However, the allocation plan this time was for 100 people.
Didn't the extra non-round number count? Heh heh, how could that be? It would be strange if those 5.9 and 6.8 people didn't go crazy.
The strongest Church couldn't possibly have more than 10 people, and ordinary Churches could only have 2.3 people. A single person could be said to be invaluable, and no one would give it up.
Rounding it off? Those 5.5, 4.4, and 6.6 people weren't easy to arrange. The worse the Church was, the more unwilling they were to accept the fact that they had one less person.
Skipping the various wrangling processes, the final result was that everyone could accept. Those who had more than 0.2 people would be able to obtain one person.
Such a result … The Game Church's 6.17% instantly completed the transaction and rose to 6.2%. Heh, no one in this world was an idiot. Everyone knew how to play numerical games. There were plenty of Churches who forcefully obtained people through such transactions. This caused the "stock price" to rise by another level.
In the end, they came up with a list of 122 people. The decimal point forcefully increased the number of people by one-fifth. Basically, every participating Church had an extra person.
Since Vila Nova Dônia had 122 people, the other two factions naturally wouldn't be short of people. The result was that the list increased again, forcefully reaching 366 people.
At this point, the seven people in the Game Church were immediately finalized.
Temporary Team Leader Su Nanna, Vice-Team Leader Rorschach, Chief Fighter Isabella, Chief Shield Guardian Lionman Matt, Chief Archmage Master (self-proclaimed), Chief Cannon Fodder Su Xinqi … Cough, this wasn't because the Game Church was too black-hearted. It was because this girl's skin was thick and she didn't recognize anyone after transforming. She was too crazy when fighting. She was too suitable for brainless battles. Everyone was already used to firing at her.
This was a six-person team, but an outsider was added in at the last minute.
Why use an outsider to occupy the precious spot?
"Shirvan, when will your people come in?"
"Our Church should be the seventh batch. It will probably take some time. My Lord suggested that we meet downstairs. We can wait for a while."
The tall and thin male priest was carrying a huge cross that was taller than him. As a priest of a small or medium-sized church, his God didn't equip him with expensive magic armor that was specially designed for spellcasters.
Now, he could only sit on the shoulder of Rorschach's magic armor. Looking at the neatly painted magic armor of the Game Church members, he understood what this meant. His eyes were green with envy.
Even if the two sides were allies, the difference in equipment represented the difference in strength. When the difference in strength was too obvious, even if there wasn't a superior-subordinate relationship between allies, there would be a difference between the active and passive, the main and the subordinate.
At this time, as the God of Books' Chosen One, the high-ranking priest Shirvan was seriously considering the value of this alliance. They weren't willing to be left with only leftovers in the end.
Yes, an alliance.
In a situation that was destined to be chaotic, the strong would crush the weak, and the weak would wait to be crushed … Obviously, that was impossible.
The premise for the big fish to eat the small fish was that the small fish didn't have enough intelligence. It was too common for the weak to join forces to fight for their own interests. In the first two weeks of the simulation battle, all kinds of private alliances were concluded one by one.
In front of them, the "outsider" who had sneaked into the Game Church was the guide of this alliance. With the guidance of his divine spells, this small alliance formed by three first-level churches would be the first to successfully converge.
Obviously, this was cheating, but Rorschach knew that he wasn't the only one who was cheating.
First, they had to gather the strength of their allies before starting the hunt. Bullying the weak with numbers was the basis of the so-called strategy. Rorschach had already noticed that the churches that had entered first were waiting at the entrance. However, after waiting for a long time at the entrance, they didn't receive the signal that their allies had agreed on.
Rorschach was hesitating whether to continue waiting or not when a terrified voice sounded in his ears.
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