Chapter 139: 139
Draco frowned deeply when he saw this event . Even though he knew better than anyone how much importance the AI gave to quality content creation, he still didn't enjoy being paraded around like a monkey in the zoo .
He sighed and let it go . After all, his case was pretty mild . The Dark Knight, who was a bug that had suffered tremendous pain and suffering because of Draco's bloodline release, had his desire for vengeance turned into an event for the consumption of players .
A battle between the ultimate guild Umbra which possessed topmost quality but terribly low quantity against Myriad Cards and Lorebinders, who possessed great quality and excellent quantity . How could the AI let such a juicy circ . u . mstance go?
On paper, it looked somewhat equal, with the advantage tipping over to Umbra slightly . After all, killing a monster like the Metal Dragon was harder than fighting 500,000 players .
However, people weren't quick to write off Myriad Cards and Lorebinders . They had a great history in other FIVR games, much like Darkrow and Kamisuo, so they were bound to have some tricks up their sleeves .
At this time, Jada finished her divination . When she saw the screen that had popped up while she was focused, her face became weird, but she shook it off .
"Our victory chances are 75% while theirs are 25% . " She said with an uncertain expression .
It wasn't that she distrusted her skills, as they were never wrong . Jada just found it hard to believe that any guild could topple Umbra at all . Even if all the guilds in the game came together, Jada believed that Draco and Riveting Night could find a way to surmount them .
Draco pondered for a bit before sighing . "Thank you, Jada . You and Jade should take the core members of Umbra and run the Spriggan Forest Dungeon on survival mode . What you'd experience there should help a lot . "
Jada nodded and left the room to pass on Draco's orders .
Draco sat down in his seat with a somber expression . All the acc . u . mulated calmness and peacefulness from impregnating Eva as well as the unchanged contents of Update had 1 faded away .
The timeline was… chaotic .
It was clear enough to see . While Update 1 had remained the same, events occurring in the game continued to diverge from the norm even more ferociously with every passing day .
First was the Dragon Slaying event . Once Draco returned from the lucrative Flora and Fauna quest to hear about that, he knew things had gone haywire .
However, when he realized that the event was a direct result of his existence, he had calmed down greatly . Clearly, it should have been a one-time thing as long as he was careful from now on .
For this reason, he planned to dive into crafting for the next few weeks while the playerbase caught up in terms of levels . Then, he could go on a leveling spree and fill up all his upgradeable items before hitting Rank 2 .
As long as general playerbase were around level 40-45, the AI shouldn't complain if he reached Rank 2 . Then, he could take whatever reward came from that and continue with his next Unique Quest, which was the Refinement God's Treasury .
The title of Refinement God alone told him that a Divine item was waiting for him . Even the Legendary Rank Flora and Fauna Quest had given him the Ultima Sunt bloodline and Rila .
Only God knew what manner of outrageous items he would get during the Refinement God's Treasury .
Of course, that was interspersed with managing Eva's growing pregnancy, Roma's soon to come pregnancy and a few other races he would experiment with . Then, there was the conquest progress of the real world, as well as managing his budding global power .
However, all his carefully crafted plans had gone down the drain when those two fools played with something they shouldn't have .
Draco's fists clenched as anger roiled through him again .
Why had Draco and Eva been so angry about the matter? Sure, it was unexpected and derailed their plans greatly, but how could Joker and Happy Scholar have known?
The reason why both of them were enraged was twofold .
The first and most prudent reason was that Joker and Happy Scholar had coveted Umbra's pie .
When Draco had fired the Omega beam, he hadn't expected for it to leave a spatial tear behind that would lead to the Null Realm . However, it did and he found one more reason to refrain from using Omega as he pleased .
Still, if they knew so much about the Null Realm, why hadn't Draco or Eva touched the spatial tear but rather left it there? After all, Draco was heavily resistant to Destruction Energy while Eva could power through it with her Abyssal Eyes .
It should be obvious that the Null Realm was a thing that had many benefits, but also many detriments . They had left it there hoping that it would either close itself, or be inaccessible .
After all, there was a sea of Destruction Energy around it . Unfortunately, they had vastly underestimated the curiosity, greed, and willingness to sacrifice their guild members of those two guild leaders .
Not even Rank 7 entities would wade through that crap for the spatial tear, mostly because what existed on the other side would bring a calamity to everyone .
This bled into the second reason Draco and Eva were so angry . That was the fact that this Abyss Event was a horror show that was slightly worse than the Great War .
F . u . c . k, even the Demons wouldn't pray for the Void Monsters to enter the Boundless world . They were a calamity to everything and everyone . Whether Demons or Devils or whatever race, they were all made of matter .
Void Monsters were the anti-thesis of all matter beings, so they were all stuck in the same issue .
In the previous timeline, the Abyss Event occurred when Draco and Eva had been Rank 5 . The spatial tear then, had admittedly been twenty times larger than the one Draco left behind, so it was something so calamitous that even with the high level of players back then, many got crippled and had to start again .
And having to start again after Update 5 had come out… one could imagine the horror of it, especially for females .
This spatial tear was much smaller and very thin . Anything that could squeeze its way through should not be any stronger than Rank 1 at most, which was why the AI didn't bother to mobilize the NPCs like it had when a monster like Ratchet had gone wild .
As for that past event involving Ratchet, the players weren't required to take part . They were supposed to find a corner to hide like rats while the natives of the world dealt with the problem .
This event wouldn't be as catastrophic in comparison, especially because of Draco and Eva's special existence, as well as Umbra's presence . One could even call it a goldmine for them, as they could use it to gather experience, money, reputation and Aetheric Energy from Void Monsters .
Even with that, Draco and Eva were angry because… it was far too early! An event like this would open many avenues for current players to explore, and that was a problem .
Draco and Eva weren't worried about the playerbase achieving the same skill level as those in their past life . After all, while they had been ranked 3rd and 4th in terms of power, the two of them had been 1st and 2nd in terms of skill .
No, the thing bothering them was the possibility of the knowledgebase of the players increasing so soon . For example, Gentle Flower and Noble Soul would have never have given Draco and Eva all their Aether Crystals if they knew it could be used in this event, even if the duo threatened a Guild War .
Draco sighed and let the anger bleed out of him . Apart from the Abyss Key, he would deal Myriad Card and Lorebinders a heavy blow as a deterrent to others .
After all, the event had been announced worldwide, but the spatial tear was concentrated in the ruined Plains of Deriam . Unless a guild had members as foolish as those from Myriad Cards and Lorebinders, they would have to observe from the outskirts .
Essentially, it would be just like a repeat of the Dragon Slaying event, only that every guild in Boundless would be present there, in either full-force or semi-full force .
With so many guilds around, Umbra would have to exert force if they wanted to retain exclusive control and rights over the area .
Draco would have to use a mixture of force and diplomacy to manage that . No matter how it went down, he couldn't take down almost every guild in Boundless . The number of players reached the millions, and that wasn't something he could handle . . . yet .
Draco left the Common Room and went to the Vita Settlement after much thought . He also sent a private message to Eva as he did .
"I'm going to see what is up with the Aether Mine and the Dragoness . - Draco"
"No problem . I'll handle the members of Umbra in the meantime . Don't forget to check out the slaves I trained for you in the meantime . - Eva"
He recalled that she had elaborated on her happenings while he was away, and that included taking the core members to an auction at The Bazaar .
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