Chapter 100 -100-Black Rose Guild War

Chapter 100: Chapter100-Black Rose Guild War

Human Realm.

Near Dawnstar City.

Inside a player-built city.

Black Rose Headquarters.

The towering guild hall had long since lost its usual neat appearance.

Cracks covered the walls.

From outside came the constant roar of battle cries and exploding skills.

BOOM!

Another deafening blast rang out.

The entire building shook with it.

Fine dust drifted down from the vaulted ceiling.

Zoey sat in the deepest part of the hall.

Yet she didn’t immediately pay attention to the fighting outside.

Her eyes were fixed on the server-wide announcement that had just appeared.

[Congratulations to player "Endbringer" for achieving the first Citybreaker Tier BOSS kill in the entire server!]

[Kill Target: Lv50 Citybreaker Tier BOSS — Ottor · Darkseal!]

She stared at those lines for several seconds.

The corner of her mouth couldn’t help twitching.

"This guy..."

"Isn’t his progress getting a little terrifying?"

Other players were still grinding levels and running dungeons around the major cities.

John was already killing Citybreaker Tier BOSSes.

And judging from his recent movements.

He clearly wasn’t even on a normal map anymore.

"Don’t tell me he actually went straight into the Dark Realm?"

The moment Zoey finished speaking—

BOOM—!!!

An explosion even more violent than the last suddenly erupted outside!

The entire hall shook violently.

The glass of water on the table toppled over.

"Guild Leader!!"

The doors were suddenly thrown open.

Nonoa stumbled inside.

Her usually soft, round face was now filled with panic.

"The wall’s been breached!"

The faint smile on Zoey’s face vanished instantly.

She shot upright.

"Which side?"

"West!"

Nonoa hurried to the table and directly shared the Guild War panel.

[Guild War: Gray Ledger VS Black Rose]

[Black Rose City Integrity: 41%]

[Gray Ledger Siege Progress: 58.7%]

[Current progress continues to increase...]

Almost there.

Just a little more.

And it would reach 60%.

Zoey stared at the number.

Her expression gradually darkened.

Gray Ledger was clearly serious this time.

Whether it was manpower.

Equipment.

Or organizational scale.

The two sides weren’t even in the same league.

Black Rose simply hadn’t existed long enough.

She could use money to quickly gather a large number of players.

But there was no way to build a truly mature guild army in such a short period of time.

Not to mention Gray Ledger itself was already a colossal organization that existed both in reality and in the game.

The sounds of fighting outside were getting closer.

Zoey remained silent for several seconds.

Then suddenly looked up.

"Nonoa."

"Put out an announcement immediately."

Nonoa hurriedly nodded.

"What should I say?"

Zoey’s voice was calm.

"Notify every guild and player willing to help Black Rose."

"From this moment on, during the Guild War, I’ll personally pay ten thousand dollars for every participating Gray Ledger player they kill."

Nonoa froze.

"How much?"

"Ten thousand dollars."

"Per person?!"

Nonoa’s eyes went wide.

There were thousands of Gray Ledger members participating in the siege outside!

If the fighting really continued like this...

No amount of money would be enough to burn through!

"Zoey, are you sure? Gray Ledger brought at least several thousand people this time. What if someone keeps reviving and rejoining the fight—"

"Don’t worry about it."

Zoey cut her off directly.

"Post it now."

"Drag this out for as long as we can."

Nonoa looked at her.

Then nodded hard.

"Okay!"

With that.

She immediately turned and rushed out of the hall.

Before long.

A massive bounty appeared in the nearby regional channel.

The entire battlefield instantly erupted.

Zoey, however, collapsed back into her chair.

She raised a hand and rubbed her forehead.

Of course money could buy manpower.

But the one thing Gray Ledger lacked least.

Was money.

This method wouldn’t hold for long.

She opened her friend chat again.

Right at the top.

Was still the same name.

[Endbringer]

Below it was already a long string of messages she had sent.

Not a single one had received a reply.

[FireRose: Where are you?]

[FireRose: Reply when you see this.]

[FireRose: Gray Ledger declared war on us.]

[FireRose: We can barely hold the city anymore.]

[FireRose: If you’re free, hurry back.]

...

All unread.

Zoey stared at the chat window.

For a long time, she didn’t type anything else.

She knew.

John was most likely in the middle of some mission where he couldn’t afford even the slightest distraction.

Otherwise, there was no way he would’ve gone this long without even checking his messages.

But now...

She genuinely couldn’t think of any other solution.

Zoey looked up at the guild hall, which was still trembling from the fighting outside.

She let out a soft sigh.

"What am I supposed to do..."

"You’d better see my messages soon."

...

Meanwhile.

Outside Black Rose’s city.

Gray Ledger’s temporary command post.

Compared to the defenders, who had already been thrown into complete chaos.

Everything here was orderly.

A massive battlefield projection hovered in the center of the hall.

Dozens of players continuously reported the situation in each combat zone.

The Gray Ledger Guild Leader stood before the projection.

And quickly received the latest report.

"Guild Leader."

"Black Rose has started placing bounties on our participating members."

One of the officers beside him couldn’t help laughing.

"That FireRose is finally getting desperate?"

"She wants to buy reinforcements with money?"

"When it comes to funding, who would dare compete with Gray Ledger?"

Another officer sneered as well.

"Ten thousand dollars per kill."

"Looks like she’s really been backed into a corner."

The Guild Leader didn’t laugh.

He merely watched the battlefield data calmly.

Just then.

Unit Three Leader strode into the room.

"Guild Leader."

"The western wall has been breached."

"Our people are advancing into the city."

He opened the progress panel.

"At the current rate, Black Rose will completely lose the ability to resist within two hours at most."

The Guild Leader nodded.

"Keep pushing."

"Don’t give them a chance to reorganize their defenses."

"Understood."

Unit Three Leader didn’t leave immediately.

After hesitating for a moment.

He still asked.

"Guild Leader, there’s something I haven’t been able to figure out."

"Speak."

"Black Rose has developed quickly, but this is still the extent of their current scale."

He frowned.

"Other than FireRose and the Staff of Judgment, I don’t see anything there worth mobilizing this much force for."

This time.

Gray Ledger hadn’t deployed only ordinary members.

They had brought in large numbers of elite teams.

High-tier equipment.

Siege resources.

They had even postponed several dungeon runs that had already been scheduled.

The cost was enormous.

If all this was just to kill two players.

It seemed excessive no matter how he looked at it.

The Guild Leader didn’t explain.

He simply raised a hand.

A translucent screen flew toward Unit Three Leader.

"See for yourself."

Unit Three Leader took it in confusion.

The next second.

His pupils contracted sharply.

The screen was filled with announcements.

Almost every single one of them was connected to the same name.

[Endbringer...]

[Endbringer...]

[Endbringer...]

[First...]

[First Kill...]

[Legionbreaker Tier...]

[Citybreaker Tier...]

The farther down he read.

The stiffer Unit Three Leader’s expression became.

By the end.

An inexplicable chill had even begun crawling up his spine.