Novel Full Chapter 497: Money Poll
Chapter 497: Money Poll
After Cold Flare unconsciously voiced his taunt, the rest soon began to realize there were indeed a few people missing from the original number.
Aside from Emberwolf, there were actually a few more people who could not be found.
"Oh right, I forgot to enable the feature." At this moment, Xu Feng suddenly realized something and turned on a few features back for his raid members.
A few seconds later, the others came to a realization that around 20 players had their names grayed out in the list, equivalent to saying that they had been eliminated from the raid.
They were probably still hovering around in their ghost-like forms, but they were no longer capable of helping the battle.
"How did so many players die?" Gentle Wind furrowed her brows, finding these numbers to be abnormal.
Even Stormspear from the Storm Runners Adventure Team nodded his head in agreement. No matter how badly they played due to a new environment, they can't possibly be that terrible, right?
Stormspear was one of the few unaware of the undercurrent that had been happening, so he gazed at Xu Feng. "Was there something wrong with the information and data given to them?"
Hearing that question, Xu Feng shook his head and found a prime spot to stand on.
He clapped his hands a few times, bringing everyone's attention to him.
Once everyone was focused on him, Xu Feng announced, "For those who have died, you all can relax. They died because they were part of the sabotage group who wanted to ruin the raid."
"A sabotage?"
"The rumors were actually real?"
"Hot damn, someone really wanted to sabotage the raid."
"And these people actually paid real money to sabotage? I want that kind of sabotage too!"
The crowd went into an uproar, especially those who were the lower-ranking members who weren't privy to much confidential information.
Simultaneously, OneManMedia's stream was currently exploding in the comment section, with many going bunkers at the revelation that the death count was filled with saboteurs.
[No wonder the raid seemed a bit slow. Guild Leader Lin Feng was catching saboteurs and raiding at the same time.]--- Anonymous User 2304
[Lin Feng: Raid? Nah, I'm catching the RATS!]--- Anonymous User 1341
[I was wondering if my castles went to waste, but this is more juicy than the television show.]--- Anonymous User 6666
[Spread the Wealth Anonymous User 6666!]--- Anonymous User 420
Browsing through the fast-paced comment section, OneManMedia saw a surge of activity and the response was going in a good direction.
Naturally, there were still some users talking badly about Xu Feng's conduct.
Things such as why he spent time dealing with saboteurs and not focused on the raid. Another most common being that he was stalling to generate more income and publicity.
However, OneManMedia had no intention of clarifying or even entertaining these commenters.
Without a doubt, these people should have been bought by the Reaver Guild or those jealous of the Vanguard Guild's current popularity.
By addressing them, it meant that he would give them a spotlight to echo their negativity further.
'Hmph, keep on commenting like fools. I have the comments saved and will investigate it once the raid is over.' OneManMedia sneered inwardly.
While this was ongoing, Cold Flare raised another doubt, "Wait, so if the Sky Hunters Adventure Team and Astral Guild were the saboteurs, then why are they alive?"
Cold Flare then pointed at the few survivors such as Soulstrider and Spirit Fang.
"What are you pointing your fingers at?" Soulstrider coldly snorted and continued, "I've been doing my duty in clearing the oppressive pillars. If you don't believe me, then Blake from the Solaris Guild can vouch for me."
"Yes, that's the truth," Blake nodded his head and vouched for the latter almost instantaneously.
Stupefied, Cold Flare was starting to get confused by the situation. So were they saboteurs or not?
Alas, he couldn't get to ask further when his boss, Moon Arrow halted him.
"Since the saboteurs and oppressive pillars have been cleared, can we still proceed with the raid?" Moon Arrow inquired, clearly skeptical of their success rate.
If a raid required 100 players, they were not shortened by a large margin already. It would be ridiculous to not doubt whether they could proceed any further.
As Moon Arrow brought up a crucial point, Xu Feng didn't falter and laughed in amusement.
"How's the viewers' reacting?" Rather than replying to Moon Arrow directly, Xu Feng turned to OneManMedia.
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"The viewers are asking about if you can succeed or not." OneManMedia hurriedly replied after glancing at the comment sections.
"Very well, create a money poll and have them vote whether we can succeed in the raid of the boss in one attempt or not. The payout rate for failure is 1 to 5 and the success payout rate is 1 to 1." Xu Feng exclaimed, taking the opportunity to create a gambling poll.
Meanwhile, the raid members soon felt their faces twitching at Xu Feng's conduct.
A gambling poll at this moment?
Was he being serious right now?
Their doubts were soon cleared, given that OneManMedia wasted no time in creating the poll, going as far as clamoring for it like some third-rate pop-up advertisement that people usually exit out immediately.
"Come on, the poll will end in 5 minutes, so make sure to place your vote. The payout rate is 1 to 5 for failure!" OneManMedia exclaimed excitedly, almost as if he was praying for the raid to fail.
Little did they know, OneManMedia had bet his own income on the successful raid outcome.
'Hmph, as if I will believe Guild Leader Lin Feng is that generous. He's definitely confident so the payout failure rate is just a bait to steal more money from the viewers.' OneManMedia would be a fool to believe Xu Feng had a sudden change of heart.
As the scene turned very lively despite the grim atmosphere, Zhao Xin grabbed Zhao Kai aside and asked, "Is your Guild Leader that short of funds? Also, where is your friend, Cool Wind?"
"He's busy earning some extra money…" Zhao Kai responded awkwardly, his gaze subtly looking at Xu Feng.