Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 110: Making up for one's crime with merit
"Repairing a crime while serving one's duty"! Once these four words were announced, Desert Eagle, Light Dance, and even Long Xingtianxia's tense face relaxed a little. There was a slight commotion in the originally silent meeting room. Some people let out a long breath, or muttered a few words quietly, regaining a little vitality. Even I couldn't help but feel a little happy. At least they didn't directly dismiss us and lead to the worst outcome. I don't care too much about being a director or not. Anyway, I'm not a leader and don't have much desire for power. But I can't afford to lose this person - being driven off the stage in such a cowardly way, leaving people with the impression of "incompetence", such grievances may be tolerable before, but now I can't swallow this breath, and I must make the Church of Light pay the corresponding price.
Where there are satisfied people, there must be disappointed people. Qiu Shui Chang Tian's eyes, which were originally full of expectation, showed a trace of sadness. His body, which was sitting straight and leaning forward, lost its support and leaned weakly on the sofa. Several directors who supported him beside him also showed more or less frustrated and lost expressions, as if they were regretting the loss of a good opportunity to take power. Another person who was more depressed than him was Bisat. Although the system considered the normal development of the "Resistance Alliance", in this troubled time, the Dark Council needed to maintain stability and should not make too much adjustment, so it allowed Long Xing Tian Xia and the other three chairmen and our group to make meritorious contributions. However, such a serious accident happened, and we must explain it to the other members of the alliance. As the recommender of the traitor Sha Hai, Bisat had an unshirkable direct responsibility. It was natural to impose severe punishment on this and quell the resentment within the alliance. Therefore, he did not get the opportunity to "make amends for his crime" and was immediately dismissed from his position as organizer. He was also disqualified from running for the director position for the next three months, and his right to recommend other players to join the alliance was permanently deprived.
Bisat, who was no longer a director, lost the qualification to continue to attend the director meeting and had to leave sadly. Long Xing Tianxia began to announce the specific matters of "making meritorious service while guilty" - in view of the fact that the reputation of the "Resistance Alliance" was greatly affected by this incident, it was necessary to deal a heavy blow to the Church of Light in the short term, fully demonstrate the ability of our Dark Council, and try to restore the damaged reputation. Therefore, each of the 28 current directors, including the three chairmen, must launch or participate in at least one action that can have a greater impact within three days to curb the momentum of the Church of Light as soon as possible. The merits established will be judged based on the results achieved and the performance of each director in the action. They can act alone or multiple directors may attack together. However, the more people participate in an action, the less merits will be allocated to each person. If the standard set by the system is not met, you will still not be able to keep your position as a director after three days. Furthermore, since the main responsibility lies with us directors, "making up for our mistakes by making amends" is an opportunity given by the system to us as individuals to atone for our mistakes. Therefore, the Dark Council cannot mobilize members of the "Resistance Alliance" to help and waste collective resources for private use. We cannot also seek help from neutral forces, lest our dark camp appears more incompetent. The most we can do is to ask friends in the alliance for help on an individual basis.
This is only the first stage of "making up for our crimes", which is just a small compensation for the mistakes we made. It also gives us a reason to continue to occupy the position of director and shut up the other members. During the remaining term, we need to continue to attack and strive to make more meritorious deeds to offset the negative evaluation given to us by the system. To keep the position of speaker or director, we "sinners" need to work harder than those opponents in the opposition.
The system's approval allows us to launch a full-scale counterattack, which will trigger an increasingly fierce head-on struggle between the two major camps of light and darkness in "Tianxia", indicating that the two major camps of light and darkness have completely torn apart the last layer of gentle disguise between each other. From now on, the protagonists on the stage will be the continuous violent conflicts and bloody killings between players of the two camps. There will be no room for buffer, and "Tianxia" has thus entered a new stage.
After reading the resolution made by the system, the first three-day assessment period officially began. The four major factions now occupy the majority of the Dark Council. Everyone has their own thoughts. Because of the setting of sharing merits, it is definitely impossible for all 28 directors to act together. Therefore, after a brief discussion, they dispersed and hurriedly planned to prepare actions to attack the Church of Light to keep their positions. However, after everyone's plan is confirmed, it must be reported to Long Xingtianxia in a timely manner. He, Damao Feiying, and Qingwu Feiyang will coordinate in the middle to avoid conflicts in the selected targets and miss important things. They can also cooperate with each other according to their actions, which may make it easier to succeed.
At the suggestion of Long Xing Tianxia and Bai Yunjian, A Feng, I and three other directors who belonged to the Dragon Department stayed to discuss countermeasures. The action that could have a greater impact on the Church of Light was usually to destroy the Cathedral of Light in the city. It was easy and familiar, and the chance of success was greater. Now the player has been promoted to the eighth level profession. Fortunately, it has not been long, and only a few players have successfully promoted. The Church of Light has not adjusted the configuration of the NPC guards stationed in the church. Except for the Western Continent, which is the fundamental place of the Church of Light and has a stronger defense force, the standard configuration of the churches in the other three continents is to have two elite eighth-level NPCs and twelve elite eighth-level NPCs, as well as ten teams of one hundred and twenty seventh-level NPCs. According to Long Xing Tianxia's estimation, the merits earned by successfully destroying a Cathedral of Light can only allow three directors to pass the first round of tests at most, and he himself, as the chairman, bears a heavier responsibility. If you choose to attack the church, you can only do it alone, and it is impossible to join forces with other directors. If the three speakers, deputy speakers, and twenty-five directors all chose the Cathedral of Light as their target to "make amends for their crimes", they would have to successfully destroy at least ten of them. One or two might not be a big deal by now, but losing so many churches in a row within three days would definitely cause a sensation in "The World".
Of course, having taken such a big advantage, the Church of Light will certainly be on guard against the report of the "Resistance Alliance" and will definitely strengthen its vigilance. And although it cannot increase the number of garrisons in each cathedral, through the lessons of the previous times, the Church of Light has revised the relevant regulations. Each church where the continental branch is located has an additional group of mobile NPC troops that can respond quickly, which can be deployed in advance to temporarily increase the church's garrison. Therefore, to attack the church, it is necessary to make various arrangements to lure and confuse the enemy, so that the Church of Light cannot detect the real attack target in advance, and deploy personnel support in advance. If the operation is to succeed and destroy the church, it is not so easy.
After some discussion, the other three decided to attack the church. As long as they succeeded, they could temporarily keep their positions as directors, which would solve the current urgent problem and allow them to make plans later. Then they said goodbye and left, anxious to plan specific actions. Only Long Xingtianxia, Bai Yunjian, me and A Feng were left in the meeting room.
"What plans do you two have? Are you planning on attacking a church as well?"
"If Boss Long has other better actions, Ah Dai and I can take part in them."
"If we only choose one church to attack in the Eastern Continent, it would seem safer at first glance, but the four of us must divide our forces to destroy at least two churches. If Qiu Shui Chang Tian wants to take advantage of this opportunity to covet my position as Speaker, he must strive to achieve greater merits. His faction must also attack at least two or even three churches. Attacking half of the churches on a continent at the same time is a matter of interest. Everyone is acting on their own and cannot coordinate and command in a unified manner. It is easy for them to influence each other and make deviations, which will jeopardize the success of the operation."
"Oh, Boss Long, do you mean to attack targets in the western continent instead? But this time we don't have the support of the dark NPCs, and we don't have the ability to invade cities controlled by the Church of Light to carry out sabotage. If we want to attack other churches in the same neutral city, there are two level nine NPCs in charge, which is more difficult and requires more manpower. However, the sphere of influence of the Church of Light can be said to be full of their spies, and it is difficult to avoid their reconnaissance with too many people involved. If they see through our plot and take precautions in advance, we will have no chance of winning."
I also hastily raised an objection, "What's more, I am now a wanted criminal, and my identity will be exposed at a glance. As long as I appear in any city in the Western Continent, I will probably cause a sensation and attract countless pursuers."
After listening to my and Afeng's concerns, Long Xingtianxia smiled slightly and said, "I do plan to plan a major operation in the Western Continent. It has always been the sphere of influence of the Church of Light. If it succeeds, the impact will definitely be greater than the two churches captured in the Eastern Continent. And you don't have to worry. The target of the planned attack is not in the city. Although it is a bit difficult to lurk there, it is not impossible."
"Not in the city? Is there any military target of the Church of Light worth attacking in the wilderness?"
"I think Ah Dai should know this best." Long Xing Tianxia turned his gaze to me.
"What, I know?" I was stunned. "Boss Long, don't be ridiculous. You all know that I spend most of my time in the 'Dead Soul Space'. I only have a general understanding of the affairs of the human world. How can I know the arrangements of the Church of Light?"
"You are the only necromancer among the four of us. Where is the place where you advance to the sixth level and above?"
"The 'Death Canyon' in the Western Continent, this is no longer a secret, many players should know it, you..." Just when I said this, I suddenly understood, "Do you want to attack the group of light NPCs stationed in front of the 'Death Canyon'?" When I first advanced to the sixth-level necromancer profession, I had to break through a level before I could cross the "Death Canyon" and reach the "Undead Castle". In order to complete the promotion task, I also took great pains to kill a small group of light NPCs who were changing guards. However, after that, I only needed to go through the teleportation point to enter and exit the "Death Canyon". I no longer had to force my way through that level. It became a useless decoration and was gradually forgotten by me. Now I almost don't remember its existence.
Long Xingtian nodded. "Similar to the function of the 'Mind Castle', which is our nominal headquarters but is actually just a convenient gathering place, the Church of Light's garrison outside the 'Death Canyon' is more symbolic than practical. Undead wizards no longer need to go in and out of the canyon to advance, but they still insist on stationing a group of NPC troops there, more to show the strong position of the Church of Light - openly stationing troops to block such an important place as the promotion place of undead wizards, but being unable to do anything to them, is definitely an insult to the undead wizard profession, and it also shows to other professional players that our dark camp is still at a disadvantage and has to endure the oppression of the Church of Light. As long as we send troops to eliminate this group of light NPC garrisons and completely destroy their camps and raze them to the ground, the Church of Light will not be able to recover easily. Publicizing it should also be considered a glorious victory for our 'Resistance Alliance'."
"We don't know the level and number of the NPCs of Light stationed at the entrance of the canyon. We can only recruit people from within the alliance in our personal capacity. We also need to sneak into the Western Continent, which is full of the eyes and ears of the Church of Light. We may also receive reinforcements from players of Light at any time during the battle. If they are too strong and we can't deal with them as soon as possible, we may not be able to achieve our goal."
"According to the latest intelligence from the inside, since the players were promoted to level 8 professions, the NPC garrison at the entrance of the canyon has also been adjusted accordingly. The leaders are two level 9 paladins and cardinals, as well as four teams of 48 elite level 8 NPCs, and eight teams of 96 level 7 NPC teams. If you and I go into battle together, we only need to gather about 200 expert players. The scale is not very large, and the risk of being discovered in advance will be much smaller. We should have a greater chance of success."
Afeng and I looked at each other and were both quite interested. Although the overall strength of this group of bright NPC garrisons is much stronger than the NPCs stationed in the church, and there is a level nine NPC leading them, they lack the help of the two holy objects in the church - the "holy disk" and the "twelve-winged golden angel statue". With me and Long Xingtianxia, the two top masters of the two dark professions, leading the battle, there is no doubt that there is no chance of victory. I have already subdued many lower-level level nine bone dragons and bone giants. As long as there is support from my companions and I can buy some time, I should be able to fight even against the level nine bright NPCs.
"There is one thing I want to make clear in advance. As the Speaker, I have a greater responsibility than you, and I need to make more achievements to offset my mistakes. I can't bring Xiaobai along, and I'm embarrassed to push him out to share your achievements, so I have to plan a more difficult task. The higher the benefits, the greater the risks. You must think carefully before making a decision. After all, as Afeng just said, our action this time is to go deep into the sphere of influence of the Church of Light. There are too many variables. We may be discovered by the Church of Light in advance, or the Church of Light may suddenly increase the strength of its garrison there during this tense period, or some players of Light may arrive to support us during the battle, causing us to fail. If we fail in this battle, you two will have to step down with me. If you fail to seize this opportunity to 'make up for your crimes' and reduce your responsibilities, it will be very detrimental to your future development, especially Afeng's." Without waiting for Afeng and I to respond, Long Xingtianxia changed the subject and warned us. I may not have a big problem. After all, with my ability, even if I lose this opportunity, I should be able to make a comeback in a few months. But Afeng, who has been barely elected many times, is in more danger. Faced with increasingly fierce competition, he may fall into decline and never make a comeback.
However, Afeng did not hesitate at all. "It doesn't matter. The greater the risk, the greater the reward. I don't want to be in the relegation zone every month. I have worked hard to stay in the league. With this opportunity of 'making up for my crime', maybe I can take the opportunity to earn a little more merit and get rid of the embarrassing situation of staying in the league every month."
At that moment, we made a preliminary action plan. As long as we have this plan, it means that we have officially registered with Long Xing Tian Xia, the speaker. Even if other directors also want to attack the canyon mouth, we applied first and have evidence to prove it, so they can only give up. This is the privilege of being the speaker. Then A Feng and I hurriedly said goodbye and left, and went back to select the alliance members to participate in the action. After all, the main purpose of this action is to help the four of us "make meritorious contributions while guilty". Most of the high-level NPCs of light must be killed by us, and we cannot have selfish thoughts and compete with us for merit. Therefore, it is not only required that the participants are strong, but also have a good relationship with us. After a large list is drawn up as soon as possible, the final determination will be made based on the candidates of Long Xing Tian Xia. Fortunately, the Tongxin League has become the "public enemy of light", and the whole group has joined the "Resistance Alliance". It should not be a problem to gather hundreds of expert players who are willing to help me and A Feng.
According to the news that kept coming in, the Church of Light was indeed worried that we would report it, and ordered all churches to strengthen their guard. The NPCs were all in combat mode, ready to deal with surprise attacks at any time. What made us even more depressed was that the scum Shahai did not rush to change his job like the previous traitor, Ye Ban Wu Ren - the Desert Eagle kept a close eye on the eleven churches in the southern continent, but never found any trace of him. Perhaps he knew that we were scolding him and hated him so much that he dared not show up in public and refused to give us the opportunity to kill him to vent our anger.
