Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

I'll send a messenger pigeon to the allied sect masters and Alliance Master Night Rain Follows Wind. We'll hold back Class One Hall together with you!"

  Once she managed to get the two alliance masters to state their stance, Phantasmal Shadow reached her goal.

  Since Class One Hall launched such a major operation, there was no way Mu Clan will sit by and do nothing. Chivalry Sect also bore a grudge against Class One Hall that will not end unless one of them died, so they will definitely respond to the call gladly!

  When Mu Clan did something about the situation, it will be time for Wind Assault Tower, Wind and Rain Alliance, and Chivalry Sect to send their forces north!

  Chapter 834 - Favorable Opportunity, Good Geographical Position, and Support from the People

  When he received the warning letter from Thunderous Battle, Happy was stunned for a long time before he said something that caused Red Coral to be speechless. "This woman… she caused such a huge ruckus… Could it be that the time of the month for her has arrived?"

  Red Coral pretended that she did not hear what he said. She turned her head around and stared at the horizon. As the 10,000-man commander died, the Mongolian cavaliers were also subsequently killed by Happy and the martial artists around them. Red Coral will naturally not leave by pretending that she did not know him. She took the initiative to come over and meet Happy, but she did not expect that she would just be in time to witness this happening.

  Class One Hall had destroyed more than five hundred Wind Assault Tower elites in one go, including Phantasmal Shadow. At the same time, they also killed more than one thousand members from Wind and Rain Alliance. They had even engaged in a battle against the Mu Clan members led by Silver Wolf and Phoenix Dances.

  Everything happened too suddenly!

  While Happy headed to the site of the incident, Happy thought about the meaning behind Dream Clouds' actions.

  In truth, Happy was actually very surprised by Dream Clouds' act of suddenly fighting against Mu Clan.

  But based on the bits and pieces of information he gathered on his way to the battlefield, Happy finally slowly came to understand the cause and effect of the entire incident.

  The source of the fight came from Class One Hall's domineering acts as well as Phantasmal Shadow and Wind and Rain Alliance rising to fight against them.

  Then, Mu Clan intervened, and Eleventh Crane had accurately drained Blood Robes of all his points with one accurate headshot.

  When he heard the later piece of news, Happy was a little shocked.

  'Eleventh Crane actually snatched away something so awesome?'

  Not only had Class One Hall members appeared in Aru City and nearby cities, the mobilization of Class One Hall members had also become very frequent in the cities near Mu Clan's branches.

  That was not all.

  There was a continuous stream of Class One Hall parties entering the plains, and the Wind Assault Tower as well as Wind and Rain Alliance members everywhere felt the impact. Very soon, the people from Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect were also directly affected by this.

  Happy could understand why Mu Clan was attacked. After all, Blood Robes was the vice hall master of Class One Hall.

  If any other top-class sect had their vice hall master killed by an unknown member of Mu Clan, it was impossible for them to not fly into a rage.

  But Chivalry Sect seemed to be rather innocent in this entire mess.

  Due to the fact that they were allies with Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect, when they saw that Mu Clan members were attacked by Class One Hall members, the people from Chivalry Sect also rushed over.

  The end result of it was that the Chivalry Sect members on the plains also became a huge target for Class One Hall.

  Then, Happy continuously received letters from Thunderous Battle asking for permission to go to war. Phoenix Dances did the same thing, and so did Rampaging Dragon. Then, Wind Assault Tower's Phantasmal Tower, Wind and Rain Alliance's Night Rain Follows Wind, and Chivalry Sect's Wind Void all sent him letters stating that since Dream Clouds has decided to launch a large scale attack this time, they will play along with her and push down Class One Hall in the process!

  "Red Coral, you're the military advisor for Black Rose Clan. Tell me what you think of this."

  Happy suddenly sprung this question on Red Coral while he rode on his horse.

  She was clearly stunned for a moment, seemingly surprised by how Happy would actually ask for her opinion at such an important time.

  But Red Coral soon adjusted her emotions. She furrowed her eyebrows and thought about this for a moment before she voiced her thoughts after she analyzed the situation a little, "Based on what I remember, Dream Clouds is a very powerful person, and she won't do something that she isn't confident with."

  Happy said nothing about that. He just nodded.

  This was something many people understood.

  Besides, this time, Dream Clouds had resolutely declared war on four great factions of power. This was a major operation, and she could do it at ease. In just the blink of an eye, she seemed to be able to mobilize all tens of thousands of members from her hall in one night. There was no way a person who had her emotions control her thoughts will be able to deploy her troops so carefully and in such a well thought out manner in anger.

  "The Emperor's Announcement event will provide protection to all sects and their branches during the month of the event, and it's effective to all sects in the Chinese server. To Dream Clouds, this is a favorable opportunity. The war happened at the Mongolian border, and to Class One Hall, it's as if the war happened at their backyard, and this is a geographical advantage. Right now, Dream Clouds used the reason of Blood Robes' death to attack us and managed to gather everyone from Class One Hall so that they can be focused on attacking us, and this is because she has the support from her people. Dream Clouds has a favorable opportunity, geographical advantage, and support from her people. By the looks of it, she might be serious this time."

  "...A brilliant analysis."

  Happy's eyes lit up, and he immediately viewed Red Coral at a greater light.

  Even though he realized that Dream Clouds might have a scheme for her becoming aggressive at this moment, after Red Coral's explanation, he instantly found everything to be presented clearly to him, and everything that Dream Clouds did also became much clearer.

  It was no wonder why Black Rose Clan, a gaming guild who only took in female players, had been able to last until now. Red Coral's views were indeed extraordinary.

  Sometimes, when she viewed certain things, she was indeed much more attentive and s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to details!

  Happy could not help but ask, "When you say that Class One Hall has favorable opportunities, geographical advantage, and support from their own people, are you saying that we will definitely lose if we fight against Class One Hall?"

  "If you do it now, you will definitely lose!"

  Red Coral's firm tone caused Happy to frown a little.

  She seemed to be able to see that Happy could not accept her answer, and she was unable to control herself from adding, "What I mean is that if we attack with our full strength against Class One Hall right now, we will definitely lose."

  "What do you mean?" Happy could tell that she had an underlying meaning in her words.

  Red Clouds spoke freely and boldly as she went straight to the point, "Even if Mu Clan, Chivalry Sect, Wind Assault Tower, along with Wind and Rain Alliance add all their members together, we don't even have forty thousand people on our side. Aside from Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect's strength being slightly up to standard, Wind Assault Tower doesn't have enough elites, and they have only a few members. Wind and Rain Alliance has more than twenty sects under them, and while they have a lot of members, they have too few elites, and their members are not united. We can't guarantee that they're willing to give up everything to fight to the death. At the end of the day, the ones who can truly fight in a war of attrition against Class One Hall is really only Mu Clan and Chival
ry Sect."

  This was something he had to admit.

  "Our forces of power are at the south, and we'll need at least five days to gather them and send them to the north. But that's only to the north, and they'll only be able to enter Class One Hall's territory by then, not to the borders."

  Happy nodded again. The data Red Coral gave him was still rather on the reserved side, because the mobilization of forces from different cities was very troublesome, and it cannot be settled with just one sentence. Class One Hall's branches were stationed everywhere in the north, and it will be very easy for them to set up obstacles for Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect on the paths that they must take. It was basically impossible for the forces at the south to make it to the borders within five days.

  "Five days is enough to shave off our patience, and it's also enough for the people from Class One Hall to completely control the War Achievement Point Rank at the borders!"

  Red Coral's words caused Happy to regard her with a new light once again.

  Once they controlled the Guanlin Temples, Class One Hall had already won half the fight.

  In truth, this was precisely what Class One Hall was doing right now, and they had already caused the people from Wind Assault Tower as well as Wind and Rain Alliance to not dare come out.

  The more Red Coral spoke, the graver her expression became. "We only have so few people. The situation is better for us if we stay at the event area at the borders, but if we left the event area and die, we can forget about escaping from Class One Hall's hands. Five days is enough for Class One Hall to control the war achievement system, and as long as Dream Clouds orders a certain group of people to fight for war titles, we'll no longer be able to attack them in front of any NPCs! That includes the time when we are in the event area and outside the event area…"

  Chapter 835 - Omitted Information

  The information that Red Coral revealed caused Happy to be stunned, and at the same time, slightly astonished.

  Since the start of the event, there were still very few people who gained military titles, but based on the information that Red Coral coincidentally obtained from the forums, it was clear that those who obtained military titles could get certain benefits.

  When players obtained military titles, they will obtain the acknowledgement from the military. Becoming a part of the army will make whosoever attacked or harmed the players who obtained military titles will be the same as insulting the emperor. They will be hunted down by the army and the imperial court. At that time, not only will their military achievements be reduced to zero, later on, they might not even be able to participate in any quests.

  After all, a player will already need two hundred military points to get even the lowest military title—5-man commander. This already meant that they will need to kill twenty Mongolian cavaliers. Hence, there were already quite a lot of players who had already used the points they obtained in exchange for the title of a 5-man commander, which was the lowest military title available.

  Also, since they were still at the first day, many players did not dare cause trouble and played the game together in harmony, which was why those who had the military titles did not manage to trigger the benefits brought by their military titles.

  There were also not many people who got to learn the information that had been leaked to the public.

  However, there were not many people in Mu Clan who learned about this. As of current, Red Coral was the only one who mentioned this among the higher ups, and this was already something that caused Happy to be wary. They were a large sect, and if they were behind times when it came to information gathering, it will be very fatal to them.

  It was just as Red Coral said, if Mu Clan recklessly fought against Class One Hall, since they did not know about the dual existence of the military title system and the quests from Emperor's Announcement, the situation will be increasingly bad for Mu Clan.

  When he thought of this, Happy ordered Red Coral with a stern tone. "Next time, whenever you have any information, remember to share it with Thunderous Battle, Silver Wolf, and Phoenix Dances."

  "Got it." Red Coral nodded in shock.

  Her unintentional words might have allowed her to perform a meritorious deed.

  *****

  [Those who have war achievement points, immediately exchange them for military titles, even if it's the lowest title, 5-man commander!

  [When you fight against Class One Hall, make sure that there isn't any NPC around you. If there is, try to avoid fighting at all costs, unless you are certain that your enemy doesn't have any military title.]

  Two pieces of information were swiftly sent to all Mu Clan members, Wind Assault Tower members, Chivalry Sect members, as well as Wind and Rain Alliance members!

  *****

  "Then are we still going now?" Red Coral asked.

  Happy nodded without hesitation. "Of course!"

  Red Coral frowned slightly. Happy already knew that this was a scheme Dream Clouds set up, if he continued heading to the spot where the battle broke out, it will be a little too irrational.

  If she were in her place, she will definitely return to the camp right now and get a military title. Even if they wanted to fight, they should wait until then.

  When he noticed the puzzlement in Red Coral's eyes, Happy was generous with sharing his thoughts. "Since there must be NPCs around the area for the military title system to provide protection to the players, it means that there are still loopholes to be exploited. As long as we get rid of all the NPCs in the area, we'll be fine."

  Red Coral was stunned silent. 'Getting of all the NPCs in the area is not so easy, you know?!'

  The corpses of the soldiers from the Chinese and Mongolian armies numbered to more than ten thousand. They were scattered all over the place on the plains, and their corpses spread to several miles of the area. Quite a number of horses who were now deprived of their rides lay on the ground neighing laboriously in pain, and it was a desolate sight that can only be seen after a war.

  Thousands of people were still engaged in a bloody fight just miles away! Weapons clashed against each other, and sparks flew everywhere. Along with the blood that will occasionally gush into the air, the battlefield on the plains showed a rarely seen sight of vengeful slaughter in the world of martial artists. Groups of people chased after each other and killed each other. Their attacks were fierce and fatal, and there were thousands of corpses from different factions of power in the area.

  The remaining people were all Class One Hall and Mu Clan elites!

  Class One Hall was originally at a disadvantage.

  But Class One Hall was very quick when it came to providing reinforcements. Barren Murderer led more than one thousand people from the distance to help in the battle, and he took over Dream Clouds to fight against Silver Wolf, who had originally caused her to have a rather hard time. He managed to hold the fort, and also suppressed Mu Clan.

  But Mu Clan was not slow in providing reinforcements either. Rampaging Dragon and the others led another group of Mu Clan members to charge over to the place, and both sides entered a tense stalemate once more.

  While Barren Murderer was strong and could make a person find it hard to adapt to his Heaven and Earth Great Shift, Silver Wolf had long since perfected his Red Flame Palm.

  The requirement of qi for Heaven and Earth Great Shift was great, and it drained such a large amount of qi with each usage that it always surpassed the qi recovery speed for Barren Murderer.

  If Silver Wolf circulated his Red Flame Palm well, he can cause his enemy's qi to drain rapidly. Silver Wolf did not ask anyone to help him. In fact, he did not even need to fight head on with Barren Murderer. He just needed to move around and stall for time, and he did not even bother with Barren Murderer's Heaven and Earth Great Shift as well as his Undying King of Abyss Art. He could easily cause Barren Murderer to repeatedly be in a state where he ran low on qi and had to take medicinal pills nonstop to quickly restore the qi he quickly lost.

>   However, as long as Barren Murderer's Undying King of Abyss Art was not broken and he still had some qi in him, it was impossible for Silver Wolf to pose as a threat to Barren Murderer's life. This was something that made him troubled, and it was also the reason why Silver Wolf did not manage to win against Barren Murderer even after a long time had passed.

  Class One Hall and Mu Clan fought to equal grounds on the other sides of the battlefield.

  Besides, since they were the elites from two top-class sects, if they really could not win the fight, they will run.

  During the process where one party fled and the other gave chase, no one could do anything to the other, and that included Dream Clouds and Phoenix Dances.

  Once Barren Murderer lured away Silver Wolf, who was the most difficult person to deal with, Dream Clouds instantly had her pressure reduced by a large degree, and she immediately cast her gaze on the second strongest person in Mu Clan in this place, the former faction master of Beautiful Robes Faction, Phoenix Dances.

  Dream Clouds instantaneously revealed her strength!

  She relied on Divine Flames Art, which she obtained from West Region, to fight against Phoenix Dances. It was a palm technique that also had the effect of evaporating qi, but she was not as nimble and ruthless as Silver Wolf in her attacks. However, when her Divine Flames Art reached the later stages, her dazzling Rolling Palm Flame Saber will be as fast as lighting. The damage was incredibly domineering, and right when they exchanged hits, Phoenix Dances nearly suffered a great setback. If it were not because her fourth-echelon demon vessel had an astonishing defense, allowing Phoenix Dances' defense to be great, she might have long since lost in the fight.

  "Hmph, your equipment is pretty decent."

  Even though Dream Clouds did not manage to kill Phoenix Dances in one hit, she was very confident in winning.

  After all, although Phoenix Dances had a very fierce staff technique, the Flame Clouds Saber Dream Clouds inherited from Jiu Mozhi was considered a pseudo ultimate technique, and with Divine Flames Art supporting it, its damage had even surpassed a normal ultimate technique. She will have no problem in fighting against Phoenix Dances.