Scripps Advances to the Holy Domain

North American players finally learned what it felt like to be utterly screwed.

They had just been laughing at how useless the Sakura Region was, how hopeless the Korean Region was, and how the India Region was somehow even worse.

Then two of their own major cities were destroyed in quick succession.

Worse, they had just proudly announced the signing of the Twenty-Seven-Nation Pact to the world, hoping to use it to pressure Yan Country. Instead, it backfired. Not only had they failed to contain Yan Country, they had humiliated themselves even further.

Across every region in the world, only the Sakura Region, the India Region, and North America had lost three major cities.

By that measure, the Korean Region had at least lost only two, even if it was already a fallen nation.

Forget whether their nation had fallen. The question was whether they had lost fewer major cities.

The North American players were so furious they could have spat blood.

They had sunk to the same level as the Sakura and India Regions. It was an unbearable disgrace.

Angry players vented both in and out of the game, threatening to tear down the politicians' homes. Those people did nothing but eat—where was all that deterrent power they had promised?

The politicians reacted quickly, too.

It looked like the North American Region could not withstand the Night Roaming God's firepower, so they would send in their allies!

At the North American Region's insistence, the Europe Accord and the Southern Border Alliance began urging their players to keep attacking Yan Country.

For a time, the fighting along the border grew fiercer than it had been when the game first launched.

But by now, Yan Country's players had gained enormous boosts to their levels and attributes, along with increased attack and