While Liu Jie, Olma, and the others discussed strategies, Lu Yang continued leading Ayala, Elena, and the other celebrities to seek out the regiment-level players under Alfonso.
Lu Yang had already planted intelligence agents within Alfonso's ranks. Now, with Fernando contacting people one by one through his address book, they met six groups of regiment-level players in Sky City over the course of a single night.
Alfonso also dismissed those six groups of regiment-level players overnight, more than five hundred people in total. By early the next morning, the number of Alfonso's players logging in had dropped from six million to just over five million. When he called for an assembly, only a little over 4.8 million were willing to come. That was only because Alfonso promised equipment and supplies. Otherwise, even fewer would have shown up.
Lu Yang stood atop Sky City's eastern wall with Elena, Lola, and the other women, who were exhausted but brimming with excitement, watching Alfonso's forces assemble outside the city.
"Lu Yang, did what we did last night actually work? Tell us already." Elena was as curious as a kitten.
"I've never done anything this fun in my life, haha! So games can be played like this too. This feels amazing." Lola was just as excited.
Smiling, Lu Yang pointed toward the lower left side of Alfonso's formation. "That's the result of your hard work. More than five hundred regiments have lost their commanders. The replacements have no command experience, and they can't even organize a proper assembly."
"Haha!" Elena cried excitedly. "So does that mean we succeeded?"
Lu Yang draped an arm around Fernando's shoulders. The guy was already staring at Elena like he was enchanted. "We succeeded beyond expectations. Keep it up today. While they're assembling, we'll go cause more trouble."
"Lu