New Factions and New Reputation: This Is the Brand-New Version of the Game You've Never Played Before (Bonus Chapter 925)

(Bonus chapter for "Yu Xiaohe," 4/5)

Soon after Lady Adele finished her report, a new post quietly appeared on the forum.

Although it used the style of an official post, this time it wasn't a formal update or an online hotfix. Instead, it was an "in-game operations announcement" released under the name of administrator Alpha, the equivalent of a promotional material drop.

It even had the right format:

Summary of the Security Division Report Compiled by the Shadow Intelligence Bureau · Assessment of the Recent Threat to Filthy Swamp from Transia's Various Factions:

While all of Transia was busy with internal development and preparing for the Black Calamity, mysterious and dangerous forces were quietly rising where we could not see them. Evil minions crawled out of the shadows, lurking beneath the mud as they eyed the sunlit world with malice.

And as time passed, they were no longer satisfied with cursing Transia from the darkness. They had adopted a more aggressive strategy.

This means a new storm has begun to brew, and the howling winds of war are calling for brave warriors to rush to the battlefield!

Report One:

The Shadow Intelligence Bureau has confirmed the location and troop deployments of the Blightclaw gnoll clan from the Dark Mountains in Filthy Swamp. Lady Adele has sufficient evidence to prove that the undead attack on Marlowe, a town near the Transian border, a few days ago was carried out by the Blightclaw clan.

But that was merely a fortunate—or unfortunate—accident.

Those undead had originally been targeting Transia's First National Arsenal and the Plantagenet Kingdom's temporary military camp near Rapidskeep.

The Blightclaw clan is already hostile to Transia's order and has bared its fangs at our land. Such provocation must be answered in the harshest possible manner! — Director of the Shadow