(A bonus chapter for our brother "Blue Eyes" 3/5)
The event announcement from Murphy, a main-story NPC and the governor, hit like a thunderclap, igniting the players' interest and desire to get involved.
The upcoming Hall of Fame feature and its understated but practical rewards especially drew in manufacturing and administrative players who hadn't planned to participate. The development team really did have a few clever tricks up their sleeves. They knew exactly how to stoke the players' excitement and desire.
Almost that very afternoon, all five player-governed collective farms chose the teams they would support.
After urgent discussions and repeated comparisons, Treasure Cove and Lion's Pride, the two villages, ultimately chose to support the Crimson Hammer and Sickle, currently the strongest team and the one with the best chance of winning.
Brother Bang was grinning so hard his mouth wouldn't close.
Those two villages were the wealthiest of the five, so their support meant Brother Bang wouldn't have to worry about logistical supplies during this major event.
Taipal's starter village naturally supported the Torrent Knights. The first batch of herbs he'd planted had already yielded results. The harvest wasn't especially bountiful, but the outcome of this collective farming effort was still impressive. It meant the players on the southern front had a fairly ample supply of potions and scrolls.
The remaining two villages—the headquarters of the Stonemason Brotherhood, governed by the Bricklayers, and "Misty Island," governed by the scholars—naturally threw their support behind their own student brothers.
But they were the weakest of the five villages, and could offer the least support.
That left Good Pigeon feeling rather anxious.
Fortunately, the arrival of the powerful Shadow Sect helped them make up for it in quality. And thanks to their thorough preparations, they had already begun their push along the