The region-wide system announcement rang out three times in a row, silencing all the players leveling in the Earthcore Mountain Range.
"Northern Fortress was conquered? What's going on?"
"Isn't Northern Fortress the largest fortress in the north?"
"You've got to be kidding! Zero Wing actually captured Northern Fortress?"
"Is Zero Wing really that strong?"
Almost no players active in the Earthcore Mountain Range were unaware of Northern Fortress. After all, there were only three medium-sized fortresses in the entire Earthcore Mountain Range, and they had always been the focus of players' private discussions.
After the Thirteen Royal Courts had acquired a small fortress, never mind the benefits the fortress brought—it had risen to become a highly sought-after force on Dragonheart Island simply through the strength it had displayed in conquering a fortress. Even the other super guilds had fallen a notch behind the Thirteen Royal Courts.
However, a small fortress was still too small for the vast number of players active on Dragonheart Island, whereas a medium-sized fortress covered several times the area of a small fortress.
Then, players like them would no longer have to worry about having nowhere to rest in the Earthcore Mountain Range.
Everyone had originally guessed that the force to capture the first medium-sized fortress would surely be one of Dragonheart Island's super guilds. Yet Zero Wing had seized the first medium-sized fortress instead. This outcome had greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
However, compared to the ordinary players' astonishment toward Zero Wing, the major forces on Dragonheart Island were completely dumbfounded when they received the news.
"How is that possible? That's Northern Fortress! How could a mere Zero Wing possibly take it?"
"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! Even the Thirteen Royal Courts couldn't conquer Northern Fortress. Zero Wing must have found some special method. As long as