"Look! Starlight Fortress has opened!"
"It's finally open! We've been waiting for this moment for so long."
As Starlight Fortress bloomed with a radiant beam of light shooting into the sky, players from the various major forces and independent players resting in the surrounding primeval forest all witnessed the scene at once.
Or rather, everyone had long calculated when Starlight Fortress would open and had been waiting for the moment its lockdown was lifted. This was especially true for the independent players who had rushed over, as they had been full of anticipation for Starlight Fortress.
Although the independent players knew nothing about the Netherworld Empire's compromise, some information about Starlight Fortress had spread through players from the Divine Will Tribe.
This sent the vast number of independent players into a frenzy.
Leaving aside how the dense magic within Starlight Fortress allowed them to recover faster, simply being able to remain in Starlight Fortress long-term and gain better control over magic already surpassed every NPC city.
Not to mention that Starlight Fortress was located in Star Valley, a precious land that could greatly increase their leveling speed and resource-gathering efficiency.
Now that it was opening, they naturally could not afford to miss it.
Because of this, although the major forces had sent many people to Starlight Fortress, their numbers were still far inferior to those of the independent players who had come.
For a time, the countless independent players resting in the primeval forest charged toward Starlight Fortress like madmen, like a black tide surging toward the fortress. The terrifying crowd was so immense that even the major forces could not rely on their guild prestige to enter Starlight Fortress ahead of everyone else.
Moreover, even if the major forces wanted to throw their weight around, not a single independent