It was relatively easy for players to join the Shadow Council, and plenty of guides had already been shared on the forums.
In order to experience playing villains in the game, many players had even abandoned their identities in the Four Gods Church and joined the Shadow Council instead.
But the Shadow Council was not such an easy place to stay. This game was a little too realistic.
There was no content filtering in the game whatsoever, so after joining the Shadow Council, some players encountered many extremely bloody scenes. The Shadow Council also required them to do things that harmed others.
At first, many people felt that it was only a game and did not care much. But because the game was too realistic, quite a few players simply could not bring themselves to act when they stood armed before unarmed civilians.
In a daze, they felt that this was a real world. The NPCs' reactions were far too lifelike, and they could not bring themselves to do it.
Some players gave up on joining the Shadow Council because of this. Some even suffered psychological trauma from it and quit the game altogether.
Yet some players were extremely excited and felt no psychological pressure at all when doing such things, becoming members of the Shadow Council.
Robert had learned plenty of such information on the forums. Deep down, he could not accept the Shadow Council's way of doing things.
There was no need for him to join such an evil faction. A broad, open road lay before him; there was no need to walk through a dark sewer.
Furthermore, because the game had no filtering system at all, many players had already discovered new ways to play it.
For example, Sky City had brothels. At night, scantily clad women