A Gathering Storm

The Magic Sanctum's assault was the first time anyone had ever broken into Dawn City and destroyed more than half of the East District.

Fortunately, the non-Professionals had evacuated the East District at once. Aside from damage to buildings, the commoners had suffered few casualties.

William had little to say about it. He would rebuild the district and compensate them for their losses. He could hardly expect the commoners to rebuild their own homes and quietly swallow the cost.

Besides, it was a good way to win people over.

William had thought that once Dawn City went head-to-head with the Magic Sanctum, the players would lose faith in him. A great many might even leave his faction.

Instead, a post on the Dawn Forum was pinned, highlighted, and marked in red almost immediately.

Within just two hours, it had drawn hundreds of thousands of replies.

William checked the name of the poster.

Changli Jiugu.

When he opened it, he found a photograph and a single message from Changli Jiugu.

Hundreds of players appeared in the photograph.

Chu Liuqiu, Eternal Solitude, and the captains and members of all the major Clubs were there.

In fact, every Professional Player in Huaxia was in the picture.

They were joined by High-End Players from the God of War Rankings and the Chosen Son rankings, as well as wealthy players from major guilds and big-spender guilds.

Hundreds of them stood together in that one photograph.

They had taken it outside his three-story City Lord's Manor.

Every one of them had a thumb raised toward the words "Dawn City Lord's Manor."

The message was short, but it read like a pledge of allegiance. It moved William.

Changli Jiugu wrote: "Dawn City still stands, and His Highness isn't dead. So we're not leaving.

"The Law Saint might