My Goddess Is Timid (Thanks to Pit Entering 20171017 for the Generous Tip)

Chapter 527: My Goddess Is Timid (Thanks to Pit Entering 20171017 for the Generous Tip)

More than a month had passed since the Magic Sanctum launched its assault on Dawn City.

During that time, both sides had suffered considerable losses through open attacks, covert assassinations, and the machinations of other powers.

The players favored throwing bodies at the problem.

Whenever they found a Magic Branch Sanctum, they charged it with tens of thousands of people. Even a Grand Mage standing in their way could not stop them.

Archmages did not grow on trees, after all. Not every Magic Branch Sanctum had one.

Then there was the money-flinging approach.

One Archmage Forbidden Spell could wipe a Magic Branch Sanctum off the map without leaving a trace.

Emperor of Luck's Dream, Earth Is Bigger Than the Moon, and Mars Mighty were the mainstays of this approach. Each had destroyed more than twenty Magic Branch Sanctums.

Each of them could match tens of thousands of players alone and claim all the experience and rewards. Ordinary players, of course, could never afford it.

Since Magic Branch Sanctums were usually located inside other powers' cities, such flagrant lawbreaking often brought the local authorities down on them.

Unfortunately...

Both the Magic Sanctum and Dawn City were formidable neutral powers.

As long as they kept out of Human Empire cities, the legions of the Human Kingdoms generally turned a blind eye. They sent troops to put on a show for the civilians, and that was that.

So long as the fighting did not kill too many civilians, no one cared what the two sides did.

The Magic Sanctum had plenty of tricks of its own. Besides sending its mages, it hired Bounty Hunters, Mercenaries, and adventurers to assassinate Dawn City's administrators.

Those Bounty Hunters also took on