457: The World-Destroying Grand Array formed by the Azure Wolf Banner, Moonlit Parasol, and Unity Sword
With the effects of Demigod-level battles now spreading so far, ordinary low-level players could no longer participate directly.
The only way to join the fight was to use the assembly system, gathering large numbers of players together to temporarily form a Demigod.
But their only enemy at that moment was Black Widow. The three Demigods they had already formed were enough to handle the current situation.
The remaining players were their reserve force for the coming confrontation with Horus.
Spinning Dragon King: "With this many of us coming at him in force, do you think Horus will still dare show up?"
I Wanna Go Home Alien: "Yeah, Horus isn't an idiot. With so many of us here and our faction leader leading the charge, won't he just hide and abandon Black Widow?"
No. 8 Match-Fixer: "Horus isn't what I'm worried about right now."
"If our faction leader kills Black Widow now, who gets credit for the boss's first kill?"
"And how are we supposed to split the loot?"
Hearing this, the players' minds immediately raced, leaving them torn.
After all, based on their experience with many previous games, a plot kill resulting from a clash between NPCs might still offer some rewards in a single-player game.
But in an online game, players would hardly receive any decent rewards.
At that point, a player named Learning English Is Great said, "Well, damn."
"If that's the case, this could get interesting. Red Dragon leads us into a war, kills a Demigod, and claims the credit for himself."
"The top players above us get recognition and some secret rewards because they're close to the NPCs."
"Only low-level players like us make the trip for nothing, wasting a ton of progression time tagging along."
"Sure, this is a long-term instance, but we've wasted five