Little Mage sat alone on the imperial throne, having already settled on the broad direction of giving back to the Player Faction and turning public opinion around.
But now he was stuck on the specific project to put into practice.
Mindlessly throwing money around was too crude. It would not win people over and could instead easily encourage the players' insatiable greed.
Copying the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce's support model would merely be a clumsy imitation that drew criticism from the players.
Unable to find an answer, Little Mage opened the forum and began searching for one.
The players' posts, discussions, and memes on the forum could accurately reflect the public's needs and preferences.
After filtering the forum's content and hiding posts such as Life Soul reviews and beginner guides, he began looking through information related to "events."
Time trickled by as he searched, and several hours passed in a flash.
After repeated filtering, an old, once-popular discussion thread caught his attention.
[Night Cherry Blossom Guild's Hiking Competition officially begins. Independent players are welcome to sign up.]
The event's comment section was buzzing with discussion.
Many participating players and spectators had left comments.
Following the clues in this post back step by step, he found the origin of this recreational activity.
The event's earliest origins could be traced back to a small friends-and-family guild five years ago.
With fewer than a hundred members, the guild was utterly inconspicuous within the Player Faction.
But the guild had been extraordinarily lucky. That year, it unexpectedly obtained an exploration opportunity and acquired a fortune worth nearly eight million Sacrificial Power.
Its guild leader, "My Beard Doesn't Tangle," had a burst of inspiration and organized a purely recreational benefit event within the guild: a Hiking Competition.
The competition's rules were simple, but immensely