Melodramatic Plot

Xiao Yu was full of complaints when he saw this. He thought to himself, "Heroic my ass! Alliance hero? I haven't even seen that Lan something-or-other Claw. If it weren't for those damned adventurers being so troublesome, I would have beaten you to a pulp in no time."

"A tough fight?! What I call tough was real! A bunch of trash monsters fighting against two whole raid groups of players? Do you think that was easy?"

This shows that although adventurer players are very strong, powerful, and Invincible in the game, they have very little presence in the game's story. They are the ones who wiped out all the monsters in Nightwhisper Village, and they are the ones who looted the bosses until their underwear fell off, but the greatest credit is given to some NPCs whose names have never been heard of. At most, they can be described as having done so "with the assistance of some adventurers." So no matter how powerful you are in the game, you are just one of "some adventurers," without even a name.

However, as the saying goes, every advantage has its disadvantage. Although bosses and heroes can leave their mark on the story, once they are defeated, they are truly defeated. Therefore, it's hard to say which side is better.

Xiao Yu shook his head, not dwelling too much on the issue. After all, different people have different values. Maybe the adventurer player doesn't care how the Firmament Chronicle are written; maybe they just want top-tier equipment.

However, Xiao Yu found it strange that the Firmament Chronicle did not mention that he was acting under the orders of the Galax the Balrog Lord, nor did it mention the Seed of Elements. It seems that the Firmament Chronicle does not record everything. It is estimated that it will be revealed after the subsequent plot is completed. However, Galax is destined not to obtain the Seed of Elements. It is unknown whether the truth will ever be revealed.

He closed the webpage and searched for the keyword "Defias Brotherhood" again. He quickly found a lot of related plot information, this time a great deal of data.

Firmament Chronicle: Volume of Azeroth - Alliance Chapter - Human History - Chapter 445 - "Secret Documents of SI:7"

Firmament Chronicle: Azeroth - Alliance Chapter - Human History - Chapter 615 - "The Defection of Ace Rod Dark Rod"

Firmament Chronicle: Azeroth - Alliance Chapter - Human History - Chapter 627 - The Founding of the Defias Brotherhood

The Defias Brotherhood, founded in the Sky Age 1374, has a story full of ups and downs. Initially, there was only one human bandit organization in Westfall: the Defias Brotherhood. The Defias Brotherhood's predecessor was the Stonemasons Guild of Kingdom of Stormwind, led by the renowned foreman Edwin VanCleef. Under Edwin VanCleef's command, the Stonemasons Guild participated in the construction of the new Stormwind City. However, after the city was completed, Edwin VanCleef encountered many problems common to foremen—the bosses defaulted on payments. The nobles of Stormwind City refused to pay the Stonemasons Guild due to insufficient funds, while simultaneously bribing Edwin VanCleef with their noble titles.

After failing to get his wages, Edwin VanCleef led the Stonemasons Guild in an armed protest, which was brutally suppressed. VanCleef led the survivors to flee Stormwind City and established the Defias Brotherhood in Westfall, beginning his life of armed separatism.

To dismantle this massive criminal organization, Stormwind City dispatched a secret SI:7 team led by Dark Rod. With his amazing acting skills and personal charisma, Dark Rod secretly infiltrated the Defias Brotherhood and gained the trust of its Defias Brotherhood, Edwin VanCleef.

During a trap operation, he and his team successfully Ambush and killed Edwin VanCleef.

Before his death, Edwin VanCleef claimed that his cause was righteous and presented evidence of Stormwind City nobles embezzling project funds, along with many other pieces of evidence proving that the Stormwind City nobles had been bribed by evil forces and engaged in various illegal activities. Dark Rod was shocked upon receiving this evidence and began to doubt the righteousness of his work. He handed the evidence over to the Stormwind City Council, hoping that the Council would punish these greedy and corrupt nobles.

Unexpectedly, the evidence mysteriously disappeared soon after. Not only that, but the entire special agent team was also arrested for treason and was about to be executed.

Unwilling to die, Dark Rod used his exceptional thieving skills to lead a team of agents to escape Stormwind City's prison on a dark and stormy night. They fled back to Westfall, where he established the Defias Brotherhood, vowing revenge against Stormwind City and seeking justice Westfall his own way.

Meanwhile, VanCleef's daughter, Vanessa VanCleef, inherited the leadership of the Defias Brotherhood. She found Dark Rod and, after a secret meeting, Vanessa forgave Dark Rod for killing her father. The two then joined forces, and the Defias Brotherhood and the Defias Brotherhood merged.

Vanessa later married Westfall Rod, who then became the Overlord of Rod, constantly fighting against Stormwind City.

Xiao Yu was increasingly impressed. This Dark Rod was quite the character; the plot was so dramatic it could be made into a Mission: Impossible movie. Although the Firmament Chronicle were very clear about it, he didn't believe Dark Rod's wrongful accusation was an accident. Clearly, Dark Rod had planned everything from the moment he joined SI:7. It was very likely that he was taking a roundabout route: first, play the soldier role, level up to a certain point, join SI:7, then accept a mission to kill VanCleef to gain reputation points, then turn to the dark side and betray the organization. This plot event would give him another reputation point, and then he would become the boss.

As for why Vanessa forgave him for killing VanCleef, that's simple. This game has a friendship system; as long as the friendship level is high enough, even the murder of one's father is nothing. Dark Rod probably planned it all along, maxing out Vanessa's friendship level beforehand, then killing VanCleef, allowing Vanessa to naturally become the leader of the Defias Brotherhood. After he escaped, he would then use his relationship with Vanessa to Defias Brotherhood —it was all a natural progression.

If his guess is correct, then Dark Rod has really gone to great lengths; he's quite the cunning old fox.

As he was thinking, Xiao Yu suddenly felt his vision go black. He rubbed his eyes, and the darkness quickly covered his vision before he passed out.

"Hey, wake up! Are you alright?" He opened his eyes and saw Liu Xiaoyu looking at him anxiously.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Xiao Yu said, straightening up, his face covered in rice porridge.

Xiao Yu wiped his face with a tissue and checked the time. Fortunately, he had only been unconscious for a few minutes. He even wondered if it was a coma or just a light drowsiness.

"You're alright, how did you faint? I'm really impressed."

Xiao Yu was also a little puzzled. Although he was a bit weak due to lack of exercise, this was the first time he had fainted.

"I didn't faint, I just dozed off for a moment," Xiao Yu explained.

"I think you'd better get checked out; you don't look too well," Liu Xiaoyu said, looking worried. "If being a professional gamer means fainting all the time, then I'd rather not be one."

One second Xiao Yu was touched, thinking to himself, "This girl cares about me so much!" The next second he was speechless.