blogombal Chapter 63: Rectifying Military Discipline
Chapter 63: Rectifying Military Discipline
"Wow, this fruit is quite big!"
Both sides were in an awkward situation.
Then, the sound of footsteps came from the military camp.
Then came a lazy voice, and the familiar players present all knew who it was: the guild leader of the Templar Knights guild, [Loves Pineapple Pizza].
"Wow, this is really lively!"
"Damn it, that damned eunuch, he sold one piece of information to three different parties!"
Now that things had come to this, Storm was too lazy to lie anymore and looked at Pineapple Lover with a gloomy expression.
"What dead eunuch? What intelligence?"
The person who loves pineapple looked puzzled.
Storm was taken aback; he didn't know? His eyes darted around, an idea forming in his mind, and his expression shifted from bitter to joy:
"It's nothing, it's just that [Nine Thousand Years Old] sold us the same piece of information, saying that Brother Wei would soon send troops across the sea to reclaim the Iron Throne. We were preparing to make preparations and had already prepared ships at the port, but Brother Pineapple stumbled upon us, so we gave up!"
"Hmph, no way! It's not like we haven't cooperated before. Why don't we renew our cooperation this time and cross the sea together!"
"I love pineapple," he sneered upon hearing this.
[Storm] Seeing this, she knew he didn't believe her, so she had no choice but to tell him everything.
[Fengyun], standing to the side, spoke up:
"Enough with the small talk. Since we've already run into each other, let's go together as a trio. Once we get there, we'll each rely on our own abilities. If we argue again, we'll inevitably have to deal with a fourth or even a fifth one!"
The other two had no objection upon hearing this, and the three families, with nearly a thousand people, immediately headed out of the city in a grand procession.
The three groups included players from Fengyun and Baofeng. The one who preferred eating pineapples only brought a hundred people. He remained outwardly calm, but secretly sent people offline to their guild's private group to recruit more members.
The group moved quickly and arrived at the city gate. The guards went to the palace to report and received permission. The players immediately rushed out of the city and headed straight for Ge. Duohe.
They traveled at a rapid pace and didn't stop to rest until dawn.
The next day, seeing so many people missing from the military camp, the players quickly realized what was happening. They also learned that Viserys had ordered the preparation of weapons and provisions, and that the army would be dispatched soon.
Immediately, a commotion arose, and a thousand or eight hundred players immediately brandished their weapons and charged toward Ge. Duohe.
Seeing this, Viserys encouraged the players to act as vanguards. Since Viagra had given permission, the players felt no more burdened and, cursing, charged out of the city with their weapons, making a move to catch up with Fengyun and the others.
Meanwhile, the Pentos legion of 1,500 men was also assembling. Viserys left only 500 men to guard the city and over 1,000 sailors in the navy, so the defense of the city should not be a problem.
Another day later, Viserys personally led 500 players in the Grenadier Corps, 1,000 in the Pentos Legion, 100 in the Royal Guard, and 100 in the Royal Enforcement Team, totaling 1,700 men, as the rear guard, transporting provisions towards the Go.Doho region.
The players, all eager to be the first to achieve merit, marched at a rapid pace, almost without resting all day long.
Logically speaking, this inhumane behavior should give the characters a good opportunity to die of exhaustion before the players even arrive at their destination.
However, Viserys almost immediately provided players with an update that did not require them to log off, mainly adding a player AFK (away from keyboard) management system.
In other words, from now on, if a player is attacked after logging off, their character will be automatically taken over for effective self-defense.
With the incredible management system, players started to abuse their characters even more, leaving them in the virtual environment for almost the entire march, only logging in to "feed" their characters when the virtual helmet issued an alert that the character was near death.
Then they continued to entrust the task to others and continued their march.
With this almost superhuman marching method, the players' marching speed was almost a thousand miles a day.
As a result, Viserys's large contingent of native troops was left far behind, causing the entire army to become disorganized.
In this situation, if an army were to divide and surround them, it would likely result in a complete rout.
This made Viserys, who was leading the army for the first time, secretly reflect and feel apprehensive.
However, the die was cast. The three teams, including Fengyun, had already stormed into Ge Duohe, annihilating almost every village and fortified village they encountered.
Those who refused to raise the dragon flag or surrender were attacked by the players like ferocious tigers, who slaughtered them until blood flowed like a river.
Upon learning that the players on the front lines had been given free rein, Viserys immediately dispatched an enforcement team to the front lines to enforce military law.
Damn it, you bunch of bastards killed my people!
The enforcement team also marched a thousand miles a day, and within a few days they arrived at Ge. Duohe. When they encountered any players with wicked intentions who were killing indiscriminately, they swarmed them and captured them. If any resisted, the team leader, [Train], would force them offline on the spot.
The enforcement team, consisting of a hundred people, arrested dozens of players who were engaging in indiscriminate slaughter over three consecutive days. Those with more serious offenses were reported to Viserys and permanently banned from their accounts.
The players' discipline immediately became solemn.
At the same time, the official website promptly reported the situation on its forum and immediately selected dozens of lucky players from the pre-registered players to log in as substitutes.
Seeing this, the other players, regardless of what they thought in their hearts, dared not act recklessly on the surface. After all, they had finally obtained the opportunity to play the game, and they didn't want to lose it.
Viserys's major mobilization this time is actually intended to eliminate some players who are not in control of the Celestial Empire and think they are the best in the world.
The number of people who have made reservations on the official website has now exceeded hundreds of thousands and is increasing every day. Each person who makes a reservation must fill out a questionnaire with more than 100 questions to prove their mental health.
In short, so many people were scrambling to get in and play that Viserys was no longer interested in serving a bunch of tyrants around him.
He sent the enforcement team forward, which was practically a message to the players: listen to me, and we'll all be fine; if you don't, you can leave. There are plenty of people outside who want to play this game, enough to line up all the way to Paris, so one more won't make a difference.
Of course, the reason Viserys is so arrogant is not because he is not afraid of being assassinated by players with ulterior motives, but because he has recently taken too much Kingdom Coins from players and bought a set of NPC all-round protection shields specifically for players.
Native characters can damage Viserys, but any attacks by players against Viserys, including what they perceive as bug-exploiting maneuvers, will be blocked by the shield.
In conclusion, most players chose to behave themselves when faced with the enforcement team. They weren't exactly crazy people who had to kill, but now that they've been made an example of, they obediently went to fight the "monsters".
And after being in the game for so long, many players have figured out the tricks. When they encounter a richer village, even if the village surrenders, they can use various methods to induce the village to resist, so that they can then rush over and plunder the village in a legitimate way.
Losing soldiers, feigning weakness to the enemy, and deliberately flaunting wealth—players are all too familiar with these tactics; they can easily outmaneuver the local, naive Loyna and Andal people.