995 Empty City Strategy? (1/2)

When Four Tree Forest saw that everyone was staring at him, he grew arrogant as he started waving his fan, ”We have too many people so who knows how long we will take to finish climbing? And the fact that we have so many people makes us an easy target to be exposed. Hence, I think it is better for us to create a diversion.”

”Diversion? How?” Everyone couldn't help but ask him.

Four Tree Forest replied, ”Simple! We will gather our firepower at the valley and let an elite squad of players from each guild to climb over.”

”But how many people will we have on top? Can we still attack Twilight City with such a small number?” The leaders of the various guilds were skeptical of Four Tree Forest's words.

Everyone knew how to fight a City War but even if every guild sent a squad of players, there would at most be one thousand players. It would be an impossible dream to break through the city with this quantity.

Four Tree Forest replied, ”How many people do you think Twilight City have?”

”Didn't the system announce that there are three hundred thousand?” Extravagant Riches recalled.

”Exactly!” Four Tree Forest continued, ”There are over two hundred thousand players at Dusk Swamp and Dusk Canyon. Even though we are not able to deduce how many players are here, I doubt it will be much lesser than the two other locations. At this moment, Twilight City is definitely without any players defending it. We will sneak over and even if we cannot break through the city, we can minimally force them back to defend… Once they send players back to defend, we will be able to march forward and with our superior numbers, I cannot see how we will lose this war.”

”This…”

The various leaders started considering this plan in a serious manner when they heard Four Tree Forest's explanation.

Four Tree Forest was right because nobody knew whether the Twilight City was empty. However, once someone managed to infiltrate, the guards at the entrance would certainly be weakened. At that point in time, all they had to do would be to charge forward with all their forces. Even if they couldn't barge in all the way, all they needed to do was to take over the inns and resurrection points. This way, everything from then on will run extremely smoothly.

”Alright, we shall act according to Boss Four Tree's plan!” At the thought of this, all the leaders agreed as they started choosing their squad of elite players to commence this stealth mission. Very soon, one thousand elite players were chosen while all the other players started their second wave of attack.

…

At the other two entrances, ordinary players were initially charging without thinking through a strategy.

However, in the eyes of the prepared Twilight City's players, such clueless and ill-disciplined charge were basically the same as sending themselves to death… Not only do these fools not believe anyone else, they even looked down on each other. Therefore, they were completely unable to unite effectively.

In the end, every single charge was sent back easily by 2012 and Sanguine Warflag.

Although it was a City Invasion War and PK value was not counted, the losses of players' death were the same as usual. Ten percent loss of experience was not a small amount and after numerous attempts, almost half the players dropped level and one of every ten players dropped equipment.

Even though the intruders were not united, they were also not dumb. Conversely, they were all very smart people who knew not to attack on their own.

After waves of attacks and consecutive defeats, these people would have realised the air-tight defence of Twilight City.

Initially, everyone was still hopeful of attaining some rewards by joining the party. In the end, they didn't even manage to catch a glimpse of the enemies. Everyone grew more disappointed and even more desperate.

After dying in vain on so many occasions, some players refused to continue fighting as they simply headed back home… Damn it! Instead of dropping a few levels here, they would rather head back to complete a dungeon quest.

Humans are always looking for someone to take the lead in anything that they do. Once people saw someone gave up, others started following suit to leave the city.

Therefore, the number of players attacking both entrances became lesser and the lesser their numbers, the greater the despair of those who stayed. It became almost like an infectious disease as even more started leaving the quest. In the end, they couldn't even form a decent looking team to charge.

”Boss Fearless, many players attacking the city are retreating!” 2012 and Sanguine Warflag sent a similar message at the same time.