My Players Are So Fierce

1622: 545.

Hog’s “Epic of the Wise Wolf” Chapter One

1622: 545.

Hog’s “Epic of the Wise Wolf” Chapter One

The Vampire player base was caught off guard but ecstatic when the main racial questline updated to Chapter 2.

Especially for the newbies, missing out on what was reportedly an exhilarating Chapter 1 of the racial main quest was a real regret.

Even before entering the game, they could find bite-sized clips of the “Scarlet Defense Battle”—edited by Dasaen from countless perspectives—on the forums.

They, too, were drawn in by the deliberately dramatized depictions of valor and awe-inspiring battle scenes.

Although the war took place in the sewers and was jokingly called the “Sewer Defense Battle” by many, all players and the Appetite Relief Party knew that this ferocious conflict was one of Transylvania’s defining “nation-establishing battles.”

Its significance to this land could not be overstated.

Sir Murphy confirmed the Blood Vulture Clan’s undeniable sovereignty over Transylvania by crushing the ambitious Colando from the Wolfsbane Clan.

Such an achievement was bound to go down in history, and in this context, the arrival of Chapter 2 only heightened anticipation.

However, while Vampire players were overjoyed, players of other races were quickly reaching their limit, whether they voiced their frustrations on forums or within the game itself.

Although the game currently only offered Vampires and Humans as playable races, with the “Half-Elf” race still being tested through Lumina’s activities, that didn’t stop the broader human player base from demanding their own impressive racial questline through various channels!

Your Vampire main questline has already reached Chapter 2, while humanity’s doesn’t even have a prologue—how is this fair?

Isn’t this blatant favoritism?

Watch out; we might just unite and file a massive complaint against you, you jerks!

Even though everyone knew the Vampire race was the developers’ “favorite child,” the Dog Planners couldn’t possibly be this biased, could they?

No way!

Faced with such severe imbalance, righteous keyboard warriors couldn’t just sit back and ignore the problem.

Thus, even while Vampire players were still gathering for their expedition to the Dark Valley, posts flooded the forum’s feedback section like falling snowflakes.

Triss, tasked with moderation, couldn’t keep up with the speed at which infuriated human players were posting, forcing the Blood Vulture Duke to disable new feedback notifications from the Calculating Pearl in frustration.

But even then, witnessing angry threads in the feedback section multiply at a rate of dozens every ten seconds, a rare trace of worry appeared on Triss’s enchanting face.

She and little Mo Fei had once considered the feedback section to be merely ornamental, yet as Transylvania’s “plotline” progressed and the player ecosystem matured, this once dispensable complaint outlet had morphed, inexplicably, into something crucial.

As system administrator, Murphy had already noticed this.

The feedback section acted as a “compass.”

With the growing player base, it exceeded what Murphy could track closely himself.

Even if he and his appointed staff worked without rest, it was impossible to gather and sort every player’s attitude and complaints about “Real Different World” directly in-game.

Under such conditions, by studying forum topics, Murphy could effectively grasp the overall sentiments of the players.

Like a true “Dog Planner,” he used subtle observation and research through these threads to control the design and release sequence of “game content.”

Put simply, the feedback section functioned like a big-data replica, allowing Murphy to pinpoint what players wanted most and then rack his brains to implement it within the game.

This was a cornerstone of the game’s engagement strategy.

Triss was also fully aware of this.

Back when she assisted Murphy in managing the forum, this perceptive Psychic understood the strategic role of the feedback section.

So when a few “new hires” joined, Triss retained responsibility for managing feedback while delegating her other duties.

Another reason was that managing the feedback section was generally easy.

Most of the time, it was filled with irrelevant spam threads that Triss could clear out with minimal effort, leaving her plenty of leisure to enjoy her downtime.

But under certain circumstances—like now—moderating the feedback section became an overwhelming hassle.

A flood of posts with the same topic indicated the emergence of a “must-solve” urgent issue among the playerbase!

If Transylvania’s management could really be seen as a development team, and if “Real Different World” were indeed a game in testing, then this situation meant they had stumbled upon a genuine “bug.”

“Ugh, such a headache.

I guess I’ll have to write a report for little Mo Fei,”

The Grand Duke of Triss muttered with resignation, stepping onto the reddish and desolate land of Baphomet Canyon as the Scarlet Rift activated.

Around her, several crimson teleportation portals opened almost simultaneously, delivering members assigned to explore Baphomet Underground Palace.

In other factions, the phenomenon of using teleportation in such close concentration was exceedingly rare.

Every Psychic knew that teleportation carried risks of failure, and unless absolutely necessary, they would never adopt such a travel method that could easily result in fatal accidents.

Riding a horse might waste time, but at least it wouldn’t cost you your life—unless you were terrible at riding and fell off, hit your head, and died… Then I guess forget I said anything…

But ever since little Mo Fei signed a contract with Endless Mannis, the risks of teleportation in Transylvania had been completely eliminated.

Even if someone did fall into the Star Realm, the Endless One would honor the absurdly thick contract by immediately returning the fallen to the material world at record speed.