The Great Thief

”What should we do? We can’t just hide. How about I ask Water Fairy?” Lu Li asked worriedly.

If they were attempting an Instance Dungeon or a Quest, Lu Li could always think of a solution, no matter how difficult it was. However, when facing these guild-related issues, Lu Li was clueless.

The Gangnam Royals’ top players were probably corrupted. There were several hundred thousand players altogether, with several thousand players in clubs. Lu Li’s Ruling Sword only had ten thousand players altogether and a very small proportion of them were professional.

Did they need to form an alliance with Peerless City and Drizzle Court?

It would be difficult for that to happen this close to the competition and they were really just asking for help. It would only make their future relations weaker.

”That’s right. We can’t just hide,” Square Root 3 said as he lit a cigarette. After giving it a puff, Square Root 3 smiled at Lu Li and continued, ”As for asking Water Fairy, I don’t think you would do something like that. Otherwise, why would have you created Ruling Sword? You are like a sharp sword, destined to never to fit in a bag.”

”Pft, I didn’t know you were a fortune teller,” Lu Li laughed with embarrassment before shaking his head and sighing.

”If you were to make a decision, what would you do?” Square Root 3 asked.

”I wouldn’t be impulsive. I know I can’t just put my focus on Gangnam Royals,” Lu Li solemnly assured. He previously did feel like assassinating Heart of War and killing their star players.

As a top-level Thief and an owner of the Book of Ur, killing a single player couldn’t be easier.

However, he wasn’t a solitary man like Moonlight – he had to consider his guild and the honor of those who stood by him.

”No, no, that’s wrong,” Square Root 3 said as he shook his head.

”What are you thinking of then?” Lu Li was becoming impatient with him and wanted to teach him a lesson.

”Declare war on Gangnam Royals, and we’ll fight them.”

Square Root 3’s teeth were very white and they could be vaguely seen through the smoke as he spoke. This person who was normally quite reserved never lacked the ability to make a firm decision.

”You mean…” Lu Li wasn’t stupid; he started to become heated as well.

”Even if we get first place in the League, we’ll still be limited by the guild’s growth, age, number of registered players and a range of other factors. It would be very difficult for us to make it into the top 3 guilds anyway. So why should we even aim for that?” Square Root 3 asked casually.

If anyone found out that Ruling Sword’s leader was actually so ignorant about the professional leagues, who knew what they would think?

”But we would still like to make it into the top 10…”

Guilds that were in the top ten were treated completely differently to those that weren’t. Some called guilds in the top ten ’super guilds’, while others only considered a guild as being ’major’ one if they were in the top ten.

Glory Capital, Gangnam Royals, Blood Red War Flag, Gale Legion, Seventh Heaven, Azure guard, Drizzle Court, Wings of Dawn, Peerless City and Stellar Union were the current top ten guilds of the game. Any guild on this list was massive and had high-quality players.

”Bro, do you think we can succeed in the competition if we just accept this punishment?” Square Root 3 asked as he laughed bitterly. ”Listen to what’s being said in the guild, or ask your friends.”

Lu Li was silent; he was already concerned about the internal reaction of the guild. After all, this was a big deal.

Everyone in the guild was shouting for war, even the elite players. Some players had even snuck out to seek revenge for themselves already, like Fat Money who had been assassinated once.

”Dammit, the shameless Gangnam Royals. They won’t even admit they attacked us.” Those were the exact words from Fat Monkey’s mouth.

Fat Monkey was loyal, zealous and liked PVP. There were several other PVP maniacs who he had gathered to seek revenge. Lu Li knew that he had done this for the glory of the guild, so he couldn’t blame him.

”Wow, the tiger bit him to death. I killed one.”

This was the soft-spoken Remnant Dream who had randomly decided to go out and kill some players too.

”Are you guys even serious? Why aren’t you attacking me? Come on, attack me!” Hachi Chan shouted. She was in the middle of a field camp and none of the hundred players around her dared to attack.

An NPC who was a level 55 Officer was standing next to her. It was likely that these hundred players weren’t enough to kill him, not to mention there were several other officers in the camp.

She had a very high reputation for questing and was consistently very lucky. The NPC’s were bound to help her.

”If you look at any guild that has flourished over the last decade, none of them grew smoothly. They all fought tooth and nail to get to where they are,” Square Root 3 said, then patted Lu Li on the shoulder and continued, ”But, this is your decision to make. Whatever your decision is, I will be by your side.”

Lu Li thought for a moment and couldn’t think of any guild that had not participated in a guild wars.

Even a guild like Drizzle Court which was completely made up of women had faced several attacks on their own. Everyone in this circle had been killed at least a dozen times over.

It came down to iron and blood!

Lu Li leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes for a moment. After opening his eyes, he discovered that Square Root 3 had left. He then opened the guild channel and quietly said, ”Let’s not fuss about it anymore. Listen to me.”

Immediately, silence fell upon the guild channel.

”Dawn is a great game, we all love it and we all want to play it. Unfortunately, our scattered players are too easily bullied. I offended the Star Moon Guild, the Imperial Secret Service and even the Gangnam Royals in the past. So, I needed to gather some players to prevent them from harming us. At first, it was just a few players, but then we won the Shadow Cup Championship…” This was the first time that Lu Li had spoken at length.

No one thought he was being too wordy. He was the spiritual leader of Ruling Sword and an undefeated legend.

”… they have many players – a few hundred thousand – which makes it easy for them to bully us. But, we are not cowards; we will let them know the consequences of messing with Ruling Sword,” Lu Li said, then inhaled sharply and shouted, ”From this moment on, I declare war on the Gangnam Royals!”