The Great Thief

“Big brothers, what if we don’t win?”

Sixty to one odds were high, but Her Tears knew that it would climb even higher until the Fel Reaver debuted.

However, nothing was for certain, and this was true in gaming and in life. The Life Alliance’s trump card was the Fel Reaver, but if the Fel Reaver wasn’t as powerful as they thought or their opponents had an even more powerful trump card, then these three gamblers would no longer be exemplar players but rather examples of what not to do.

“Don’t worry. I have never seen anything quite so powerful as what we have.”

Fat Monkey was also the pilot of the Fel Reaver so he was somewhat qualified to make such a comment.

“It’s like a Boss. Can you imagine one side summoning a Boss to fight for them? If we lose this Stronghold battle… I’ll kill myself.”

“Okay!”

“Sounds good!”

Her Tears agreed with Big Dog Li confidently. It wasn’t clear whether they were happy because of the Fel Reaver’s power or because they might have an opportunity to make Fat Monkey eat his words. From the perspective of pure combat strength, there was still a chance that Fat Monkey would have to do what he had said.

The fighting didn’t go like they had expected.

With their combined intelligence, they thought the plan was to use the Fel Reaver to destroy the enemies chariots. Without their chariots, they would have to sacrifice the players’ lives to break through the wall. Since the Fel Reaver was there, the most likely outcome of that plan was the retreat of Jade Flower Lover’s friends.

However, Wandering didn’t do that.

He was a genius and could easily consider all the outcomes of a plan. According to Azure Sea Breeze, Wandering could read an 800-character article and perfectly recall it. In his student days, he joined various competitions in different subjects to display his intellectual prowess and attractiveness, and had won all kinds of awards.

Of course, in the end this failed.

This caused Wandering to become disillusioned with the world who cared more about looks, and he gradually became a more cynical person.

He worked hard to command the defense and watched as their opponents rushed up with their chariots that were attacking the walls.

The purpose of rushing towards the walls was not to kill the defenders, but to interfere with the defender’s attacks on the chariots. They wanted to enable more chariots to attack the walls.

When they rushed forwards like this, these players would inevitably be killed, no matter how weak the Life Alliance players were.

There was a lot of equipment being dropped. Since all three guilds with Blood Red War Flag were filled with experts, there cries and shouts from the Life Alliance members as they casually picked up the equipment. Those in the Life Alliance who lost equipment found that they were able to easily replace it.

“Man, these guys are pretty sneaky,” Her Tears said, quickly understanding the situation.

He had said it quietly and away from Wandering. Fortunately, he had never offended this guy before.

Wandering’s seemed to be shaken and somewhat annoyed by the strength of his opponent, but continued to put on a calm expression.

It had to be said that such a calm expression was quite handsome.

“Come on, we can still be friends after this. Just give up.”

Although a certain price had been paid, the city walls seemed like they were coming down. As such, Jade Flower Lover couldn’t help but speak up. He didn’t think that Wandering was the surrendering type.

It was better not to surrender anyway, as they would have to return the equipment they had just picked up.

“You are just so beautiful,” Wandering said.

“Huh?” Jade Flower Lover felt a little embarrassed, being complimented by a handsome man.

“Not your looks – your mind is beautiful,” Wandering continued.

“Wandering, you old man, let’s see how long you will persevere for. Everyone, attack with everything you’ve got!” Jade Flower Lover bellowed.

“We’ll see, little one,” Wandering laughed coldly.

“It’s settled then!” Jade Flower Lover was overjoyed. He was afraid that the other side would give up the Stronghold after the walls were destroyed. Although they would occupy the Stronghold, their lost equipment would not be regained.

This was a simple method of getting his opponent to do what he wanted. Regardless, the game company now released the details of every Stronghold battle, so everything that was said was recorded.

The city walls did not last for a long time after that and soon collapsed.

They had been destroyed less than 4 minutes later, so was there really any suspense left about the result of this battle?

The gambling odds soon rose sharply and became even more exaggerated than 60 to 1.

Of course, there weren’t many players betting at this moment. You couldn’t make any money by betting on Blood Red War Flag unless you paid millions or tens of millions. Moreover, players that could bet this kind of money wouldn’t do so for such little gain.

“Uh, surely we bet now?”

Big Dog Li was shaking. He was a much braver person in the past, but he had lost some of that courage after losing his earnings.

“What are you worried about? Just wait until Wandering calls in the big boss.”

Her Tears tried to wipe away the sweat in his palms and pretended to be calm while fighting.

“I don’t think we’ll break 100 to 1 in odds. They are already record-breaking at 90 to 1,” Fat Monkey said as he stared at the odds on his screen.

The fighting had descended into chaos. Sometimes it was going well, and sometimes it wasn’t. This back and forth made the experts in the Life Alliance look upon this fight with contempt.

Fortunately, they also understood the principle of grinding down their opponents. Even though the situation had gotten worse, they didn’t slack off and continued to be diligent in their fighting.

They had broken through!

The Blood Red War Flag players cried out as they charged through.

From their perspective, they had suffered for the first quarter of this battle. This was the price they had to pay. But now, they had faith that the remaining 3 quarters would be determined by them, including the fates of the Life Alliance players.

From then on, they would fly their flag in a Grey Valley Stronghold.

“In this world, there are many people who think that they are smart,” Wandering said before slowly turning his head. “Unfortunately, none are as smart as I am. Fat Monkey, I think it is your time to shine. Remember what I said before. You need to give them some hope.”

“Yes, yes, give them hope. Relax, I’m not an idiot.”

Fat Monkey gave instructions for some other players to place his bets for him before rushing into the enemy.

What was this?

It wasn’t just the opponents that didn’t understand. Even the players on their side didn’t understand what Fat Monkey was talking about and where the sound was coming from.

The cavalry had arrived!

No one would forget the shocking moment when a steel giant fell from the sky and smashed into the crowd before turning around.