Chapter 1 The Witch's Hill, Man Hammer Town

Because of its proximity to the Forest of a Thousand Trees, Man Hammer Town had easier access to the Otherworld Gate. Thanks to the heavy investment from various consortiums, Man Hammer Town had developed into a guild town with over 600,000 players. The town was filled with shops, including many virtual shops. Its prosperity rivaled even that of small NPC cities.

With the Starlight Alliance becoming increasingly powerful recently, more and more merchant players and adventurer teams were coming to and from Man Hammer Town, implicitly treating it as a gathering place for players in the Forest of a Thousand Trees.

Although monsters occasionally attacked the town, the Starlight Alliance had built Man Hammer Town very sturdily. Although it was only a beginner town, it had erected tall walls. More than a dozen turrets and more than a dozen arrow towers covered the entire town. The number of permanent garrison players exceeded 20,000, making it like a military fortress that monsters could not overcome.

Moreover, because there were more than a dozen guilds in the Starlight Alliance, there were also temporary residences of more than a dozen guilds in Man Hammer Town. If the town could not hold out, more than 100,000 players from more than a dozen guilds could be mobilized to support it at the first time. It could be said to be the safest town in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom.

The resources of the Witch's Hill coupled with the safety guarantee instantly transformed this seemingly ordinary town into the prosperous town it was today, and it even seemed to be on the verge of being promoted to an intermediate town.

As the sun set, the remaining rays gradually began to cover the earth from the turrets at the city gate, and the darkness in the distance awoke from its slumber.

A strong man carrying a silver longbow walked onto the turret and quietly stared at the distant forest. Because of the man's appearance, the six-member team guarding the turret became tense.

Although the second-tier Ranger was only Level 57, he was insignificant in a guild like Knight's Judgment. There were a large number of second-tier players above Level 58. However, the six people guarding the turret looked at the man with envy and admiration.

Because this man was one of the six players in their Knight's Judgment who had obtained an Advanced Legacy, and he was also the only expert in the guild who had completed the Hell difficulty second-tier class advancement quest.

He was also known as Eight Feathers, the Soul Chaser, in the Star-Moon Kingdom!

Any player who had completed class advancement knew how difficult the second-tier class advancement quest was. Even the Normal difficulty required a lot of preparation for many expert players. Even at their current level, most players had not yet advanced to the second tier. The Hell difficulty was almost a legend, but Eight Feathers had completed it.

He had even fought against the seven top experts of the flourishing Sin Domain guild. Although he did not win, he did not lose either. Those were the seven top experts of Sin Domain, who ranked among the best in the entire Zijing Kingdom, and Eight Feathers was only in his early twenties, so he still had a lot of room for improvement.

"The forest is very calm today. It seems that there will be no monster siege," Eight Feathers said with some disappointment after watching the distant forest for a while.

The six players guarding the turret nodded deeply in response to Eight Feathers' words, looking a little regretful.

Although a monster siege was a hassle, it was also an opportunity to obtain treasures and train.

"The team that came to guard yesterday was so lucky. They happened to encounter a monster siege. Why didn't we have such a good opportunity?"

"I heard that Team Leader Eight Feathers made a lot of money yesterday. He even got a piece of Level 55 Mithril equipment and more than twenty Ancient Crystal Shards."

"I heard about it too. The brothers who guarded yesterday also earned two or three Ancient Crystal Shards because of this. It was so awesome. As long as they collect a few Ancient Crystals, they can upgrade the guild mount to Bronze rank. That speed and power is so cool! I wonder when I can collect enough."

"We don't need to worry too much. Zero Wing is going to fight our Starlight Alliance this time. As long as Zero Wing loses, the resources of the entire Witch's Hill will be ours. Won't it be easy to get Ancient Crystals then?"

"That's right. Zero Wing Guild thinks it's the number one guild in the Star-Moon Kingdom and doesn't take our Starlight Alliance seriously. They don't know that times have changed. Now it's an era where second-tier classes are everywhere. How can Zero Wing Guild's few second-tier classes suppress the more than ten guilds of our Starlight Alliance?"

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The players guarding the turret laughed when they mentioned Zero Wing Guild, as if mocking Zero Wing's ignorance for still regarding their past achievements as glory.

Just as the players on the turret were discussing where to farm Ancient Crystal Shards tomorrow, a spatial rift suddenly appeared in the sky above the city gate, adding a hint of strangeness to the red sky.

As the spatial rift grew larger and larger, it soon formed a spatial black hole. After the spatial black hole formed, black figures darted out from the spatial black hole and appeared on the crowded streets of Man Hammer Town.

"Monster siege?"

From the distant turret, it was not very clear, but one could vaguely see that it was a huge figure, significantly larger than the players on the street. Besides monsters, there was nothing else that came to mind.

"No! That mark is... players!"

Eight Feathers, with his excellent eyesight, shook his head, his eyes filled with seriousness.

With a figure of more than four meters tall, exuding a beast-like aura, it was obvious that they were not easy to deal with. Moreover, these players were Level 60, which was currently the top level in God's Domain, indicating that these players were equally powerful.

Just as the first Giant Player appeared from the spatial black hole, one, two, three Giant Players continued to appear. In a short period of time, there were dozens of them...

Most importantly, these players wore the Six-Winged emblem of Zero Wing Guild.

"The people from Zero Wing dare to break into our Man Hammer Town. They must be tired of living! Team Leader, let's blast them now!"

Players were still players. Facing the attack of the turrets, even if they were larger, it would not matter. This would only make them better targets.

"The turrets' attack range is too large. That place is a crowded street. It's enough to leave these people to the NPC guards and patrol teams on the street!" Eight Feathers stopped them.

The turrets' attacks were indiscriminate. If they accidentally affected other players, it would have a very bad impact on Man Hammer Town.

Generally, guild towns had thousands of players guarding them and thousands of hired NPC guards. Not to mention Man Hammer Town, which was regarded as an important place by the Starlight Alliance. Moreover, in the Witch's Hill, there would occasionally be wild monsters attacking the city, so the number of players stationed there usually exceeded 20,000.

At this time, dozens of players directly attacking Man Hammer Town was no different from suicide, and there was no need for artillery support at all.

Just as the patrol team of Knight's Judgment rushed towards the Zero Wing Giant Players, the Zero Wing Giant Players wielding giant axes used a First-Order Whirlwind Slash. Instantly, more than a dozen patrolling Knight's Judgment players were blasted more than ten yards away, and the First-Order players who were not plate armor classes instantly turned into streaks of white light.