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“Holy crap! What kind of freakish guild is this!?”
“My god, that’s terrifying!”
“As expected of the Blackhearted Princess’ guild. It’s practically monstrous!”

At that moment, everyone paying attention to the Guild Rankings was utterly stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.

Because of its relatively small membership, the Princess Alliance ranked only around the middle of the Guild Rankings. However, the moment anyone opened the member list, they were immediately scared out of their wits.

The first name they saw was the guild leader, Princess. Level 40! This was the world’s first Level 40 player, an unprecedented achievement that stood entirely above everyone else.

Continuing down the list, they found a lineup packed with Level 30 players. Even Snowy, who occupied the last spot in the guild, had already reached Level 20! One had to know that on other servers, only a handful of players had managed to reach Level 30 so far.

Yet the Linhnan Server had seven of them. And every single one belonged to the Blackhearted Princess’ guild. What kind of luxurious lineup was that? It could even be described as downright monstrous.

For a time, the forums were flooded with envy, jealousy, and resentment. Many people were so jealous of this super guild that they could hardly contain themselves. Some particularly ambitious individuals shifted their attention away from Yae-hime and toward the other guild members.

The Blackhearted Princess was obviously impossible to recruit or bribe, but the others were another matter entirely. Unfortunately, the moment they began investigating, cold sweat immediately broke out across their backs.

The Nangong Family, the Luo Family, the Qin Family, the Li Family, the Tian Family… Every single one of them was a top-tier super clan. This guild was simply absurd beyond reason.

Fortunately, even a guild like this still had a few ordinary players. Some people immediately set their sights on Yunuen and Little Fairy. In the entire guild, only those two seemed like viable targets for recruitment.

Several major forces on the Linhnan Server immediately launched full-scale investigations into the pair. The result was that they quickly received severe warnings. Everyone was left dumbfounded.

Could it be that these two seemingly ordinary players also had some astonishing force backing them? As it turned out, they had guessed correctly. Yunuen and Little Fairy were backed by Yae-hime, who possessed the City of Chaos. Naturally, their support was unimaginably powerful.

On top of that, Yae-hime’s younger sister, Mylene, pushed that backing to an even higher level. Anyone who dared touch Yunuen or Little Fairy was simply courting death. Even those who weren’t ordinary people had to carefully weigh their own capabilities before acting, lest they invite merciless retaliation.

Before long, everyone who understood the situation abandoned any thoughts of poaching members from the Princess Alliance. Instead, they obediently returned to the forums to recruit new members and prepare for the coming battle.

As long as they secured most of the mission rewards, surpassing that terrifying guild would not be difficult at all. At that very moment, the entire Jade City was enveloped in tension.

The war had yet to begin, but the air was already thick with anxiety. Whether commoners, players, or soldiers, everyone felt suffocated by the atmosphere. Players, however, were ultimately different from the natives. Despite their nervousness, their eyes still shone with unconcealed excitement and anticipation.

To them, war meant opportunity.

As Richard’s iron-fisted measures continued to unfold, the various noble houses were forced to hand over portions of their private armies to reinforce the military. At this point, Jade City had effectively become a city where everyone was a soldier.

Inside a secret chamber within the royal palace. “My foolish little sister… come and meet your death!” Holding the Sword of Eternity, Richard gritted his teeth as he removed the final seal placed upon the blade.

To prepare for this war, he had not hesitated to offend countless nobles. He had also spared no effort in removing every restriction from the Sword of Eternity, unleashing the world-destroying power sealed within it.

***

Meanwhile, in the outside world, within a private residence belonging to the Hidden Li Family in the capital, a resentful voice suddenly rang out.

“What the hell is that old man thinking? He actually wants me to send Grandmaster-level experts to protect that b̲a̲s̲t̲a̲r̲d̲ child!?” A beautiful woman dressed in a bright crimson robe swept everything off the table with a violent motion. The hall instantly echoed with the sound of shattering glass.

“Does he really think I’m that easy to bully!?” Her furious roar reverberated throughout the residence.

“Mom, you’d better not let Grandpa hear that.” At that moment, a pleasant voice drifted over from nearby.

Following the voice, Fiona turned her head and slowly let out a breath. “I said it deliberately so that that old fossil would hear it!”

Standing opposite her was a young woman around twenty years old. She stood nearly 1.7 meters tall, with delicate features, long hair cascading over her shoulders, and a slender figure dressed in a white tracksuit.

A closer look revealed that she bore a slight resemblance to the mixed-blood Rakshasa.

That’s right. She was Rakshasa’s half-sister from the same father, Tiffany. And that woman in the crimson robe was Tiffany’s mother, the lawful wife of Rakshasa’s father.

Although the two were essentially divorced in all but name, Fiona still remained with the Li Family, managing affairs large and small within the household. She had devoted countless years of effort and energy to this family.

To her, the man who had abandoned everything and walked away was undoubtedly hateful. But the woman who stole her man was even more hateful. And the daughter born from that woman was equally hateful!

The fact that she hadn’t gone out of her way to make trouble for them already proved how merciful she was. Yet now she was being asked to arrange experts to protect that girl. It was utterly outrageous!

“Does that old fool even know the situation our family is in? Where exactly am I supposed to find experts to send out!?” Fiona said angrily.

“We don’t really have a choice. My little sister is a Closed Beta player. She’s the Li Family’s new hope,” Tiffany replied calmly. As a member of a hidden family, she naturally knew some of the secrets surrounding the game.

“Shut up! That b̲a̲s̲t̲a̲r̲d̲ isn’t your sister!” The moment Fiona heard the word *sister*, her temper flared. She wanted absolutely nothing to do with Rakshasa.

Tiffany obediently fell silent.

“…Haa.” Fiona let out a long breath and finally calmed down somewhat. “Do you know how many families are waiting to see us destroyed?”

“A lot,” Tiffany answered honestly. A family like theirs, one that had suffered such a catastrophic decline, was nothing more than a feast laid out before the other great clans. Who wouldn’t want to take a bite and strengthen themselves?

Any family that had survived from ancient times to the modern era was far from harmless.

“Do you believe that if I send a few Grandmaster-level experts away at noon, the Li Family could be wiped from existence by tonight?” Fiona said indifferently.

As the saying went, once a woman was married, she stayed with her husband’s family through thick and thin. Even though the man had betrayed her, she had never considered leaving the Li Family.

Firstly, doing so would damage both her reputation and that of the Xu Family. Secondly, she couldn’t bear to leave behind the daughter she was so proud of.

“I believe it,” Tiffany said. A trace of sorrow seeped into her voice. The Li Family’s circumstances were truly difficult.

“Mom, why don’t I go to Roc City myself?” After a moment of contemplation, Tiffany finally made up her mind.

“No!” Fiona rejected the idea almost instantly. Her precious daughter had broken through to the Grandmaster Realm at only twenty years old. Although she couldn’t compare to Mylene, her talent was still extraordinarily high. She was more than qualified to be called the hope of the Li Family’s revival. If she were sent into the murky waters of Roc City and something happened to her, then everything would truly be over!

“Mom, this is the best solution. I can’t spend my whole life growing up under your protection. This trip to Roc City will be an important trial in my life. I hope you’ll agree.” Tiffany spoke with complete seriousness.

At that moment, Fiona felt as though she was seeing her daughter clearly for the very first time. After a long silence, she finally spoke. “You’ve grown up, my daughter.” Her voice carried undisguised pride and relief.

The daughter she had always sheltered behind her was no longer a child. Without her noticing, she had already grown into an adult capable of sharing the burdens on her shoulders.

At that moment, Fiona pushed aside her resentment toward Rakshasa and gazed at her daughter as though she were admiring the most precious thing in the world. Soon afterward, a flight departing from Yanjing cut through the skies and headed toward Roc City.

Meanwhile, in Aoma Village.

“Hime.” Having just returned from the Phantabeast Range, Lili immediately wrapped her arms around Yae-hime. A faint smile appeared on her usually cold and expressionless face.