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"Tsk! Tsk! Will you look at this? Such a live place," Shin appeared on the cliff, where he could see the huge gathering of the players in front of the cave where Death Knell had discovered the chieftain-rank Plagued Monster.
The crowd of players was divided into multiple groups, which represented the factions they belonged. They were from the top guilds and large organizations within the game, which controlled the largest and strongest forces within the region.
Some of them were also from the famous adventurer teams and powerful mercenary groups filled with top-notch experts.
Some of the groups were funded by huge corporations and financial groups from the real world, who were unwilling to invest in the already existing powers within the game and wanted to form their factions.
