Otherwise, they will keep sending supplies to the surface without interruption. The event will never end.
Plus, it coincides with Loki's introduction. The event planner really coordinated well with the story writer.
When Melon-chan heard this, she murmured, "Is just one clan already this strong? What will happen if all the dwarf clans unite?"
Trainee Valkyrie Kara said, "I followed them from sirius City and found out that their destination is this Seven Lakes City. At first, I was suspicious, but when I walked into the city, I understood why they traveled thousands of miles without attacking any cities along the way, always hiding and rushing. It's because they felt their honor was insulted."
Upon hearing the word "followed," Sagittarius curiously asked, "My scouts couldn't find the dwarves at all, so I don't know how many forces they have or what equipment they possess. Could Ms.Kara perhaps share this information with us?"
Trainee Valkyrie Kara shook her head, then nodded. "In truth, I shouldn't interfere in the war between races without permission from Odin. But Asgardians have the duty to protect the land of Midgard! They sent out more than 10% of their total forces from the Iron Fortress, about a million soldiers, along with tanks, golems, short and long-range rocket launchers, and many other things. Importantly, the Dwarf King of the Iron Mine Clan has come to oversee this battle himself."
The number was as expected by the five lords, so they weren't surprised. More importantly, seeing help right in front of them, Sagittarius quickly pleaded.
"Miss Kara, can you help a poor human like me to resist the enemy?" Sathu Sathu (pray) AI Valkyrie, please say yes and help save my cityyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Sagittarius prays to the sacred for a "real" miracle to inspire the AI to speak up and assist him.
Plus, with his +10 relationship, Sagittarius decides to give it a shot!
To which Kara replies, "If I wasn't going to help, I wouldn't have come to see you."
"Yes!" Having a Valkyrie to help is quite reassuring indeed.
In the virtual world sector of the game company,
the employees in the game planning department work comfortably at their desks after the event launch.
"The storyline is finally coming together. In two days, the dwarves will start expanding their territory and attacking various cities. We can broadcast the footage live to attract advertisements. The management should be pleased as they only care about money."
"The dwarf side still has Loki, which adds more excitement," a colleague said
Two employees were sitting at their desks, happily working on their reports and chatting. But suddenly, a team member from the public relations department ran in, shouting,
"We're in trouble! The five mrtropolis lords have lured the dwarves into a trap!"
One of the two employees stood up in shock. "Hey! It's been just a week since the launch. Is a major battle happening already!?"
Not only that,
"One of the Asgardian AIs, configured to report to Odin in case of human defeat, offered to help because she has a relationship score with Sagittarius!"
"Hey, hey!!" The second employee stood up, and both of them exchanged looks before urgently running out of the game planning department to the GM room of the Asia-Oceania server.
Off-plan again.
This is what causes headaches for game administrators when the game is an MMORPG open world.
It's because players can do whatever they want based on their imagination, leading to constant planning errors by the team. However, looking at it from another perspective, without any mistakes, the "game planning department" wouldn't need to exist. These employees are responsible for troubleshooting the game's developments as per the situation."
The auction has begun, and reporters have flocked in large numbers.
Especially those from the main news channels of the game, which are directly affiliated with MGC's game communications department.
They are all baffled and confused as to why so many were summoned, even stationed at every corner of the city to report on the bustling atmosphere of Seven Lakes.
Even though they don't understand, they must do their job well and report every development on the news channels.
But once the auction starts, there will probably be something to report only inside the auction hall.
Inside the auction house, which was divided into two floors, there were seats facing the stage where the auctioneer was having employees bring in new items.
"The next items are [Thunder gloves] and [Dwarf helmet] from a player named .Melon^^ Starting bid is 50 copper coins, same as the set [Thunder gloves] and [Dwarf helmet] from other players."
The auction prices for repeated items were low. This kind of set had come out eight or nine times already, with the highest price being in the first lot, which no one had ever seen before, and it was bought for 1 gold coin.
Then, a man from the seats on the lower floor, towards the back, raised a sign.
"50 copper coins."
Melon-chan, who was craning her neck to see if her items would sell, was relieved as soon as someone bid. At least her items were sold.
But that wasn't all.
"75 copper coins."
"1 silver coin."
"10 silver coins."
"20 silver coins."
"50 silver coins."
"75 silver coins."
People were raising their signs frantically!
Melon-chan inside the second-floor lounge was so stunned that she pressed her face against the glass. Meanwhile, Valkyrie trainee Kara, who had been captured by Sagittarius and brought to this lounge, could only shake her head in frustration upon witnessing the scene, muttering, "Do humans have brains or not? Don't they know that buying expensive items, every dwarf in the Iron Mine Tribe has this equipment?"
In reality, these humans... deep down, they know buying expensive, but the more expensive this purchase, the more face they gain!
"10 gold coins!" Then, a player from a big guild raised a sign, shouting with authority.
But was immediately overshadowed.
"30 gold coins!" A female player from the romance of sakura Guild raised a sign, glaring challengingly at the other guild.
More than doubled the price, and the entire auction hall fell silent.
The auctioneer repeated it three times."
"First time, second time, third time... Sold! To the romance of sakura Guild!"
Melon-chan's eyes widened. Her brain's calculator quickly did the math. After deducting the auction house fee, she suddenly realized she had almost ninety thousand baht.
She could take her parents to dine at a Hi-end hotel.
Amazing!
Of course, Melon-chan had no experience in "flattering" anyone before, so she didn't know the saying:
Look before you leap.
Well, maybe not leap, but every player in the auction hall knew who the person behind the player named .Melon^^ was. They couldn't help but think of Sagittarius. Making an impression on the Metropolis lord, even if just a little bit, which in this case meant "helping" to raise the item's price, was already worth the money spent.
Human decisions are different from AI, which use only logic and reason. Instead, feelings are involved. And that's why a little "impression" might someday lead their guild or club to receive help from the Metropolis lord.
And that right has been given to her dressing a child, Mewku Mewku, once again.
It's in the next show that it really caused a stir.
Even though it wasn't an item extracted from the remnants of the dwarf army.
"The tank blueprint, created by the blacksmiths of Chandra City."
In this game, there are no tanks. The first one appeared when the dwarves invaded... Everyone knows that Sagittarius can capture several tanks, and with the max-level blacksmith skills, he can decipher blueprints, equipment constructions, and create designs on paper. Passing them to other blacksmiths who meet the level and skill requirements on the blueprint can then build that piece of equipment.
The host added, "A blacksmith who can use this blueprint must meet the item's level and skill requirements, which are a blacksmith level 100, and have the skill [master of ironsmith], capable of crafting various metals into weapons."
Every guild, every club, even small, medium, and large city factions, upon hearing this, immediately called their members to ask if they have a level 100 blacksmith with this skill.
If they do, no matter the cost, they will bid to get it!
In front of their guild headquarters or the city gates, they would have tanks stationed.
Let's see if anyone dares to cause trouble again."
At that moment, the lounge door opened. Sagittarius, clad in a mage's outfit and ready for battle, walked in and said to the two women, "It's time."
Melon-chan turned back, furrowing her brow seriously, and asked for certainty once more, "Are you really not going to tell the people downstairs?"
"The battle outside is highly risky. If we let these people join the fight, it'll only create chaos and disrupt my soldiers' formations unnecessarily. Even if they find out that an army of millions is attacking outside and try to flee from the auction house, I've hired five thousand players to block all the routes to the city's wall. They can only escape into my territory."
Kara, trainee Valkyrie, removed her hood and stood up, said, "You did the right thing, keeping those uninvolved out of this. This battle is yours!" She then led Melon past Sagittarius and out the door, ready for battle.
Melon-chan glanced down at the chaotic scene below, where people were frantically bidding on tank blueprints, smiling at the thought of owning such destructive weapons. She could only sigh.
If you looked closely, these people were being used by Sagittarius without realizing it, yet they were still smiling.
She turned to meet Sagittarius's eyes, then forced a smile and walked out of the lounge to follow Kara.
"Very cunning! It's best to stay away from this man as much as possible."