[Announcement: Player Toby has launched an attack on Green Hill City. All players may join the resistance. Successfully defending Green Hill City will yield generous rewards.]
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Suddenly, three system announcements echoed through the game.
John was momentarily stunned; he hadn't expected Toby to act so quickly and launch an attack on the Dark Humans.
The information John had leaked was accurate, but Toby was unlikely to obtain the Elemental Key.
John had destroyed two cities and killed two city lords, but neither had dropped the Elemental Key.
The Elemental Key in his possession was given to Toby by Green Moon City Lord Dien, and John had acquired it by killing Toby.
He suspected that the Elemental Key wouldn't drop automatically after killing a Dark Humans city lord.
Toby was bound to be disappointed.