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After seeing the Lich, everyone from the Hall of the Exalted realized that they had tipped Netherclaw over and now he had shown his hand.

The Tier 6 Megabosss Sealed Core would require a high-tier Summoner who had the skill Soul Binding completely to craft; other than that, to craft it, one would need to expend at least a hundred Mana Cores that were of the same tier. This would cost at least billions of gold coins.

Netherclaws bet with Bruvver was a million of gold coins. Sending out the Lich would mean taking a loss even after Netherclaw won the war.

In other words, Netherclaw was now determined to take down the Hall of the Exalted.

No matter the cost!

***

To mere Tier 5 players, the Lich was as wrathful as natural disasters! It didnt matter if the opponents were Tier 5 newbies or veterans. If one were to face off this monstrosity alone, they would be facing death rather swiftly.

With over 600 points of Magic Attack stats, the Lich could kill any lone player with a point of a finger. Now, this wrathful Lich was controlled by a player. Its destructive capabilities were now infinitely multiplied.

With the aid of Netherclaws smarts, the Lich instantly decimated all the darn enemies that were on Netherclaws tail earlier.

One man and one monster.

Their wrath was immeasurable.

Like bombers raining hell from above the sky.

In less than twenty seconds, Shadow Magic attacks enveloped the battlefield, killing enemies everywhere they went. The Hall of the Exalteds men were not able to withstand such a devastating onslaught at all. In a blink of an eye,over 200 men had fallen on the battlefield.

Seeing the Lichs arrival and Netherclaws counter-strike, everyone on the Netherspirits Claws camp had now regained their fighting spirits.

Yeah! Blast all those Hall of the Exalted bastards back to the city!

Over ten thousand people roared enthusiastically as they gathered their strength to give their enemies another round of scuffle.

It would seem that there was still hope for the Netherspirits Claws camp.

However

The four League Leaders, who were spectating over the city walls, couldnt help but frown after seeing this.

Things werent looking good for Netherclaw

Indeed, Netherclaw was able to regain a few grounds with his desperate counter-strikes. Yet, the Hall of the Exalted didnt seem to be hugely affected by thisthey were only slightly fazed by the counter-strikes and then regrouped in a rather short time.

In the League Leaders eyes, even if Netherclaw was able to fight back now, it was merely a desperate attempt. When the Hall of the Exalted had fully organized and launched their assault, Netherclaw and his Lichs efforts would be all for naught.

Although the Lich was quite powerful, it was now controlled by a playerits actions and attack patterns were now fairly predictable when they know who the puppeteer was.

At least, to Qin Ruo, killing a Lich wasnt even that hard. All it took was a few capable Tier 5 Veterans heck, he could even take on a Lich alone without breaking a sweat.

If the Lich and Netherclaw were defeated, it would not be long before Netherspirits Claw faced its doom.

Having thought this, the four League Leaders sighed. The gap of strength between the two warring factions was quite immense. It seemed that Netherspirits Claw indeed had suffered a lot in this ship-jumping crisis.

It was then, Scarlet Bauhinia spoke.

If Netherspirits Claw is defeated, I suppose his League would be disbanded soon

Then, he glimpsed at Qin Ruo and Majestic Hero Seeing no response from them, Scarlet Bauhinia didnt say anything further. All he could do now was to look at the desperate Netherclaw and his Lich on the battlefield.

***

And it was as expected.

In just three minutes, the Netherspirits Claws advantage was all but diminished by a huge black net that was shot at the Lich from afar.

It was as expected of the filthy rich Hall of the Exalted. In just minutes, they were able to acquire a huge amount of Shadowmesh Arrows, and those were sent straight to the hands of their Bowmasters. In an instant, hundreds of Shadowmesh Arrows rained upon the Lich.

The Shadowmesh Arrows indeed had a low rate of success in encapsulating a Lich. However, this time they were released by hundreds of Bowmasters the low success rate was now made insignificant by the sheer quantity of arrows raining from above

Thus, the mighty Lich was instantly bound and trapped!

That was not all.

From the crowd that the arrows were firing from, Qin Ruo and his fellow League Leaders could see very clearly that there were Snowmelt and Dark Dragon among their ranks!

That was such a despicable tactic!

Having these two former allies take on Netherclaw would not only be highly effective in terms of tactics, seeing that they knew Netherclaws attack patterns reasonably well, it would also be a massive blow on Netherclaws psyche.

With the combined effort of several dozens of other Champions

It was checkmate!

And sure enough, in seconds, Netherclaw was blasted off from the sky at the same time, the ensnared Lich too vanished into thin air.

These filthy bastards!

Knocking his fist into the city walls, Black God bellowed, They even sent these two to spite Netherclaw! Im not going to sit and watch anymore, gang!

He quickly turned his furious, fuming eyes at his three fellow League Leaders.

So, whats our plan? If you want, I can summon my men over in this instant

It would seem that Black God intended to aid Netherspirits Claw in his war against the Hall of the Exalted.

Hearing this, Scarlet Bauhinia calmly replied.

The Hall of the Exalted should never have existed in Honor and Glory in the first place.

His words had expressed his determination in aiding Netherclaw too.

However, Qin Ruo and Majestic Hero had a different answer.

No, we should wait.

The two of them looked at one another with a smile. It seemed that great minds do think alike.

Hearing their answers, Scarlet Bauhinia inhaled deeply and threw another glance at the battlefield. Then, he turned his attention back to Qin Ruo and Majestic Hero, wondering what their intentions were with a frown.

While Scarlet Bauhinia was trying to figure out what Qin Ruo and Majestic Hero had in mind, Black God wasnt having any of it.

Wait? Well, you can sit on my arse waiting on it!

Black Gods eyes widened as he leered at the two heartless gentlemen in front of him.

If we wait, Netherspirits Claws done for!

If Netherclaw fell, the entire Netherspirits Claw would fall too. This was quite obvious to anyone at the scene. And if that were to happen, Netherspirits Claw would definitely be disbanded.

Even though Black God and Netherclaw werent always on the best of terms, there had been a lot of joint operations between the Five Leagues since the Fallen Angels established their city. Other than that, they were both Shadowmancers too. This had helped to forge a friendship between the two former enemies.

Black God could not stand to watch his new friend, Netherclaw, be destroyed like this

Besides, Black God had some selfish reasons in wanting Netherclaw to win. If the Hall of the Exalted could stomp Netherspirits Claw into oblivion, they could very well pick on Black Prison next. It wasnt hard for that to happen, seeing these former-Prinzs super conceited attitude toward others.

Saving Netherclaw was, essentially, saving himself too.

Hearing Black Gods concern, Majestic Hero calmly replied, This might not be a bad thing to Netherclaw too. Just be patient. This isnt the time to act.

Huh?

Black God was tongue-tied after hearing Majestic Hero weird mumbo jumbo.

Majestic Hero then continued explaining.

Lets not forget. This League War was started by Netherclaw himself. If we all join in and help him, what would the others say?

Besides, most Hall of the Exalteds men are now in the Underworld. Are we going to combine all the forces of the Five League to bully this small crowd over here?

Hearing this, Black God slapped his forehead, finally understanding what Majestic Hero was trying to say.

Yes, how could he forget? This League War was started by Netherclaw. They had no business in joining this war.

Besides, the Netherspirits Claw was seemingly outnumbering the Hall of the Exalted. If the other four Leagues joined in the fight, the ignorant outsiders would think that the Five Leagues were ganging up to bully a newly risen League.

The Black Prison League had a good reputation amongst the player communityjoining in the League War might jeopardize his Leagues name entirely.

Black God found himself trapped in a dilemma.

Then how long should we wait? Are we going to wait until the wars over? Are we just going to sit here and watch Netherspirits Claw fall?

Of course not

So, youve got a plan then?

Black God was overjoyed when he heard Majestic Heros response. If youve got a plan, then spill it! Fucking hell, always with the riddles! Who do you think you are? Gandalf?!

Majestic Hero forced a smile as he heard Black Gods retort.

Whats the hurry? The League War had only just begun. Weve got plenty of time to sort this out

Ah. I see.

Black God responded with a shift in tone, So, after leaving me hanging for this long youre telling me that you still havent got any plans at all.

Hearing Black Gods roast, Majestic Hero could not help but smile bitterly and look at Qin Ruo.

So, Little Qin. Have you got any idea to sort this out peacefully?

Qin Ruo shook his head in response.

Sort out this Hall of the Exalted Crisis peacefully? He didnt have any bright idea in sorting this out.

Why? Because he had never thought of sorting this out peacefully.

Indeed, he and Majestic Hero did agree that Netherclaws defeat might not be a bad thing to the latter. The Netherspirits Claws men werent too loyal to Netherclaw and thus not very unified when facing a crisis like this. Therefore, even if Netherspirits Claw lost its men to Hall of the Exalted and lost in this war, it wouldnt be too difficult for Netherclaw to rebuild his League.

As for the Hall of the Exalted

Qin Ruo had never really cared about how others thought of him and the Fallen Angels. He didnt care at all.

The time he used his Disguise skill to fling the entire Demon Faction back to the Dark Age in the Siege of Sin City

The time he used the Black Flame Steeds to place his men in the Top Ten in the Grand Tournament.

All of these were heavily scorned and criticized by countless players on the Honor and Glorys official forum!

Yet, Qin Ruo didnt care one bit

In Honor and Glory, only the ones with power had the right to anything.

Majestic Heros peaceful methods were, in fact, polar opposites to his.

Therefore, Majestic Hero didnt know that his friend Qin Ruo wasnt thinking of solving this crisis peacefully. He didnt really consider the ways of both saving Netherspirits Claw and putting the Hall of the Exalted in his place at all.

From the moment he learned that even Black Rock, an elder member of the Fallen Angels, was also contacted by Bruvver and offered bribery to betray him too

From the moment he realized just how low and despicable Bruvver would go to achieve his glory, Qin Ruo had only one thing in mind, To wipe out the Hall of the Exalted in the best way possible once and for all.