MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter-Chapter 922 - The Beginning of the Battle

Chapter 922: Chapter 922 The Beginning of the Battle

Chapter 922: Chapter 922 The Beginning of the Battle

“System: Initial allocation is now underway, with the following principles: guilds close to the coastline are automatically assigned to naval operations. Inland guilds are automatically allocated to land routes.”

“System: Guilds assigned to naval operations, if lacking ships, will receive ship support accordingly. After the war, any remaining ships will fall under the guild’s control.”

Many guilds were located near the coast, but that was mainly for the convenience of fishing and harvesting various aquatic products; in reality, they scarcely had the power to develop docks and vessels. Even the larger guilds were busy investing in the completion of functional buildings during their construction phase and equally lacked any thoughts of developing a navy.

Of course, having a navy isn’t as simple as just having ships. Ordinary NPCs are difficult enough to recruit, let alone naval forces. Besides, the level of interaction that players currently have with the game is relatively low – even recruiting pirates is impossible.

So even the guilds near the sea that were assigned to naval operations were unwilling; what a joke, sea battles, they thought.

In the event within Ancient Gods, players were still trying to figure out land combat, while those who were assigned to land felt a bit of schadenfreude, given they were in different arenas.

However, following the system’s prompt that these guilds would be given ships, they instantly became envious and resentful.

Shipbuilding is not a simple task, and even the smallest vessel constitutes a significant boost for a guild.

And the guild members near the coast, who were initially dismayed, suddenly beamed with joy as ships began to appear along their shores.

The System provided them a window to choose their vessels, although of course there were no warships, only small or medium-sized transport ships.

The guilds at sea began to get busy, with some even scrambling last minute to research ancient naval combat Tactics.

Some guilds were frantically sweeping the auction house for useful items, as with the countdown to the competition, many previously disregarded items suddenly became worth their weight in gold.

The Ancient Gods event was so intensively played that even some in-game merchants were unprepared, but this turned out to be a boon for many players.

Items like tree resin, fuel oil, Hook Locks, and rockets – byproducts of various secondary profession skills that felt too cheap to sell to the general store yet wouldn’t move in the auction house – had been stockpiled by many players in their warehouses.

These items suddenly became exceedingly sought-after.

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Starfire was also preparing, but their morale was even higher because Starfire had warships.

In fact, Starfire had consistently expanded its fleet’s scale at great expense, even allocating a significant portion of the guild’s income to it.

This was no secret; all members were aware that just a few days ago, Starfire had acquired some decommissioned ships from the three main factions.

It was through the connections of a female official that they were able to contact the navies of various races, and it was only due to the face of the queen that they acquired these so-called out-of-service items.

The reason these were decommissioned was that the navy had updated their old warships and no longer needed them, but every port’s garrison forces were vying for them.

It was only because of the queen’s influence that Starfire managed to scrape together some vessels, although of course, Starfire’s strength only allowed for the acquisition of small warships.

Together with the existing escort ships, Starfire had a total of eighteen small warships, each equipped with cannons – the kind that would be considered large.

However, Li Yao did not want the transport ships to participate in combat but decided to use all the small warships and two fast ships intended for scouting.

A total of twenty small warships, with an average crew of two to three hundred people, were more than enough.

Naturally, Starfire did not receive the so-called supplementary warships, but Li Yao did not care at all about those small ships since they were of no use to Starfire.

Owing to the presence of the Frogmen, Starfire never lacked marine products and didn’t even need fishing boats.

This time, Starfire could be said to be deploying its full force in the fight.

Li Yao was on the only ship that barely qualified as a medium warship, waiting for the match to begin.

“Prairie Fire Brother, this time they’ve all gone mad, those small guilds have united with the sole aim of quickly eliminating us.”

Sea and Sky and Li Yao had been in touch all along, but both had been busy and hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

However, Starfire and the Brilliant Guild had a relatively good relationship, and the members of the two guilds got along fairly harmoniously.

Li Yao was speechless, “Big brother, we’re a small guild too, telling me this doesn’t help.”

“Cut it out, Starfire being called a small guild, don’t make me laugh. Heh heh, just look at the lineup of your Starfire, everyone knows that Star Lake has warships, you’re definitely going to be targeted when the time comes,” Sea and Sky said with schadenfreude.

“Big brother, the competition is about to start, can you please be serious for once? You might not have anything to do, but I do,” Li Yao said with a laugh.

“No, no, no, what I meant is that we should form an alliance,” Sea and Sky revealed his true intent.

“Stop joking, you guys do land battles, how can we form an alliance?” Li Yao was exasperated.

“I’m talking about the second phase; when the time comes, we’ll be united against others, what do you think?”

“We’re already allies,” Li Yao replied.

After he got rid of Sea and Sky, Moment of Blooming Beauty also got in touch, indicating they would advance or retreat together with Starfire.

Li Yao teased, “Looks like Boss Beauty also knows about our Starfire having warships.”

“Cut the crap, are we allying or not? If you don’t agree, I might just team up with Prosperous Era,” Moment of Blooming Beauty said helplessly.

“Don’t even try, to my knowledge, the other large guilds have already formed alliances, you’re a bit late to the game. After all, Moment of Blooming Beauty is also a strong threat,” Li Yao didn’t fall for it.

“That settles it then, when the competition starts, we’ll exchange coordinates and then meet up,” Moment of Blooming Beauty insisted, leaving no room for Li Yao to refuse. “Starfire is drawing too much attention now, and you have plenty of enemies. Although Starfire is formidable, you can’t stand alone against superior numbers.”

In reality, the alliance had already been agreed upon, which included guilds that had allied with Starfire in the previous two events, bringing together a total of five guilds. Although not an overwhelming force, they were not fighting alone.

“System: All participating personnel, please get ready. You will be teleported shortly.”

A moment later, as the countdown finished, everything blurred before their eyes, and then they found themselves in unfamiliar waters.

Surrounded by the endless sea, there was no shore in sight, not even a sense of direction.

In fact, the one leading the command this time was not anyone from Starfire Guild but a captain that Li Yao had brought back from the Mire Marshes, now the Guard Officer of Spark Station, responsible for training Starfire’s navy.

“Confirm coordinates immediately,” the Guard Officer ordered loudly.

The NPC soon took the order and left, quickly returning with information.

“Report, sir, we are off the coast of New Soldier Wilderness. Judging by the currents and wind direction, we can reach shore in two hours if we go at full speed,” the NPC reported.

The Guard Officer glanced at Li Yao before commanding, “Pass my orders, raise the Starfire Battle Flag, destination New Soldier Wilderness, set sail.”

Then the Starfire’s warships began raising their battle flag and sails, and set off.

“Lookout, stay alert at all times,” the Guard Officer gave out orders systematically and without delay.

Li Yao was quite relieved about his decision; had it been up to him to command, he would have been all over the place…