Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!-Chapter 1251 - 343: Here? Let’s See Your Remaining Value!

Chapter 1251: Chapter 343: Here? Let’s See Your Remaining Value!

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As expected, Kael’s message quickly spread across the game forums.

Especially offline, the club where the Guarantor and Human Soul resided almost instantly agreed to the Guarantor’s request, ensuring they find a way to gain an advantageous position in selecting the Border Lord territories.

Other players also began to take action.

Of course, the most anxious were those player guilds and clubs that hadn’t yet contacted Kael. They knew well that being a step behind meant always being behind.

In this scenario, to gain considerable benefits, they inevitably needed to invest heavily upfront.

So, as Kael predicted, all the players in the Lancaster Territory started to take action.

After all, it’s a Lord we’re talking about!

In old-school virtual online game novels, items like lordship orders or city-building permits could directly cause massive waves among players.

And now, the "Brother Kael’s Lordship Quests" that have the same effect naturally became their focus.

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[Location: Lancaster Territory · Titan Floating City]

Elanna laughed, hugging Kael from behind the chair, "You’re truly a sly one."

Kael shook his head, responding seriously, "How is this being sly? I’m just trying to make full use of their residual value."

"If I remember correctly, you once told me that in the Human Federation era, those who tried to maximize others’ residual value might end up hanging from a streetlight?"

"Yeah, there was also a chance they’d get turned into everyday items like soap. On a related note, even their bones could be extracted and made into bone china. It’s not surprising," Kael said with a nuanced expression.

"So why are you making players do this?" Elanna poked his face, "Aren’t you worried players will dislike you? I remember you care a lot about your image among players, don’t you, Kael?"

Kael nodded and said, "This can’t be helped. Saying it’s about maximizing the players’ residual value isn’t quite accurate. For players or clubs, Player Lord is actually a tool to leverage team advantage and snowball further.

Even without these rules, they’d still choose to leverage their advantages to widen the gap between themselves and other player guilds or clubs.

For us, this is a kind of internal competition. For them, it’s a racing game. The more they invest, the more they yield, and the stronger the positive feedback they receive. One can only say that if we don’t utilize this trait of players, someone else will soon enough."

To Kael, players indeed were a unique existence.

He actually had the power to limit players’ actions, but as a former Human Federation person, he didn’t want his compatriots to always live under coercion and pressure.

Instead of opting for coercion, it was better to go with the flow and let players actively realize their value.

After all, this game never lacked solo players, nor did it lack players used to completing daily guild quests who couldn’t sleep soundly without finishing their daily tasks.

Now, he gave these people a choice.

"For them, this might also be a good choice." Kael sighed as he watched the bustling players.

This, too, was a bit of his selfish desire.

Now that the Human Federation has become history, letting these players treat this world as a genuinely real world, survive in it, grow in it, and die in it, isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

If they own land in this world, they’ll have plenty to reminisce about the land they developed together.

Whether it’s a melon field, lush green mountains, or even buildings constructed by players themselves...

Economically speaking, as players invest more sunk costs, they’re increasingly unable to detach from this world.

Binding their hearts forever to this land makes this their second world, their spiritual dreamland, not eternal subordinates in Kael’s Spiritual Body World, unable to escape his control, mere puppets.

Kael sincerely wished to prevent such a situation.

Thus, he decisively made his choice.

"I hope you don’t disappoint me! Our homeland is drifting further and further away, the sounds, loves, and hatreds in our memories briefly breezed towards me back then...

Now, it’s a home I can never return to."

Kael softly said.

Knowing Kael now immersed in nostalgia, Elanna didn’t utter consoling words for him.

She always knew Kael never needed anyone’s consolation; he just needed a moment alone, with a few companions beside him at most.

"It’s okay. One day, players will learn the truth and understand your choice, Kael. No matter what, you’re still the legend who once saved their world."

"I hope so. Well, let’s wait for the curtain to rise." Kael calmly watched the scenes on the screen, a content smile on his face.

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In truth, as Kael predicted, the response from the player community about this matter was far more intense than he imagined.

"Damn, can someone tell me what’s going on? Can we players become lords and then have adorable kemonomimi to lead a decadent and rotten life?"

"Wake up, stop dreaming. Do you have enough people to ensure the smooth operation of the entire territory?"

"Can’t I just partner with other players?"

"That’s laughable. Partner with others? Have you considered that a territory can naturally only have one lord? Why should other players listen to you and work to establish a territory for you?"

"True, but I think the player above wanting to find a kemonomimi has great taste. After all, who could resist a kemonomimi in a black Gothic maid outfit, waking you up in the morning?"

"Furry lovers, go climb!" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Can someone explain the process to me? How can you become a lord?"

"We don’t know! We only learned about this after those elite players disclosed it. I’ve heard that forces like the Atomic Signal Club are actively and anxiously planning this event to become lords. After all, given the situation, the number of Border Lords is actually limited, and not many player groups can genuinely control border territories, right?"

"Damn, in the end, are we only going to be able to listen to those elite players and player guilds?! Fellow players, it’s intolerable! It’s time to show our unity to all players! Anyone wants to unite and establish a territory, we can’t let all rights be controlled by these elite players!"

"Sounds reasonable. The Celestial Dynasty is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise. Count me in!"

"Honestly, gathering us useless players together might just give us a chance to challenge those clubs and big guilds."

"Given that, I’ll set up a guild too, a guild exclusively for female players called [Guns and Roses]. Any lovely ladies willing to join our family?!"

"Tsk, here we go again. Boys, gather here and form the [Boy Protection Association], to prevent history from repeating. Our slogan is ’Fairness, fairness, still f***ing fairness’!"

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Kael watched this scene thoughtfully, a peculiar expression in his eyes.

It felt as though with his little interference, many player guilds that in the previous life would take until mid-to-late game to form were now getting established early.