In Carl's view, Oath's announcent regarding the Netherworld Ban felt like it had completely abandoned even the most basic sense of fairness.
But the officials truly had the confidence to act that way.
Because Oath was undeniably thriving in version 1.2.
According to the statistics, the number of registered users had already exceeded thirty-five million, and the daily active user count had reached an absurd peak of ten million concurrent players.
That kind of comrcial performance was enough to make almost any other ga developer look up in envy. It was a worldwide phenonon, a true breakout hit.
This ti, the Saintess ntor banner had achieved outstanding results, taking first place on the global all-platform app best-seller chart for seventy consecutive hours, despite barely receiving any promotion.
Now that the Saintess ntor banner had ended, the second half of the version had begun with the Loli Knight banner, and its performance also looked very promising.
The simplest way for Carl to fight back was to increase the number of players in Descent into Netherworld Village.
Because from beginning to end, the only thing the Oath officials truly cared about was money.
However, due to the Elysium agreent, every ti a player played Descent into Netherworld Village, every additional hour they spent in the village allowed Carl to take a portion of the revenue straight from the officials' pockets.
How could the Oath officials not be anxious? From their perspective, Carl might as well have walked into their Vault with a burlap sack and started hauling away their money.
During this period, by aggressively farming gold coins from Oath, Carl had earned a large number of paid Contract Stones.
For a long ti to co, Carl would not have to worry about purchasing resources for ga updates.
As for the backlash against the Netherworld Ban, it was unexpectedly small. Or perhaps it was still building up.
The main reason was that Descent into Netherworld Village's current player base was still too small. Carl glanced at the data and saw that only about a hundred thousand players were currently roaming Netherworld Village.
The official announcent was also written in extrely vague language. Most Oath players did not even understand what had happened when they saw it.
This was likely exactly what the Oath officials wanted. The announcent's contents were written specifically for the players of Descent into Netherworld Village to see.
Once the number of players playing Descent into Netherworld Village increased, the backlash would naturally grow.
But Carl felt that this was still not enough. The City of Glory had already started feeling Carl's very warm and very intrusive touch.
Once the number of villager players increased, Carl felt it would be ti to pull off another major stunt.
Currently, Carl's main consciousness was focused on ensuring that the rights and interests of every player in Descent into Netherworld Village would not be hard.
The Oath officials were genuinely capable of banning accounts. Carl estimated that it would not be long before they issued a warning list.
It had to be said that this was an extrely effective deterrent.
Oath's unprecedented success was the greatest leverage the Oath officials had when writing this announcent and negotiating with Elysium.
However, the Oath officials could still work with the Theocracy to implent punishnts that felt extrely petty to Carl.
Carl's attention imdiately focused on Macchiato.
As a popular female strear who had been streaming Villager Mode, she was the primary target of this Netherworld Ban.
Macchiato was not currently farming gold in the Trial of Glory. After a stretch of high-intensity rat gaplay, she rarely felt like changing her mood today and taking a short break as a Savior in a dessert shop in the City of Glory.
At the sa ti, she had only brought Carl with her in her party. Was it to bribe Carl, or did she simply want a brief date with him?
Carl noticed that Macchiato was not in her own Open World, but in Vengeful Blood's Open World.
As players spent more ti playing Oath, everyone had noticed that the NPCs in the Open Worlds of whales and top Extre Abyss players were much smarter.
This was quite normal. For a top-tier guild like the Do Alliance, which consisted of tens of thousands of skilled players, NPCs from both the Holy Nation and the Empire would keep their main consciousness in the guild leader's Open World.
This caused so knowledgeable players to gather in the Open Worlds of these top whales whenever they wanted to experience a more vivid version of the world.
While Macchiato was eating dessert in her guild leader's Open World, a sudden, sharp alarm sounded. Imdiately afterward, two City of Glory soldiers charged aggressively toward Macchiato and Carl.
"!!!"
Macchiato almost choked when she saw them. She glanced at her various interfaces, confird that she was not in Villager Mode, and asked,
"Uh... can I help you?"
One of the soldiers solemnly took out a wanted poster, held it in front of Macchiato, and said,
"According to multiple reports, you are accused of damaging city walls, illegally demolishing city buildings, excavating teleportation array cores, and stealing over ten thousand pieces of public property."
"Wait, no!"
Macchiato was completely stunned by the list of charges. Wasn't the Trial of Glory supposed to be about recovering city resources? How did it turn into theft?
Wait a minute. Technically, the resources Macchiato recovered were supposed to be turned over to the Church.
As it turned out, while playing Villager Mode, she had demolished many buildings in the Lower District and scavenged countless resources, all of which she had brought back to Netherworld Village.
In the strictest sense, that really was theft.
The City of Glory in the Trial of Glory was actually a map ford by overlapping the Open Worlds of the matched players.
Although all items and buildings would be restored after the battle ended, the resources Macchiato dug up were real pieces of Data Volu.
Calling her a Data Volu thief was technically accurate.
Seeing Macchiato's panicked expression, Carl lightly tugged at his collar and introduced the person beside him with great dignity.
"Do you realize who you're speaking to? This is a world-renowned Savior!"
Yes, yes, exactly!
The reason Macchiato liked taking Carl out with her was that Carl really knew how to make players feel important.
In the ga's setting, the player's status was extrely noble.
Not only that, after version 1.2, Macchiato had also completed the main storyline, and her reputation and status in the City of Glory had greatly increased.
So, Macchiato followed Carl's lead, put on the air of a noble young lady, and said to Carl,
"Carl! Tell these soldiers who I am!"
Why are you getting into character? In this situation, you should hurry up and pass the dialogue check so you can run away!
Since the player lady had made a wish, Carl had no choice but to fulfill it. Thus, Carl cleared his throat and said to the soldiers,
"Listen carefully, you insolent fools. Perhaps you know who the Saintess is. This lady is the Saintess's closest comrade-in-arms, her beloved companion. She is hailed by the Saintess as the guiding light of the Holy Nation."
"And the Saintess's ntor, Milaitine. I believe she is a world-renowned scholar of this city, is she not? She has called this lady the most brilliant treasure of the City of Glory."
"Furthermore, this lady recently helped you resolve the monster invasion in the Bright Plains. She truly saved this city once. Have you forgotten your benefactor's face so quickly?"
Oh my god! Carl, you beautiful man!
If Macchiato did not still have a place in her heart for Hasumi, she might have wanted to beco Carl's number one fan right then and there.
This was simply too much emotional satisfaction.
Macchiato was, of course, currently streaming.
As the guide of Netherworld Village, Carl's popularity among female players had been steadily increasing.
After all, in the gloomy environnt of Netherworld Village, Carl's handso digital specter persona did indeed have a dangerous allure.
And now, this protective scene from Carl would likely lead to even more female players taking him out for walks.
Everything Carl had just said was part of the main story content of version 1.2.
As the Savior, Macchiato had truly helped the City of Glory resolve a major crisis that threatened to destroy the city.
As a result, the two soldiers looked at each other, then shrugged and said sothing that left Macchiato stunned.
"Despite your many contributions to the city, Lord Savior, you have also committed an equal number of offenses. Therefore, your Contribution Points in this city have been reset to zero."
"Wait, what?! I just played another mode for a while. How can you reset my Contribution Points to zero?"
Macchiato hurriedly opened the City of Glory's Contribution Point system.
This system was essentially tied to exploration progress in the City of Glory. The more content a player completed, the higher their Contribution Points beca, which unlocked corresponding Contract Stone rewards.
Macchiato's Contribution Points had originally been maxed out, but now, when she looked at them, they had sohow beco negative 999, marking her as a notorious criminal.
"Sigh... would you believe if I said we were on a classified mission?"
Carl realized imdiately that this was one of the Oath officials' punishnts for villager players. He began making excuses on the spot while trying to get Macchiato to escape.
But the two soldiers showed no rcy. They directly raised their spears and drove away the wanted criminal whose Contribution Points had been reset to zero.
(To be continued.)
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