Chapter : 198
But the faction war announcent had already been issued, and Yan Yunqing couldn't possibly make the ga retract it; after all, he wasn't the true owner of the ga.
He could only think about how to minimize the impact of this event given the players' involvent.
Perhaps he could guide the players into confrontation based on the key point of 'factions'...
Ah, still so angry.
Yan Yunqing tsked, switched to his identity as [Good Day], and unsurprisingly received the ga announcent. A ga prompt popped up.
【Please choose your faction.】
【[Bartovita] or [Romunik]】
【Your choice will affect the subsequent plot of the quest 『Frontline Campaign』. Please choose carefully.】
Yan Yunqing stared at the two choices, feeling troubled. To be honest, he didn't want to choose either side. Although the Eleventh Princess of Bartovita, Alice, was his student, Alice could not represent Bartovita.
At least the current Bartovita was still the Bartovita belonging to King Barto and Queen Augreer.
As for Romunik, Yan Yunqing had even less interaction with them, but he was certain the Romunik royal family wasn't that clean either; there must be people from the Church of Light among them.
After all, Yan Yunqing hadn't forgotten about Xavier!
Now that Xavier was suspected to be alive and had even run off to the Church of Light to beco a Saint with considerable power, and the Mandiper incident also showed that the Church of Light was secretly searching for people with 『Talent』—even Soul Locking Chains and Soul Locking Formations had appeared in Mandiper's dark dungeon—this was inextricably linked to the Church of Light.
The Church of Light seed to be doing sothing similar to the Eternal Divine Sect, except the Eternal Divine Sect used cult brainwashing thods and borrowed the na of the Eternal Lord, while the Church of Light cooperated with other forces, dispatching bishops to station in various places to infiltrate the common masses in a subtle, silent manner.
Neither was good stuff.
Yan Yunqing didn't know anyone from the Romunik royal family and couldn't judge the extent of the Church of Light's infiltration into Romunik, but Romunik was definitely not a good choice either.
...So, could he choose not to choose?
Yan Yunqing stared at the system panel for a few seconds. Seeming to sense his thoughts, the system panel froze for a few seconds before slowly revealing another option—[Let think again].
Yan Yunqing: ?
Yan Yunqing opened his eyes slightly wider, watching the two options on the system panel change into three: 【[Bartovita] or [Romunik], [Let think again]】. It was as if the existence controlling the ga system behind the scenes had made so kind of compromise with him.
...Wait, compromise? Yan Yunqing didn't know why such a thought popped into his head, but he still hesitantly chose [Let think again]. After selecting it, the first two options dimd, and the system quest updated.
【Frontline Campaign · Prologue】
Description: King Barto's beloved Sixth Prince, Fitch, was kidnapped by unidentified persons while traveling in Romunik. The kidnappers were extrely arrogant and cruel, brutally killing the Sixth Prince Fitch.
Bartovita negotiated with Romunik several tis, demanding that Romunik hand over the cruel bandits who killed the Sixth Prince, but was refused. With negotiations fruitless, King Barto decided to declare war on the Romunik Empire.
As an outsider descending upon this world, you have decided to join and record this war.
—You have selected [Let think again].
Since you have not chosen any faction, only so quests of the Frontline Campaign are open. If you need to change factions, please go to the faction affairs officer to perform a [Change].
(Note: When you choose to change factions, the favorability of the original faction will drop to [Hatred]. The difficulty of changing again will double, and the favorability of the changed faction will be [Cold]. Please choose faction changes carefully.)
【Frontline Campaign · Recorder】
Quest 1: Entering the Frontline
Quest Brief: The war is about to begin. We need to learn more intelligence about the frontline.
Quest Objective: Arrive at the frontline camp and speak with (Greyed out) Camp Commander (Greyed out) local residents to understand the situation on the frontline. (0/3)
Quest Reward: [Experience xn], [Gold Coins xn], [Unknown]
Quest 2: Help Civilians
Quest Brief: The fires of war on the frontline have displaced many civilians. We need to help them find a safe place.
Quest Objective: Go to the designated area, find 10 civilians, and escort them to a safe camp. (0/10)
Quest Reward: [Experience xn], [Gold Coins xn], [Faction Reputation xn], [Unknown]
Quest 3: Scout Enemy Situation (Cannot be completed)
Quest 4: Escort Supplies (Cannot be completed)
Quest 5: Destroy Enemy Supply Lines (Cannot be completed)
...
A series of quests refreshed. Yan Yunqing discovered that among his quests, those related to combat could not be completed, while those unrelated to combat could be completed.
Yan Yunqing opened the ga forum and looked around. Sure enough, he saw that players had already moved the faction war quests to the forum.
He compared them with the quests of players who had chosen the Bartovita or Romunik faction. There wasn't much difference from his, except that the few quests he couldn't complete were selectable for players to complete.
So this [Let think again] option was a neutral faction identity that could join another faction at any ti?
Yan Yunqing refreshed the page and confird that other players' third option appeared almost at the sa ti as his. Players who had logged off earlier expressed that they hadn't seen the third option before.
Yan Yunqing: ...
No way? Was this really a compromise from the ga to him?
Yan Yunqing looked at the item about helping civilians in the basic quests and frowned. If the appearance of the third option made him feel the ga had compromised with him, then the quest leaning more toward protecting ordinary people seed to be blatantly showing favoritism toward him—uh, was this word a bit weird?
At least Yan Yunqing was certain that among the ga's previous quest distributions, aside from those he instructed NPCs to give to players, none of the ga's autonomously released quests had the core objective of protecting civilians.
Yan Yunqing knew that the players' involvent would make the outco of this war confusing and unpredictable, so he was angry that the ga system suddenly caused trouble by pulling players in.
But then the ga turned around and issued a quest to protect and help civilians to all players, like a child who had done sothing wrong trying hard to make ands and please him...
I made a mistake, but I'll do it again next ti?
Yan Yunqing was disgusted by his own imagination and decided to delete this speculation from his brain.
Beautifying the enemy was not a good sign.
Yan Yunqing put away his superfluous thoughts, glanced at the quests, and felt a bit relieved.
At least the quests were here. Although there was no mandatory restriction preventing players from harming ordinary people, with the quest preference present, players would subconsciously separate ordinary people from the faction war. This would more or less reduce the harm to ordinary people and even save so who were accidentally affected by the war.
It also saved him the trouble of personally guiding the war.
Yan Yunqing put away the quest list and saw a ssage from [Ying Yi].
[Ying Yi]: For the faction war quest, which faction do you think is better to choose?
Yan Yunqing raised an eyebrow. He rubbed his chin, finding this squad leader's question quite interesting. Did he think he knew insider information about this faction war, so he ca to sound him out?
Hmm... If they were official people, they probably had already found out about the ga GM image he initially created with [Big Brother A] and [He Kou Wang]. They wouldn't necessarily believe it directly, but they would definitely focus on his actions.
Coming specifically to sound him out was also very reasonable.
Yan Yunqing pondered for a mont.
[Good Day]: The faction war? Don't you think the reason for the Two Great Empires going to war is very perfunctory? (Smile) I haven't chosen any faction. I just feel that getting involved in this kind of war isn't a good thing.
The official people were actually very formidable. Although they didn't look like the type who often played gas, their levels were almost all near the top; half of the top hundred players were official people.
This ratio was very exaggerated. One had to know that those in the top hundred of the level rankings were either extrely lucky to encounter special quests or professional gars.
Playing gas was their main job, and they knew the unspoken rules of gas like the back of their hands, ensuring their levels always stayed at the forefront.
Many of the official people didn't fit either category. Being on the list had only one possibility: crazy grinding. Relying on real-world combat experience to grind against those demonic beasts in the ga, even fighting monsters above their level to get more experience, thus keeping themselves in the top hundred of the level rankings.
These people were all experienced elite soldiers. Even with the limitations of swordsn and mages, joining the battlefield was an uncertain factor. If he could fool them into sending fewer people to participate in the faction war, it would, to so extent, inhibit the expansion of the war.
[Ying Yi]: Is that so? Thanks, I'll consider your suggestion.
Yan Yunqing nodded with satisfaction. It seed the other party understood his subtext. Considering it more was good enough; he didn't expect to really influence the decisions made by the official people.
Imdiately after, [Ying Yi] sent another ssage that made Yan Yunqing pause.
[Ying Yi]: regarding the condition I promised you before, there's been so progress. I should be sending you the quest details soon.
The condition promised before?
Intelligence clues about other hidden quests?
Yan Yunqing was a bit surprised. He didn't expect the official people to be so fast. It seed like he had just ntioned it to the other party not long ago, right? Was it this quick?
Could it be that as soon as he finished speaking, they went to study the world background overnight? And they really researched a hidden quest?
[Good Day]: So fast? Let state in advance, I'm very picky. This intelligence must be at least of a similar level to the quest I shared with you.
The treasure hunt quest he shared, although tedious and possibly a trap, was related to the Eternal Empire that perished over a thousand years ago, showing how high the rarity level of this quest was.
Quests as rare as 【Treasure Buried Deep Under Yellow Sand】 were few and far between.
[Ying Yi]: Don't worry. As per the original transaction content, you have the right to choose.
Yan Yunqing smiled.
[Good Day]: Then I'll wait and see.
***
At the border where the Two Great Empires t, the Barnot Mountain Range cut a border line.
Though called a mountain range, it could actually be seen as a small hilly area. There were villages living on the flat land in the middle, and nearby cities had stationed troops, each belonging to different nobles.
Because the nearby region was barren and arable land was scarce, the residents here mostly made a living by hunting and logging. Therefore, even though this was noble territory, it was difficult to squeeze much profit from the commoners.
Before Bartovita officially declared war on Romunik, this place had been living relatively peaceful days.
Poor, but livable.
However, everything changed after Bartovita declared war on Romunik.
Nearby cities were all under martial law. Ordinary civilians were not allowed to enter or leave the areas designated as the border at will, and the rights of civilians to freely enter and leave the cities were also restricted.
The atmosphere at the border beca heavy.
Even though Bartovita had just declared war not long ago, and the expeditionary general and the grand army had not yet arrived, so cruel atmosphere of war had already been revealed.
The situation on the side of Romunik's border cities wasn't any better. They were still in disbelief: 『What? The neighboring empire is going to attack? Why?』
However, the royal family's reaction had already confird the reality of this war. The atmosphere in the border cities was also very heavy. The patrolling city guards almost never stopped day and night, fearing that Bartovita would disregard martial ethics and suddenly launch a surprise attack.
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