Dragon Plots Against Men, and Men Plot Against Dragons.
While the black dragon was having a tea party with its underlings, Sakura Island No. 1 Novice Village and No. 6 Novice Village were witnessing different scenes.
As the president of the [Flower Girl Misimisi] guild, Yamaguchi Murachiki had already learned that over a hundred players had been captured and left in the dragon's lair.
He received various cries for help.
Each message was filled with bitterness, and between the lines was a single word: "shit." This made the naturally cautious Yamaguchi Murachiki fall into deep thought.
Then he fell into a state of anger.
The Sakura people are descendants of the Sun Goddess, adhering to the spirit of Bushido, fearless of death.
Enemies can kill them.
But they cannot accept such humiliation!
Indeed, those monsters were humiliating them, not even allowing them to commit suicide, which was simply outrageous.
"Noren-kun, gather all the players. We need to formulate tomorrow's attack plan!"
"Hai!" Moriyama Noren nodded in agreement.
"By the way, tonight, we dine on braised rabbit head and roasted wolf meat!"
...
Moments later, all the players of Sakura Island No. 1 Novice Village were in position.
They placed their small square tables in front of them, kneeling on the ground, facing Yamaguchi Murachiki on the high platform.
On each person's table was a luxurious serving of braised rabbit head and roasted wolf meat.
With the task of slaying the black dragon set for tomorrow, everyone was willing to spend invasion points to eat well tonight.
Yamaguchi Murachiki gazed at the players before him, his heart swelling with emotion.
In the blue star world, the Yamaguchi family's businesses were still mainly controlled by his father and several uncles. Yamaguchi Murachiki, despite his extraordinary talents, had no place to showcase them, being isolated due to his young age, feeling frustrated and unfulfilled.
Now, unexpectedly, in this gamified alternate world.
He also had so many subordinates to command.
Look at these players, averaging level eleven or twelve, each wearing neat equipment, their eyes shining with spirit.
With such player soldiers in hand, how could he not Misimisi the flower girl?
With this thought, Yamaguchi Murachiki was filled with heroic spirit, poured a full cup of sake, raised it to his chest with both hands, and said loudly:
"Gentlemen, drink with me!"
A group of players from Sakura Island No. 1 Novice Village seemed to be moved by that heroic spirit, imitating and raising their cups to drink with Yamaguchi Murachiki.
"Hahaha! So good! Let's eat and talk, eat and talk!"
Yamaguchi Murachiki laughed heartily, kneeling in front of the table, eating meat in large bites while explaining his plan to the players.
"Gentlemen! You should already know that many of our samurai have been captured by those evil monsters. What do you think about this?"
"Yamaguchi-san!"
A player stood up, his expression agitated, his face full of anger.
"We are the emperor's people, descendants of the Sun God. Being captured by monsters is a disgrace! Those captured players should commit seppuku!"
"You are very right!"
Yamaguchi Murachiki nodded.
"But as far as I know, those captured players had no chance to commit suicide, so it's not their fault. It's all the fault of those monsters!"
"These monsters are very ferocious, but what are we, as humans, and more importantly, as descendants of the Sun God, best at?"
Yamaguchi Murachiki slammed the table, waved his hand, and shouted:
"It's brains, it's wisdom!"
"Those monsters are just beasts with some strength, they have no brains! Against such enemies, we must cleverly use traps and schemes!"
Yamaguchi Murachiki sat back down, looking at the excited players, a strange smile appearing on his face.
"To defeat these monsters, we must first lure them out of their home ground!"
"Gentlemen, I have a plan."
Yamaguchi Murachiki's eyes flashed with light, and he said word by word:
"Set the mountain on fire!"
...
Meanwhile, in Sakura Island No. 6 Novice Village.
Mei Magogoko sat in her room, feeling depressed and unable to calm down.
She had already resurrected but had not yet recovered from the shadow the black dragon cast over her.
Although the mysterious entity that brought them into this world made it clear that this world had been gamified, and it should be treated as a game, no matter how you say it, this "game" was too real.
The endurance of men was very real.
The ferocious face of the dragon was very real.
Not to mention the battlefield with flying flesh and blood, severed limbs.
No matter how ruthless, a week ago she was just a brothel owner. Although she had seen a lot, such a grand bloody scene, such a terrifying giant beast was truly a first.
Should she continue to fight the black dragon?
Or should she use the temporarily elevated level to recruit more players within the time limit?
Mei Magogoko frowned, waved her small hand, muttering, and a Fireball of Explosion appeared at her fingertips.
Looking at the Fireball of Explosion with its mysterious magma patterns, and thinking about the terrifying power of this spell, she couldn't help but bite her lip.
Unwilling.
It's hard to go from luxury to frugality. After experiencing powerful strength, wanting her to give up everything she has now is worse than killing her.
You must know that Mesent is not just capable of a Fireball of Explosion. More than half of those ten-plus spells are skills that players cannot comprehend on their own.
To acquire these special spell skills, there are only two channels: either spend a large number of invasion points in the store to buy skill books or open chests to try one's luck.
Moreover, what is the point of recruiting more players now?
When she returns to her original form, will those players continue to follow her?
Playing mind games is ultimately just a small path.
Having a big fist is the real deal.
With this thought, Mei Magogoko for the first time seriously put on a mage's wide robe, holding the staff that Mesent devotedly offered, and walked to the square of No. 6 Novice Village.
She pulled up the system panel and, as the village chief, issued a gathering notice to all players in No. 6 Novice Village.
Before long.
All the players near the novice village gathered around her.
"Gentlemen, I have received a hidden task with rich rewards. Now, as the village chief of Sakura Island No. 6 Novice Village, I think this task should also be shared with you."
"Good things should be shared with everyone, and progressing together is the true progress."
Mei Magogoko looked at the players around level fifteen with a gentle and sincere smile.
In just two sentences, she could already see the excitement and gratitude in the eyes of the players.
This is the effect she wanted.
"This task is called slaying the black dragon. Now I will share the task information with you."
Mei Magogoko said while using her identity as the village chief to issue the task to the players.
In fact, she had no way to share the task.
After all, story tasks are exclusive. Now she could only use a trick. When the task was completed, she would use her own money to give the players some invasion points and send them away. """
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