Chapter 496 - Rudra The Merciful  

In the days that followed the Elites ruling Whitecloud city as they pleased , the situation of the Rural warriors and several other second and third rate guilds , which used to work for Dronacharya and were ousted from Whitecloud city went from bad to worse , as the management were on the verge of bankruptcy , as paying wages to guild members was becoming a challenge.

The already unsatisfied guild members were now fearing for their pay , as the confidence in these guilds hit a rock bottom , as morale was extremely low.

Dronacharya did not offer any help to these guilds , because as of now they served no real purpose for him and secondly , he had an economic crisis of his own , as he was a major shareholder in these very guilds who saw their shareprice reach new alltime lows.

Hence with no help offered from Dronacharya , these guilds were helpless as they were desperate to make money and make ends meet during the tough times.

No place to stay , no finances left in the guild warehouse , a depleted member roster and a overall depressed atmosphere . Everything pointed towards a certain doom for these guilds

However unexpectedly in these extremely turbulent times , shockingly the one to offer a helping hand to these guilds that had no support was the one who caused them the misery in the first place. As Rudra stretched a helping hand to these guilds.

At first everyone was appalled by the idea of shaking hands with the enemy , but when Rudra offered to pay to buy 51% of their guilds for 5 times the market value . He made a strong case for these struggling guilds.

Rudra agreed to sign a contract that would state that he would never meddle in the day to day affairs of the guild , and not involve himself in the member management .

In turn , the guild leader and the core members of the guild had to sign binding contracts that prevented them from leaving the guild in the next 5 years and they agreed to follow his instructions about going to war and which guilds to ally with.

In one small day , using trillions of dollars as if it was worthless , Rudra bought 1 first rate guild 6 second rate guilds and 17 third rate guilds , with the same contract terms and conditions.

Everything was done extremely swiftly , as the stocks of these fallen guilds suddenly skyrocketed , creating a buzz in the forums.

While none of these guilds officially told that they had signed a deal with the Elites. Those with enough brains figured out the situation anyway. However the sheer suddenness of the move shocked everyone , as Rudra's real motive remained a mystery for everyone to decipher.

However they did not have to wait for long , as one of the second rate guilds that Rudra had bought was the managing guild of a small town in Nineclouds kingdom , near to fort Magma as that guild declared a territorial war on the second biggest city in Nineclouds kingdom , the bluecloud city !

An alliance of 24 guilds boasting a total of 650,000 troops challenged the first rate guild ruling bluecloud city in a territorial war that would happen in 5 days time.

It was now that Dronacharya understood Rudra's scheme , and his plan to systematically dismantle Nineclouds kingdom from within , as he targetted one city at a time.

However not In his wildest dreams could Dronacharya have imagined , that the guilds he neglected , were easy pickings for Rudra , as he used a fallen force and gave them a chance at redemption , swooping in as their saviour

The part where he controlled 51% of all these guilds , coupled with the binding contracts on all elders and core members of the guild meant that Rudra's hold over the guild was more solid than his threats of blackmail , as he actually held more tangible power.

For these guilds to be able to pay their members their monthly wages and have a purpose in these dark times , made them one of the most motivated forces out there as well as the most dangerous.

These guilds had nothing to loose anymore and everything to gain , as taking down bluecloud city would mean that they could reclaim their glory days.

With the Elites giving them state of the art weapons and potions to aid in the war effort , these guilds felt more confident in their attempt at taking down the city . As the enemy first rate guild only had 400,000 members. Giving the attackers a large numerical advantage.

Naturally dronacharya could not let yet another city from Nineclouds kingdom fall into Rudra's lap , hence he armed the defending forces with hidden cards of his own. As defending the city was his top-most priority at the moment.

What he did not realize however was that by making this move he played right into Rudra's hands exactly how he wanted it to be. As Rudra's Real target was not bluecloud city at all!

Diverting the world's attention as to what looked like an epic war and a genius strategy by the elites , Rudra diverted dronacharya's attention from his true scheme. As the Russian mafia and the Elites prepared another operation in the dark.

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( Meanwhile Nero , ( the dark faction player from Japan , teammate of Rudra in the national battlegrounds event , the necromancer )

Nero was the number 10 player on the dark faction ranking list , and one of the players who got the notification about the quest from Lucifer.

At first he was shocked that the target was Shakuni , but playing with the man himself in the national battlegrounds , Nero knew better than anyone that Shakuni was one of the most special players to ever put on a VR headset.

Nero was heavily struggling as the moment he stepped into the light faction territory he got a massive 90% stat debuff . Something that increased the difficulty to safely travel through the enemy land exponentially harder.

One of the items that the church of darkness had given every single one of the quest Undertaker was a potion that could remove this debuff for 4 hours after ingested.

Naturally everyone preffered to save it for the eventual fight and escape against Rudra himself , as nobody thought that taking on the number one ranker of the light faction was going to be easy.

/// Special shoutout to Cervantez91 and Magnum for the 5000 coin castles!

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