Reign of the Hunters

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Crimson Millions immediately contacted Thousand Sunsets upon the departure of Hidden Dragon and briefed his leader about the situation.
With his attention focused wholly on trying to bring Unbridled Willow down, Thousand Sunsets have left the guild’s daily operations to his trusted advisors, who would only go into contact with him over important matters.
The man himself was busy leading the elite squadron in dungeon explorations and equipment farming.

The message from Crimson Millions sent Thousand Sunsets deep into thought.
Crimson Millions was an intelligent person, but his meticulous way of handling things was not in line with Thousand Sunsets’ standards.
Despite his lack of subtlety, Thousand Sunsets was very decisive with his actions.
Zero Arsenic would originally take care of the finer details when it came to guild management, complementing what Thousand Sunsets lacked.
When Zero Arsenic was sent to aid Unbridled Willow by the old master, Thousand Sunsets was worried that his would be at a disadvantage.
He did not expect Crimson Millions to be as intelligent and attentive as Zero Arsenic.

“We don’t have a lot of information about this yet.
Act as you see fit, but let me know if something big happens.
I’ll leave it in your hands.” Thousand Sunsets finally replied after some moments of thought.

With the permission from Thousand Sunsets, Crimson Millions immediately dispatched Rogues to the coordinates provided by Hidden Dragon to scour for players that might hold the key to the quest lock.
Many high level miners were also sent to the map to mine for any possible traces of rare ores.

Unlike Bloody Steel, Upwards Ho! decided to maintain a low profile.
Despite their reputation, the guild was still no match against Bloody Steel.
This meant that Upwards Ho! was forced to tread very carefully in this matter.

With the task of monitoring the Mithril ore vein handed over to Timely Rain, Ye Ci’s worry was lifted.
She was not one to easily give her trust, but once her mind was made to trust in Timely Rain, she would no longer harbor any doubts towards him.
As the saying goes, “A man being used cannot be suspected while a suspected man cannot be used.”

And this was how the matter came to an end for the moment.

Ye Ci’s mind, however, was still not at peace.
There were still two things that required her attention.
One of them was the completion of her Epic-tier quest, and the other was the preliminary quests for the Mithril ore veins in the Southern and Northern continents.
She was certain that players from the Southern Continent was still unaware of the existence of the Mithril ore vein in their continent, but it would not remain a secret for long when players advance past the threshold of lvl50.
The Northern Continent was too dangerous for Ye Ci at this point of the game, and there was no time limit for the completion of her Epic-tier quest.

With her mind made, Ye Ci immediately headed to the Southern Continent.

Even when there was no way that the Black Plum Family and the Isle of Heroes would expect Ye Ci to return to the Southern Continent one day after her departure, she was still wary of her surroundings.
After all, one of the guilds have already attempted to tail Ye Ci, and there was no guarantee that the same thing would not happen again.
This was why the Brooch of Deceit became something that was very important to Ye Ci during her stay in the Southern Continent.
She was in the territory of an allying continent, which meant that the Brooch of Deceit’s ability could last as long as three hours despite retaining its one day cooldown.

Ye Ci was able to travel through the teleportation point of Hurricane City with the guise of a male Hunter into the heartlands of the Southern Continent.
She had acquired a strong brown horse since her return from the Western Continent due to the low speed of her little red horse.
Her new steed was something that was very normal among the general player population.
The horse had a movement speed of 110, which was significantly lower than Ol’ Four’s 200 movement speed, but it was still one of the steeds favoured by players.

The steed was also something that would not attract the attention of bystanders, which made it a good choice for Ye Ci.

As expected, Ye Ci was not tailed by any Southern Continent players with her disguise.
She was nothing but a Hunter with inferior equipment who was not worthy of attention to the eyes of those around her.

The Karo Plains was a vast grassland bordered by a long mountain range, which branched off from the main mountain range of the Southern Continent, the Fraroz Mountains.
It was also the location of the Southern Continent’s Mithril ore vein.
The Karo Plains was inhabited by muscular cannibals that were three times taller than a normal player.
Despite their capacity for violence and bloodlust, the cannibals had the intelligence levels of low grade animals.
Most of the cannibals were above lvl60, but Ye Ci could take on up to five of them at a time with the aid of Ol’ Four.

With her previous experience in the Eastern Continent, Ye Ci was able to quickly locate the Black Iron Dwarves in the Karo camp and triggered the Mithril quest.
Due to the low monster population, low spawn rate, and low drop rate of the map, the Karo Plains were devoid of players.

This was why Ye Ci’s quest in the Karo Plains was able to progress smoothly.
It took her only half a day to complete the preliminary quest.
When the Black Iron Dwarves began their exploration of the ore vein, Ye Ci left the Karo Plains with a heart full of relief.

It was easy for Ye Ci to travel to the Northern Continent from.
She was able to gain passage to a neutral map located in the Northern Continent, the Dor’Ami Wetlands, by paying a certain amount of gold coins at the harbour of Dark Clay city.

The harbour was situation on neutral grounds between the Eastern Continent and the Northern Continent, which meant that many players from both continents were always present around the area.
With the harbor of Dark Clay City as her destination, Ye Ci decided to turn in her quest as well.

Despite the large scale battle between the Northern Continent and Eastern Continent players in the past, there was still a large number of Nothern Continent players in Dark Clay City.
The soldiers posted in the city, however, would stop any fights between players in the neutral map.
Any players who attempted to start a fight would be hunted down and severely punished by the soldiers.

Ye Ci did not summon Ol’ Four for the sake of laying low.
She disguised herself as a normal player and entered the city on horseback.
Not a single player knew that Gongzi You had entered the city.
Ye Ci arrived at the administration building without trouble and was able to quickly locate the Mayor Ladar.

Ladar had always felt distant for Ye Ci no matter her Prestige level with Dark Clay City.
Ye Ci would always have a strange feeling when she interacted with the mayor.
It was as if she was being cheated by the mayor.

The feeling remained strong no matter how courteous Ladar was with his speech.