MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1697 1697: Bringing the Wolf into the House

"Controllable range?"

Dawn's First Ray looked confused and asked, "What size range counts as controllable?"

"A church-sized area should be enough!" Fearless replied after a moment of thought.

"A church?"

Dawn's First Ray furrowed his brow, almost slapping himself.

As Fearless pointed out, a blockade line should be as short as possible at all times. The reason Dawn's First Ray had his people blockade the city gates and revival points was to control the situation—by controlling points, you control lines, and by controlling lines, you control areas.

However, with Fearless's reminder, Dawn's First Ray realized that although he had shortened the blockade line as much as possible, he still hadn't gotten to the point.

While sealing off the city gates and entry points could indeed block the entire city, a long blockade line would inevitably have numerous vulnerabilities, and invaders might not be kept at bay.

If they simply surrounded the church, it would conserve player resources while maximizing the defense of the church.

Dawn's First Ray had been confused by the task content; the task prompt indicated to secure the area and prevent people from the outer city from approaching. He had been focused solely on sealing the city, completely forgetting that the essence of the task was actually to protect the people inside the church.

Realizing this, Dawn's First Ray couldn't help but exclaim, "That makes sense! Fearless, you truly have awakened me! I'll have my people withdraw their defenses and guard the church."

"Hehe! Not at all!"

Fearless waved his hand and added, "Actually, there's no need to withdraw all defenses. Setting up two blockade lines would be safer; the outer blockade can filter out regular players. This way, the area of the church only needs a team of top-tier experts for the blockade, and it can also prevent invaders from calling for help."

"Yes, yes, yes! You're absolutely right, Fearless!"

Listening to Fearless's explanation, Dawn's First Ray was deeply impressed. What does perfect deployment mean? What does seamless execution mean? What does having no flaws mean? Fearless's interpretation was truly vivid, making it clear that he was quite a distance from the military strategist of a professional league championship team.

But when it came to top-tier experts...

Speaking of top-tier experts, Dawn's First Ray rubbed his chin in difficulty.

He indeed had quite a few skilled players among his subordinates; after all, he had paid to recruit them, and they were quite competent. However, when it came to top-tier experts, that was a different story. Dawn's First Ray formed a guild primarily to train Pugilists, not to participate in professional leagues, so he wouldn't be extravagant enough to hire a professional team to be his bodyguards.

Therefore, when it came to top-tier experts, Dawn's First Ray genuinely found it somewhat challenging; they weren't something you could just pick up anywhere.

"Let's go!"

Just as Dawn's First Ray was feeling troubled, Fearless suddenly greeted the people behind him, saying, "Since Holy Light City is sealed off, there's no need for us to go in. Let's head straight to the leveling area."

"Fearless, what do you mean?"

Hearing Fearless's words, Ming Du asked in the guild channel, somewhat confused, "Are you saying all this just to make our task harder?"

"You don't understand! It's called 'baiting with false intentions'! Do you think this kid would easily believe that you and he are on the same side?" Fearless shot Ming Du a glare.

Indeed, Dawn's First Ray was no fool.

Wang Yu might be a friend, but at the end of the day, he was still someone from the outer city. If he volunteered to help so easily, it would definitely raise Dawn's First Ray's suspicions.

Now, with Fearless having helped clarify Dawn's First Ray's thinking and dispelled some of his doubts, and then deliberately revealing that he had come to Holy Light City merely by chance, any lingering suspicions Dawn's First Ray had would also disappear.

"Eh???"

At that moment, the conflicted Dawn's First Ray suddenly felt a jolt at Fearless's words.

When you break through a wall of iron without finding what you seek, you find it without any effort—he was still looking for top-tier experts... but weren't top-tier experts right in front of him?

The group before him was the championship team from the professional league, especially Wang Yu's strength, which Dawn's First Ray had personally witnessed and experienced. If this group couldn't be considered top-tier experts, then there would be no top-tier experts in the game.

"Everyone, please wait."

Sure enough, just as Wang Yu and the others turned around and hadn't taken two steps, Dawn's First Ray suddenly called out to them.

"What's wrong? Is there something else?" Fearless said impatiently, "I've said what I needed to say; how to proceed is your business. We still have to continue our journey."

"Not... that."

Dawn's First Ray said anxiously, "Where are you all going?"

"To the neighboring Holy Light Sanctuary", Fearless replied. "For some reason, we don't have a direct airship to that side from Twilight City."

"Oh." Dawn's First Ray smiled and said, "Zone 1 is the Holy City capital, and flying objects aren't allowed above it, so each city in Zone 1 can only teleport within the Holy City, and even the port has to be outside the city."

"No wonder." Fearless looked enlightened and said, "Thanks for informing me, brother."

"What are you all going to do in the Holy Light Sanctuary?" Dawn's First Ray asked, stepping closer.

"Nothing, just wandering around", Fearless said.

"Since you're just wandering, then why not stroll around the Holy City?" Upon hearing that the Quan Zhen group was merely wandering, Dawn's First Ray felt delighted and quickly added.

"This... isn't it inappropriate?" Fearless glanced at the players behind Dawn's First Ray and said, "Isn't Holy Light City on lockdown? We wouldn't want to trouble you, right, Old Bull?"

At this point, Fearless nodded towards Wang Yu.

"Yeah! Exactly!" Wang Yu nodded in agreement, "The game is so vast, there are plenty of places to wander; why make things difficult for you?"

"No difficulty, no trouble!"

Dawn's First Ray said with a grin, "Actually, I have a reason for wanting you to stay."

"Oh? What reason?" Fearless raised an eyebrow, puzzled.

"Hehe."

Dawn's First Ray awkwardly chuckled and said, "Well, we have quite a few skilled players in our guild, but none as impressive as you all..."

"Not a chance!" Before Dawn's First Ray could finish, Fearless immediately waved his hand and said, "Our Quan Zhen Sect never joins any guild alliances."

"No, no, no." Seeing that Fearless misunderstood his intent, Dawn's First Ray hurriedly explained, "I only want to hire a few of you to help guard the church. What do you all think?"

"Hire? Hehe!"

As soon as Dawn's First Ray said this, everyone from the Quan Zhen Sect couldn't help but laugh.

Of course, they were laughing at how shameless Fearless was, managing not only to lure Dawn's First Ray into bringing in wolves but also tricking him into paying to bring in the wolves.

Meanwhile, Dawn's First Ray was unaware of what the Quan Zhen group was thinking. When he saw the group chuckling coldly, he thought they were disdainful of his words, and he felt extremely anxious.

At that moment, Fearless calmly said, "Bro, you should have heard of our Quan Zhen Sect being a bunch of misfits."