A heated discussion broke out among the pyers. Everyone had their own ambitions. It took more thay minutes until an agreement could be reached.

  However, it wasn’t really detailed. The different groups only agreed not to interfere with each other. Whoever nds the st hit gets everything.

  Just before Earthquake was finally ready to lead the charge, Star Gazer interrupted again:

  “Everyohere is one poio address.”

  “Stop talking!”, yelled Earthquake in annoyance.

  “I’m sorry Earthquake, but this is important. We agreed that whoever nds the st hit gets the loot but this really be fair?”

  “What do you want to say?”, questioned Knight of Honor.

  “Well, there are some people among us who have quite the advahey might be somewhat over leveled.”

  “You!”

  Silver Bde excimed angrily as all eyes fell on her party.

  “What? I’m only saying the truth. You are already level 17. Your damage against the world boss is way higher than everyone else’s.”

  “How is this our mistake?”

  “Yes, just because you are too b… mhhm.”

  Balm quickly shut Cye’s mouth before the tter could insult everyone present.

  Phoenix Feather ahquake looked awkward, but they held themselves back. After all no one wao see Liam’s party get another achievement.

  Only Knight of Honor looked at Star Gazer with an unfriendly gaze.

  “How dishonorable, rallying everyone against a few.”

  “But my words are true. Look around. You’ll only find agreement.”

  Knight of Honor turned around, finding many flig opinions. Some pyers agreed with Star Gazer while others admired Liam’s party, not wanting to exclude them.

  “Why not do it like this: Whoever thinks Hotpot should be excluded separate a small team to hold them off? What do you think?”

  Liam and his friends observed the situation with cold eyes.

  “So, you don’t dare to pete with us? Cowards. Hm, we will go leveling. Let’s go, guys!”

  Liam’s desding voice echoed through the valley. Earthquake and Phoenix Feather frowned as his words hit their sore spots.

  However, both of them were leaders of guilds and didn’t act impulsively.

  Meanwhile Liam turned around leading his party away.

  [Cye: @Mirage, are we really leaving?]

  [Bleary Mirage: Of course not. We will retreat temporarily.]

  [Silver Bde: Are you pnning to steal the kill?]

  [Bleary Mirage: Naturally.]

  [Radiant Shield: They won’t let us approach.]

  [Bleary Mirage: They uimate us too much. We will fight our way through.]

  Silver Bde furrowed her brows as she read the party chat. However, looking at Liam she was somewhat surprised.

  There was a hint of excitement on his face…

  “Do you think you escape this easily?”

  Suddenly Star Gazer’s mog voice came from behind. As if on cue a dozen pyers separated from each of the guilds. They directly chased after Liam’s party.

  “B*stard!”

  Silver Bde couldn’t help but curse. The casual pyers hadn’t eveed yet when attacks chased after the party.

  “Ighem! Just run!”

  Liam quickly yelled an order, prompting his friends to directly escape.

  A few bckhearted pyers couldn’t help but ugh looking at their miserable state.

  Cye felt a surge of anger in her heart.

  [Cye: Damn it! Let’s turn around and trash them! Look at Silver Bde’s HP, she doesn’t even take damage!]

  [Bleary Mirage: No. Stay calm. Let them uimate us!]

  [Silent Acacia: I uand yic but… it’s really too disgraceful!]

  [Bleary Mirage: Just look forward to our name in the achievement.]

  [Quickstep: I want to see Star Gazer’s stupid face wheake the kill…]

  The party members couldn’t help but feel indignant as they escaped like beaten dogs.

  Luckily the others didn’t chase for long. The group of guild pyers threw a few mog insults before positioning themselves outside of the valley.

  One of the warriors felt a strange sensation, though. As if stared at by a greedy beast.

  He looked around in fusion and spotted some of the pyers around Knight of Hazing at him with undisguised iions.

  The warrior sneered:

  “He! You see my red name and want some loot?! e here, e here, daddy is waiting!”

  “Quite arrogant!”

  “You think you take us on?”

  “You mixed lot? Anytime!”

  An argument threateo erupt at any moment. Star Gazer snorted unhappily.

  “Shut up! We have more important things to do!”

  “… yes, boss.”

  The warrior shut his mouth but the desding look in his eyes didn’t ge.

  It was clear to see that there was no real unity among the gathered pyers.

  The leaders didn’t want any more arguments. They quickly came up with distras, discussing the fighting arras.

  A few mier everyone knew what to do. Earthquake didn’t want to wait any longer, leading his people into the valley.

  The others didn’t dare to hesitate and followed right away.

  On top of the rge tree the Void-corrupted White-Striped Violent Hawk squis eyes as it watched more than a thousand pyers intruding into its territory.

  It let out a thunderous screech before taking to the air.

  “Get ready!”

  “In position!”

  “Prepare for the feather attack!”

  The various leaders quickly bellowed orders. Varying degrees of discipline could be observed, giving hints about the prowess of the different guilds.

  The pyers who arrived with Earthquake, Phoenix Feather, and Star Gazer were clearly the cream of the crop, proving their standing as first-tier guilds.

  There were also a few smaller groups of simir level like the Sharpshooter Merary Group lead by Miss I never miss.

  However the pyers gathered around Knight of Honor, who were used to pying casually, showed obvious difficulties when trying to get into formations. They could only make up for it in pure numbers.

  Furthermore, there were a few scattered pyers who didn’t belong to any of the rge groups. Their presence was even somewhat disruptive, drawing the ire of others.

  Thus, all the groups showed differeions when twe violet zones were marked on the ground.

  “Rember what we talked about! Stay calm!”

  Callida stood close to Earthquake, sing the surroundings. She was only surprised for a moment the zones doubled in number.

  It must be because more pyers attacked.

  Under her leadership no one showed any signs of panic, leaving the danger zone quickly and orderly.

  The same couldn’t be said about the pyers oher side, though. The violet zone appeared in an unfavorable pce, cirg pyers from multiple teams.

  Before those could coordihe hawk’s attack already arrived. A storm carried ferocious, sharp feathers, seeking to slice the pyers into pieces.

  “Don’t push!”

  “Turn around, turn around!”

  The situation was chaotie groups mao escape but some involuntarily blocked each other, suffering copious amounts of damage.

  A few pyers couldn’t help it, cursing at those who stood in their way.

  The agreed upon unity already seemed to crumble.

  A few seds ter the hawk stopped its a. Just like before it swayed and nded on the ground, choosing ay patch close to the tree.

  The uping arguments faded as everyone looked at the nding bird with fervent eyes.

  A fasating se pyed out. The variety of attading on the hawk was eye-opening for all the pyers.

  However, they were met with a problem. The area wasn’t rge enough for all the melee fighters to attack at the same time.

  The various groups were forced tle for space, causing more disagreements.

  Star Gazer watched coldly as a random pyer pushed away his tank.

  [Spiked Pen: Boss, should we do something about it?]

  Star gazer stayed silent for a few seds.

  [Star Gazer: Yes. Tell our melees to hold back. If others want to take the brunt, let them do it.]

  [Spiked Pen: Uood.]

  Subsequently it could be seen that a few warriors were pushed towards the back. Although they ‘struggled hard’ to remain in their positions, it was of no use.

  The same happened on Phoenix Feather’s side.

  The only oo not give up even an inch was Earthquake. Swinging a rge two-handed sword he personally led his followers to fearlessly attack.

  Although Callida noticed what others were doing, she didn’t even try to vihquake. She khat her husband wouldn’t agree with such tactics.

  But this was after all why so many skilled and battle-hungry pyers followed him. It was the foundation of their guild.

  The hawk’s HP dwindled slowly. Some level 10 pyers found it difficult to deal more than 20 points of damage and could only rely on their skills to feel useful.

  A momehe big bird recovered from its dizziness. It gred angrily at the pyers surrounding it.

  The hawk’s beak abruptly opened wide and pecked at the crowd. A warrior was too slow and got engulfed. He mao survive with barely any HP left.

  When the hawk drew back its head the warrior was frozen in pce, slow to recover from the shock.

  The world boss didn’t care and immediately chose another victim. It pecked at the tall orc ruffling its beautiful feathers.

  Earthquake only grunted unhappily. With a skillful maneuver he dodged the boss’s attack by a hair’s breadth. For a moment ord hawk stared into each other’s eyes.