The Final Boss Has Returned 122

Chapter 122

Drakan and the Dark Alliance’s Northern Colony Siege!

This Northern Colony Siege was, of course, broadcast live through the official Drakan channel, the official JDG channel, and the Ard Live videos streamed by countless Jeil E&M affiliated streamers who participated in the siege. It was also broadcasted on JGN and SBC Games.

The Colony that appeared in Ard World!

There were a total of seven Colonies throughout Ard World, but until Drakan declared his intention to attack, no guild or user had publicly announced a siege.

This meant that even top-ranked players like Eugene and the Five Eyes had yet to make an official siege declaration.

However, in this situation, Drakan had beaten Eugene to the punch and declared a Colony siege first.

Since entering Second, it was a very rare, truly exceptional occurrence for Eugene to lose the ‘first’ in this kind of world event.

Therefore, it could be said that it was only natural for the attention of all users to be focused on the Northern Colony Siege.

[Just ordered chicken lol. Waiting.]

[Waiting for the siege with popcorn.]

[Guys, what do you think the result of this siege will be?]

[Of course, Drakan-nim and the Alliance will win; What are you even saying lol.]

[What are you talking about? Eugene-nim hasn’t even entered yet and is carefully considering it lol Drakan is recklessly charging in just to grab attention lol He’s really making a desperate move as a latecomer.]

[Are you Alliance? You’re Alliance, you bastard~]

[This comment cannot be viewed by Alliance sheep.]

Because he had drawn all the attention from the beginning by announcing the first siege before Eugene, the Ard Forum had turned into a chaotic mess from the moment the announcement was made until now, with Drakan’s fandom and Eugene’s fandom, Alliance users and Coalition users all mixed together, fighting each other.

Especially after the introduction of the faction system, the number of users who felt a sense of belonging to their respective factions, the Alliance and the Coalition, gradually increased, and as this trend began to be reflected in the keyboard battles, the war of public opinion became even more fierce.

Alliance users argued that Drakan would surely succeed in the siege, just as he had triumphed in numerous large-scale quests before, while Coalition users openly claimed that Drakan’s siege would fail.

Just as the keyboard battle between the factions was fiercely blazing, as it was the first faction-based large-scale event held since the introduction of the faction system……

[I won’t waste words. Unlike some people, I’m not very eloquent.]

[As I have always done, I will surely win this war.]

[For the Alliance!]

Drakan turned on his live stream on the official Drakan channel, and Alliance users were thrilled by his speech that stimulated their sense of belonging to the Alliance.

[For the Alliance!]

[The Alliance is truly the faction of real men lol We don’t buy cowardly factions like the Coalition;;]

[K, I’m feeling the Alliance pride…… Barkeep, another glass of Alliance pride here!]

[Ah…… I should have logged in today…… So regretful;;]

[Look at the Alliance sheep going crazy, it’s disgusting;;]

[The Coalition is a cowardly faction? Are you delusional?]

[What real men? They’re just reckless, aren’t they? lol They’re just charging in blindly and trying to package it as being manly lol]

[Sheep, laugh while you can, because you’ll be hiding when you see Drakan run away later lol]

The fierce battle between the Alliance users and the Coalition users continued even after Drakan’s Northern Colony Siege broadcast began.

However, the moment when the Alliance’s army broke through the Colony’s defenses, the Undead army pushed back the enemies with sheer numbers, the Undead King swept away all the enemies with the Storm of Decay, and finally, the Alliance’s elite raid, including Drakan and Ignis, entered and cut off the Alpha Mind’s breath……

Alliance users who were watching the scene through the live broadcast erupted in cheers, while groans escaped the lips of Coalition users.

[Did the first successful Colony siege announcement pop up? lol]

[Where did all the Coalition cockroaches who were cursing earlier go? Did they all run away?]

[Our Drakan-nim delivers when it matters. Ah lol]

[This is Drakan!]

[It’s fun to see the Coalition cockroaches trembling, isn’t it? Exciting, isn’t it?]

[Ah; It looks like the Alliance sheep era is going to begin for a while;; Ugh, disgusting;]

[I’m going to turn off the Ard Forum.]

[lol If you’re annoyed by the sheep era, why don’t you Coalition, you Eugene, try to conquer a Colony~]

[lol Coalition cowards only talk big lol They act like they’ve conquered three Colonies lol]

Drakan, no, ‘our Alliance’ has won!

The fact that the Alliance, the faction they belonged to, had conquered the Colony before the other faction, the Coalition, gave even Alliance users who had not felt a sense of belonging until now a strange feeling of belonging.

Until then, Drakan’s activities and achievements, unless they directly benefited them like the naval battle, were simply considered amazing, entertaining, or refreshing by other users. However, the current success of the Colony siege was completely different.

The Dark Alliance!

This feeling of everyone winning together under the name of the same faction further strengthened the solidarity of the Alliance users.

Of course, not everyone in the faction felt a sense of belonging, so there were a few users who questioned why people were so invested in just a game and why the faction mattered.

But wasn’t one of the fundamentals of RPG, RP, or role-playing?

Therefore, the ‘over-immersion’ that some people talked about was the fundamental of RPG, and especially since Ard World was indistinguishable from reality, literally another world, the immersion level of users playing Ard Saga Second was higher than any other RPG game released so far, and thus, there were just as many users who rejoiced in the victory of the Dark Alliance as if it were their own.

Therefore, the few users who ridiculed those who felt a sense of belonging to the faction as being over-immersed were showered with insults like ‘cool kid’ and ‘serious person’ and had no choice but to disappear from the Ard Forum.

In contrast to the festive mood of the Alliance users, the atmosphere of the Coalition users was like a funeral home.

Although the Holy Coalition and the Dark Alliance had not yet officially entered into a hostile relationship, there were few users who did not know that a hostile atmosphere flowed between the two factions.

Therefore, users of both factions unconsciously regarded each other’s faction as rivals.

In this situation, when the Alliance succeeded in conquering the Colony first, this rivalry and competitive spirit between the factions not only surfaced completely, but also exploded right there.

[What is Eugene-nim doing?]

[Ah, the Alliance sheep era is really bad;]

[lol Eugene, what are you doing when it’s like this?]

[The Coalition army recruitment notice was posted once before, but the schedule hasn’t been released yet.]

[Just wait a little; Eugene-nim isn’t a fool, he won’t neglect the Colony;]

[No, Eugene is a fool, who says he’s not?]

[It’s even more suspicious that the Five Eyes are staying still;]

The complaints of the Coalition users naturally turned towards Eugene, the representative user of the Coalition, who had remained silent until now.

What was Eugene doing while Drakan, the representative user of the Alliance, boldly deployed the power of the Dark Alliance and JDG to clear the Colony in the north!

Although there were three Colonies rooted in the central region, unlike other regions, the central region had a larger landmass and more resources than the other regions in the east, west, south, and north, so it was not a burdensome number at all.

Rather, considering the overwhelming power that the Five Eyes, known to be on a completely different level from the lower four guilds among the nine major guilds, could mobilize and the powerful card of Eugene, it wouldn’t have been strange if Eugene, not Drakan, had succeeded in conquering the Colony first.

However, in reality, Drakan had perfectly succeeded in the siege first, so the complaints of the Coalition users were surging, on the verge of exploding.

Of course, Eugene’s fandom, the Infinite Eugene Church, was trying hard to quell these complaints and engage in a public opinion war by defending Eugene, but the anger of the Coalition users, once ignited, showed no signs of dying down.

The sentiment of the Coalition users immediately reached Verda’s ears through Raiden, the head of the Infinite Eugene Church, and Verda, realizing that the situation was more serious than she thought, came up with a plan to put out the fire through a meeting.

And on Ard Live, not long after the Lightwing Guild’s meeting……

Eugene’s official channel.

The live broadcast of the largest channel on Ard Live, boasting a whopping 100 million subscribers, went live after a long time.

As soon as the live broadcast unexpectedly started on Eugene’s official channel, countless people started joining the broadcast, and soon a handsome man appeared on the other side of the screen.

It was Eugene.

[First of all, I would like to apologize to the users for the late announcement.]

[Let me first address the plan to conquer the Central Colony, which many users are curious about. I, as well as our Lightwing Guild and the Five Eyes, have been gathering information on the Colony in advance, preparing in a direction that can ultimately guarantee the safety of general users participating in the Coalition army during the siege, and establishing a strategy to simultaneously conquer the three Colonies located in the central region.]

The words that came out of Eugene’s mouth immediately shocked the users, regardless of their faction.

Eugene!

The reason he had been silent until now was because he was actually planning to conquer all three Colonies rooted in the central region simultaneously!

Moreover, at Eugene’s remark that he was carefully gathering information and planning the siege, considering the safety of general users, Coalition users erupted in cheers.

[As expected of Eugene-nim!]

[K, I’ll trust and follow Eugene-nim.]

[Eugene-nim…… Please forgive me for wavering in my faith in you……]

[I’ve saved all the screenshots of the Alliance spies who were badmouthing Eugene-nim earlier lol]

[This is the Coalition!]

[The Five Eyes are coming!]

[I’ll support the Coalition even if you beat me to death~]

[Alliance sheep, you rushed in impatiently and boasted excitedly, now you’re facing a backlash, right?]

[lol With just Drakan, why are you acting like real men? lol As expected of sheep lol Shouldn’t you conquer three Colonies simultaneously if you’re real men? Ah lol]

Amidst the flood of chats and donations from Coalition users, Eugene continued speaking, looking at the viewers with a calm expression and voice.

[The offensive will begin simultaneously on the three Colonies in a week, and that day will be the day when the central region is liberated from the forces of the otherworld. Once again, I apologize to the users for the late announcement, and I will end the broadcast here.]

In a week!

At Eugene’s announcement that even specified the exact time, Coalition users went wild once more.

And Alliance users taunted the Coalition users, saying that they were still the first to conquer a Colony.

Thus, once again, keyboard battles between the Coalition and Alliance users erupted across the internet.

Drakan.

It was the moment when the RvR system, which he had first opened, was finally taking root in Ard Saga Second.