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Chapter 27

Reclaiming Lawless Port!

Before the war, the big event everyone was anticipating, the users’ predictions were unanimous.

Drakan, that cunning strategist, would surely outwit Jacques in some ingenious way, or perhaps he would dominate the urban warfare with overwhelming power!

However, his strategy, revealed in the real-time streaming, completely overturned all expectations.

[Crazy lol That selfish Drakan actually burned down the entire city hahaha]

[Seriously, it’s beyond my imagination. Is Drakan insane?]

[Wow, so refreshing! It’s certainly drastic. But how’s he going to deal with the aftermath? The restoration costs will be insane, right??]

City destruction!

It was because Drakan made a choice that no one anticipated.

Of course, those with a bit of common sense knew that the best strategy against urban warfare was to avoid it altogether.

And due to the Pirate King’s formidable naval power and the nature of Lawless Port as a port city, a complete siege was impossible. Therefore, the best strategy against urban warfare, forming a siege and starving out the city, was also impossible, a fact anyone could deduce with a little analysis of both factions.

But even so, to burn the entire city to the ground!

Considering that the purpose of siege warfare in the game is to occupy a castle or city and then profit through territory management via various means such as taxes and quests……

This was an act that truly defied common sense, an absurd act that no user could have imagined.

To turn the city he was supposed to rule after the war into ashes!

While the immediate victory gained in this way might be sweet, considering the enormous reconstruction costs required to revive the city reduced to ashes, it was a choice that could only be made by a madman.

Truly a case of “penny wise, pound foolish”!

A crazy act that could only be undertaken by someone blinded by the immediate victory!

And it was only natural that people’s attention would be drawn to such a crazy act, especially since it was committed by Drakan, known for being an egotist who hated losing more than anything.

[The Drakan I know would have thrown all the users into the city as cannon fodder, right? Is he really crazy?]

[Drakan, who participated in more siege warfare than anyone else in the previous game and hated losing more than anyone else, made such a foolish choice? It doesn’t make sense unless he’s been shot in the head;;]

It was because they couldn’t believe that he, of all people, the extremely selfish and self-serving Drakan, would make such a choice.

Who was Drakan?

Wasn’t he the epitome of selfishness, the originator of all sorts of corrupt practices, the one who subjugated large guilds through war to form the Guild Alliance for his goal of unifying the continent, the one who exploited ordinary users through heavy taxes, dungeon entrance fees, mining fees, and all sorts of miscellaneous charges to raise funds for war, and the one who controlled hunting grounds and dungeons, allowing only high-level players to benefit!

If it were that Drakan, he would naturally have pushed users into the city as cannon fodder, sacrificing them while he reaped the sweet fruits of victory!

Unlike the users gathered at the scene of the reclamation battle, driven by their resentment towards the Pirate Alliance that had been tormenting them and the herd mentality, the users observing the situation were implicitly thinking that way, and that expectation was completely shattered.

At that moment, while countless users were voicing their opinions on the Lawless Port Reclamation Battle!

A video was uploaded to Drakan’s official channel.

The video title was ‘Behind the Scenes of the Lawless Port Reclamation Battle’!

Countless people clicked on the irresistible title, and finally, the video began to play.

Appearing in the video were Ignis, Drakan, and other eastern Rankers and executives of JDG and its allied guilds who had responded to Drakan’s summons!

The core executives of Drakan’s side were all gathered in the video.

The operation meeting video, uploaded out of the blue!

In the video, Ignis and Drakan were engaged in a heated debate over the strategy for the Lawless Port Reclamation Battle.

[We just need to turn the city to ashes.]

[To ashes?]

[If the urban environment works to their advantage, why bother keeping it? Just demolish it.]

[But even waging war costs money, and if you destroy the city like that, it will cost even more to restore it. This will not only make the cost outweigh the benefit, but from your perspective, it will only result in a massive loss. You could end up with a Pyrrhic victory, worse than a defeat.]

In the video, Ignis countered Drakan’s forceful and seemingly reckless strategy with a perfectly reasonable argument.

However, the viewers were utterly shocked by Drakan’s subsequent words.

[That may be true. But you haven’t forgotten that the main force of our allies are users, not NPCs, have you?]

[It’s a reminder, but every user here only has one life. Unlike the previous game, there’s no resurrection. If they die, everything that user has built up is gone.]

[Furthermore, if we, whose main force is users, engage in urban warfare, which is already known for high casualties, against an enemy whose main force is NPCs…… well, I don’t need to spell out what the users will think of us, do I?]

[A city reduced to ashes can be restored with money. But what about the users’ hearts? Even billions of won can’t easily sway them.]

Drakan chose the strategy of burning the city to minimize the damage to the users!

With that unbelievable fact, everyone who knew even a little about Ard Saga Second, including Ard Live, Ard Forum, and related content, went wild.

[Is this for real? Is this a manipulation? This is unbelievable– That Drakan burned the city for the users???]

[Drakan did this? That Drakan? Wow, s*it, is the sun going to rise from the west tomorrow?]

[Ignis: This event was really fun, and thank you for your hard work, Drakan-nim. Let’s collaborate again if we have the chance.]

[Hul, it’s really Ignis!]

[Crazy lol It’s really Ignis appearing]

[What, it wasn’t a manipulation?]

[Yoo-jin worshippers who claimed Drakan-nim’s video was fake, are you ready to run? Disgusting, right?]

[Awesome hahaha]

At first, some didn’t believe the unbelievable truth, but the atmosphere completely reversed when Ignis personally commented on Drakan’s video using his Ard Live account.

Drakan really burned the city at his own expense for the sake of the users!

[Kyaa~ A destroyed city can be restored with money, but even billions can’t buy the hearts of the users! What a damn quote, it’s awesome hahaha]

[What the h*ll happened in the past 6 years?]

[As expected, King God Emperor Next Generation Drakan is on a different level from ‘that hero’, right?]

[At this point, I’ll acknowledge his reform. Agreed?]

[I’m an easterner, and honestly, I was prepared to die in this battle, but thanks to Drakan setting the city on fire, we just watched the fire and hunted the pirates who ran out, gaining experience and fame. It was a totally sweet event lol]

[Honestly, this is only possible because Jeil E&M is behind Drakan. They’re paying for all the reconstruction costs, right? Honestly, I would do the same if I were him. It’s a planned move by Jeil and Drakan to manipulate public opinion;;]

[Yoo-jin worshippers are seething with rage, look at their blood pressure rising lol The fact is, regardless, Drakan actually thought of the users~ Yoo-jin ran away when easterners asked him to eliminate the Pirate Alliance~]

[No, seriously, you guys are being played by Drakan and Jeil right now? This is all a conspiracy, a conspiracy;;;]

[Talking about conspiracies lol Yoo-jin worshippers are resorting to armchair conspiracy theories because their master’s public opinion is getting bad.]

[Crazy, Drakan’s fans are impossible to reason with;;]

And finally, the public opinion of the users towards Drakan, which had been favorable before the war, began to form a solid foundation based on the explosive reaction to the behind-the-scenes video.

And what solidified this shift in public opinion was a notification that appeared to all users connected to Ard Saga Second.

[New class ‘Black Magician’ is now available.]

[The Dark God’s Contractor, Drakan, has reclaimed Lawless Port Granado, the former base of the Black Ring Society. However, the Black Ring Society has not regained its former glory. Khalid, the Grandmaster of the Black Ring Society, has opened the doors of the Black Ring Society to outsiders for the first time since its founding, in order to regain its former glory and spread the great dark gospel.]

[Unlike ordinary magicians, Black Magicians are specialists in debuffs and destruction, armed with curse magic that utilizes Dark Magic Power and powerful dark attack magic that is not bound by the four elements.]

[You can start the Black Magician class change quest in Lawless Port Granado, the base of the Black Ring Society.]

…….

The appearance of the new class, Black Magician!

The users’ opinions exploded with the addition of new content to the stagnant Ard World after a long time.

Moreover, the fact that the new class was the Black Magician, an NPC-exclusive class whose method of class change was not even revealed in the previous game, sent the users into a frenzy.

Of course, there were countless diverse classes in Ard World throughout both the previous game and Second.

From common classes that come to mind when you think of RPG games, such as Warrior, Magician, and Priest, to production classes such as Blacksmith, Tailor, Chef, and Farmer, and even classes that make you wonder if they even existed, such as Painter and Gardener, and even Hidden Classes that only lucky users could obtain!

The number of classes in Ard World was as countless as the stars in the sky, but among them, there was one class category that was particularly small in number.

That was the Dark class!

There were almost no ways for users to change classes to Dark classes such as Black Magician, Necromancer, or Dark Knight.

The only Dark classes that were available were Rogue classes like Thief and Assassin!

This was all because of Eugene.

Hero Eugene!

Thanks to him, who had seen the ending of the previous game with the blessing of the Goddess of Light and the Pantheon, Ard World had been ruled by the forces of light for over a thousand years, and even in Ard Saga Second, which started with the background setting that a thousand years had passed since then, Eugene still held hegemony. Therefore, the power of the Dark classes was significantly weakened in the current Ard World.

However, that didn’t mean that everyone who played Ard Saga Second preferred Light classes like Paladin or Priest.

There were plenty of people who admired Dark classes that wielded Dark Magic Power and brought about curses and destruction, and the newly opened Black Magician class was enough to satisfy their desires.

Not only on the internet but also in the game, the public opinion of Drakan was changing.

“Wow, a new Black Magician class added? Should I delete my character and start over?”

“You thought that too? Me too. I wanted to be a Black Magician since the previous game, so I’m deleting my character this time.”

“Hey, I’m going to Lawless Port right now to change classes to Black Magician. Don’t stop me.”

“Drakan’s Lawless Port Reclamation Battle was a total success, right? Honestly, I see him in a new light.”

“That’s what I’m saying. It’s like he spent the missing 6 years training in some secluded place. He’s completely changed.”

“Honestly, if you’re an easterner, you have to support Drakan!”

Thus, with the opening of the new Black Magician class, the support for Drakan became a tangible movement of public opinion, not just a temporary shift or a backlash against the Infinite Eugene Church, and at the center of this tangible public opinion were the users who supported Drakan.

Fandom!

The fandom of Drakan, which Team Leader Lee mentioned had to be created during the first meeting with the dedicated support team after Drakan signed the contract with Jeil E&M, was finally beginning to take shape.


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(🇰🇷)The Final Boss Has Returned

🇰🇷)The Final Boss Has Returned

끝판왕이 돌아왔다
Score 7.4
Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2020 Native Language: Korean
Drakan, a former top-ranked player and Guild Master of the Iron Blood Alliance, returns to the virtual reality game Ard Saga Second after six years, driven by a burning desire for revenge against Hero Eugene, the player who defeated him and brought down his guild. He finds himself in a drastically changed world: the game has been reset, a new Legacy System allows players to inherit the achievements of their previous characters, and the rise of Ard Live, a real-time streaming platform, has revolutionized the game’s economy and social dynamics.

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