Aethelgard: The Survival Game (Chloe) novel Chapter 92

Chapter 92

Chapter 92

After getting attacked by the Magic Chaser, Chloe stumbled upon a crucial secret.

Turned out, the territory’s Health was tied directly to how sturdy its buildings were.

Once the shield went down, smashing the buildings will actually chip away at the territory’s Health.

Chloe figured that if she wanted to take over someone’s territory, she first had to break their Health and then wreck as many buildings as you can.

And only after that, she would go for the Boundary Marker.

No matter what, Chloe knew she had to upgrade her buildings and Shield Value.

What happened today was a real wake-up call for Chloe.

She pulled up her System Panel.

Once Chloe handed over the materials for Repair, the buildings would be restored in just 30 minutes, but the Protective Barrier needed a full 3 hours to recover.

Chloe wore a grim expression, clutching her Thundercloud Staff in one arm and gripping her compound bow in the other.

The instant anything stirred in her territory, she was ready to act.

Three hours slipped by in a flash.

Before Chloe knew it, night had fallen.

The streetlights came on, bathing the area in a soft, hazy light.

Chloe glanced at the server-wide chat, but no one was venting about being attacked by the Magic Chaser.

She made her rounds, and before long, the Metallurgy Workshop was nearly finished.

The chat window shook a little, and Eureka sent an invite.

[Eureka has invited you to join the Elite Information Trading Syndicate.]

Chloe thought, ‘An info trading group.

She knew how important info was, so she joined right away.

As soon as she joined, the group announcement popped up. [This group was created by Eureka. Joining is free this month. but next month, you’ll need to pay 20 Premium Materials as a membership fee.]

[Group Rules: 1. Player names are kept anonymous.

[2. No item trading allowed-only information. When posting high-level info, material rewards will be distributed according to the value of the information.

13. No sharing personal information. If the information’s value isn’t fair, the system will step in and refund the price.
14. Happy info trading, everyone.]

When Chloe joined, she law the group had 200 members

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The Elite Trading Syndicate had already ballooned to 3,000 people, so this Elite Information Trading Syndicate with just 200 members felt tiny in comparison.

Chloe raised an eyebrow as she looked at the Elite Information Trading Syndicate.

She had a ton of valuable intel up her sleeve.

But since it involved player rivalry, Chloe wasn’t about to sell her secrets just yet. She was still playing it safe, keeping an eye on the situation.

As soon as Chloe joined the Elite Information Trading Syndicate, she saw that people were already chatting.

The usernames were all kinds of random-Banana, Pineapple, Apple, Cola, you name it.

Chloe’s name in the group was Grape.

Beside her username, there was a two-hour countdown, letting her know it’d get switched automatically after two hours.

Banana: [On foggy days, did anyone encounter any elite monsters besides the fog itself?

[I’ll go first. I ran into a unique monster. I won’t share the details here. DM me if you’re interested. It broke through my Protective Barrier and destroyed one of my key buildings before disappearing.]

Cherry: [What a coincidence. I only had one building destroyed as well.]

Peach: [I didn’t run into any monsters.]

System Notification: [The Admin has set “Foggy Day Monsters” as a premium topic. If you want in, pay 10 Premium Materials.

[Anyone who posts high-level info about “Foggy Day Monsters” will get a share of the total pot. The system makes sure everything’s fair.]

Chloe had to admit, Eureka was really playing to her strengths as an info dealer.

Both were traders, but Eureka and the Scalper walked similar yet very different roads.

Players here are seriously impressive.

Chloe paid 10 Premium Materials and joined the group to check things out. [Current members: 119]

Banana: [The monster I ran into during the fog was wild. It had 40,000 Health, and no matter what I threw at it, it just wouldn’t go down.

II could only stand there and watch as it trashed my building. The thing just shrugged off all my attacks and ripped the place apart. If it wanted to destroy more. I couldn’t do a thing.]

Chili: [Same here. My Shield Value got busted, and repairing it ate up a ton of materials.)

Vanilla: [I didn’t see any monsters, but my territory’s already Level L.]

Straw: [Special monster? I spotted one too, but it just lingered outside my Protective Barrier.]

Chloe scanned the chat for a while.

Grape: Are the monsters you guys ran into connected to your special abilities?]

The group went silent for a bit, and then Banana came right out and said it. [Yep.1

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Strawberry: [Yeah, definitely a special monster. Looks like we all got different types.]

Grape: [Have you upgraded your territory buildings?]

Vanilla: [Mine’s upgraded, so how come I didn’t run into any monsters?]

Admin: [To be blunt, these monsters seem linked to your territory’s prosperity, development, or other ranking scores. Top- ranked players all got attacked by special monsters during the fog.

[High-level players will have one building and one shield destroyed.

[For players with the highest rankings, the outcome is unpredictable.]

Vanilla: [Maybe this could help us figure out our current ranking?]

Chloe was thinking the same thing, but she couldn’t tell how high her own ranking was.

After all, she’d “killed” the Magic Chaser. The Arcane Defense Tower wasn’t completely destroyed. Only the Legendary Crystal Core was pried out.

The materials needed for Repair, compared to building a Legendary Defense Tower, weren’t much at all.

Grape: [Aside from the Foggy Day Monsters, did you guys discover anything else?]

Vanilla: [Did you find something?]

Chloe paused for a second, then tried to share some harmless info.

Grape: [Torches and light sources can help reduce the Erosion Points during foggy days.]

Vanilla: [Erosion Points? What are those?]

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