Damon’s words struck the entire field like a meteor. Silence blanketed the three hundred thousand chaotic players. Then Damon slowly lowered his hand. "But let me make one thing clear."
A pulse of blood aura exploded outward from him. The weaker players collapsed to their knees. The stronger ones clenched their fists, teeth grinding, sweat pouring down their faces.
"You are not my soldiers," Damon said. "Not yet. You are candidates. Applicants. Strays looking for a home. I don’t owe you anything."
His smile sharpened into something terrifying. "But if you can survive today, if you can prove you’re more than deadweight and background noise, then I will make monsters out of you. I will turn you into something this world fears."
The cat purred ominously on his shoulder, her tail curling like a blade.
A collective shiver ran through the crowd.
"And if you give up, run, quit, or log out..." Damon shrugged. "Then you were never meant to stand with me anyway."
A few players logged out on the spot. A few more straightened with trembling resolve. And thousands, tens of thousands, felt something ignite inside their chests. A spark they didn’t know they had. Damon’s majestic silhouette dragged it out of them.
He spread his wings wide, blood mist swirling into a storm behind him. "Blood Domain," he declared, voice echoing across the plains. "Your test begins now."
A deafening explosion erupted in the distance as the walls of Nine Rivers City activated their siege arrays. Cannons charged with lightning. Ballistae loaded with enchanted bolts. NPC troops assembled in flawless formation. And above it all, dozens of the top guild elites took to the air, weapons drawn, faces grim.
Capturing a city was never going to be easy.
Arcane Dawn. Eternal Sovereignty. Titanfall. Their banners unfurled across the skyline like declarations of war.
Damon’s grin widened. Behind him, three hundred thousand players swallowed hard. Some trembled. Some panicked. Some regretted even coming here. But some felt their blood heat with insane, reckless anticipation.
Damon pointed toward the city. "Run, hide, scream, fight, do whatever you want, but win in the end," he said. "I’m not here to judge you. I’m here to see who can survive chaos."
His wings beat once. A shockwave blasted outward. "Let’s start this madness."
And with a burst of crimson light, Damon shot toward Nine Rivers City like a falling star, straight into the heart of three guilds who had prepared their entire armies to stop him.
Behind him, three hundred thousand players stared. Then someone screamed. "He didn’t even tell us what to do!!"
Nevertheless, Blood Domain sprinted after their lunatic guild leader. Two more figures shot out of the masses. Aurora and Kate. While Kate’s movements were simple and efficient, Aurora was flashy and dominating.



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