Chapter 196: Incoming
MoonPetal sighed.
"She’s becoming worse."
"Jiang Feng’s influence."
"Absolutely not."
They approached Jiang Feng.
A large battle map hovered in front of him.
He looked up.
"Finally."
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
"Everyone keeps saying that."
"Because you’re late."
"I logged in twenty minutes ago."
"You should’ve logged in earlier."
"Bossy."
Jiang Feng stared.
"Captain."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Former captain."
That landed differently.
Jiang Feng’s expression changed slightly.
Then...
He laughed.
"You’re annoying."
"So I’ve heard."
Shen Tian looked toward the map.
"What’s the situation?"
Jiang Feng pointed.
Blackstone Fortress sat at the center.
Two roads approached.
Windfall occupied south.
Titan occupied east.
An NPC faction currently held the fortress.
Blackstone Remnant Army
Approximately...
Six hundred NPC soldiers.
Plus a Level 40 commander.
Jiang Feng continued.
"The territory event starts when someone enters the outer courtyard."
"Then?"
"Three stages."
"Break defenses."
"Kill commander."
"Claim the core."
Shen Tian nodded.
"And Titan?"
"Same objective."
Shen Tian smiled.
"So PvPvE."
"Exactly."
Xu Ning appeared.
[Host.]
A golden panel opened.
Major Fate Event
Original Destined Winner: Windfall
Shen Tian blinked.
He was going to beat Titan even without me?
[Yes.]
How?
Xu Ning displayed the original path.
Jiang Feng would use Titan’s larger force against the NPC army.
Allow Titan to exhaust themselves.
Then lead a smaller Windfall team through an underground route.
Kill the commander.
Claim the core.
A classic protagonist victory.
Shen Tian smiled.
Smart.
[Very.]
Then another piece appeared.
Original Destined Achievement: Jiang Feng publicly defeats Chen Hao in single combat.
Fate Value: 6,000
Shen Tian’s eyebrow rose.
There it was.
The first real Titan confrontation.
Another.
Original Destined Achievement: Windfall claims Blackstone Fortress.
Fate Value: 8,000
Another.
Original Destined Recruitment: Twin professional players leave Titan feeder roster and join Windfall.
Fate Value: 4,000
Total...
Eighteen thousand.
Shen Tian whistled internally.
Then...
Xu Ning pointed toward his Territory Priority Token.
[And you can interfere with the fortress claim.]
Shen Tian looked at Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng was explaining tactics.
Focused.
Excited.
This wasn’t just Fate to him.
This was personal.
Titan had abandoned him.
Blackstone represented his first chance to beat them.
Shen Tian thought.
Then...
I’m not stealing the fortress.
Xu Ning looked surprised.
[Again?]
Again.
[Eight thousand Fate.]
I know.
[You have the token.]
I know.
She stared at him.
[Then what are you taking?]
Shen Tian smiled.
His eyes moved toward the other opportunities.
Whatever doesn’t ruin his moment.
Xu Ning sighed.
[Ethical robbery continues.]
Exactly.
The territory event began at noon inside the game.
More than five hundred players gathered around Blackstone Fortress.
Titan brought...
264
Windfall...
173
Independent players clustered nearby, hoping to steal loot.
The fortress itself loomed above everyone.
Dark stone walls.
Four towers.
Massive iron gates.
NPC archers lined the battlements.
The moment a Titan scout entered the outer boundary...
A world message appeared.
[REGIONAL TERRITORY EVENT TRIGGERED]
[BLACKSTONE FORTRESS]
[Competing factions detected.]
[Occupation Core will become available after Fortress Commander is defeated.]
The gates opened.
NPC cavalry charged.
Chaos.
Titan moved first.
Professional formations.
Shields front.
Mages rear.
Archers elevated.
Healers protected.
Their coordination was impressive.
Windfall members looked nervous.
Jiang Feng didn’t.
He raised his sword.
"Don’t engage Titan."
One Windfall officer looked confused.
"What?"
"Let them fight."
Shen Tian smiled.
Exactly as Fate predicted.
Jiang Feng continued.
"We clear the south wall."
"Ignore the gate."
"Why?"
"Because everyone expects the gate."
He pointed toward the cliffs.
"There’s drainage access underneath."
Titan hadn’t found it.
Windfall had.
Partially because LittleMaple had gotten lost during scouting.
LittleMaple proudly raised her hand.
"I contributed."
Jiang Feng sighed.
"You fell into a ditch."
"That ditch saved us."
"It did."
LittleMaple smiled.
Shen Tian laughed.
Sometimes Fate had a strange sense of humor.
Titan assaulted the eastern gate.
NPC arrows rained.
Spells exploded.
Siege ladders rose.
Windfall quietly moved south.
Then...
Titan scouts noticed.
A message reached Chen Hao.
"Windfall is moving."
"Where?"
"South."
Chen Hao looked at the map.
Nothing important south.
Unless...
He frowned.
"Send forty players."
The manager immediately spoke through comms.
"Don’t split too much."
"They found something."
"We don’t know that."
"I do."
Chen Hao moved.
Forty Titan players followed.
Windfall reached the drainage tunnel.
Jiang Feng entered first.
LittleMaple followed.
MoonPetal.
Then...
Shen Tian.
Behind them...
One officer shouted.
"Titan incoming!"
Jiang Feng looked back.
"How many?"
"Forty plus."
He smiled.
"Expected."
MoonPetal looked toward him.
"Expected?"
"Of course they followed."
LittleMaple stared.
"Then why are we here?"
"Because..."
Jiang Feng pointed toward the narrow tunnel.
"They can’t use forty people in that."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Good chokepoint."
"Exactly."
Jiang Feng looked toward him.
"Can you hold it?"
Shen Tian stared.
"Alone?"
Jiang Feng smiled.
"You’re the famous Ranger."
Shen Tian laughed.
"Fine."
MoonPetal immediately frowned.
"I’m staying."
Shen Tian looked toward her.
"You don’t have to."
"I know."
"Then..."
"I’m staying."
He stared.
She smiled.
"Sound familiar?"
Shen Tian laughed.
"Fine."
Jiang Feng looked between them.
Then...
"Try not to flirt while we’re stealing the fortress."
MoonPetal’s face turned red.
"We aren’t..."
Jiang Feng already left.
LittleMaple laughed while following.
MoonPetal glared.
"I hate him."
Shen Tian equipped Dragonfall.
"No you don’t."
"Unfortunately."
The Titan squad entered.
Their leader stopped when he saw only two players.
Shen Tian.
MoonPetal.
He laughed.
"Move."
Shen Tian leaned against the tunnel wall.
"No."
The player recognized him.
His expression changed.
"...ShenTian."
"Yep."
MoonPetal raised her staff.
The Titan leader hesitated.
Corporate instructions echoed in his memory.
Do not provoke Shen Tian personally.
But...
This was a game.
A territory event.
They couldn’t simply leave.
"Young Master Shen..."
Shen Tian’s eyebrow rose.
MoonPetal looked amused.
"Don’t call me that in game."
The Titan player looked uncomfortable.
"We need through."
"No."
"You’re helping Windfall?"
"Currently."
The player sighed.
"Then..."
He drew his sword.
"Sorry."
Shen Tian smiled.
"That’s better."
The fight began.
Titan had forty players.
The tunnel allowed...
Six across.
That was the problem.
MoonPetal dropped fire.
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