Beijing time. 10:47 PM. The players of Paradise Lost finally reunited after being scattered. Over twenty thousand players gathered on the Lost Plain beneath Mount Sobi in India. From afar, they could even see the guard tower lights of the City of Lost. Nearby, a stronghold built by an Indian player was separated from them only by a hilly basin. Players with better eyesight could spot the sentries on the stronghold walls, and many were already eyeing the place with intense greed. However, because it was nighttime, launching a siege was highly inconvenient; players struggled to gauge attack ranges and targets accurately, while the defensive arrow towers within the enemy stronghold faced no such handicap. To minimize needless casualties, the player factions from Silvermoon City agreed to launch their offensive during the third in-game daylight. That would also be the exact moment when Chinese players rolled out of their warm beds.
The major guilds of Silvermoon City were camped almost right on top of each other. Paradise Lost and Sword and Rose nestled close together, flanked by TOT and Bloody Sky. Directly to the north lay the encampments of Hall of Fame and Adrift in the World. The Axe Gang and Kuangzhan Guild huddled far off to the west of the Lost Plain, seemingly wanting nothing to do with any of the other guilds. Still, the fact that they managed to make it here was reason enough for relief.
Rumor had it that the leaders of these two guilds had originally opposed partici…
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