Aaron, who was embarrassed, asked back cautiously.
“… … I’m sorry, but I don’t know. Is it a famous quote?”
“It’s a line from a poem by the Roman poet Juvenal. It was also featured in a famous American comic book that came out about 50 years ago.”
Captain Dre looked around at the guild masters in the barracks.
“Let’s drive out the outlaws? Alright. Let’s join forces for him? Alright. Let’s form an alliance with the strongest guilds on the server? Very good.”
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Captain Dre turned back to Aaron.
“But what after that?”
“… … !”
“Let’s say we’ve driven out the outlaws. Can the alliance then just disband? This is the first time we’ve seen such a huge power gathering within Wings Online.”
Captain Dre’s low, deep voice had an overwhelming power.
“And what if the outlaws aren’t completely wiped out? How long will the Coalition last? Until the end of the game? Wielding great power, and constantly?”
“… … .”
“To protect yourself, you create a watcher. You give that watcher power and authority. Then, who is watching that watcher?”
Captain Dre extended his arm towards the Guild Masters.
“Each of us already has the power to shake up this server. However, the reason we haven’t become corrupted so far is because we have kept each other in check.”
Captain Dre raised his voice.
“But the moment we unite, there will be no checks and balances, and without checks and balances, we will become corrupt. For absolute power corrupts absolutely!”
“… … .”
Captain Dre was casually blurting out words that everyone else had been keeping inside but couldn’t say out loud.
“So I want to hear what’s on your mind.”
Captain Dre, his voice quiet, came and stood in front of Aaron.
“Champion Aaron, confess frankly. Say that you want to rule the server.”
Everyone in the barracks was startled. Aaron’s eyes widened in surprise.
“yes yes……?”
“If everyone here joins forces, what can’t we accomplish?”
Captain Dre raised his large hand into the air and squeezed it tightly.
“Let’s take over the servers, tax them, control the dungeons, and monopolize the mines! Let’s play the world’s #1 game to our hearts’ content! Let’s fill the bathtub with gold and light our cigarettes with checks!”
The deep eyes of the world’s greatest dungeon raid leader were filled with a fearsome desire for conquest.
“Let’s try to accomplish the task of world conquest that the old ‘blood alliance’ failed to achieve!”
Everyone was silently listening to the invincible captain’s long speech, overwhelmed.
“… … If you could be so honest.”
Captain Dre lowered his voice again, placed his hand on his chest, and bowed slightly.
“Then I, Captain Drake, the Invincible Armada, will gladly help you. I will gladly become corrupt together with you. And I will persuade and draw everyone here.”
“… … .”
“What do you think, Champion Aaron?”
Captain Dre’s eyes, looking up at Aaron, sparkled like glass beads.
“How about conquering the world together?”
The guild masters gulped.
It was meant for Aaron, but to them too… … it was a sweet offer.
A dark desire was stirring and blooming in everyone’s heart.
And not only did they have the desire, they actually had the ability to do it.
If the strongest guilds unite and join forces… …then, what could possibly be possible, like conquering a server?
“… … .”
however.
“I decline, Captain Dre.”
“… … ?!”
Aaron refused calmly.
“I have gathered you all today not to conquer the server or seek vested interests.”
Aaron looked around at the guild masters who were looking at him with surprised eyes.
“We want to chase away the outlaws who indiscriminately slaughter regular users, and let everyone have fun and play Wings in peace… like before.”
“Ha, you’re telling a fairy tale.”
Captain Dre snapped, a sharp sneer on his lips.
“Okay, let’s say we form an alliance. Let’s say we drive out the outlaws and take the 3rd occupied area, ‘Sergeant Gun’. What are we going to do after that? Will the Free Knights League continue to rule like they do now? While maintaining the 1% tax rate?”
Captain Dre pointed to the Guild Masters.
“All the guilds gathered here have the ability to siege! All of them have the power to take over the occupied territory! We cannot give up our rights to the occupied territory just because we belong to the alliance. We must give them appropriate compensation!”
“… … .”
Aaron answered heavily.
“I will give you… compensation.”
“How? Are you going to raise the tax rate? And distribute it to everyone in the alliance? Then it will be a form of taking money from users and distributing it. In the end, the alliance will degenerate into a form of greed for vested interests.”
“… … .”
No matter what I said, it was self-inflicted wounds.
Aaron kept his mouth shut.
“People move for profit. Not for flashy causes or ideals, but for a few pennies!”
Captain Dre pushed forward, roaring loudly.
“You expect everyone to act with good intentions while assembling a force of this size, you idiot!”
“… … .”
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“Don’t take the game for granted! Wings’ interests are already on a par with those of reality!”
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Captain Dre’s hand slammed hard on the table in the middle of the barracks.
“Gold! Occupied territory! Mines! Unless we promise vested interests, the alliance will not only not survive, but will not even be formed!”
“… … .”
Aaron was silent for a long time.
“We will compensate you. But the tax rate… … will remain at 1 percent unless there is an agreement with the users.”
He answered like that.
Captain Dre frowned and asked.
“Then how are you going to compensate us?”
“I will give it to you even if it costs me my own money.”
A sigh escaped.
Captain Dre let out a hollow laugh, his face turning into a look of disbelief.
“What on earth is it? Is it a little pride? Or… … .”
“Because I’m a pro-gamer in Wings Online, Captain Dre.”
Aaron answered calmly but directly and looked up to face Captain Dre.
“I have no intention of gaining any vested interest in this game. I run a user vigilante group, but I have no intention of making any profit from it.”
Captain Dre’s brow furrowed.
“… … I know that many of you here don’t like me very much.”
Aaron smiled bitterly and turned his gaze to the guild masters.
“I suddenly formed a user vigilante group and started a business. After the New Continent appeared, I grew in power and took over the occupied territory. It is natural for all of you to doubt my true intentions.”
“… … .”
The guild masters who had been stabbed in the stomach averted their gaze.
“But you guys, I am a professional gamer. I exist because there are users who play this game.”
Aaron placed his hand on his chest and continued speaking softly.
“In other words, if the number of users playing the game decreases and disappears… … if the game disappears, I am a person who cannot exist.”
“… … .”
“I love this game. It made my dreams come true and gave me life.”
Aaron clenched his fists and raised his voice.
“The outlaws are ruining this game. They are killing normal, ordinary, good users at will, controlling dungeons, and taking over mines. Are you going to leave them alone?”
In the face of this correct argument, the guild masters had to hold their breath and listen quietly.
“The suffering of powerless users is growing. They are all my fans, people who will become fans, or people who were fans.”
Aaron added briefly, laughing.
“Or maybe I’m an anti.”
A burst of laughter came out at the unexpected joke.
Aaron continued speaking.
“I will protect my users. I will do anything for that. I will use my own money to build an alliance and drive out the outlaws.”
Aaron turned again and looked up at Captain Dre.
“Captain Dre. If you really want to conquer the server and gain the power, convert the Invincible Armada into a Notorious Guild and join the outlaws.”
Aaron tapped the hilt of the rapier at his waist with his fingertips.
“Then I will greet you on the battlefield.”
“… … .”
Captain Dre stared at the punk in front of him for a long time.
The shadow cast by Captain Dre, with his massive physique, covered Aaron. Aaron, with his small stature, looked as if he would be crushed at any moment, but he kept his eyes wide open and did not move an inch.
“……flaw.”
and.
“Hehehe, hehehehe.”
Captain Dre opened his mouth slightly and let out a low laugh,
“Poohahahahaha! Ahahahahahaha!”
After a while, the laughter spread.
Loud laughter filled the barracks.
“I like it, Aaron.”
Captain Dre, who had just stopped laughing, reached out to Aaron.
“Let me help you. I don’t need any favors, compensation, or subsidies.”
“yes?”
Aaron blinked in surprise. Captain Dre smirked, raising his beard.
“I love this game too. It’s so f*cking fun.”
Captain Dre waved his hand, and Aaron took it.
closely.
Captain Dre put strength into his hands.
“Anyone who puts on the armband is bound to change, Aaron.”
“I don’t change.”
“No one says that before they put on the armband.”
Captain Dre, shaking his hand slowly up and down, whispered softly.
“I hope your heart is true and unchanging.”
“… … .”
At those words, Aaron’s eyes flashed a low, cold light for a moment. And Captain Dre didn’t miss it.
Captain Dre let go and turned around. The Guild Masters were looking at him with pale faces.
“The Invincible Fleet will join the alliance!”
After making the statement confidently, Captain Dre slightly bowed his head and took off his admiral’s hat.
“But I think everyone is upset because of my story. I’m sorry. Aaron, why don’t you take a break for a while?”
Aaron nodded.
“Everyone, we will take a 30-minute break from now on.”
Aaron bowed deeply to the guild masters.
“Please think about it carefully… … and give me your answer to my proposal in 30 minutes.”
The guild masters who had been watching the situation closely left the barracks one by one.
Finally, Captain Dre, who had been smiling meaningfully, walked out of the barracks with a heavy gait.
“… … .”
In the barracks where everyone had disappeared, Aaron continued to bend down.
His eyes, staring at the floor… …still had a cold glow.
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“Are you sure you want to join the alliance, Captain?”
As Captain Dre left the barracks, a young man waiting at the entrance asked.
Captain Dre looked at him.
It was Hawkins, the second-in-command of the Invincible Fleet, wearing the same uniform. It seemed like he had been listening to the whole story.
“Okay, I’ll join.”
Captain Dre responded by trudging forward. Hawkins quickly followed behind.
“The outlaws have to be dealt with anyway. It’s only natural that the forces will unite. It’s just a matter of who gets to drive.”
“indeed…….”
Hawkins, his voice trailing off, looked back at the barracks in admiration.
“Aaron, you’re amazing. To think that you can act with such pure good intentions… … I’m surprised.”
“No, no.”
Captain Dre denied it as sharp as a knife.
“He’s hiding an ulterior motive. Those eyes… … are definitely not the eyes of a good person.”
A surprised Hawkins gasped.
Captain Dre narrowed his eyes.
“But I don’t know exactly what he wants. I don’t know how big a picture he’s drawing… … .”
Hawkins, who had been staring blankly at the thoughtful captain, burst into laughter.
“By the way, Captain, your acting skills are amazing.”
“Hmm? Acting skills?”
“You lied to Aaron to get him to leave. You seemed like someone who was really anxious to conquer the server.”
Hehe.
Captain Dre curled the corners of his mouth.
“Hawkins, I never lied.”
“Uh… … Yes?”
“If Champion Aaron said that he wanted to rule the server and that he was going to form an alliance, that’s what happened.”
The captain of the invincible fleet smiled like a pirate.
“I would have been happy to help.”
“… … .”
“Well, but the route is different now.”
Captain Dre nodded, his smile fading away.
“Hawkins, immediately gather your 2nd raiding party, as well as the 3rd and 4th raiding parties waiting in the guild.”
“Yes? Up to 4 raid groups?”
“Okay, if I’m going to do it, I’ll go all out.”
Captain Dre rubbed his hands together in front of his chest as was his habit before entering a raid dungeon.
“Tell them to change the power settings to PVP. It’s been a while since we’ve hunted monsters… … .”
Both eyes emitted a wicked glare.
“It’s human hunting time.”
