The Great Thief

The other club players that went to the Colifang Reservoir all skipped the first two Instance Dungeons after finding out that they needed keys to access the Slave Pens.

These days, regardless of whether they would admit it, everyone was convinced of Ruling Sword’s First Clearing ability. Since Ruling Sword had already started the Dark Swamp before they entered the Colifang Reservoir, they simply gave up on the two Instance Dungeons.

In the depths of Zangarmarsh’s Serpent Lake, there were many secret hidden caves. These caves were ruled by Lady Vashj in the Outlands.

They seemed to be studying a combination of water and mech magic that would give the Naga Warriors incredible strength.

The Naga were using this as a base to continuously absorb the Zangarmarsh waters, which caused the Serpent Lake’s water level to drop. This resulted in a series of ecological problems which led to the habitats of countless creatures being destroyed.

The Cenarion Expedition called upon Horde and Alliance warriors to attack the Naga leader. Warlord Kalithresh was among the targets, but in order to reach the Warlord’s room, you first had to defeat his two underlings and access the places they guarded.

In addition, the Violet Eye Mages had received news that the lost Karazhan key fragment was hidden in the Steamvault. Khadgar was waiting for someone to reforge the Karazhan key so that the secrets of Medivh’s death could be revealed.

This Instance Dungeon was one that dropped Karazhan key shards. In the future, before going into Karazhan, you had to have the key.

Ultimately, this Instance Dungeon was not that difficult, and the First Clear soon came.

However, it wasn’t Ruling Sword’s. They had just defeated the second Boss when some other team took the First Clear.

Lu Li wasn’t surprised at this at all.

He was familiar with the team that got the First Clear – it was Water Fairy, Deadly Green Orange, Star Baby, Wandering and Kitty Likes Meat, the other First Clear group.

“Wow I got a skill point!”

They were all on the same side, so there several teams of people who could hear Kitty Likes Meat’s cheers.

Since venturing into the Outland, they had already received two First Clears in Hellfire Citadel and two First Clears in Colifang Reservoir for a total of four First Clears. Since no one had received Skill Points as a reward until now, everyone had assumed that these small Instance Dungeons didn’t reward Skill Points.

However, now that Kitty Likes Meat had acquire a skill point, everyone’s opinions had been changed.

“Why did Kitty get a Skill Point when we didn’t? Is it just a matter of luck?” Azure Sea Breeze asked in his frustration. He had initially been excited about being broadcast after achieving a First Clear, but after it had happened so many times, he didn’t care about that anymore.

“I know why,” Wandering, who hadn’t spoke for a while, suddenly cried out.

He would often not say anything because he was too lazy to. In the past, most of the teams he was on were filled with men, where it was common not to say too much. Now, with a team of all attractive girls except for him, things were somewhat different.

Since he hadn’t said anything for a while, everyone fell silent in anticipation for what he was about to say.

“It is not a matter of luck. Skill Points shouldn’t have anything to do with luck, otherwise Remnant Dream would be swimming in them,” Wandering reasoned, then paused before adding, “But, that is not to say that you wouldn’t be affected by bad luck. If you think about it, what is the key difference between Kitty’s team and yours?”

The joker Azure Sea Breeze immediately knew where this was going.

“Our team is affected by the aura of the black hand!”

It was unlucky Lu Li’s fault!

“Hey!” Lu Li was a little upset. If they kept this up, there were some people who were going to lose their positions.

“You can go. My mum doesn’t want me playing with you anymore,” Azure Sea Breeze said after turning his head.

Lu Li was speechless.

After some bickering, the day came to an end. The next day was a Monday, which meant a new week of Stronghold Wars was about to begin.

There were no new maps this time nor was there any new Stronghold-related content. However, there were still many people watching the Stronghold War regardless of whether new maps were

released.

It wasn’t just the players in clubs, but ordinary people who were there for the spectacle.

For the clubs, the Stronghold had huge benefits for their development. For everyone else, particularly those who liked to gamble, it was a sport for them to watch who would win and who would lose.

The game had officially banned gambling, so there was no content that allowed them to place bets, and if you gambled in-game, you would be banned. Moreover, if the circumstances were serious enough, you would be reported to the authorities.

However, there were some things that weren’t absolutely banned. If you just changed the name, then suddenly, they would be allowed.

These things were Lotteries!

Lotteries were not a breach of the law, and so there were several lotteries that were available throughout the game.

However, many people just enjoyed betting on who would own which Strongholds after the Stronghold War.

In general, the main bets were for three categories.

For example, the Black Sea Coast Stronghold’s current owner was Ruling Sword.

At the beginning, everyone would gamble over who would attempt to fight for this Stronghold. However, not many people would bet on this, as many players thought that it was easy to control this outcome.

Once the attacking and defending parties were confirmed, everyone would start gambling on who would win the fight.

The value of the bets would be increased here, but sometimes the differing strengths of the guilds made the outcome clear to everyone. If Star Moon Guild was attacking Ruling Sword, then everyone knew that Ruling Sword would win.

The most popular bets were on the outcome of the fight after the Stronghold War had begun. The odds of these bets would be constantly changing as the battle progressed.

Take for example, the previous period, when several Clubs such as Blood Red War Flag joined forces to bully Glory Capital.

After the offensive and defensive parties were determined, the lottery for the outcome of this battle was very popular. The odds at this stage represented the fact that Glory Capital was going to suffer a huge loss. As this situation unfolded, the odds steadily changed, reflecting the fact that Glory Capital was definitely going to lose.

That was until the emergence of the Infernal!

At that time, not only were Blood Red War Flag and the other clubs dumbfounded, but so were the

players who were participating in the gambling. The odds were changing erratically, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that they were freefalling at one point.

The odds had now completely reversed.

However, there was no way for players to change their previous bets. Many players who thought that Glory Capital was bound to lose, were now losing their money. There was now also a chance to safely earn a little bit of money, if a player had bet a lot.

But, as a result, there were some that rose to the top!

In the previous period, there was also some suspense surrounding who Glory Capital would fight. Everyone thought that Glory Capital would fight Ruling sword, but there was an upset as Blood Red War Flag became the target.