Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

As it turned out, no matter which game it was, double experience rewards were always an effective way to motivate players to level up.

Ever since the Goddess, under the alias Divine Favored Zero, issued a "declaration of war" to the Half-Beast, players in the Elf Forest had begun their frenetic leveling activities.

Of course, double experience was one aspect, but more importantly, it was the upcoming war mission.

The largest-scale war plot since the launch of the "Elf Kingdom" was about to begin, and no one could hide their anticipation for it.

A war involving a hundred thousand people...

Moreover, it was an immersive virtual world war.

This was unprecedented in the gaming history of Blue Star.

Perhaps some games had accumulated participation numbers that exceeded this figure during extended wars, but the real-time number of participants fell far short.

Therefore, whether it was the seasoned beta players or the enthusiastic newcomers of the public release, everyone itched to try it.

Moreover, as the reputation of the "Elf Kingdom" spread, the plot mission of such scale created a wave in the virtual gaming realm of Blue Star, drawing the attention of numerous netizens.

News posts about this plot mission also became hotspots on various gaming forums, and even on every search engine and social media platform, "the classic virtual game 'Elf Kingdom' will launch a hundred thousand player real-time battle" became a trending topic.

And in the comment sections below these news pieces, the discussions among netizens were extremely lively...

"'Elf Kingdom'? Is that the game that many people are calling a groundbreaking masterpiece?"

"Tsk, haven't you even heard of 'Elf Kingdom'? Are you still living in the era of 2D online games?"

"Whoa! A battle of a hundred thousand? How terrifying would that be? I felt like even two thousand was intimidating when I played Mount & Blade 5..."

"It's incomparable! Those hundred thousand refer to players! I'm an open-beta player of 'Elf Kingdom,' and according to inside information, the AI has an army of at least three hundred thousand!"

"Oh man... three hundred thousand... won't it be lagging like crazy?"

"That's not all, every NPC in 'Elf Kingdom' is an independent AI, a really smart one, you should taste it, savor it..."

"Hiss... it's like I can smell the CPU power."

"Exciting, just imagining it makes my blood boil..."

The netizens were very excited, especially those who were already fond of such large-scale war games.

Of course, there were also those who were skeptical...

"Hundreds of thousands? Isn't that just bragging?"

Similar comments existed.

However, such remarks quickly attracted backlash from other netizens.

"Bragging? 'Elf Kingdom' has never boasted!"

"You must have no understanding of 'Elf Kingdom' at all. I won't even mention the black technology of accelerated thinking and real perception or the simulated NPCs, let's just talk about the war scenes. 'Elf Kingdom' once had a ten thousand player battle, and there are still videos online, you should check them out."

So... the former Battle of Black Dragon Castle and the Underworld War, two battles that broke ten thousand participants, were dug up again...

And as these videos resurfaced, the popularity of "Elf Kingdom" instantly climbed another level.

The magnificent scenes, the realistic graphics, combined with the passionate background music, were enough to make anyone who saw them feel their blood boiling...

"Is this really a game? Not a movie?"

"No... I don't think even a movie can capture such grand and realistic scenes..."

"So amazing! I really want to play this game too!"

"Hey, that depends on your luck. The game slots are very limited, the public beta just opened with only a hundred thousand slots, and who knows when more will be available... Pray for the blessing of the Eve Goddess."

"Eve Goddess?"

"She's the faction leader [image]"

"Whoa! Isn't that the emote from the Penguin group? Turns out the meme Goddess is her! I'm in love, I'm in love."

"Hehehe, I think I saw it in some study material."

"...Please stop harassing the Goddess, okay..."

"Hahaha..."

"..."

The netizens were fervently discussing.

And every streamer who was lucky to become a player of "Elf Kingdom" was ready to livestream the entire event, putting up a preview on their video site's personal homepage early on.

The allure of double experience and the war plot made the players strive even harder.

Under such circumstances, the overall level of the players seemed to change almost every day...

And on the second to last day of the pre-war preparation, this leveling sprint reached a new peak.

The reason was simple.

The Goddess issued another wave of new silver player slots.

This time, she released 350 advancement slots for Silver Professionals in one go, bringing the number of silver players to 500.

She adjusted this according to the power of the Half-Beast.

In her estimation, the entire Half-Beast race couldn't have more than two thousand Silver Professionals.

This was limited by the racial level of the Half-Beast, and even if Uller forcefully increased Believers' strength, it couldn't reverse this.

Of course, this was actually pretty terrifying in itself.

If one compared it to last year's Segis World, when magic power hadn't dramatically increased and when Lionheart King Imsh invaded Black Dragon Castle, the troops under him only had about twenty Silvers.

But last year was last year, and now is now.

With the rise in magic power, the increase in strength across all intelligent races was inevitable.

Even without inquiring, the Goddess could guess that the humans, with their vast population base, were likely even more formidable...

Of course, although Half-Beast Silver Warriors were now incomparable to the past, even mobilizing fully, it would be impressive if half could be deployed for battle.