Child of Destiny

Chapter 1469: Faction War (Part 1)

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After entering the isolated dimension, Uno quickly went to one of the rooms and sat cross-legged at its center, meditating.

A couple of seconds later, Uno entered his Sea of Consciousness, which was still in the state of being a White World.

He did not idle for that long as he quickly walked toward a certain direction with great familiarity. Despite having nothing in this place, which was also making it hard to differentiate which direction was which, he was still able to navigate his way toward his destination.

Not long after, he arrived at the place where Shin was currently sleeping.

He slightly frowned his brows as he could see how deep Shin was asleep. This was not the first time this happened, so Uno was not that concerned. But what made this situation worse was the fact that Shin was not showing any signs of waking him.

During the other instances where Shin was in the same state, Uno could still see some signs of waking up. It was as if he was in a state of lingering between being half-asleep and waking up.

What made this situation rather good was that no Seed of Hatred was trying to take over Shin as it was trapped by the newly built and reinforced seal that Evangeline had created.

But Uno knew that even this seal would also not last that long no matter how strong it was given the growing powers of the seed due to its 'hatred'.

Moreover, it was also recently awakened, so its powers were linked to Shin's mood and feelings. Once Shin slipped even for a little, then a situation much worse than what happened previously would take place.

Once it happened, then Uno and Shin had to work together to ward off any attempt of the Seed of Hatred to take over their body.

Uno watched Shin for a couple of moments before shaking his head.

A moment later, he left the Sea of Consciousness and went back outside.

Right after opening his eyes, he was immediately greeted by the sight of David and Alyssa sparing with each other.

The corner of his could not help but twitch when he saw that and said to himself. "What's with these two? Of all the places, they chose to fight where I am meditating?"

Fortunately, the two were greatly holding back their powers, or they would be destroying this place, which would be the last of their worries.

With a sigh, Uno stood up and ignored the two. Even if he wanted to get his revenge match against David, he was currently not in the mood to do anything right now. Probably because of Shin's current state and some unease that he was getting from somewhere unknown.

He walked straight to the door, not caring about the two, and planned to go back to 'his' room that was stolen from David.

"There are still those books that I haven't finished reading. Maybe I will be able to improve my 'Yin-Yang Cultivation Arts' further if I finish everything," he mumbled as he recalled those books that were given to Shin by Old Man Lin and Professor Henry.

Since he did not have anything better to do, he might as well finish reading everything while also playing the game at the same time.

When he walked out of the room, he did not find Evangeline in her usual spot, so he thought that she most likely comforting her friend for losing her husband.

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For the next few days, Uno spent his time reading the books that he had brought back home while also training his Martial Arts when he was in the real world. Then he would be applying some of them inside the game after logging back in.

Since the classes were suspended temporarily due to the incident that happened previously, the students did not have anything better to do.

His daily routine might sound boring, particularly when he was not doing that much inside the game either as he was waiting for the announcement of the Storm Empire to wage war with the Dark Cloud Kingdom so that 'his' quest could be considered fully cleared.

He was also waiting for Commander Taiga to bring him the rewards that he was promised by the system.

Regardless, he was still not that fazed as he was already used to this kind of redundant and boring lifestyle. He was just a little surprised that Commander Taiga was taking so long to finish his 'job'.

During this time, Uno avoided meeting with Arthur, Leonard, or Cloe as he was too lazy to deal with them. He did not want to waste his time explaining the situation to them and wanted Shin to deal with it later.

However, he must admit that he wanted to try sparing with them as well, especially when he could feel the powers hidden within Arthur and Leonard's bloodline. Those two were worthy of his attention at the very least.

He was also quite curious about Arthur as he could sense something different from the kid after the burial of his father. The latter's bloodline also became a little more different compared to the other Springfields that he had met so far.

Uno would even claim that Arthur had a purer bloodline when compared to those two monstrous ancestors who visited the household and attended Bernard's burial recently.

Uno was getting a little itchy and wanted to test his newly improved 'Yin-Yang Cultivation Arts' in practice. He wanted to spar with David, but this guy was nowhere to be found as he was running some errands for Evangeline.

Alyssa was also quite in question as she did not want anything but to serve her master. She stayed within the isolated dimension along with Evangeline.

It was completely different from what he had heard from David when the latter said that Alyssa was eager to roam around the world and challenge a few geniuses from different places just like what David had done in the past.

He also wanted to try fighting Shiella as he was curious how strong she could be after learning his technique, but that girl quickly went into closed-door training a few days after Bernard's burial.

With nothing better to do, Uno could only continue his boring daily routine.

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A few days later, a huge event took place within the game – the Storm Empire waged war against the Dark Cloud Kingdom, joining the already fierce war between the said kingdom and its neighboring nations.

What was even more surprising with this news was that the Storm Empire declared that the Dark Cloud Kingdom was colluding with the spawns of the Demonic Churches, triggering a huge faction-level event.

The was called the 'War against the Demonic Churches', where the players could choose sides that they wanted to join.

Naturally, those who were already on the side of the Righteous Churches were already joining the battle under the banner of their respective factions.

Meanwhile, those who would choose to side with the Demonic Churches would be banned from the kingdoms or empires that were under the rule or protection of the former factions. But these players were free to transfer to the countries that were infested by the Corrupted Cults and Demonic Churches.

They could also join a Demonic Church that they wanted to follow, which would give them different buffs and abilities according to the churches that they had chosen.

With this event, Empire Wars were triggered, and the entire Aurora Continent was thrown into chaos.

Demonic and Corrupted Players also became even more common due to the appearance of the Demonic Churches and the active actions of the Corrupted Cults.

The center of all of these was the Storm Empire and the Dark Cloud Empire.

Those casual and excited players quickly picked their sides and joined the war as this would be the very first worldwide event that the game would be having since its launch.

People who were too bored to do the previous content finally found new activities that they could do and joined the fun.

On the other hand, the top experts and powerful guilds were rather calm as they all knew that this event would last for quite a long time, so they focused more on exploring the previous content and get more resources as many resources as possible.

They did not get swept by the hype and remained calm and collected. However, they still sent a couple of units to join the war as they could also not miss the rewards that they could get by accumulating more merit points.

In these kinds of situations, the ones who were flourishing the most were the merchant guilds. As the saying goes – "The more chaotic the war was, the more money would flow into their hands." –

The guild that had benefited a lot from this war was without a doubt the 'Hand of Midas' as more and more players were visiting their shops and other branches to buy all kinds of necessities such as healing potions, mana potions, auxiliary and utility potions. Some were even buying special pills that the guild had recently developed after setting up their branch at the Sacred Light Kingdom.

Some players had earned quite a lot from the war to buy better equipment and weapons, upgrading themselves and their battle capabilities.

The rest on the other hand were buying some tools that the engineers had developed, which could also be helpful in the war such as grappling hooks, mobile mechanical torrents, and explosives.

All branches of the Trading Firms were bursting with activities that it almost caused a huge traffic for players. After all, this place would be the first one to enter everyone's minds whenever they had the money and wanted to look for the best pieces of equipment and necessities.

Naturally, the rivals of the Hand of Midas would want to cause trouble when they saw that their business was bursting like this, but they were all silenced by the overwhelming might of the firm, especially when the firm itself had powerful allies.

All these people could do was to watch their number one enemy to reap all the benefits from war with envy.

With this event, the news and trends were constantly being uploaded to the official forums of the game and different online platforms, increasing the hype even further.

"This should be enough. I should be able to join the fun as well," mumbled Uno as he closed the virtual screen in front of him after reading through the trends from the forums.

He then threw the towel that he was using to dry his hair to the nearby laundry basket before entering the gaming cabin topless.

After adjusting the system, he closed the cabin door before fixing his position.

He then leaned on the cabin chair before closing his eyes. "Initiate game login, «Destiny's Fate» Online!"

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