Chapter 1 The System Announcement

The system announcement echoed three times, silencing all the players leveling up in the Core Mountain Range.

"Northern Fortress was captured? What's going on?"

"Isn't Northern Fortress the biggest fortress in the north?"

"Are you kidding me! Zero Wing actually took Northern Fortress?"

"Is Zero Wing that strong?"

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Almost every player mixing in the Core Mountain Range knew about Northern Fortress. After all, there were only three medium-sized fortresses in the entire Core Mountain Range, and they had always been the focus of secret discussions among players.

After Thirteen Thrones obtained a small fortress, not to mention the benefits the fortress brought, just the strength to capture a fortress made Thirteen Thrones a popular force on Dragonheart Island, even surpassing other super guilds.

However, small fortresses were still too small for the vast number of players mixing on Dragonheart Island, and the area of ​​a medium-sized fortress was several times larger than that of a small fortress.

At that time, these players would no longer have to worry about not being able to rest in the Core Mountain Range.

Everyone had guessed that the force that could take the first medium-sized fortress would definitely be a super guild on Dragonheart Island, but now it was Zero Wing that took the first medium-sized fortress. This result was beyond everyone's expectations.

However, compared to the surprise of the vast number of players towards Zero Wing, the major forces on Dragonheart Island were completely stunned after receiving the news.

"How is this possible? That's Northern Fortress! How could a mere Zero Wing capture it?"

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! Even Thirteen Thrones can't capture Northern Fortress. That Zero Wing must have found some special method. As long as we know that method, the fortresses in the Core Mountain Range will be ours!"

For the major forces, they were too clear about how difficult it was to capture a fortress. Many super forces had even tried it, but the final result was unsuccessful.

The major forces knew very well what kind of guild Zero Wing was.

Even with the help of Dragon Phoenix Pavilion, it should be impossible to capture Northern Fortress. Otherwise, those super guilds would have captured seven or eight fortresses long ago.

The only explanation was that there was a special method for capturing fortresses.

In the Thirteen Thrones residence in Dragonheart City, information about Zero Wing's capture of Northern Fortress quickly appeared on Li Hen's desk.

"Interesting. I didn't expect them to actually capture Northern Fortress." Li Hen looked at the detailed information sent by his subordinates and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

It could be said that no one on the entire Dragonheart Island knew better than him how difficult it was to capture a fortress. Before, he just thought that Zero Wing was planning to fight to the death, after all, the Battle Blood Adventure Team was going crazy.

"Guild Leader, with Northern Fortress, Zero Wing's power on Dragonheart Island will definitely increase sharply, and many forces will definitely come to win them over and form alliances. Should we..." Yi Yun, who was on the side, glanced at Elder Wu sitting there and said carefully.

Previously, Elder Wu had always advocated befriending Star Ring, because Star Ring's help in capturing fortresses was very beneficial to their Thirteen Thrones.

But now Zero Wing had captured Northern Fortress, which was something their Thirteen Thrones could not do at the moment, and the benefits of a medium-sized fortress were far greater than those of a small fortress. Zero Wing had now become a sweet treat in the eyes of major forces. If other forces snatched the cooperative relationship first, it would be a major loss for their Thirteen Thrones.

"Yi Yun, it's too early for you to draw this conclusion now." At this time, the woman behind Elder Wu whose face was shrouded in black mist suddenly said, "Although Zero Wing captured Northern Fortress, you should know that compared to capturing a fortress, it's even more difficult to defend it later, especially since Zero Wing offended so many forces before, and has a very poor relationship with Star Ring, and Battle Blood has declared a full-scale war. It's still uncertain whether Zero Wing can defend the fortress. If we go to discuss cooperation so early, and Zero Wing can't defend Northern Fortress, wouldn't our Thirteen Thrones be in a dilemma?"

Yi Yun was silent for a moment after hearing these words.

Other forces may not know about the fortress, but their Thirteen Thrones knew very well that it was indeed more difficult to defend a fortress than to capture it, and the requirements for the foundation of a force were even stricter.

Even their Thirteen Thrones had to mobilize a large number of experts to station in the fortress for a long time in order to defend their existing fortress, and even used a lot of resources, which was how they managed to defend the fortress from being destroyed by the beast hordes, let alone a medium-sized fortress.

If other forces interfered during this period, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"That young man is indeed beyond expectations, but before making a decision, let's see if Zero Wing can defend Northern Fortress." Elder Wu also said, "It's not too late for us to discuss cooperation with Zero Wing after Zero Wing defends Northern Fortress."

As he said that, Elder Wu got up and left directly, without staying in the Guild Leader's office any longer.

Just when the major super forces on Dragonheart Island were discussing the capture of Northern Fortress by Zero Wing, Shi Feng and others at Northern Fortress were sorting out the loot while cleaning up the remaining undead monsters.

Capturing a fortress was different from occupying a town. As long as a town was occupied, the monsters occupying the town would actively leave and disappear. But a fortress was different and had to be completely cleaned up, except that the monsters would no longer increase.

"Guild Leader Black Flame, it's estimated that it will take a few more hours to completely deal with these undead monsters." Feng Qianyu said to Shi Feng with some worry, "However, according to the news I received, Battle Blood and Jiulong Huang have already become restless. They have not only begun to blockade the Core Mountain Range, but have also begun to gather a large army to capture the Rock Nest Fortress in Northern Canyon, intending to intercept our Northern Fortress."

Northern Fortress was the largest fortress in the north, and also one of the only three medium-sized fortresses in the entire Core Mountain Range, but Northern Fortress's geographical location was relatively remote, and its attraction to players was not high. However, fortunately, apart from the Thirteen Thrones' fortress, there were no other fortresses occupied by players in the Core Mountain Range.

Even if players wanted to choose, they had no choice.

But if there was one more fortress, then the result would be very different, especially the Rock Nest Fortress.

Northern Canyon was the only entrance and exit leading to the northern part of the Core Mountain Range, and the Rock Nest Fortress there could be said to be the throat of Northern Canyon. If it was captured by Battle Blood, the impact on their Northern Fortress would be significant.

"Their idea is not bad. Northern Fortress has just been captured and will take a considerable amount of time to develop. If they can cut off the source of players and resources for Northern Fortress, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the development speed of Northern Fortress, and it's even uncertain whether they can withstand the first wave of beast hordes." Shi Feng said with a smile, "Unfortunately, they don't know what a medium-sized fortress means."

As he said that, Shi Feng walked towards the damaged defensive magic tower.

The fortresses in the Core Mountain Range were strictly divided, and reaching the medium-sized level was not just as simple as the area being larger than that of a small fortress. More importantly, the defensive magic tower in the fortress was also the main reason for the qualitative change of the medium-sized fortress.