Chapter 1699: 1699

Chapter 1699: Money Distribution

Peerless City and Drizzle Court were attacked at the same time . While Drizzle Court managed to hold onto their Stronghold, Peerless City couldn’t and was destroyed . This was only indicative of the influence that Soul Eater’s betrayal had on the club .

Before, although they were in Drizzle Court’s shadow, they were still a top-10 club .

There were many times where Drizzle Court couldn’t match up to them .

They looked to conquer the world, named Glory Capital as their rival, and thought that they could one day rise and be the strongest of the strong .

Everything changed when Soul Eater decided to betray the club . Then, the club’s reputation was tainted with a mark of a traitor and the future of the club looked bleak . Many veterans in the gaming industry thought that Drizzle Court should absorb all of the core elite players from Peerless City into their club and force Peerless City to become a club that couldn’t support itself .

Had they done this, Drizzle Court’s strength would have been greatly increased . Although they wouldn’t be able to match up to Glory Capital, they would be able to fight Blood Red War Flag eye-to-eye .

The effects of the betrayal seemed to have disappeared with time, but upon meeting a powerful foe, the issue of morale was definitely exposed .

Even the core elite members at the peak of the guild were affected by this low morale, let alone the guild as a whole . After talking with Square Root Three, Lu Li found out that over the past month, Peerless City had lost 10% of their members .

As a club with 200,000 members, 10% was equivalent to 20,000 members . Such a number was definitely not negligible .

There were also players leaving Ruling Sword, but it wasn’t even 0 . 5% of their total members . Compared to other clubs, 0 . 5% was towards the low end . After all, it was still a promising and growing organisation, so if people stayed, they would become elders in the guild .

Lu Li realised that it was no wonder that Water Fairy hadn’t been in a good mood lately . Lu Li felt that he had failed as a boyfriend .

He couldn’t do anything about it though . The worries of Peerless City players wouldn’t go away by the effect of some promises . Only time could heal the hole that was left by Soul Eater .

According to rumours, Soul Eater’s small guild was once again oppressed .

However, the one who did it was not Water Fairy, but a medium-sized guild . This group of people was targeting Soul Eater and chasing after his group of people all day long . It seemed like this was for purely work purposes, and that they had joined the game just to mess with Soul Eater .

Then, Square Root Three and Lu Li discussed Azure Guard and gained some understanding behind how they ended up taking Stranglethorn Vale from Glory Capital .

Actually, the method that they employed was similar to the one that the Gangnam Royals used .

The only difference was that Azure Guard didn’t hire mercenaries, but hired a lot of smaller to mid-tier guilds instead .

Before Dawn was released, Azure Guard was always a quiet organisation . They were quite kind to the player base . If there were clashes between other people and they were asked to step in and assist, they would always lend a hand . Therefore, their reputation amongst the low to medium-sized guilds was quite favorable .

This time, they temporarily recruited a group of stronger players from a number of guilds and clubs and formed a powerful squad .

Unforgettable Maple from Majin Temple and Wood Fearing from Gods of Dusk were among their ranks this time . All of the included players were forces to be reckoned with and not to be underestimated .

The secret was kept extremely well, so Glory Capital only knew that Azure Guard was to attack their Stranglethorn Vale Stronghold . Therefore, they organised their defense based on their knowledge on the top ranks of Azure Guard and were completely defeated .

From then onwards, additional variables were thrown into the Stronghold battles .

At this moment, Lu Li and Square Root Three were counting their finances .

Ruling Sword already had a complete and functional administration system . They had everything and every position covered . As soon as the Stronghold battle was complete, the finance office was immediately analysing the battle, calculating their profits and losses .

However, Lu Li and Square Root Three still wanted to look at it again themselves .

Both of them lived in poverty . The previous three generations of their family were all living in poverty . Although they were a little wealthy now, it was still insufficient to satisfy their ambitions .

“Should we start a subsidiary guild? We have more and more money now,” Square Root Three suggested .

“Making a subsidiary guild is a handful . Look at Peerless City . ”

Lu Li actually had the same idea, but he was growing less fond of it . Perhaps this idea would come back in the future, when Lu Li met a suitable person .

This person needed to be someone strong and was completely trustworthy . Not a sliver of trust could be lacking .

Of course, the other person would need to agree to it as well . Wandering was strong and was completely trustworthy, but it would be utter stupidity to let him organise a subsidiary guild . Lu Li might as well give Azure Sea Breeze a whole set of clothing to cosplay as a female .

“What would we do with this money then? It’s quite a number,” Square Root Three asked .

Neither of them had the thought of withdrawing the money and using it in real life, since there wasn’t a big difference between reality and virtual reality . For them, as professional gamers, it was better to use this money in-game than in reality .

“Well, how about distributing it?” Lu Li suggested .

He was illiterate and his life of poverty has also limited his imagination . He also didn’t know what they could do with this money .

“Distribute? Who to?” Square Root Three responded .

“Well…to the members . ”

Lu Li suddenly remembered that the club was quite large . They still had around an estimated 80,000 members .

With tens of millions, each person wouldn’t even receive 1000 dollars . They wouldn’t be able to do much with it .

“Well, you can . However, there needs to be a few rules in place . For example, we would need to limit the number of people to less than 1000 . The best would be around 500 people . If we do it like this, then there would be a little motivation boost as well . I’ll head back and make a list for you . ”

If there were only a thousand players who would receive the money, then each person would receive at least 10,000 dollars .

An amount in the tens of thousands was a considerable sum . Players would be able to buy a decent item in game or go out with their friends on a number of lavish occasions .

Realistically, no clubs would distribute their wealth with everyone like this .

Clubs would only give special attention and rewards to the players who greatly contributed or had reached a certain level of strength . Otherwise, who would have the determination to contribute if money was just distributed like this? The ones who worked hard for the club’s cause would be unmotivated .

Lu Li felt pretty good about himself, since they had just simply decided where tens of millions of funds were going to go .

However, he quickly thought of something problematic .

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