Rioneed: VRMMORPG

Ibro didn't feel their presence except after a few hours. He had drawn many plans for this place. Once he noticed their presence, he asked at once:

"Have you finished scouting this world?"

Gorsag took the responsibility to answer his question by saying:

"We have scouted an area of 10k kilometers around the village and we are still scouting till the moment. I have many things to report to you, my king."

Ibro asked with anticipation:

"What did you find?"

"Well, first of all, this world is very weird. We have noticed the presence of many huge cities and countless towns and villages around us. In these cities, some men flew out of them. 

We followed your instructions and didn't attack them. We just scouted these cities from far. Each city had many people who wore strange items. 

Their numbers are great too. We have found 50 big cities and over 500 towns and huge numbers of small villages. 

The recent reports that came during the last hour indicated that a huge gathering of many people had appeared near each of these 50 cities. We don't know if they want to target us or not, but I fear they will head for us."

"I'm afraid they will. Send a word immediately for the alpha death knight; I want him to come here at once. Also, make Rinobak come as well."

Ibro ordered Mira to go and deliver this message. Ibro wasn't surprised by this. After all, this was his village upgrade challenge. 

He even predicted that the game here would announce a global quest to take his village down. He just didn't expect this to happen right after he appeared here. 

Anyway, that was better for him. He wanted to test the current strength of the players here. It took the death knight one hour to reach the manor. Ibro then began his war meetings with the other 4 highest people in his village.

"Now we are going to face a hard war. Before we go into this war, I need to clear some things to the newly joined Erond and Gorsag. Here is a technology-based world. 

From what you told me, I guess this world is a game based world not system based world. This situation is the best for us, as dealing with systems is always harder. 

The most important point you need to know about players is their ability to be killed and revived over and over again. 

That feature is very important as it meant we are facing much bigger numbers than what appeared in front of you. The other important aspect is about the items they were. 

These are like the two swords and one hammer I gave to you before. They can raise the players' strengths and add many skills to them. 

I want all of the new villagers you brought to witness this war to know more about the technology and this world."

Rinobak got the hidden meaning of Ibro, so he asked at once:

"Do you plan to stay here permanently?"

Ibro smiled mysteriously and didn't answer. He then started to discuss the next war strategy. After a few hours of debates, a new plan was formulated. Ibro then moved with them towards the distant passageway. 

The first plan they mostly agreed upon was to let the players enter the basin and then trap and kill them here. Ibro didn't agree on this. He knew that being trapped meant nothing to players. 

They can just die once and then return here again. That way, this trap would lose its effect afterward. He postponed the trap to be used in critical moments. 

The plan depended on the attack as the best way of defense. Ibro was afraid of his village. the walls and defenses needed more time to be completed. 

Till all of these unfinished projects ended, he had no absolute confidence in facing a players' siege battle. He knew very well how deadly the siege weapons could be. 

When they reached the frontlines, the alpha death knight began to arrange his skeletons. Also, Erond and Gorsag did the same with their boys. They arranged their new villagers to be behind every block of skeletons' army. 

Ibro knew that normal war tactics weren't effective against players, but he wasn't that worried. He knew that his skeletons were also players in the past. They knew best how to deal with one on one situation. 

After that, the huge armies started to pass through the passageway. Ibro moved to the forefront. He wanted to see with his own eyes the upcoming battles. 

After Ibro exited his basin, he found the old familiar wildness. He could see multiple monsters scattered in the area. He suppressed the urge to go and try killing them. 

He wasn't sure about gaining any XP, but at least he would get the valuable equipment, ores, potions, and other rss. Ibro chose a nearby small hill to take as his HQ. 

He didn't wait long, as a huge cloud of dust appeared from the front with the familiar sound of chaos. The close they got, the higher this noise would be. Ibro didn't feel irritated from this noise, instead, he felt nostalgic. 

On Ibro's side, the skeletons had taken their places. They were very organized as they already had different professions. The shield warriors were in the forefront followed by spearmen and swordsmen. 

Behind them were liches, magicians and archers. The knights were scattered in clusters. They were ready to move at any weak place. On the other side, players kept swarming without stop or organization of any kind. 

They were scattered in groups of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 or 1000. Ibro knew they were teams. The highest number of 1000 meant that big guilds or alliances here in this world didn't move yet. 

They were smart and sent these players as cannon fodders. The players didn't stop to organize themselves as they launched their skills at once. 

The absence of any player that could fly meant to Ibro that these players didn't pass the 100 level mark yet. That was good news. 

He watched closely the first sparks of this war and the early battles that started on the forefront. He was concerned about the comparison between both worlds. 

Who was stronger, the players or the cultivators? He didn't have any past events to be a reference here. Both worlds used different systems to evaluate their powers. 

The first battles made it clear to Ibro, the players were stronger. Although they were stronger by a hair breadth, they had the upper hand here. 

Ibro knew that wasn't the issue of these players strengths, but it was the issue of items. 

His army had zero items, which was why these cannon fodders were a gift from his enemies. He looked towards the alpha death knight as he ordered:

"When players die, they will drop some items. Make special teams to make sure they collect the items after they fall."

"Your wishes are my orders."