Chapter 171: The Faction System Officially Launches

Chapter 171: The Faction System Officially Launches

"Because you encourage competition! You believe only the strongest wolf cub can lead the family to greatness! You worship the law of beasts! If that’s the case, why not go find the wolf cubs you raised? Why come after a stray dog like me?"

"Now that I’ve made it big, you want to drag me back under the family’s name, strip away my authority bit by bit, and steal my guild?"

Justin leaned forward, staring coldly into the clan leader’s face, and spat out two words: "Dream on!"

The Jia family froze in stunned silence.

The long table was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, the air thick with tension.

Several of his cousins looked utterly incredulous—they never imagined that Justin, who had once been at their mercy, would dare to openly insult the clan leader like this!

Had he forgotten that the man was an Archmage?

By now, the Jia clan leader’s face had turned green with rage.

"You ungrateful wretch! You absolute disgrace!" Justin’s father pointed a trembling finger at him, his lips quivering, his aged face flushed red with fury.

Justin straightened his back, unfazed, and looked down at them with disdain. "No one—except the great Internet God—can take the Fortune Guild from me!"

"Out of respect for our blood ties, I’ll give you some advice. This pre-update Faction System is your chance to grow stronger. Instead of wasting energy on these pathetic power struggles, focus on what actually matters. Otherwise, you’ll be left behind by the tides of change."

"The times have changed, my dear clan leader."

With that, Justin swept a contemptuous glance over his family, then turned and strode out, head held high.

On the surface, he was the epitome of arrogance, but inside, he was nearly moved to tears.

He had finally found the chance to tear into his family like this—something he could never have imagined before.

With his inherently weak soul, he had been doomed to never advance beyond the rank of Grand Magus. How could he have dared to stand against a clan leader who was an Archmage?

But now, everything was different!

He was the leader of the Fortune Guild, a figure with a place in the Fourth Calamity, under the protection of the great Internet God. What could the Jia family possibly do to him?

Most importantly, as the master of the Fortune Guild, he had used his wealth to exchange for vast amounts of Source Essence, gradually compensating for his innate soul weakness.

His future was now filled with infinite possibilities!

Stepping out of the Mage’s Hat, Justin looked at the bustling streets and silently whispered his gratitude: Thank you… great Internet God!

He knew—all of this had been bestowed upon him by the Internet God.

A surge of exhilaration rose in his heart.

Because after the Kazad-dûm Dungeon, Conquest of Subdomains was about to receive another pre-update: the Faction System.

After all, ever since the internet spread to the Kaman Union, Kazad-dûm’s profitability had declined significantly.

On one hand, Kazad-dûm was only a medium-sized domain. Though vast, the influx of players had inevitably led to a situation of more wolves than meat.

On the other hand, the dwarves had become aware of the Fourth Calamity’s plundering of wealth and had begun deliberately hiding their treasures.

Now, major player guilds had even started forming alliances, setting their sights on the dwarven tribal vaults.

"Just take down any one of them? That would be an absolute windfall!"

In short, the difficulty of profiting from the Kazad-dûm dungeon has skyrocketed, especially for casual players.

Situations like his initial reckless charge, where he could easily pick up treasures, are becoming increasingly rare—if not gone for good.

Now, with the pre-update of the [Faction System] in [Conquest of Subdomains], there’s clearly another new gold rush!

Because its rewards are relatively predictable and controllable.

The Kazad-dûm dungeon? Luck plays too big a role.

Get lucky, and overnight riches like his are everywhere;

get unlucky, and you might wander for days, only to end up inside a worm’s belly—something that happens more often than not.

But the [Faction System] is different.

Though the [Conquest of Subdomains] is only in pre-update, with faction options still blank to give players ample preparation time, its description suggests it’s highly similar to real-world mercenary work.

And as everyone knows, war contracts pay handsomely.

Though their earnings will be taxed by the Internet, they’ll also be spared the risk of losing their heads.

This is practically a risk-free, high-reward business—it’s bound to explode in popularity.

No wonder his family sought him out—this must be one of the key reasons!

As one of the first to reap the benefits of the [Kazad-dûm Dungeon], Justin has developed absolute trust and fervor for the Internet God.

He eagerly awaits the new challenge!

…

The reason the [Faction System] is only in pre-update is naturally because the Interconnected Bank branches haven’t been fully established yet.

At present, Yu Sheng’an has only sent envoys to negotiate with the gods of Kaman and the Grassland God.

After all, the Faction System is too vast—Yu Sheng’an needs at least a no-wipe beta test before a full rollout.

Otherwise, what if someone exploits a bug after full deployment?

This isn’t a virtual game—if a bug is exploited, for the sake of fairness, Yu Sheng’an would have to grit his teeth and accept the loss.

But speaking of bank branch construction, Yu Sheng’an has a headache.

In the Keville Empire, all his bank branches are built within Magic Towers, enjoying their protection and the convenience of instant cash transfers.

Yet the Interconnected Bank, which he worked so hard to expand, isn’t allowed to be built inside cities in the Hariman Preaching Zone—let alone protected by Magic Towers. That makes things much harder.

To address this, Yu Sheng’an had no choice but to dispatch Raymond, the sole remaining member of his long-hidden Redemption Corps, to assist in defense.

The Hariman Preaching Zone is already tough enough, but the Grassland God is even worse.

His followers exist in tribal forms, with no fixed settlements—so where should the bank branches be built? And how should they be protected?

Equally mind-boggling.

Fortunately, the Keville Empire is a magic nation. After tossing the problem to the mages’ think tank, they quickly proposed a solution:

Simply construct a small magic castle as the bank branch’s office.

Inside the Ancient Castle, inscribe virtualization and teleportation Magic Arrays—not for strong defense, but for quick battlefield evacuation!

Backed by immense financial resources, two landmark bank branches are now under construction in full swing.

Yet Yu Sheng’an’s vision for the Mana Bank has hit a snag.

Relying on the Prophecy Godhood, Yu Sheng'an had nearly perfected the framework of the Mana Bank, but one critical issue stalled him.

That was his lack of an infinite energy storage artifact for mana storage.

Currently, the most advanced magic artifact was the mana pool, commonly used in Magic Towers.

This was a mana storage unit constructed using spatial forces.

However, this groundbreaking invention in magical history still offered little help to Yu Sheng'an.

It was foreseeable that the mana throughput of his Mana Bank would be terrifyingly vast. Storing such immense power in a mana pool would risk causing spatial collapse.

So where could he find or create an infinite energy storage artifact?

Yu Sheng'an was stuck in a dilemma.

After failing to find answers from those around him, he had no choice but to mobilize numerous mages to help him research this matter.

Amidst the tense and busy preparations, on the sixteenth day after the Willis Campaign ended, the bank branches in the North Ai Grassland and Hariman were simultaneously completed and inaugurated.

Just as the first batch of bank employees took their posts, the [Conquest of Subdomains · Faction System] officially launched.