My drowsiness was chased away instantly. I abruptly sat up on the bed and answered the call, "Skip the pleasantries and tell me the situation straight away, Chengfeng!"

Li Chengfeng answered, "Yeah. The Chaotic 27 have mobilized their troops!"

"To attack us, am I right?"

"How did you know?"

"Because you wouldn’t ring me if they were targeting the Northern Alliance…?"

Li Chengfeng chuckled. "The Chaotic 27’s army totals around 12 million players and has already passed through Bloody Shield Domain and Eternal Ice Snow Region. They’ll arrive to Wind City in another 5 hours at most. The Northern Alliance is stalling us directly so that the Chaotic 27 can attack it without interruption. They’re seriously going all out to strike a blow against us!"

I said, "Let me guess. The reason the Chaotic 27 are helping the Northern Alliance even though they were—are—enemies is because Vienna had offered them a massive payout, right?"

"Yep!" Li Chengfeng replied. "You are completely correct. Vienna declared that the Northern Alliance will give them 3 cantons if they are able to raid Wind City successfully. It’s the same tactic he used to tempt Tear Stain into attacking the China server. Somehow, he managed to convince the English server...