72 hour countdown was on for the update , and the game was not the same as it was 10 hours ago. Major reshuffling of guild members took place as members abandoned the smaller guilds in droves.

  The common people had judged that the future was with the guilds who would rule the cities . There was no point in staying with small adventurer groups.

  Those with ambition all chose first or second rate guilds that they felt had a fair chance of securing a town or a village.

  The entire guild dynamics changed over a span of few short hours. People betrayed their old guilds , friendships were broken , items were stolen from the warehouses , as elders and people with access to the warehouse defected with the items.

  Hundreds? of thousands of players jumped ship in Hazelgroove kingdom alone.

  There were many players who quit their guilds but did not join any guild for now , they wanted to wait and see whom to join depending on the results of the guilds performance and capabilities to gain management rights.

  There were a few that were waiting for the teleportation arrays to open up and join the guilds of their friends in other kingdoms.

  Everyone wanted a brighter future , and in chasing those short term benefits. Most missed the bigger picture.

  A guild members real value stems from their loyalty and contribution to the guild.? In large guilds , those who defected by the thousands , betraying their old guilds , although may enjoy some short term benefits and may even become part of a overlord of a city type guild. However , they would never become part of something bigger. They would never truly be a valued part of that guild and would always remain expendable.

  Naturally there were thousands who wanted to join the Elites , however Rudra was cold in turning all recruitment offers down. Defectors had no place amongst the Elites.

  The service guild members were the worst. True Elites service players were all mad , that even after the Alliance's fall , they were bound by this useless contract. A majority of them , about 65 thousand , decided to delete the account and start again. With the 3X exp boost they could make fresh starts , thinking it was much better than being in a slavery contract for three years.

  Even the remaining service guild players , were very tempted to take the offer however they wanted to wait a bit and gauge the situation before choosing the best option.

  Rudra did not care one bit for the service guild members leaving , he could always fill the ranks of service guild players forking out the guilds money , hiring them on payroll. The guild was rich enough to afford it.

  However the guild currently only required about 20,000 service members and he had 35,000? , soo the current situation did not require him to take those steps.

  For him the shame and humiliation that the alliance members felt by serving the Elite's for the two weeks following the war was revenge enough .

  Naturally those who would stay through the end would be rewarded by him . And generously at that. He would free them off the contract and offer better pay. But only after he became overlord of PurpleHaze City.

  Another major change that was seen was that people were madly investing in real estate. Everyone understood that the real estate is real cheap in the game currently , and that the market has enough upside to give tenfold returns in a year.

  Players with nobility charged a 30% commission fee for buying properties for other players , while stockpiling on properties for themselves.

  In a game where anyone could Teleport anywhere with a fee , and the guilds developing the cities to attract more population of players and NPC's meant that , overtime the houses in the big cities would become very valuable and the rent charged could be hefty.

  Across the map people madly began to purchase properties at a very high premium. However , the situation in PurpleHaze was very different.

  There was not a single piece of land available for purchase. Even in the outskirts of the city. The farming lands were also all bought out.

  Those who wished to buy property in PurpleHaze city were all dumbfounded ? …… Just who could have bought the entire list of properties available for purchase?

  It would take hundreds of millions of gold , yet someone actually managed to do it?

  Many doubts came into the mind of people , they suspected that it was a work of a group of people or a hidden organization and not a single party.

  However without any clues , they could only give up on their speculation. They just had to make peace with the fact that not a single property was available for purchase in PurpleHaze city.

  What they did not know however , was that the properties , would definitely grow over ten times in valuation over the next year , however they would also prove as a crucial part of getting the management rights of the city.

  They were more important than they could ever dream of.? The days passed in absolute chaos , as Rudra started to prepare for the map expansion and the incoming update.

  His titles earned early in the game that gave him favour from the NPC's would now show its real effects.

  Those titles would now prove to be invaluable as Rudra would gain powerful connections that others could not even dream about , and open trade with species that most never even heard about.

  /// Fifth chapter for the day, its the highest number i have put out ever , plus a quick update for you all , the edit of the book is almost complete . Only 30 chapters left to edit , which i will complete by Tomorrow morning.

  Firstly the initial review for WSA has started today , hence i would like to ask for your support. Whether in form of castles , tickets , power stones. Do whatever you can guys to get me featured high.

  Iv worked myself to the bone to become worthy of a WSA nomination at least . And with your support i think i can make it!

  A big shoutout to The NoOne for the 30,000 coin gift!

  You have single handedly given me 100 tickets , soo i guess i have to give a bonus chapter . Thankyou soo much for the timely support brother , WSA review started , we need to keep the momentum going!///