Chapter 118: The First Family, Dawn

As the two spoke,

countless players had already gathered at the Death Soul Mountain Range and the Blood Wasteland.

Even the Four Great Ninja Villages, which were busy digesting their spoils of war in reality after just annexing Konoha, rushed into the game.

The competition between Dawn and the Mist Village had also reached a white-hot stage.

Inside the warehouse, all kinds of materials and equipment were being sold off continuously, exchanged for Reward Points to acquire Silver Hearts from individual players.

Although most Elite players were ninja,

there were also civilian players who had become part of the first tier through their own means and strength.

They chose not to join any faction, but instead gathered together, capable of hunting in Hell-level Sihun Yingdi; while the success rate of clearing them wasn't high, they could always manage to obtain some Silver Hearts.

"Lady Paper Flower."

A Dawn Player wearing a level 15 green Mage robe said, "Most of the materials in the warehouse have been sold out. The remaining Reward Points cannot be touched; they are needed to maintain the normal operations of the faction."

With purple hair fluttering and a detached expression, the Dawn Leader, Konan, nodded and said, "Twenty-seven Silver Hearts—this is likely most of the hearts that players can collect during this period. As for the rest, even if the Mist Village has hidden materials, it is impossible for them to surpass us."

Over several months, even ignoring those New Players, the number of top players with the strength to clear Hell-level Sihun Yingdi was nearly a thousand.

Yet the Silver Material dropped was pitifully scarce.

I fear the entire game doesn't have more than fifty pieces.

"Lady Paper Flower, all the Reward Points accumulated during this time have been spent. Couldn't we have waited until the Mist Village and Sand Village founded their families, and then purchased the Silver Hearts once the price dropped?"

A Dawn Player with a wrinkled face and pale skin asked in confusion.

Most civilians in the Land of Rain had the same appearance as him; heavy labor accelerated skin aging, and unable to see the sun, they had a sickly pallor.

He was among the first batch of players recruited, and relying on the advantage of time and a heart longing to change his bitter circumstances, he climbed all the way to the upper echelons of the Dawn faction, responsible for managing the warehouse.

Konan shook her head slightly and said, "According to the rules of the Samsara Game, there is a first-kill reward for the first time a Lord-level pollution is hunted; the faction that founds the first family surely has extra rewards as well."

"But, if it were only that, the Game Merchant would never have left a five-hour window for expanding the Family Territory."

She paused, and even on her usually indifferent expression, a trace of resentment couldn't help but emerge as she explained, "I fear it is precisely to make players compete with each other, so that they can scrape away the Reward Points we saved in the warehouse."

Facts proved that the choice to expand the Family Territory easily drained all the assets of the two major factions in the game.

Yet, these Reward Points had to be paid.

One by one, Silver Hearts were cast into the Family Token, and the area shrouded in white light continuously expanded.

Boom.

As the white light fell, a massive stone monument descended from the sky.

Surrounding the monument, a circle of walls rose from the ground, quickly enclosing the area of the Family Territory and blocking out all players except for Konan.

Within the Family Territory, no outside player may enter without the approval of a Clan Official.

【Family Territory selection successful, please name the family】

【Dawn!】

As Konan finished naming the family, the massive stone monument began to shed stone chips with a rustling sound, as if a craftsman were carving the two characters for "Dawn."

A light screen popped up.

【Dawn Family】

Family Level: 1

Family Badge: None

Family Buildings: Clan Monument (if destroyed, the family dissolves), Level 1 Jiazu Chenqiang

Clan Head: Paper Flower

Clan Official: None

Family Members: 1/200

……

In the Server Channel, the Game Merchant released the latest announcement.

【Game Merchant】: Congratulations to player 【Paper Flower】 for founding the Dawn Family. Because the Dawn Family is the first family in the Ninja Novice Village, if it maintains the number one family ranking for three days, a special reward 【Family Badge (Fixed)】 will be issued to the Dawn Family.

"There really is a reward!"

Konan revealed a look of joy,

while simultaneously looking at the subsequent rules: one must maintain it for a full three days to receive the reward. The subtext was that if a newly founded family surpassed the Dawn Family, the reward could not be obtained.

How is "surpassing" calculated?

Konan clicked on the collapsed details in confusion.

【The family Leaderboard is not yet open; family ranking is currently based on territory size.】

"Fortunately, regarding the remaining Silver Material, no one should be able to surpass Dawn in terms of Family Territory size."

Konan felt a slight sense of relief in her heart.

It seemed the Reward Points spent on high-priced acquisitions of Silver Material were not wasted; if there were no major changes, the special reward would belong to Dawn.

"All Dawn Players who meet the level requirements, enter the family first!"

"Wait until the family level is raised, then subsequent players can apply."

A level 1 family has limited capacity for family members; one must raise the family level and expand the clan residences before continuing to recruit new clan members.

Looking at the shabby Family Territory that consisted of only a single stone monument and a circle of walls, everyone was filled with excitement.

This was the first family in the Samsara Game.

The Server Channel was already buzzing with discussion,

"I guessed long ago that the Dawn players would be the first to found a family; the financial power of the Land of Rain Noble Paper Flower is like a bottomless pit, everything is within reason."

"Didn't you notice the special reward? The Mist Village spent high prices to acquire Silver Hearts; do you think they will just let it go?"

Sure enough, not long after this sentence was finished, the Game Merchant's new announcement appeared again.

【Game Merchant】: Congratulations to player 【Light of Wuyin】 for founding the Wuyin Family. Due to changes in the number of families, a special reward 【Family Badge (Permanent)】 will be awarded to the strongest family in three days.

"Can we no longer acquire any Silver Heart?"

Terumi Mei's gaze remained gentle, yet her lips held no curve; the Wuyin players scouting for intelligence had already reported to her.

The Dawn Family has invested a full twenty-seven pieces of Silver Material, and their Family Territory is one circle larger than Wuyin's.

She also coveted the special reward.

"The Silver Material in the hands of independent players on the market has all been sold out; we acted too late and the Dawn Family snatched up more than half of it."

"The Alliance of Merchants still has five pieces, but they are asking for ninety thousand Reward Points per piece."

The Wuyin player in charge of the warehouse said indignantly.

The Alliance of Merchants is just a bunch of Vampires who hike up prices on the spot.

"Then forget it."

Terumi Mei waved her hand and said, "Do you have any clues about the special reward?"

She was more skilled at combat and leadership; there were others in the Wuyin Family who excelled at detailed analysis.

Ao bowed slightly and said, "This subordinate has also just finished reading the family introduction; the 【Family Badge】 is a special item that can provide buff effects to the family."

"Every week, the Clan Head has one opportunity to purchase a random Family Badge. Upon opening it, one can obtain a Family Badge with a random effect, priced at one hundred thousand Reward Points."

Terumi Mei suddenly widened her exquisite eyes and exclaimed, "How much?"

"One hundred thousand Reward Points."

Ao looked at the somewhat uncomposed Mizukage and repeated helplessly.

(End of this chapter)