World Conquest Online

The sun was almost set by the time they arrived back in Riverside. The journey back had been positive, with Shang Yang, Lucius, Xun Yu, Meritamen and Sun Shangxiang all talking excitedly about the impacts of Jia's arrival in the growing Kingdom. Not only was it the first Town on the southern half, but it also included a much needed Shipyard and Naval Warriors Hall. The large impact of the new residents, who were all from one demographic was worrisome though and Xun Yu was coming up with plans to move people around all of the towns through prioritising the different expertise needed.

Lucius had put forwards that they should do a slow movement of people as they still had the Cove, the San and the soon to be excavated Towns in the Red Woods to claim. Hopefully they could gain another two or three Town Centre's to claim the whole of the southern half, and they could use a lot of this human resource to help set them up. Shang Yang had agreed, and had also pushed for more governance support being needed to manage the large number of Citizens that they now had. Dom had checked with the system what the current population was, it had nearly doubled from the twelve thousand to twenty three thousand and that didn't include the Military numbers, which was another close to seven and a half thousand Warriors and close to four thousand Naval Personnel. He had asked the System to summarise it for him, with showing what Civilians were in what town areas.

[Government Centre - Riverside

Capital Grade - S

Capital Level - 5

Riverside City Occupancy (S)– 10K

Tranquillity Town Occupancy (D) - 2,981

Serenity Town Occupancy (B)– 2,500

Jia Town Occupancy (B)– 3,670

Unassigned - 4,000

Noctus Town Occupancy (D)– Founding

Renatus Town Occupancy (B)– Founding

Kingdom Civilian Occupancy - 23K

Military Occupancy - 7.5K

Naval Occupancy - 4K

Kingdom Cities - Riverside, Tranquillity, Serenity, Jia, Noctus (Founding), Renatus (Founding)]

Dom had wondered why the populations of Riverside, Tranquillity and Serenity had increased. Xun Yu had explained that these must have been some of the new arrivals, either from Jiangxia and the Sun family, Families of the new Warriors and Naval Forces, or the Retinues of the new or existing Heroes.

"We have hit our ten thousand citizens number." Dom had stated to them, a step closer to reaching the City level up quest completion.

They had also discussed other ways of integration, with Dom mentioning the impacts of the temples. Shang Yang had seemed displeased slightly by the Confucian temple, explaining that having the schools of thought impact the population could cause disharmony and that he would want to counter it with legalism. Whilst Xun Yu had told him it wouldn't be an issue and that they should look to use the other three to balance it out to promote different thoughts across the Kingdom. He also said that they could look to move the two Temples to Riverside as it was the Capital and it would promote movement.

Meritamen and Shang Yang also had many comments, and Dom was happy to see how everyone was discussing the Governance, whilst he tried to enjoy the journey back and look across the water at the land they were claiming as their own.

Dom was grateful to Artemisia who had offered to stay in Jia for a couple of days, travelling back and forth to Serenity when needed. She would help Lady Xu understand her role and how everything worked, whilst Tomoe, Cheng Pu and Qin Ming were helping to calm the populace and also plan the next steps with the Cove.

As the Galatea began to disembark back in Riverside, Lucius put forwards that they would have all of the Senior Commanders in Riverside for a replanning of the Military in four days, Dom's last day before the next log out, giving him time to explore Noctus and Renatus. Dom was grateful and hoped that Subutai and Xun You would have come up with a full plan by then, as there was a lot that needed organising.

Dom, Meritamen and Sun Shangxiang headed back to the Palace, with their guards flanking them. Meritamen had explained that Sun Shangxiang would accompany him tonight before he logged out, a statement that surprised Dom in multiple ways. She then explained that as Sun Shangxiang was the new Lady she needed his support as a reassurance that she was welcome and wouldn't be side-lined, where as Meritamen knew she had Dom's loyalty. Meritamen also explained that whilst she wanted to join him, she would wait for his return, where she personally had things to discuss with him. He was slightly worried by her words, but pushed them to the back of his mind for now after a long few days.

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Dom awoke back in the Manor at Central University, his back was aching slightly as he climbed out of the large bed and he decided to stretch to relieve his muscles. He could smell sweat on himself and quickly jumped in the shower and brushed his teeth, before heading downstairs to grab himself a snack before heading out for some proper breakfast.

As usual, he decided to read Golden Sun's Blog, however he had two extra reasons to read through it today. Firstly he wanted to see if their was any response to his query last time about other types of humans and secondly he wanted to see if there was any mention from Li Shang about their meeting on a battle map.

[Golden Sun VI here with my daily blog on World Conquest Online.

Firstly, a huge thank you to my readers, the numbers have vastly increased and I can confidently say that I am now the highest followed blogger on this game, which is now the most popular game across the globe. I'm not sure if it's true, but that does seem to make me the most followed blogger and I will take this with utmost gratitude.

With people preparing for the upcoming World Battle Map's, which are only twelve in game days away! However, it seems that there have been some very busy people. Firstly, we don't normally hear from many of the top players, with tenth ranked Prince Li Shang being our highest, however we have been spoilt this week.

Firstly, Prince Li Shang did have an extremely interesting update, doing a 'Golden Token' Special Mission which are hard to come by, he had created some elaborate plans on how to change defeat to victory for the forces he joined. All of his plans seemed to be working, until ships and warriors that weren't from that geographical location joined the battle.

Prince Li Shang was not the only Lord Player on that quest! With our current number one Lord Player and our overall Top Third Player across the whole game being in the map as well, Lazarus! It seemed that Lazarus had boosted the enemies with some of his own elite units and tactics, as expected by one of the Top Players and won the battle, causing Prince Li Shang to be defeated. Prince Li Shang wasn't disappointed overly with the defeat as the side he chose was defeated originally and he took a risk.

Prince Li Shang has not given us any detailed information about Lord Lazarus, or either of their forces. The only information he gave was that whilst Prince Li Shang has exceptional Warriors, they didn't match up to Lazarus's. However, he has explained that both Lord Players met and had a friendly chat, with both coming away from the Golden Token with some rewards. Prince Li Shang explained that he claimed a couple of new Heroes and some new Warriors. Whilst he also explained that he is sure that Lord Lazarus received much more than him.

I think it's great to see that they both met on friendly terms and that should be an example to all other players if they meet, as the consequences of defeat on this game are more exceptional than others. DragonKnight123, one of the best gamers out there, after his multiple deaths is now playing the game as a farmer and has decided to relax from battling for the future. I am sure we can tempt him to return eventually!

Our next note is by another leading Player, Reeves. Reeves is one of our top adventure players and has explained the preparation he is putting in for his upcoming battle map, having decided on the Battle of Plataea as one of those fighting on the side of the Persians. He said that he has gathered together a small group of elites, who are going to be working as a limited attack squad who will aim to attack other Players. The advantage of the World Conquest Battle Map is that there is no permanent death as with the rest of the game, so it's definitely a worthwhile place to experience fighting against other players as well as NPC's. He has also warned players that whilst they may not die, they will loose their items, so not to take your best armour and spears with you, as they may end up in his hands!

My next exciting piece is based on a comment from someone we have already mentioned today, Lazarus! In our Blog Comments yesterday, he mentioned that he had been fighting against strange human like creatures with grey skin, jagged teeth and lighter bones! Some have commented asking if they were Goblins, Drow's or even Dark Elves?

I am sure that Lazarus would have told us if they were any of these, however it is an interesting scenario. We have had players mention possible Big Foot sightings, whilst others have seen potential Dinosaurs. We are already aware of the existence of Woolly Mammoths. I did combe through some of the interesting responses though.

One Player has mentioned that people in his town have been going missing randomly in the evening, with the occasional blood trails, and that he will explore nearby with other players and feedback. Another has explained seeing human like creatures deep in the sea, could these be Mermaids or Siren like creatures? But it seems that Lazarus is the first to actual confirm their existence, so let's follow this further.

That is all from me today though, I have some personal things and I don't want to ruin the excitement of the upcoming Battle Maps!

Golden Sun VI Out!]

As expected, Li Shang had mentioned his meeting with Dom, however to Dom's surprise he had kept the majority of the information hidden. He was surprised that Li Shang had accepted defeat in a public place as he was known for having a slight ego. However, it probably benefited Li Shang as he now explained that they had a positive link with Dom's forces, whilst also putting more eyes towards Dom than himself. He wasn't sure if he should comment on the blog about it, but decided against it as he didn't want their conversations to become a public talking point.

Dom had realised that Li Shang also had some quality Heroes and Warriors, even if they had been defeated by Subutai's tactics. If Li Shang had some quality heroes and was tenth, then the eight in the rankings that separated them could also have more strength. Dom wasn't sure how the ranking had been pulled together, either by strength, buildings, area covered, civilians or all of them combined plus others. He knew that Elizabeth Medici who was PrettyGreenEyes and ranked eight had Grade A Heroes, or so she had said. Part of him wondered when the next Rankings would be shared and where he would be on them.

He also found it interesting to see the responses on his comment, it had only been a day so he expected that there would be more in the coming days, but he was interested to see if the blood trails was a similar situation or something else entirely. The comment on Mermaids and Siren's would have made him laugh normally, but he couldn't deny that something similar to their existence could exist within World Conquest Online. The thought that the Cove could have an underground passage was already on his mind, and he wondered if that fed in to a similar pathway to the one at the Calm River Mountain where Noctus was being built. If it did, then was it the Type 3's that created the tunnels or something else?

The part about the Player Reeves tempted him to join Plataea, just so he could hunt them down himself with his own Elite Unit. It seemed the battle of Plataea would be a monstrous battle and as tempted as he was to join in, but he knew that Mycale was the best for their ambitions.