War Online

Chapter 382: An official bounty on Bran

*Ding! You killed ten soldiers of the Kingdom within a safe zone. An arrest warrant has been issued against you.

Bran ignored the notification and stood straight with a sword in his hand. Flames are dancing on the edge of the blade.

He neither backed away nor did he charge forward. He just stayed there until a group of soldiers along with their captain appeared before him, telling him about his arrest. "You are coming with us."

The eyes behind the Mask of Tranquility looked cold as Bran opened his mouth, "Sorry but I'm going to disappoint you."

Because the mask hides the level even from NPCs, the captain wasn't able to find out his level. So, he was quite aggressive just like he was on other players.

"Soldiers, apprehend the criminal." As the captain gave the order, the soldiers rushed forward with their weapons.

However, Bran was faster and stronger. Within just ten seconds, every one of them ended up dying.

*Ding! You resisted arrest. As you don't possess the qualifications to invade the capital city of a kingdom and issue a rebellion, another team was sent to arrest you. Resisting once more makes you a wanted criminal within the kingdom.

"Wanted criminal? It doesn't matter as long as the Generals are released." Bran mumbled as he was waiting at the entrance of the city with no gatekeepers. "Orion, I'm betting everything on you. If you betray me, then, I will chase you to the end of the world."

Amid the gazes of roaming players and citizens, twenty Elven soldiers lead by an Elite squad captain of level-300 arrived at the place.

The Elite captain said the same thing as before one. Bran's reply is the same and in the end, even the result turned out to be the same.

The only thing that changed is the notifications received by Bran.

*Ding! You killed an Elite squad captain and resisted the arrest for the second time. Henceforth, you are a wanted criminal within the kingdom.

*Ding! Your name is added to the bounty chart with 100 gold coins. Bounty and Punishment will increase with the number of NPC or bounty hunters that you killed.

At the same time, the players who were the citizens of the new Searvale kingdom (Including the provinces of Reverie and Uflenor) also received a notification.

*Ding! Player Crimson Sun repeatedly violated the rules and resisted arrest. His name is added to the bounty chart. Please visit the Adventurer association to receive the quest.

The notification caused a huge uproar among the guilds and players as Crimson Sun is the most popular player within the kingdom, followed by Siren.

Wil's declaration of acknowledging him as his rival while putting away 'One' only increased his popularity further. As the fame of Time Traveler grew, Crimson Sun's fame also grew exponentially.

Of course, it also brought a huge animosity from Time Traveler's diehard fans. As they don't think he deserves to be Wil's rival, several players that belonged to Searvale kingdom used to issue a challenge in the arena.

Now that Crimson Sun is declared as a wanted criminal, many free players rushed to the Adventurer association within their cities to accept the bounty quest.

Bounty Chart is an official list of players who don't follow the rules set by the system.

When a person kills an NPC within a safe zone, an arrest will be issued against the perpetrator. Based on the NPC that was killed, usually, punishment ranges from a simple fine to hours of imprisonment.

However, not all players would sit quietly and wait for the arrest. Many people run away from the place.

In such a case, the system will give him/her a few warnings before finally adding them to the bounty chart with the reward money.

In such a case, if a wanted criminal gets killed by either an NPC or a player that accepted the bounty quest, then, he will revive at jail or prison. Then, one will only have three choices. Pay the relevant amount of fine or get pardoned by a nobility of higher rank (depends on the crime) or just serve the sentence.

Most of the players who weren't present there didn't know what he did but when they saw his starting bounty was 100 gold coins, they were excited.

The large guilds and high-level bounty hunters decided to wait to let the pig grow fatter.

Galaxy Net Main Branch, Weford city;

With the war still going on around the world, Galaxy Net is busy selling the information to the clients who wished to use that information to either harm their enemies or impress the royal family of their respective nations.

The guild leader Shihei was looking after some reports sent by his scouts. Right then, he received a message about Crimson Sun causing trouble within the capital city.

At first, he didn't take it seriously as killing soldiers within the city is quite common but then, as soon as he received the notification from the system, his expression grew serious.

He thought something is fishy. After all, according to their research, Bran isn't the type to go after trouble unless someone irks him.

He quickly sent a message to his scout to keep an eye on Bran at all times and told him to report all of his actions.

A few minutes later;

*Ding! You received a private message from Karirin.

Karirin: Crimson Sun's bounty has risen to thousand gold coins.

"Already?" Shihei was taken aback by surprise as he didn't expect Bran would be so aggressive now. He didn't know what that person suddenly decided to become a rebel, but he thought he should do something about it.

"What should I do? None of my nieces is online. I wish at least Kiyumi or Akiko here. Their personal contacts could have been more useful at this time." 

With Wil disappeared to god knows where Akiko had temporarily returned to the main branch to continue to work with her sisters.

Of course, being college students, Akiko, as well as Rini, weren't available in the morning. Along with them, Konami was busy with her project with the Star group, Wakano was at their schools, and Kiyumi was with her mother, busy being attending the meetings.

So, usually until the afternoon, most of the time on weekdays, the five sisters won't be available in the game. So, the entire thing was operated solely by their maternal uncle, Miyazaki Shihei.

Usually, it isn't a big deal for him but the situation became more serious when Bran's bounty increased to 4000 gold coins and then, a bit more than 11000 gold coins after killing three of the Elven Generals along with more than a hundred players.

When he heard that more than five Generals made a move and is currently chasing after him, Shihei wondered why Bran just stood at the entrance of the city until now and was now running.

"Is he afraid that he'll die? Or is he trying to lure them into the trap?" He fell into thoughts.

Ten minutes passed away while Shihei was waiting for the message other than he's still running.

*Ding! You received a message from Karirin.

Karirin: Crimson Sun stopped running at the plains of Fale Serin and is currently engaged in a battle against the Generals all by himself. Someone is live streaming the battle. Check out the kingdom forums.

"Hmm? Did he stop at the border of the two regions? He could just escape into the wild zone if goes that way. Just what is he planning to do?"

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