The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

The association chairman added.

"The situation is extremely critical now, Mayor. You should issue a mandatory war order, making all guilds and clans in the city join the war!"

The mayor swallowed hard.

"Issuing this order is fine, but Yunshan City hasn't experienced something like this in years. Can they mobilize them?"

The association chairman smiled.

"They can be mobilized. If they don't participate in the war, the association's enforcement team will take action and execute them on the spot for desertion! If they resist, it will be a crime against humanity, and the highest-ranking official in the administrative district will personally come to try them!"

……

In the headquarters of major guilds in Yunshan City, loudspeakers were broadcasting orders to join the war on a loop.

Aside from those who are still students, all professionals received a message on their phones ordering them to participate in the war.

"The Municipal Bureau is serious!"

"I'm an advisor to the Zhao family, should I go too?"

"Don't even mention you, even the head of the Zhao family has to go!"

"Damn it! We're supposed to be clinging to powerful families to stay away from these dangers, so how come this is happening?"

"This is fundamental federal policy; we can't disobey it!"

"I don't believe it!"

The Zhao family's private estate consists of a villa complex covering hundreds of acres.

The professional association's enforcement team arrived by car and took out a loudspeaker to shout.

"The order for mandatory participation in the war in Yunshan City has been issued!"

Those whose names are called, please assemble immediately and head to the front lines to join the battle!

Zhao Wuji, Zhao Tiezhu, Zhao Feipeng, Zhao Yun, Zhao Huyan…”

The association not only had access to the Zhao family's list, but also to some professionals who had joined the Zhao family and become their advisors, and they read out the names as well.

"I'm not going! Protecting citizens is the responsibility of the workers' association and the city government, what does it have to do with me!"

Because the number of people didn't match, the enforcement team, guided by the Zhao family, found a professional hiding in the basement.

"Snap!"

The captain of the enforcement team, responsible for gathering the Zhao family's strength, swiftly beheaded the professional with a Ghost Slash skill.

He was powerless to resist, as he was already handcuffed with Abyssal Rock.

Zhao Wuji observed this but remained silent.

As a local strongman, although he was unhappy, he knew what was important and what was not.

If the major families don't contribute, Yunshan City definitely won't be able to hold on.

When monsters and bosses invade the city, and the fighting escalates to the point of street battles, even our own people will have to fight, and it may even endanger our non-combat-oriented clansmen.

"Let's go, to the front lines!"

……

"Chirp—"

"boom!!!"

"Da da da!!"

"Forbidden Spell: Meteor Shower!"

"Secret Technique: Sacred Light Shield Reflector!"

"Ultimate Move - Raging Dragon Devours the Heavens!"

"Ah!!! Slaughter all you monsters!!"

"roar--"

The sound of shells flying.

Explosion sound.

Skills bring fame.

Shouts of battle.

Screams.

The monster's roar.

Behind the destroyed city walls and gates of Yunshan City, professionals fought valiantly, holding back wave after wave of surging monsters.

These monsters are actually quite familiar to everyone.

They are the monsters in the leveling areas of each level.

Slime, Goblin, Raging Buffalo, Triangular Rhinoceros, Three-Eyed Eagle...

After they were killed in large numbers, a layer of basic equipment and low-level potions was piled up on the ground.

Unlike normally, they can be strangled at will.

They have all been upgraded to elite-level monsters, with varying degrees of level increases, and are in a berserk state that only exists at night.

In short, they're tankier, deal more damage, and are harder to fight.

However, this was only the first wave of the offensive.

There are even stronger dungeon monsters, dungeon bosses, and world bosses to come.

And the world boss who commands all of this!

"Hahaha! Chairman Zhao, I didn't expect we'd be fighting side-by-side again so soon!"

Dao Youming, holding two axes, walked towards Zhao Yingxiong with a smile.

He had just charged into the monster horde and wreaked havoc.

With their mana reserves running low, they returned to rest and recuperate.

A level 60+ third-job professional like Dao Youming was completely at ease facing the first wave of attacks.

However, there were too many enemies, and he couldn't kill them all by himself.

Moreover, the monsters attacked from four directions, and even the most capable person couldn't protect the entire city of Yunshan.

The eight guilds were assigned to four different directions.

Tianzhao and Liuyueqing were very fortunate to be assigned to the area near the South Gate.

Zhao Yingxiong snorted coldly, "You people from June Green, don't you dare drag us down!"

Dao Youming wiped the monster's blood off his axe and said, "When the BOSS arrives, your men better slow down, hahaha!"

"Heh, I'll return that to you, because I saw your people picking up those basic, low-level equipment. It's hilarious."

"Pick them up whenever you have time. The loot will be more valuable when the monsters and bosses arrive later. Aren't you going to pick them up, President Zhao?"

"I'm afraid you might survive to pick it up, but not to use it!"

The eight major guilds usually fight over this and that, but now they're forced to join forces, and they're all feeling very resentful.

Especially Tianzhao and Liuyueqing, during that incident at the mental hospital, the two sides actually got into a big fight in the city.

Later, Liu Yueqing cooperated with the bandits to rob a mining area in Tianzhao.

The feud ran deep.

Maybe both sides were plotting how to destroy the other yesterday.

They're actually going to fight side by side now.

Open and covert struggles, and undercurrents of tension are inevitable.

The members of the four major families have now arrived at the defensive line.

One large family supports one direction, awaiting the arrival of the four guardians of the world boss.

……

First transfer to the dungeon area.

The dungeon entrance has now become the exit for releasing monsters.

Waves of monsters surged out of the dungeon and raced toward the city.

The dungeon monsters have also been strengthened, not in terms of their role, but in terms of their level, which has been increased by 10 levels.

Fortunately, only the first job advancement dungeon area was affected by the world boss; there was no activity in the second and third job advancement areas.

The highest level monsters here, those in the level 25 Hell difficulty, have reached level 40 after being strengthened by the World Boss.

As the monsters from the dungeon travel towards the city, they first encounter numerous professionals who are farming dungeons, waiting in ambush for challenge dungeons, or active in the dungeon trading market.

When the world boss arrives, not only will you be unable to enter the dungeon, but those who are already inside will be forcibly teleported out.

Immediately afterwards, monsters began to be released at the dungeon entrance, instantly turning it into a new battlefield.

"Holy crap! I was wondering why my pay doubled for staying here on duty in January?!"

"The guild leader lied! He said world bosses don't spawn in our small town. We're doomed!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Fight your way through and hide in the fog! I heard this is a level 60 world boss, so they won't be mobilizing monsters from the fog area. There shouldn't be any riots there!"

"But that area is near a restricted zone, isn't that even more damn dangerous?!"

The professionals in the dungeon area were caught off guard by the sudden release of monsters at the dungeon entrance.

Fortunately, the monsters' goal is to attack the city, so as long as you don't enter their aggro range, they won't attack you on their own.

Even so, these enhanced dungeon monsters still caused many casualties among the professionals in the dungeon area.

Because the monsters include boss-level monsters from dungeons, as well as dungeon bosses!

It was scattered all over the ground.

Equipment, skill books, potions, scrolls, gems, enhancement stones...

But no one was in the mood to pick them up, because everyone was busy fighting.

There are too many monsters, washing over this area like a tidal wave.

If you bend down to pick something up, you might be torn to pieces the moment you look up.

However, among the professionals who were only concerned with escaping and resisting, a group of guys with a different style emerged.