The Sleeping Serpent Awakens I
The players did not stop raiding the Shadow of Apophis despite the initial defeat of the unified guilds. In fact, there were more and more players raiding the sleeping Shadow of Apophis as the days passed. This is true because more and more players were arriving at the western continent as they wanted to test their luck.
The fight against the Shadow of Apophis might be difficult but the experience points and the drops gained from the monsters outweigh the disadvantages. Adrian paid attention to each of the raid attempts that end in failure and made sure to take note. He could see that more and more followers of Apophis keep sacrificing themselves.
Adrian thought that there should not be many members of the Followers of Apophis. If the Shadow of Apophis sleeps each time it absorbs a fragment then there should be three more times. If they decrease the number of the Followers of Apophis now then they should have a much easier time in the future.