Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 305: Conflict of Interests
The sudden change left me no time to react. I could only watch as the figure of the Blood Clan "law enforcer" Sanadan disappeared into the "Gate of the Void". I had no choice but to swallow back the words I was about to say. He ran too fast, as if I was some kind of scourge. He didn't want to stay with me for a moment, and he made up a lot of excuses, saying that he was in a hurry to notify other necromancers involved in the case. There were only a dozen necromancers related to the Blood Clan Royal Family. With the unique ability of the "law enforcer" to travel through the void and come and go freely, and the ability to determine our specific location through the breath of the Blood Clan Royal Family, it can't be said that he arrived in an instant, but at least it was as easy and convenient as strolling in the garden. As long as people are in the "Dead Space", they can't escape the pursuit of the "law enforcer". There is no need to rush in and out, as if they are in a hurry. It was obvious that he was trying hard to avoid my questions and didn't want me to know his true identity. I didn't know whether it was because Sanadan had a higher level and had a stronger instinct for self-protection, or he had learned from the failures of several "law enforcers" such as Santos, who controlled zombies and low-level skeletons, and Aristotle, who controlled the corpse witches, and was unwilling to deal with us, the subjects of the trial, in order to avoid lying under our questioning and exposing his own strength, which would easily lead to greater disasters.
The "law enforcers" are getting smarter and smarter, but it's our turn to suffer for the undead wizards involved. I know nothing about the true and false of Sanadan. I don't have any information about my own abilities and the "heavenly punishment" skill. If I just start the "war against heaven", I don't have the slightest confidence in winning. And let's not talk about other abilities. Just think back to the speed when Sanadan appeared in front of me. It can be said that he was extremely fast, definitely not inferior to the bat demon Tika. At least he has the characteristics of an assassin profession, which is a big nemesis for us undead wizards. Once you become an enemy, the risk is self-evident. If you can't "go against heaven", it's easy to endanger your own life. Not only will you lose almost all the interests of the blood clan you have, but you will also lose 5% of your mental power limit.
Fortunately, Sanadan's trip was only to issue a final ultimatum, and he left us enough time to react and prepare. He asked us, the undead wizards involved in the case, to express our attitudes ten days later. Although the timing of the crisis was not very good, it happened when I was at my weakest, but the result was not too bad. By then, Wu Ma should have completed his evolution and would not need to continue to absorb my spiritual power, which would no longer affect my combat effectiveness. Otherwise, even if I wanted to resist, I would be powerless, which would be like sending myself to death in vain. I could only surrender unconditionally. Thinking about it makes me scared. If I am forced to give up the relevant interests obtained from the blood clan, my strength will definitely be reduced a lot. Even if I can still keep my title of "the world's number one undead wizard", I am afraid I will no longer be able to compete for the honor of "the world's number one master". Such consequences are definitely not what I want to see and cannot bear.
Since he is qualified to be the "law enforcer" who controls the blood race, Sanadan's own strength should have surpassed the upper level of level ten. In particular, the existence of the unique "Heavenly Punishment" skill is even more powerful, giving the "law enforcer" super attack capabilities. It is definitely not something that can be dealt with by simply relying on numbers or gathering a crowd to fight. If I challenge Sanadan alone, I guess I will die in vain. There is no hope of winning. If we want to have a glimmer of hope, I am afraid that the more than a dozen undead wizards involved in the case need to unite as one, cooperate sincerely, and perhaps even pull in other undead wizards to support us. However, after thinking about it, I did not take the initiative to contact Qingwu Feiyang, Qiu Shui Changtian and others who were bound to be involved. Regardless of whether they have received the ultimatum from the blood race "law enforcer" Sanadan, I took the initiative to find them, as if I was particularly anxious and worried, and particularly afraid of suffering losses. In the specific negotiation process, it is easy to lose the initiative and be "bullied" by these old and cunning old foxes. The more critical the situation is, the more we must not panic and lose our composure. We should keep calm and wait and see what happens, waiting for other undead wizards involved in the case to jump out first, so as not to fall into a passive position. Anyway, I am quite confident in my ability to save my life and escape. I call myself the second best, and no other undead wizard dares to claim to be the first. I am definitely a major force in challenging the "law enforcers". Although I have gained the greatest benefit from the blood royal family, other undead wizards are probably reluctant to sacrifice themselves and drag me to be buried with them, so they still have to ask me to come out to discuss the plan to fight against the blood "law enforcers".
Having made up my mind, I still continued to rush to the next hilltop to subdue more black bone dragons, patiently waiting to see how the situation would develop. Of course, this was only a superficial phenomenon. Facing the threat of the blood clan "law enforcer", I was unwilling to give up the relevant interests obtained from the blood clan royal family. In the end, I had to fight to the death with Sanadan. I dared not do nothing. I had to prepare for the war in advance, otherwise I could only let others manipulate me or wait for death. At that moment, I had already issued an order to start dispatching the black bone dragon army under my command, quietly gathering and waiting in the Lost Continent. The Native Continent is the base of the blood clan, which is equivalent to the home court of Sanadan, the blood clan "law enforcer". If a war is to be fought, any factors related to the war cannot be let go, and its play must be restricted to the maximum extent. The home advantage must not be occupied by the enemy, and only in the Lost Continent where we focus on development is the main force, which is more convenient for mobilization. Anyway, Sanadan only said that as long as we gather in one place in ten days, it will appear to meet us, and did not limit the specific gathering place. With its ability as a "law enforcer", it can come and go freely in the huge "dead soul space". It should be more beneficial for us to meet it in the Lost Continent.
There was nothing to do that day, and no other undead wizards involved in the case contacted me. I believe that Sanadan will not favor one over the other. He just notified me first. Qiu Shui Changtian and the others should have received the ultimatum. It seems that including Qingwu Feiyang, they all have similar ideas. They don't want to take the initiative to host, which will easily put themselves in a passive position. Everyone really thought it through. After receiving the ultimatum from the "law enforcer", they chose to launch the "Heaven-Defying War" to challenge. Not only does it contain huge benefits, but once successful, they can obtain the title of "Blood Clan Heaven-Defying Wizard", and they can be free from most of the rules. As long as they don't take any extremely dangerous actions that may exterminate the blood clan and cause direct interference from the three chief judges, they can basically ensure that their vested interests will not be lost. Being able to act more recklessly and increase a certain amount of basic mental power attributes is a reward that no high-level holy weapon can match. For undead wizards, especially us top undead wizards, it is a great temptation. Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Ye You and the others might be able to break through the limitation of the normal seven-layer basic spiritual power attribute and reach the hidden super silver level. However, it also carries great risks. None of us necromancers can have the strength to challenge the "law enforcer" alone. We can only use the human wave tactics and rely on numbers to win. Regardless of success or failure, we will lose countless necromancers, resulting in a great loss of strength. Moreover, the necromancers who participate in the battle will be extremely dangerous. They may be destroyed by the "heavenly punishment" at any time, and permanently lose 5% of their spiritual power limit. In the end, if they lose the battle, they will still lose the benefits obtained from the blood clan royal family, which is even more of a loss. Benefits and risks are equally important, especially when multiple necromancers are involved. If they succeed, the benefits will be shared, but there is a comparison relationship between the input and benefits between different necromancers, which is even more complicated and very troublesome to coordinate. Everyone wants to take advantage of the situation and do less work, and is unwilling to suffer losses. The person who takes charge is usually the most unlucky one. He cannot be sneaky and slippery, and there is no extra benefit to be gained. He has wasted more time and energy.
The next day passed in peace. In addition to urging my undead subordinates to mobilize and assemble, I continued to stay in the "Dragon Bone Mountain" to subdue the black bone dragon and patiently spent time with other undead wizards involved in the case. Anyway, Wu Ma is still evolving, and I have to solve its problems first before I can split myself to deal with Sanadan. Things have to be done one by one. Wu Ma's evolution is my top priority at the moment. I still have to work on it for two or three days, so I am not in a hurry. It's no wonder that in the face of the huge temptation of the "blood transformation" ability, Ye You and Zhen Ming Tian Zi showed so much patience and were unwilling to pay too much. They had been wasting time with me before, and seemed too stingy and cautious. I'm afraid they were also worried about the threat of the blood clan "law enforcers" that were increasingly likely to appear, and worried that the worst result would occur at that time. They had to be so patient and patient to deal with me.
Until the fourth day, Qiushui Changtian finally contacted me through the royal robe of the blood witch royal family. Not only him, but also Tianxing, Yeyou and Qingwu Feiyang, talked about the ultimatum of the blood clan "law enforcer" Sanadan, and invited me, the most prestigious "world's number one undead wizard", to Beijing Restaurant for a while, to jointly preside over the overall situation and discuss countermeasures. The interests involved are the greatest for me, and I must not give up. They have already taken the initiative to invite me, and I can't be too much, so I naturally agreed very happily. Cooperation is beneficial to both sides. No matter what kind of differences and conflicts of interest exist in the middle, if we want to launch a "war against the sky" to challenge the "law enforcers" and effectively safeguard our vested interests, we still need all the undead wizards involved to reach a consensus and work together to win against the enemy.
At the agreed time, we arrived at the private room of Beijing Restaurant. There were already many necromancers involved in the case inside. As soon as we entered and greeted everyone, before we sat down, we heard the ambiguous voice of a necromancer named Empire Era, "Brother Ah Dai, you are really skilled and courageous. I have to admire you. You have gained the most benefits from the blood clan royal family, and you will also suffer the greatest loss if you give up. Facing the threat of the blood clan's 'law enforcers', you are the most patient. It has been a few days, but you didn't even say hello to us and refused to contact anyone. Could it be that you have already made up your mind and are willing to give up the benefits of the blood clan royal family, or do you rely on your strength and have the confidence to challenge that Sanadan alone?"
I have been dealing with them for a long time. If I had known, they would definitely be dissatisfied with my "passive" behavior of relying on my "big name". Facing the attack from the Empire Era, I was well prepared and smiled calmly when I heard it - I followed Afeng's advice and practiced it in front of the mirror to fully demonstrate my calm demeanor as a master-level expert. "Empire, you are joking. The strength of the blood clan's ' law enforcers ' is unfathomable. They can be said to be the nemesis of us undead wizards. They also have the powerful 'Heavenly Punishment' skill to help them. How can I contend with them? In fact, I am also very anxious in my heart, but it just so happens that I have a capable undead subordinate who is evolving during this period of time. I must provide it with mental power, and I really have no time to split myself. It's not that I am deliberately arrogant and lazy, and I don't take the threat of the blood clan 'law enforcers' seriously. Things must be solved one by one. For this reason, I even reluctantly gave up participating in the action initiated by the alliance to destroy the Cathedral of Light in the Northern Continent a few days ago. You should all know this." The overall situation is more important. After all, they still have to rely on them to deal with Sanadan together. There is no need to be too harsh in tit-for-tat on irrelevant words. It’s okay to temporarily lower your posture. On the contrary, it is more conducive to gaining substantial benefits for yourself.
"Hasn't the evolution been completed yet? Will it affect the ten-day agreement with the blood clan's 'law enforcer'?" The Prince of Fortune came up to me and asked. He seemed a little nervous. I wondered if he was worried that if I couldn't recover in time and missed the challenge to the blood clan's 'law enforcer', the war would be even more disadvantageous without me, the absolute main force.
I shook my head. "I think it will probably be over in the next two days. It won't affect my next meeting with the Blood Clan's 'law enforcer'."
"Have you asked the blood clan 'law enforcer' about its specific abilities?" The one who asked was Qingwu Feiyang, with a bit of hope in his expression. Qiushui Changtian and the others also turned their eyes to me. It seemed that in front of the cunning Sanadan, probably no one's plan to find out about its details could succeed.
I helplessly revealed a bitter smile, and could only disappoint them. "I'm sorry. That blood clan 'law enforcer' was too cunning. After the ultimatum was finished, he refused to stay for any longer and turned around and left, interrupting me abruptly, without giving me the opportunity to ask questions. Apart from observing that it had swift speed and agility, I knew nothing about the rest of the situation. How is your situation? Have you gained anything?"
A few sighs were heard at the same time, and everyone looked helpless and disappointed. Longma shook his head in frustration, "We all encountered similar situations. The blood clan's 'law enforcers' are too cunning. They ran away after saying so, and we didn't get any valuable information. The enemy's situation is unknown. If a war breaks out, we will definitely be in greater danger."
This is a general meeting of the undead wizards directly involved in the case. All the participants arrived at the agreed time. No one was willing to give up their vested interests and would definitely not be absent easily. There were eleven participants in total. The True Son of Heaven and I were equipped with the "Blood Emperor Robe", usurping the position of "Blood Emperor" of the Blood Witch Clan. Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Qing Wu Fei Yang, Tian Xing, Ye You, and Long Ma Jing Ling all held the "Blood Emperor Robe" and occupied the position of "Blood Emperor" of the Blood Witch Clan. As for the Blood Bat Royal Family, conquering them can obtain the ability of "Blood Bat Transformation" through "First Embrace", which can be used for one's own use, and can also help companions or transfer for profit, which is more useful than directly killing them to obtain royal equipment that can only be used in the "Dead Space". Therefore, the Golden Line Blood Bats that were conquered in advance killed the original Blood Bat Royal Family and replaced them, supporting them to become puppets, and did not directly occupy the throne of the Blood Bat Royal Family. In addition to Tianxing and Yeyou who repeatedly hold the title of Blood Witch Royal Family and have subordinates of the Blood Bat Royal Family, there are four other Undead Wizards who have subordinates of the Blood Bat Royal Family, namely Fa Ruxue, Dark Angel, Empire Era and Infernal Walker. The eleven of us have directly received the ultimatum from the blood clan's "law enforcers". As for the other Undead Wizards who have received the abilities of "blood transformation" or "blood bat transformation" and indirectly benefited from it, they are not included in the direct judgment of "Heavenly Punishment". Their future depends on our destiny. If we count them carefully, we, the Undead Wizards, have directly harmed at least thirteen blood clan royal families. In addition, the blood lich Temur, who was stationed in the Blood Pool, the holy land of the Blood Witches, was also controlled by me, and was basically like a puppet. The bat demon Dika, who was stationed in the Blood Pool, the holy land of the Blood Bats, took advantage of me by "attacking" first. For the sake of my "Blood Bat Transformation" ability and the "First Embrace" obtained by Shaman, I couldn't easily touch it, and had to do my best to maintain its existence and independent sovereignty, which saved me from many disasters. Otherwise, with its popularity, it would have been destroyed by other Undead Wizards who had already advanced to the ninth level. The Blood Clan has declined to this point, and the royal families of the Blood Witches and Blood Bats have almost all been destroyed. As long as they are exposed, they will be doomed. No wonder the "law enforcers" will intervene. This crisis is inevitable. Even if it doesn't break out now, it will have to be faced sooner or later.
Resistance was inevitable. No one was willing to give up their vested interests and lose the royal equipment that increased the upper limit of spiritual power by 400%, as well as the abilities of "blood bat transformation" and "blood transformation". There was no objection to this point, and they soon reached a consensus and decided to join forces to challenge the blood clan's "law enforcer" Sanadan. However, when it came to specific battle strategies, there were major differences. Including me, everyone had their own ideas. They wanted to keep the interests obtained from the blood clan royal family and obtain additional basic spiritual power attributes, but they were unwilling to put themselves in too dangerous a situation and pay a greater price. After all, the interests were shared, which was basically an average share for everyone. No matter how much effort a person made, it was impossible to get more basic spiritual power attribute rewards after winning. The undead subordinates also took time to conquer one by one, and no one wanted to make selfless contributions. For a while, they were selfish and could not agree.
To be on the safe side, the more undead subordinates we gather, the better. However, although all eleven of us can be called top-level undead wizards, there are still differences in the forces we directly belong to. As for the main force of black bone dragons, I naturally have the largest number. Even though some of them were consumed after the defense of the holy land "Karamayi", because we won the final victory, we did not hurt our vitality and recovered quickly. However, we are still not comparable to other undead wizards who started later. Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Tian Xing, Qing Wu Fei Yang, Ye You and others belong to the second group. They got involved in "Dragon Bone Mountain" and the Lost Continent earlier and have a little advantage. In comparison, Long Ma Jing Ling, Empire Era, Wu Xian Xing Zhe and others are worse and do not have much time to subdue more black bone dragons. In terms of the tenth-level strongmen under my command, I, who dominate the "Hell Volcano" and the giant magician clan, also have the strongest power. There is no doubt that other undead wizards think I am the absolute main force, and they hope that I can play a greater role and increase the chances of winning the challenge. So there was a necromancer who proposed to decide the proportion of troops to be dispatched according to the interests of the blood royal family they possessed. Whoever gained the most benefits from it would have the most need to resist the "heavenly punishment" of the "law enforcer" and should naturally contribute more. Although it was not stated explicitly, the spearhead was definitely directed at me, wanting me to dispatch more people to participate in the war. Of course, I would not agree. The "law enforcer" treats everyone equally. He will not pay extra attention to someone just because he possesses more interests of the blood royal family, focus on attacking him and let others go. Everyone is in the same danger. Moreover, once the "law enforcer" is killed and becomes a "heaven-defying person", the reward of the basic spiritual power attribute obtained is also distributed per person. He will not be rewarded less because the interests of the blood royal family of the necromancer are smaller. It is equivalent to sharing the benefits equally, and the troops should naturally be distributed according to the number of beneficiaries. In order to ensure victory, it is not impossible for me to make more contributions. I can contribute my strength, and the shortage of manpower can be compensated with money. Give us some appropriate compensation. I will definitely not do it for nothing.
In the Age of Empires, their spearheads were pointed directly at me, and their words were quite impolite, as if they wanted to force me to submit, which made me angry and my attitude was quite tough. No matter how they presented facts and reasoned, they just refused to give in. They wanted me to dispatch more troops to participate in the war for no reason, but that was impossible. In the end, the Age of Empires and the Infernal Walker had no choice but to threaten to perish together. Since no one was willing to contribute, let's all perish together and see who suffered the most losses. I was not scared, and I didn't care about their intimidation at all - once the challenge to the "law enforcer" failed, my loss would naturally be the biggest, but the losses of other undead wizards would not be small either. Moreover, I was a "lone ranger", and even if my strength was weakened, I would only be affected. Most of the other undead wizards involved in the case were leaders of a group, and they had many undead wizard brothers, and they needed to help them find a way out. The consequences of their weakened strength were much more serious than mine. If they want to destroy themselves together, even if I am willing, Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Ye You and the others will definitely not agree. They are not willing to persuade me for the time being, just wanting to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers. They also hope to get more benefits from me, the one who has the greatest interests. That's why they let the Empire Era and the others toss around there, wanting me to put in more effort to increase the chances of winning the challenge.
Seeing that the discussion was getting more and more tense and there was a tendency to fall out, Qiushui Changtian and Yeyou could not sit still anymore and began to smooth things over, easing the tense atmosphere and proposing another way to decide the troops to be shared by all the participants. I did not say much and let them discuss it. I just made my attitude clear. It is definitely my duty to send troops to participate in the war, but it must be fair. I cannot suffer losses and let others take advantage. No matter how many people you send, I will definitely not reduce one. If you want me to dispatch more men to participate in the war, the more you work, the more you get. If there is no extra benefit, don't expect me to agree.
This has led to another problem, which is the issue of foreign aid. The strength of the eleven undead wizards directly involved in the case is probably too weak. According to the experience of Aristotle, the "law enforcer" giant magician who fought against the corpse wizards before, it would be more likely to win if more undead creatures were found to help. Especially for those undead wizards who have the ability of "blood transformation" and "blood bat transformation" and have indirect benefits by accepting the "first embrace" of blood liches or blood bat royal families, it is related to their vital interests. Although they are not directly involved in the case and are not included in the list of "heavenly punishment" trials, they cannot stay out of it and enjoy the fruits of their labor. They also need to do their best. What's more troublesome is that most of the participants are the leaders of a faction. When they encounter danger, there will be some undead wizard brothers who will come forward to protect them as much as possible. Qiu Shui Changtian, Ye You and others proposed to treat these foreign aids who cooperate in the war as "mercenaries" and count them as their participating forces. In this way, I, a "lone ranger", would be at a disadvantage. I could only use my direct subordinates who I had conquered with great effort and time, and I was afraid that there would be a lot of shortage. According to my previous proposal, if I could not gather the same number or strength of undead subordinates to join the war, they would have to be compensated. I naturally disagreed with this, so I made a fuss about the nature of the foreign aid, saying that they were not "mercenaries" but "volunteers" who responded to the call of their respective leaders and took the initiative to join the war. I was determined not to admit that those foreign aids enjoyed the same status as us, the eleven undead wizards directly involved in the case.
