Lu Yang motioned for them to quiet down, then said, "There are two million sets in the warehouse now, and the number is still increasing by fifty thousand sets a day."
"Great!" Ku Ai Bansheng said excitedly. "Then we can definitely win this war. The nine strongest guilds absolutely won't be able to outlast us."
Lu Yang nodded and said, "However, you can't use this equipment for the time being."
"Ah, why not?" Jiang Ze asked.
Lu Yang said, "I want to deceive them. Before this war began, Harreken from the five southwestern nations and Claudio from the six southeastern nations both sent people to approach me. They wanted to join forces with us to attack the nine strongest guilds."
"You never mentioned that before." Jiang Ze frowned and projected a map of the New Continent onto the ground. "Those two have no good intentions. They must be hoping that we and the nine strongest guilds will wear each other out, then they'll suddenly rush in and steal the spoils of victory."
Lu Yang said, "That's the troublesome part. We can't let Harreken and Claudio take the territory we fought so hard to win. Otherwise, the next time we enter the central map, we'll be met by Claudio and the defeated forces from the central region joining together to wipe us out."
If Claudio attacked from the southeastern region while the nine strongest guilds were exhausted from fighting Lu Yang, the three strongest guilds led by Tom, Jerz, and Olma would definitely merge into Claudio's guild in order to survive. Even Sanyou Weimen would join him for self-preservation.
Radvijev and Stephen could only take the initiative to seek refuge with Harreken when facing his attack. It would take the Iron Blood Brotherhood a year to recover its strength. By then,