Gudu Banyue Declares Neutrality

Lu Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "President Gudu, you misunderstand. I bear you no ill will, and I believe you bear me none either. After all, there are nearly a hundred thousand miles between us. If Maireizhe hadn't stirred things up, you and I wouldn't have even met within the next year or two."

Gudu Banyue regretted it too. He deeply regretted joining Maireizhe's Foursquare Alliance. Originally, Maireizhe had wanted to restrain Lu Yang, and he had also feared that Lu Yang would attack Iron King City. But he suddenly realized that Lu Yang had no opportunity to attack him at all.

Liu Jie had twice silently led four million members of the Elf Race through Ice Mountain City into human territory, attacking Lu Yang once and Old Twilight once. Based on that alone, where would Lu Yang find the time to attack him? All of Lu Yang's energy had to go toward dealing with Liu Jie and Wang Teng. His Foursquare Alliance's involvement in the war between Lu Yang and Liu Jie was completely unnecessary.

It could even be said that this was Maireizhe's scheme. On one hand, he prevented Lu Yang from eliminating Wang Teng; on the other, he prevented Wang Teng from eliminating Lu Yang. He wanted the two to wear each other down. But that kind of internal struggle brought him no benefit whatsoever. His fortresses were east and south of Iron King City, bordering neither Lu Yang nor Li Xiuyu and Wang Teng.

Whether he helped Wang Teng or Lu Yang, there was no practical benefit for him. He was putting in effort only to earn resentment, and after the Foursquare Alliance was established, his forces had effectively been trapped.

To the north was Li Xiuyu, whom he could not defeat.