Inside the meeting hall of the Falling Cherry Divine Axe Alliance.
Lord Rogue carefully enlarged the projections of several items and the chat interface.
The moment the high-ranking managers of the Falling Cherry Divine Axe Alliance attending the meeting saw the item panels.
A chorus of astonished exclamations immediately rang out throughout the hall.
"I've been in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield for more than a decade at least, and I've seen no fewer than twenty or thirty Orange Barracks. But this is the first time I've seen a troop type like the Steel Fang Warrior, which perfectly suits Beastmen Lords."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. The Steel Fang Warriors all awaken beginner-level Bloodthirsty Battle Qi. The City Lord's personal guards in Trade City probably only have this level of strength. If we recruited ten thousand of them, wouldn't taking Trade City be a piece of cake?"
"To be honest, when I saw this Building Card, I got so excited my dick started trembling."
"Your horizons are too narrow. Look at the next two items—the Orange Hero Soul Fragment!"
"Do you know what this thing means?"
"It means that if you take it to the Hero Altar, you're basically guaranteed to recruit an Orange Hero. And it would even be an Orange Beastmen Hero!"
The alliance managers nearby stared blankly at the Soul Fragment, their eye sockets turning purple with envy.
That was because there were too few lords with Orange Heroes in the entire alliance.
And heroes who perfectly suited the Beastmen were even rarer!!!
So the instant the Soul Fragment appeared, it conquered the hearts of every Beastmen Lord in the meeting hall.
At that moment, someone else spoke up.
"Has everyone noticed? The Building Card, Soul Fragment, and weapon are clearly part of the same set."
"This Orange Weapon is very likely the exclusive equipment of the hero from the Soul Fragment."
"And the soldiers produced by the Building Card are very likely the troops commanded by that hero."
"From this, we can infer that the lord selling these items most likely steamrolled an entire Beastmen Tribe!"
Upon hearing this, all the alliance members present revealed looks of disbelief.
"Steamrolled an entire Beastmen Tribe? Are you kidding?"
"Exactly. Even the weakest Beastmen Tribe starts with a population of a million. It has countless high-level heroes and high-level soldiers."
"Who has had the strength to steamroll a Beastmen Tribe so far?"
"Exactly. Even the ten strongest alliances on the Sunset Grassland combined couldn't accomplish that."
"Right. Have you all forgotten the battle when we jointly attacked the main city on the Sunset Plains?"
"The ten major alliances sent a million troops. And then?"
"Then the entire army was wiped out. The Beastmen main city even sent troops to reclaim the territory outside the city. More than a thousand Level 5 and above lords from the ten major alliances were killed or wounded, including one Level 8 Lord who died in battle. He still hasn't recovered to his peak strength."
"So I don't believe the other party conquered a tribe."
"Perhaps he merely got lucky and obtained an Orange Token, then entered a ruin after activating a quest and obtained all this."
"That makes sense. An Orange Token will inevitably lead to a ruin, and the gains from ruins are tremendous. One haul can basically turn a poor lord into a billionaire."
"Now that you put it that way, I'm so envious of this lord called Fang Yuan that my dick is turning purple."
"His luck is insane. Damn European."
"But from his name, it's obvious he's an Eastern lord. We're the genuine Europeans, with noble Anglo-Saxon blood. Why... why don't we have such good luck?"
"Damn it, our bloodline must have been contaminated."
"Wait, Fang Yuan? I think I've heard of him!"
Those words immediately drew everyone's attention.
"You know him?"
"Which big shot from the Eastern superpower is he?"
"How are you connected to him?"
Even Alliance Leader Carter shouted excitedly when he heard this.
"Dear George, if you can get him to sell these to us at a discount, I'll make you Deputy Alliance Leader!"
However, the lord called George said awkwardly, "Alliance Leader, I don't actually know him."
"I heard about him when chatting with several of my Dragon Nation friends among the humans."
"They said they had recently gone to the northern border of the distant Gondor Kingdom to look for the Golden Flower Family's Pioneer Territory. They also planned to find a lord called Fang Yuan and teach him a good lesson, because that fellow had offended them back on Blue Star."
"Oh, they also mentioned that this lord called Fang Yuan is a Novice Lord."
"Counting today, he's only been in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield for three days."
The moment this news came out.
Every lord present took three steps back in unison.
"George, are you insane?"
"What nonsense are you spouting? A Novice Lord?"
"George, FUCK YOU!"
"FUCK! Explain to me how a Novice Lord could possibly have these things!"
"I've been in the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield for eighteen years, and I haven't even seen the hair on an Orange Barracks. And you're telling me a Novice Lord can produce three Orange Items for sale? George, you're insulting my intelligence. Fight me! I'll defend my intelligence!"
At this point, even Carter shook his head.
"Impossible. George, it must be someone with the same name. I know the East well. Fang Yuan is a very common name."
But the next moment.
Lord Rogue, who was operating the projection, suddenly spoke.
"Everyone, please don't get angry. Perhaps George is right."
"I've traded with this lord called Fang Yuan before."
"He extorted a huge sum of money from me, forcing me to borrow heavily."
"Afterward, to get revenge on this lord called Fang Yuan, I specifically posted a bounty through the Mercenary Hall."
"But when I posted the bounty, I was told that he already had a bounty on him."
"Then I searched for Fang Yuan's bounty!"
"And I discovered that this Fang Yuan was actually a low-level lord. His main city was only Level 3!"
"His main city was located in the Gloomy Forest on the northern border of the Gondor Kingdom."
After Rogue finished speaking, he quickly used his Lord's Mark to retrieve the items from his previous trade.
When the lords in the meeting hall saw the several items.
It caused another uproar.
"My god, this... this is exactly the same!"
"Other than the quality being different, the buildings and equipment are clearly from the same lineage!"
"Damn it, no wonder the miser Rogue came to borrow a loan from me at exorbitant interest. So it was for this."
George, who had just been reprimanded, spoke again.
"Everyone, it seems the matter is clear now."
"This lord called Fang Yuan is indeed a low-level lord."
"After getting lucky, he obtained an Orange Token as soon as he entered the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield."
"He also fortunately obtained high-level items, including Purple and Orange ones, by completing the Token's quest."
At that point, someone said, "The items are in his hands, the Gondor Kingdom is in the west of the continent, and we're on the eastern grasslands!"
"Even if we know he's a low-level lord, what can we do?"
"Perhaps we can pressure him into lowering the price?"
"Impossible!"
Rogue shouted first.
"I bought several Purple Items from him, and he extorted me ruthlessly. It'll take me three or four years just to repay the debt!"
"This fellow called Fang Yuan not only knows his merchandise, but he's also a vampire!"
"For these few items, if we want to take them, we'll probably have to bleed heavily!"
"And it'll cripple the finances of the entire alliance!"
As soon as he said this, the lords present felt a cold wind sweep past them.
They all stood there dumbfounded.
"That's right. Judging from Rogue's previous transaction with him, the other party really isn't an idiot."
"Then!"
"We won't trade with him!"
At that moment, Carter came down from the steps of the alliance leader's platform.
"Although our alliance's finances are healthy, we can't spend money recklessly."
"If he sets the price too high..."
Carter took a deep breath.
"Then we'll have to use some other methods."
Carter walked over to George.
Then he patted George on the shoulder.
"George!"
"Contact your friends."
"Using Rogue's name, ask them to hunt down this lord called Fang Yuan."
"Besides, it's not as if we can't go to the Gondor Kingdom."
"Among the human faction in the Gondor Kingdom, there are also some lords from our country."
"Find them, and hire them with a large sum of money to go to the Gloomy Forest in the northern border and build an Outpost Camp for us."
"Then station troops through the Outpost Camp!"
"Once we find Fang Yuan's territory!"
"Launch an all-out attack!"
"Destroy his main city and plunder his resources!"
"Take back the three Orange treasures that belong to our Beastmen Faction!"
At this moment, Carter already regarded the three items as his own.
George, having received his orders, bowed slightly.
"Yes, sir!"
"Lord Carter."
"I'll contact them right away."
"But what about the lords from our country in the Gondor Kingdom?"
Carter smiled faintly.
"Leave it to me!"
Clearly, Carter didn't trust anyone else with this matter.
He even knew that the few lords George found would most likely fail.
But it didn't matter. George's friends were cannon fodder to begin with.
If they could accomplish something, that was good. If not, they would lose no more than some deposits.
For a major alliance like theirs, that amount of money was nothing.
And just as they were plotting.
Rogue suddenly shouted from the side.
"Alliance Leader, Fang Yuan has replied."
All the lords in the alliance hall immediately looked toward the projected chat window.
There, Fang Yuan had listed his price.
"One-for-two!"
"Give me six Human Faction Barracks Building Cards of at least Orange Fine Quality, an Orange Hero Soul Fragment, an Orange Fine Quality Weapon, ten million gold coins, resources, and 1,000 Orange Source Crystals. These items will be yours!"
The instant the Falling Cherry Divine Axe Alliance lords in the alliance hall saw these terms.
They exploded.
"Bandit! Damn it, does he know what he's saying?"
"Thief! This damn yellow-skinned lord stole our Beastmen treasures, refuses to return them, and even wants to make us pay him?"
"Alliance Leader, there's nothing to discuss. Let's go to war!"
Immediately, every lord seemed to find an outlet for their anger.
"Alliance Leader, go to war and reclaim our Beastmen treasure!"
"Punish this damn thief!"
"Alliance Leader, Fang Yuan is challenging the honor of the Beastmen. We have to show him the consequences of doing this!"
Seeing the enraged alliance managers.
Carter looked at Fang Yuan's message in the chat window again.
"Fine!"
"George, immediately contact your friends. I grant you one million gold coins, 500 Red Source Crystals, and the authority to use one Purple Building Card. Tell them that once they find Fang Yuan's location, all of these will be theirs. If they break through Fang Yuan's main city, they'll receive ten times as much!!!"
"Yes, Alliance Leader."
Carter then turned to Rogue.
"Rogue, keep Fang Yuan steady. Haggle with him and delay as long as possible. At the very least, make sure he doesn't sell these items to anyone else within five days!"
"As for an excuse, you can say that we're raising funds."
"I'll grant you one million gold coins and resources as expenses. If necessary, you can use this money as a deposit for Fang Yuan."
"In short, keep him steady at all costs. Before our army appears in the Gloomy Forest, don't let Fang Yuan even consider selling these to anyone else."
"Yes, I'll definitely do it."
Rogue replied with a solemn expression.
At last, Carter looked toward the senior administrators in the alliance hall.
"Everyone, I don't need to say much about the value of these three items."
"Take them down!"
"The difficulty of capturing Trade City will be reduced by 50%."
"And once Trade City is captured, everyone here will receive at least one Purple Barracks Building Card, a million gold coins, resources, advanced resources for expansion, and a Military Territory!"
"You wouldn't not want something more valuable than wealth, would you?"
As soon as he said this, all the senior administrators' eyes reddened with excitement.
Seeing that the atmosphere had reached this point,
Carter said decisively,
"So the information must be kept secret. The moment it gets leaked, the other alliances will inevitably join in!!!"
"Then all our previous efforts will be wasted!!!"
After hearing this, the lords present all shouted,
"Please rest assured, Alliance Master. Everyone here is a senior administrator of the alliance, and there are only a few of us. The information absolutely won't get out."
"Exactly. If we capture Trade City, our senior administrators will take the biggest share of the benefits. No one would leak it and harm their own interests."
Carter nodded.
"Good. I'll inform the specific participants later."
"Everyone except George and Rogue."
"The rest of you are dismissed!"
After the alliance lords left,
Carter opened his Lord's Mark.
He began contacting the lord who was far away in Gondor Kingdom.
At the same time, George also began contacting his friends.
As for the most important person, Rogue, he looked at the message Fang Yuan had sent him.
After pondering hard for a moment, he replied,
"The items are good, but I can't find that much money in such a short time."
"Can I find a few friends and have us pool our money to buy them?"
"But could you lower the price a little?"
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