The Four Great Protectors

Jiang Yue heard the Replicator's heartfelt confession and couldn't help laughing.

The Replicators were certainly blunt, so frank that Jiang Yue didn't even know what to say.

He could tell that the Replicator's words contained some element of performance, but they weren't much of an exaggeration.

From what Jiang Yue knew, many of the strange creatures and evil monsters in the Era of Strangeness didn't belong to the Underground Race from the previous era.

Most evil monsters were actually beings of this era, with no connection to the Underground Race.

If they hadn't been forced, they naturally wouldn't have been willing to serve the Underground Race.

Aside from the agents raised by the Underground Race and the monsters and evil beings that were themselves members of it, most were in the same position as this Replicator: they had little choice.

And if they had little choice, there was naturally no question of loyalty.

The Replicator was such a brazen turncoat, so refreshingly forthright and unapologetic, that Jiang Yue couldn't help seeing him in a new light.

Still, this worked out well. It saved Jiang Yue a lot of talking.

"Then how did Lord Binghai force you to serve him?"

"Nothing but threats, inducements, and all sorts of empty promises. But he's not like you, sir. He thinks he's above everyone else, and that serving him is an honor for nobodies like us. So all he ever did was threaten us verbally."

"Maybe he figured that nobodies like us wouldn't dare defy him."

"Is that so?" Jiang Yue smiled faintly. "So, have you made up your mind?"

"Made up my mind about what?"

"What kind of turncoat are you going to be?"

"I've made up my mind! Of course I'm joining your side, sir. I knew you'd done something to me