"What wonderful weather!"
Standing comfortably on the terrace and watching the rain pour down in torrents, Lin Qi grinned so widely his mouth would not close.
Over a daytime banquet, he had pulled out a stack of gold notes and immediately brought Kars, Lin Li, and Yun Tianyi into an alliance. Kars would never allow the Temple of Punishment to gain any advantage in the Fourth Abyss, while Lin Li and Yun Tianyi, with their proud natures, had nearly been schemed to death by Arthur. Of course they would seek revenge!
All three had motives to make Arthur suffer, and Lin Qi was willing to provide enormous funding. Naturally, they hit it off at once.
Kars eagerly went to gather manpower—the Dawn Knights of the Dawn Temple, being an official military force, could not be deployed, but Kars had quite a few brothers and sisters of similar age. These second-generation gods of the Dawn Family were currently training throughout the continent, and ever since Lin Qi had gotten several divine descendants killed years ago, the heirs of divine bloodline families now traveled with guards of terrifying strength.
The bodyguards and escorts of ten divine descendants combined could destroy at least fifty heavy infantry legions on a frontal battlefield! After all, their guards were all mighty figures above the Saint realm. Even if a number of Heaven-rank warriors accompanied them, those Heaven-rank warriors could only be considered servants who drove carriages and handled odd jobs.
Lin Li and Yun Tianyi, meanwhile, rushed back to the hotel where they were staying to summon their own followers.
Between the two of them, they had over a hundred followers above the Saint realm, along with several hundred other Heaven-rank warriors. Every sailor in the fleets they had brought was a hardened, battle-ready soldier, numbering