Wednesday night's discussion ultimately ended without result.
Although everyone agreed that the ideas bursting from Zheng Qing's mind were valuable, the problem was precisely that they were only "ideas," too vague to be put into practice.
The only outcome that night was Youzui's final choice regarding "Vertical and Horizontal Alliance": neither vertical alliance nor horizontal alliance, but an independent policy of peaceful coexistence with other hunting teams and no alliances.
As long as the other hunting teams showed no hostility and did not strike first, the You Zui Hunting Team would never take the initiative to attack anyone.
This choice stemmed from two Magic Contracts.
One had been returned by the School Hunt Team—for the sake of ensuring that Youzui would not become cannon fodder, Xiao Xiao had drafted a somewhat harsh contract and had Zhang Jixin pass it to his older brother. As expected, the newly appointed Lei Zhe had politely returned it.
The other contract had been handed to Zheng Qing by Nicholas—like Youzui, the Edge Hunting Team, being in a weaker position, also feared becoming cannon fodder. So they had drawn up an exceptionally rigorous contract and hoped that every Youzui hunter participating in the competition would sign it.
"Compared to the contract drafted by the Edge Hunting Team, ours is practically far too lenient!" Fatty Xin commented after comparing the two contracts.
"This means we have more confidence than the Edge Hunting Team," Dylan said lazily with a yawn. "In a sense, it is also the hunting team's own assessment of its strength."
"I completely understand why your brother returned the contract we submitted."
After flipping through the contract drafted by the Edge Hunting Team, Zheng Qing sighed and patted the Red-faced Male Wizard on the shoulder. "No one wants to charge into the Black Forest